Ordinary Citizens, 1...

...Product of the Grand Rapids Public Schools, 0. It's A Teachable Moment if you think about it. First, this is how ordinary citizens should act when a fellow citizen in is in distress. Second, if the coward formerly on the bike did not want to be pinned to the pavement, she should not have tried to steal an old lady's purse.

Brevity...

...Is the soul of good legislation. And this bill to cap all Federal spending at 20.6% of GDP is, in the greater scheme of politics, refreshingly brief.

Yes, it says cap ALL spending. About damn time.

Hattip: Instapundit.

Today's Required Reading.

Bill Whittle adds a new, 7th installment to his What We Believe series of video essays. Watch it all:



If you haven't seen them, the first six installments are here. Nice way to spend Black Friday.

'What We Believe'.

Call it the "Bill Whittle Lecture Series". Watch them all. If you like these, you might like Silent America, a collection of Bill's superb essays.

21 Years Ago Today...

...The world woke up from history. After reading Scott's post at the link, turn this up. Way Up.

Hey Baton Rouge Tea Partiers, What Time Is It? (UPDATED)

It's time to change the country, that's what time it is!

If rummage sales and the occasional flag waving isn't quite what you had in mind for political action this election season, there are places where you can turn your energy into action and fight back to elect conservative / Constitutional candidates to office. Our former Tea Party President, Jennifer Madsen, needs volunteers for the Republican Party's 'Project Victory' campaign, which she now heads. (If you are in another part of the state, Jennifer has campaign opportunities for you, too.)

Dear readers, we need to turn this election, not into a change of parties in Congress, but into an electoral rout the likes of which has never been seen; which even The Left / Mainstream Media can't spin away. Even in "safe" conservative districts we need to turn out our vote in such numbers and with such force that our voice can not be denied. A 52-48 victory is a victory. But a 62-38 victory is a mandate.

Right now, the Republican Party is the best avenue to do that. Our opponents aren't content to sit at a rummage sale or wave flags - Organize for America intends to make 15 million phone calls before 2 November for Leftist candidates. We need to double that.

So ask yourself, my fellow Tea Partiers - what do you want to do in the next few weeks? Sell bric-a-brac and tee-shirts, or continue to be a part of the next American Revolution? The choice is yours.

UPDATE 15OCT2010: For those interested, there are several Tea Party activities in south Louisiana tomorrow (Saturday) that don't involve selling attic leftovers and cookies:

Greater New Orleans Tea Party is holding a "mini-rally" at Veterans and Causeway in Metairie, 10-Noon. Bring tasteful signs.

Northshore Tea Party is holding a "Family Fun To Get It Done" rally at the Reagan Memorial in Covington, 1-3. Senator Vitter and Representative Scalise will be speaking, and there will be opportunities to volunteer for a get-out-the-vote drive (which, in the how-to-win-elections category, beats sellling cookies).

Rise Of The 'Retrosexual'.

The bleeding-heart 'Metrosexual' is so Obama. This is 2010 - get a fedora and haircut:

"Oh My God! They Killed Free Speech!"

"You Bastards!!"

"It's not a threat, but it really is a likely outcome," al Amrikee said, referring to the possibility that Parker and Stone could be murdered for mocking Muhammad. "They're going to be basically on a list in the back of the minds of a large number of Muslims. It's just the reality."

More here and here. There is a way to fight back: 20 May is 'Everybody Draw Mohammad Day'.

Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Oh, yes.

There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Cartoon.

Chris Muir, creator of the online cartoon strip Day by Day, is having a fund-raiser. (Hey, cartoonists need to eat, too...) So head on over, hit one of his four Donation Levels, and tell him RSR sent you!

Something You Can Feel Good Voting For.

Because of the ever-optimistic Greta Perry, my family has become involved with Soldiers' Angels - a wonderful group that supports Americans in uniform with a variety of programs.

Instapundit has this post saying the founder of Soldiers' Angels, Patti Patton-Bader, is one of the fifteen semi-finalists in NBC’s “America’s Favorite Mom” contest, and on 11 May you can vote for her as “America’s Favorite Mom." If she wins, it puts a nice chunk of change in the coffers of Soldiers' Angels, so I don't think our own moms will mind. Not this time, anyway.