Four Supreme Court Justices Support Book Bans

Yes, that's right. That is actually the flip side of today's Supreme Court decision. In today's 5-4 ruling in favor of first amendment free speech rights, the Court struck down the campaign finance "reform" laws like McCain-Feingold that suppress people's ability to express opinions and disseminate information before primaries and general elections.

I've read comments far and wide on boards throughout the day of people that have railed against this decision. It's a sad fact that the class warfare of the left has insidiously wormed its way into people and makes them see this as a victory for "big corporations" and not a victory for free speech.

When it comes down to it, the suit was not brought by ExxonMobile or AIG. It was brought by a non-profit organization that wanted to release and advertise their political film about why Hilary Clinton was not qualified to be President. And a government bureaucrat told them they would be fined and possibly imprisoned if they did so. (Excuse me? Is this the United States or the old Soviet Union?) because it was within one of the "reform" laws' periods banning such activity.

Even though this was a victory, the scariest part to me was during oral arguments one of the Justices asked the government's lawyer if this content had been in book form would it be the government's position that that too would be illegal? And the government answered: yes. In a second round of arguments Justice Ginsburg offered the government and out and asked the question again for "clarification". Again the government's lawyer answered yes, it would be our position this would be illegal in book form, but you should "trust us, we have never enforced such things." At this, Chief Justice Roberts leaned across the bench and said "we don't place our First Amendment rights in the hands of bureaucrats."

So yes, as free Americans we have won a victory pushing back those who would infringe upon our basic Constitutional rights. But Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor sided with the government, and in essence with the prospect of banning books. The next time you wonder what the big deal is over a Supreme Court nominee
is all about, perhaps you should remember this. If just one more person on that court such as Kennedy had gone the other way, next week, next month, or whenever it was convenient, YOU might be sitting in jail for writing something poliltical within a 30 or 60 day window of an election...

Massachusetts Patriots Overcome the Drones

By this morning, anyone that reads or listens to any news knows that the voters in Massachusetts have sent a clear and loud notice to the Democrats that the electorate is angry and not going to be written off any longer.

Scott Brown defeated Martha Coakley in what many headlines have called "an epic upset". I would reject that view and put forth the headline "Massachusetts voters return to reality and remember the likes of Sam Adams and Paul Revere".

Already Democrats are doing what those of a leftist mentality do best. Point fingers at everybody but themselves. And others like Jim Webb of Virginia are in full panic mode and calling for no votes on health care until Brown is seated to look like they are in touch with the voters. Much, much too late Mr. Webb.

And this is just the beginning. Wait until November.

On the Massachusetts Senate Election

I've been enjoying the past week or so. Enjoying watching the liberals in full panic mode and having to spend precious time and resources fighting for a Senate seat that a few months ago everyone was giving to the Democrats without so much as a second thought. Watching this true panic in a bastion of clone factories that turn out Marxist-liberal drones on an assembly line is both amazing and fun at the same time.

Recent polls have shown that the Republican candidate, State Senator Scott Brown, is leading 50-46. He's been campaigning on being the 41st vote to hold up a Republican filibuster on Obamacare, Cap&Tax, and other Marxist agendas of this president. Looks like being the "Party of No" is resonating quite well with the voters when it comes to saying no to Marxism in the US. The significance of this race is that Brown could be decisive in stopping this monstrosity from becoming law at all if he wins and can get sworn in before the conference bill is completed.

Even if he doesn't win, this bodes well for the November elections. If a Republican can make a race out a seat in the liberal capital of the East Coast, then Democrats are in for a rude awakening all around the country.

So Much "Good" News

Today 85,000 more jobs were reported lost last month. That would be December; the month that usually produces a huge amount of work in the service sector for retail holiday help. So much for that recovery huh?

And of course we can't forget about how "the system worked" when a known extremist got onto a plane bound for the US and almost blew it out of the sky.

However on a bighter note I'm happy to see at least some of the Democrats losing hope and dropping out of re-election bids. Even though they're doing it so they can get cushy consulting jobs, it shows they know they have no chance at avoiding the wrath of the voters in November.