Conservative Donnybrook

William Jefferson (Convict, LA) was sentenced to 13 years in prison for bribery and money laundering (which may be the first time in history someone demonstrated such utter incompetence by utilizing a freezer instead of a washing machine).

There is now, officially, no more reason to ever tune to CNN.

Lydia McGrew has a salient word on the “command” structure of “today’s military” that allowed, even enabled, Hasan the terrorist. The President empowers them.

Speaking of the President and his Marxist/Maoist advisory staff, he was forced to throw another one under the bus. Make that two.

This should (but won’t) assuage any lingering doubt that “free trade” is globalist socialism.

Speaking of which, we have a newly-coined self-descriptive for President Obama: “Pacific” American. (That he may be all in all.) This comes in the President’s groveling admission that we are, in fact, no longer the world’s superpower nor anything like a creditor nation. In point of fact, we do “not seek to contain” China, a “strong, prosperous China can be a source of strength for the community of nations,” and we will continue pretending to insist on reciprocity in trade. (Be sure to watch the brief video excerpt of the President’s remarks embedded in the BBC article.)

Here’s to another exciting week! Some of us here at the Conservative Donnybrook will be meeting with our attorney this week to finalize some details and continue making tentative plans for the inevitable funeral for the constitutional republic. Thanks to all who have expressed their thoughts and prayers for Uncle Sam. If he were capable, I’m sure he would thank you himself.

UPDATE: Uncle Sam has taken a sudden downturn. It doesn’t look good, friends.

This was just too funny for me to not re-post.  John Ziegler is a radio personality in Los Angeles.  Here he is “discussing” the Lettermen-Palin feud with Contessa Brewer. 

H/T Leslie H. at Augur’s Well for the link.

The Drudge Report is reporting that ABC will sponsor “news” programs for the president endorsing his socialism.  Having caught wind of the bias, the RNC contacted ABC to obtain airtime to voice Republican opposition to the socialization of American medicine.  The request was denied by ABC.  No opposition to the Dear Leader will be tolerated by ABC. 

Is this it for ABC?  Is this the end of one of America’s oldest networks even trying to appear independent?  I for one have liked the news with Charles Gibson.  No longer.  Throw it on the pile with GM, AIG, etc….

Ben Smith over at politico has penned a piece (of something) about John McCain’s history of joke making.  He condemns the man for having a sense of humor, something more politicians need.  Are McCain’s jokes that horrible?  Nah, tasteless at time, funny at others but not horrible.  So why this desperation?  Does Mr. Smith fear a McCain presidency so much that he lambastes the man for telling a joke of two?  I dunno.  So why, oh why is Mr. Smith so rattled by humor?  Has Ben ever made a funny?  If not he should start, it is therapeutic.  Otherwise his “reporting” career may yet prove to be his only joke!

Back in 2003, Ann Coulter wrote a column exposing the fact that a fellow named Greg Packer had been repeatedly interviewed, at numerous unrelated events, and by multiple news organizations, as a “man on the street:”

Another average individual eager to get Hillary’s book was Greg Packer, who was the centerpiece of The New York Times’ “man on the street” interview about Hillary-mania. After being first in line for an autographed book at the Fifth Avenue Barnes & Noble, Packer gushed to the Times: “I’m a big fan of Hillary and Bill’s. I want to change her mind about running for president. I want to be part of her campaign.”

It was easy for the Times to spell Packer’s name right because he is apparently the entire media’s designated “man on the street” for all articles ever written. He has appeared in news stories more than 100 times as a random member of the public. Packer was quoted on his reaction to military strikes against Iraq; he was quoted at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the Thanksgiving Day Parade and the Veterans Day Parade. He was quoted at not one — but two — New Year’s Eve celebrations at Times Square. He was quoted at the opening of a new “Star Wars” movie, at the opening of an H&M clothing store on Fifth Avenue and at the opening of the viewing stand at Ground Zero. He has been quoted at Yankees games, Mets games, Jets games — even getting tickets for the Brooklyn Cyclones. He was quoted at a Clinton fund-raiser at Alec Baldwin’s house in the Hamptons and the pope’s visit to Giants stadium.

The AP went so far as to ban Packer quotes, although that didn’t keep him out of AP articles for long. And you can still see his name crop up from time to time. It is has evidently proved impossible for the media to cease to be taken in by this guy.

So today, where else does Greg Packer crop up today but in a ABC News story about the 3G iPhone Launch?

Last year, New Yorker Greg Packer was first in line at the same store to pick up the iPhone. This week, he stood out front to cheer on his 3G-buying brethren. “I was here at 5 a.m. on Monday morning last year. The phone was coming out at 6 p.m. that Friday. This was my spot right here,” Packer said, pointing to Simon’s spot. “People brought me food. I was the first person to buy the phone.”

I can’t decide if this guy is a pathetic attention-starved loser, or is just someone with an unusual hobby. But still, it’s fun to spot his name in news articles, it’s like finding Waldo.

Well, maybe its just ABC’s viewer ratings.  In September, the American Broadcasting Company will begin airing a propaganda series titled “Earth 2100.”  The series will chronicle how the destruction of the world, particularly America, will unfold over the next 90 years. 

From man-made climate change (which appears to be no more than a myth) to devastating wars (we are currently in an unparallel period of a global lull in wars); ABC seeks to convince YOU that the sky is falling.  Unless we convert to solar power, eat wheat grass and make our clothes out of renewable hemp the world is doomed.

This sort of Chicken Little mentality does nothing to help the true problem; humanity has lost its way.  We have little left to conquer of this planet; we are convinced we know everything there is to know about life on Earth.  This, not the fallacy of certain doom, is our problem.  The false pretense of absolute knowledge is public and personal enemy number one.  Overcome the belief that Man is the end-all be-all of the entire universe and we will find that mysteries and knowledge we have yet to imagine await our species for eternity. 

Or, if you believe ABC, wear hemp, eat all organic, drink wheat grass and only use solar power and MAYBE you will survive for the next 90 years.  I say smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em

Heh. I knew when I saw this story about Clinton crony Sidney Blumenthal getting a DWI that it would be gleefully posted on Drudge, and so it is.

What, you don’t remember the Blumenthal-Drudge incident? Back in 1997 (pre-Lewinsky) Drudge broke the story that Blumenthal beat his wife, only it wasn’t true. Blumenthal then proceeded to unsuccessfully sue Drudge for libel. The whole sordid story is here.

Lawrence O’Donnell had a meltdown on the McLaughlin Group regarding Mormonism. O’Donnell, in commenting on Romney recent speech on religion, called all Mormons racists and extended this charge to Mitt Romney. And, if you hang in there to the very end of the clip, he hurls out our personal favorite around here, he calls all Mormons anti-American.

Amazingly, in the process, he momentarily leaves Pat Buchanan speechless, which is one heck of an accomplishment.

[h/t Lawrence Auster]

Well, it looks like Rupert Murdoch has decreed that the Wall Street Journal’s online content is going to be free, with an advertiser-supported model replacing the current subscription-based setup. This will turn out to be even better news if Rupert doesn’t end up destroying the paper.

First, Times Select, now the WSJ. The winds of freedom blow among the mainstream media!

Incidentally, I’m wondering if there’s some grand synergy in store now that Murdoch owns both MySpace and the WSJ. Like, perhaps WSJ.com users will be allowed to customize the latest bomb-Iran editorial with the latest Ludacris single and a Hello Kitty background. Plus you could “friend” Daniel Henninger. Exciting times!

In the immortal words of Dick in Young Guns, I’m darin’ ya, Billy.

Rasmussen has apparently been conducting some polling that I had not seen (which says something about me, I guess). 10% lead. Over a no-name recognition “kook.” Wait ’til some of his $15.5 million gets spent. Wait ’til the media get egg on their face for overlooking a “nobody,” like they did when the Republican nominee picked a junior senator from Indiana to be his running mate in 1988. Any publicity is good publicity, folks.

All during this week, the online version of the Daily Telegraph will be publishing its list of the Top 100 Conservatives and Top 100 Liberals. So far, they have published 61-100. If Justice Anthony Kennedy isn’t on both lists, it will be a scandal.

Here’s something that makes you look like a piker. Enjoy. How’s civilian life, by the way?