A million patriots clog Washington DC to save their country

With crowd estimates as high as 2 million, patriots are thronging Washington DC today to express their displeasure with the Congress and President Obama.  There are too many blogs and forums with reports and photos to count, but here are some great sign slogans from Stephen Green:

Congress are you foolish enough to bet against our vote in 2010?

If you’re not outraged you’re not paying taxes.

Obamanomics – our dollars, no sense, trickle up poverty.

2009 Intolerable Acts – Cap & Trade, Bailouts, Obamacare.

Of course, there is the obligatory hat tip to the Democrats and the MSM:

9/11 - Never forget, never forgive despite the whackos in the White House

Click the picture for the Remember the Blood of Heroes slideshow which serves as a useful reminder of reality while the evil clown in the White House staffs the government with hard core radicals who believe that the USA deserved the 9/11 carnage and want to convert 9/11 into some goofy ecoweenie festival.

Update: See New Yorker Allahpundit's memories of 9/11.

Teleprompter to give big Obamacare speech tonight

Golly! I'm sure excited about what the teleprompter will tell us tonight!

(hat tip: Exurban League)

James Taranto has the pre-bloviation buzz and he's all excited too:

Are you as excited as we are? Can you feel the electricity in the air? Tonight's the big night! President Obama is giving an address to a joint session of Congress, in an effort to rally support for . . . well, we're not sure what exactly.

The Hill quotes "a Democratic leadership aide who sat in on an administration briefing Tuesday" and who "said that while Obama will offer support Wednesday for a public option, the president will not insist on it":

"He's going to say it's the best tool for reducing costs," the aide said. "I think he's going to be a bit noncommittal."

The Associated Press reports that the president himself told ABC's "Good Morning America": "We do intend to get something done this year." Politico puts it this way:

Obama will give a STRONG ENDORSEMENT to a public option--or government health-insurance plan--as a route to choice and competition, using phrases similar to his Labor Day speech in Cincinnati. But aides are sticking to their longtime plan: He will NOT draw a line in the sand, and will NOT say that a bill wouldn't be real reform without it. Obama thinks it would be hard to get to true choice and competition without a public option or a fallback to a public option (the so-called trigger, which would kick in based on the insurance market). But his remarks will leave WIGGLE ROOM FOR HORSETRADING as the bill moves through Congress.

So he's making a STRONG ENDORSEMENT, albeit a noncommittal one that leaves WIGGLE ROOM FOR HORSETRADING, because he intends to get "something" done.

Remember during the campaign when Obama's critics faulted him for having voted "present" so often as a legislator? In retrospect, it's clear that this line of attack was totally unfair. Voting "present" was bold and decisive leadership compared with this.

Ole Barry would really love to be Chairman Mao, but doesn't want to get his hands dirty which is good news for us average citizens. For some realistic analysis of Obamacare see Sarah Palin's op-ed in today's WSJ.

Teddy Kennedy goes to Hell

(Hat tip: People's Cube)

The ugly face of Obamacare

Mark Steyn on how government health care works out in the real world:

The problem with government health systems is not that they pull the plug on Grandma. It’s that Grandma has a hell of a time getting plugged in in the first place. The only way to “control costs” is to restrict access to treatment, and the easiest people to deny treatment to are the oldsters. Don’t worry, it’s all very scientific. In Britain, they use a “Quality-Adjusted Life Year” formula to decide that you don’t really need that new knee because you’re gonna die in a year or two, maybe a decade-and-a-half tops. So it’s in the national interest for you to go around hobbling in pain rather than divert “finite resources” away from productive members of society to a useless old geezer like you. And you’d be surprised how quickly geezerdom kicks in: A couple of years back, some Quebec facilities were attributing death from hospital-contracted infection of anyone over 55 to “old age.”
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I had an elderly British visitor this month who’s had a recurring problem with her left hand. At one point it swelled up alarmingly and so we took her to the emergency room. They did a CT scan, X-rays, blood samples, the works. In two hours at a small, rural, undistinguished, no-frills hospital in northern New Hampshire, this lady got more tests than she’s had in the last decade in Britain — even though she goes to see her doctor once a month. He listens sympathetically, tells her old age often involves adjusting to the loss of mobility, and then advises her to take the British version of Tylenol and rest up. Anything else would use up those valuable resources. So, in two hours in New Hampshire, she got tested and diagnosed (with gout) and prescribed something to deal with it. It’s the difference between health “care” (i.e., going to the doctor’s every month to no purpose) and health treatment — and on the latter America is the best in the world.

Is it a guy or a girl?

No, not South African runner Caster Semenya who has "a muscular build, wispy facial hair and a deep voice." This uncertain gender case was spotted much closer to home getting out of a US government limo:

Joker Obama shows up in Canada

A poster on FR reports that Joker Obama has made it to the great White North:

So there I was, on my way to the grocery store this morning to pick up a nice one and three quarter inch thick T-bone for a BBQ this weekend. The store is on the corner of Bank and Somerset - pretty much the nexus of all things left wing in Ottawa. With construction shutting down car traffic on Bank Street all summer, various stores are offering up promos to help with business. Just as I turned to enter the store, [a] Quiznos sign caught my eye - or rather, something *on* the Quiznos sign. Dear Leader! Blasphemed!

A commenter on the thread notes the resemblance of the Obama Joker meme to one a few of us oldsters still remember, "Kilroy Was Here."

 

 

It's the same idea - annoying fascists.

Obama calls out his thugs to silence the citizenry

Here comes Barack Obama to save the day for Congressional Democrats suffering from Constituent Derangement Syndrome(CDS) . It seems that he's calling out the Obama "Organizing for America" army of taxpayer supported "community organizers" and far left radical shock troops to silence the citizens who have been complaining to their elected representatives about Obamacare and the profligate spending going on in Congress.

They are a fun bunch for sure, but just in case, Obama is also calling out the union goons who like nothing better than beating up the citizens.

Barack Obama gets more like Hugo Chavez every day doesn't he?

Constituent Derangement Syndrome (CDS) spreads unchecked among Congressional Democrats

The sight of their constituents is apparently triggering panic attacks among Congressional Democrats and they are dealing with it via delusional rants about violent mobs (albeit "well dressed").  See if you can spot the "mob" in this group of constituents who wanted to talk to Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) about Obamacare:

It's pretty scary alright, but I'm not talking about the constituents petitioning for redress of grievances.

Obama Joker Photos - put them everywhere

 

Some unknown genius has caught the spirit of the Obama regime in startlingly clear fashion - a Heath Ledger style Joker. The Obama flying monkeys are are already screaming so keep putting them everywhere so folks will be reminded of the real face of ole Hopey Changey.

Here's a 150 pixel wide version for side bars: