This is becoming as pathetic as Michelle Obama’s choice of wardrobe.

From NEMS:

Only four show up for health care rally

Sponsored by MoveOn, a national public policy advocacy organization, the rally was intended to support expanded health care for the poor.

Organizer James Hull said 100 e-mail invitations were sent but wasn’t surprised by the turnout.

Maybe there is something to all those rumors of Elvis still being alive.

Best comment – ajmontana over Michelle Malkin:

I went to an Odopeycare rally and a vacant lot broke out.

Maybe all of these MoveOn and ACORN types ran out of Thunderbird and are just too depressed to rally anymore.

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Well, it looks like the Left’s plans for protesting like it was 1968 for Obamacare turned out to be a resounding failure.

After their being punked in North Carolina, ACORN and MoveOn protesters were given an encore performance in both New York and Orlando.

As reported by NYGOE.com from the Gathering of Eagles: (Hat-tip: Michelle Malkin)

Patriots from the Conservative Society for Action, Gathering of Eagles, Active and the 912 Group rallied in front of the offices of Senator Charles Schumer to counter the staged pro-nationalized healthcare rally planned by MoveOn.org and ACORN.

The first moonbats arrived and almost immediately called the police because they hate free speech and any opposition to their agenda. One of their old biddies called me a racist for opposing health care for illegal immigrants. Unfortunately for them the first amendment is still enforced in this country and the police would not interfere with our counter protest.

Things went downhill for the Soros stooges from there. As more and more patriots arrived we outnumbered the moonbats by at least ten to one. The video cameras and interviews were all from our folks. The stooges were pwned!

Image from Long Island:

And in Orlando, the ACORN turnout was lower than you would expect for a Gino Manilli concert:

As reported by Sma’Talk:

Today was a nationally designated MoveOn.org aka ACORN’s day to lobby for socialized health care at Congress’s state offices. With the morning weather rainy and overcast, I knew it wasn’t going to be a big jubilee at Senator Bill Nelson’s and Senator Mel Martinez’s office. At 1pm, I found a parking spot close by and took my sign to the Sen. Nelson’s office complex. Fairtax.Org was represented as well as Smart Girl Politics, but no ACORN.

In total, despite the weather, there were sixteen Tea Party persons with great signs to rally passing cars. Four MoveOn white, middle-aged and elderly ladies dressed in blue teeshirts – looking like they were reliving the 60′s – were up in Nelson’s office meeting with Celeste Brown, Nelson’s Regional Director. When they came down, the Tea Party group took turns going up in smaller groups to sit with Brown and discuss our issues with the Obama’s health care agenda, leaving the rest to protest Obama’s socialist tactics. Brown, listened politely, asked clarification questions, but took no notes, inferred that despite the thousands of calls, emails, and visits protesting the Public Health Care bill, and only 13 calls for the bill, Nelson was going to do what he believed what was best. Vote for the bill. So Melanie of FairTax.org gave Celeste a “Pink Slip” for Sen. Nelson.

Image from Orlando:

The pressure is working as many in the Dem party are now backpedaling on bringing up ObamaCare for a vote, just as they did for Crap and Steal earlier today.

From Yahoo News: (Hat Tip: Hot Air)

The drive to remake the nation’s health care system suffered yet another setback in Congress on Thursday when a pivotal group of House Democrats rebelled against leadership-backed legislation taking shape and sought additional time to make changes.

“We need to slow down and do it right,” Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark., said outside a meeting of the Blue Dog Coalition, a group of 52 moderate to conservative Democrats. “It needs to do a much better job of cost containment” within the health care system, he added.

Other lawmakers said they were concerned about proposed tax increases, the rules on any government-sold insurance, and other issues that are key to implementing President Barack Obama’s call for sweeping legislation.

Ross said the group was drafting a letter to the Democratic leadership asking for additional time. Although he did not specify how much time, he said he believes no vote should take place until the fall — well after a midsummer informal deadline set by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Funny what a little elbow grease and patriotism can do.

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Very refreshing news, indeed.

It seems that thanks to the Tea Party movement, the conservative gressroots are finally catching up to the ObamAcorn and Soros Moonie types when it comes to mobilizing the troops quickly and in large numbers.

From Michelle Malkin:

Monica in North Carolina e-mailed me this afternoon: “Just fyi, we heard that moveon.org was promoting a “Public health option” rally today at 12 in front of Kay Hagan’s office- D, NC. We spread the word and outnumbered them more than FOUR to ONE! We had a great time and even used some logic as we sparred with the liberals, which of course, they don’t understand. Fun day nonetheless. I’ve attached a few pics.”

You won’t see these on the front page of the New York Times. But it’s happening more often than you think — and it’s all the more remarkable and newsworthy given that most Tea Party folks, unlike the Soros-funded astroturf protest mobsters, have full-time jobs and families.

This is the type of quick-response teamwork and execution that was sorely lacking last year. It will be needed in spades for both the 2010 and 2012 elections, in order to counter both the message of the Soros Moonies and to cancel out as many illegal votes as the ACORN Mafia can dig up, smoke out and drag to the polls.

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It appears that the real warming is being felt by Congress as it has been announced that a vote on Crap and Steal is being shoved back until after the August recess. Keep up the pressure, be it via letters, faxes, emails and Levin Surges. It is most certainly working.

(I have always been amused by the term “Congressional Recess”. It seems to be a very redundant phrase, as whether they are meeting in the halls of the house or Senate or flying all over the world on “fact-finding missions”, it is nothing then playing, bullying and wasting our hard-earning money on the political playground. And there is no teacher or principal to keep them in line whatsoever)

As reported in The Washington Post (Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin)

The primary U.S. Senate committee responsible for writing climate change legislation will delay its work until September, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer said on Thursday.

Boxer, who earlier this week said she wanted her committee to finish writing its portion of legislation mandating reductions in carbon dioxide emissions before an early August recess, told reporters that instead, “We’ll do it as soon as we get back” in September.

The delay could be a setback to President Barack Obama, who wants quick congressional action on a climate change bill.

Looks like they feel that with the ObamaCare bill falling apart at the seams, that should take priority over the EnviroMarxist Super Tax and Elitest New Stock Market bill.

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So now that Gov. Sarah Palin (she worked hard for that title too, Ma’am Boxer) will be stepping down from office in a few weeks, the obvious is question is, what is next? Not just for her but for the GOP come 2012.

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For America’s 233rd birthday, a few little reminders from those who gave everything to launch the Greatest Experiment of Man:

Read the full text of the Declaration of Independence here.

Also, please take a moment, if you are at a Tea Party or local BBQ, to thank our veterans, past and present. It is because of their sacrifice that all of this is possible in the first place.

Hope that everyone has a great 4th!

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As I wrote about last week, the State of North Carolina recently enacted new legislation that will (and already has had) a dramatic impact on the tax regulation and classification of online merchants and re-sellers. This has raised alarms not only with online merchants such as Amazon, but it is quickly having a dramatic impact on the affiliate programs that such companies run. As well as companies like Linkshare and Commission Junction that act as a gateway between merchants, affiliate partners and consumers.

A few days ago, Amazon terminated all North Carolina members of their popular affiliate program. And now it has come to my attention that effective July 9, Cafe Press will be also be terminating their North Carolina affiliate members due to the new law.

From Cafe Press:

As you may know, the State of North Carolina recently enacted new legislation that addresses tax registration, collection and remittance, which challenges the CafePress affiliate business model.

Due to mounting uncertainly over these new laws we will no longer be able to support affiliates residing in the State of North Carolina, effective July 8, 2009.

While CafePress has no tax nexus in any states other than California, Nevada and Kentucky we feel it wise to discontinue our affiliate business in North Carolina at this time.

Regrettably, our hand was forced into making this difficult business decision, and we openly acknowledge the loss of income this means for our North Carolina affiliate partners. Should circumstances around this law change we will eagerly reconsider this decision.

Effective July 8, 2009 CafePress affiliate agreements with all North Carolina residents will be terminated.

This is no joke and judging by the forums, such as those on Amazon, is likely to spread, as more and more merchants and affiliate companies are contemplating terminating their NC members. Which, of course is just going to cause some people, especially the professional affiliate members that actually sell enough to make an independent living, to leave the state and take their businesses and therefore, their taxable revenue along with them.

How large are these programs in any given state? This map should help illustrate that…

(Thanks to the Linkshare blog for the image)

Merchant affiliate programs have proven to be a very easy, effective and profitable way for small companies, bloggers and individuals to make money, sometimes a lot of money, as well as helping merchants of all sizes and product genres to sell their merchandise and brand themsevles. Now, with the NC Legislature following Obama’s and the Democrat’s Stalinist/East German economic model that seeks tyrannical control over every aspect of the (soon to be formerly) free market, it appears that many people will lose tremendous amounts of income and revenue due to the ideological coup that took place last November.

Hope and change, alright.

Spit.

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