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.

Comrades,

In case this wasn’t already obvious (i.e. you were living under a rock): PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA IS A BIG GODDAMN PROBLEM.

From change.gov, which outlines Obama’s transition plans (hat tip to Uncle):

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.

You know, I don’t think everyone who voted for Obama wants this stuff. I mean hell - I know a guy who voted for Obama because he thinks Barry Jesus is the solution to our economic woes, and he went and bought himself a complete Stag today because he realizes he’s about to lose the ability to. (Don’t worry, I already told him he’s seven different kinds of stupid.) But, point being: I don’t think these people understand that yes, they honest-to-Pete just voluntarily voted to trade our liberties for WARM FUZZY HOPE.

Hey, at least you really can’t accuse me of unfoundedly predicting impending doom at this point, considering the arrogant bastard is openly flaunting his intention to wage war on my rights.

Fine. If Obama wants to see our rifles on a battlefield, we’ll give him a battlefield. Μολὼν λαβέ.

*waits for the Brownshirts Black-Baggers Truth Squads to come haul her away*

Will somebody explain to me how California simultaneously voted to give Barack Obama 55 electoral college votes and to implement a state constitutional amendment to eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry?

I mean… really? Y’all are weird.

Our countrymen want to fuck us over? How about we just fuck you right back. I think I’ll go ahead and get on WIC, and Medicaid, and every other entitlement program I can find, and every last penny we would have normally spent being responsible for our own milk and eggs and health insurance premiums we’ll put into guns and ammo and mags instead.

Ha, ha, ha.

I’m going to go throw up now.

Mike went to vote early this morning. We live directly across the street from our polling place, so as he was walking over there, he was joined by our orange tabby cat, who often accompanies us if we’re walking around the neighborhood.

The cat, incidentally named Gipper, meowed at Mike as he took his place in line (surrounded by Obama fanatics).

Mike looked at him and said, “What Gip, you want to vote? Don’t worry… I’m sure ACORN will let you register.”

Apparently the Obama-follower in front of him was not amused.

Okay, I know I said I was signing off the election stuff, but this doesn’t really count. Check out what showed up in the UK’s Daily Mail:

PETER HITCHENS: The Zombie and the Third-World Marxist … How the American West views the presidential race

They tell me that about one person in 50 on the streets of Moscow, Idaho, is legally carrying a concealed pistol. A lot more have them in their cars. I rather approve of this, though I don’t think I’ll join in.

Many of those packing heat are women combining a hard, practical feminism with a conservative view of the right to bear arms.

The important thing is that you don’t know who is armed and who isn’t, and nor do potential rapists and muggers. I am sure this arrangement improves everyone’s manners no end.

It is certainly a very polite place and shoot-outs here are a good deal rarer than they are in gun-controlled London or Manchester.

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MORE

It’s really a fantastic article, but I’m probably biased because I feel like I’m in on all the inside jokes.

For the record, picture #1 is inside Tri-State, where we don’t shop because they are anti-open-carry.

But this?

That’s Sure Shot, our go-to gun shop, and we flippin’ LOVE that sign. I just about died when I saw that picture in the article.

Awesome, awesome, awesome. I love our weird little town.

Barring major news like the sudden ineligibility, death, or withdrawal of one of the candidates, I’m signing off election posts for the remainder of the race. I’ve nothing left to say… though I’m sure I’ll have commentary come Wednesday.

May the best least destructive man win, and for those of you drinking your way through this, have one for me.

Mike is playing Call of Duty 4 at the moment, and one of the splash screens just popped up with the following quote:

“A leader leads by example, not by force.” - Sun Tzu

Apropos, I thought, on the heels of my last post. For example, if one believes those with the least in society are deserving of a hand up, perhaps one should freely give a portion of their income to provide that hand up, to serve as a charitable example to others. You know, rather than giving next to nothing and instead bringing in hired guns to force others to “give.”

Just food for thought.