Friday, May 22, 2009

Cheney Takes Fight to Obama as Other Republicans Avoid Clash - Bloomberg.com

“When an entire population is targeted by a terror network, nothing is more consistent with American values than to stop them,” [Cheney] said. He would make those decisions again “without hesitation,” he said.
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Tracking Stimulus Spending May Not Be as Easy as Promised - washingtonpost.com

"Shortly after the economic stimulus bill was signed, Vice President Biden was talking up the administration's Web site to track the spending, Recovery.gov, when he accidentally directed people to Recovery.org.

As slip-ups go, this one had an upside: Unlike the government site, the privately run Recovery.org is actually providing detailed information about how the $787 billion in stimulus money is being spent."
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

American Thinker: Revolution

During the last 30 years we Americans have been so politically divided that some of us have called this left-right, liberal-conservative split a 'culture war' or even a 'second Civil War.' These descriptions are no longer accurate. The precise, technical word for what is happening in the United States today is revolution."
American Thinker: Revolution:

CNN Political TicCNN Poll: Favorable opinion of Dick Cheney on the rise

WASHINGTON (CNN) — As Dick Cheney prepares to give a major speech on the battle against terrorism, a new national poll suggests that favorable opinions of the former vice president are on the rise."
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Think about this comment in the body of this article:
“Is Cheney’s uptick due to his visibility as one of the most outspoken critics of the Obama administration? Almost certainly not,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “Former President George W. Bush's favorable rating rose six points in that same time period, and Bush has not given a single public speech since he left office.”

Dick Cheney is out there firing rockets at Obama's policies almost daily, and his numbers go up. UP!!!
His comments against the "Chosen One" - according to the liberal "Drive By Media" are close to blasphemy. However his numbers go up...


Could that be because he's RIGHT???

I REJECT Colin Powell and John McCain.

Dick Cheney is the one scaring the Left...that is enough for me. Whether you like him or not - he's proving to be RIGHT...again and again.

Barack Obama: U.S. 'lost way' fighting terror - - Flash Player Installation

Eight Years of "SAFETY"...no attacks after 9/11 on American soil...
I did not worry about going out in public.
I did not worry about attending huge events.
I KNEW we were safe.....However, because perhaps we upset some liberal whack-job in Europe - we failed.
When we are done, Europe will love us...if there is anything left...

Barack Obama: U.S. 'lost way' fighting terror :

"President Barack Obama plans to say in his speech Thursday that the U.S. lost its way in fighting terrorism over the last eight years by failing to trust its institutions and values, according to an administration official."

Need for Speed (Read) to Pass Climate Bill - WSJ.com

"WASHINGTON -- Democrats in the House Energy and Commerce Committee have taken a novel precaution to head off Republican efforts to slow action this week on a sweeping climate bill. They are hiring a speed reader."
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946 pages - on a bill that could effectively screw up business etc. on a global scale....during a recession....based on highly questionable science...and they hire a SPEED READER???!!! What is this - Washington DC or College Finals???

Alan Grayson to introduce Paid Vacation Act - E - Flash Player Installation

They have now truly lost their collective minds......

Alan Grayson to introduce Paid Vacation Act:

Rep. Alan Grayson was standing in the middle of Disney World when it hit him: What Americans really need is a week of paid vacation.

So on Thursday, the Florida Democrat will introduce the Paid Vacation Act — legislation that would be the first to make paid vacation time a requirement under federal law.

The bill would require companies with more than 100 employees to offer a week of paid vacation for both full-time and part-time employees after they’ve put in a year on the job. Three years after the effective date of the law, those same companies would be required to provide two weeks of paid vacation, and companies with 50 or more employees would have to provide one week."

Obama Would Centralize All Aspects of Health Care - HUMAN EVENTS

Health care spending is $2.4 trillion and today accounts for one out of six dollars in the American economy. What separates health care from every other sector of the American economy is that there is little or no consumer control over the flow of health care dollars. In fact, consumers control only about 16 cents out of every dollar that is spent on health care. Employers, managed-care executives and government officials control the vast bulk of health care spending. So when you hear that health care is different from other goods and services in the economy, that’s an unpleasant fact, rooted in stupid and outdated government policies."
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Health Care Debate: A Crisis in Four Acts - HUMAN EVENTS

Health Care Debate: A Crisis in Four Acts - HUMAN EVENTS:
"If you are waiting anxiously for Washington to begin the gigantic health care reform debate, you’re way out of the loop. President Obama, with his big majorities in Congress, has already enacted huge chunks of his health care agenda."

Why Government Can't Run a Business - WSJ.com

"The Obama administration is bent on becoming a major player in -- if not taking over entirely -- America's health-care, automobile and banking industries. Before that happens, it might be a good idea to look at the government's track record in running economic enterprises. It is terrible."
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Car Crazy - WSJ.com

"One thing seems certain by 2016: Taxpayers will be paying Detroit to make the cars Americans don't want, and then they will pay again either through (trust us) a gas tax or with a purchase subsidy. Even the French must think we're nuts."
Car Crazy - WSJ.com:

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Ballot Defeat Leaves California In Deeper Budget Hole - cbs2.com

Ballot Defeat Leaves California In Deeper Budget Hole - cbs2.com:

"An angry electorate soundly defeated a slate of special election budget measures Tuesday, a decision that left Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers holding virtually nothing but a scalpel to deal with California's $21.3 billion shortfall."

"Schwarzenegger and lawmakers called the special election in February as part of a plan to solve a $42 billion deficit that had been projected through mid-2010. '

"They asked California voters consider a complex mix of spending reforms, higher taxes, borrowing and funding shifts.

"Most of the measures were losing by wide margins, with at least 60 percent of voters rejecting them, according to partial returns.

"Voters approved just one of the six propositions, a measure prohibiting pay raises for lawmakers and other state elected officials during deficit years."

Climate Impacts of Waxman-Markey (cap & trade)

"doing something as drastic as that proposed by Waxman-Markey—a more than 80% reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the United States by the year 2050—must surely lessen the chances of climate catastrophe. Mustn’t it?

But if that were the case, why aren’t the climate impacts being touted? Why aren’t Representatives Waxman and Markey waving around the projected climate success of their bill? Why aren’t they saying: “Economics and regulations be damned. Look how our bill is going to save the earth from human-caused climate apocalypse”?

That reason is that it won’t.

And they know it. That is why they, and everyone else who supports such measures, are mum about the outcome."

Climate Impacts of Waxman-Markey — MasterResource

The Climate Collaborators | FreedomWorks

"White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel and socialist “climate adviser” Carol Browner recently met with members of the United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), companies who are angling for “free” CO2 emission permits for themselves as part of a federal “cap and trade” scheme. Beyond the fact that “cap and trade” will have no relevant impact on climate, the process of designing the scheme is, as it must be, inherently corrupt. The Bloomberg article notes that “The free allowances may be worth as much as $40 billion a year…,” more than enough for those companies to spend their time and their campaign contributions trying to get a piece of the pie."
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FREY: Vacuuming up first investors - Washington Times

"[TARP banks] threw their weighty support behind a bill called the 'Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009.' It should be called the 'Middle Class Wealth Destruction Act of 2009' because of an insidious provision called 'Servicer Safe Harbor.'"
Read more - Washington Times

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Pelosi taking 'wrecking ball' to CIA morale, Hoekstra says - Washington Times

"In disparaging the CIA and accusing the agency of lying last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has become a 'wrecking ball' to the morale of officers risking their lives in the field, the top Republican on the House intelligence committee said Tuesday."
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Sen. Webb: Closing Gitmo by Jan. 1 Is Unreasonable

The Weekly Standard: "Sen. Webb: Closing Gitmo by Jan. 1 Is Unreasonable

On ABC's This Week (video here. ) Sen. Jim Webb said no Gitmo detainees, including the Uighurs, should be brought to the United States:

SENATOR JIM WEBB

The situation with the Chinese Uighurs that you're talking about, on the one hand it can be argued that they were simply conducting dissident activities against the government of China. On the other, they accepted training from al Qaeda, and as a result, they have taken part in terrorism. I don't believe they should come to the United States."

Monday, May 18, 2009

American Thinker: Nancy Pelosi is the Central Issue

American Thinker: Nancy Pelosi is the Central Issue:

Nancy Pelosi recently accused the CIA of misleading Congress as to interrogation techniques employed against three al-Qaeda leaders. The CIA pushed back, claiming that Pelosi was given truthful details at briefings at least as early as September 2002. Democratic leaders and left-wing blogs have portrayed the controversy as a distraction. To the contrary, what Pelosi knew, when she knew it, and how she reacted are essential to putting events in historical context, rather than engaging in disingenuous moralizing or political theater."

American Thinker Blog: How Did Bush Do This?

American Thinker Blog: How Did Bush Do This?
Randall Hoven
Europe is in its deepest recession since World War II, so reports the UK's Telegraph .

'German economic policy is ‘bankrupt,' economists have said. The declaration was made as it emerged that Europe's biggest economy has now suffered a worse ‘lost decade' than Japan and is deeper in recession than any other major economy. On a day of dismal news for the European economy, official figures also showed that Italy, Austria, Spain and the Netherlands are facing their biggest combined slump in post-war history.'"

Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker - Presidential Politics | Political News - FOXNews.com

Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker - Presidential Politics | Political News - FOXNews.com:

The vice president, well-known for his verbal gaffes, confirms at a dinner the existence and location of a secret hidden bunker that Cheney is believed to have used after the 9/11 attacks."