At this point I suppose it's absurd to ask why the media isn't interested in such McCarthyesque abuse of power. They can dedicate dozens of reporters to Sarah Palin's supposed abuse of power, but when thug lawyers attached to the Obama campaign begin making threats to use the IRS against organizations unless they fall in line, the media yawns.

He's just "getting in their faces," you know. He's black. Since he has to overcome the inherent racism of US voters, he's allowed to do whatever he wants, no matter how corrupt or creepily illegal.

So another abuse goes unreported.

At least Bill Clinton waited until he was actually president before setting the IRS after political opponents. Barack Obama isn't even waiting for the first debates.

The right blogosphere -- that would be you -- needs a paradigm shift. For a long time we've resisted the activist side of things. Or most of us have, anyway. Many of us are not really comfortable pushing politics on other people.

Including me, and look what I do for a living.

As much as this feels wrong and goes against our basic inclinations, we (and by we I mean you again) have to start getting active -- and annoying. Stories like this have to be emailed to friends. A lot of friends. Not just the Republican ones who may be interested. The Democratic and independent friends who will probably be annoyed to get this kind of a story in their email.

But they do need to start getting them.

Because the media is not going to report these stories. It's that simple. They have decided that this is probably the last election they can possibly rig through their corrupt reportage (and nonreportage), and they've decided they're all-in on this one. What little credibility they have left, they will spend it all to insure as best they can the inauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama.

As Bush said so long ago, "We've earned some political capital. Now we're going to spend it." The media hasn't earned theirs, but what they have left, they're spending it. All of it. This election.

We need then to make our own channels of dissemination of information. The media has choked off all the usual channels, so we must improvise and use the tools we have.

And that's email. And word of mouth.

Not "getting in their faces," as Obama says, but no longer meekly accepting the media as the sole gatekeeper of information transmission, either.

The left has been doing this for years -- and they hardly even needed to, given the fact the media is more excited about President Barack Hussein Obama than the netroots themselves.

If we want to win this thing, we need to do likewise. We don't want to do it. We feel odd about it. We feel, actually, kind of ridiculous about it. But it does need to be done.

The media has made its stance clear. There's no longer any point complaining about it or mocking them. They don't care. They're perfectly willing to take this last hit to their credibility.

We need to become the media now. We need to route around the dead circuits. We need to displace them, once and for all.

Just Got an Email from Joe Biden: No, really.

Talk to undecided voters Our team has built a tool called Neighbor to Neighbor that lets you tap into the power of this grassroots movement right from your home.

You can reach out to potential supporters by making phone calls at any time that's convenient for you.

Take this election into your own hands right now by signing up and talking to voters in a crucial battleground state about Barack and our campaign for change.

Right now, this race is neck-and-neck.

And it's all going to come down to what supporters like you do -- or don't do -- in these last 45 days.

The events of the past week have really put into focus what this election is all about.

The failed economic policies of the past eight years have hurt American workers and put our economy on shaky ground. We're up against an opponent who not only supports those policies, but is so out of touch that he actually believes "the fundamentals of our economy are strong."

Millions of Americans are counting on Barack and me to defeat John McCain and deliver the change this country needs -- but we can't do it alone.

Each of us needs to do our part. What's going to win this election for us is organizing on the ground, person-to-person, and growing this movement.

Reach out now to potential supporters and do your part to change this country and move us in a new direction:

http://my.barackobama.com/n2n

Bringing fundamental change to Washington is a big challenge -- but it's never been more important.

Thank you for being part of this movement and working hard to make this country better for all Americans.

Thanks,

Joe

If you want to help fight the nutroots, you can sign up to do a bit of phone-banking for McCain.

Oh: I'm told that we have no proof the lawyers making the threats were formally associated with the Obama campaign.

At the moment, no we don't. But we know damn well they are Obama supporters, and we know the Lightworker has instructed his cultists to "get into their faces."

If those making the threats want to disprove a direct connection to Obama, they can come out of the shadows and make the case they were acting "independently."

But if they're going to do this covertly -- and the media is not going to pursue the story -- I'm comfortable in making all adverse assumptions against the Obama campaign.

That's actually a fair doctrine. If those actually in possession of relevant information refuse to disclose it, the public -- the jury -- is justified in assuming the hidden information is adverse to the parties involved.

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The Michael Milken of subprime mortgages. Obama's bestest buddy. His top fundraiser/bundler. His national finance chair.

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Anybody else get the feeling that we're re-living the last days of "The Roaring 20's"? I think it's an interesting analogy ("analogy" not "anal", a$$hole perverts) considering that Ace of Spades HQ is like the sleaziest, best damn Al Capone speak-easy of the Conservative Blogo-sphere.

It's been like a month of full moons with all the crazies howling and banging their heads into brick walls like the kids from Disturbing Behavior.

The only thing more disturbing is the thought of valu-rite vodka soaked morons in tap pants and flapper dresses.

The mind reels...

Any who...Since the world is coming to an end and there seemed to be an inordinate amount of copious wondering about meeting women amongst the cornucopia of morons on this website, I thought we'd go over some of the AoSHQ Top 10 Rules of Dating and party like it's 1999.

#10 Do not let your would be girlfriend/boyfriend/significant other read any blogs you post or comment on. Particularly, AoSHQ. They are bound to read one of your comments and go, "WTF?!" Game over.

#9 If you do send them a link or convince them to read this moronic blog full of spermicidal crack heads and they tell you how f*cking funny it is, quick, dump them in the car, buy a case of valu-rite and get to Vegas before they sober up. Elvis will wait in the building until you get there. You can kill a hobo together in celebration.

#8 If your date insists on sleeping over after the first date and he or she is there when you wake up in the morning, congratulations, you've probably just invested in the AoSHQ Life Style super re-enforced, rubber blow up doll. For a long, healthy and happy relationship, avoid sharp objects and wash regularly.

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Florida building codes jackasses take note. The dude wanted and paid for a house that would take a hit from a Cat 5, and he got one.

There a "forces of nature", but man wields some "forces" of his own too...if he chooses to apply them. There really is no need for places like FL to have outlandish insurance rates -- we, as a species, obviously CAN build stuff that will take a pretty good direct hit and survive mostly intact. Spending a bit more upfront for quality engineering and construction is really all it takes.

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to tell the insurance companies to get stuffed and only carry liability/fire/theft kinda stuff which is relatively cheap? more...

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I wanted to put one of these up for a while and since I don't feel like typing up links to Hot Air, this seems to be as good a time as any.

If you're new here (and unless my stats are off, there must be a lot of new people) say hello if you like and introduce yourself. Don't compliment me because 1) it's embarrassing 2) it makes it sound like I'm doing this just to get people to say what an awesome guy I am and 3) I already know how fucking awesome I am, it's not like you're telling me anything new.

You can compliment the co-morons and commenters, of course.

If you're not new here: Hey, be nice. You guys all know we can insult each other because we're used to it and we know we're kidding around. If someone delurks for the first time, they might not really be ready to be called a faggit-retard by strangers.

Gotta eeeease them into that. Like anal. With a gay retard.

The entire global financial system is likely to completey melt down by Monday or Tuesday (no, seriously) and begin a worldwide depression, so let's keep this friendly.

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This is a couple of weeks old, mainly because it's posted on wicked & mesa's "old" blog. I'm so used to getting my daily wickedpinto fix from "The Hostages" that I don't go back to Absolute Moral Authority as much as I used to. That's my bad. I'll try to make up for it, guys.

The topic's one that I've thought about myself, but the conclusion never occured to me until I read it at AMA. Conservatives like me feel friendly towards Sarah Palin because she's a "Reagan Conservative". I don't mean "Reagan Conservative" like one of the Republicans swept into office in the early 80's by Reagan's two landslides, I'm talking about someone who developed their worldview while Ron was running the show.

Sarah's only 4 years older than I am, and I was 12 when Reagan beat Carter. That means that she was 12 when Carter beat an anemic Ford to win the Presidency. Even with the Watergate scandal and Ford's many gaffes ("Poland isn't in the Soviet sphere of influence?"), Carter still had to work hard to get the job, and when he proceeded to turn his presidency into one gigantic Mongolian Goat Rodeo, even a 9-year old punk from Iowa could tell that he was being found wanting on the national stage. Imagine how I'd have felt at the time if I had been four years older like she was. Her formitive years were during our giveaway of the Panama Canal, our total withdrawal of support for the Shah of Iran that helped cause the Iranian Revolution, the continued post-'Nam toxification of our military, and the Energy Crisis. You remember the Energy Crisis, don't you? Jimmy "Dr. Science" Carter advised everyone to turn down their thermostats and wear sweaters. Since I was so young, I don't remember if this advice came in the summer or the winter, but knowing Carter, I wouldn't be shocked if he said it during the Fourth of July weekend.

With all that happening as she went through Junior High and started High School, I can just imagine how she felt once Reagan came along and moved Jimmah's Joooo-Hating ass back to Plains, GA.

I remember the early 80's. I remember Reagan building up our military, to the chagrin of Europe, Hollywood and the Democratic Congress. I remember David Stockman being painted as Reagan's Lavrenty Beria by the media. Since Iowa was in the grips of the 80's farm crisis at the time, Reagan's budget cuts were especially villified in our area. I remember Tip O'Neill saying that Reagan's just a senile figurehead, and that Congress would take care of America in spite of him. I remember the old Genesis "Land of Confusion" music video, sort of a "Sid & Marty Krofft Enter the Political Arena" enterprise. Even with all that happening around me, it took college to turn me into a true conservative. If I'd been four years older like Sarah Palin, I'd imagine that my turn from the darkside would have been even more pronounced.

You know what memory stands out the most from the 80's? The absolute venomous attacks on Reagan by the media. He was senile, he was a babykiller, he was a Nazi, he was a B-Movie actor who let his wife run his schedule with astrology. Even back then, before "Piss Christ" and movies that are 90-minute mastubatory fantasies about killing the president, Reagan elicited a rage that even Nixon couldn't gin up among the media. The elite saw his connection with the "great unwashed" out here in flyover country, and they hated him for it. That remind you of anything we're seeing today?

Don't get me wrong: I'm not ready to guzzle the "Palin is Reagan's Political Heir" kool-aid just yet. I just think that it's fascinating that she became a registered Republican at 18. Maybe it's growing up in Alaska, where "rugged individualism" is on display daily, or maybe she just had her shit together from the get-go.

Anyway, I wanted to link this piece here so that all of you can see why we love wickedpinto. Admittedly, he ain't no spurwing plover, but if you can wade through his rants with your eyes open, you might just learn something.

At least you'll hear some "No shit, this really happened to me..." stories. And glorious tales of bitchbreaking. If I weren't a complete lazy POS, I'd come up with a "Bacon Legion of Merit" medal to give the man for this insight.

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Retard, heal thyself.

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And I would conservatively rate my concerns as very serious.

I do enjoy when McCain gets angry. He stops being such a fucking chump and actually begins doing sensible things.

As for the "racist" charges: I am not alone, I'm sure, when I say at this point I welcome them. Let the public know that a hypothetical President Obama intends to shut down all criticism of himself by crying racism incessantly and having his media fan club parrot the charges.

Now that, my friends, should make for some truly responsive and publicly-accountable governance.

"I'm vetoing this oil drilling bill. I think it's racist."

Did Bush play the "patriotism" card too frequently to escape public scrutiny and silence his critics? I don't know. But it has been alleged countless times.

Barack Obama is determined to shut down all criticism by playing the racist card. If silencing critics through alleged smears was wrong for Bush, how can it be so right for The Media's Messiah?

Holding a black politician accountable by the same metrics and to the same extent we hold white politicians is the highest form of patriotism racial color-blindness.

Although I want to see less Wright and more Ayers.

The public, actually, has no idea about Ayers. The Wright stuff they've already processed. The media informed them that they had no right to judge a black man's association with an anti-American, Jew-hating radical hate-preacher, and apparently they said, "Oh. I didn't realize that."

Obama plays this card with Ayers too -- his surrogates claiming that to associate him with a (white) terrorist suggests Muslim terrorism, which in turn is a racist smear that he's a Muslim, etc.

Fine. Let them claim that. Let them claim that till the chickens... come home... to roost.

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Another tragic side effect of this war takes hold -- advancement of feminist ideals in the Arab world.

Women voting? Women cops? Travesty! What would the world be coming to if Iraq turned into some sort of Muslim vanguard for social progress?

H/T TH

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For other stuff.

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