Aimless Obama walks alone

◼ The reports are not good, disturbing even. I have heard basically the same story four times in the last 10 days, and the people doing the talking are in New York and Washington and are spread across the political spectrum. - Michael Goodwin/New York Post

The gist is this: President Obama has become a lone wolf, a stranger to his own government. He talks mostly, and sometimes only, to friend and adviser Valerie Jarrett and to David Axelrod, his political strategist.

...If the reports are accurate, and I believe they are, they paint a picture of an isolated man trapped in a collapsing presidency. While there is no indication Obama is walking the halls of the White House late at night, talking to the portraits of former presidents, as Richard Nixon did during Watergate, the reports help explain his odd public remarks.... Read The rest

In a nutshell...

The folks who are getting the free stuff don't like the folks who are paying for the free stuff because the folks who are paying for the free stuff can no longer afford to pay for both the free stuff and their own stuff, and, the folks who are paying for the free stuff want the free stuff to stop. And the the folks who are getting the free stuff want even more free stuff on top of the free stuff they are already getting!

Now...the people who are forcing the people who PAY for the free stuff have told the people who are RECEIVING the free stuff that the people who are PAYING for the free stuff are being mean, prejudiced, and racist.

So... the people who are GETTING the free stuff have been convinced they need to hate the people who are paying for the free stuff by the people who are forcing some people to pay for their free stuff and giving them the free stuff in the first place.

We have let the free stuff giving go on for so long that there are Now more people getting free stuff than paying for the free stuff.

Now understand this. All great democracies have committed financial suicide somewhere between 200 and 250 years after being founded. The reason The voters figured out they could vote themselves money from the treasury by electing people who promised to give them money from the treasury in exchange for electing them. The United States officially became a Republic in 1776, 231 years ago. The number of people now getting free stuff outnumbers the people paying for the free stuff. We have one chance to change that in 2012. Failure to change that spells the end of the United States as we know it. (h/t: Colleen)

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Celebrate Columbus Day!

◼ Monday, October 10, 2011 - history channel
◼ Columbus Day 2011: Columbus Day Parade New York Begins at 11 a.m. Monday - International Business Times

Governor Palin’s Speech at “Defending the Republic” Event

◼ – Oct 7 2011 - Palin-TV

Jerry Brown vetoes industrial hemp, pregnant inmate and use of tanning beds by minors bills

◼ link - Sacramento Bee Capitol Alert

Gov. Jerry Brown today vetoed legislation that would have permitted the cultivation of industrial hemp in California, though the Democratic governor didn't seem happy about it.

Senate Bill 676, by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, would have created an eight-year, pilot program for the cultivation of industrial hemp in Imperial, Kern, Kings and San Joaquin counties.

...Brown also vetoed Assembly Bill 568, by Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, which would have prohibited prison guards from shackling pregnant inmates unless necessary.

"At first blush, I was inclined to sign this bill because it certainly seems inappropriate to shackle a pregnant inmate unless absolutely necessary," Brown said in a veto message. "However, the language of this measure goes too far, prohibiting not only shackling, but also the use of handcuffs or restraints of any kind except under ill-defined circumstances."

◼ California bans use of tanning beds by minors - Reuters via Drudge (image source)

◼ But... lets 12-year-olds consent to preventive care for STDs - LA Times

◼ Gov. Brown signs law banning open carry of handguns - ABC Local

AB144, makes it a misdemeanor to carry an exposed and unloaded gun in a public place.

Brown had more than 100 bills to sign or veto before a midnight deadline.

Brown also signed a new measure requiring health insurance companies in California to provide coverage for autism.

...Brown vetoed a bill requiring extra warning for women whose breast tissue is dense enough to mimic cancers in mammograms.

He also vetoed a bill allowing public universities to use race in their undergraduate and graduate admissions.

The governor said no to a bill requiring law enforcement officers to get a warrant before they search through electronic devices of people they arrest.

◼ Jerry Brown signs bill speeding involuntary medication of inmates - LA Times

◼ Jerry Brown rejects new restrictions on megastores - LA Times

◼ Jerry Brown extends tax credit for filmmakers until 2015 - LA Times

◼ Gov. Jerry Brown signs bill placing limits on DUI checkpoints - LA Times

WOMEN'S WORLD: Argentine president poised for re-election

◼ Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has a massive lead over opponents two weeks before a presidential election and looks set to win more than 50 percent of the vote, two polls showed on Sunday. - Reuters via Drudge (image source)