'Blue Suede Shoes'

Zilla mentioned she loves Elvis, and I'm throwing in some Carl Perkins too, and some rare 1955 footage with Johnny Cash and Buddy Holly as well:

More blogging tonight.

Stay Classy Progressives: Gay Rights Extremists Lash Out After NOH8 Caught Wellstoning the Death of Christina Santiago

From the comments at, "Extremist NOH8 Campaign Exploits Christina Santiago Death for Crass Political Gain":

dave™© said...

Dear hste-filled wingnut asshole,

Go fuck yourself.

Too bad it wasn't a moron like you who got snuffed out instead of a loving person working to change the world for the better. The fewer clueless motherfuckers like you around, the better.

Did I tell you to go fuck yourself? Just checking...

August 17, 2011 5:59 AM

And the fever-nihilists at Balloon Juice endorse the hate. Plus, more from the haters at Truth Wins Out.

FLASHBACK: Recall my recent post that explains exactly this kind of violent extremism:

Gay activists are the most venal, vicious, and unprincipled political organizers going. It's like Rick Santorum noted the other day, when he suggested that gays enjoy "super rights." Progressive gay activists are the left's ultimate bullies. They are in your face, attacking anyone with the slightest inclination toward tradition as a "homophobe" and "racist." They browbeat, intimidate, and harass to get their way. They've threatened to destroy livelihoods over the simple act of voting on a proposition. They's lied and cheated in public forums, for example, with the mock judicial process that reviewed Prop. 8 in Federal District Court. Basically, they've raped the political process to leverage a disgusting and morally reprobate barebacking, rim-station sexual agenda that majorities of voters have consistently rejected nationwide. Fully thirty states continue to prohibit gay marriage across the country, but the tentacles of deathly progressivism have worked their subterfuge in the more left-leaning states, using all manner of deceit and duplicity to carry the day. Most of all is the sickening progressive discrimination that is the centerpiece of folks like the disgusting perv Dan Savage. I wrote recently on his sick bigotry and hatred of regular people: "Gay Sexual Abandon and the Perverse Inversion of Values by Same-Sex Extremists." The gay progressive program of ideological bigotry works because society has been beaten down by political correctness. No one wants to appear intolerant. No one wants to be attacked as anti "civil rights." The problem of course, is that gay marriage isn't a civil right, although regular people have been so brainwashed by progressive Orwellianism they don't know what is good and moral, and to even speak up for something decent is to be viciously attacked, with people's very lives being threatened.

Perry Calls Global Warming Unproven

At LAT, "Rick Perry calls global warming an unproven, costly theory."

Julia Roberts Looks Fabulous!

Now that's my kinda headline!

At London's Daily Mail, "Julia Roberts looks fabulous in a bikini at 43 as she relaxes on family holiday in Hawaii."

Mob Violence Coming to America?

From Tait Trussell, at FrontPage Magazine:

Mob violence coming to America? A disturbing 48 percent of the public believes cuts in government spending may lead to violence in the United States. This was found in an Aug.12 Rasmussen Reports opinion poll. Some 13 percent of those polled feel “it is very likely.” Only 12 percent responded that it is not likely. The poll is especially significant because it is essential that we drastically peel back spending or face national insolvency.

“Several prominent Democrats and their media friends have charged the Tea Party with being economic terrorists,” the poll report said. A theory that’s as baseless as the thought of a church running a house of ill repute. The Tea Party is vilified by liberals because its believers want to slash federal spending. Tea Party participants have been victims of, not pursuers of, violence.

Americans under age 50 see violence quite possible. And most adults (58 percent) unaffiliated with either political party think spending reductions will trigger violence. That compares with 46 percent of Republicans and 42 percent of Democrats. Tax hikes and falling stock prices are much less likely to spur violence, the pollsters found. How violence may well come to America will be explored later...

Keep reading.

More Mark Steyn!

At Blazing Cat Fur, "John Oakely interviews Mark Steyn."

Rick Perry Campaigns as Presumptive GOP Nominee

Look, things are going really well for Governor Perry, but he's still facing formidable candidates in the primaries. Watching the news on this reminded me of Hillary Clinton, who seemed all but assured the Democrat nomination in 2008. She campaigned on an inevitability platform as if she was a political heiress to the party's throne. And while I know Obama's been going after Perry in interviews, the media honeymoon coming out of Iowa won't last too much longer and pretty soon the campaign will focus on who's the best Republican in the race. Perry's looking good, but it's the voters who'll make the pick, and Michelle Bachmann's blazing in Iowa and that's not likely to fade too much between now and the caucuses. And here's this at KXAN Austin News, "Perry trying cast himself as nominee."

I remember watching Hillary Clinton in a couple of the Democrat debates in 2008 and it was like worker bees swarming around a queen. This year on the GOP side, Romney's been so far getting those kinds of benefits, and he's not going to give up the mantle of frontrunner so easily. So, stayed tuned. The Republican race is up for some bloodletting before much longer.

See New Hampshire Journal, "Poll: Romney rocks, Perry pops, Bachmann doesn’t bounce" (via Memeorandum).

RELATED: At The Hill, "GOP torn over whether Romney or Perry can best make case against Obama."

Obama to Announce Jobs Plan in Major Speech After Labor Day

It's a sign of deep desperation on the left when a combination of really last ditch political efforts come together simultaneously to set off screaming alarms bells. Top officials from President Obama's campaign vehicle, Organizing for America, are attacking the progressive blogosphere as a bunch of "firebaggers." In turn, there's all kinds of confusion on the "professional left" about this, and Jane Hamsher's backing off from taking one for the team. Then there's this story at today's front-page New York Times, "On Economy, Raw Data Gets a Grain of Salt." Read that all the way through. Hey, when things aren't going your way, attack the bureaucracy and the "flawed" government data, which of course JUST CAN'T make the boss look bad!! That said, "you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time." For example, at Gallup, "New Low of 26% Approve of Obama on the Economy." And so, for the formerly competent economic manager (cf. 2008 campaign during the Wall Street crash), what to do but fire up the teleprompter! TOTUS to the rescue. At New York Times, "Obama Plans Jobs Speech After Labor Day."

'Firebaggers'

Hey, thanks OFA!

I love that, "firebaggers." And Jane "Firebagger" Hamsher's down with it? That's even better.

At The Other McCain, "‘Firebagger Lefty Blogosphere’." And this is no joke. Firebagger works perfectly for progressives, because ultimately, when leftists see state cutbacks to the socialist welfare system, they just freakin' torch everything down. So, yeah, firebaggers. Freakin' firebagger commie ASFLs.

The Claims of Grievance-Bearing Identity Groups Will Always Prevail Over Fairness

I continue to reflect on the injustice against Widener Law Professor Lawrence Connell.

At the post title is a clause from the final sentence at Charlotte Allen, "The Mess at Widener Law School."

And of course, the statement's truth is all the more powerful if you've been on the receiving end of the left's preposterous and genuinely evil allegations. Carl Salonen, now a regular at the stalking hate site American Nihilist, contacted my college president, and falsely claimed that:

Dr. Douglas has been rather busy lately, posting photographs and videos of possibly underage women in various states of undress (and of course, making his students go to his blog, thus viewing said images).

Unreal. I know. The allegations are that I'm (1) a child pornographer who (2) requires his students to read his postings. These are breathtaking lies. Carl Salonen submitted not a shred of evidence in support. This is pure, demented libel. But that's typical for progressives. Carl Salonen and his ally W. James Casper ----who gives the former an outlet to continue threats and football spiking---- are both cowards and liars. I'll be further documenting and rebutting Carl Salonen's allegations over the next few days, including a point-by-point refutation the e-mails sent to my college and to Attorney General Kamala Harris. Another complainant made virtually the same malicious complaints, claiming falsely that I posted pictures of nude woman and pulled those up during classroom lectures, in effect subjecting women to sexual harassment by allegedly "forcing" them to view "inappropriate material."

And from the conclusion of Charlotte Allen's essay:

In New Law School thinking, where power is everything, and the claims of grievance-bearing identity groups will always prevail over fairness, it is perfectly fine to strip your perceived opponent of his livelihood and to consign him to the ministrations of your own Nurse Ratched—and there is no such thing as abuse of power.

Carl Salonen had no actionable claims against me or my blogging. Hence, contacting my employer ---- and the state attorney general ---- was nothing but a desperate attempt to destroy me, to get me fired, for the audacity of standing up for decency and right. This tiny little ASFL has nothing but hate, bile, and lies. Endless totalitarian lies. Carl Salonen continues to brag about how much he "hurt me" and how "defeated" I am.

Well, the ASFLs are losing big time. I'm standing up for decency and reputation. I'll be setting the record straight and providing documentation for all to see. This is about truth and accountability. Conservatives cannot let progressives get away with their demonic thuggery. Never give into these people. Document, rebut, report, blog, video and get in their faces with the truth. That's what they hate most, the truth. The truth destroys them because their existence is based on lies, as it is with all totalitarianism.

UPDATE: This post was edited on August 17th at 9:12pm.

Rick Perry's 'Texas Miracle'

From The Economist:

... I would suggest that in the rush to debunk Mr Perry, Democrats are being a little hasty. The Perry campaign is giving the startling statistic that since June 2009, 40% of the net new jobs created in America have been in Texas—a state with less than 10% of the nation's people. The Dallas Fed, earlier this month, reckoned that Texas created 261,700 jobs between June 2009 and June 2011, compared to 524,000 in the nation as a whole. Given the tremendous need for jobs in this country—and grinding unemployment is a horrible thing, not a minor inconvenience—it's a little disheartening to think that people are rushing to dismiss what has happened in Texas just because it's Texas and because Mr Perry, with his accent and his swagger, is the state's governor. So let's put politics aside. Pretend that Mr Perry doesn't exist, and that there's been a dummy stuffed with straw sitting in his office this whole time. What would have happened in Texas?

I'm fascinated at how aggro the attacks on Perry have become. Clearly Perry's putting the freak out into Democrats big time. They're like hyenas hovering for a bite off the carcass. They're looking to just shred the body. It's amazing. Again, Bill Whittle said it best: No matter who becomes the GOP nominee in the end, Republican voters are chomping at the bit for election 2012.

Anyway, check out this post at Political Math, it's really something else, "Rick Perry And Texas Job Numbers." (At Memeorandum.)

Elvis Presley's Birthday

It wasn't yesterday.

Elvis was born January 8, 1935.

Michele Bachmann botched it. See: "Bachmann’s Elvis Tribute, Slightly Off." You're gonna have these (just ask Barack "57 states" Obama), but Bachmann can ill afford the little gaffes at this point in the race. Rick Perry's coming on strong.

Karen Alloy Brew Nation

Karen Alloy has a show!

Corey White, Target in Facebook Murder-for-Hire Plot, Gunned Down in Philly

At LAT, "Target in Facebook murder-for-hire case is gunned down," and ABC News, "Facebook Mystery: Man Killed After Ex-Girlfriend Posts Ominous Message." There's no evidence that the Facebook plot and murder are linked. These people talk like hoodlums, that's for sure:

Earlier this year White's ex-girlfriend, 20-year-old London Eley, who is also the mother of his child, posted on Facebook, "I will pay somebody a stack to kill my baby father." Police said a "stack" refers to $1,000.

Timothy Bynum allegedly responded, "Say no more ... what he look like ... where he be at ... need that stack 1st," according to police.

Eley's attorney told ABCNews.com it was either White, or one of his relatives, who saw the post on Facebook and called police...

"Where he be at"?

Damn, that mofo sho be mess up on his tawkin! Homeboy!

Obama Promises Jobs Package, Challenges Republicans to Block It

At LAT, "Obama dares Republicans to block his coming jobs package."

After pledging to send a job-creation package to Congress next month and daring Republicans to block it, President Obama offered few specifics Tuesday about the form the plan might take as he stuck to a broad outline of how to improve the economy.

On the second day of Obama's three-day bus tour of the upper Midwest, the president worked off the blueprint he had used the day before, offering proposals such as extending a payroll tax cut, spending money to repair roads and bridges, and ratifying pending trade agreements.

And he continued to hammer away at Republicans in Congress, suggesting they stand in the way of economic growth, even as some Democrats expressed discomfort with what they saw as a potentially divisive stance.

"We could do even more if Congress is willing to get in the game," Obama said to a gathering of small-business owners, community leaders and rural development experts at a small college in Peosta, Iowa.

I'm thinking about that Trifecta video I posted earlier, and Bill Whittle's comments. No matter who the GOP nominates, the Republican base is going to be more energized than ever. I'm starting to get the 2012 fever!

PJTV Trifecta: Conservative 2012 Showdown?

A great discussion, and Bill Whittle elaborates some of the themes from his talk last week:

NewsBusted: 'Bachmann won Iowa straw poll'

Another excellent clip, via Theo Spark:

Runaway Spending

Cool graph.

At Heritage Foundation, "Runaway Spending, Not Inadequate Tax Revenue, Is Responsible for Future Deficits."

'NUTS!'

At Weasel Zippers, "Awesome: Allen West Responds To CAIR Demand He Distance Himself From “Anti-Islamic” Groups With One-Word Letter: “NUTS!”…"

This CAIR guy needs to learn some history. "Nuts" is clearly a reference to the Battle of the Bulge.

New Issues Emerge for News Corporation in Britain

At Wall Street Journal, "New Evidence Adds Pressure to News Corp."

And at Telegraph UK, "Phone hacking: 'orchestrated cover-up' of hacking at News of the World."

More at Mediagazer.