The King of Pork Has Died

Senator Robert Byrd (D) of West Virginia has passed away. Byrd was both the longest serving Senator and the oldest Senator in the 111th Congress. He was well know for bringing home the bacon and his membership in the KKK as a young man. WV Governor Joe Manchin III (D) can appoint a temporary successor, but only until an election can be held in November.

FOX News reported:

Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest-serving senator in American history, died Monday at the age of 92, a spokesman for the family said.

Byrd, a Democrat who served in the U.S. Senate since 1959, had been plagued by health problems in recent years and was confined to a wheelchair. He had skipped several votes in Congress in the past months.

Jesse Jacobs, a family spokesman, said Byrd died peacefully at about 3 a.m. at Inova Hospital in Fairfax, Va.

He was the oldest member of the 111th Congress.

The Day ObamaCare Died - Sung by Barack Obama (video)

This is amusing.

The Day ObamaCare Died - Sung by Barack Obama (video)

Liberty Dies With Thunderous Applause

This is how liberty died in a galaxy far, far away.


This is how liberty died a little closer to home...with thunderous applause,


Hat tip to The Blog Prof.

The author of Reagan's tax cuts, Jack Kemp, has passed away

The author of Reagan's tax cuts, Jack Kemp, passed away after a long battle with cancer. He will be missed. Fox News reported:

WASHINGTON — Jack Kemp, the ex-quarterback, congressman, one-time vice-presidential nominee and self-described "bleeding-heart conservative," died Saturday. He was 73.

Kemp died after a lengthy illness, according to spokeswoman Bona Park and Edwin J. Feulner, a longtime friend and former campaign adviser. Park said Kemp died at his home in Bethesda, Md., in the Washington suburbs.

Kemp's office announced in January that he had been diagnosed with an unspecificed type of cancer. By then, however, the cancer was in an advanced stage and had spread to several organs, Feulner said. He did not know the origin of the cancer.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called Kemp "one of the nation's most distinguished public servants. Jack was a powerful voice in American politics for more than four decades."