Hey, good news! Obama recognizes the American public school system isn’t performing up to snuff, and believes in school choice.

I mean, as long as you can afford $20,000 - $30,000 in annual tuition, he does.

Man, I’m sure glad we didn’t get evil old John “Seven Houses” McCain as POTUS. Really dodged a bullet there. It’ll be great to have One Of Us Folks in the White House!

Now, I’m off to look under the couch cushions for some quarters… I have about $390,000 to come up with so I can send my kid through K-12.

It seems to me like your doublespeak on gun rights means one of three things:

1. You’re stupid.
2. You think I’m stupid.
3. You’re a liar.

I’m inclined to believe it’s a combination of the last two. See, here’s your agenda (the good one with the “battlefield” language, just for old times’ sake):

Address Gun Violence in Cities: As president, Barack Obama would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals who shouldn’t have them. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent, as such weapons belong on foreign battlefields and not on our streets.

And here’s what you’re telling America via the press (story via Uncle):

“I believe in common sense gun safety law, and I believe in the second amendment,” Obama said at a press conference Sunday.

“And so, lawful gun owners have nothing to fear.

“I’ve said that throughout the campaign. I haven’t indicated anything different during the transition, and I think that people can take me at my word.”

Which words, Obama? The ones where you say you want to take away the manner in which I buy many of my guns (private sale, aka ‘the gun show loophole’), restrict the usability of those guns in my home (making them ‘childproof’), and flat-out ban guns I own (that part is a no-brainer)? Or the ones where you say that, as a lawful gun owner, I have “nothing to fear?”

Your words don’t mesh, in my world. It’s really a very simple concept. I own the guns you want to ban. I’m pretty confident you know that. Which, again, says to me: You think I’m stupid, and you’re a liar.

Keep talking, though - I’m sure Midway and Ammunition to Go and Stag really appreciate the business in the holiday season. Every time you open your fool mouth you just remind us how great of a stocking stuffer another lower receiver or 500 rounds of 5.56 can be!

I’m actually starting to feel semi-confident about the Obama administration. I mean… I was afraid he was actually going to make good on his promise of change, and that freaked me out because I don’t like the kind of change he talks about.

Now that he’s more or less assembling a cabinet consisting of a who’s-who of the Democratic establishment elite (also known as Everyone Who Ever Worked For Bill Clinton), I’m gaining confidence he might just be more of the same after all… which means a lot of posturing, chest-beating, blaming Republicans, and then getting nothing done other than making people realize everything Democrats do is either a) dangerous, b) worthless, or c) both.

Hey, how ’bout that Eric Holder pick for Attorney General?

About two weeks before the raid, Tim Russert asked Holder, “You wouldn’t send a SWAT team in the dark of night to kidnap the child, in effect?”  Holder answered, “No, we don’t expect anything like that to happen.”  Then the Department did precisely that. The day after the seizure, Holder appeared again with Russert, who asked, “Why such a dramatic change in position?” “I’m not sure I’d call it a dramatic change,” Holder answered.  “We waited ’til five in the morning, just before dawn.” [SOURCE]

Just to refresh your memory:

Yes. Somebody who thought that was a good idea is Obama’s pick for Attorney General.

Oh, and the guy Obama is picking for White House counsel - Gregory Craig - has a distinguished list of clients:

• John Hinckley, the guy who attempted to assasinate President Reagan. Hinckley’s insanity defense? Courtesy of Craig.
• Ted Kennedy and William Kennedy Smith, who he advised on the Palm Beach rape case.
• Bill Clinton, who he defended against impeachment.
• Elian Gonzalez’s father, who (along with the Castro regime) wanted Elian back in Cuba
• Bolivian Minister of Defense Jose Carlos Sánchez Berzaín, who fled to the USA under accusations of human rights violations and the murder of dozens of civilians protesting the Bolivian government.
• Pedro Miguel González Pinzón, under indictment for the ambush killing of a US Army Sergeant and wounding of another.

Wow. I don’t know what else to say, but wow. Think he’s gonna go for the gold and bring back Janet Reno while he’s at it?

Daniel Pouzzner, editor of the Architecture of Modern Political Power, has reassembled Obama’s Change.gov Agenda (in its entirety) from the Google page cache. 

You can view an identical mirror of the agenda as it was posted on November 7th at Mega.nu. 

Post, re-post, and post it again, friends! (I think if you link directly to http://www.mega.nu/ampp/obama_agenda/agenda.html it will help get it into the Google index faster.) 

To allow the Obama camp to pretend their words never existed is unacceptable.

I just got a notice from new_iconoclast on LJ that the page detailing Obama’s gun control agenda (as well as all his other policy plans) has been scrubbed. He said:

As of 1930 CST on Sat 08 Nov 08, that page is “not available right now” on change.gov. Thanks for the quote.

Sure enough, I headed back to change.gov, and the new agenda page reads - in full:

The Agenda

President-Elect Obama and Vice President-Elect Biden have developed innovative approaches to challenge the status quo in Washington and to bring about the kind of change America needs.

The Obama Administration has a comprehensive and detailed agenda to carry out its policies. The principal priorities of the Obama Administration include: a plan to revive the economy, to fix our health care, education, and social security systems, to define a clear path to energy independence, to end the war in Iraq responsibly and finish our mission in Afghanistan, and to work with our allies to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, among many other domestic and foreign policy objectives.

Too late, Barry. We already know.