"To Stand Athwart History Yelling Stop...

Remember There Is No Such Thing As ....

...Presidents Day.

While In Richmond, Virginia Socialism Advances

OK, outside of Richmond....in Henrico county to be exact.

Henrico County risks paying top dollar for land because officials are reluctant to use government authority to force owners to sell, an independent commission has concluded.

"Since the county rarely uses its power of eminent domain, informed landowners realize that the county will not condemn and they will 'game the system' to their advantage," the commission said in a report released yesterday.

So basically the land belongs first to the government and they essentialy just let you live there.

Tuckahoe District Supervisor Patricia S. O'Bannon, who had requested the commission be set up, citing an apparent pattern of the county paying high prices for land owned by developers, said she feels justified in her request.

Really.
Imagine that very high land prices in an area of very high growth and diminishing amounts of land.
Government solution: make them give it to us...

Now They're Getting Delusional Over At The Corner

From John Derbyshire this morning...

"A Midwestern conservative activist "formerly of the Fred! team and now in the Romney camp" emails in to tell me something I think is likely true. Romney lost here for two reasons that are not mutually exclusive: class warfare and envy. People don't like him because he is richer, smarter, better-looking and more successful than they are, and so much so, that it is impossible for him to camouflage the difference. Oh, they will make claims such as religion or flip flops, but it's all hogwash. This is, of course, contrary to what conservatism ought to be, but it is in line with humanity as it is.

I am afraid so."

Talk about whistling past the graveyard (or is it sour grapes? You pick the homely metaphor). Their candidate isn't losing because he's seen as Northeastern Liberal who just putting on a Conservative act for the campaign.
It's not his flip flops.
It's not even his LDS faith.
No, their candidate is losing because... he's too good.

Harder To Make Up

Surrogate mothers could be given up to £15,000 of Health Service money to have children for gay couples, it emerged yesterday.
An NHS trust is considering funding the service for infertile couples - whether they are heterosexual or of the same-sex.

I'd say that "same-sex couple" pretty much is the definition of "infertile."

Old Hippies To Devil Dogs: Get Lost

Apparently a timetable for leaving Iraq isn't enough, now Liberals want the US armed forces out of Berkeley.
No road side bombs as of yet...

...the Berkeley City Council, which voted 6-3 Tuesday night to tell the U.S. Marines that its Shattuck Avenue recruiting station "is not welcome in the city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders."
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In a separate item, the council voted 8-1 to give Code Pink a designated parking space in front of the recruiting station once a week for six months and a free sound permit for protesting once a week from noon to 4 p.m.
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An employee of a nearby business who asked not to be identified said Wednesday the elderly Code Pink protesters are aggressive, take up parking spaces, block the sidewalk with their yoga moves, smoke in the doorways, and are noisy.

...and here are some words of wisdom from City Council member Maxwell Anderson...

Anderson, a former Marine who said he was "drummed out" of the corps when he took a stand against the Vietnam War, said he'd love to see the Marines high tale it out of town.

"We are confronted with an organization that can spend billions of dollars on propaganda," Anderson said. "This is not Okinawa here; we're involved in a naked act of aggression. If we can provide a space for ordinary people to express themselves against this kind of barbarity, then we should be doing it."

...and here is how to get in touch with the histrionic Councilman Anderson,
...sorry I'm sure I meant to say Council Person.

Hard To Make Up

From the Daily Mail....

The Department for Children, Schools and Families commissioned Stonewall to write the guidance jointly with lobby group Education Action Challenging Homophobia.

It says that pupils aged four to seven should "understand that not all pupils have a mum and a dad" and learn about different family structures.

Advice to teachers of 11 to 14-year-olds states: "Schools should make efforts to talk inclusively about same-sex parents, for example, avoid assuming all pupils will have a "mum and dad".

"When schools discuss marriage, they may also discuss civil partnership and adoption rights for gay people."

In a section on engaging with parents, it asks schools: "Do you talk about 'parents' instead of assuming all pupils have 'mum or a dad'?"

The advice goes on to urge teachers to challenge every derogatory use of the word gay to avert homophobic attitudes.

....wait for it....

The guidance - produced for the Government by gay rights group Stonewall - will be formally launched today by Schools Secretary Ed Balls.

OK, I thought it was funny.