> Libertarians, on the other hand, love brown folk, the gays, the lesbians, the people with piercings, and immigrants.

Amen.

I run a small business. I hire people who want to do the work, and can do it well.

I've hired native born Americans, foreigners with Green cards, men, women, college educated, high school drop outs, heteros, homos (I think), a guy who wore a skirt, whites, blacks, and hispanics.

You've got a work ethic? You can do the work I need? Welcome to America, welcome to my company, punch in over there, grab a free soda from the fridge, and get down to it. Payday is every other Wednesday.

Oh, and if you want to take a firearms safety class, the firm will pay for that.

We see and are going to see many stories about conservatives and libertarians being tribal, racist, dogmatic, and clinging to the status quo because they cannot process new information.

Progressives have hit on an amazing tactic. They act in stupid, doctrinaire, grasping, controlling ways. Then, they accuse conservative and libertarian opponents of doing exactly that.

I used to think that this was a ridiculous position. Progressives would show themselves to be hypocrites. But, when they are so accused, they reply that conservatives are so stupid and lacking in arguments, that they can only mindlessly repeat back the accusations that were just directed at them.

The problem for "progressives" is that it's becoming obvious that Obama is in over his head.

He's confusing politics with policy-making, rhetoric with action, and bellicosity with conviction.

Obama has no accomplishments of merit for his reelection campaign. He and his defenders have no choice but to go on the offensive with name-calling, fear-mongering, and hatred-spewing.

Reid and Pelosi got Obamacare passed ... and those two legislative geniuses forgot to put the customary severability clause in the 2,700 pages. That means if the mandate portion is knocked down by the SCOTUS, the entire law could be invalidated.

His last two budget proposals were were dead on arrival (even in the Democrat-dominated Senate). Having no serious contribution to make to the discussion of the expanding debt and looming financial crisis, he can only kvetch on the sidelines about the House GOP budget, which while not perfect by any means, at least attempts to address the problem.

His green initiatives are falling flat as showcase company after showcase company is going bankrupt despite millions of dollars in government loan guarantees. Chevy Volt production is on "temporary" hiatus due to lower-than-expected demand.

From Peter Wehner in Commentary:

What the president said, then, was so ill-informed, so ignorant, that people assumed he must know better. There’s no way we can know. But whatever the case, this has been quite a bad stretch for the president. His comments about the Supreme Court, when combined with his astonishingly dishonest attack on the House GOP budget, portray a president who is living in a fantasy world — a place where facts and history are inverted, lies become truth, where everything is subordinated to ambition and you simply make things up as you go along. Nietzsche referred to this mindset as the “will to power.” In American politics it’s known as The Chicago Way.

I don’t know what the political effect of all this will be. But intellectually, this is the week where Barack Obama jumped the shark. In a deep, fundamental way, he is no longer a serious man. Nor an honest one. His public words are now purposefully bleached of truth. And that is a painful thing to have to say about an American president.

For a guest lecturer on Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago, he displays a distressing lack of familiarity with Constitutional Law.

Obama, a former community organizer who is perhaps unaware of the finer points of the law, might want to acquaint himself with an obscure 19th century case, Marbury v. Madison, which established the doctrine of judicial review and grants federal courts the power to void acts of Congress that are in conflict with the Constitution. What Obama describes as “unprecedented” has, in fact, been done countless times since 1803.

Holder is being called before a judge to "clarify" Obama's remarks. Co-equal branches of government don't like it when presidents paint them as illegitimate and "unelected" while trying to intimidate them.

Watch for the administration to issue a statement "clarifying" what the president meant and reminding us that he's the "smartest president ever" - despite ample evidence to the contrary.

*****Oh, and if you want to take a firearms safety class, the firm will pay for that.*****

Are you hiring? :D

I'm an independent, conservative on what the Fed can do. I quite frankly don't care what you do personally unless it infringes on me.

I have had two inadvertent discussions over the past few weeks on politics with co-workers. One co-worker couldn't grasp how damaging the Dept of Ed is. She thought we still needed some central authority. The other didn't know that marriage, education and several other things that weren't in the Constitution. I need a stack of pocket Constitutions to hand out. :-)

Oh TJIC, if you are looking for a DBA, ask Amy to contact me with your e-mail addy.

"Progressives have hit on an amazing tactic. They act in stupid, doctrinaire, grasping, controlling ways. Then, they accuse conservative and libertarian opponents of doing exactly that."

Actually I believe it is because they have a stranglehold on the groups that diseminate information. the media, entertainment and educators.

If every day your average Joe only hears the evils that Republicans do while a complete whitewash or coverup of any Democratic wrong.

Unfortunately most people get their info from comedy satire and baised news, than from reality. So more think Tina Fey, quotes came from Palin, then things Palin actually said. And people view this Travon stuff as what the media portrais it. A white Repubican, killed a defenseless 12 yr old black child while saying racist epitaths.
Weeks later the truth is slowly leaking out, but by this point people have already made up their minds and tune new info out.
While the truth is nowhere near that.

And the "clarification" begins:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/04/05/carney_obama_not_understood_because_he_spoke_in_shorthand_since_he_is_a_law_professor.html

"Progressives have hit on an amazing tactic. They act in stupid, doctrinaire, grasping, controlling ways. Then, they accuse conservative and libertarian opponents of doing exactly that."

It's also projection, a classic defensive tactic of the cluster B personality disorders. Remember, leftism is the politics of narcissism.