I once heard an interview of Bill Ayers done by a conservative. I believe it was Sean Hannity, but I’m not totally sure. The interviewer immediately started hectoring and brow beating Ayers about his past terrorist acts. I couldn’t help but cringe. I kept thinking, “Shut Up! Shut Up! Or he’ll never spill the beans!” The interviewer was thinking like a typical mainstream conservative who was unfamiliar with all the ins and outs of birtherism and the cloud of issues that surround it, including the authorship issue. His desire was to paint Ayers as a radical and then tie Obama to him. Yes I understand that Bill Ayers is an unrepentant leftist. And yes the double standard that center-leftists get to associate with far-leftists without consequence, but center-rightists don’t get to associate with far-rightist without being accused of crimethink sucks. But Ayers also probably ghost wrote Obama’s memoir, and we need him admit this publicly. If he no longer has a desire to protect Obama, but doesn’t want to reward Obama’s rightist enemies, then he’ll continue to keep his mouth shut. But if he gets so frustrated with Obama and rewarding Obama’s enemies seems less obnoxious to him, then he may talk.

What is bringing this up now is this recent snippet from Ayers that has been making the rounds where he says Obama should be tried for war crimes. That sounds to me like a man who is very frustrated with Obama, a person he once had high hopes for. Is he on the verge of cracking? I don’t know. Let’s hope so. But let’s not give him reason to keep his mouth shut with our obnoxiousness. Bill Ayers is potentially our friend. He should be stroked, not chastised.

(BTW, watch the next clip where they ask Bill Ayers who his favorite conservative is. I have no doubt that the guy is still an ardent leftist, but his answers seems remarkably out of touch. He replies genuinely unknowingly that he likes Chris Matthews. Then asks if he is a conservative. Then says “I thought he was.” Then says he had never seen Matthews until he interviewed him. Wow! How out of touch do you have to be with the culture of modern leftism not to be familiar with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews?)

    

When it comes to immigration, Rand Paul is the newest neoconservative.  In fact, he’s worse than neocons.  While some neocons  (like David Frum) have wised up on immigration, Rand Paul is peddling ridiculous neocon cliches from a decade ago (like “Hispanics are natural Republicans”) that some neocons today no longer even believe.

In short, Rand Paul is worthless.  For anyone who put effort into his campaign, what a waste of time and energy.

Some recent articles:

Matthew Cooper, National Journal: “Why Rand Paul’s Hispanic Pitch Is Doomed:
He’s pushing the idea that Hispanics are natural Republicans. The polling says that’s wrong”

Jesse Mossman:  “Rand Paul Does A Rubio: Tells Illegals ‘We will find a place for you’”

Dennis Mangan:  “What’s wrong with libertarians?”

Jack Ryan:  “Libertarian Immigration Treason… Not Just Ron and Rand Paul”

Other:

CIS: “74.7% of Mexican immigrants use some form of welfare in the USA”

Frank Salter: “Estimating Ethnic Genetic Interests: Is It Adaptive to Resist Replacement Migration?“

    

Yes, it’s true – the military will begin “tearing down the walls” that have held women back in the armed forces. All I can say is: It’s about time!

Just think – for hundreds of thousands of years, no one realized that women are just as strong and fast as men. Imagine all the military capabilities that have been ignored all this time.

Of course, there’s no conceivable (ha!) reason that society would want men out on the battlefield protecting women, seeing as how both sexes – excuse me, genders – are completely interchangeable.

And there’s another benefit to this move: Once men in the military realize women are their equals, sexual harrassment within the ranks will disappear.

Thank you, President Obama, for opening our eyes and blazing a new path toward the equality of all persons!

    

You can’t make this stuff up.

The defense of the NSA program by these two authors is of particular note because of the authors’ affiliation with the Cato Institute that describes itself as “dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace” and having a “strict respect for civil liberties and skepticism about the benefits of both the welfare state and foreign military adventurism.” The authors’ article is providing valuable cover for the advocates of the mass spying program.

The authors of the article Kristol is promoting are Cato Institute Center for Constitutional Studies President Roger Pilon and Cato Institute Adjunct Scholar Richard A. Epstein who wrote an attempted sweeping exculpation of the National Security Agency (NSA) and all the branches of the US government for the NSA’s mass spying on phone calls.

These tools say:

Legally, the president is on secure footing under the Patriot Act

Umm … not if the Patriot Act is unconstitutional. And even if a Cato scholar believes the Patriot Act to be technically legal, he should be bashing it as an obnoxious overreach, not using it in an apologia for another obnoxious overreach.

Regarding whether or not the coup at Cato was for the better or for the worse, I think it is safe to say that the verdict is in.

    

Given all the concern over the NSA snooping allegations, is Snowden for real, etc., I thought this site needed a little levity, and nothing says levity like a good 80s tune. I nominate this as the official theme song of the NSA scandal. (Have we dubed this as a “gate” yet? How about Snoopgate?) You know what they say. Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean someone isn’t really out to get you.

Lyrics here: (emphasis mine)

I’m just an average man with an average life
I work from nine to five, hey, hell, I pay the price
All I want is to be left alone in my average home
But why do I always feel like I’m in the twilight zone

I always feel like somebody’s watching me
And I have no privacy
I always feel like somebody’s watching me
Tell mi is it just a dream

When I come home at night
I bolt the door real tight
People call me on the phone, I’m trying to avoid
But can the people on tv see me or am I just paranoid

When I’m in the shower I’m afraid to wash my hair
Cause I might open my eyes and find someone standing there
People say I’m crazy, just a little touched
But maybe showers remind me of psycho too much
That’s why…

I always feel like somebody’s watching me
And I have no privacy
I always feel like somebody’s watching me
Who’s playin’ tricks on me

(Instrumental)

I don’t know anymore
Are the neighbors watching me
Well is the mailman watching me
And I don’t feel safe anymore, oh what a mess
I wonder who’s watching me now (booo! ) – the irs?

I always feel like somebody’s watching me
And I have no privacy
I always feel like somebody’s watching me
Tell me is it just a dream

I always feel like somebody’s watching me
And I have no privacy
I always feel like somebody’s watching me
Who’s playin’ tricks on me

I always feel like somebody’s watching me
I always feel like somebody’s watching me
Tell me this can’t be

I always feel like somebody’s watching me
I always feel like somebody’s watching me
I always feel like somebody’s watching me

(Fades away)