…and, you know, who cares? Just another politician putting together a few sound bites, pestering us for votes. But then I clicked on it…

Bringing slavish devotion to Islamo-fascism to new lows:

It is not “al-Quds”. I has never been that – it is Jerusalem; that is what the city has always been called. It is the capitol city of Israel – bogus stories of Mohammed flying there on a winged horse notwithstanding.

Just burns me up to see the way the Obama Administration hits their knees with such regularity as regards Islam.

Yet more liberal fascism on the march:

…The DISCLOSE Act’s purpose, according to Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Chris Van Hollen and other “reformers,” is simply to require disclosure of corporate and union political speech after the Supreme Court’s January decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission held that the government could not ban political expenditures by companies, nonprofit groups, and labor unions.

The bill, however, would radically redefine how the FEC regulates political commentary. A section of the DISCLOSE Act would exempt traditional media outlets from coordination regulations, but the exemption does not include bloggers, only “a communication appearing in a news story, commentary, or editorial distributed through the facilities of any broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine or other periodical publication…”

They really want us to go away – and, no, they don’t mean all the blogosphere. You know darn well that Daily Kos and Democrat Underground will not feel the regulatory heat. No conservative would ever complain about a liberal blogger, but liberals would launch endless complaints. We on the right would be harassed out of existence.

Which is the whole point of DISCLOSE and, indeed, of campaign finance laws in general. Power elites – including some allegedly on the right – just can’t stand it when someone asks an uncomfortable question. We’re supposed to be watching American Idol, not pestering our political leaders. The powerful want to get on with the vital work of government (enriching themselves and cronies) and don’t want to bother with the people.

And so campaign finance law after campaign finance law – all ostensibly designed to cut the power of “the rich” in politics, but after decades of new laws, does anyone want to argue that “the rich” are less influential than before? The real way to beat the power of the vested interests is to allow the people to do whatever they please – 300 million Americans, well informed, will be more than a match for any particular wire puller.

One of the things we’ll have to do, once back in power, is to re-codify American law – go through it from page one to page last and simply get rid of all the laws built up over a century to hamstring the people. A long, difficult task, but the future of American liberty depends on it.

The accelerating trend:

Texas doctors are opting out of Medicare at alarming rates, frustrated by reimbursement cuts they say make participation in government-funded care of seniors unaffordable.

Two years after a survey found nearly half of Texas doctors weren’t taking some new Medicare patients, new data shows 100 to 200 a year are now ending all involvement with the program. Before 2007, the number of doctors opting out averaged less than a handful a year.

“This new data shows the Medicare system is beginning to implode,” said Dr. Susan Bailey, president of the Texas Medical Association. “If Congress doesn’t fix Medicare soon, there’ll be more and more doctors dropping out and Congress’ promise to provide medical care to seniors will be broken.”

What this means: unless Obama forces doctors to work for a national health service, there simply won’t be enough doctors to provide the care for all the people Obama wants to cover. Once again, liberal theory is coming up hard against reality.

People who don’t work for government tend to be people who don’t want to work for government. Outside of police, firefighters and a selection of the teachers, most people get in to government work because it is undemanding while having ok pay and great benefits. People who want to do demanding work look elsewhere – and people who are willing to trade gold-plated benefits for the chance at really advancing themselves also look elsewhere.

This is why government is filled with time servers – and Obama wants to force our entire health care system in to this. It won’t work – it can’t work. It’ll be a disaster where we’ll have less access to substandard card at a massive cost to the taxpayer.

But that doesn’t matter to Obama and his Democrats – it never was about health care, but about control. They want we, the people, under their thumb and stealing our health care is the best means to do so.

This takes a lot of guts:

…Giving predictions for November’s midterms, Gingrich said House Republicans will pick up “somewhere between 40 and 65 or 70 seats” — enough to gain control of the House. “I believe John Boehner will be speaker in January,” he said.

Gingrich said he even sees a chance of Republican control of the Senate. “If they can beat Barbara Boxer [in California], I think that [Mitch] McConnell is going to be the Senate majority leader.”…

You say so, Newt – but now if it doesn’t come out that way, it will pretty much toast up your chances for the GOP nomination in 2012. On the other hand, if it works out, then Gingrich looks like a visionary.

As for me, I’m just hopeful for some solid gains and a continued revitalization of the American spirit. If we can knock the left on the head and emerge well placed for 2012, I’ll be happy…217 House members and 49 Senators is ok with me.

The fading of the narcissistic and irresponsible “Boomers” is, perhaps, allowing a rise not so much conservative but humane values:

As LifeNews.com reported, the May 3-6 Gallup poll revealed 47 percent of Americans say they are pro-life on abortion versus 45 percent who say they are “pro-choice,” supporting legal abortions.

That included 47 percent of 18-29 year-olds who say they are pro-life, an increase of five percent from the 2008 Gallup figures.

And 45 percent of Americans aged 30-49 said they are pro-life, an increase of three percent from 2008 and an increase of five percent from 2006.

There is much to be distressed about in America’s youth – but with all their problems, they yet provide military personnel the equal to any of our past and rebels as stout as Samuel Adams…and now added to the wonderful mix, an increasing concern for the least among us. God works, as we say, in mysterious ways and it could be that after a couple generations of increasing depravity that we are now faced with a group of young people burnt out on their elders idiocy – they are seeking truth, and we know they shall find what they seek.

There are massive social pathologies in America – a nation which fears that its children may be molested at any moment is not a nation in good moral health. But the seeds of a reborn America are showing up everywhere and I am heartened by what I see and hear.

Have at it everyone… I had to bring work from the office home tonight.

Special good lucks go to Timothy Burns, running for John Murtha’s former seat (PA-12), and to Princella Smith (who used to blog here back in the day) in her primary in Arkansas’s First Congressional District.

UPDATE, by Mark Noonan: Rand Paul declared winner in KY.

UPDATE II: From Saul Anuzis via Facebook: PA U.S. Senate Democrat Primary with 10.7% reporting: former RINO Specter 54.9% vs Sestak 45.1%

UPDATE III: Lowry on the Paul victory.

UPDATE IV: Critz cheating in PA-12?

UPDATE V: PA-12 not looking good so far for GOP. The Other McCain has the running details.

UPDATE VI: Looks like Burns will come up short in PA-12 – still, closer than GOP got in 2008; hard to overcome that kind of Democrat voter registration advantage especially when GOP State primary is a snoozer compared to red-hot Dem primary…

UPDATE VII: Specter defeated.

UPDATE VIII: 16,000 blank ballots for the PA-12 special? Theory: GOP Burns GOP opponent for the November nomination didn’t cast ballots in PA-12 special (makes sense) and thus Burns lost.

UPDATE IX: About 50,000 more GOPers cast ballots in the PA Senate primary than in 2006…both races with foregone conclusions and yet 50,000 more Republicans showed up. That is what will tell the tale in 2010.

UPDATE X: And let us not forget that we’re going to get the tonic of victory on May 22nd.

UPDATE XI: Lincoln forced in to June 8th run-off primary. Bad news for Donks – they’ll spend buckets of money only to come up with a sure-loser for November.

But it is narrowing:

Republican candidates now hold a five-point lead over Democrats in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot, a further narrowing of the gap between the two parties to the smallest margin this year…

…While solid majorities of Democrats and Republicans support their own party, the plurality (42%) of voters not affiliated with either major party now prefer the Republican candidate, while 24% like the Democrat. These findings have remained fairly consistent for months now.

Which indicates that Democrats have managed to shore up their base since the passage of ObamaCare – prior to that, when it looked like no health care bill would emerge, Democrats got very down on their own party and helped propel the GOP to a very large lead in the generic ballot.

Fundamentally, the Democrats remain in a weak position and I don’t see a path to victory for them (“victory” means, at this point, keeping their House losses to 30 or less seats). The only slight hope they have is a strongly improving economy, and that is (a) not happening and (b) wouldn’t have played as strong a role as it has in the past (and, indeed, there is evidence that we are right now tipping back towards recession…though the actuality of it might hold off till past November).

But it should also be kept in mind that this is a very strange year – we’ve already seen long-time incumbents dumped and we’ll see more of them, soon. And this includes GOP as well as Democrat dinosaurs. While the GOP will benefit for the overall election climate, one should not count on anything – people are furious at government and are tired of both parties (though more currently tired of Democrats than Republicans). Literally, anything can happen this year – throw out the rule books and just do what you think is best. And don’t worry too much about polls plus or minus – turn out models might be very off in 2010 (the models would be based upon 2002 and 2006 with additional info fed in from 2004 and 2008…but if a lot of one type stays home and a lot of another time turns out, then close races could be routs and sure losers could win).

The main thing, for me, is that I’m encouraged by the clear willingness of my fellow Americans to challenge the political establishment. Out of that will come the change we need, regardless of what particular events happen on November 2nd of this year.