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• Halftime in America: Ad Parody
  

  There's disagreement over the Super Bowl Chrysler ad featuring Clint Eastwood as to whether it was political or not. The ad may have inspired some Americans, but also inspired some parody treatment:

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  Via The Blaze:

  Reason Magazine got in on the fun, too. The group produced a similar mock video poking fun at Madonna, Lady Gaga, the auto bailout and plenty more. Here’s some of the hilarious transcript:

  It’s halftime.

  Both teams are listening to a Madonna performance that sounds eerily similar to a Lady Gaga song they’ll hear 10 years from now.

  It’s halftime in America too.

  People are out of work and they’re hurting.

  And they’re wondering where all their money went.

  Well, $12.5 billion of it went to Chrysler. In the form of a bailout.

  I agree with friend Ben who commented on my Facebook post with the original ad, "Halftime, time to change the quarterback."

  
  
  
• Registering Tim Tebow and Tom Brady to Vote in Minnesota
  

  This just in from James O'Keefe and Project Veritas by way of Roger Simon at PJ Media:

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  On the day of the Minnesota Caucus, shocking video from James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas – broken here first at PJ Media – shows how easy it is to register NFL stars Tim Tebow, Tom Brady and practically anybody else to vote in that state.

  No identification of any sort is needed, just a name! In fact, you can take 20 application forms home, fill them in, check the “no ID” slot and batch register people in absentia. Even local election officials are dismayed with the complete lack of authentication of any sort. On the video, they admit “We’re not the police.”

  The above version is ten minutes. Full uncut one-hour version is coming shortly. Check back here.

  

  Minnesota voter registration form – note third slot for registering without identification.

  
  If you can help in the voter integrity effort here in Minnesota, Please contact Janet Beihoffer.

  Post from PJ Media

  
  
  
• From Our Local Ag Supplier
  

  From Our Local Ag Supplier:

  ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS GAVE ME AN EXPLANATION OF OUR NATIONAL DEBT IN SIMPLE ENGLISH.

  • United States Tax Revenue ------------------------------------- $ 2,170,000,000,000 
  • Federal Budget ------------------------------------------------------- 3,820,000,000,000 
  • New Debt Added This Year- --------------------------------------- 1,650,000,000,000 
  • National Debt -------------------------------------------------------- 16,271,000,000,000 
  • Recent Budget Cut ------------------------------------------------------- 38,500,000,000 

  NOW REMOVE THE 8 ZEROS AND LET'S PRETEND IT'S A HOUSEHOLD BUDGET

  • Annual Family Income ----------------------------------------------------------- $ 21,700
  • Money the Family Spends Per Year -------------------------------------------- 38,200
  • Annual Debt Added to Credit Cards -------------------------------------------- 16,500
  • Old Credit Card Debt ------------------------------------------------------------- 162,710
  • Family Budget Cut ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 385

  OUR POLITICIANS ARE PROUD OF THE RECENT BUDGET CUT, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT DOES NOT AMOUNT TO "SQUAT."

  You have to admit, this guy knows his fertilizer.

  
  
  
• Glitterbombing Gets Down Twinkles
  

  I was out of town for Mitt Romney's appearance and missed his glitterbombing, but was present when Michele Bachmann got spangled at the RightOnline conference last year. Most disturbing to me again was how easy it was for the tossers to get such close access to elected officials and candidates. And again I'll ask: what if that wasn't glitter they were throwing — and where's the security?

  In a Star Tribune editorial Thursday, the writer brings a possible security scenario that wouldn't bode well on future confetti-throwers:

  Further glitterings, especially of presidential candidates, place everyone at campaign rallies at risk. Security officers must make instantaneous judgments about suspicious-looking people who get close to the candidates and their families. Whether it's highly trained Secret Service officers or local law enforcement, it's incredibly difficult in those split-seconds to distinguish someone drawing a weapon from someone pulling out a hidden bag of confetti.

  It's not hard to imagine an anxious officer firing a gun, especially when there's often no weapons screening of early campaign crowds. That the activists were able to get so close to Romney and his family Wednesday demonstrates how vulnerable the candidates are and why security is edgy.

  Besides the security risk, how does this help the glitterati's goal of acceptance and tolerance when they are perpetuating a form of bullying?

  Glittering's mean-spiritedness only reinforces those who oppose gay rights, and it does nothing to win converts from those still on the fence. Activists need to ditch the dust. This is a risky, losing strategy.

  If the glitterati thinks they're exercising free speech, Mark at Mr. Dilettante's Neighborhood boils it down to what it really is — assault:

  The Star Tribune devotes 405 words on its editorial page to caviling about the moron who dumped glitter on Mitt Romney on Wednesday. He's the same moron who dumped pennies on Tom Emmer. You can read the editorial if you want here.

  Lemme boil it down for you. This isn't a First Amendment issue. This guy is assaulting people. There is ample video evidence of his guilt. Arrest him, prosecute him and throw his butt in jail, preferably for a long time.

  Up twinkles on all points.

  
  
  
• The Truth Will Out
  

  The old saying "the truth will out" means that no secret can be kept forever. The question before us, however, is whether or not a secret can be kept long enough for someone to be elected President of the United States, and unfortunately we already know the answer. I am certain that had the truth of Barack Obama's agenda been widely known he would never have been elected. In particular, had we known about the ominous threats to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness contained in that abomination known as Obamacare , we surely would have elected somebody – ANYBODY – but Obama. Polls consistently show that a majority of Americans want Obamacare repealed and the overwhelming majority of Republicans want it repealed outright. So how can it possibly be that Republicans seem on the verge of selecting as their 2012 standard-bearer a candidate – Mitt Romney – that many suspect of not wanting outright repeal, and at best only willing to tinker around the edges of it?   I cannot imagine Mitt Romney being our nominee, if that were the truth and it became known.

  So what is the truth? Well, there is a video over at Let Freedom Ring blog that gives one pause. In it, Mr. Romney says, "There’s a lot of waste in our Department of Defense like there is in the rest of government.  I’m gonna go after that waste. And I’m gonna take that waste and go pay for Obamacare."  It doesn't seem as if he simply made a gaffe or slip of the lip (he supposedly doesn't make them at all), but were that the case one would have expected an immediate rush to the microphone by staff to explain away this obvious double error – cutting defense to fund Obamacare.  Having raised the issue however, one then sees other clues to what the truth may be. 

  1) Mr. Romney has never repeated his observation of a few years back that there were a number of serious flaws in Romneycare, and he continues to defend what he did in Massachusetts, the model for Obamacare, and says that should be the model for ALL the states.  

  2) Mr. Romney's healthcare advisor Norm Coleman says that Obamacare will never be repealed, and he isn't contradicted by the campaign, either. 

  3) Mr. Romney's campaign website says that on his first day in office he will "grant waivers to all 50 states."  That sounds good until you recognize that these waivers are only good for one year and apply ONLY to government employee health insurance plans.  The massive disruption to private plans, including millions of people being tossed off of their employer plans, while everybody's costs go up, Medicare gets cut and massive new taxes and death panels go into place, would still happen right on schedule.  

  4) That same page, to his credit, says that he wants to "repeal and replace Obamacare," but the problem here is what he intends to replace it WITH.  It would appear from his statement that "states and individuals" hold the solution what he really intends is to implement Romneycare in all 50 states, by federal fiat, and it is hard to see how that is significantly better than the Obamacare we have now.

  So, there you have it.  It is said that "the truth shall set you free," but you must first realize that "the truth is where you find it."  Hopefully we find it and set ourselves free before it's too late.