Hope y’all had a fun Halloween. The Crawfish Family’s scary moment came the morning after Halloween when The Crawfish went to walk the family dawg. As we stepped out of the house, we found that the exclusively INDOOR cat belonging to kid #1 had escaped the confines of the house sometime during the evening and had spent the night outdoors. Not a good thing considering the fat ball of fur has no claws to defend himself with. He was cold, wet, and scared, but four hours later he tried to get out of the door again. What can I say but…his owner is a BLONDE!

How desperate are the Jon Corzine campaign and the Democratic Party of Noo Joisey in the gubernatorial race? How about desperate enough to pay for robocalls in support of independent candidate Chris Daggett, in hopes that voters will waste their vote on Daggett instead of voting for Republican Chris Christie. Liberal commentator Chris Matthews was on the Michael Smerconish radio show talking about this race, and he was disgusted by the lies and negative campaigning of Corzine. Matthews said that an incumbent should be able to run on their own record, instead of trying to tear down the opponent. If they can’t, then it is a sign of weakness.

The city of Atlanta is on the verge of electing a white woman as Mayor. Atlanta has not elected a white Mayor since 1973, and the race warlords are supremely upset that it might happen in 2009, saying they need to keep the city under “black control.” Atlanta isn’t the only part of our nation where reverse discrimination runs rampant and is even condoned, as Ashley Stinnett of North Star National shows. Where are the words of Martin Luther King Junior when we really need them?

There has been one television commercial running in The Crawfish’s area that has been quite telling. The Democrats of Montgomery County, PA, are highlighting the fact that all nineteen elected judges in the county are Republican, and they’re asking if that’s fair. Is it FAIR? Is it fair to have the PEOPLE elect judges who come from a party that respects the laws as written instead of going by what they feel the law SHOULD say?

I sense a deep disturbance in The Force, for I am once again linking a column from Hal Donahue. Deputy SecDef William J. Lynn III (first of all, never trust someone who uses name, middle initial, last name, and a III or higher number, for they are an elitist snob with a lack of real qualifications) is now admitting to Congress that the new Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda is NOT going to be a world-class medical establishment, as had been advertised. Heck, it’s not even gonna have all of the capabilities that were available at the OLD Walter Reed and the OLD National Naval Medical Center. It is, however, a great example of a government project, as it is inadequate, poorly planned, not meeting expectations, is behind schedule, and is WAAAAAAYYYYY over budget. In fact, it is the poster child for the “Consumer Option” or whatever Queen of the House Red Nanny P-Lousy and Dingy Harry Reid are calling the socialist option this week. Why aren’t the veterans organizations, such as the VFW, American Legion, Fleet Reserve Association, Air Force Association, The Retired Officers Association, The Retired Enlisted Association, etc. up in arms and making a BIG stink about this? Vets who belong to these groups, CALL THEM! Everybody should contact their Congresscritter and Senators. This is a crock of natural fertilizer!

A FRICKIN’ HUGE tip of The Crawfish’s hat goes to Townhall commenter and regular Claw contributor “beachmom” for finding something quite interesting on the “Recommended Reading” page of the National Education Association. Most of us just assumed that this was being pushed upon the teachers, but now we have proof!

Over the weekend, supposed Republican Dede Scozzafava saw the light and dropped out of the special election for the 23rd District of Noo Yawk. On her way out the door, however, Scuzzy showed the world exactly what we’ve been saying for a couple of weeks. She is not now and has never been a Republican. She is, in fact, a far left Democrat, maintaining positions and associations to the left of her Democrat opponent.  On Sunday, Scuzzy formally endorsed her Democrat opponent and Red Nanny P-Lousy, which is only fitting for a person who supports the Democrats’  agenda and is a supporter of ACORN, even endorsed by the Working Families Party (a political wing of ACORN that describes itself as "New York’s livliest and most progressive political party. Formed by a grassroots coalition of community organizations, neighborhood activists, and labor unions". Michael Steele and the GOP “establishment” have just had a 2×4 applied to their foreheads. Will they finally see the light and stop putting forth Democrats to run as Republicans?  Will they finally get the message that the Republican Party needs to stand for some core values?  I doubt it.

Sometimes I gotta admire the judicial systems in other nations. This is definitely one of those instances.

Holy cow! The El Lay Times is finally realizing that there are folks out there who are opposed to the Obamacare bills because of the unConstitutional mandates! Next week’s breaking headline from that rag might be that some of us actually disagree with Barack Obama because of his IDEOLOGY, not his race!

At least Senator Hatch of Utah is concerned about the mandates. He said that if the federal gummint can force Americans to buy health care plans, “then there is literally nothing the federal government can’t force us to do.” Just another reason that the Affirmative Action SCOTUS Justice, Sonia Sotomayor, should have been vigorously opposed. The Constitution is NOT a living, breathing document, in spite of what the left keeps trying to shove down our throats.

White House Arrogance Secretary Gibbs was asked about Senator Hatch’s concerns. Reporters even gave him this question, “Do you not feel there is any concern at all about whether it is Constitutional for Congress to impose a mandate?” His answer was, “No.” They don’t have any concern about a question of CONSTITUTIONALITY? AMERICA, ARE YOU HEARING THIS?????

The Obama Administration, in its never-ending quest to kowtow to Islam, has now announced that the terrorists being held, for now, at Gitmo will receive vaccinations for the H1N1 virus. The only injections they SHOULD be receiving are those of the 5.56mm and 7.62mm variety. Then again, since this is the SWINE flu vaccine, and muzzies are forbidden to have anything to do with pigs, are we going to be forcing them to violate their religious beliefs by giving them the injections, thus further inflaming the Followers of the Pedophilic False Prophet? Expect a lawsuit from the terrorist supporters at CAIR in 5….4….3….

Townhall blogger “Saltwater” sent in an article from the UK that shows just how far the nanny-state has progressed over there. Don’t think that it couldn’t happen here as well.

North Star National’s Dan Calabrese is wondering why House Minority Leader Boehner is only complaining about the size of the P-Lousy Obamacare bill, when there’s sooooo much on the inside worth attacking. I guess it’s up to the new media and us bloggers to get THAT word out.

For those of you who actually have a life, and therefore cannot spend the time to read and study the 1990 page Obamacare bill, here’s a few of the NEW TAXES that are embedded within. Do any of you still believe Obama’s promise to not raise taxes on anybody who makes less than $250,000.00 per year? Didn’t think so.

If you do go through that bill, you will notice that it is mainly another government jobs and government control bill, as it will bring about one hundred and eleven new federal bureaucracies. How in the world are you going to improve health care if you submit it to that much gummint bovine excrement?

How do y’all like this bit of language from the House bill: “Section 2531, entitled “Medical Liability Alternatives,” establishes an incentive program for states to adopt and implement alternatives to medical liability litigation. [But]…… a state is not eligible for the incentive payments if that state puts a law on the books that limits attorneys’ fees or imposes caps on damages.” As the Capitol Confidential notes, “So, you can’t try to seek alternatives to lawsuits if you’ve actually done something to implement alternatives to lawsuits. Brilliant! The trial lawyers must be very happy today!”

If you want some TRUTH about the results of tort reform, check out the update that I recently received from Senator John Cornyn of the Great State of Texas.

Oh, and just to make sure the bill gets even more expensive, The Messiah is lifting the 20 year old ban on persons who are HIV positive from immigrating into the US. Great, let’s bring in a bunch of AIDS cases and put them on the “consumer option” health plan so all of us heterosexual, monogamous, non-druggies can pay for it. Was this another payoff to the wonderfully moral people of Queen of the House Red Nanny P-Lousy’s home district? That story came from Poll Katz e-mailer “Terri.”

Townhall commenter “clyde” gets yet another tip of the hat for sending us a story from the Obamassociated Press. Their headline refers to the muzzie imam who was shot when the FBI raided an Islamic terrorist cell in Michigan, and were met by gunfire, as a “Murdered Radical Islamic Leader.” He wasn’t murdered. He was sent to meet his 72 virgin male camels on Viagra by federal agents who were lawfully returning fire from a bunch of muslim terrorists.

“Ginny” of the Poll Katz found a headline that y’all simply won’t believe, until you remember that this Administration is being run by folks who wish to end our national sovereignty. “Homeland Security Department Gags Local Law Enforcement to Protect ‘Privacy’ of Illegal Aliens” really goes a long way in showing the point of view of Homeland Security Ditz Napolitano and King Barack I. I hate to inform them that non-drybacks have no privacy rights here. In fact, they have NO rights here. Nappy and the other Democrats really do need to take a long hard look at the correlation between enforcement of immigration laws and national security. Wait. Maybe they have, and THAT is why they refuse to enforce immigration laws.

I heard this part of the Glenn Beck Show while driving around to medical appointments on Monday. It appears that ol’ Reverend Wrong has been making some public appearances, and is blowing the lid off of his past as the preacher to Barack Obama for 20 years and his marxist philosophy that was what Trinity United Church of Christ was all about during that time. The transcript (and audio) is from an address to a conference hosted by the Monthly Review Magazine, which is openly marxist-socialist. This is WELL WORTH your time to read. I’ll give you a couple of tastes…“what will be tolerated from a person of color in this land, the land of the greed and the home of the brave excuse me, the land of the greed and home of the slave.” “This magazine unflinchingly has tackled the tough issues from McCarthyism to militarism, from the Chinese revolution through the Canadian revolution to the Cuban revolution, from the lies told by United States presidents to the lies told by the United States media. We celebrate tonight six decades of dedicated service.” Yep, Obama’s spiritual leader celebrates 60 years of dedicated service to marxist-socialism, but Obama never heard a word he said. There’s more. “My work with liberation theology, with Latin American theologians, with the Black Theology Project and what the Cuban Council of Churches taught me 30 years ago the importance of Marx and the Marxist analysis of the sociologies of the vulnerable and the oppressed who were trying desperately to break free of the political economies undergirded by this country that were choking them and cutting off any hope of a possible future where all of the people would benefit.” I think you get the general feel. There’s a bunch of absolute beautiful quotes in there for us to use over the next 3 years.

Townhall blogger “arik” gives us this gem of a column, written by a Sergeant of Marines. He takes The Messiah to task for not understanding what Mission Accomplishment is all about, and why it is Job One.

Any time a person who is an abortion-pusher has a change of heart and becomes anti-abortion, it is a good thing. Here’s a video story from Breitbart about a Planned Parenthood leader who now opposes abortion. The Crawfish is happy to announce that this ex-director of a state Planned Parenthood organization is from Texas. Here’s the story as reported by Fox News.

If y’all come across any weird/stoooopid/strange news stories that might be fodder for The Weekly Claw or The Weekend Claw, e-mail them to me at at1aw_usn@yahoo.com and I’ll consider ‘em. Yes, I will give you newshounds credit.

” Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.” - George Washington

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