Commentary: Seth Mandel- 'Is Paul Ryan the Leader of the Conservative Movement?'

Source:Wall Street Journal- U.S. Representative Paul Ryan: R, Wisconsin.

"When the Republican Party took back control of the House in 1994, a confluence of events combined to make it even more of a watershed moment than it would otherwise have been. The fact that the GOP had been out of power in Congress for four decades gave it an “underdog” storyline. Newt Gingrich, who [...]/p"

From Commentary Magazine

Assuming Mitt Romney loses tomorrow night and it hasn't happen yet, the Republican Party is going to have figure out where do they go from there, facing four more years of a Democratic President and at least two more years of a Democratic Senate.

Even if House Republicans hold the majority and a Democratic President who was reelected and if the economy takes off, which looks like it might in 2013 and the President avoids any serious scandals that can hurt his Presidency and popularity, perhaps popular reelected President who doesn't have to worry about reelection and will have the freedom to be more bold in the next two years, which is something Democrats were hoping for in the beginning.

So a reelected President Obama would have the authority to push an agenda that Republicans will of course disagree with that could have at least some popular elements in it and Republicans will have to figure out how to counter. President Obama under these circumstances.

Me as a Democrat and as an American would like to see the Republican Party get back to where they use to be. A fiscally and economically conservative party, as well as a socially moderate-tolerant Party, classical conservative even. Bring in the Ron Paul and Gary Johnson voters and be a real conservative party across the board which they aren't right now.

The modern Republican Party is an economically conservative party, thats more theocratic if not statist party on social policy. Something they tend to accuse Democrats of being on social issue. And aren't even very fiscally conservative, considering they believe that 1/6 of the. Federal budget, thats in one department, which is defense,  should be off the table in deficit reduction. And maybe Paul Ryan is that guy but I have my doubts.

Right Coast: 'Maryland's Right Wing Cannibalism'

"I thought I'd repost this from my friend,   Jackie Wellfonder's blog. Echos from 2010.... United We Stand, Divided We Fal l If a...

From The Right Coast

Gata Bella: Sophia Loren- The Italian Goddess

Source:Gata Bella- The Italian Goddess Sophia Loren.

Source:The Daily Post

"Pictures of the magnificent Sophia Loren."

From Gata Bella

When I think of goddess’s Sophia Loren is in the top one-percent of all-time and if not number one all-time, you can certainly see number one from where she is. And yes a big part of what makes Sophia a goddess is physical with the hot baby-face, the tall curvy athletic voice, the incredible feminine native-Italian voice. The way she moves, the way she sings, the way she talks. The way she presented herself and the fact that she knew she had all of these incredible physical attributes.

So she has all of this going on for her, with women who see her and are always jealous of her. But in Sophia’s case, we’re talking about someone who is a great singer and a great actress. Who also just happens to be one of if not the best looking women of all-time. So we are not talking about a bimbo, someone who is great to look at and perhaps jump in the sack with. But with the guy wanting to get away from her as soon as possible before his wife or girlfriend or finds out.

But also because mentally the bimbo does nothing for him mentally, other than someone to make fun of. Sophia is a goddess, physically, professionally and mentally.

National Review: Piers Morgan Tonight- Rudy Giuliani vs Wes Clark: 'Don't Mess With Rudy'

Source:National Review- General Wes Clark, debating Mayor Rudy Giuliani on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight.

"Rudy Giuliani demolishes Wesley Clark on Piers Morgan last night."

From National Review

This is of course a very slanted video from National Review, with Mayor Rudy Giulani throwing out a lot of at best half-truths as it relates to President Obama and Libya, without hearing General Wes Clark's response to them. But the Romney Campaign has been going in this direction in the last few days, because they know they are behind in the Electoral College, President Obama is poised to win it with Governor Romney unable to take the lead in Ohio except for maybe in the Rasmussen Poll that leans Republican. And the Romney Campaign unable to pickoff a state that Democrats tend to win in at least lately, like Michigan and Pennsylvania and Wisconsin for President.

So what the Romney Campaign knows what they have been doing in trying to convince Americans in these swing States that Mitt Romney would make a better President is not working, so what they are doing now is trying to scare Americans into voting for Mitt Romney, because whatever positive message they may have about Mitt Romney is simply not selling in the swing states that they need to win.

Right Coast: 'Disturbing Trends: Americans Aged 18-29 Have A More Favorable View of Socialism over Liberalism'

"( Zero Hedge ) - In the prior post, we showed a presentation that looked at America from the perspective of a corporation and how it would...

From Right Coast Conservative

I don't know if I buy this. Yes there are young leftists in America (Democratic Socialists) who look up to Socialists like Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Dennis Kucinich. Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein and many other leftists and leftist groups. But there's also there's anti-big government mood in America of people who are under fifty or a little over even, that they don't want big government in their boardrooms and bedrooms and in their personal lives. As we are seeing with all the young people who now run or own small business's and startups. 

Young business owners and managers don't like high taxes and regulations and would like more freedom to live their lives and handle their own affairs. As we are also seeing with how young people feel about tolerance as it comes to homosexuality, same-sex-marriage, even, how legalizing marijuana is now popular with my generation and people younger as. Ron Paul and Gary Johnson have picked up on in their presidential campaigns.

There is this anti-big government mood that even looks Anarchist with a lot of young Libertarians that follow Ron Paul. But thats not the movement that Gary Johnson has picked up on as the Libertarian Party presidential nominee. What his campaign is about is not gutting the Federal Government but making it leaner and making it more effective and less centralize. Not ending social insurance programs, but giving the people and States more power and flexibility and the ability to run them. Thats what he's running on. There are young leftists where socialism looks good to them. But to say thats where the mood of young people is right now, is I believe a big stretch as someone whose still young myself, relatively.

ABC News: 'Minister Compares Liberal leadership to Horse Race'

Source:ABC News- the climate minister for the Commonwealth of Australia.

"Climate Change Minister Greg Combet puts a new complexion on the Coalition front bench." 

From ABC News

Politically, Australia is very different from America and political labels are a big example of that. Down under, Liberals and the Liberal Party is the Center-Right party in Australia. See, down under, Liberals, are well, Liberals. And the Center-Left party, the Labour Party that's now in charge there, are Social Democrats. See, down under, Socialists (Democrat Socialists and Social Democrats) aren't trapped in the closet, don't live in the closet politically. Because social democracy or democratic socialism, is popular down under. But so are the real Liberals and liberal democracy, people who would be called Classical Liberals in America. But they're just real Liberals and not Socialists, who call themselves Liberals instead.

Walter Block: 'War, Peace, & Statism'

Source:Mises Media- author and columnist Walter Block.

"The Gregory T. Morin Lecture, presented at the 2012 Mises Institute Supporters Summit: "The Truth About War: A Revisionist Approach".  Recorded at Callaway Gardens, Georgia, on 26 October 2012." 

From Mises Media

I agree with Walter Block on a few points here as well and disagree with him on one major point. 

I'm also not an Anarchist (surprise, surprise) and I agree on Walter Block's general view of the role of government. Which is essentially to protect the innocent from predators, not run our lives for us. That every American has the right to live their own life, even as they see fit, just as long as they're not hurting any innocent person with what they're doing. 

Where I disagree with Walter Block has to do with the comparing government taxes with the dues that one pays to be member of a social club. Club members pay club dues, even if they don't use every service available at the club. If they just go to the club for the food and drinks and socialize with their friends in the dining room or a social room, but they don't play golf there, they don't workout there, they don't swim there, etc, they're still obligated to pay for all of their club dues. 

Being a member of a free, developed society, is similar to being the member of a social club. The management of the club, is similar to the government in a society. The government represents the society ( at least officially) and the management represents the club members (at least officially) to see to it that it's the best club that it can be. 

We pay club dues to be a member of a club. We pay taxes to be a member of a free, developed country, that's represented and managed by the government. And we can argue about what exactly our club and government should be doing and what it fees it should be charging, but we all pay those fees, or risk having sanctions being placed against us.