Conservative Wanderer

“A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and, above all, responsible liberty for every individual that we will become that shining city on a hill.” — Ronald Wilson Reagan

Daily Archives: 20 June 2011

E. J. Dionne Thinks Making People Prove Who They Say They Are Is Election Rigging

Yes, you read that right. To EJD, asking people for a piece of photo ID… which I have to do every time I check into a hotel–which, by the way, is where I was this weekend, a little “mental health” getaway–is tantamount to rigging the election.

The laws in question include requiring voter identification cards at the polls, limiting the time of early voting, ending same-day registration and making it difficult for groups to register new voters.

Oh, the horrors! Making sure that the person voting under the name John Smith is really John Smith and not Dan Green! Keeping people from registering the day of the election with names conveniently copied off the headstones at the local cemetery! And–gasp–limiting early voting, making it harder for people to vote twice, thrice, or even four times for our beloved Secular Savior Barack! How ever will our nation survive?

H/T PJ Tatler

Barone: “Sounds A Lot Like Gangster Government”

Michael Barone–as usual–nails it:

As Carney points out, the main feature of the Democrats’ bill, which was defeated in the Senate but which we probably have not heard the last of, was to deny five major oil companies the domestic production tax credit that is available to all manufacturers and mining companies, including oil companies. The justification? Well, big oil companies get lousy ratings in polls. So stick ‘em with a higher tax bill. Sounds a lot like gangster government to me.

He doesn’t mention the NLRB’s attack on Boeing putting a plant in South Carolina, which is yet another example of gangster government. A union lawyer even said that people in the south are “less-skilled, lower-quality” as a work force… and he even put that in writing in a major newspaper.

SCOTUS to ACORN: Nuts!

The Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal of ACORN’s funding cut-off:

Congress cut off ACORN’s federal funding last year in response to allegations the group engaged in voter registration fraud and embezzlement and violated the tax-exempt status of some of its affiliates by engaging in partisan political activities.

ACORN sued, but the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City upheld the action. The high court refused to hear its appeal.

Of course, this is probably largely moot, because the lefties can just set up different organizations and continue the same old same old, but still, it’s a small victory for the forces of light and goodness.