Finally, someone has shown some common sense

Judge blocks Louisville from moving 120-year-old Confederate monument

Trying to rewrite history with a PC pen.

If this keeps up pretty soon we'll be handing the country over to Sitting Bull's ancestors.

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April 29, 2016: Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer speaks in front of a Confederate monument near the University of Louisville with university President James Ramsey, left. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan)

A Kentucky judge Monday issued a temporary restraining order preventing the city of Louisville from moving a 70-foot-tall Confederate war monument from the spot near the University of Louisville campus where it has stood since 1895. 

 Think about it. It stood there for 121 years and only now has it been diagnosed as "officially offensive" by the PC crowd. Why don't we just collectively pretend the Civil War never happened? No, wait that won't work either because we would still have slavery.  

Jefferson County Circuit Judge Judith McDonald-Burkman issued the order against Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and the metro area's government, preventing them from moving, disassembling or otherwise tampering with the monument.

The Sons of Confederate Veterans and Everett Corley, a Republican running for Congress, filed for the restraining order on Monday. They contended that the mayor lacks the authority to remove the monument and did not follow proper protocol.

Fischer and University President James Ramsey had announced Friday that they would remove the monument, marking the latest government effort to reconsider displaying Confederate symbols following the massacre of nine black churchgoers in South Carolina last summer.

The city said the stone and bronze structure, for years a source of tension, would be disassembled and moved to storage until a decision is made on where it should be properly displayed.

County Attorney Mike O'Connell said he would aggressively defend the merged city-county government's legal ability to remove the sculpture from its prominent location between Second and Third streets, next to campus and the university's celebrated Speed Art museum, which just completed a $60 million renovation.

The judge scheduled a hearing Thursday morning, though O'Connell's office asked for more time to prepare its legal arguments. The judge will hear that motion Tuesday morning.

Corley, a real estate agent running against two other Republicans to take on Rep. John Yarmuth in the fall, called the statue's proposed removal "the 2016 version of book burning." He said removing the monument — which features statues of three Confederate soldiers and the inscription "To Our Confederate Dead" — would be an insult to soldiers who fought and died.

Kentucky, sandwiched between three free states and three slave states, never seceded from the Union and attempted to remain neutral throughout the Civil War. But its people were deeply divided. Some fought for the Union, others for the Confederacy, and the mixed allegiances tore apart families and communities across the state.

Kentucky is the birthplace of both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederacy. Both are honored in the state's Capitol rotunda with large statues. Following the Charleston church shootings, leaders from both political parties called for the removal of the Davis statue. But a state commission voted 7-2 to leave it be.

Corley charged that while the city says it plans to move the Louisville monument, it really intends to destroy it and throw it away. O'Connell called that allegation "ridiculous."

Some in the city and the university community have called for years for the monument to be removed. The city's announcement last week came days after Ricky Jones, a professor of Pan-African studies at the university, wrote an opinion piece in the Courier-Journal newspaper calling again for it to be moved. He called it "a symbol of treachery, terrorism, slavery and racism" and a "celebration of backwardness."

Finally, someone has shown some common sense

Clinton faces tough crowd in West Virginia coal country

WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — Hillary Clinton faced some angry voters Monday during a campaign swing through West Virginia, a state that overwhelmingly backed her eight years ago in her primary fight against then-Sen. Barack Obama.

Bo Copley, an unemployed coal worker, asked Clinton why voters should believe her pledge to help revitalize the region's economy during a stop at a health center in Williamson.

"Still supporting her hurts you," he told Sen. Joe Manchin, who joined Clinton at the small round-table event. "It's not a good outlook here."

Clinton released a $30 billion plan last fall aimed at aiding communities dependent on coal production and she's promised that her husband would focus on revitalizing the region.

Her efforts haven't been helped by a remark she made in a March interview with CNN, when she said she would "put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business." She was responding to a question about how her policies would benefit poor white people in southern states.

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Copley asked, "How you could say you are going to put a lot of coal miners out of jobs and then come in here and tell us how you're going to be our friend?"

Clinton called the comment a "misstatement."

(Bosnian sniper anybody?)

"I can't take it back, and I certainly can't get people who, for political reasons or personal reasons, very painful reasons, are upset with me," she said. "I want you to know I'm going to do whatever I can to help no matter what happens politically."

She added, "Whether or not West Virginia supports me, I'm going to support you."

Copley says he plans to vote in the Republican primary May 10.

Clinton is in the midst of a two-day campaign swing through Appalachia ahead of voting in that region later this month. She was met in West Virginia by hundreds of protesters, who waved Donald Trump signs and chanted "Kill-ary."

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If the article above is not sufficiently disturbing certainly the photo below is the clincher. 

When you think about it they both should be behind bars.

Clinton faces tough crowd in West Virginia coal country

For once I agree with Jane Sanders

Mrs. Sanders Wants FBI to Speed Up its Hillary Investigation



Oh...the world of politics. 

Guess this little declaration came back to bite him on the ass:

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 Although this a last ditch effort on their part I do see Mrs. Sanders point. The Clinton email scandal broke in March of 2015. So it's been over a year. How much longer is the FBI going to investigate? Are they going to get to the bottom of this before possibly she becomes the next POTUS? 

Can't you just envision the backroom deals going on?

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The Sanders campaign has left its “damn email” days far behind them. When Bernie Sanders told the media to stop talking about Hillary Clinton’s “damn emails” at an early Democratic presidential debate, everyone thought he had missed a prime opportunity to strike her Achilles heel. Instead, he seemingly gave her a pass on one of her biggest scandals. Now, months later, as he has proven to be a worthy competitor, Sanders and his team may have altered their strategy and decided the FBI investigation is kind of a big deal after all.

During an appearance on Fox Business last week, Jane Sanders told Neil Cavuto she and her husband want the FBI probe to proceed sans politics, yet also noted she wants it to speed up.

“It would be nice if the FBI moved it along,” she said.

Clinton has suggested there’s nothing to see here in regards to her emails and has rolled her eyes at any questions about them. Yet, anyone with knowledge about national security knows that it was jeopardized when the former secretary of state handled classified information on an unsecured private server. It was unprecedented in State Department history, the DNC chairwoman even admitted.

The Sanders have indicated they are not going to sit idly by and watch the Democratic nomination be handed to Hillary, the party’s “anointed” candidate. The Vermont senator has challenged her to release her Wall Street transcripts and has exposed her waffling on the minimum wage. Thanks to his new offensive tactics, Clinton has been booed at just about every Sanders rally as of late.

Sanders’ only problem? Those pesky superdelegates.

For once I agree with Jane Sanders

Anti-Trump Protesters Show Their True Colors With Mexican Flags

Rioters, protesters, you illegal Mexican ingrates, please keep up the good work. For every Mexican flag you wave, every cop car you burn, and every “Fuck Trump” you scream, the Donald picks up another million votes from true Americans still sitting on the sidelines!

Your benefactor can no longer protect you. 

The days of free drivers licenses, SS benefits, welfare checks, medical care, are coming to an end. Better pack your tortilla press and tequila because you're going to be receiving a one-way ticket back to the hell hole from which you came. 

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Article by the Daily Caller:

Donald Trump launched his California campaign with a riot last week.

In Orange County Thursday, thousands of demonstrators — the vast majority of them Hispanic — held a  “Fuck Trump” rally outside of Trump’s first campaign event in the Golden State.

Brandishing Mexican flags and signs bearing language unfit for primetime television, activists were whipped into a violent fury over the mere idea of The Donald speaking in southern California. They assaulted Trump supporters, threw rocks at police and destroyed a few cop cars. 

(RELATED: Anti-Trump Protesters Smash Police Cars, Stop Traffic At California Rally)

On Friday, protesters flying the Mexican flag once again surrounded the location of the California Republican Convention and prevented Trump from entering via normal means. He had to walk through an out-of-the-way back entrance to deliver his speech, all while the cameras caught him climbing over a barricade to accomplish his task. 

Throughout the primary season, Trump has attracted a wide array of opponents to his campaign. Protester disruptions are an expected occurrence at Trump rallies, and common culprits include Black Lives Matter and Muslim activists. The Republican front-runner’s attempt to host a March rally in Chicago ended in a riotous tumult similar to this week’s activities. Except, in the case of Chicago, the media tried to pin the blame entirely on Trump and his supporters.

With all the aggression clearly on the anti-Trump side in California, there’s little of that response this time around.

Arguably, the most important thing to take from the California unrest is not that it is beyond the shadow of a doubt the fault of the protesters for the violence — its the fact they rallied around the Mexican flag.

Immigration has served as Trump’s core issue this election cycle. His hardline stances on securing the border, deporting illegals and restricting immigration have drawn the predictable condemnation that his proposals are “un-American.” The opposing argument says there is nothing more American than immigration (“just ask Emma Lazarus!”) and all recent arrivals want to enmesh themselves in their new nationality.

As Paul Ryan declared in March, America is a nation founded on an idea, not an identity. Thus, everyone here should be a proud American since it requires nothing more than a belief in the idea that success is available to all. 

So why then are all the proud immigrants protesting Trump displaying Mexican flags instead of American flags? Shouldn’t they be trying to say that they’re Americans too in their demonstrations?

Of course, the logical path is not always the one chosen by outraged activists. Hispanic leaders recognized the violence and Mexican flag parading were not helpful to their cause — that’s why they blamed Trump for the chaos since he didn’t give them ample time to organize a “peaceful” demonstration.

But the resulting protest showed a more honest side to many within the pro-immigration movement. Brandishing Mexican flags and burning American flags sends a clear message as to which national identity the demonstrators prefer.

It’s worth noting that the vast majority of the California demonstrators were young people, an ominous sign that the children of immigrants aren’t assimilating into America’s national fabric. Rather, they are keeping alive their allegiance to the country only a few miles to the south.

A testament to the dramatic decline of America’s ability to assimilate recent migrants, for sure. However, the California demonstrations repudiate the notion that the American national character of abstraction can inspire new arrivals. Obviously, these anti-Trump protesters enjoy all the opportunities afforded by living in this country. They don’t appear to take issue with the American way of life; otherwise, they’d be back in Mexico.

But they do favor Mexican national identity over American national identity. To them, it represents their family, their heritage and their history. America is just a place where they make money.

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How did things get this way? The Obama administration.

Your tax dollars at work:

Former Labor Secretary Hilda L Solis says Illegal Immigrants deserve "FAIR Pay"

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Imagine you're here illegally. Instead of being deported when you call in you'll get a pay raise!!!

 If this isn't an open invitation to come here illegally I don't know what the WTF is!

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As is always the case outside of libertarian theories, culture trumps economic concerns when it comes to issues of the heart. America as a nation-state, apparently, inspires no feelings of loyalty or attachment among these activists.

And it’s not like you can blame Trump for this alienation. There’s been multiple instances of Mexican immigrants expressing their preferred national identity within the confines of the United States.

In 1998 and 2011, Mexican immigrants booed the national anthem during soccer matches between the U.S. and Mexico Men’s soccer teams — that took place in the U.S. During the 2006-07 legislative debate over granting amnesty to illegal aliens, supporters of the proposal marched through several American cities proudly waving Mexican flags with hardly any American ones in sight.

It should be a disturbing sight to see these kinds of demonstrations in our cities, but maybe we should expect them when our elites offer new arrivals a national character that is nothing more than a celebration of economic opportunity. Everyone believes in that, and it’s not particularly unique to the American experience. More importantly, it is not enough to bind the citizenry together in unity.

Fortunately, America does have a national identity that is more than an abstraction. It’s just that our historical Anglo character is no longer in vogue among our elites and they’d rather think our country was formed out of thin air.

As indicated by the displays at the anti-Trump riots, people will always choose the identity that can win over their heart. And it wasn’t “America as an idea,” which seems to only make D.C. policy wonks swoon.

In the short-term, the riots will likely bolster Trump’s appeal. In the long-term, it portends to a future where millions of young people think of America with contempt as they cling to their native land and culture.

Imagine our national unity in a country like that.

Anti-Trump Protesters Show Their True Colors With Mexican Flags

And the crowd goes wild...

The Rapper in Chief Drops Microphone on Floor at White House Correspondents' Dinner 2016

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The mic drop, a move used by rappers to imply a show well done, is now used by BO to curry public favor and admiration. “He’s so cool! He gets us!” And the crowd goes wild. 

(And they say Trump doesn't act presidential?)

See how cool they think he is when Iran test-fires its first nuke and the Taliban Five

 go on their initial killing spree. Assuming they haven't done so already.

Oh...and Michelle weighed in at the We're for Obama No Matter What White House Correspondents' Dinner too.

Probably more than her husband.

And the crowd goes wild...