Saturday, November 14, 2009

American Thinker: I Am a Lincoln Republican

American Thinker: I Am a Lincoln Republican:

While interviewing people on the streets of L.A. and N.Y. for our documentary about the legacy of the Civil War, we came to the staggering realization of how many allegedly well-educated people assumed that Abraham Lincoln was a Democrat fighting slave-owning Republicans in the South."

The Associated Press: Obama urges Congress to put off Fort Hood probe

The Associated Press: Obama urges Congress to put off Fort Hood probe:

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Congress to hold off on any investigation of the Fort Hood rampage until federal law enforcement and military authorities have completed their probes into the shootings at the Texas Army post, which left 13 people dead.

On an eight-day Asia trip, Obama turned his attention home and pleaded for lawmakers to 'resist the temptation to turn this tragic event into the political theater.' He said those who died on the nation's largest Army post deserve justice, not political stagecraft"

Friday, November 13, 2009

Everyone in Britain could be given a personal 'carbon allowance' - Telegraph

And you don"t think this could happen here???? Have we all lost our collective minds?????

Everyone in Britain could be given a personal 'carbon allowance' - Telegraph:

Everyone in Britain should have an annual carbon ration and be penalised if they use too much fuel, the head of the Environment Agency will say."

American Thinker: It Isn't Political Correctness; It's Shariah

American Thinker: It Isn't Political Correctness; It's Shariah:

In surveying the cultural carnage in the wake of the worst terrorist attack on a military installation in U.S. history, it bears noting that there have been seismic shifts in America. When America was free of the shackles of Islam, say, fifty years ago, the current response to such an attack by an enemy faction would have been unthinkable."

American Thinker: The Income Tax and Government Spending

American Thinker: The Income Tax and Government Spending:

Unleashed appetites can ruin a personal life. So also with government.

Why do we have an income tax? The obvious answer would seem to be 'for the government to get the funds it needs to run itself.' But if that's true, then how does one explain this:"

American Thinker: The audacity of extremism

American Thinker: The audacity of extremism:

Audacity is supposed to be a talent in great generals -- at least some of them. That's where the phrase comes from: 'L'audace, l'audace, toujours l'audace!' It's attributed to the Kaiser Friedrich der Grosse, to Georges Danton, (one of the big head-choppers of the French Revolution), and to Napoleon Bonaparte."

Top Republican says White House hiding info on Fort Hood - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Top Republican says White House hiding info on Fort Hood - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:

The ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee on Tuesday night accused the White House of withholding information on the Fort Hood attack.

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) said administration officials delayed briefing members of Congress about the alleged gunman, raising 'red flags' about what the White House was hiding."

After spending binge, White House says it will focus on deficits - Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei - POLITICO.com

Don't believe it for a second - we must stay alert!!!!!!!!!!

After spending binge, White House says it will focus on deficits - Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei - POLITICO.com:

The president's plan, which the officials said was under discussion before this month’s Democratic election setbacks, represents both a practical and a political calculation by this White House.

On the practical side, Obama has spent more money on new programs in nine months than Bill Clinton did in eight years, pushing the annual deficit to $1.4 trillion. This leaves little room for big spending initiatives."

Bush warns of threats to freedom, economic growth - Washington Times

Amen!.....

Bush warns of threats to freedom, economic growth - Washington Times:

Former President George W. Bush, outlining plans for a new public policy institute, on Thursday said America must fight the temptation to allow the federal government to take control of the private sector, declaring that too much government intervention will squelch economic recovery and expansion."

Thursday, November 12, 2009

seMissourian.com: Story: Mr. Obama: I'm calling you out

seMissourian.com: Story: Mr. Obama: I'm calling you out:

The new era of government control over our lives and freedoms has begun. This week, it got personal, and I felt helpless.

The doctor overseeing my health care advised me to get an H1N1 flu shot. I've been under a six-year treatment program for a chronic infection, plus I have heart and lung problems. Therefore, I am considered a high risk. Fortunately, my doctor had three shots available, but I would have to get approval from my county health department. Much to my surprise, the woman at the health department apologized and told me that even though I was a senior citizen at high risk, the health department had been instructed to approve shots only for children and pregnant mothers. I asked when a shot for my situation might be available. 'We really don't know. Check back with us sometime in December.'"

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Tea Bag Terror: Protests Causing Scares, Evacuations At Congressional Offices

Back on April 15th of this year - Tea Bag Protests were labeled "Terror" with no hesitation...that is....people mailing actual Tea Bags to their legislatures...( I wonder if they have Tea Kevlar vests? ) However, when someone - a TERRORIST - guns down people at a military base....let's not rush to judgement?

Tea Bag Terror: Protests Causing Scares, Evacuations At Congressional Offices:

A recent email to hundreds of thousands of conservatives exhorted them to 'Send a Tea Bag to Washington, D.C. for $1.' Other activists have organized local efforts to mail tea bags to the offices of their members of Congress.

It's all part of the anti-Obama, anti-tax 'tea party' movement, backed aggressively by corporate-funded 'astroturf' organizations like FreedomWorks. But now one of their symbolic protests is drawing attention for the wrong reasons."

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: Thank a Veteran

To my friends and family members currently serving...and also those that have...Thank You all from the bottom of my heart!

Glenn Beck: Thank a Veteran:

Glenn: There is there is of course, Veterans Day that is happening today, has been so lost in the the President still looking at all of the options for Afghanistan. I have a hard time remembering the veterans that have passed and just trying to concentrate on the veterans that are currently serving, those who are currently facing danger."

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: Who's the extremist?

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: Who's the extremist?:

GLENN: It is good to be back, where we can talk some sanity. I'm curious. Granted, I've been down for a couple of days, but has anybody heard anybody over at the White House label Nidal Malik Hasan the terrorist who killed 13 and wounded 30 more at Fort Hood an extremist"

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn is back!

Thank god the FUNNY voice of reason is back!

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn is back!:

GLENN: All right. Let me quickly go back to Van Jones and tell you why this bothered you at Fort Hood, while you were watching the President, I know everybody has already talked about this, but I've been gone and I haven't heard anybody really spell out why this bothered you."

Stimulus fund job benefits exaggerated, review finds - The Boston Globe

And this from the most liberal Broadsheet next to the NYT!!! We're are going to turn our Health care over to this SAME system????? STOP THEM NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stimulus fund job benefits exaggerated, review finds - The Boston Globe:

While Massachusetts recipients of federal stimulus money collectively report 12,374 jobs saved or created, a Globe review shows that number is wildly exaggerated. Organizations that received stimulus money miscounted jobs, filed erroneous figures, or claimed jobs for work that has not yet started."

Reid puts House healthcare bill on Senate calendar - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Reid puts House healthcare bill on Senate calendar - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) late Tuesday laid the groundwork for the Senate's healthcare reform debate to start next Tuesday.

Reid filed a motion to introduce the bill on Monday, Nov. 16. Anticipating a Republican objection, the bill would be pushed onto the Senate calendar.

'A motion to proceed to the bill would be in order the next legislative day,' said Reid spokesman Jim Manley."

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Unemployment Is Really at 22.1%

This is FAIR - GWB was constantly assaulted with "What about ALL those people who have just given up...(hand wringing here...)...

Unemployment Is Really at 22.1%:

NyPo's John Crudele reports on the latest numbers from Shadow Government Stats and fills in a bit more on how the government is able to whittle down the number to 10.1%: My friend John Williams of Shadow Government Stats thinks the true unemployment rate would be 22.1 percent if everyone -- all discouraged former workers, encouraged, involuntary part-timers and the like -- were included.

Here are more numbers to fry your brain and cause a temporary sense of helplessness.

The government's household survey (the one from which the unemployment rate of 10.2 percent comes) showed a 'decline in employment' of 589,000 in October, which followed a 785,000 employment drop in September."

1st hand account from Ft. Hood

1st hand account from Ft. Hood:

Warning from me: This is pretty graphic and is touching at the same time. You may need tissues handy...

This was read on the air by J.D. Hayworth, talk show host at KFYI in Phoenix. He received it from an officer that was just about to enter the building at Ft. Hood where the shooting happened. He wanted an accurate account out there since so far there's a lot of different accounts and they've yet to come together into 1 complete version.

Here's what he sent to KFYI:

First-Hand Account from Ft. Hood Monday 11-09-2009 2:57pm MT"

Transcript in English | yle.fi

Transcript in English | yle.fi: Climate catastrophe cancelled...

Voiceover (VO), reporter Martti Backman: Governments around the world are preparing for a grand climate conference, which should decide how humanity responds to the threat of a climate catastrophe. Negotiations are under way to replace the Kyoto treaty with a new treaty of Copenhagen.

VO: The threat is based on assessments by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC. According to the panel, the Earth is going through an unprecedented period of temperature increase, caused by man and his carbon dioxide emissions from burning coal and oil."

Fort Hood: Austin American-Statesman promotes gun control

Fort Hood: Austin American-Statesman promotes gun control:

One of the pistols used by Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was the FNH USA’s FN Five-Seven, which afforded the Austin American-Statesman an opportunity to promote gun control. But their article hides the truth."

Opinion: Islamic Jihad, not George W. Bush, is responsible for the Fort Hood tragedy

Opinion: Islamic Jihad, not George W. Bush, is responsible for the Fort Hood tragedy:

Watching the coverage of the national tragedy in Fort Hood, one is forced into one of two conclusions regarding the media--either they are absolute idiots or they are politically correct cowards. Either way this nation is in for a world of hurt.

The much-maligned 43rd president of the United States for the most part, rightly understood that America is at war with radical Islam. For some reason, the talking heads in the media and the Obama administration have yet to figure that out."

A Brief History of the Right to Self-Defense - HUMAN EVENTS

A Brief History of the Right to Self-Defense - HUMAN EVENTS:

For the first 150-years of the existence of the U.S.A., the right of citizens to carry arms was so fundamental it was not considered worthy of debate. The Founders considered their right to keep and bear arms the ultimate and most fundamental guarantee of life and free-dom against crime, foreign invasion, and as a last resort, a despotic government. No knowledgeable American--from the founding of the United States through the mid-1950's--would have questioned that the Second Amendment to the Constitution meant exactly what it says, '… the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.' This was not a right of a Militia. The 'Militia' was--and under current law still is--all able-bodied adults, who are expected to keep their privately-owned arms similar to what is used by the military at the time."

They Don’t Get It - HUMAN EVENTS

They Don’t Get It - HUMAN EVENTS:

Creech Air Force Base, NV -- Thirty years ago this week a group of Iranian “students” shouting “death to America” stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran, taking nearly 100 hostages -- among them 65 Americans. Though foreign national employees and some Americans were released within a few weeks, the remaining 52 were held for 444 days. For the American people, it was an introduction to militant Islam. For President Jimmy Carter, intent on “engaging” the radical regime that replaced Shah Reza Pahlavi, it was a disaster. The Obama administration appears to have missed the lessons of this debacle."

John Hawkins : 4 Reasons The American Dream Will Be Over Unless We Act - Townhall.com

John Hawkins : 4 Reasons The American Dream Will Be Over Unless We Act - Townhall.com: "

Make no mistake about it, this generation is a generation of thieves and the people who stole their parents and their children’s money to make their own lives cushier are at it again. This time the target is their grandchildren.' -- Evan Sayet

Throughout American history, generations of our countrymen took pride in leaving the country better than the one they grew up in. Their attitude about sacrifice was summed up by this classic quotation from Tom Paine:

'If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.'"

Mona Charen : Backlash Hogwash - Townhall.com

Mona Charen : Backlash Hogwash - Townhall.com:

U.S. Homeland Security officials are working with groups around the United States to head off any possible anti-Muslim backlash following the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas.'

The Department of Homeland Security is in good company in its confusion. Gen. George Casey, the Army's top general, also worried that 'this increased speculation could cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers. And I've asked our Army leaders to be on the lookout for that.' And President Obama cautioned against 'jumping to conclusions.'"

Chuck Norris : Enemies Within - Townhall.com

Chuck Norris : Enemies Within - Townhall.com:

It is suspected that last Thursday, Nov. 5, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, an Army psychiatrist and devout Muslim, fatally shot 13 American citizens (12 service members) and wounded an additional 29 people at the largest U.S. military base, Fort Hood, Texas.

For six months, authorities had been tracking the extremist thinking of Hasan. Internet postings like this one go back to May 20, 2009: 'Scholars have paralleled (a U.S. soldier's falling on a grenade to save surrounding troops) to suicide bombers whose intention, by sacrificing their lives, is to help save Muslims by killing enemy soldiers.'"

Monday, November 09, 2009

Fort Hood Shooter Tried to Contact al Qaeda Terrorists, Officials Say - ABC News

Fort Hood Shooter Tried to Contact al Qaeda Terrorists, Officials Say - ABC News:

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News."

Fort Hood's 9/11

AMEN! Thank God someone has the courage to say this....

Fort Hood's 9/11:

On Thursday afternoon, a radicalized Muslim US Army officer shouting 'Allahu Akbar!' committed the worst act of terror on American soil since 9/11. And no one wants to call it an act of terror or associate it with Islam.

What cowards we are. Political correctness killed those patriotic Americans at Ft. Hood as surely as the Islamist gunman did. And the media treat it like a case of non-denominational shoplifting."

American Thinker: Bush or Obama: The Quiz

American Thinker: Bush or Obama: The Quiz:

President Bush was famous for lacking 'intellectual curiosity', while President Obama has been called 'the smartest guy ever to become President.' Which one reads more books, Bush or Obama?

2. Bush was often considered to be in the grip of Big Oil. In contrast, Obama was a Harvard educated lawyer. Which industry contributed more than five times as much as the other to politicians: the oil & gas industry or lawyers/law firms?"

American Thinker Blog: Cao-wards

American Thinker Blog: Cao-wards:

With his supporting vote for Nancy Pelosi's version of American socialized medicine, Joseph Cao has not only exposed himself as the latest traitor to the GOP, but as another spineless representative in Congress."

George W. Bush makes secret visit to mourning families at Fort Hood; Laura Bush goes too | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times

When it comes to the military - this man is TOTAL class....no 4:00 AM live press coverage......just in and out - the same way he handles it as President. I have seen his reaction to military personal first hand...so don't try and spin this with me....He is CLASS.

George W. Bush makes secret visit to mourning families at Fort Hood; Laura Bush goes too | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times:

Last night former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura made a secret visit to the devastated military families at Fort Hood.

The Bushes instructed the commander of the mourning military base that they wanted no publicity. With their Secret Service detail, Bush and his wife made the 30 mile trip unannounced from their ranch near Crawford, Texas Friday evening."

Sunday, November 08, 2009

American Thinker: The true cost of ObamaCare

American Thinker: The true cost of ObamaCare:

The House of Representatives intends to ram its healthcare legislation through Congress. A mere week ago it revealed some of what it plans to do to our 'health' with the latest iteration of ObamaCare. We can only say 'some' because floor action will see new amendments added, and after that the bill must still be reconciled with the $2 trillion Senate abomination put out by Max Baucus's (D-MT) Finance Comittee in October."

Bloodless President Barack Obama makes Americans wistful for George W Bush - Telegraph

Bloodless President Barack Obama makes Americans wistful for George W Bush - Telegraph:

During the election campaign, Barack Obama's cool detachment was a winning quality, the 'No Drama Obama' a welcome contrast with the 'Mr Angry' John McCain, never mind the hot-headed 'I'm the decider' President George W Bush.

A year into his presidency, however, Mr Obama seems a curiously bloodless president. If he experiences passion, he seldom shows it. It is often anyone's guess as to whether an event or issue truly moves him."