Appeals Court Declares Parenthood Unconstitutional, Group Says

“Anyone who wonders why pro-family organizations like ours have been so concerned about activist courts only has to look at this case,” said a spokesman for Focus on the Family. Carrie Gordon Earll, an issues analyst with Focus on the Family Action, called the ruling “one of the most abhorrent examples of judicial tyranny in American history.

Indeed! Another reminder on why the current debates on the SCOTUS appointments are so critically important.

The 9th District Circuit Jerk-it Court of Appeals Schlemiels has struck again in a mind-bendingly radical decision:

On Wednesday the court dismissed a lawsuit brought by California parents who were outraged over a sex survey given to public school students in the first, third and fifth grades.

The real devil is in the details.

Among other things, the survey administered by the Palmdale School District asked children if they ever thought about having sex or touching other people’s “private parts” and whether they could “stop thinking about having sex.”

Remember, this is for FIRST, THIRD, and FIFTH GRADERS!!!!

The parents argued that they — not the public schools — have the sole right “to control the upbringing of their children by introducing them to matters of and relating to sex.”

Here comes the REALLY bad part:

But on Wednesday, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit dismissed the case, saying, “There is no fundamental right of parents to be the exclusive provider of information regarding sexual matters to their children…Parents have no due process or privacy right to override the determinations of public schools as to the information to which their children will be exposed while enrolled as students.”(Emphasis added.)

Say what? According to this ruling the American republic is now Plato’s Republic, where children are raised by the state, since the Guardians of the State are the ones who are wisest. These Judges Judicial Dictators have GOT to go! On the one hand they uphold the right to commit pre-natal infanticide on the basis of a perceived right of privacy which they find somewhere in the white spaces between the black ink of the Constitution. On the other hand, they come up with a new form of abortion – aborted law that explicitly denies the millenia-old role of parents as being the primary caregivers and teachers of their children.

Some have expressed concern with the prospect of people losing respect for the law, and for the legal system that is driven by opposition to various deconstructionist legal rulings. The Chief is willing to suggest – no, MORE than suggest – that rulings like this, if left unchecked, will result in actual revolutionary violence to correct government gone wild. Perhaps the recent SCOTUS appointments will forestall this…one can only hope!

Judge Judicial Dictator Stephen Reinhardt, writing for the panel, said “no such specific right can be found in the deep roots of the nation’s history and tradition or implied in the concept of ordered liberty.”

Has this turkey had too much bad acid, or what? What in the hell is “ordered liberty” anyway? It reminds one of the old Prussian ideal of “alles in ordnung” leading to the situation where anything not allowed is forbidden.

Dare one say that the 3rd Reich successors to that tradition would heartily approve of Judge Herr Judicial Dictator Reinhardt’s decision? No doubt – the philosophical alignment is striking.

If this blooming idiotic moonbat impersonator of a Judge can’t find anything in the traditions and history of the United States that parents have the responsibility for their children – then some form of medication is in order, – since he has obviously totally lost touch with reality and is now operating in the realm of psychosis.

At worst, if this is NOT the case, then Sludge Reinhardt is intentionally working to actively destroy the Constitutional basis of the American republic, and deserves at the least impeachment, if not trial for malfeasance in office for violating his oath. THe 9th Dist. court is the most heavily reversed Circuit – hopefully this will once again prove to be the case.

If not, keep your powder dry, and remember, Nov. 19th is National Ammo Day: Buy 100 rounds!

F.E.T.E.

Discovering Narnia

Ther is an evident disconnect here between the fact of what C.S. Lewis created with the Narnian Chronicles, and the media view of what’s happening with the upcoming release of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe.

One doesn’t have to get further into this piece form the DC Times than the first paragraph to see this:

“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” a $150 million film combining religion and fantasy, is being pitched to churches as a cross between “The Passion of the Christ” and “The Lord of the Rings.”

CLUE TO JOURNALIST: If it comes across as a cross between “The Passion of the Christ” and “The Lord of the Rings,” maybe it’s because that’s what Lewis had in mind when he wrote it. Lewis and Tolkien were contemporaries, friends and academic associates.

Both were unapologetically Christian, and elements of Christianity and Judeo-Christian symbolism are unmistakeably present in the LOTR trilogy, and even more so in the Narnia cycle.

This is only news to typical modern secularists, and those whose “modern” and/or “deconstructionist” educational experience has left gigantic holes where the the understanding of the cultural underpinnings of Western Civilization (both Judeo-Christian as well as Classical) would have formerly resided.

Those traditional “Classical” elements became classic due to their deep and abiding resonance with the circumstances of the human condition. Those elements, which still resonate with the human condition, are intrinsically embedded in the fabric of both Tolkien and Lewis. This is a good part of what attracts the often values-starved cinema audiences of today, although the fact that both authors could spin a good tale certainly doesn’t hurt.

Anyway, as far as the latest iteration of the Narnia world is concerned, it looks to the Chief as if the Lewis legacy is in good hands:

Mr. Gresham (movie co-producer Douglas Gresham, Lewis’ stepson) spent six months on the set ensuring that the story line stayed true to its Christian values. In his new book, “Jack’s Life,” Mr. Gresham described his stepfather as “influenced by the Holy Spirit of God.” The director, Andrew Adamson, is the son of missionaries. Walden Films president Micheal Flaherty, who has staked his personal reputation on the film’s adherence to the book’s Christian message, attends the nondenominational Grace Chapel in Lexington, Mass.

“We got as faithful an adaptation as possible,” said Mr. Flaherty of the yet-to-be-rated movie. “All the key scenes and the key dialogues are there.”

The Chief hopes, and expects that the audiences will be there too.

Iranian Animated Film for Children Promotes Suicide Bombings

This has got to be one of the more chilling things that the Chief has seen in some time, made available by MEMRI, the Mid-East Media Research Inst.

Yes, Saturday morning in Iran, and time for the kids to watch cartoons, right? Well, their cartoons are showing a dramatized view of Islamoterr suicide homicide bombers attacking Israel. Of course the Israelis shown act as though they were graduates of the SS, so of course it’s great to kill off the Jews.

Islamoterr pulls the pins out on his grenade belt.

MEMRI has the transcript here, but to get the full flavor of the implacable hatred, check out the clip itself. It certainly illustrates how the Islamofascist view of things truly reflects a culture of death.

Talk about caretoons from hell…this is it!

F.E.T.E.

Outlawed Muslim Brotherhood walks the streets of Cairo

Earlier this week on a main commercial street in Doqqi, a middle class suburb of Cairo, there was a scene unthinkable even a few months ago. Not a single uniformed policeman was in sight as a procession of hundreds of supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, both men and women, marched in an orderly formation down the street chanting slogans in support of Hazem Abu Ismail, their parliamentary candidate.

F.Y.I. – The Islamic Islamofascist Brotherhood is one of the early and most hard-core Islamofascist groups around.

Iran removes 40 ambassadors, diplomats

Iran’s hard-line government said Wednesday it was removing 40 ambassadors and senior diplomats, including supporters of warmer ties with the West, from their posts in a shake-up that comes as the Islamic republic takes a more confrontational international stance.

This of course is under the leadership of their President – who was one of the hostage-takers in 1979, and has a long history with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.

‘Party trumps race’ for Steele foes

Trying to comment on this is like starting to clean up a trailer park after a tornado – hard to know where to start there is such an abundance of disorder present – mental disorder in the case of the MD Donks. (As Michael Savage’s book title states: Liberalism is a Mental Disorder.)

By way of background – the Donks are yammering about Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, who is running as an unashamedly conservative Republican. As if THAT isn’t bad enough to them – he also happens to be black.

Lt.Gov. Steele

The response is even more rabid than the Chief would have expected, even from the Donks:

Black Democratic leaders in Maryland say that racially tinged attacks against Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele in his bid for the U.S. Senate are fair because he is a conservative Republican.

Ooops! There goes Dr. Kings dream! (The bit about judging on the basis of character, not skin color.)

Such attacks against the first black man to win a statewide election in Maryland include pelting him with Oreo cookies during a campaign appearance, calling him an “Uncle Tom” and depicting him as a black-faced minstrel on a liberal Web log.

State Sen. Lisa A. Gladden, a black Baltimore Democrat, said she does not expect her party to pull any punches, including racial jabs at Mr. Steele, in the race to replace retiring Democratic U.S. Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes. “Party trumps race, especially on the national level,” she said. “If you are bold enough to run, you have to take whatever the voters are going to give you. It’s democracy, perhaps at its worse, but it is democracy.”

We have a new Donk standard for campaign behavior: “democracy at it’s worst”! Oh, yeah – I suppose the only thing new about that is that it is now openly stated.

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, a black Baltimore Democrat, said Mr. Steele invites comparisons to a slave who loves his cruel master or a cookie that is black on the outside and white inside because his conservative political philosophy is, in her view, anti-black. “Because he is a conservative, he is different than most public blacks, and he is different than most people in our community,” she said. “His politics are not in the best interest of the masses of black people.”

Hmmmm. One is not supposed to run for office if one is “different from most people” in the community? Then if the reciprocal of this is applied, then should blacks be banned from seeking office in white communities? Attention David Duke: you have some new allies!

That final bit is good too: “His politics are not in the best interest of the masses of black people.” So then keeping the black people dependent on the bureaucracy of the welfare state for generation after generation IS in the “best interest of the masses of black people” Apparently so, especially as long as they are content not to get uppity and independent enough to leave the Democratic Party’s political plantation.

Alito nomination to test ‘Gang of 14′

Senate Republicans said yesterday they will use the “nuclear constitutional option” to ban judicial filibusters if Democrats try using the tactic to block the confirmation of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the Supreme Court. “Certainly, this does not rise to the level of extraordinary circumstances,” said Sen. Mike DeWine, Ohio Republican. “Therefore, I would be prepared — if a filibuster were tried — to go to change the rules in the Senate to stop the filibuster.”

Folks, short of something TRULY extraordinary, Judge Alito will become Justice Alito.

Yesterday, Judge Alito had five private meetings with senators on Capitol Hill, drawing praise from Republicans and at least qualified praise from Sen. Tim Johnson, a Democrat from conservative South Dakota. “From what I know at this point, it would appear that his 15 years on the federal bench, his experience, his legal skills are at a high level,” said Mr. Johnson, who said he hasn’t made up his mind about whether to support the nomination or seek a filibuster.

This is NOT to say that the Donks will quietly allow this to happen, but in spite of their caterwauling, weeping, wailing, and knashing of teeth, it’ll happen.

No Democrat has called for a filibuster against Judge Alito, but several have declined pointedly to rule out such a tactic to keep him off the high court. Most Republicans have said they support using the “nuclear option” to break any new filibusters against judicial nominees such as Judge Alito. But for Republicans to ban judicial filibusters, they need the support of at least three Republicans in the Gang of 14. Four Republicans and two Democrats have found no “extraordinary circumstances” with the Alito nomination. Although that number is not enough to prevent Democrats from filibustering the nomination, it is enough to employ the nuclear constitutional option.

Personally, the Chief hoped that the Kennedy-Reid-Schumer axis tries a filibuster, just so it can get shoved back down their throats.

Senate Democrats force closed session on Iraq data

Democrats surprised Republicans by forcing the Senate into closed session yesterday to raise the profile of prewar intelligence failures related to Iraq and last week’s indictment of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff.

Eh? Reality check in order?

“The Libby indictment provides a window into what this is really all about, how this administration manufactured and manipulated intelligence in order to sell the war in Iraq,” Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said, moments before he and his top lieutenant forced the closed session.

Dusty Harry Ried et al have managed to cook up a grandstanding play, which ultimately accomplished nothing – the GOP had been working on this stuff for 15 months, and had already scheduled the meeting that Ried claimed to have wrung out of them. I guess he needed to do something to get his name back into the news cycle.

When the doors opened two hours later, Democrats said they got what they wanted because Republicans agreed to hold intelligence committee meetings and finish a report on prewar intelligence. Republicans said they didn’t give up anything because the plan to hold a meeting next week had been made before the session. By yesterday evening, the Senate was back debating budget cuts.

So what in the world do the Donks think they accomplished here? There isn’t anything the Chief can see, except for jabbing the eyes of GOP Senate Intel Committee Chair Roberts.

“If that’s not politics, I’m not standing here,” said Sen. Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The Kansas Republican said Democrats on the committee tipped their hand last year when a staff memo surfaced that they intended to exhaust the bipartisan process and then “pull the trigger” to demand an independent investigation sometime this year.

Sen. Johnson says it’s too early to judge Alito

South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson talked to Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito about “a whole range of constitutional issues” Tuesday, though he says it is too early to draw any conclusions about the veteran judge.

Johnson said it would be “some time” before he makes a decision about the conservative nominee, who already faces opposition from several liberal groups and abortion-rights supporters.

OK. Not too bad for this stage of things.

Later, in a conference call with reporters, Johnson said he hoped the hearing process would move quickly but be thorough.

Still sounds reasonable, eh? But wait…

He said he would not rule out a filibuster from his party. “I would leave all those options on the table,” he said.

After all this, the Chief forms a mental image of Senator Tim carefully holding a moist finger up to check the wind direction before he says anything definite.

The Chief’s projection on this: if it looks inevitable that Alito will win the “advice and consent” of the Senate, TJ will probably be released to support him. Otherwise, he’ll probably say NYET!

But hey! What do I know, really?

The left gets what it asked for

Wesley Pruden in the DC Times has a nicely turned bit of well focused commentary on the early developments in the Donk-RINO response to the Judge Alito nomination:

The early action in Washington is media skirmishing, as the players jostle and jiggle for position against the day when it will be time to lock and load. The high priests of secularism are desperate to protect the rite of abortion, which is to the noisily devout of the left what the doctrine of the Virgin Birth is to orthodox Christianity.

Hysteria and hyperbole are the reigning emotions of the holy high rollers. “Abortion will be the first item Judge Alito and I will discuss,” says Sen. Arlen Specter, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who never misses a chance to shoot at his friends. Kate Michelman, the past president of NARAL-Pro-Choice America, detected something shiny and significant at her feet, and to her chagrin, it was not a suction pump. “Now the gauntlet has been, I think, thrown down.” Barbara Boxer, the senator from California who knows something about appeasing red-hots on her flanks, says, “This nomination is aimed at appeasing the most right-wing elements of the president’s political base.” Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont, eager to provoke, calls the nomination a “needless provocation.” Teddy Kennedy, the Massachusetts answer to the prayer of every young woman in distress, describes Samuel Alito as a risk to fundamental American freedoms.

A fine job of capturing the ambiance of the Donks’ twin hypes of the day: hyperbole and hypocrisy. He also notes the activities of their fellow-travelers in the MSM:

The usual echoes in the media are contributing the bass (and base) notes to the angry chorus. John Roberts, the CBS correspondent who once imagined himself big enough to fill Dan Rather’s BVDs, couldn’t get his mind out of his pants yesterday and used a vulgar sexual allusion to demand of the president’s press spokesman whether the choice of Judge Alito was merely the president trying to find satisfaction with “sloppy seconds.” Ron Fournier rose to the defense of Miss Miers in an Associated Press dispatch, chiding Republicans for demanding that Judge Alito “get a vote in the Senate — something they denied [Miss] Miers.”

Hold on to your hats, and batten down the hatches mates! The Chief forecasts that the REAL hurricane season of political hot air is just getting underway. It will be interesting.