'Sarah Palin Nails OWS Hypocrisy'

Via Free North Carolina:

At a Republican meeting not far from here, Sarah Palin nailed the difference between the Tea Party and the Occupy Whatever crowds. While we all may agree that the bailouts were wrong, and we should end the fed, as some occupiers seem to protest, my answer is make the government so small and impotent they can't give bailouts. OWS says "give me the money instead of them".



"They say 'Wall Street fat cats got a bailout so now I want one too.' And the correct answer is no one is entitled to a bailout," Palin told the crowd of about 1,000 at the Republican Party of Florida dinner. "The American dream, our foundation, is about work ethic and empowerment, not entitlement."


She compared the protesters and President Barack Obama to the "crony capitalists" they say they oppose.


"Barack Obama is owned by Wall Street [see here - Graybeard]. The fat cats, as he calls them, they're his friends. They're his pals. That's where he gets his campaign donations. And he's very generous about giving these cats their cat nip — bigger returns on their investments in bailouts," Palin said.


She went on to try and convince OWS that they need to be protesting Washington, where the policies they claim to oppose come from. Fat chance.

She is spot on as usual.It would have been nice if candidate Sarah Palin had made those remarks,but alas it was not to be.

Who Are The Top 1%?

Thomas Sowell:

As for the “top 1 percent” in income that attract so much attention, angst, and denunciation, there is always going to be a top 1 percent, unless everybody has the same income. That top 1 percent has no more monopoly on sainthood or villainy than people in any other bracket.

Nor does that top 1 percent consist of the “millionaires and billionaires” that Barack Obama talks about. You don’t even have to make half a million dollars to be in the top 1 percent.
Moreover, this is not an enduring class of people. Nor are people in other income brackets predetermined to stay there. Most of the people in the top 1 percent at any given time are there for only one year. Anyone who sells an average home in San Francisco can get into the top 1 percent in income — for that year. Other one-time spikes in income account for most of the people in that top 1 percent.
But such plain facts carry little weight amid the heady rhetoric and mindless emotions of the mob and the media.

'When The Government Passes Out Money They Tend To Pass It Out To Their Friends And Cronies'

The problem isn't whether the government favors its friends and supporters,that is human nature and we all do it.No the problem is that the government shouldn't be making these loans to begin with,that's what banks are for,and it needs to stop now.

hat tip to Say Anything Blog.

The True South Through My Eyes - HK Edgerton

Hat tip to Free North Carolina.

So Long Solyndra

Sheriff Time For Citizens To Arm Themselves

Amen,Amen,and Amen!!!

I have said it before and I will say it again,the only people that gun control laws restrict is law abiding citizens.The criminal element in our communities are by their very nature unaffected by any law,much less a law banning them from owning a firearm.

Hat tip to Hot Air.

Gaddafi Is Dead,Obama Has Declared Victory,And Al-Qaeda's Flag Flies Over Libya

This is what Obama's victory in Libya looks like:

The flag, complete with Arabic script reading "there is no God but Allah" and full moon underneath, was seen flying above the Benghazi courthouse building, considered to be the seat of the revolution, according to the news website Vice.com.

The flag was said to be flying over the building alongside the Libyan national flag but the National Transitional Council has denied that it was responsible.

Vice.com also reported that Islamists had been seen driving around the city's streets, waving the Al Qaeda flag from their cars and shouting "Islamiya, Islamiya! No East, nor West".

The revelation came just days after it emerged that rebels in Libya have imposed Sharia law in the some parts of country since seizing power.

Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, chairman of the National Transitional Council, said Islamic Sharia law would be the "basic source" of legislation in free Libya.

I think in the coming years we will long for the days of "Wacky Gadafi",versus these new guys in the "New Libya."