Bush Lied About WMD in Iraq.....Oh, Wait...

Many on the left who decry the ouster of Sadaam Hussein loved to taunt President Bush with chants like "Bush lied, people died!". They seemed to ignore that the consensus opinion of security agencies (apparently consensus is legitimate in "science" like global warming but not in intelligence gathering) worldwide never disputed the weapons of mass destruction claim by the Bush administration. They even more conveniently forgot that Hussein had slaughtered his own people using chemical weapons. When the administration began to backtrack from its claims that British intelligence indicated Hussein had been seeking yellowcake uranium for enrichment to weaponize, the left celebrated the apparent "lie". Enter Wikileaks and the sudden revelation that there was still quiet the stockpile of chemical weapons and there was apparently more yellowcake than there are urinal cakes in Iraq. Funny how this has been out there apparently since 2006 when American Thinker first reported the revelations when it was revealed from a declassified report (I highly recommend the full article). The left doesn't care about facts or logic, it subsists on lies and emotion.

Well, That Took About a Week

Democrats, who have been relentless in calling Republicans the party of no and obstructionists despite the fact that Democrats haven't needed a single Republican vote to pass legislation for two years now, were painfully unaware of the concept of irony today. Having reached a compromise with President Obama on allowing the Bush era tax rates to continue across the board, the blissfully unaware (and unimaginably moronic) House Democratic caucus was overheard chanting "just say no!" in a behind closed doors meeting to block the compromise. I'm not sure if I want the Democratic Party to implode or not. Sometimes they're just too funny. Of course that's also one of the main reasons they probably shouldn't be allowed to govern.

Today's Recommended Reading

This column by George Will in the Washington Post is excellent.

Today's Recommended Reading

Turn off the AC, the warming scam is over. According to this Washington Times article, politicos are staying away in droves from this year's conference in Cancun.

Poker Strategy Tips From Cancun

When you have a weak hand, often the only recourse is not to fold, but to use your bets to push others out of the game. It appears climate "scientists" are accomplished bluffers. Despite growing dissent on the anthropogenic nature of global warming, the release of e-mails which bring into question the validity of the science used to justify that argument, and the constant revelation of poor science in the UN's IPCC climate change report, the opening day of the Cancun climate summit saw these scientists calling for WWII style rationing in developed nations to reduce carbon emissions. You know, carbon, the element that is the basis of all life on Earth.

If there has ever been more reason to believe that the political agenda behind climate science is the redistribution of resources (if everyone is poor, no one is) I can't think of the basis.

Today's Recommended Reading Updated

Sorry. The link didn't work before. It should now as the story is here. Basically, it looks like we bailed out the UAW without ever knowing.

Today's Recommended Reading

I can't even comment on this, I'm too disgusted.

And to the Surprise of No One

A United Nations official has admitted that the goal of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to redistribute wealth from developed countries to the non0developed countries. The plan is explicitly endorsed by Obama advisor Larry Summers and dark lord of the sith George Soros. It is far past time for the United States to withdraw from the UN as the liberal group clearly has interests directly opposed to those of the US.

Obama Administration's Disdain for Constitutional Restraints Again on Display

The chairman of the FCC appears to be pushing forward with plans to implement net neutrality rules despite the fact that a federal court already ruled it does not have the power to do so. This administration's disregard for democracy and the United States Constitution is unbelievable.

Democracy is so Much Easier When the People Aren't Watching

Senator Jay Rockefeller (D. WV) has said it would be easier to get things done if FOX News and MSNBC weren't on the air and that a part of him would like the FCC to ban them. I'll give him credit for being a bipartisan idiot. Freedom of the press was designed to protect and encourage opinion. Does anyone really believe that the founding fathers were worried that the press might accurately report the day to day news? It was the suppression of opinion that they were concerned about. I may not like what the jackasses on MSNBC say and there are a number of times FOX turns me off because of blatant bias, but I would never shut them up. I will only say when they are wrong and hope that an educated populace would know the difference.

Anchors Aweigh, My Boys! Anchors Aweigh.

Yes, that's spelled correctly, it's the Naval Academy fight song. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, who do not represent American citizens, as I've written before, are pushing to get the DREAM Act (such a nice name) passed during the lame-duck session of Congress. The Act would give a path to citizenship for children under the age of 16 who were brought into the country illegally. Again, sounds nice enough. Why punish kids for the actions of their parents? Of course, there is the back door benefit that once the kid is a citizen, it becomes impossible to deport the illegal parent. Hence the term "anchor baby". See? Nothing up this sleeve. It's magic.

What is Love?

Senators from both parties and Transportation and Safety Administration officials have defended the invasive, degrading and, quite frankly, moronic pat down policy at airports. Senator Claire McCaskill (D. MO) even referred to them as "love pats". I think if I fly sometime soon I may respond with a "love kick". This is a policy that has resulted in infants being patted down, gropes, and other offenses. But whatever you do, don't friggin profile and actually search people who fit an identifiable type likely to be terrorists. Spread 'em grandma!

How Do You Fight Ethics Charges? Why by Violating Ethics Rules

Congressman Charlie Rangel (D. N.Y.), as I've written about before, is facing ethics charges, which will likely be the first order of business in the lame-duck session of Congress (funny how they just couldn't manage to fit it in before the election). Now the New York Post is reporting that Mr. Rangel violated ethics rules to pay his attorneys to defend him from these ethics violations, one of whom includes ultra-liberal Clinton apologist Lanny Davis. The Post reports that Rangel raided his leadership political action committees to the tune of $393,000.00 to pay his attorneys this year and last year. According to the Post, while personal PAC funds can be used for legal expenses, leadership PAC funds, which are typically raised in order to donate to other candidates, may not be used this way and constitute a gift, making this a violation of House ethics rules. Apparently when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D. Cal.) referred to "draining the swamp" she meant getting most Democrats defeated in the elections or tried afterward.

Remove the Blinders From Thine Eye Before Asking Another to Take Off His Tutu

In this clip from "Real (Stupid Liberal) Time with Bill Maher" Michael Moore (apparently an advocate of the nanny state solely for his own need for the government to control his eating habits) opines that President Obama needs to take off his pink tutu, put on some boxing gloves and start fighting for the American people. I'm not sure what American people he's referring to given the utter lack of support for the policies both Moore and the President have advocated. He must be referring to all us stupid Americans that Bill Maher feels need to be dragged against our will into government control.

Of more interest to me in the clip is the exposition of the modern Statist mind set. Moore says that middle class Americans don't get that millionaires need to pay more in taxes because they've been lied to about the American dream that they too could some day be successful enough to be exposed to those higher taxes. So let me suggest that Mr. Moore remove his blinders and stop concentrating on President Obama's pink tutu. Michael Moore was born to a middle class family in a suburb of Flint, Michigan, and is now a millionaire (estimates I found were $25 million to $50 million). Bill Gates, born into an upper-middle class family, started his company out of a garage and is now one of the richest men on the planet. Multi-billionaire Warren Buffet started his business small and built himself into one of the most successful investment gurus in the world. Arthur Blank worked at a hardware store until he became a supervisor, was fired, then founded Home Depot and is now owner of the Atlanta Falcons. President Barack Obama made questionable millions writing crappy books. All of these people are also well known for their philanthropy (except Obama, perhaps not surprisingly).

It doesn't take much to find success stories in the United States or examples of the generosity of the men and women who have become successful by legitimate hard work. Perhaps he shouldn't focus on the mote in the eye of others and see the beam in his own. I would probably do well to take that advise also, but this would be a far more boring blog if I only talked about my own foibles.

Luckily Hollywood Means He'll Never Be Broke

Dr. Drew Pinsky, an addiction specialist (he's a legitimate M.D.) who hosts Celebrity Rehab, has opined that there will be a mass defection of doctors and hospital closures as a result of Obamacare. Despite the man's obvious narcissistic tendencies, he's actually a pretty thoughtful man and worth listening to on medical issues. Lucky for him., Lindsey Lohan could keep him employed perpetually all by her lonesome.

What's That Creeping Around Out Back?

While most pundits have focused either positively or negatively on the recently released proposal of President Obama's fiscal commission panel, the Hill caught the sneak little boys playing with their toys in the underlying language. It appears that there is a rear end attempt to take another look at a government single payer healthcare system included in the proposals. Funny that a debt panel apparently has no idea how economics work. I'll probably write more about the proposals later, but suffice it to say, it's a proposed tax increase hidden as a tax cut along with back end savings that would never happen.

Oooohh That Smell. Can't You Smell That Smell?

Something is rotten in the State of Denmark. - Marcellus, Hamlet, Act I, Scene 4, 87-91.

G.E., which is in an evil relationship with the Obama administration, is buying 12,000 Chevy Volts, which are a fraudulent form of electric car, from GM, which is owned mostly by the Obama administration. What's more, China, which artificially keeps its currency devalued in order to maintain trade surpluses and is ticked off at the U.S. for the Fed's move to monetize the debt because it will artificially keep U.S. currency low and threaten China's trade surplus, is, through its own state-owned car company, SAIC, looking to purchase part of GM when the company goes public.

Oh, and did I mention, G.E. manufactures the remote power supply stations needed to recharge the electric batteries the Chevy Volt occasionally uses to go all of 40 miles before needing a charge?

It is said that Marcellus uses the phrase "State of Denmark" rather than simply Denmark to indicate that the corruption stems from the head of government. Certainly seems apropos here.

Tone Deaf Doesn't Even Begin to Describe It

Earlier this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D. Cal.) had a party celebrating the accomplishments of the soon to be closed Congress. The same accomplishments that resulted in a historic middle finger from the American voters and a resulting historic gain in the House that means Speaker Pelosi will, luckily, not be Speaker soon. Not only does the party she threw seem to fly in the face of what the voters were telling her (sort of like the health care bill, the stimulus bill, the cap and trade legislation, the conversion of TARP into a slush fund and every damned other thing she shoved or tried to shove down America's throat despite overwhelming opposition), it ignored what her fellow Democrats were telling her. Namely, please stop! You're killing us! Which is why they are now trying to keep her from running for the minority leader position.

In the meantime, oblivious as a newborn child, a panel to review waste in the stimulus bill is holding the meeting at the Ritz Carlton. Really. This administration is so tone deaf they couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.

Today's Recommended Reading

John Stossel's racist cupcake sale. Priceless. Or $0.50 for blacks and latinos.

Batshit Crazy Now Spelled Alvin Greene

Former South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene, a complete moron who magically won the primary to be destroyed in the actual election (see, no one knew who the heck he was), who was booted (honorably, but involuntarily) from the armed forces, is considering running for President in 2012...as a Republican. Sadly, I'd still vote for him over President Obama.

Jsut Because the World is Upside Down

Democrats often accuse conservative radio of being hate speech. Listen to this. He's relatively tame compared to much of what I've heard. Funny that he uses the word animals to refer to the supposedly racist tea parties, considering that's how racists often refer to blacks. I'm sick of hearing this mantra of racisism against the tea parties that actually reflect the diversity of Americans. It's cheap and it's the sort of argument I'd expect from a child saying, "yeah, but you're ugly".

As if There Weren't Enough Evidence that Google Is Evil

I've written before about Google and how they are a great example of spooky big corporations (like GE). Now the National Legal and Policy Center, a group advocating for smaller and more ethical government, is calling for the investigations of the unusually close ties between Google and the Obama administration (like GE). They are pointing to federal policies under this administration which have favored Google (like GE). But none of this can be true, of course, because Democrats are the party of the people, not big business. By the way, I have some ocean front property in Colorado for sale.

Out of Ammo? Don't Worry, We'll Support Your Terrorism

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (felon, Ark.) (why is it the modern heroes of the Democratic Party, the Clintons, are qualified to lead but not to hold a license to practice law?) announced that the United States is sending $150 million to the Palestinian Authority. This is an organization established by and with ties to the Palestinian Liberation Organization, a recognized terrorist regime that started randomly launching rockets into Israel not that long ago. I suppose if you visit Israel and get killed in a terrorist attack you can take some solace in seeing your tax dollars at work first-hand.

Must Watch Reason.tv Part II

Hayek v. Keynes. Easily the most amusing rap song I've heard.

Must Watch Reason.tv

It's about 10 minutes long, please watch and comment. Reason.tv.

Soros Slapdown

I mentioned previously the Dark Lord of the Sith, George Soros, and his Secretary of State Project. (There is something ironic about Satan being the man behind the media's savior, President Obama.) Well, in an under-reported aspect of last night's elections, 17 of the 26 Secretary of State positions up for election when to Republicans. Maybe he needs a new apprentice Sith. Darth Obama seems to have lost his ability to pull off Jedi mind tricks.

What the Hell is Going on at the Fed?

The Federal Reserve, an unaccountable, unelected, uncontrollable group of banks that controls monetary policy in the United States, plans on pumping between $500 billion to $1 trillion dollars into the economy for lending by monetizing the debt, i.e., buy buying up U.S. Treasury Bonds (I recommend reading the full link for a listing of potential downfalls). This is likely to lower interest rates (though how they can go much lower is beyond me) and cause inflation by devaluing the dollar. They tried this before, the idea being that by pushing money into the hands of the banks and lowering interest rates they will encourage lending and borrowing. Why didn't it work the first time? Because banks just loaned the money back to the United States Government because the return rate on the bonds was higher than the interest rates they could charge borrowers. This is likely to happen again and the people at the Fed are smart enough to know this. Which begs the question, what the hell are they doing?

Today's Recommended Reading

This article by Michelle Malkin isn't so much instructive in its stand-offish tone as it is as a recounting of exactly how "cooperative" Democrats have been with the supposedly obstructionist Republicans who couldn't stop anything the last two years because they didn't have the votes. I can't say I necessarily disagree with her on not cooperating. The majority of the country has rejected the Obama agenda, big government, overspending and wants a repeal of the healthcare law. That's not asking for cooperation.

MSNBC is Awful

Chris Mathews is a scumbag as is the rest of the MSNBC group. Mathews actually had the gall to ask a current Alaska politician if he had ever seen Sarah Palin read something, as if she were too stupid to be literate. This after he denied he ever made the tingle up his leg comment to Michelle Bachman. Keith Olbermann, of course, finds it all hillarious. Rachel Maddow can't be heard through the muffled anger of his....her smirk.

Breaking From the Domestic

This bears watching. Tensions between Japan and Russia have been flaring of late over islands which are of contested ownership. Japan has gone so far to pull back their ambassador. Russia has become increasingly aggressive and authoritarian under Vladimir Putin and slipping back to full enemy status is not unexpected.

The President has called House Minority Leader John Boehner (R. Oh.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R. Ky.) to say he's looking forward to working together with them. This is the same President who called opponents of "comprehensive immigration reform", i.e. amnesty, enemies to Latinos and said Republicans have to sit at the back of the bus a la Rosa Parks. I doubt the President will be anything more than an ideologue.

The Ball is in Your Court. Don't Drop It.

As was expected, it has just been announced that Republicans have taken control of the House. Now they just have to be conservatives and maybe they can keep it. Keep in mind, the economic downturn truly started after the Democrats took the majority in 2006 under President George (I'm a domestic liberal) Bush, Jr.

Slap to the Face

The Illinois Senate seat formerly held by no other than President Barack Obama has gone to Republican candidate Mark Kirk. Now that is a rebuke of massive proportions.

Once....Twice....Nineteen Times A Loser

Despite 12 visits by President Obama and 7 by Vice President Joe Biden to Ohio, Republican John Kasich has been identified as the winner of the Ohio gubernatorial race.

Caricature of a Human Being Loses House Seat in Florida

You may have read my previous posts expressing my disdain for Representative Alan Grayson (D. Fla.). Luckily, Florida voters have seen the light and Mr. Grayson will only be an embarassment to his family instead of the state for at least the next two years. Representative-elect Daniel Webster (R. Fla.) was leading by 17% with 83% of precincts reporting. The collective IQ of the House probably just doubled.

Developing...Claims that Mentally Handicapped Bussed to Polls and Instructed How to Vote

Reports are coming out that mentally handicapped people have been bussed to polls in Minnesota by AFSCME Union (a union composed of government employees) members and instructed to vote straight Democrat on their ballots.

Today's Recommended Reading

This is an interesting and rather creepy article regarding George Soros, the Secretary of State Project, and voter fraud.

From One of the People Who Brought You Airplane

David Zucker, one of the co-creators of the Airplane! movies, amongst other spoofs, has made a video skewering Senator Barabara Boxer (D. Cal.) for her infamous "Call me Senator, please" chiding of a Brigadier General during hearings. I only wish it were enough to put her down in the polls. Unfortunately, the Real Clear Politics average has Senator Boxer up 4.3 points in the various polls, though she appears to be trending downward in her fight against Republican hopeful Carly Fiorina.

Bias? What Bias?

This article from NewBusters shows NPR's Nina Totenberg (who once suggested God might give Jesse Helms or his grandchildren AIDS from a blood transfusion) and Newsweek's Evan Thomas discussing the upcoming November elections on "Inside Washington". If you ever doubted that media bias tends to the liberal view, their discussion should clear things up for you. Apparently the American people voting conservative is to be a source of fear or a joke of historic proportions.

Then there is this phone call from an Alaska news station that someone didn't properly hang up. In it the reporters appear to be discussing possibly creating negative stories against GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller. I would have thought his cheesy permanent 5 o'clock shadow would be negative enough.

There was a time when the media at least didn't openly mock conservatives. The derision is getting out of hand.

Today's Recommended Reading

I normally don't use the "Recommended Reading" posts to refer to someone who I think is an idiot, but I think it serves as an educational experience to read the moronic ravings of left-wing ideologue Paul Krugman of the New York Times. In this editorial he predicts that history books will speak of the disaster rained down on America by Republicans taking control of the House. As opposed to the disaster of President Obama. He's right to some extent. Since the liberals right the textbooks, it probably will be portrayed as a horrific event. Reality will speak otherwise.

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Part II

I wrote earlier about Joe Sestak (D. PA) helping promote a fake Tea Party candidate to draw votes away from his Republican opponent. Further, Sestak was asked to drop from the primary to allow Arlen Specter (RINO Monday 2-5 pm, Democrat the rest of the week depending on polling) to take the Democratic nomination in exchange for what he termed a job. Now comes word that former President Bill Clinton (Felon, Ark.) asked Senate candidate Kendrick Meeks (D. Fla.) to drop out of the race so that the supposedly independent Charlie Crist (see Arlen Specter), who I've written about before, could defeat the Republican candidate, Marco Rubio (Cubans know better than to vote Democrat/Castro). This because Democrats are worried that the charismatic Rubio would attract Hispanics to the Republican party. Winning at any cost because power is the only goal.

Dear Nanny Government, Can I Stay Up Past Midnight Tonight?

Baltimore, a city so crime-ridden that HBO has a dramatic series based there, is definitely looking out for its citizens' safety. You of course are thinking they just hired some great police chief known for turning around cities with bad crime problems, or maybe they elected Rudy Giuliani as mayor, or maybe they've beefed up the police force. Nope, they've handed out their first ticket for dangerous butter. The city banned trans fats in amounts over 0.5 grams in non-prepackaged foods in 2009. The particular offender had been using a margarine with 3 grams of trans fats when it first came to the attention of the city that they were utilizing this margarine to murder and rob its citizens. When the city followed up on this dangerously aggressive murderous activity, they found that the offender had raped dozens, if not hundreds of citizens with its replacement 2 gram trans fat margarine. Remember that "slippery slope" argument that everyone guffawed at that when government becomes involved in running health care they become involved in every part of the citizenry's lives? I give you the Baltimore nanny state.

By the way, the ban on trans fats came into effect September 2009. According to the Baltimore police, in the first three months of 2010 there were 41 murders, 29 forcible rapes, 690 robberies, and 1,130 aggravated assaults. This is by no means an exhaustive list of the crimes and there is a separate category of "violent crimes" that is undefined, so I didn't give the number. This is just in a city, mind you, not a state. Assuming the statistic cited in the article of 30,000 deaths per year nation-wide attributable to trans fats (which is something that doesn't appear on coroner's cause of death options) is correct I think the city has bigger problems than making sure you don't enjoy your meal. The priorities of government are upside down from reality.

Liberal Idiocy in a Nutshell

Vice President Joe Biden was quoted as stating the following at a fundraiser for Representative Tim Bishop (D. NY):

“Every single great idea that has marked the 21st century, the 20th century and the 19th century has required government vision and government incentive,” he said. “In the middle of the Civil War you had a guy named Lincoln paying people $16,000 for every 40 miles of track they laid across the continental United States. … No private enterprise would have done that for another 35 years.”

Note the complete disconnect from reality and the utter disrespect for private enterprise. Liberals believe that all good things stem from government, not individuals. It boggles my mind that Mr. Biden (who is known for his verbal gaffes) actually thinks this way but it certainly explains their policy world view.

More Questions Coming From Nevada

The attorney for Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharon Angle has accused the incumbent Harry Reid (D. NV) of violating state law by offering free food and gift cards in exchange for votes for Mr. Reid. Further, updating the earlier post regarding machines seeming to automatically check Harry Reid as the vote, it appears the voting machines are serviced by SEIU. Again, there isn't any evidence (other than anecdotal) that SEIU or the Democrats have done anything to influence the machines, but this definitely bears watching.

This Needs to Stop

A liberal activist associated with Moveon.org was assaulted outside of the Kentucky Senate debate between Rand Paul (R) and Jack Conway (D). She was pushed to the ground and stomped on by someone who appeared to be a Rand Paul supporter. Acts of idiocy like this will only play into the meme set forth by the left that the Tea Party (which is a big supporter of Paul) is full of violent radicals conservatives. This kind of thing is simply unacceptable and more reminiscent of the thuggery of SEIU and other leftist groups than what the Tea Party activities.

This Bears Watching

Several voters are complaining that when they went to vote in the Nevada Senate race Senator Harry Reid (D. NV) was already checked off on the ballot. While such a tactic to take an election is probably too blatant to be anything other than a mistake, it could easily bring what is already a tight race under greater scrutiny.

Pot Issues Report; Call Kettle Black; Nation Unsure if Ironic or Hypocritical

I've written before briefly regarding the racism of the NAACP. Well, once again, the race bating, progressive far left hand of the Democratic Party has pulled the race card again. Seeing the effect the Tea Party has had on the upcoming November elections and fearful of the Democrats losing their majority in the House and the super majority in the Senate, the NAACP has issued a report linking the Tea Parties to racists and bigots. Thanks, NAACP. It's nice to see the "Civil Rights" movement is now a joke.

Green, the Color of Lies

The Chevy Volt, President Obama's (or is that President and CEO of GM?) proclaimed savior of the American car industry is just another piece of crap produced by unions run by thugs. The Volt, which was supposedly capable of running solely on its electric engine for 50 (50!!! WOW!!!) miles and would get 230 miles per gallon (after they had to add a small gas engine to recharge to battery because most homeowners won't let you pull over and plug in for a while) does a grand total of none of the above. At 70 mph and above and when the battery runs low, the engine takes over, so its really just another hybrid. Journalists who have test driven the car have seen 37.5 city and between 30 and 40 for longer trips, so no 230, unless President Obama has redefined what a gallon is (it depends on what you mean by is?, and keeping up with 80 mph traffic on a highway produced 26 miles per gallon (about what I get with the top down on my all gas V6). Well, I take it back, one part is true. It appears the car is capable of going 50 miles without stopping. So what you have in the end is a $41,000.00 hybrid with worse gas mileage than a $15,000.00 all gas Hyundai Accent, that the government has to offer a $7,500.00 to get anyone other than Ed Beagley, Jr., to even look sideways at the car (so the government gives a tax break to bet people to buy a car from a company owned by the government...I'm pretty sure that's stupid). Congratulations, GM, you've proved that attempting to force supposedly green technology in violation of physics is a pretty difficult proposition.

As If We Needed More Evidence that Higher Education Has a Liberal Bias

Winston-Salem State University sent out e-mails to 6,400 staffers and students to vote early and help the Democratic Party. This was a violation of state law, but perhaps even worse, it shows that higher education is attempting to affect the political leanings of its students.

Good Old Unbiased National Public Radio

Juan Williams, a frequent contributor on FOX News and one of the few liberals that I consider to be fair, honest and principled (as opposed to FOX News contributor Alan Colmes or Ellis Hannigan who are simple ideologues), is also a news analyst for National Public Radio. Or at least he was. Mr. Williams contract was terminated after he appeared on "The Factor with Bill O'Reilly" and admitted that he gets nervous if he's on a plane with someone in full traditional Muslim garb. Of course, NPR didn't seem to care that he spent the majority of the interview chastising O'Reilly about lumping all Muslims in the same boat as terrorists (O'Reillly had stated on "The View" while discussing the Ground Zero mosque that Muslims killed Americans on 9/11). NPR stated that "His remarks on The O'Reilly Factor this past Monday were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR". This is apparently code for the government and donation funded radio station for "his comments seemed conservative". I've listened to NPR quite often and they don't tolerate conservatism, nor does most of their listening audience. I remember listening to audience comments a day after a Newt Gingrich interview. The announcer talked about the wide ranging diversity of opinions received by NPR after the interview. As examples of this wide disparity of opinion, she read an email from one man who said Gingrich was a liar and he would never agree with anything he ever said. The other email she read said I can't believe I kind of agree with that lying scumbag. Truly a diverse audience.

Today's Recommended Reading

If you define yourself as a conservative but felt uneasy about much of President Bush, Jr.'s domestic policies and rampant spending, you may like to read this article. I often found myself defending Bush because I believed in the war on terror and his general foreign policy efforts, though certainly not all of them. I also believed it was unfair to call him stupid and would react by defending him. But his denigration of conservatism shows that, in the end, he was more akin to a hawkish Democrat (think Joe Lieberman or John McCain) than any true conservative.

And He Wonders Why Some People Think He's a Socialist

Many on the left ridicule anyone who mentions the concept of socialism in connection with President Obama. Call me crazy, but when the Natoinal Chair of the Communist Party USA has a blog post prominently featured on the official Obama campaign website, Organizing for America, it seems like those accusing the President of having socialist leanings seem pretty damned reasonable.

Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap

Republicans have been accusing Democrats of supporting false Tea Party candidates to syphon away votes from Republican candidates in the upcoming November elections. Now those accusations are being borne out as true. Bryan Lentz (D. PA), a candidate to replace former Congressman and Senate candidate Joe Sestak (D. PA), who you may remember as the candidate who said that the administration offered him a job to not run against the now-defeated incumbent Arlen Specter (Moron, PA), has admitted to helping a fake Tea Party candidate, Jim Schneller, get on the ballot for that very reason. Lentz stated that he didn't think it was a bad thing for the process or for his candidacy. Basically he's admitted what I've long though of most Democrats, that to them the process is only about getting them elected or re-elected and anything that aids in that cause can't be bad for the process.

Seriously? Aqua Buddha?

The Kentucky Senate race is proof that we are living in the post-sanity world of politics. Democratic Senate candidate Jack Conway decided that taste, class, decency and credibility were no longer necessary. Conway ran an advertisement in which he accused Republican opponent Rand Paul of belonging to a secret society when he attended Baylor 30 years ago that makes fun of Christians. The advertisement further accused Paul of having tied up a woman and forced her to worship an idol of a god called Aqua Buddha. Conway's source for this rather incredulously story? The unsubstantiated accusations of the woman who claims to have been tied up. At a recent debate, not only did Conway refuse to apologize, he repeated the accusations as if they were set-in-stone facts. Paul, rightly in my view, refused to shake Conway's hand after the debate. I hope Conway loses a ton of votes over this.

The Tolerance of the Left

I'm fond of saying that open-minded people are the most close-minded people I know. I say this because every time I've been accused of being close-minded it has been because I didn't agree with the person accusing me of being close-minded (just for the record, I looked it up to make sure and close-minded is acceptable as well as closed-minded). In a similar vein, I've always believed that liberals tend to be more racists because they believe that there are groups of people incapable of getting by without them. Or at least as long as members of those groups don't disagree with them. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (the first African-American justice and a noted civil rights attorney) once noted he would resign from the Court if a female Justice were ever appointed and was hesitant to hire females as law clerks. Noted liberal columnist Maureen O'Dowd of the New York Times has called every female Republican politician a bully and derided them as crazy. Chris Matthews of MSNBC and Mrs. Polly's class of the criminally stupid immediately resorted to deriding a Rich Lott, an Ohio Congressional candidate, as participating in something "homoerotic" for being a part of WWII reenactments.

These are the people of tolerance. They know what is best for you idiots. Why is it you don't listen? I guess you're close-minded, or closed-minded even.

The Truth in Advertising People are Probably Cool with It

Green Party Chicago gubernatorial candidate Rich Whitney had his name misspelled on many ballots including in some prominent African-American districts as Rich Whitey. Between that and the fact that he's in the Green Party, I'm guessing his election is a low probability.

Today's Recommended Reading

The blog New Zeal has an excellent history of detailing the links between communist/socialist factions in the Democratic party. This post is especially good, detailing a meeting between Representative John Conyors (D. Mich.) and the Democratic Socialists of America. The ties between progressives and socialists is startling. I highly recommend this guy's blog.

And Yet Another Democrat Commits a Crime

It appears First Lady Michelle Obama violated Illinois law by campaigning inside a polling place. Democrats have a long history of violating campaigning laws. President Clinton used the White House to solicit and reward campaign donors and our esteemed lord and savior President Barack Obama has apparently committed a felony before as well by giving access to federal buildings in return for campaign donations. Republicans are not above reproach, but the blatant manner in which Democrats openly violate laws is disturbing, especially given they seem to be held to a different standard and never face prosecution over these issues.

Boys and Girls, Can You Spell Ironic?

A teacher who stood in the Oval Office and watched President Barack Obama sign the idiotic "stimulus" package has been laid off for the second time this year. The Toledo Public Schools haven't spent a dime of the $7.6 million they received as their share of the "stimulus" package. They are saving the money to spend next year...to rehire employees...who probably won't be teachers. Your tax dollars at work!

Whoops! Guess I Shouldn't Have Spent All Those Billions After All

President Obama, in excerpts from an interview with the New York Times, admits he realized too late that there are no "shovel-ready" projects. Whoopsie! If I didn't already think he was a chronic liar and a moron, I'd be convinced of one or the other by that statement alone.

No Need to Try and Close That Border

The Mexican investigator looking into the murder of an American on a border lake was decapitated and his head was delivered to the Mexican military. The drug gangs have essentially taken over the border areas of Mexico. I can't imagine why we'd want to have more border guards and tighter control.

G.E. Short for God***ned Evil

In case you need a reminder, here is a link to my long ago post about the association between General Electric and the Obama administration. Revelations today make it even more clear that President Obama is in bed with G.E. (maybe literally). It seems G.E. received $24.9 million in "stimulus" grants while they cut 18,000 jobs. Oh, and the apparently capital starved company made $156 billion last year. G.E. also received jobs as the primary contractor for four other stimulus grant recipients. Democrats raged that Haliburton, who was the only contractor capable of performing all aspects of the job, had been associated with Dick Cheney, who gave up his interests in the company well before he became Vice-President and yet somehow, no one seems to care that the President of G.E. is on the President of the United States' council of economic advisers and his company has benefited immensely from programs the President has implemented and potentially could benefit from programs he advocates.

New Democrats, Same Old Tactics

The Democrats are unleashing the IRS and Justice Department on those who would support Republicans in the coming elections. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama, he of the untraceable campaign funding, is attacking Republicans and the Chamber of Commerce for supposedly accepting foreign money to fund campaigns. His basis? A blog entry by the highly pro-Obama, George Soros and Center for Progress affiliated "Think Progress" which cites to no real source for the accusation. The Baltimore Sun TV critic is even offended.

President Obama swept into office believing that he had a mandate to truly transform the country into a European social-democracy. He and his far left, progressive supporters salivated at the idea that they were going to see the big-government America they had prayed (to no one) for under Clinton. Majorities in both Houses of Congress and possession of the White House, with progressive idiots like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D. Cali.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Ried (D. Nev.) who were fully on board for the moron train instead of supposed moderate Democrats meant the Congress had the chance to legislatively transform the nation into something the Constitution wouldn't recognize. With victory so close, especially after having to endure their hatred of President Bush for eight years, the angst was raised to new highs when the country fought back against the agenda. Who were these yokels to comment upon their benevolent elites handing them social programs?

Now, finding that power is likely slipping away during the mid-term elections, the left is willing to sling any accusation at the conservatives in a last-ditch effort to hold on. I can only hope the public sees through this and elects true conservatives (Arizona and McCain are a lost cause). November 2 will be a very interesting evening.

Astroturf at Its Finest

President Obama, always hip to hang out with young morons who think "Jersey Shore" is good TV, is having a town hall sponsored by MTV, BET and CMT. The town, however, is apparently subject to a casting call for young actors who agree with the President. I'm sure the questions aren't pre-screened either.

Today's Recommended Reading

Charles Krauthammer is once again on the money with his insight into the failures of this Democratic Congress and President in this article.

Gloria Allred, Politcal Hack

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman was blindsided by Gloria Allred, who must have no motivation other than derailing the Republican's campaign. Ms. Allred violated her professional ethics by exposing her client to deportation and possible jailing by bringing her out to accuse Whitman of knowingly employing an illegal alien as a housekeeper. The problem is Ms. Whitman checked her Social Security card and driver's license, both of which were fake, when she hired her. The Social Security Administration sent a letter saying that the number might be fake, and warned that taking any action in firing the housekeeper on the basis of the letter might be a violation of state and/or federal law. The husband wrote on it asking the housekeeper to look into the problem. Last, but not least, there is no evidence to indicate the husband ever showed the letter to Whitman and that he simply forgot about the matter. If you really want to see this loser (Allred) taken apart, watch the video here of Greta Van Sustern (a former attorney) tearing her to shreds. It's about 9 and a half minutes but definitely worth watching.

Nostrobamus

President Obama is a big fan of making predictions that have no basis in reality. Nostrobamus has already predicted that we would double our alternative energy production (his plan? subsidize it by taxing the hell out of existing cheap energy to make feasible expensive and inefficient energy production). At his State of the Union address he, without any basis, said we would double or exports (apparently shipping our wealth to China is now an export). And recently, the esteemed scholar in constitutional law who apparently has never read the Constitution, predicted that we would once again lead the world in college graduation rates. How exactly is the President supposed to do this? Or for that matter, what power does the Presdient posess that would even allow him to try? All this from the first President to refuse to release his college transcripts. I'm positive he graduated moron cum laude.

The Master Orator and All Around Genius

Former Vice President Walter Mondale has advised President Obama to get rid of the "idiot boards", i.e., teleprompters, and speak directly to the people. President Obama is apparently so dependent upon them that he apparently even uses them in low-level business meetings. If you have watched President Obama when he ad-libs, the man is an idiot and cannot speak worth a damn. He might want to keep the teleprompter-in-chief around.

Today's Recommended Reading

This is an excellent opinion piece by a former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who, in my humble opinion, is one of the finest jurists to have sat on that bench.

Let's Stop Screwing Around and Call it what it Is...Robbery

The United Kingdom, not apparently happy enough to collect taxes from employers, is now proposing that employee checks be handed directly over to the government, who would then subtract the amount of tax that they deem owed. The government would then pay the employee through a bank transfer. So, essentially, your paycheck in the UK isn't your paycheck until the government says so. What happens with a glitch in the system? A massive bureaucracy always has gross waste and mistakes. Take Social Security, which likes to waste huge amounts of money paying dead people despite having received notice of their demise. I can easily envision thousands going unpaid for weeks as the government tries to figure out what happened to their checks.

Not to mention, in the end, government gets theirs first, you get yours when their done with the money. It's like all those movies where they steal the payroll truck delivering the money to the bank. Robbery.

Another Reason to Vote for Republicans in November 2010

The official White House blog is proposing that a Republican majority in the House of Representatives could result in a shutdown of government similar to what occurred in 1995. Um...sounds good to me. I can't think of anything the government has done well of late, or for that matter anything they have done which represented the will of the people, is remotely constitutional, or in some cases, legal under federal law. The only drawback to a shutdown of the government is that the Congress wouldn't have the opportunity to repeal the moronic health care law and other legislative and executive power grabs made by the Democrats. Thanks, President Obama, for giving us another reason to vote for Republicans on November 2, 2010.

Hypocrisy Abounds

Let me start off by saying that the protester of the Ground Zero mosque and community center proposal, the Westboro Baptist Church (which already tastelessly appears at the funerals of fallen soldiers saying they died because there are gays in the military), the Tennessee preacher, and the Florida preacher who is waffling on whether or not to burn Qurans and started all these demonstrations have more in common with radical Muslims than they do with rational people. However, I'll also say that the Afghan Muslims who are so enraged by these acts are hypocrites themselves. I don't remember them protesting when the Taliban was destroying Buddhist imagery and temples in 2001. Or when Muslims were burning bibles and destroying crosses in Gaza. Islam has a long history of not only intolerance but violence towards the iconography and the people of other religions. That's nothing that anyone needs to be imitating, especially not Christians and Americans.

Can it Be?

A group of Republicans adhering to the idea of tradiotional conservatism is repudiating the old heirarchy and the gross spending of the Bush administration. Can these people truly give the Republic back to the people, or is this just a game to garner votes from the tea party people? I think that this country is on the verge of a rebirth and the only thing that can stop it are those that would hijack the ideals for their own synical purposes. Case in point, as I was writing this I got an email from the local tea party advising about robocalls from the "Tea Party of Louisiana" endorsing a particular candidate. There is no true Tea Party of Louisiana just as there is no true national tea party. Also, the Michigan state Supreme Court recently rejected the appeal of a group seeking to put the tea party on the voting ballot. The group appears to have been formed by Democrats seeking to draw votes away from conservative candidates. We cannot be free and be liars at the same time.

Now is the Winter of Our Discontent

The verdict is in on President Obama's "Summer of Recovery" and the patient doesn't look so well. Unemployment has reached 9.6%. The United States' economy lost 283,000 jobs during the summer months. While the President extolled the private sector job gain of late, he forgot to note the 54,000 jobs lost net this month. And, not to worry boys and girls, it's just 120 more days until the biggest tax raise in history. I'm not saying the sky is falling or anything, but I recommend a hardhat.

You'd Think Someone Had Seen This Coming...Oh, Yeah

As fears of increased health care costs under Obamacare approach, employers are shifting more and more of the costs of health insurance plans onto their workers. It's almost as if the world were ruled by logic rather than the magic Obamanomics.

Same Song, Second Verse

Climategate wasn't enough, now independent reveiw panels are giving voice to similar criticism of the IPCC findings that were evident in the e-mails. I wouldn't mind the debate so much if people weren't trying to cram the policy down my throat.

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Stephen Hawking has apparently declared that God is not necessary for the creation of the universe. Why a physicist with an atheist opinion is major news is a bit beyond me. Apparently the idea is that the law of gravity practically necessitates the creation of multiple universes. Call me a contrarian, but I kind of thought God made the laws that govern the universe. I won't pretend that I can argue intelligently that Mr. Hawking is incorrect on his level, but it strikes me that he's ignoring a fundamental idea in that at some point there would have to have been a first particle to have gravity.

Too Funny

The Dukes of Moral Hazard County

I've been meaning to touch on this subject for a while but I'll leave it to Dr. Thomas Sowell, a professor of economics to explain it better in this article on Human Events. Despite years of education in economics and politics it took a health care economics class to open my eyes to this simple truth, as a result of moral hazard, insurance increases the cost of health care in a cyclical pattern. Uncle Milty would be proud of you Dr. Sowell, keep preaching truth.

Down Goes Frazier!

The DOW Jones Industrial Average closed today at a 7 week low, once again dipping under 10,000. How's that "summer of recovery" coming for you, President Obama?

I May Have a Man Crush on Governor Chris Christie

Governor Chris Christie (R. NJ) ripped into the federal government over the beauraucratic nonsense that is Washington, D.C. for denial of a grant based on a single clerical error in a 1,000 page application. I encourage you to do some research on what he's done in his short time as governor of New Jersey. You may learn to love him as I do.

How Do You Spell Machismo in Russian?

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (and I would argue he is a de facto tyrant) is known for trying to display his manliness. He was recently pictured riding horseback shirtless. Now he is apparently whale hunting with a crossbow. While it all seems innocent enough, and probably pretty laughable, to me I see an ego maniac trying to show his country what a tough man he is. I would not be surprised in the least if he makes further moves to consolidate power under him.

All Right, Let's Give This Another Go

I've been absent for a bit too long I think and I've forgotten how cathartic this can be. So, back to it.

What Can Michael Chricton Teach Us?

I love Michael Chricton novels. I even suspended disbelief to read the sequel to Jurassic Park. I have read as many of his essays and transcripts of his speeches as I can find. He has helped form my opinions on climate change and science. But the thing I think I may take away from his work the longest is a line from a movie he wrote and directed based upon a book he wrote on a dare under a pseudonym.

For all that we ought to have thought but have not thought,

For what we ought to have done but have not done,

For what we ought to have said, but have not said,

I pray thee merciful Father, for forgiveness.

The Thirteenth Warrior.

Time for Me to Start Working on that Book Again

Elena Kagan has been confirmed to the Supreme Court. This is pathetic.

I'm Sure This Will be Efficient

A diagram of the agencies created in the health care bill. I'm positive that this will somehow reduce waste and make health care cheaper in much the same way I'm positive that there is no such thing as the Mississippi River.

No Comment

This is one of the more despicable things I've ever heard of coming out of a church. OK, I guess that is a comment.

The Times They Are a Changin'

I have been very concerned that the dissatisfaction with President Obama has been distorted in that the far left has been disappointed and polls were not reflecting a more conservative nation worried about expansion of the federal government. Last night, Missouri lifted my spirits. Over 70% of Missouri voters approved of a provision to ban the mandatory purchase of health insurance policies in the state. While a number of state legislatures passed similar laws which are the source of the state suits against the federal government, Missouri is the first state to put the matter to a public vote. Is this overwhelming defeat a litmus test for the November elections? Probably not, as Missouri is a more conservative state than many. The huge majority vote, however, does indicate that this is a revolution from the right and that the national mood may be leaning more conservative. Now if we could just make sure Republicans read the Constitution as well...

Today's Recommended Reading

Ed Wallace's Inside Automotive (yes, mother, I do read it) site linked to this Fort Worth Star Telegaram article about a dispute over EPA regulations on drilling for natural gas. The part that I took away from it is that the regulatory structure of the EPA has placed the federal government in a position to have to respond to lawsuits to enforce the regulations by environmental groups which forces that agenda to advance faster. I don't want to get ahead of the movement, but the next step for the Tea Parties is to start tearing down the bureaucracy and destroying the power of the administrative branch to legislate.

Still Waters Run Corrupt

As I wrote about many moons ago, Representative Maxine Waters (D. Cali.), was on a list of investigations into the corruption of public officials. Note that the leaked list included members of both parties. As you've probably already noted, Rep. Charles Rangel (D. NY) has had charges filed against him which were long overdue and now, so has Ms. Waters. According to the charges, Ms. Waters facillitated meetings to try and funnel stimulus funds to a bank on which her husband served as a member of the board and in which he held significant investments. Repbulicans had better be careful about how much they try and trumpet these charges because it is likely they aren't exactly pure as the driven snow. There is a culture of corruption in Washington, D.C. that absolutely must change if we have any chance to preserve the republic as our founding fathers intended.

EPA Moves to Regulate Dust

Yes, you read that correctly. The Environmental Protection Agency is considering a crackdown on farm dust. This has got to stop.

I AM THE LAW!!

It's not just for cheesy Sylvester Stallone comic book adaptations anymore (Judge Dredd). Representative Pete Stark (D. Cali.), clearly an adherent to constitutional principles, says the federal government can do most anything in this country. There you have it, liberals believe that there are no limits to government power. Be afraid, be very afraid.

No Wonder Marion Barry Kept Winning Elections

As I watch MSNBC this morning (may the self punishment never end) I noticed an article on Yahoo! about an administration report showing $8 billion in savings. Great news! The article goes on to note how cuts in Medicare spending will reduce rates for those dependent upon the program. That crack cocaine problem in D.C. seems to be still in place.

The Russian Problem

President George Bush, Jr., famously said he'd looked into then Russian President Vladimir Putin's eyes and found him straightforward and trustworthy. President Obama took it further and is one step away from having simply offered his surrender to now Prime Minister Putin (there are a number of posts in that link all mentioning Putin). Now, this article from American Thinker demonstrates the continued move of the former Soviet Republic to something that resembles, well, the former Soviet Republic. The only good part of this is I really liked "Red Dawn".

There's Nothing Like the View From the Cheap Seats

White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs said it is easy for the people sitting in the "cheap seats" such as Rush Limbaugh to criticize the bailouts of GM and Chrysler. I'd like to note that Ford is the only American car company that is doing well. Mr. Gibbs seems to have missed that saying he didn't think Limbaugh drives a Ford, which is a bit confusing. This smacks of the elitist attitude common among politicians and particularly this administration.

Disaster?

I'm certainly not an expert on this kind of thing, but when the New York Times is printing a story about how the oil in the Gulf is dissapearing, which is exactly the kind of thing that plays against the administration's agenda, hmmm....

Requiem In Terra Pax

Today, my father passed away. He will not be mentioned in history books and he didn't change the world. His friends could both adore and hate him given the situation. He wasn't the perfect husband or the perfect man. He was my dad. And I will always be a better man for knowing him, and less of a man for having lost him.

How's That Government Health Care Working out for You?

As Secate Majority Leader Harry Ried (D. Nev) and other progressives addressed the NetRootsNation convention in Las Vegas promising that there will be a "public option", the British Government is backing away from their own government run health care system and moving to privatize much of the system. With European governments moving towards austerity measures and away from idiotic "stimulus" spending the U.S. under President Obama and these idiot progressives is pushing for the exact measures proven to be a failure in the rest of the world.

Today's Recommended Reading

Charles Krauthammer nails the host of Inside Washington and the media at large for blaming FOX News on the firing of Shirley Sherrod, noting that the administration forced her resignation prior to any FOX program airing the news in this post on NewsBusters with the video from the program. Once again, Krauthammer is my hero.

I would also like to note that, though I withdrew the post as it regards to Sherry Sherrod, I agree with Breitbart that this was more about the NAACP clapping, laughing and nodding at the racist actions she made in her past before knowing that it was a supposed story of redemption. I'd also note that there is evidence on BigGovernment.com that Sherrod still harbors some pretty racist views.

Do As I Say, Not As I Dock

Senator and 2004 Presidential candidate John Kerry (D. Mass) has never met a tax hike he wouldn't vote for. Thing is, he doesn't want to pay them. Kerry avoided $500,000.00 in taxes on his new $7 million luxury yacht by naming its port of harbor as Rhode Island rather than where he actually sails from, Massachusetts. I guarantee you, liberals understand the consequences of the moronic economic policies they support.

Here's to Your Health...Well, Not Really

The federal government is so determined to ensure everyone in the country gets health care, that they will both track and tax gold coins and require the filing of tax forms for any business purchase greater than $600.00 to any corporation or individual. This would mean litterally millions if not billions of new tax forms being filed every year and the hiring of sufficient personell to process these forms both in accounting offices and in the federal government. As far as the tracking and taxing of gold coin transactions, I guess someone heard Bill O'Reilly joke that Glenn Beck has to be paid in gold coins. In a more serious note, it harkens back to FDR eventually banning the ownership of gold during the depression, seizing it from the general population and giving it to the government. I'm beginning to the secret password to Democratic meetings is "f$#% the economy." What the hell does this have to do with health care?

Seriously, Are These People Even Aware There is a Constitution

The Obama administration is backing legislation to collect information from employers regarding their employee's pay, race, sex and national origin. So much for individual rights. Rather than the employee bringin a suit for discrimination in order to prove that the pay difference is not based on such weird concepts as merit, service time, or actual ability to perform the job, the government can proactively oversee wages to make sure everyone gets "fairly" paid. You know how you occasionally get a tickle in your throat? That's just the federal goverment reaching up to remind you they are all up in your ass.

I'm Retracting the Post on Ms. Sherrod

It appears that the video clips were submitted out of context and don't show the full truth of the situation. I was irresponsible in running the story based on the sources I had and I don't believe that, given the information I have reviewed, Ms. Sherrod is a racist, in fact, it appears that she was citing the example as a turning point in her own experiences. I again apologize and I will rededicate myself to sourcing allegations like this.

More Proof of NAACP Racism

While Andrew Breitbart's reward of $100,000.00 for proof of any racism from Tea Party members at the health care bill protests in Washington, D.C. that numerous Democrats claimed to have suffered from, he doesn't seem to have much difficulty finding racism in the NAACP. Brietbart posted two videos of the head of the United States Department of Agriculture Georgia Department of Rural Development, Shirley Sherrod speaking before the NAACP, admitting to racist actions to the nodding approval of the audience. In the first, Ms. Sherrod talks about how she did not help a white farmer as much as she could because of his race. In the second video, Ms. Sherrod urges blacks to take jobs in the USDA and government because they can't be fired. Lovely.

Meanwhile, the Center for American Progress (George Soros is at it again) released a video in which they edited out the portion where the other people at the rally are flatly rejecting the presence of the man who, in the clip they used, claimed he was a proud racist. They also used people from the liberal "crash the party" movement who are plants designed to make the Tea Party look racist and used a clip from 2006, three years before the Tea Party even existed. There is a concerted effort on the left to smear the Tea Party and legitimize the movement because the left is afraid of it.

The Canary in the Recently Closed Coalmine

The United Kingdom's Daily Express reports on warnings from Derek Birkett, a former grid control engineer (imagine that, a guy with actual experience), who warns that the obsession with green energy could result in years of blackouts and skyrocketing energy prices. Well, admittedly even Obama said there would be skyrocketing energy prices as a result of his energy policy of cap and trade. It is my hope that one day we will wake up to a world where the government realizes you cannot legislate physics anymore than you can legislate economics.

Time to Party Like it's 1793

The Marie Antoinette Administration has scheduled yet another White House extravaganza and will be inviting the public via PBS. I would love to see what the entertainment bill is when President Obama leaves office.

So How'd That Violation of Federal Law Work Out, Anyway?

The Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) has released a report critical of the Obama administration's order for Chrysler and GM to close thousands of car dealerships around the country as part of their illegal interference with the bankruptcy proceedings. Well done, morons. Central planning of the economy, even a single industry, doesn't work.

Yet Another Lesson in Social Engineering

"President" Raul Castro of Cuba recently announced that as much as 20% of the Cuban workforce may be redundant. It's likely closer to 80% as most jobs are just busy work in the socialist paradise with guaranteed employment for all. Government does not create jobs or productivity, no matter what they try to tell you to get elected.

That Was Then, This is Now

The Obamination has filed briefs defending its mandate for all Americans to carry health insurance as a function of the federal government's power to levy taxes. But wait, you say, President Obama promised he wouldn't raise taxes on anyone making less than $200,000.00 per year or families making less than $250,000.00 per year, so that can't be right. You would be right to the extent that President Obama, to get the law passed, sure didn't want you to think it was a tax way back in September of last year when he told ABC's "This Week" with Captain Collaboration George Stephanopolous, that he "absolutely reject(ed) that notion" and that it was "absolutely not a tax". The President of the United States believes that all of us are fools. Oh happy day! Where was that ad for real estate in New Zealand....

No Need to Secure that Border Anytime Soon, Mr. President

The drug war in Mexico that is spilling over to into the border states has taken a turn towards insane. The cartels used a car bomb and a fake victim to lure police and emergency personnel into close enough range to kill them. But please, Mr. President, don't give Republicans any leverage by closing the border before you grant amnesty to everyone.

The Intellectual Choice

President Obama seems to place a great deal of trust in so-called intellectuals. When the Gulf oil spill occurred, the President repeatedly emphasized that his Secretary of Energy Steven Chu had won a Nobel prize as a physicist. Surely such a distinguished man would be able to handle an oil spill, even though he'd never stepped foot on an oil rig or had any experience with the engineering involved. Oops. Even the New York Times and MSNBC have lost faith in this kind of nonsense. Don't get me wrong, Chu is a brilliant man and a fine physicist, but I'm not calling him next time my plumbing needs to be fixed anymore than I should try my hand at tax law because I got a 3.2 in the course 8 years ago.

The Gospel According to Ted Nugent

Rock on! The hillbilly guitar god sets out detailing the idiocies of this administration in this article he wrote for Human Events.

This is What You Get When You Google Corruption Part Two

This article on Politico covers how Google has been using its business influence to become a player in the Obama administration and on Capitol Hill, becoming influential in policy circles. Nothing all that new there. Except when you consider that Google has been harvesting (read: stealing) data from Wi-Fi networks, or that it has been accused of snooping on members of Congress, or that the White House violated it's own lobbying pledge with Google, or that Google wants to choose what news is delivered to you. You know when you're alone and you can't shake the feeling that some dark presence is in the room with you? I'm guessing that's Google.

Have You Heard? Apparently There's No More Economic Trouble

The Compulsive Liar in Chief, President Barack Obama, said the fall elections come down to a choice of the policies that got us into this mess or "my policies that got us out of this mess." I guess someone should tell the economy. It doesn't seem to have noticed.

Choose Your Illusion (Somewhere Axl Rose Just Smiled)

Having watched the program this author talks about, you'd think that someone accusing someone else of heresy would avoid lying about what they said.

It's Magic!!!

Apparently there is a basis for the "jobs created or saved" number that I always figured were blatant lies. It's the mythical idea that every $1 of government spending creates $2.50 in economic growth. So let's see, by this reasoning, all this huge debt should be producing so much economic growth that tax receiptes would always outstrip spending and there is no such thing as a deficit. Um...there has to be a statute for criminal stupidity, right? Maybe we should sue the administration for fraud.

Today's Recommended Reading

I'm so disgusted I can't stomach even talking about this crap.

But it Definitely Won't Include Taxpayer Funded Abortions, I'll Sign an Executive Order to that Effect

Representative Bart Stupak (D. Neb.) can sleep soundly at night knowing that his compromise on the health care bill produced an executive order that clearly would not allow taxpayer funded abortions. Oh, wait. According to House Minority Leader John Boehner (R. Ohio) a high-risk insurance pool using federal funds in Pennsylvania will pay for any abortion legal in the state. I wish I could say I was surprised.

If at First You Don't Succeed...

In the biggest repudiation of the concept that no means no, the Obama administration reissued the drilling moronatorium after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal denied their request to overturn the District Cour that lifted the ban. So, we have established that the President doesn't give a damn what the people say, what the courts say, and even what members of his own party say.

Democrat Shows Rare Moment of Clarity While RINOs Show How Useless They Can Be

While RINOs Scott Brown (RINO, Mass.) and Cynthia Snowe (RINO, Maine) have volunteered their support for the moronic financial regulatory bill that even it's author has no idea how it works, at least one Democrat is showing some sanity. Senator Evan Bayh (D. Ind.) has come out agreeing that tax increases are a bad idea right now. Bayh's sudden bought of logic may have something to do with the fact that he is retiring.

I'm Sorry Ma'am, but My Head Has Been Firmly Buried Up My Ass for the Past Year Plus

Representative Brad Sherman (D. Cal.) caused a bit of an uproar when he claimed not to have heard of the New Black Panther case. So, Mr. Sherman, are you incompetent or just a liar?