Involuntary HOA?: "The Sand Lake Hills Homeowners Association, hereinafter SLH, and a group of property owners who own 57 lots in Section 3, have taken it upon themselves to attempt to remake Sand Lake Hills into something it was never intended to be: a development controlled by a homeowner association which can levy mandatory assessments against all of the owners, even those who don’t want a homeowner association and who don’t want to pay assessments. SLH has stated that membership in the association is not mandatory for current owners. However, they say that even those members who didn’t join will still have to pay."
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So say the supporters of this lawsuit. It appears some owners have sued to prevent being assimilated by the Borg. Thanks to Beth Young for the link.

Obama plays race card again

My Way News - Obama says Republicans trying to scare voters: "Democrat Barack Obama, the first black candidate with a shot at winning the White House, says John McCain and his Republican allies will try to scare them by saying Obama 'doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills.'"
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Nobody has made mention of race except the Anointed One himself. He is going to argue that all criticisms of him are actually "coded" references to his race. At the same time, while playing the racial polarization card over and over and over, he will argue that he is trying to transcend racial polarization. And he's counting on his cheerleaders in the press to give him a pass on this rank hypocrisy.

Audacity isn't the word to describe this. Mind-boggling arrogance and duplicity might be a better fit.

Dana Milbank: President Obama Continues Hectic Victory Tour

President Obama Continues Hectic Victory Tour: "Barack Obama has long been his party's presumptive nominee. Now he's becoming its presumptuous nominee.

Fresh from his presidential-style world tour, during which foreign leaders and American generals lined up to show him affection, Obama settled down to some presidential-style business in Washington yesterday. He ordered up a teleconference with the (current president's) Treasury secretary, granted an audience to the Pakistani prime minister and had his staff arrange for the chairman of the Federal Reserve to give him a briefing. Then, he went up to Capitol Hill to be adored by House Democrats in a presidential-style pep rally."
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Milbank thinks that the press may turn on Obama. I doubt it. But there may be those in the electorate who find his arrogance troubling, if not insufferable.

Come on into the tank! The water's fine!

Obama notes 'tragic' US past | starbulletin.com | News | /2008/07/28/: "When Obama walked on stage at the McCormick Center, many journalists in the audience leapt to their feet and applauded enthusiastically after being told not to do so. During a two-minute break halfway through the event, which was broadcast live on CNN, journalists ran to the stage to snap photos of Obama."
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When this campaign is over there will be a round of stories in the press about how they humiliated themselves by gushing over Obama like a bunch of teeny-boppers at a Mylie Cyrus concert. But by then they will have succeeded or failed in their efforts to elect him.

Barack Obama - Operation Board Games For Slumlords | The Smirking Chimp

Barack Obama - Operation Board Games For Slumlords | The Smirking Chimp
Devastating analysis of Obama and his cronies who have been working the government-sponsored housing business for all it is worth.

His Lordship is mocked in the European press

He ventured forth to bring light to the world | Gerard Baker - Times Online: "And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.

The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow."
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...but don't expect to learn about it from the US media.

Moon-walker claims alien contact cover-up | NEWS.com.au

Moon-walker claims alien contact cover-up | NEWS.com.au: "FORMER NASA astronaut and moon-walker Dr Edgar Mitchell - a veteran of the Apollo 14 mission - has stunningly claimed aliens exist.
And he says extra-terrestrials have visited Earth on several occasions - but the alien contact has been repeatedly covered up by governments for six decades."
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Just in time for the new X-Files movie, although I understand it is a monster-of-the-week movie instead of an alien conspiracy movie.

The Daily Pulp: Bob Norman's Blog - Bill O'Reilly Nails Robert Wexler

Congressman evades CC&Rs?: "Bill O'Reilly did a good number on 'local' Congressman Robert Wexler tonight. And I think Wexler is in a bit of trouble. You see, the longtime Democratic rep says he lives in Delray Beach and he's required to maintain a residence in his district. But he really lives in Potomac MD. The house in Delray that he calls his 'offical residence' is owned by Lawrence and Roslyn Cohen, the parents of Wexler's wife, Laurie. And it's in a restricted over-55 community, which makes it impossible for Wexler and and his three children to reside there."
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Somebody has some explaining to do.

Reason Magazine - Excuse Me While I Get My Gun

Reason Magazine - Excuse Me While I Get My Gun: "Last month the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the District of Columbia had violated the Second Amendment by making armed self-defense in the home impractical and banning the most popular weapons used for that purpose. Last week the D.C. Council responded by unanimously approving a law that makes armed self-defense in the home impractical and bans the most popular weapons used for that purpose.

D.C.'s political leaders know they are inviting another Second Amendment lawsuit, but they are determined to defy the Supreme Court and the Constitution for as long as possible."
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As Instapundit points out, this is like the "massive resistance" that southern public officials practiced after the USSC's school desegregation decisions.

DailyTech - Myth of Consensus Explodes: APS Opens Global Warming Debate

DailyTech - Myth of Consensus Explodes: APS Opens Global Warming Debate: "The American Physical Society, an organization representing nearly 50,000 physicists, has reversed its stance on climate change and is now proclaiming that many of its members disbelieve in human-induced global warming. The APS is also sponsoring public debate on the validity of global warming science. The leadership of the society had previously called the evidence for global warming 'incontrovertible.'"
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Somebody tell Al Gore that the debate isn't over.