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Obama is a Moron
Want a reason why? OK, let's start with idolizing Reagan for 'changing' the country. Changing it into what?

Well, for one thing, he destroyed the economy and saddled the next four or five generations with debt.

Source: The Huffington Post

Pot Meet Kettle
So Chuck Norris, Huckabee supporter extraordinaire, has come out saying that St. John McCain is too old to be President.

So we have a washed-out, retiree 'action' star who can't manage a roundhouse kick telling us that a Senator is too old to be President.

Maybe McCain can hire a younger black man to do all the physical work, just like you did, Chuck!

Source: CNN.com

Time to Take a Stand
Do you want a national set of ID papers, required to do everything from go to court to fly on a plane to get a job to God knows what else?

If not, then you should support Governor Schweitzer of Montana, because he's making a Dodd-esque stand for our fading civil liberties at this very moment.

Montana governor Brian Schweitzer (D) declared independence Friday from federal identification rules and called on governors of 17 other states to join him in forcing a showdown with the federal government which says it will not accept the driver's licenses of rebel states' citizens starting May 11.

If that showdown comes to pass, a resident of a non-complying state could not use a driver's license to enter a federal courthouse or a Social Security Administration building nor could he board a plane without undergoing a pat-down search, possibly creating massive backlogs at the nation's airports and almost certainly leading to a flurry of federal lawsuits.

States have until May 11 to request extensions to the Real ID rules that were released last Friday. They require states to make all current identification holders under the age of 50 to apply again with certified birth and marriage certificates. The rules also standardize license formats, require states to interlink their DMV databases and require DMV employee to undergo background checks.

Yeesh, people, this is NOT the Soviet Union yet! We shouldn't have to have official papers to go to court, fly, travel and the like.

What is WRONG with you, America?

Source: Wired

Nothing to See Here, Move Along
Speaking of Big Brother, New York's police want to ban the ownership of devices that measure air quality.

I'm not making this up. They want to ban devices to measure pollution. Private citizens could go to jail for detecting that the air they're breathing is bad. You're not allowed to know what's in your air, if this goes through, unless the Party tells you that you can check.

Gee, I wonder why they would want to ban independent air quality checks....

Dave Newman, an industrial hygienist for the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, claimed that under this law, the West Virginia air-quality experts who tested the air after 9/11 would have been a bunch of criminals.

See, disagreeing with the government is wrong. Having facts on your side is WORSE. Stay ignorant and breathe deep, America.

Source: The Village Voice

Texas Republicans
Republican Judge indicted for arson. Republican prosecutor asks judge to dismiss case rather than go ahead.

Color me shocked.

Source: DallasNews.com