Does Appalachian count as a second language?

If so, I've made the Obamessiah proud.  By now, you've all heard that Sen. Obama wants The Children^tm to learn Spanish so that our betters in Europe will begin to speak more highly of us. 

If states that bordered yours spoke different languages, wouldn't you have picked up on that at some point?  If France was as large as the United States, and only one of their borders was shared with a nation that didn't speak French, my guess is that most French people would only speak one language as well.

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There. Now he's back on message.

I am listening live to "Rev." Jesse Jackson's press conference and his "apology"* to Sen. Obama.  He just called his comments "a distraction."

I'll have video or a link when it becomes available. 

*I put that in quotes because he's spending most of his time talking about how poor urban housing is, the Iraq War, health care, etc.  It's in keeping with Jackson's history of avoiding any personal responsibilty.

Update: I heard Jackson right...

"If in this this thing that I've said in a hot mic statement that's interpreted as distraction, I offer apologies for that because I don't want to harm or hurt to come to this campaign," Jackson said at a news conference inside his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition headquarters on Chicago's South Side.

It just took me 40 minutes to find that.  You better appreciate it.  Morons.

{doubleplusundead}  Here's the video,

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Some funneh for you

I was actually going to post a story about this guy who quit his job rather than lower the state flag at half staff for Jesse Helms, but Mary Katharine Ham has a nice goof on him in the form of a Bud Light "Real American Heroes" commercial. Okay, I think I've got the link problem pinned down, but until then, here's the URL, which you'll have to copy&paste,

http://www.examiner.com/blogs-421-hamblog~y2008m7d9-Real-Heroes-of-Liberalism

Let's try this...  Yaaaaay, this one works!

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Obama's Halo Slipping

FISA provided the gravity. Apparently, Obama is a centrist with policies just to the right of Hillary Clinton:

It doesn't mean that we should sit out the election or vote McCain. It DOES mean that we have our work cut out for us. Obama isn't a progressive nor did he really ever pretend to be. And, I don't agree with the analysis that he is 'gravatiting center'. I think he is center. He basically mirrors the policy of Clinton, and he leans more conservative then her on health care.

So, what is a progressive democrat to do?

Keep on keeping on. Keep working to get in as many REAL progressives in Senate and Congressional seats as humanly possible. Keep educating the public. Keep protesting. Keep speaking out. And, speak out to OUR leadership when they fail us. It truly is the only thing that seperates us from the Republicans. Silence in the face of such a big failure in our party is a slippery slope into becoming just what we despise.

Is it just me that is enjoying the hell out of this one?

You've got apostates being attacked as "Naderesque crybabies" and hardcore liberal Obamaniacs defending FISA!

I need some popcorn. Or homo meat. Tastykakes?

Update: Wow, two really stupid mistakes in one day. I guess nobody ever said my name wasn't appropriate. It should be hobo meat.

Even worse, now Andrew Sullivan is salivating all over himself.

I quit. You can answer your own stupid questions!

Update: I am pointed to this Chicago Tribune story that puts the degree of leftard opposition to this move into perspective:

That same day, a new online group named "Senator Obama—Please Vote NO on Telecom Immunity—Get FISA Right" formed on his campaign's social networking Web site. Now with more than 22,000 members, it is the largest group on MyBarackObama.com.

The online group is flooded with messages of disappointment and disillusionment. Some threaten to ask that their campaign contributions be returned, while others suggest they will simply stay home this fall.

Larger than the Black Panthers' Group?  And what do you think the odds are that any of these college freshmen get their pot money back? 

This is, of course, the problem with worshiping a political candidate. It hurts so much when they turn out to be regular, calculating mortals.

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The DNC Convention embraces change, fried foods

It seems that the DNC is following Obama's lead by changing their deeply held beliefs out of public relations convenience. It seems that the draconian regulations that were set out for caterers were just a distraction:

Rest assured: Chicken tenders and doughnuts will make appearances at the Democratic National Convention.

In the midst of media mockery and embarrassment among national Democrats that Denver had declared fried foods a party foul and had ordered multihued entrees, the Denver host committee has softened an original document that called for caterers to be "lean and green."

[...]

"Maybe we didn't do a very good job on the outset," said Chris Lopez, spokesman for the Denver host committee. "We'll take criticism for not presenting it well. It's a guideline. It's a recommendation. It's not to say we have lean and green mandates."

National convention spokeswoman Natalie Wyeth was more blunt with the host group's early efforts to be healthy.

"I think putting rules in place regarding the colors of food . . . is a bit over the top," she said. "We're offering a full range of choices . . . French fries, chicken tenders, and fish and chips."

Silly caterers!  They took an official DNC document at face value!  Don't they understand nuance?

(h/t)

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Maybe that new presidential seal wasn't a gaffe...

Because in Obamaland he is already President (emphasis mine):

"I'm surprised at how finely calibrated every single word was measured. I wasn't saying anything I hadn't said before, that I didn't say a year ago or when I was a United States senator," said Obama, who is still a senator from Illinois.

If this man loses, it will be because of pride.  It's that simple.

(h/t)

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Fellow Travelers

So, it turns out that certain Dems are cozy with Commie terrorists.  Am I the only one who's not exactly surprised?  Actually, no, I'm not.

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Sad how accurate this is

Liberals can't help themselves but dance on the graves of conservatives, particularly social conservatives, it reliably happens every time.  The guys at TNOYF look at the competition between lefty sites to see who most rabidly hates the recently departed Jesse Helms the most.

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Expert on Presidential unfitness...

...weighs in on the guy he thought might make a good Veep just four years ago:

“John McCain has changed in profound and fundamental ways that I find personally really surprising, and frankly upsetting. It is not the John McCain as the senator who defined himself, quote, as a maverick, though questionable,” Kerry said. “This is want-to-be president John McCain. The result is that John McCain has flip-flopped on more issues than I was even ever accused possibly of thinking about.”

Wait, someone's accused Kerry of possibly thinking? When did that happen?

Anyway, for someone like John "I Voted For It Before I Voted Against It" Kerry to accuse someone else—anyone else, really, short of a fish that's been yanked out of water—of flip-flopping is weapons-grade chutzpah.

(Via protein wisdom, where one of the commenters provides a link to an image that's just begging for a facecock.)

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Thanks again, Mark Foley

His replacement, after sending out a "pro-military" flyer with a picture of a Soviet veteran, decided to spend Independence Day in...Canada. 

Not a huge deal to me, but if Tom Rooney can't beat him in the fall, I'll completely lose faith in Florida.  (Even though I'd still move there in a heartbeat.)

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Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do

The NEA booed Our Lord and Savior when he announced that he favored pay based on *gasp* actual merit in public schools.  Fred Thompson pretty much said it in the debates, and I'll say similar, the NEA is one of the most harmful and detrimental entities in our public school systems.  (h/t)

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Because a Republican can't imagine needing coins?

This is one of the dumbest pro-Obamessiah cartoons I've ever seen. 

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WTF, Matt?

Don't let's question Matthew Yglesias's patriotism or anything:

Ultimately, I think the United States is a pretty awesome country but it very plausibly would have been even awesomer had English and American political leaders in the late 18th century been farsighted enough to find compromises that would have held the empire together.

Dude. Just, dude. You write something like that on Independence Day?

Maybe this Christmas Matt will let us know how much better things would have been if Herod and the magi could have worked out a deal.

(h/t)

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Obama's flip-flop on Iraq

I mean, I knew he was going to have to moderate himself on the issue, but I'm surprised he's doing it now, I thought he'd try and hold out till the nutroots gave him their last dime first.  Check out the DU link in Allah's post, the Nutroots are losing their shit in DUmmieland.  Kinda fun to watch, actually.

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New miracle cure: Dick Cheney's Man-boobs!

Columbia University professor and Tibetan monk Robert Thurman:

What do you think about when you meditate? Usually, some form of trying to excavate any kind of negative thing cycling in the mind and turn it toward the positive. For example, when I am annoyed with Dick Cheney, I meditate on how Dick Cheney was my mother in a previous life and nursed me at his breast.

You mean you fantasize about being breast-fed by Dick Cheney? It’s a fantasy of releasing fear and developing affection. It’s a way of coming back to feeling grateful toward him and seeing his positive side, finding the mother in Dick Cheney.

I wonder how many lonely nights he spends meditating away his anger at Jenna Jameson.

(h/t)

***Thanks for the link, Allahpundit!  Everyone make sure to take a look around doubleplusundead to see what doubleplusundead, your's truly, and the rest of the co-bloggers have been up to!

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