1) A liberal black man is arrested by cops for causing a disturbance after he decides to harangue them on a public sidewalk. The man is not charged with any crime, and even the President of the United States comes to his defence.

2) A conservative black man selling 'Don't Tread on Me' merchandise is called racial epithets and assaulted by a union member supporting the White House's agenda:

Kenneth was attacked on the evening of August 6, 2009 at Rep. Russ Carnahan’s town hall meeting in South St. Louis County. I was at the town hall meeting as well and witnessed the events leading up to the attack of Kenneth. Kenneth was approached by an SEIU representative as Kenneth was handing out “Don’t Tread on Me” flags to other conservatives. The SEIU representative demanded to know why a black man was handing out these flags. The SEIU member used a racial slur against Kenneth, then punched him in the face. Kenneth fell to the ground. Another SEIU member yelled racial epithets at Kenneth as he kicked him in the head and back. Kenneth was also brutally attacked by one other male SEIU member and an unidentified woman. The three men were clearly SEIU members, as they were wearing T-shirts with the SEIU logo.

Kenneth was beaten badly. One assailant fled on foot; three others were arrested. Kenneth was admitted to St. John’s Mercy Medical Center emergency room, where he was treated for his numerous injuries. Kenneth was merely expressing his freedom of speech by handing out the flags. In fact, he merely asked people as they exited the town hall meeting whether they would like a flag. He in no way provoked any argument or altercation, as evidenced by the fact that three assailants were arrested.

Maybe someone who was condemning Sgt. Crowley can explain to me why #1 is an example of police profiling and institutionalized racism that makes national news, and #2 is being completely ignored by the 'mainstream media'.

CNN.com: No CNN news search results for "Ken Gladney" or "Kenneth Gladney"
ABCnews.com: One blog entry from Jake Tapper mentions Ken
MSNBC.com: No search results for "Ken Gladney" or "Kenneth Gladney"
CBSnews.com: No search results for "Ken Gladney" or "Kenneth Gladney"

Meanwhile, prominent liberal blogs are demanding that Ken release his medical records.

I'm starting to wonder what's happened to this country.

A guy who happens to be a doctor is interested in this whole health care thing. He calls the office of his local congressman and asks if he's going to be having any meetings or forums on health care. The doctor is told no. So he decides to go to another panel at which the congressman is speaking, which is not health care related. At one point near the end of the meeting, the floor is opened up to questions on all topics. The doctor asks a simple question... and is accused by the ranting congressman of 'hijacking' the meeting.

You can read more here at RedState.

The local NBC affiliate covered the story in a breathtakingly unbiased manner and also provides video (upper right-hand corner).

From Red State:

If you see anybody publicly opposing President Obama’s plan to implement a government-centric overhaul of the health care system, the White House wants you to report that person (or persons) ASAP.

From the White House website:

There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

Emphasis added. Of course, as we’ve seen in the health care debate to date, the term “disinformation” is used by the Obama White House as a catchall to describe any opposition to the President’s push for single-payer, government-run health care — meaning the White House wants to be informed of any forwarded emails or blog posts or any “casual conversations” that could be taken as opposition to their health care overhaul plan.

The White House has, as yet, offered no explanation of what it is they plan to do with the tips on policy opposition they hope to receive from citizen informers.

Interestingly, as Jake Tapper pointed out on Twitter this morning, the title of that post on the White House is a quote from John Adams’ 1770 “Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials.”

If only!

We are definitely seeing a trend in Obama's job approval numbers.

Gallup: 52% approve, 41% disapprove (older numbers broken down by demographic)

Rasmussen: Rasmussen generates two sets of numbers - a general approval number, like Gallup, and a passion index, which is (% who strongly approve - % who strongly disapprove)

General numbers: 48% approve, 51% disapprove
Passion index: -12

Veeeeery interesting.

Rasmussen also has some other numbers that are rather interesting, also.

The much-touted 'beer summit' is coming up inside the next couple of hours. If I was watching these trends, I'd be hitting the bottle too.

*giggles*

You know, this whole prediliction for 'czars' is starting to creep me out just a little bit. Especially when they're authors of crap like this:

Forced abortions. Mass sterilization. A "Planetary Regime" with the power of life and death over American citizens.

The tyrannical fantasies of a madman? Or merely the opinions of the person now in control of science policy in the United States? Or both?

These ideas (among many other equally horrifying recommendations) were put forth by John Holdren, whom Barack Obama has recently appointed Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology -- informally known as the United States' Science Czar. In a book Holdren co-authored in 1977, the man now firmly in control of science policy in this country wrote that:

• Women could be forced to abort their pregnancies, whether they wanted to or not;
• The population at large could be sterilized by infertility drugs intentionally put into the nation's drinking water or in food;
• Single mothers and teen mothers should have their babies seized from them against their will and given away to other couples to raise;
• People who "contribute to social deterioration" (i.e. undesirables) "can be required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility" -- in other words, be compelled to have abortions or be sterilized.
• A transnational "Planetary Regime" should assume control of the global economy and also dictate the most intimate details of Americans' lives -- using an armed international police force.

Um. Yeah. Totally mainstream. Totally middle-of-the-road.

Seriously, though, this czar crap is getting out of control. You've got people being given tons of control over policy decisions that don't have to be confirmed by the Senate, as in the case of cabinet picks, that aren't being vetted by the government or the media. Go ahead, try a google news search of this creep -- see what comes up. And what doesn't.

Am I an old fart or am I right to be pissed that some jackass is skateboarding down the halls of the White House while all this Iranian shit is going down?

We truly have succumbed to the idiocy of the MTV/Mountain Dew/Road Rules backward hat and baggy short culture. Did I miss something, or is the White House the future set for the next Real World? Where are the wallet chains? Is Hot Topic handling our foreign policy? Obama should be grounded for a week for letting Tony Hawk play in OUR house. Where in hell are the adults?

Look: Tony Hawk is in his mid forties. He's a grown man...and he skateboards. Could you imagine your dad or anyone who lived during World War II treating a man who skateboards with anything less than scorn and ridicule?

Right now, people are risking their lives for the glimmer of freedom, and Tony Hawk is in the White House tweeting about Frosted Flakes.

Someone please dig up Reagan. I'd take a dead leader with balls over a living camp counselor who wants all the cool kids to like him.

What a screaming joke.

Das link: Tony Hawk skates through the White House

Wow. Just... wow.