From Eric Dondero:

Dramatic video out of Sweden. A group of Muslim protesters attacked Swedish Cartoonist Lars Vilk after a showing of his controversial short film which depicted a naked Muhammed. Swedish police can be seen defending Vilk from the attacks, while Muslim students push forward to get at Vilks. Shouts of "Allahu-Ahkbar" can be heard in the background.

From Dagens Nyheter (via Gates of Vienna)

On Tuesday a man attacked the artist Lars Vilks in connection with a seminar on art at Uppsala University.

The atmosphere was calm at the beginning, Uppsala Nya Tidning reports. When Vilks showed a movie with sexual content the atmosphere became tense.

“The man in the first row suddenly rushed towards me. He gave me a “Danish,” [dansk skalle, hitting someone on the head using your own head] and I hit the wall and dropped my glasses,” Vilks says to TT.

The Uppsala Nya Tidning photographer, who was on the scene, describes the situation as extremely tense.

According to Vilks the man belonged to a group that tried to disturb the seminar. Vilks was taken to safety after the assault.

“I’m not injured, just a bit bruised.”

The seminar was broadcast by Uppsala Nya Tidning on the net.

The group that the man belongs consists of Muslims, says Vilks.

ABC Newsnet added:

A spokesman for Uppsala police said about 20 people tried to attack Mr Vilks after interrupting his lecture, adding that the police had to intervene to stop them. Two people were detained.

As Creeping Sharia reports, Vilks is know for having depicted Muhammed head on the body of a dog in a cartoon in 2007, and was also the target of an assasination plot from American Muslim "Jihad Jane."

Editor's Note - The Editors of Gates of Vienna blog are self-described "libertarians." (H/t Memeo)

David and Samantha Cameron share an important bond with the Palins

by Clifford F. Thies

For most of us, the emerging conservative-market liberal concensus emerging in the world is long overdue. The challenge, in the modern era, as always, is of how to fashion a government that secures us in our rights while not itself becoming the instrument of our oppression. The position of market liberals that the state can provide a safety net without creating an enormous bureaucracy or undermining self-responsibility can be accepted by mainstream libertarians. Likewise, the position of conservatives that something more than self-interest is needed to tie society together can also be accepted. Accordingly, we, at LibertarianRepublican.net, are not at all surprised that the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats of the United Kingdom have been able to fashion a coalition agreement.

David and Samantha Cameron, like Todd and Sarah Palin, embody the center-right belief in family and other forms of voluntary community, as well as in individual freedom and responsibility, in their families. The first child of the Camerons, like the fifth child of the Palins, was special.

Concerning the condition of their first child, David Cameron said, "The news hits you like a freight train ... You are depressed for a while because you are grieving for the difference between your hopes and the reality. But then you get over that, because he's wonderful.” Similarly, this is what Sarah Palin said about her special child, “I’m looking at him right now, and I see perfection. Yeah, he has an extra chromosome. I keep thinking, in our world, what is normal and what is perfect?”

For us, life is not about politics, and politics is not about who should live and who should die. We believe in life, in life in abundance, in human flourishing in matters economic, scientific and cultural. We oppose the agenda of death, of forced abortion, euthanasia, and government ordered “do not treat” lists. We oppose the agenda of limiting progress and sharing poverty. With freedom, we believe, the future is unbounded. Let’s get on with it.

Dr. Thies is a professor of Economics at the Univ. of Shenandoah - Virginia and Senior Editor of Libertarian Republican.

"Honored" by Libertarian Party consideration for President, but staying a Republican

From last Friday Night's show on Fox:

HANNITY: I'm a Reagan Republican. You would be more of a libertarian Republican.

JOHNSON: Well, that would be labels that were — be put on me. I've never labeled myself. But I've considered myself a Republican all along. I've been well treated by the Republicans. I think Republicans are open to ideas and — like I say.

HANNITY: So you're running — if you were to ever consider running for president or other elected office you would run as a Republican not as a libertarian?

JOHNSON: Right. I'm going to stay a Republican. Exactly.

HANNITY: OK. The libertarians tried to recruit you at one point to run for president?

JOHNSON: Well, again, nobody directly contacted me. And I was — you know, I was honored by that but no, it didn't happen. And again, I'm a Republican.

HANNITY: Alright, look —

JOHNSON: I'll stay a Republican.

From The Right Guy, H/T LCR and Memeo
(Re-Post)

It tuns out the great NYPD has arrested a suspect in the attempted Times Square Bombing. It turns out the suspect is Pakistani, not a Tea Party member as Michael Bloomberg, the ersatz mayor of New York City has asserted.

“If I had to guess, twenty five cents, this would be exactly that,” Bloomberg said. “Homegrown maybe a mentally deranged person or someone with a political agenda that doesn’t like the health care bill or something. It could be anything.”

From the AP:

A Pakistan-born U.S. citizen accused of driving a bomb-laden SUV into Times Square and parking it on a street lined with restaurants and Broadway theaters was to appear in court Tuesday to face charges that he tried to set off a massive fireball and kill Americans, federal authorities said.

The suspect, Faisal Shahzad, was taken into custody late Monday by FBI agents and New York Police Department detectives at Kennedy Airport while trying to board a flight to Dubai, according to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and other officials. He was identified by customs agents and stopped before boarding, Holder said early Tuesday in Washington.

It turns out Bloomberg was wrong again. Will he apologize? I doubt it. He's too busy with other things, like pushing for idiotic regulations in NYC such as restricting salt or some other nanny state non-sense. Don't you wish Rudy was back? May be someone should put up a billboard in NYC with that.

America's Mayor

GOP Challenger Bill Flores pulls ahead

From Eric Dondero:

Chet Edwards has been a thorn in Republican's sides for decades. A liberal in moderate clothing Democrat in the heart of conservative Texas country, Edwards has managed to squeek by in reelection bid after reelection bid, against some well-funded and rather strong GOP contenders. Finally, his days may be numbered.

A new poll finds him 12 points behind the GOP nominee. From Rothenberg Report via Texas Monthly:

A new Republican poll obtained by the Rothenberg Political Report shows ten-term Democratic Congressman Chet Edwards (Texas 17) trailing challenger Bill Flores (R) by a dozen points. But Edwards, who isn’t releasing his own survey, remains confident that he can turn the contest from a referendum on President Barack Obama and national atmospherics into a choice between the two candidates.

The new survey of 400 likely voters, conducted May 2-3 by OnMessage Inc, a GOP firm, shows Edwards remains popular in the Republican-leaning district, with a name I.D. of 53% favorable/38% unfavorable.

But when matched against challenger Bill Flores (photo), who recently won a run-off to become the Republican nominee, Flores holds a 53%-41% lead over Edwards. Flores’s name identification is just 37% favorable/10% unfavorable.

Bryan Preston, Communications Director for the Republican Party of Texas told Libertarian Republican:

"Flores is out of the gate showing that he's not only competitive, but he's in a strong position to send Edwards into early retirement and bring more real conservative principles to Congress."

From CNN.com
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