George F. Will - China has seen the future, and it is coal

Cowlitz County in Washington state is across the Columbia River from Portland, Ore., which promotes mass transit and urban density and is a green reproach to the rest of us. Recently, Cowlitz did something that might make Portland wonder whether shrinking its carbon footprint matters. Cowlitz approved construction of a coal export terminal from which millions of tons of U.S. coal could be shipped to Asia annually."

Gitmo Is Not a Recruiting Tool for Terrorists :: Karl Rove

In his Dec. 22 news conference, President Barack Obama claimed that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility was 'probably the No. 1 recruitment tool' for al Qaeda and its affiliates. This is an escalation: Earlier this year he merely called it 'a tremendous recruiting tool' for Islamic terrorists.

But the president is wrong to assign such importance to Gitmo and, by implication, to suggest it would be a major setback to al Qaeda were he to close it, as he promised but failed to do by the end of his first year in office. Shuttering the facility would not take the wind out of terrorism, in part because it is not, and never has been, its 'No. 1 recruitment tool.'"

Maryland lawmakers fight over in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants | Washington Examiner

A fight is brewing in Maryland over allowing illegal immigrants to pay reduced in-state tuition as Montgomery and Prince George's senators introduce bills that others are trying to kill.

Both state Sen. Richard Madaleno, D-Wheaton, and Senator-elect Victor Ramirez, D-Cheverly, plan to file bills that would allow illegal immigrants who graduated from Maryland high schools and whose parents or guardians pay taxes to receive the in-state rate of $8,416. Currently, undocumented students admitted to the public University of Maryland system pay out-of-state tuition of $24,831."

DeMint: Palin has done more for the GOP ‘than anyone since Reagan’ | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

The two have never met, but Sarah Palin’s star power hasn’t gone unnoticed by Sen. Jim DeMint.

“We’ve never spoken, but she left me a nice message, and I believe she’s done more for the Republican Party than anyone since Ronald Reagan,” DeMint said."

Keith Olbermann to Twitter: ‘Fox News is 100 percent bullshit’ | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

I wonder how he REALLY feels................?

Usually Keith Olbermann’s Twitter ramblings are hardly newsworthy, but today’s could be an exception. Perhaps the MSNBC “Countdown” host is suffering from cabin fever due to all that snow in New York City."

House GOP leaders mum on whether they’ll stand behind Paul Ryan’s ‘Road Map’ | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

This would be an example of "Spine"......However, I'm betting the GOP buckles....

For years, House Republicans have held Paul Ryan’s plan to revamp Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security at arm’s length, deeming it politically unwise to embrace it.

Now that the GOP controls the House, however, John Boehner and Eric Cantor, the incoming speaker of the House and majority leader, face a choice: Do they keep Ryan’s “Road Map” plan in the background, or embrace it and use it to present the country with a clear contrast to President Obama?"

When Cooling Becomes Warming | FrontPage Magazine

Were the stakes not so serious, the continuing efforts of global warming apologists to explain every climate condition using their pet theory would be comical. Unfortunately, and despite the death of cap and trade, the climate change crowd has already been very successful in undercutting the use of cheap, plentiful and economically beneficial fossil fuels in the United States. Even worse, the Obama administration will begin to clamp down even harder on the use of fossil fuels in 2011, in the midst of an economic crisis when America can least afford such largesse. In this context, the claim by global warming alarmists that record cold temperatures and massive snowstorms somehow confirm their beliefs demands refutation."

Obama’s Energy Power Grab | FrontPage Magazine

Again......you ask why businesses leave the USA.....?

The USEPA announced its intention to deliver yet another body blow to the power and petrochemical industries, piling on another layer of unneeded, unwanted and economically disastrous regulations to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in the United States. Before we consider the agency’s latest move, let’s take a moment to consider all that has been done and will be done in the name of fighting the non-existent problem of global warming. States and the feds are already moving forward with at least six major regulatory programs designed to reduce the use of fossil fuels and thus decimate the energy sector:"

Actually, Bush Vetoed Bill with ‘End-of-Life’ Provisions - Big Government

However, what The Hill’s Jason Millman forgot to mention in his article was that President Bush VETOED the 2008 bill and the Democrats, along with some “good-willed” Republicans OVERRODE Bush’s veto forcing him to sign the legislation into law. The bill dealt with doctors’ reimbursements and more, but the Democrats slipped in the end-of-life planning by opening up the Social Security Act, which I have stated many times is dangerous. Once the act is changed, it is difficult to amend again and allows for tinkering with the Medicare fee schedule and covered services definitions and requirements"

Society of Professional Journalists Launches Illegal Alien Amnesty Campaign - Big Journalism

Megyn Kelly picked up on the topic at Fox News. Now, TPM is taking out after her. Given that so many self-professed journalists so routinely perform journalistic malpractice of the JournoList variety today, in the spirit of being certain, I propose we stop calling all of them journalists. We can just call them something fun, like typing monkeys, until we’re absolutely convinced they are capable of producing something akin to objective journalism, as opposed to the usual liberal spew they regularly regurgitate on cue."

Feds probe Christine O'Donnell's campaign spending

"If" they are wrong....think they'll ever clear it or apologize in public....Nnnnnooooooooooooooooooooo!

BALTIMORE (AP) - Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation to determine whether failed U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell broke the law by using campaign money to pay personal expenses, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

O'Donnell, the Delaware Republican and tea party favorite who scored a surprise primary victory this year only to lose badly in the November general election, denied the charges and suggested they were being driven by her political opponents on the right and left, including Vice President Joe Biden."

Profs' Website Urges Rich to 'Give Back' Tax Cuts - ABC News

I'd LOVE to know what they make!? And WHY "give back" what's rightfully YOURS. Most people do not consider the fact that many a successful business person went year after year WITHOUT pay etc. - taking the financial hit and risk HOPING one day it would pay off. What a JOKE. Give money back to an Administration what is sending who knows how much of our taxpayer "Stimulus" money to OTHER countries. Give back to have it squandered?

Upset the federal government recently extended tax cuts for the rich, three professors at Yale and Cornell universities have created a website that encourages wealthy Americans to give their tax savings to charities and send a political message in the process.

The professors started giveitbackforjobs.org to allow Americans 'who have the means' to calculate what their tax cut would be and donate that amount to a charity."

What the BLS survey modification will and will not do. | RedState

Official unemployment numbers are derived from the Current Population Survey (CPS), which surveys American households every month in order to gather various statistical data. The potential confusion lies in that the CPS isn’t uniform in how it defines unemployment; depending on the question, somebody may or may not be actually considered to be in the labor market."

Georgia Democrats Descend Into Parody and Race Baiting | RedState

If you are a Republican, you wear white sheets and attend midnight meetings. That is if you believe Robert Brown.

Brown is now, after the decimation of Democrats in Georgia, the highest ranking Democrat in the whole state. He serves as leader of the Democrats in the State Senate.

On a local television program in Middle Georgia, Senator Brown was asked about a series of party switchers from Democrats to Republicans. Brown responded, “I mean, what does the wife do then, put on some red sheets on the bed and say ‘You know we can get rid of the blue sheets, but keep the white one over there because we might need that one for the midnight meeting.’”"

Rep. Paul Ryan Will Rein in House Budget Committee in 2011

Advice to forecasters: 'Give a number or a date but never in the same sentence.' The following is a forecast that ignores the good advice given in the first sentence.

For a change, there is some good news. The double-dip recession that some of us had feared if Congress raised taxes on the most productive people has been avoided for the moment, and as a result, many forecasters have increased their growth estimates for 2011 to more than 3 percent. But the country needs sustained growth rates above 3.5 percent to bring down unemployment in a reasonably rapid way."

Newsmax Magazine: Obama's Czars

They enjoy wide-ranging bureaucratic authority beyond the purview of Congress, earn six-figure salaries, and exhibit political views that reflect a distinct tilt to the left.

They're called President Obama's 'czars,' special advisers with sweeping powers, and Obama has gone far beyond his predecessors in naming nearly 40 of them to high-level positions."

Reid's Rules Scheme to Rewrite Defeat - HUMAN EVENTS

Keep an eye on this! We cannot let this happen. Everytime they are in Office - they re-write everything to give them the power they rightfully lost!

The Democrats are trying to change the Senate rules so that they can ram through their agenda when their majority shrinks next week from 59 to 53 seats.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been scheming behind closed doors to use his slim majority to vote on January 5 for the most drastic rules changes since 1975."

Fore! Errant Golf Ball Almost Takes out Obama | The Blaze

The president is known for his frequent golf trips. Upon hearing that the president has taken to the links over 50 times since being inaugurated, John Kim, a producer for golf’s PGA.com, took to Twitter to criticize the president in a series of tweets (responding to Human Events editor Emily Miller):"

British Vet Attacked Outside Pub: ‘Fu***** Shoot All You Bastards’ | The Blaze

A British Royal Air Force veteran was beaten outside a Manchester pub yesterday in an apparent anti-military attack.

Anthony O’Brien, 69, said he was punched and head butted after returning from a pub where he was discussing funeral arrangements with friends for a fellow veteran.

“I saw these two lads and, as I got near, they started shouting and swearing,” O’Brien told The Sun. “They were shouting, ‘F****** shoot all you bastards and blow your soldiers up. Death to all soldiers.’ I was scared.”"

'Poems In Zoos' Makes Wasteful Government Spending List | CNSnews.com

(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) has released a guide to what he believes to be some of the government’s most wasteful spending projects of 2010. The list includes poems in zoos, a museum of Grateful Dead memorabilia and a graveyard for neon signs."

Pelosi Fundraising to ‘Protect the Progress We Have Made’ : Roll Call

Excuse me while my head explodes.............

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has an outgoing New Year’s Eve wish, asking House campaign supporters to give money to fight back against “shameful attack ads” that use her to target vulnerable Democrats."

Three Solutions Where Republicans Can Lead America - HUMAN EVENTS

STILL Not sure our GOP has any kind of spine....guess we will find out soon. Remember..."We the People" must stay vigilant!

Next week when House Republicans are sworn in as a new majority, they will have a greater opportunity to enact real change than any House majority since the Democrats took over in 1930.

The American people know we are at both a values and performance crossroads."

The American Spectator : The Wussification of America, NFL-Style

And it's liberal policy's and Lawyers run amok that creates this insanity!

God bless Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell. Sure, he's a liberal Democrat and a loyal party apparatchik, but he's also a straight shooter. And so, he doesn't feed you a line of bull. Instead, he tells it like it is.

And Rendell absolutely hit the bull's-eye with his much-discussed comments about Roger Goodell and the National Football league suits who had the gall to cancel Sunday night's game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings."

The American Spectator : Net Neutrality Is Theft

The Internet is not a natural resource. It does not grow on trees, or appear on the ground like dew on a spring morning. Nor does it operate by magic. The Internet exists only to the extent it is built, and then maintained and operated.

That requires big bucks, especially for broadband access. Broadband requires hundreds of billions if not trillions in investment to lay cables under streets, or to build and then launch satellites into orbit."

Health plans for high-risk patients attracting fewer, costing more than expected

In the meantime, in at least a few states, claims for medical care covered by the 'high-risk pools' are proving very costly, and it is an open question whether the $5 billion allotted by Congress to start up the plans will be sufficient."

Barack Obama lets his faith show - Carol E. Lee - POLITICO.com

2012 coming! New Election - sudden Faith. And he thinks we won't notice......man I am SICK of these people treating all of us like dopes. Then again, alot of us ( NOT ME! ) elected him....so maybe he's right!?

HONOLULU — President Obama’s trip to church Sunday followed a steady rebirth over the past three months in public expressions of his Christianity.

Obama has publicly mentioned his “Christian faith” more times in the past three months than he has over the past year. He has more frequently cited passages of the Bible, including repeated references to the spirit of Genesis 4:9 — “I am my brother’s keeper; I am my sister’s keeper” — which was a mainstay of Obama’s 2010 campaign stump speech. And he’s taken his family to church twice, a shift for a president who has preferred to worship privately since the end of the 2008 campaign."

U.S. Seeks to Lease Federal Waters for Wind Energy - WSJ.com

This is a Deval Patrick/Obama boon doggle. Article after article expresses that this power will be extremely costly - raising everyone's bills. JUST what the NE needs is a bad economy. You ask why manufacturing went overseas Washington? Look in a damn mirror!

WASHINGTON—The Obama administration is looking to lease an area in waters off the coast of Massachusetts for wind-energy projects.

The U.S. Interior Department asked wind-energy companies on Tuesday to determine whether they would be interested in building turbines within a 3,000 square-mile expanse of federal waters, south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

The so-called request for interest marks the first step in a leasing process that could allow wind-energy developers to produce 4,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 1.7 million households, Massachusetts' Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles said."

Shock Audio: New Black Panther Leader Reveals Collusion at NYC Meeting With Ahmadinejad to Build Alliance, Secure Raw Materials and Overthrow America | The Blaze

And we are surprised....why?

Shock Audio: New Black Panther Leader Reveals Collusion at NYC Meeting With Ahmadinejad to Build Alliance, Secure Raw Materials and Overthrow America"

Winter Blizzard Stirs Up Flurry of Criticism Over Chris Christie’s Disney Vacation | The Blaze

However, Obama & Co. have taken - what - 1000 vacations since coming into Office...? - many during national crisis....but he "deserves" the "rest".....yeah....right......pass the snow cones....

The winter weather in New Jersey may be frightful, but in Orlando, Fla., the vacation destination for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and his family, the weather is quite delightful — and the Republican governor’s critics are slamming him for it."

‘You lie!’ Clarence Page calls Fox News Channel’s ‘fair and balanced’ slogan ‘worst lie’ of 2010 | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

The dictionary defines lying as making an untrue statement with intent to deceive. So when Fox News calls itself “fair and balanced,” is the network “lying?” According to Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page, the answer is yes."

Key healthcare provisions take effect as GOP moves into House | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

What's the over/under the GOP will show some backbone here? I'm not taking the bet - especially the way the folded the past few weeks!

Key parts of the new healthcare law will go into effect on Jan. 1, just before a Republican-controlled House returns to Washington."

American Thinker: Is the Republican Party Finished?

The lame-duck session of the 111th Congress proved one thing beyond a doubt: the Republican Party does not represent the interests of conservatives. Despite the midterm election tidal wave, in which the Republican Party gained 63 House seats (eclipsing its historic1994 success against Clinton), congressional Republicans failed to leverage their victory into political clout and collapsed like a house of cards in the lame-duck session."

Standing Up for America | FrontPage Magazine

From time to time, a book can change history. Dr. Jamie Glazov’s Showdown With Evil is such a book, for it restores faith in American exceptionalism. Although its author was not privileged to be born in this country — or maybe for that very reason — he has dedicated his life to promoting America’s excellence. His new book tells us why millions of people from all over the world are willing to pay any price, even death sentences, to join this unique land of freedom — as he and I both did."

When Cooling Becomes Warming | FrontPage Magazine

Were the stakes not so serious, the continuing efforts of global warming apologists to explain every climate condition using their pet theory would be comical. Unfortunately, and despite the death of cap and trade, the climate change crowd has already been very successful in undercutting the use of cheap, plentiful and economically beneficial fossil fuels in the United States. Even worse, the Obama administration will begin to clamp down even harder on the use of fossil fuels in 2011, in the midst of an economic crisis when America can least afford such largesse. In this context, the claim by global warming alarmists that record cold temperatures and massive snowstorms somehow confirm their beliefs demands refutation."

RealClearPolitics - Please Stop "Helping" Us

Since the Card Act passed, mortgage and Treasury bill rates have dropped a little, but credit card interest went up -- from 13 percent to nearly 15 percent. Some banks also stopped offering credit to some people. JPMorgan Chase cut off 15 percent of its customers.

So the real result of this 'consumer' regulation? 'Hundreds of thousands of people can't get cards who used to be able to have cards, and all the rest of us now have to pay more,' Zywicki said."

U.S. changes how it measures long-term unemployment - USATODAY.com

So many Americans have been jobless for so long that the government is changing how it records long-term unemployment.

Citing what it calls 'an unprecedented rise' in long-term unemployment, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), beginning Saturday, will raise from two years to five years the upper limit on how long someone can be listed as having been jobless.

The move could help economists better measure the severity of the nation's prolonged economic downturn."

111th Congress Added More Debt Than First 100 Congresses Combined: $10,429 Per Person in U.S. | CNSnews.com

(CNSNews.com) - The federal government has accumulated more new debt--$3.22 trillion ($3,220,103,625,307.29)—during the tenure of the 111th Congress than it did during the first 100 Congresses combined, according to official debt figures published by the U.S. Treasury.

That equals $10,429.64 in new debt for each and every one of the 308,745,538 people counted in the United States by the 2010 Census."

Just 21% Want FCC to Regulate Internet, Most Fear Regulation Would Promote Political Agenda - Rasmussen Reports™

American voters believe free market competition will protect Internet users more than government regulation and fear that regulation will be used to push a political agenda.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 21% of Likely U.S. Voters want the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to regulate the Internet as it does radio and television. Fifty-four percent (54%) are opposed to such regulation, and 25% are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)"

Where are the jobs? For many companies, overseas | Washington Examiner

How about removing all the regulations and unfunded mandates/requirements here? It costs too much to do many of these things anymore in the US and make money....thanks to our Government layering one inane regulation after another....they are strangling business....

Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria worries that the trend could be dangerous. In an article in the November issue of the Harvard Business Review, he says that if U.S. businesses keep prospering while Americans are struggling, business leaders will lose legitimacy in society. He exhorted business leaders to find a way to link growth with job creation at home."

Government made major revisions to for-profit colleges report, didn't tell public | Washington Examiner

Recent revisions to a Government Accountability Office report on for-profit colleges have raised questions about the GAO’s objectivity and credibility. Now, a bipartisan group of six members of Congress has asked that those questions be answered.

The GAO report of Aug. 4 was prepared for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee at the request of Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa). It criticized the recruiting practices of for-profit colleges and universities based on the evidence of 28 key investigative “scenarios.” The revisions, released Nov. 30, made factual changes to 16 of the 28."

George W. Bush 'Decision Points' a runaway best seller with 2 million copies sold | Washington Examiner

It's a Merry Christmas for former President George W. Bush who is a bestselling author with 'Decision Points,' a hit that has sold two million copies in just over a month. That's as many as former President Bill Clinton sold in six years.

Ho, ho, ho!"

Frank Rich rewrites history | Washington Examiner

Nothing irritates New York Times columnist Frank Rich more than Republicans who -- in Rich's view -- want to turn the clock back to the 1950s. That long-ago time in America was never the idyll it is sometimes portrayed to be, Rich believes, but rather a 'phony nirvana' rife with racism, sexism, homophobia, and economic injustice."

Exclusive: GOP-led Congress to Repeal Obamacare in January - HUMAN EVENTS

Barry's not going to be happy.

At the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Convention, Rep. Steve King sat with me to discuss the most divisive issue in American politics: ObamaCare. The Iowa Congressman said that the first bill that will be introduced in January 2011 will be a full-on repeal of the legislation that no one read, not even the lawmakers who passed it."

Bureaucrats Secretly Implement ObamaCare - HUMAN EVENTS

When ObamaCare passed in the partisan manner in which it did, the liberal establishment and its ever growing army of pipsqueak transcribers in the mainstream media said ObamaCare’s passage would be a boon for Democrats and mocked those like Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli who spoke out against ObamaCare and called the measure unconstitutional, particularly the individual mandate requirement that would compel citizens to buy health insurance they may not have otherwise wanted to purchase."

Christmas 2010 - HUMAN EVENTS

WASHINGTON -- This magnificent musical work penned by Handel in 1741 is heard all around the world in this season. His powerful lyrics are drawn directly from the Bible and remind us all to be thankful for the birth, sacrifice and resurrection of the Lamb of God."

Requests increase for Obama birth proof | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

People who do not believe President Barack Obama was born in Honolulu in 1961 have stepped up their requests for proof of his birth this month, in the hopes that the new gubernatorial administration will offer more information."

Obama Has Lost The World - Eurasia Review

After the 2010 elections, it’s not exactly news that Obama has lost America. But in a less public referendum, he also lost the world. Obama’s cocktail party tour of the world’s capitals may look impressive on a map, but is irrelevant on a policy level. In less than two years, the White House has gone from being the center of world leadership to being irrelevant, from protecting world freedom to serving as a global party planning committee."

Yet Another Reason ObamaCare Is Even Worse Than You Think | NewsReal Blog

When the government hands out subsidies, it will use a household’s income in the previous year as the basis for guessing what the household is qualified to get in the current year. But if the household’s income grows midyear, the subsidy recapture provision will require it to repay anywhere from $600 to $3,500, compared to the $450 that the law originally called for."

The Net Neutrality Power Grab | FrontPage Magazine

The Federal Communications Commission’s decision to start regulating the Internet is the culmination of a plan that has followed a classic leftist pattern: create a “problem,” declare that only big government can solve it, possibly solve it, and then use that power to further your agenda. FCC Commissioners voted three to two – strictly along party lines – to make the power grab. Regulation of the Internet is necessary, proponents of so-called “net neutrality” argue, in order to prevent big Internet service providers like Verizon and Comcast from restricting or inhibiting access to parts of the World Wide Web. Net neutrality is thus a classic example of a solution in desperate need of a problem, for you have to search far and wide to find someone in America who hasn’t been able to go where he or she wanted to go on the Internet, and – assuming they paid for the bandwidth – at lightning speed."

Backdoor “Death Panels”? | FrontPage Magazine

In a stealthy move, the Obama administration has slipped end-of-life planning, famously criticized as “death panels,” back into the law by means of a new Medicare regulation. The action was exposed, equally stealthily, by The New York Times on Christmas Day when few would be reading the paper. The rule was issued by Dr. Donald M. Berwick, administrator of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and an advocate of cost-cutting and rationing of health care. The rule takes effect Jan. 1."

Making Sense of the START Debate | STRATFOR

Last week, the U.S. Senate gave its advice and consent to the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), which had been signed in April. The Russian legislature still has to provide final approval of the treaty, but it is likely to do so, and therefore a New START is set to go into force. That leaves two questions to discuss. First, what exactly have the two sides agreed to and, second, what does it mean? Let’s begin with the first."

The *true* John Conyers scandal. | RedState

Background: back over Thanksgiving weekend John Conyers III (the son of Rep. John Conyers) reported a theft of computers and concert tickets from the car that he was using. The problem? John Conyers III was using the car unlawfully: it was leased to his father’s Congressional office as an official vehicle, and Conyers was not using it in an official capacity. And it wasn’t anything like an one-time event, either: John Conyers III also got a speeding ticket on the car back in September. The behavior was so egregious that Rep. Conyers isn’t even trying to fight it: he’s just swiftly reimbursing the government as comprehensively as possible before the 112th Congress gets sworn in."

BLM Spurned Chief Ranger's Recommendation to Close National Monument Near Mexican Border for Safety Reasons | CNSnews.com

(CNSNews.com) -- The chief ranger of the 478,000-acre Sonoran Desert National Monument, which sits in south-central Arizona about 60 miles north of the Mexican border, recommended that the monument be closed to the public because of what he believed to be a safety threat posed by drug smugglers coming across the Mexican border and moving through the monument."

Mrs. Obama’s Separate Hawaii Travel Likely Costs at Least $63,000 | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier

I'm fine with their 10000 vacations......I always want our Officials safe....however...just IMAGINE if this was GWB.....

The decision by First Lady Michelle Obama to leave on schedule for her two-week Hawaii vacation and not wait a few days for her delayed husband will probably cost taxpayers more than $63,000 in additional expenses, according to a White House Dossier analysis.

President Obama was supposed to depart for Hawaii Saturday, but decided to stay in Washington until Congress finishes its work for the year. He’s now expected to depart today or tomorrow. But Mrs. Obama chose to leave without him Saturday, taking their two children and the dog along with her."

Boy, 13, Busted For Illegal Marker Possession | The Smoking Gun

Good lord...this is what public education is coming too......

According to an Oklahoma City Police Department report, the boy was spotted “in possession of a permanent marker” by Roosevelt Middle School teacher DeLynn Woodside. The 50-year-old educator told cop Miguel Campos that the student was “writing on a piece of paper, which caused it to bleed over onto the desk.”"

FT.com / US / Economy & Fed - Slow US growth highlights fragility

The US economy grew slower than Wall Street analysts had expected in the third quarter, and the housing market continued to struggle, highlighting the challenges of sustaining a fragile recovery.

Analysts, who had initially forecast that 2010 would see a modest upturn in housing, are now predicting that prices will decline in 2011 by as much as 10 per cent, as a record number of distressed properties floods the market. The ongoing weakness has prompted some Wall Street economists to call for major intervention by Washington to head off prolonged stagnation."

Barney Frank: Not Allowing Gays and Straights to Shower Together is ‘Discrimination’ | The Blaze

I always thought "Don't Ask - Don't Tell" was just a dumb way to handle this situation...(Not that I have a clue how to address it ) However...all I can say is "Here We Go".....

Not allowing gay military personnel to shower with straight military peronnel would be “discrimination.” That’s the position of Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), an openly gay member of Congress who is a proponent of banishing the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy."

Mass. School Requires Permission Slips to Recite Pledge of Allegiance | The Blaze

I swear...only in this State......jeez..................

A public school in Brookline, Massachusetts is bringing back the Pledge of Allegiance. Except now, in a move that suggests the recitation and its words are controversial, the school is requiring parents to sign a permission slip so their kids can participate."

American Thinker: Seeds of Financial Catastrophe

Although our economy is still struggling to recover from what is now the longest recession since the Great Depression, the latter was a much greater catastrophe. From 1929-1939, unemployment reached as high as 25%, industrial production dropped 46%, wholesale prices fell 32% and foreign trade dropped 70%.

There is a general consensus about one of the most significant contributing factors to the financial crisis of the Great Depression:"

Harry Potter Actress Beaten, Called a Prostitute by Family for Seeing Non-Muslim | The Blaze

Afshan Azad, the 22-year-old British actress who portrayed Padma Patil, a classmate of Harry Potter in the blockbuster Hollywood films, was reportedly beaten, called a ‘whore’ and threatened with death by members of her own family after dating a young, non-Muslim man."

CBS Airs Fake George W. Bush Cover Mocking ‘Decision Points’ | The Blaze

Jeez...."it was just a mistake"......

Yes, you’re reading that right. CBS aired a Bush book cover that says, “Desision Points: How I Managed to Go Eight Years without Making One Good Decision.” CBS has since backpedaled, saying it was an unintentional mistake:

“Good catch: it’s a mistake no one could see because you’d have to freeze the frame to notice it. Another cautionary tale about the risks of the internet age – clearly, we have to be more careful when downloading material.”"

Yet more shallow blithering from Meghan McCain | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Much political hay has been made recently about Speaker-elect John Boehner’s habits and quirks. His smoking, drinking, golfing, and moments of tears have proven to be great fodder for pundits, writers and talk show hosts. I thought all this would pass soon enough and his work as Speaker, not his superficial traits, would begin to shape the American public’s view of him."

EPA to double down on climate | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

So....he didn't read "How to KILL an Economy 101" Chapter one.....so we roll out Chapter 2???? Who is John Galt....

The Obama administration is expected to roll out a major greenhouse gas policy for power plants and refineries as soon as Wednesday, signaling it won’t back off its push to fight climate change in the face of mounting opposition on Capitol Hill."

Christmas Sweater Club Punished At Local High School | WUSA9.com | Washington, DC |

Candy Canes as weapons......It's official - we have collectively LOST OUR MINDS.......

HAYMARKET, Va. (WUSA) -- They call themselves the 'Christmas Sweater Club' because they wear the craziest ones they can find. They also sing Christmas songs at school and try their best to spread Christmas cheer.

Now all 10 of them are in trouble because of what they did at their school.

'They said, 'maliciously maim students with the intent to injure.' And I don't think any of us here intentionally meant to injure anyone, or did,' said Zakk Rhine, a junior at Battlefield High School."

Government liabilities rose $2 trillion in FY 2010: Treasury | Reuters

The Financial Report of the United States, which applies corporate-style accrual accounting methods to Washington, showed the government's liabilities exceeded assets by $13.473 trillion. That compared with a $11.456 trillion gap a year earlier."

PRUDEN: Nothing neutral about this unholy scheme - Washington Times

The fixers here are pursuing something called 'net neutrality,' which will change the way certain Internet providers pay for privileged rights to the Web and charge their customers accordingly. 'Net neutrality' sounds good to anyone not paying attention, but it must be accomplished by a seizure of authority to do so, a seizure not by Congress (which would be scary enough), but by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)."

Scott Brown to support New START treaty - Political Intelligence - A national political and campaign blog from The Boston Globe - Boston.com

Scott is turning into Olympia Snowe LITE.....John Kerry will turn on Scott no matter what.....watch and learn!

WASHINGTON -- Senator John F. Kerry, laboring to achieve a foreign policy victory that would be a highlight of his career, gained crucial support yesterday for a nuclear arms control treaty with Russia from his Massachusetts colleague, Republican Senator Scott Brown."

Attorney General Eric Holder's Blunt Warning on Terror Attacks - ABC News

'What I am trying to do in this interview is to make people aware of the fact that the threat is real, the threat is different, the threat is constant,' he said."

NJ Gov. Chris Christie commutes Aitken’s sentence | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie commuted the sentence of Brian Aitken’s Monday, reducing his sentence from seven years in prison to time already served. According to Christie’s order, he will be released as soon as it’s “administratively possible.”"

Napolitano Says DHS to Begin Battling Climate Change as Homeland Security Issue | CNSnews.com

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

(CNSNews.com) - At an all-day White House conference on 'environmental justice,' Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that her department is creating a new task force to battle the effects of climate change on domestic security operations."

Big freeze: Temperatures plummet to -10C bringing travel chaos across Britain | Mail Online

Sooooooooooooooooooo, How's that Global Warming workin' out for ya???

Swathes of Britain skidded to a halt today as the big freeze returned - grounding flights, closing rail links and leaving traffic at a standstill.

And tonight the nation was braced for another 10in of snow and yet more sub-zero temperatures - with no let-up in the bitterly cold weather for at least a month, forecasters have warned."

The Associated Press: New govs take office amid historic budget crisis

NEW YORK (AP) — New York's incoming governor, Democrat Andrew Cuomo, says he won't raise taxes even though he will inherit a budget deficit of at least $9 billion when he takes office in January. Ohio Republican Gov.-elect John Kasich is promising to cut taxes, despite a shortfall of about $8 billion.

And in California, incoming Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown — who ardently pursued innovative clean energy and environmental protection programs during his first stint in office, in the revenue-rich 1970s and '80s — will have to figure out this time how to close a budget gap projected at more than $25 billion."

EXCLUSIVE: FCC Dems Narrowing Net Neutrality Gaps - Tech Daily Dose

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is making progress in narrowing gaps with his two Democratic colleagues over his controversial plan to adopt sweeping new rules for the Internet, National Journal has learned. But with the talks very fluid, and differences remaining, there's still a possibility that the regulatory initiative could be pulled at the last minute from the agenda of Tuesday's commission meeting."

Chavez defends plan for Internet regulations

This headline alone tells you all you need to know about "Net neutrality".....

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez defended plans for a law that would impose broadcast-type regulations on the Internet, saying Sunday that his government should protect citizens against online crimes."

Cops: Mother Cuts Out 4-Year-Old Daughter’s Heart While Reciting Koran | The Blaze

Coming to a neighborhood near you!

Police say an East London Muslim woman has been arrested for murder after she was found chanting the Koran over her 4-year-old daughter’s disemboweled body.

Young Nusayba Bharuchi’s lifeless body was found stabbed to death in the kitchen with her heart and other organs cut out and strewn around the apartment and lying next to her mother, Shayna.

London’s Daily Mail says the killing appears to be part of a religious offering. The paper reports:"

Barney Frank: Double-Dip Estate Tax Not Punishment Because Heirs Didn’t do Anything to Deserve It | The Blaze

And exactly WHAT has HE done to deserve all we will wind up paying him out of OUR pockets? A financial crisis the likes of which I've never witnessed...that's what....It's this mind-set that is so dangerous coming out of DC.

Barney Frank: Double-Dip Estate Tax Not Punishment Because Heirs Didn’t do Anything to Deserve It"

Omaha Steaks ‘Pulls’ Glenn Beck Advertising, Then Backtracks…Or Did It? | The Blaze

Earlier this week, Omaha Steaks reportedly caved to liberal pressure from StopBeck.com and Media Matters and dropped its advertising on all Glenn Beck programs. But there’s only one problem, Omaha Steaks says that never happened.

Here’s how StopBeck.com reported the yanking on Thursday (emphasis by StopBeck) via Gateway Pundit:"

The American Spectator : A Tax with Teeth and Clause

The implicit argument for the legality of Obamacare is that the country hasn't taken the Constitution seriously in decades. So why start now? Since all branches of the federal government have colluded in ignoring and violating the Constitution for this or that 'good' cause over the years, why insist on returning to it? Nancy Pelosi relied on this implicit argument when she sputtered 'Are you serious?' to a question last year about Obamacare's constitutionality."

The American Spectator : A Fatwa on Liam Neeson?

Liam Neeson is the voice of Aslan the Lion in the new 3-D Narnia film, 'Voyage of the Dawn Treader.' He's got a great voice for the role. Neeson is even from the North of Ireland, the same area from which C.S. Lewis, the beloved Christian author of The Chronicles of Narnia hailed."

The American Spectator : Scott Brown's Dilemma

BOSTON -- Noam Scheiber, writing in the New Republic, says that Barack Obama has found the model that will allow him to win a second term against all odds: the reelection of Deval Patrick as governor of Massachusetts."

Who Killed DREAM? The Tea Party Did - Newsweek

Season of the Witch! Roy Beck, CEO of the highly effective restrictionist immigration lobby Numbers USA, has posted a cold-eyed and revealing post-game analysis of his victory over the so-called DREAM Act Saturday morning. The two main conclusions:"

Robert M. McDowell: The FCC's Threat to Internet Freedom - WSJ.com

Tomorrow morning the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will mark the winter solstice by taking an unprecedented step to expand government's reach into the Internet by attempting to regulate its inner workings. In doing so, the agency will circumvent Congress and disregard a recent court ruling.

How did the FCC get here?"

My Way News - New population count may complicate Obama 2012 bid

WASHINGTON (AP) - The 2010 census report coming out Tuesday will include a boatload of good political news for Republicans and grim data for Democrats hoping to re-elect President Barack Obama and rebound from last month's devastating elections."

Republicans fail in second bid to amend START - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A second Republican bid to amend President Barack Obama's strategic nuclear arms treaty with Russia failed during debate in the Senate on Sunday and top Democrats expressed confidence they would have the votes to approve the accord."

American Thinker: Expose the Public Pension Mess

It seems that many members of the incoming Congress are mindful of the looming tsunami of unfunded state and municipal worker pension liabilities, not to mention the impending insolvency of cities and even states (such as California, Illinois, and New York). A recent estimate put these unfunded public employee pension liabilities at as much as $3.574 trillion. As frightening as that estimate is, it is probably unrealistically low."

American Thinker Blog: A royal snub for the Obamas

Michelle Obama may be ruing the day Barry sent back the bust of Winston Churchill. The Obamas are not being invited to the royal wedding of Prince Andrew and Kate Middleton. Andrew Malcolm of the LA Times writes:

... the current residents of the White House will not be there, according to the Daily Mail."

Nevada jobless rate rises to 14.3 percent - Business - ReviewJournal.com

YOU re-elected Harry Reid....you GET what you DESERVE.

Nevada's jobless rate has ticked up slightly, from 14.2 percent in October to 14.3 percent in November, the state Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation reported this morning.

In Las Vegas, joblessness increased from 14.1 percent to 14.3 percent.






In all, 185,900 Nevadans are unemployed and seeking jobs. That figure includes 137,000 Las Vegans."

President Obama snubbed as sources reveal not invited to Prince William's wedding | Mail Online

I don't blame them! The wedding is about them....but if Barack and Michele show....EVERYTHING will be about THEM!

President Obama and his wife Michelle will not be invited to Prince William's wedding next year.

Because Prince William is not yet heir to the throne, his wedding to Kate Middleton is not classed as a ‘state occasion’ – and the couple feel under no pressure to fill the 2,000-strong guest list with heads of state, the Mail understands."

Michelle Obama wears New York City-bought vintage gown at "Christmas in Washington" concert - NYPOST.com

Are you as tired of her as I am.....???? "Hand-me-downs" for $2500.00....while kids will go without toys this Christmas all over America....I tire of this....

It's a fashion first . . . lady.

Michelle Obama is once again setting the style world abuzz -- wearing a thrift-store dress to the 'Christmas in Washington' concert, which was taped Sunday and airs on TNT tonight.

The 'couture' black-lace overlay frock, featuring a high, square neckline and a full skirt was plucked from New York Vintage in Chelsea.

The secondhand 1950s piece -- believed to be the first vintage dress worn by a first lady to a public event -- was made by American designer Norman Norelli, who died in 1972 and was among the most influential designers of his time."

Feds Force Okla. Bank To Remove Crosses, Bible Verse - Oklahoma City News Story - KOCO Oklahoma City

Federal Reserve examiners come every four years to make sure banks are complying with a long list of regulations. The examiners came to Perkins last week. And the team from Kansas City deemed a Bible verse of the day, crosses on the teller’s counter and buttons that say 'Merry Christmas, God With Us.' were inappropriate. The Bible verse of the day on the bank's Internet site also had to be taken down."

seMissourian.com: Column: Mike Jensen: Redistribution on steroids

Rep. Cleaver has proposed a $48 billion earmark

When absurdity gives way to hilarity, you must be talking about politics.

In the midst of a colossal global concern for the economic stability of our great nation, Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri's 5th Congressional District representative, has one small earmark on his wish list that deserves some attention.

Cleaver has listed a new earmark -- one of several -- and he promises to 'fight for every one.' But this is a whopping $48 billion package that must go down as the grandaddy of all earmarks."

UPDATE 1-Approval of Internet traffic rules likely-analysts | Reuters

WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Contentious Internet traffic rules facing a vote next week are likely to be adopted without radically veering from a proposal unveiled earlier in the month, telecommunications policy analysts said on Wednesday.

The Federal Communications Commission will vote on Dec. 21 on whether to adopt regulations that ban the blocking of lawful traffic but allow Internet service providers to ration Web traffic on their networks."

Federal judge in Va. strikes down health care law - Yahoo! News

U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson is the first judge to rule against the law, which has been upheld by two others in Virginia and Michigan.

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed the lawsuit challenging the law's requirement that citizens buy health insurance or pay a penalty starting in 2014."

O’s Outfielder Luke Scott Questions Obama’s Birthplace � CBS Baltimore – News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of Baltimore

Baltimore Orioles outfielder Luke Scott wasn’t only talking baseball at the winter meetings on Tuesday. He questioned President Barack Obama’s birthplace and claimed he did not represent the United States.

“Obama does not represent America. Nor does he represent anything what our forefathers stood for,” Scott said in an interview with David Brown of Yahoo’s Big League Stew."

The Atlantic’s Jeff Goldberg: ‘Don’t Donate To Those Rich Jews For Israel’s Fire Relief Fund’ - Big Journalism

In response to the catastrophic forest fires in Israel, the Jewish National Fund has mounted a special campaign asking for donations for its “Forest Fire Emergency Campaign.”

Goldberg urges people not to donate, because after all, those Rich Jew Boys have plenty of money, and besides, it’s all their own fault anyway for not having their fire services up to Goldberg’s standards, him being an expert and all."

‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’: Tilting at Lavender Windmills

We are a nation at war. We are engaged in combat in two countries. We have combat and support troops in scores of countries around the globe. Hostile groups plan and operate 24 hours a day against us. They would love to get their hands on an American to take hostage. They would love to pull off a Mumbai attack in downtown San Francisco.

Our enemies plot ways to weaken our economy and our society. Chinese espionage agents actively steal our economic secrets. Russian espionage officers run networks under commercial cover, are arrested, and then whisked out of the country in a 10 for 2 swap. The Russians muscle us into a new nuclear arms treaty."

� Pigford Witness Report: Black Applicants Claim Racial Discrimination Against Black USDA Officials - Big Government

I’ve worked with the USDA for more than 25 years. The situation with Pigford has been horrible. There were cases of discrimination. Perhaps 100 cases in the whole state of [redacted]. But the federal government paid out thousands of claims, a lot of them churned by attorneys who made a lot of money.

Attorneys caught on to the fact that the federal government doesn’t keep records. They either don’t keep them well in terms of who they are meeting with or they are destroyed after a couple of years. Attorneys recognized this and exploited it in Pigford."

The Pigford Settlement and Obama’s Andrew Breitbart Smokescreen � Left Coast Ledger

Back in July I was one of the first conservatives to criticize Andrew Breitbart for releasing the tape of Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod making a seemingly racist comment at a NAACP dinner.

I was wrong."

American Thinker: Cancun's Climate Crock

It began with a prayer to the Mayan moon goddess, and it has quickly devolved into a junk science circus.

Delegates to the United Nation's Framework Convention on Climate Change in Cancun, Mexico were greeted by the Convention's Executive Secretary, Christiana Figueres, who prayed to the goddess Ixchel."

American Thinker: Why the Senate Should Reject the New START

The new START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) currently under consideration by Congress is irredeemably flawed. Instead of accepting the 'tax cuts for START' deal, Republican senators should reject the treaty for several reasons."

American Thinker: Obama lashes out at friend and foe

I think John Podhoretz hit it right on the money: he called the president's press conference yesterday, 'one of the most bizarre political events of my lifetime.'

Somehow, I don't think the Democrats disenchanted by his policy choices over the past couple of days are going to be in a coronating mood after Obama furiously upbraided them in ad hominem language of a kind we may never before have heard from a president."

Thomas Sowell: 'Tax cut' rhetoric doesn't cut it | Washington Examiner

Let's face it, politics is largely the art of deception, and political rhetoric is largely the art of misstating issues. A classic example is the current debate over whether to give money to the unemployed by extending how long unemployment benefits will be provided, or instead to give 'tax cuts to the rich.'"

Catch-and-release of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan angers troops | Washington Examiner

More than 500 suspected Taliban fighters detained by U.S. forces have been released from custody at the urging of Afghan government officials, angering both American troops and some Afghans who oppose the policy on the grounds that many of those released return to the battlefield to kill NATO soldiers and Afghan civilians."

Left sees tax surrender, says Obama reelection bid now crippled - TheHill.com

President Obama could be crippling his own reelection effort by making a deal with Republicans to extend all of the Bush-era tax cuts, Democratic strategists and liberal groups said Monday.

A two-year extension of tax rates ushered in by President George W. Bush nearly a decade ago, would ensure a resumption of today’s fiery debate in 2012, when Obama is expected to reapply for his job, strategists in both parties said."

It’s All Suspect….Or Is it Just Suspicious? | Off The Grid News

You rail against "Big Business"...you say TAKE IT ALL - It belongs "to us" anyway! Be careful what you wish for as the thought process trickles downward....and downward...

The issues that brought a tiny Missouri farmstead cheese plant to the forefront in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s war on raw dairy continue to expand. This “war” remains troubling, if not more so. As a wise man once said, “Truth is stranger than fiction.” The intrigue doesn’t dissipate at all with the increase in information regarding Morningland Dairy. The tests, methods and procedures that began this tragedy are very questionable."

Sick leave allowed so employees can care for flu-stricken - FederalTimes.com

However the rest of us can go DIE....

Federal employees will be able to take up to 13 days of sick leave to care for family members who were exposed to a pandemic flu or other serious communicable diseases under new regulations that take effect Jan. 3.

The final regulations, published Friday by the Office of Personnel Management, will also allow employees to be advanced up to 30 days of sick leave to care for family members injured on military duty."

Federal pay freeze plan wouldn't stop raises - FederalTimes.com

President Obama spoke of the need for sacrifice last week when he announced a two-year pay freeze for federal employees.

But feds won't be too terribly deprived in 2011 and 2012. Despite the freeze, some 1.1 million employees will receive more than $2.5 billion in raises during that period."

American Thinker: Obama's War on Chris Christie

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has swiftly become a superstar in the political firmament. His stands for the taxpayers and against wasteful government spending have exhibited the type of tough decision-making people have been waiting for among our politicians; his forceful stands against the public unions and the stranglehold they have over our lives and futures have become YouTube hits. He is the real Governator, not like that pretender in California."

WikiLeaks cables reveal how US manipulated climate accord | Environment | The Guardian

I'm soooooooooooooooo surprised....

Hidden behind the save-the-world rhetoric of the global climate change negotiations lies the mucky realpolitik: money and threats buy political support; spying and cyberwarfare are used to seek out leverage."

American Thinker: Liberals and the Coming Redistribution of Fault

It's coming. Expect it. Liberals blaming everyone and everything but themselves for the nation's continuing economic crisis. And the mounting crisis of government. It's already begun, in fact, over at U.S. News and World Report, where Mortimer B. Zuckerman dusts off Oswald Spengler's Decline of the West to mull over the notion that the West -- including the United States -- may be reaching the end of the line."

American Thinker Blog: Krauthammer on the government's wishy-washy response to the Wikileaks scandal

The WikiLeaks document dump is sabotage, however quaint that term may seem. We are at war - a hot war in Afghanistan where six Americans were killed just this past Monday, and a shadowy world war where enemies from Yemen to Portland, Ore., are planning holy terror. Franklin Roosevelt had German saboteurs tried by military tribunal and shot."

Pence, DeMint Push for Permanent Extension of Bush Tax Rates | CNSnews.com

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) and Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) renewed their call on Wednesday for making the current tax rates permanent before they automatically reset to 1990’s-era levels at year’s end."

Top Senate Republican Joins Push to Stop Earmarks | CNSnews.com

But the switch by Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell may not have averted an effort to put senators on the record for or against earmarks. Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill, long an opponent of earmarks, said Tuesday she would join Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., in trying to force a vote on extending the ban on the practice through 2013."

New process on appropriations in GOP-run House promises spending cuts � Hot Air

Two of the last three budgets have (or will) passed Congress in omnibus form. Democrats played keep-away with FY2009 in order to avoid dealing with George Bush, and instead passed continuing resolutions until they could get an omnibus bill for Barack Obama to sign. For FY2011, the Democrats didn’t bother to produce a budget at all until after the midterms despite having large majorities and a Democrat in the White House, instead waiting until now to push another huge omnibus spending bill through the lame-duck session. This approach creates pressure for an all-or-nothing vote on the entire federal spending plan, steamrolling those who oppose specific areas of spending — and it’s hard to argue that this is an accident."

FCC Commissioner Wants to Test the 'Public Value' of Every Broadcast Station | CNSnews.com

If this doesn't give you a chill...nothing will. READ "Atlas Shrugged" and see where this gets all of us....they are coming at us from all sides and we MUST stay awake and vigilant or see what we love most vanish forever!

(CNSNews.com) - American journalism is in 'grave peril,' FCC Commissioner Michael Copps says, and to bolster 'traditional media,' he said the Federal Communications Commission should conduct a 'public value test' of every commercial broadcast station at relicensing time."

Ford, BMW, Toyota Took Secret Government Money

In the depths of the financial collapse, the U.S. Federal Reserve pumped $3.3 trillion into keeping credit moving through the economy. It eventually lent $57.9 billion to the auto industry — including $26.8 billion to Ford, Toyota and BMW."

Menendez Likens Tax Fight to Negotiating With Terrorists : Roll Call

Senate Democrats lashed out at Republicans on Friday, accusing them of holding the nation’s economic prosperity hostage for the benefit of the wealthy and likening the GOP to a terrorist organization.

With the White House and Republicans appearing to be close to finalizing a deal for a temporary extension of all the Bush-era tax cuts, Senate Democrats have become increasingly frustrated with their inability to pressure the GOP on the issue, and their anger was on display during a press conference Friday morning."

EDITORIAL: Wave goodbye to Internet freedom - Washington Times

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is poised to add the Internet to its portfolio of regulated industries. The agency's chairman, Julius Genachowski, announced Wednesday that he circulated draft rules he says will 'preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet.' No statement could better reflect the gulf between the rhetoric and the reality of Obama administration policies."

How Much Did Taxpayers Pay for Andy Griffith to Promote ObamaCare? | The Blaze

Documents obtained from the Department of Health and Human Services reveal that the Obama administration spent $3,184,000 in taxpayer funds to produce and air national television ads promoting Democrats’ health care overhaul plan.

The ads, starring television icon Andy Griffith, were meant to educate “Medicare beneficiaries, caregivers and family members about forthcoming changes to Medicare as a result of the Affordable Care Act.” However, multiple media outlets, including the nonpartisan FactCheck.org, called the ads misleading."

Iran Hangs Former Soccer Player‘s ’Temporary Wife’ for Murder | The Blaze

Under Iranian law, men and women can commit to a “temporary marriage” for an agreed period of time after a certain amount of money is paid to the woman.

In Iran, men are allowed up to four legal wives under Islam and any number of temporary wives. Women can only be married to one man at a time."

RealClearPolitics - Video - Boehner: "Tax Hike" Vote In House Is "Chicken Crap"

I'm trying to catch my breath so I don't refer to this maneuver going on today as chicken crap, all right? But this is nonsense, all right?' incoming Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told reporters Thursday."

Fed aid in financial crisis went beyond U.S. banks to industry, foreign firms

Bailed out GE...and then they become a mouth organ for the Administration.....Huuummmmmm.....

The financial crisis stretched even farther across the economy than many had realized, as new disclosures show the Federal Reserve rushed trillions of dollars in emergency aid not just to Wall Street but also to motorcycle makers, telecom firms and foreign-owned banks in 2008 and 2009."

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie blasts teachers’ unions (again) in Washington, D.C. speech | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gave the keynote speech at the Jeb Bush Excel in Education Annual Summit in Washington, D.C. Tuesday night. In his 50-minute speech on education reform – one of Christie’s most passionate topics – the governor left no room to question how he feels about teachers’ unions, most specifically the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA).

In short: he doesn’t like them."

NJ Governor Chris Christie asked to pardon man with seven-year jail sentence for gun law violations | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

This will certainly be a test of Christie's Metal!

In New Jersey, residents who want to transport firearms legally must request a permit from a local law enforcement office and produce a letter stating why it is necessary for them to carry a gun. In other words, New Jerseyans have to prove need before exercising what many Americans consider a constitutional right."

Democratic Senate Leader Says Will Force Vote on Dream Act

The top Senate Democrat says he'll force a test vote this week on a measure to give tens of thousands of young illegal immigrants a path to legal status.

Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada says he'll move to schedule action on the so-called Dream Act. It would give more than 100,000 young immigrants brought to the United States before the age of 16 a chance to become legal residents if they attend college or join the military."

FT.com / US / Economy & Fed - European banks took big slice of Fed aid

And all they do over there is sniff and criticize....once again, I always say....when they get their asses in trouble....who they gonna call?

Foreign banks were among the biggest beneficiaries of the $3,300bn in emergency credit provided by the Federal Reserve during the crisis, according to new data on the extraordinary efforts of the US authorities to save the global financial system.

The revelation of the scale of overseas lenders’ borrowing underlines the global nature of the turmoil and the crucial role of the Fed as the lender of last resort for the world’s banking sector."

Why Did FEMA Give ACORN Money for Fire Prevention? | NewsReal Blog

No, this is not from the Onion: A federal agency gave tax dollars to a group known for (metaphorically) burning down communities to help prevent fires.

An affiliate of the notorious activist group ACORN improperly got its hands on a nearly $500,000 fire safety and prevention grant, says a new report from the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general. (It was a FEMA grant from August 2008 in the sum of $450,484.) ACORN has a long history of fraud, waste, and abuse of taxpayer dollars, so this new report doesn’t come as a surprise to longtime ACORN watchers."

Iranian Air Force Officer Defects | FrontPage Magazine

A former pilot for the Iranian Air Force has defected to the Green Wave Movement that hopes to bring together all the Iranian democratic opposition groups. He did so to fight for regime change and testify that the military is ready to turn on the government. The Green Wave is drawing up plans to make that happen, warning the West that regional war will erupt if the regime is not taken down."

The Danger of a Global Double Dip Recession Is Real - US News and World Report

The modern world has for centuries been dominated economically, intellectually, and physically by the civilization that arose in Western Europe in the wake of the Renaissance and Reformation and spread across the Atlantic.

Will that one day be seen as a passing phenomenon doomed to ascend ever upward and then slowly fizzle out like a firework?"

Coming: Gov't By Regulation Instead Of Law - Investors.com

Swell......throw them ALL out!!!!!

Republicans are assuming that cap-and-trade (aka cap-and-tax) is dead because Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid lacks the votes to bring up the House-passed bill and because this issue proved a loser in the 2010 House races. Like the famous Mark Twain saying, its death may be exaggerated."

Bolivia assails rich, carbon market at Cancun talks | Reuters

Declaration of Rights for Entire Earth..?...and Atlas Shrugged....

Pablo Solon, the Andean country's ambassador to the United Nations, told reporters he was 'deeply concerned' by the early course of the November 29 to December 10 talks at the Mexican resort of Cancun and criticized plans for carbon markets."

YouTube - GOP Rep. Buyer Blasts Acting Dem Speaker: "This is why the People have Thrown You Out"

NOTHING has changed.....nothing......

GOP Rep. Buyer Blasts Acting Dem Speaker: 'This is why the People have Thrown You Out'"

Obama may delay Hawaiian vacation over tax fight - CNN.com

AWWWWWWWWWW!!!! I can't even afford to take a DAY off - what's this....his 96th vacation since coming into Office??? I think back to those few times GWB went to Crawford TX and how he was vilified. This is a JOKE! I'm so damned tired.

Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama is considering at least a short delay to the start of his holiday vacation in Hawaii so he can try to work out a deal with congressional Republicans on the Bush tax cuts that expire December 31, CNN has learned.

Two senior administration officials tell CNN the White House has been getting signals that the lame duck session of Congress could drag on past December 18, when the president is scheduled to depart for Hawaii."

House May Block Food Safety Bill Over Senate Error : Roll Call

GOOD Kill the Bill!!!!

A food safety bill that has burned up precious days of the Senate’s lame-duck session appears headed back to the chamber because Democrats violated a constitutional provision requiring that tax provisions originate in the House."

Senate Republicans back earmarks ban in voice vote - Scott Wong and Manu Raju - POLITICO.com

Seeking to move past an intra-party squabble over earmarks, Senate Republicans on Tuesday night showed a united front and called on Democrats to join them in opposing the long-standing practice.

During a closed-door caucus meeting, Republicans passed by voice vote a two-year moratorium on earmarks, identical to one approved by the House GOP earlier this year. They also approved a resolution sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky challenging their Democratic colleagues to enact an earmark ban of their own."

Strong showing in anti-earmark vote - David Rogers - POLITICO.com

Thirty-nine senators voted Tuesday in support of a three-year moratorium on appropriations earmarks, the strongest showing ever by opponents of the current process and a potential game changer in the year-end budget debate.

Seven Democrats backed the proposal, and the party leadership will have to decide now whether to strip out or weaken draft language in an omnibus spending bill that currently sets aside billions for home-state projects. (See: Senate Dems debate earmark ban)"

The American Spectator : DREAMs Are Made of This

What's the difference between 'amnesty' and 'comprehensive immigration reform'? In theory, the answer is simple: Under the latter, an illegal immigrant must satisfy strict requirements to qualify for the former. Various enforcement measures designed to deter further illegal immigration -- i.e., future comprehensive reform beneficiaries -- are also thrown in."

The American Spectator : Pay Freeze? Oh, Please

President Obama proposed on Monday to freeze pay for federal civilian employees for two years. Purely coincidentally, of course, he was scheduled to meet with congressional Republicans the next day.

Obama presented his decision as an early skirmish, heroically won, in his epic quest to vanquish the federal budget deficit."

American Thinker: Sharia Law Is Already Here

Sophisticated liberals have found humor in Oklahoma's recent ban on Sharia law. Along with humor, some have found offense in the bill. U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange granted a temporary restraining order blocking the bill. Critics, such as the culturally aware Clarence Page, say that the OK measure is 'a solution in search of a problem.' Sharia law is not a threat. Page's evidence: There are only 15,000 Muslims in Oklahoma. It doesn't get much more convincing than that."

American Thinker: Sharia and Obama's Foreign Policy

Coming to a street corner near you.....and you think I'm kidding....?

A Christian woman who gave water to Muslim fieldworkers was accused by the women of blaspheming Muhammed. The women refused the water, claiming it was unclean because a Christian carried it. Asia Bibi, a mother of five, merely explained her faith. For that, she has been in prison for over fifteen months and has been sentenced to be hanged, according to The Telegraph."

American Thinker: CableGate: Obama's Katrina Times Ten

America's governing regime is trying to make us believe that the greatest threat to this country is a man by the name of Julian Assange. If you did not know, Julian Assange is not a spy or an agent of an enemy government. He is the founder of WikiLeaks, an internet outfit that has released a cache of confidential and secret cables from the State Department.

Our government officials tell us that Assange's act somehow poses a threat to our national security by undermining America's foreign policy. One may as well ask: What foreign policy?"

WikiLeaks Hit By Powerful Internet-Based Cyberattack CBS New York – News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of NY

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) – The WikiLeaks website says it’s under a forceful Internet-based attack, and content on the site was inaccessible to some users in the U.S. and Europe throughout the morning Tuesday.

The site, which just distributed a trove of U.S. diplomatic documents, said in a Twitter message on Tuesday morning that it’s under a “distributed denial of service attack,” a method commonly used by hackers to slow down or bring down sites."

Big Polluters Freed from Environmental Oversight by Stimulus - The Center for Public Integrity

Of COURSE he did....how many have Unions? All the while, Joe's Tiny Manufacturing Plant down Main Street gets crushed by regulation.....

In the name of job creation and clean energy, the Obama administration has doled out billions of dollars in stimulus money to some of the nation’s biggest polluters and granted them sweeping exemptions from the most basic form of environmental oversight, a Center for Public Integrity investigation has found."

Cancun climate change summit: scientists call for rationing in developed world - Telegraph

While basking in the Caribbean sun....these nitwits propose to further destroy our economy. Ya think China's going pay any attention...???!!!! HA!!!

Global warming is now such a serious threat to mankind that climate change experts are calling for Second World War-style rationing in rich countries to bring down carbon emissions."

My Way News - GOP's Cantor: No time to increase taxes on anybody

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!

WASHINGTON (AP) - The No. 2 House Republican is showing little wiggle room on tax cuts going into a critical meeting at the White House with President Barack Obama.

Interviewed on a network news show in advance of Tuesday's talks, House Majority Leader-elect Eric Cantor says the GOP believes tax rates should not be allowed to go up on anyone, including the wealthy."

Senate passes bill to boost food safety

This Bill will come back to bite us ALL in the ass. Another power grab by DC disguised as a nicey-nicey for the great unwashed masses out there. Mark my words.....BAD!

WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed legislation Tuesday to make food safer in the wake of deadly E. coli and salmonella outbreaks, potentially giving the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities and force companies to recall tainted food."

Smithsonian Christmas-Season Exhibit Features Ant-Covered Jesus, Naked Brothers Kissing, Genitalia, and Ellen DeGeneres Grabbing Her Breasts | CNSnews.com

(CNSNews.com) -- The federally funded National Portrait Gallery, one of the museums of the Smithsonian Institution, is currently showing an exhibition that features images of an ant-covered Jesus, male genitals, naked brothers kissing, men in chains, Ellen DeGeneres grabbing her breasts, and a painting the Smithsonian itself describes in the show's catalog as 'homoerotic.'"

American Thinker: Federal Farming Power Grab Scheduled for Senate Vote Today

S.510, the Senate bill set to vastly expand federal power over agriculture, potentially choking off small local growers and hobby farmers, is set for a vote today.

Cloture, or a vote to end debate on S.150 took place on Wednesday November 17 with 74 votes for and 25 opposed. A final Manager's Amendment came into being after more than thirty hours of debate following Cloture."

American Thinker: Will The Light Bulb Ban Inspire a Conversion?

Why is the incandescent light bulb ban such a lightning rod for Tea Party-inspired remorse from big government Republicans? Simple: it's a liberty-stealing assault on our privacy and common sense, outrageously expensive, and doesn't solve any of the problems it's intended to fix. That's only for starters. The most egregious feature is that the ban makes fools of the American people who willingly succumb to such nonsense from Washington, D.C."

American Thinker: Obama Announces Federal Pay Freeze

Stop the presses! Barack Obama just announced a freeze on federal civilian salaries. From the Washington Post:

The freeze applies to all Executive Branch workers -- including civilian employees of the Defense Department, but does not apply to military personnel, government contractors, postal workers, members of Congress, Congressional staffers, or federal court judges and workers."

Al Simpson speaks out against debt committee critics, political climate

Ya know.....GROW UP everyone....I figure to SURVIVE I'm going to die at my desk. That's it. I cashed in my retirement to survive last year. There is nothing left. If I'm given the GIFT to keep working and standing on my own two feet - amen. STOP YOUR WHINING! Not to say I agree with the Debt Commission...but JC.....I want to be my own person...not wait for alms from the government!

But as the co-chair of President Obama's debt commission, the Wyoming Republican said he's been taking an unprecedented amount of flak for the commission's draft proposals to help erase the nation's $13.8 trillion debt.

'I've never had any nastier mail or [been in a] more difficult position in my life,' said the 79-year-old Simpson. 'Just vicious. People I've known, relatives [saying], ''You son of a bitch. How could you do this?''

Not surprisingly, many of the debt commission's draft proposals to cut the debt by nearly $4 trillion by 2020 -- from raising the retirement age to 69 by 2075 to bringing in $1 trillion more in tax revenue -- have won strong opposition from liberals and conservatives alike."

Barack Obama's grandmother 'prays he converts to Islam' - Telegraph

Sarah Omar, 88, who was on hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, told the Al-Qatan Saudi daily: 'I prayed for my grandson Barack to convert to Islam'.

The paper said that Ms Omar was in Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage along with her son, Mr Obama's uncle Saeed Hussein Obama, and four of her grandchildren."

CAIR: Muslim Group Updates Travel Advisory for Holiday Weekend - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today issued an updated travel advisory for those concerned about new airport security measures involving full-body scanners and more invasive pat-downs.

Background:

Earlier this year, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) began phasing in full-body Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) scanners in airports as a primary screening method. In February, CAIR supported a statement by a prominent group of Muslim scholars that the full-body scanners violate religious and privacy rights."

Military Pegs Hourly Air Force One Cost at $181G, as Obama Sets Travel Record - FoxNews.com

The average American could buy a house for the amount of money it takes to run Air Force One every hour.

The U.S. military has provided an updated estimate on that cost, first published by a taxpayer watchdog group and confirmed by FoxNews.com, and the number is staggering -- $181,757 per hour. That's the price tag for shuttling around President Obama, who, as it turns out, has spent more days abroad in his first two years than any other president."

Chavez Responds to Pres. Obama: We Would 'Eat Socialist Arepas' Together - President Obama - Fox Nation

CARACAS, Venezuela - During his most recent blanket television broadcast, Venezuelan President Hugo Ch�vez took the opportunity to embrace President Obama, inviting him to join him in the construction of a new world order."

Down With Upton

Worth checking into!!!!

Down With Upton

"Going commando" on the TSA

On November 11, the relentlessly upbeat Transportation Security Administration (TSA) blog discussed the newly 'enhanced' airport security pat-downs that would soon be coming to a groin near you. 'It just makes good security sense,' said TSA's 'Blogger Bob.' His commenters did not concur.

'The next time I fly, I'm wearing my trusty kilt,' said one—and we're assuming that he's a true Scotsman.

This was an idea too good not to receive wider exposure (no pun intended), and it was naturally soon paired with the idea of a 'National Opt-Out Day' to take place this week on November 24, the day before Thanksgiving. The idea is for a mass opt-out of the new AIT body scanners that can see through clothes, with participants choosing instead to have the more invasive pat-down."

John ‘Liveshot’ Kerry lives in no-pat-down zone - BostonHerald.com

The answer is: because none of the Beautiful People arriving at ACK on Nantucket in their private jets this weekend ever have to worry about being frisked, groped, goosed or fondled by those TSA employees currently bedeviling millions of commercial-airline travelers trying to get home for Thanksgiving."

Sen. Scott Brown weighing nuclear pact with Russia - BostonHerald.com

Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is still weighing whether to support a major nuclear arms control agreement with Russia.

The New START is a replacement for a Cold War-era treaty and must be ratified by the Senate.

Efforts to ratify the deal by December hit a snag Tuesday when Sen. Jon Kyl, the leading Republican senator on the treaty, said the pact shouldn’t be considered this year."

Fitzgibbons: Scott Brown must support renewal of Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty - Newton, Massachusetts - Newton TAB

This START Treaty needs to be stopped. If the Heritage Foundation actually spends money to send out a blanket mailing on this...that sends off warning bells to me! They don't do that often. Actually - never since I've been a member. Something is amiss here....

Republican U.S. Senator Scott Brown is not sure he can support renewal of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START. This agreement, originally signed in 1991 by Republican President George H.W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, and ratified overwhelmingly by the U.S. Senate, is essential to our national security. It has fostered cooperation and dialogue between two major nuclear-armed powers and prevented the spread of devastating weapons to unstable nations.

START expired in December of 2009. In April of this year President Obama and Russian President Medvedev signed New START. For the new treaty to take effect it must be ratified by the lower house of the Russian Parliament, the Duma, and the US Senate with at least 67 votes. This means that a portion of the Republican caucus will need to vote in the affirmative."

Brown, Wyden Introduce Bill to Move Up Date for Health Care Law’s State Waiver Provision - News - Scott Brown

Here's a thought....KILL THE BILL!!!

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recognizing that what works in Springfield, Oregon, may not always work as well in Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. Senators Scott Brown (R- Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation that would give states the flexibility to implement their own health care plans when the bulk of the new law goes into effect in 2014. Under the current law, states won’t be able to apply for waivers until 2017. The change would mean that states, with a history of innovating new approaches to health care – like Massachusetts, Oregon and Vermont – could continue those efforts, while other states would have an opportunity to start innovating their own approaches."

9/11 responders target Sen. Scott Brown to get last vote needed to pass Zadroga Health Bill

Sept. 11 responders are headed for Massachusetts Tuesday, searching for the last vote they need to pass the 9/11 health bill in the form of Sen. Scott Brown.

Backers of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act believe they have 59 votes for the $7.4 billion measure, and they need one more to break any chance of a Republican filibuster of the bill.
So far, just newly elected Sen. Mark Kirk is the only member of the GOP to get on board. Brown, responders hope, will be the second."

Obama’s Jeffersonian Muslim Revisionist Lie - HUMAN EVENTS

Barack Hussein Obama is a practitioner of many nasty and nefarious things as our President, but none are more destructive to our nation and its endlessly fascinating and largely glorious past than his frequent practice of revisionist history.

The term revisionist means actually, well, lying."

American Thinker: Rush Limbaugh's Prescience, Donovan McNabb's Mediocrity, and Sarah Palin's Future

Rush was right. He said on cable back in 2003 that NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb was a largely mediocre player whom the elite sports media had tried to elevate to legendary status because he's black -- the football prelude to Barack Obama, so to speak. And for that bit of factually accurate but politically incorrect commentary, Rush was forced to resign from his gig as a commentator for ESPN and later denied the chance to buy an NFL franchise."

Taliban Leader in Peace Talks Was an Impostor - NYTimes.com

Swell.............

KABUL, Afghanistan — For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of the appearance of a certain insurgent leader at one end of the table: Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour, one of the most senior commanders in the Taliban movement."

Poll: Tea Party support grows; USA divided - USATODAY.com

The greatest mistake the Tea Party can make is to become what it hates....a "Party". Stay a Force of Nature. A Tsunami of ideas and arguments. Do not become what you es cue.

WASHINGTON — Just about as many Americans want Tea Party-backed members of Congress to take the lead in setting policy during the next year as choose President Obama, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds.

In a survey taken Friday through Sunday, 28% say Obama should have the most influence on government policy next year while 27% say the Tea Party standard-bearers should. GOP congressional leaders are chosen by 23%, Democratic congressional leaders by 16%."

Airport "Security"? - Thomas Sowell - Townhall Conservative

This man is "BRILLIANT!!!" - as Harry Potter would say! I GET IT about security. However, we are giving up our liberties - with no apparent benefit...one by one by one. We don't notice - we don't see the "creep"....
We will when they are ALL gone - won't we?
This to me is what the TSA hammer down is about. More Government control.....bit by bit by bit! Because, after all, we are just too stupid to notice.

No country has better airport security than Israel-- and no country needs it more, since Israel is the most hated target of Islamic extremist terrorists. Yet, somehow, Israeli airport security people don't have to strip passengers naked electronically or have strangers feeling their private parts.

Does anyone seriously believe that we have better airport security than Israel? Is our security record better than theirs?"

FT.com / US & Canada - FCC moves to ensure ‘net neutrality’

The Federal Communications Commission is expected to announce plans next week for regulations that would forbid internet service providers from blocking or favouring content online.

The so-called “net neutrality” rules could be passed by the commission as early as December 15. The move would fulfil a campaign promise by President Barack Obama and infuriate the new Republican majority on Capitol Hill, which has said it would oppose the plan, but would have little power to stop it."

The Tyranny of S510 | Off The Grid News

If you thought of one thing that the government was doing or attempting to do, what would you consider the most serious threat to your well-being? You could point to health care and say that government usurpation of your right to choose insurance companies and doctors is the most egregious abuse of government authority, but at this time, I would have to say S510 is the main thing that is pushing our country down the slippery slope of tyranny with as great or more dire consequences than health care reform."

Ground Zero Mosque Applied For Federal 9/11 Grant, Reports John Avlon - The Daily Beast

Developers of the controversial Park51 Islamic community center and mosque located two blocks from Ground Zero earlier this month applied for roughly $5 million in federal grant money set aside for the redevelopment of lower Manhattan after the attacks of September 11th, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter."

W Ketchup™ | W Ketchup Calls on Congress to Restrain the TSA

Eagle Bridge, NY — November 22, 2010 — The Book of Genesis, the creation story of four billion people, begins with Adam and Eve in paradise, naked, and unashamed. Their first self-knowing act, after eating from the tree of knowledge, is to clothe themselves.

In 2009, the Federal Transportation Security Administration deployed radiation scanners that allow government security personnel to see through travelers’ clothes, revealing their nakedness. Federal officials admit that the machines store and transmit the images. In February, naked pictures of Indian film star Shahrukh Khan were printed out and circulated by airport staff."

Why the Government Should Stay Out of Green Energy - HUMAN EVENTS

In the realm of solar power, there has never been more fanfare for a startup than in the case of Solyndra. Founded in 2005, the company’s rooftop-mounted solar panels were immediately touted as “the next big thing” in alternative energy.

Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Solyndra has been a magnet for venture capital cash from the Silicon Valley.
However, just before Solyndra’s promising glow of success began to fade, the last big investor stepped into the boardroom: The Obama Administration. And man, did the American taxpayer get played."

Oklahoma Sharia Ban in Court - HUMAN EVENTS

A federal court judge is slated to hear arguments today on an injunction blocking Oklahoma's new constitutional amendment prohibiting the use of foreign systems of law in reaching legal decisions.

On November 2, Oklahoma voters passed a ballot initiative banning the use of Sharia and international law in Oklahoma courts by a whopping 70%. The new law explicitly reaffirms the supremacy of the federal and the Oklahoma state constitutions."

Carter: Fox commentators have ‘deliberately distorted’ news - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

A.) CNN "Reliable Sources"...isn't that an oxymoron?!!! And B.) Jimmy, how can we miss you when you WON'T GO AWAY!????

Jimmy Carter said Sunday that Fox News commentators including Glenn Beck have “deliberately distorted” the news.

Speaking on CNN’s 'Reliable Sources' Sunday, the former Democratic president took aim at the cable news channel climate, often a target for President Obama as well who says he tries to avoid the cable chatter."

Head of UN climate body admits surprise at fury over blunder in report | Environment | The Guardian

The head of the UN climate science body has admitted he was taken entirely by surprise by the ferocious public reaction to a blunder in its report on Himalayan glaciers. But he insisted the controversy had not set back efforts to secure action on climate change.

The mistake, a false assertion that the Himalayan glaciers would disappear by 2035, exacted severe damage to the reputation of the IPCC and its head, Rajendra Pachauri. It also provided further fuel to the controversy over the emails stolen from East Anglia's climate research unit and released online a year ago today."

U.S. corn ethanol was not a good policy-Gore | Energy & Oil | Reuters

My....my....my.....

ATHENS, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said support for corn-based ethanol in the United States was 'not a good policy', weeks before tax credits are up for renewal.

U.S. blending tax breaks for ethanol make it profitable for refiners to use the fuel even when it is more expensive than gasoline. The credits are up for renewal on Dec. 31.

Total U.S. ethanol subsidies reached $7.7 billion last year according to the International Energy Industry, which said biofuels worldwide received more subsidies than any other form of renewable energy."

Republicans' 2012 dark horse still has no name

Although being crowned the front-runner in a fight for the presidential nod conveys some benefits (money and media attention, mostly), there is something the electorate loves about getting behind an unknown candidate and riding him (or her) from worst to first - or close to it.

James K. Polk is widely regarded as the original dark horse. His opponents mocked his anonymity - 'Who is James K. Polk?' - but he went on to become the country's 11th president."

The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Union Members: Where Do Your Dues Go?

A new video from the Competitive Enterprise Institute asks unions members: 'Do you know where your dues money is going?' It's not all for representation and bargaining. (For more on labor from CEI, see here and here.)"

The American Spectator : TSA's Bait and Switch Airport Security Trap

As public outrage grows over the Transportation Security Agency's new, more aggressive screening procedures -- scanners that reveal body silhouettes, aggressive pat-downs touching intimate body parts -- the reasons why travelers are upset need to be examined, and better ways found to protect us."

TSA Pat-Down Leaves Bladder Cancer Patient Humiliated, Crying & Soaked in Urine | The Blaze

When I went to the airport today, I was put in the uncomfortable position of a so-called “naked” full-body scan. Today’s experience was very different from the last flight I made, nearly two weeks ago; at that time I only had to go through a magnetometer. Today there was no option — it was either the full-body scan, a humiliating pat-down or no flight. All passengers flying out of Washington, DC were subjected to the new procedures. So, like confused cattle, our uneasy line of air travelers was herded through the machine."

Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: Food Safety bill?

GLENN: I have to apologize to you. Last night I was doing the television show and I had moms from all over the area in the studio audience, and we had a conversation, a long converse afterwards about we were talking about inflation, and I don't know if anybody saw the program last night about inflation and food storage which, I mean, I honestly, I don't know I don't know how long, you know, the TV show can survive with the show that I'm with the show that I'm putting on every day now, and wait until you see next year."

UK: Students in Islamic schools taught Sharia amputation methods and that Jews are conspiring to take over the world - Jihad Watch

Advocates for Sharia in the West, such as the Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, are never confronted about their views on aspects of Sharia such as the amputation of the hand for theft, which is not negotiable in Islamic law since it is rooted in the Qur'an (5:38). This story shows, however, that Muslims are bringing such elements of Sharia to Western countries -- along with a substantial dose of conspiracy paranoia vis-a-vis the Jews, the 'worst enemies' of the Muslims (cf. Qur'an 5:82)."

Hot Post: TSA’s Master Plan: Secure the Planes by Eliminating the Passengers | NewsReal Blog

Sometime in the near future an individual with a name that sounds like “dad-gum-it” and an outfit resembling a severe sort of muumuu will present himself at an airport security checkpoint. His successful passage through security will be interrupted when the explosive device hidden in his rectum detonates as he powers up his mobile phone. Happily for those nearby the device will be a partial dud, unhappily for him it will not be a complete one. We have no way of knowing, but it is probable the last thought that will go through his mind will be “oh wait, didn’t they tell me to leave the phone off until …”"

The Price of Freedom | FrontPage Magazine

President Barack Obama last week presented the Congressional Medal of Honor (CMH) to Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta. His story—and what it tells us about the men and women who protect us from our enemies—is worthy of extra reflection.

Giunta is 25 years old. He earned the nation’s highest military honor for something he did at the age of 22. The curmudgeons and cynics among us, who say that all teenagers and twenty-somethings are uninvolved, myopic, selfish slackers, should keep that in mind."

Move to cut NPR funding is defeated in House | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Surprise, surprise....yawn....

House Democrats on Thursday shot down a G.O.P. attempt to roll back federal funding to NPR, a move that many Republicans have called for since the public radio network fired the analyst Juan Williams last month."

Constitutional Amendment proposal to streamline legislative repeals to hit Congress soon | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Conservatives are planning to propose an amendment to the Constitution at some time in the next few weeks aimed at allowing states to repeal legislation without the approval of Washington."

The Answer Is No | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, was trolling for clicks.

It was a weekday morning in late October, and he was standing on the stage of the Moorestown Community House, where he was hosting a town-hall meeting. Ostensibly, Christie was visiting the South Jersey suburb to drum up support for his “tool kit,” a slate of legislative proposals designed to help the state’s municipalities comply with a 2 percent property-tax cap that goes into effect next year."

FT.com / US / Economy & Fed - Pessimistic Fed to slash growth forecasts

The US Federal Reserve will slash its growth forecasts and predict higher unemployment when it releases updated economic projections this week.

The Fed will release the latest forecasts made by members of its rate-setting open market committee on Tuesday, alongside the minutes of their November meeting, giving a complete picture of why they launched a new $600bn round of asset purchases."

Biden on Afghanistan: 'Daddy is Going to Start to Take the Training Wheels Off.' - Political Punch

Excuse me while my head explodes.....

ABC News' Karen Travers reports:

Last night Vice President Biden sat down for an interview with Larry King – his 49th appearance on the CNN host’s program.

The always-loquacious vice president had a colorful message for the Afghans regarding the timeline for transferring security by 2014, a plan that will be outlined here at the NATO summit in Lisbon.

“Daddy is going to start to take the training wheels off in October -- I mean in next July, so you'd better practice riding,” he said."

Geithner Says Obama Opposes Depriving Fed of Employment Mandate - Bloomberg

Keep politics OUT of monetary policy....Really - well, then...what the hell has the Obama Administration been doing since taking Office???

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said the Obama administration would oppose any effort to strip the Federal Reserve of its mandate to pursue full employment and warned Republicans against politicizing the central bank.

“It is very important to keep politics out of monetary policy,” Geithner said in an interview airing on Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt” this weekend. “You want to be very careful not to take steps that hurt our credibility.”"

TSA has met the enemy — and they are us - Yahoo! News

How did an agency created to protect the public become the target of so much public scorn?

After nine years of funneling travelers into ever longer lines with orders to have shoes off, sippy cups empty and laptops out for inspection, the most surprising thing about increasingly heated frustration with the federal Transportation Security Administration may be that it took so long to boil over."

Critics Slam Obama Administration for 'Hiding' Massive Saudi Arms Deal - ABC News

The Obama administration has quietly forged ahead with its proposal to sell $60 billion worth of fighter jets and attack helicopters to Saudi Arabia unhampered by Congress, despite questions raised in legislative inquiries and in an internal congressional report about the wisdom of the deal."

Culver OKs state pay raises | desmoinesregister.com | The Des Moines Register

Gov. Chet Culver's administration agreed Friday to offer pay increases for state employees that will cost taxpayers more than $100 million, despite Republican requests that the decisions be delayed until Terry Branstad becomes governor in January.

A Branstad spokesman called the deal 'reckless,' and House Republican Leader Kraig Paulsen said it would likely lead to layoffs."

Factbox: Taxpayers in deep water on GM investment | Reuters

(Reuters) - General Motors Co may have the world's biggest initial public offering, but U.S. taxpayers were more than $9 billion underwater on the government-funded restructuring at its current share price on Thursday.

A breakdown of the paper loss follows."

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans had mental illness in 2009 - CNBC

NO KIDDING....Really?....REALLY!?....yeah....
Maybe it's our government assaulting our freedoms everyday - our homes, our workplace, our cars, our retirement, our internet, our cell phones....EVERYTHING that may be just that one last thing to push everyone OFF THE DAMNED CLIFF!!!!

CHICAGO - More than 45 million Americans, or 20 percent of U.S. adults, had some form of mental illness last year, and 11 million had a serious illness, U.S. government researchers reported on Thursday.

Young adults aged 18 to 25 had the highest level of mental illness at 30 percent, while those aged 50 and older had the lowest, with 13.7 percent, said the report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration or SAMHSA."

Dude, Where's My Obamacare Waiver? - HUMAN EVENTS

More than one million Americans have escaped the clutches of the Democrats' destructive federal health care law. Lucky them. Their employers and labor representatives wisely applied for Obamacare waivers earlier this fall and got out while the getting was good. Now, it's time for Congress to create a permanent escape hatch for the rest of us. Repeal is the ultimate waiver."

Ray LaHood: Obama's Power-Mad Cell Phone Czar - HUMAN EVENTS

America is in debt past its eyeballs. Unemployment remains stuck near double digits. Small and large businesses, unions and insurers are clamoring for Obamacare waivers in droves. Jihadists are making a mockery of homeland security. And border chaos reigns. So, what's one of the Obama administration's top domestic policy agenda items this month? Combating distracted drivers.

What? You missed the Million Anti-Distracted Drivers Protest March on Washington and the Great Grassroots Groundswell for federal intervention on our highways and byways? Don't worry. You weren't the only one."

Ray LaHood: Obama's Power-Mad Cell Phone Czar - HUMAN EVENTS

America is in debt past its eyeballs. Unemployment remains stuck near double digits. Small and large businesses, unions and insurers are clamoring for Obamacare waivers in droves. Jihadists are making a mockery of homeland security. And border chaos reigns. So, what's one of the Obama administration's top domestic policy agenda items this month? Combating distracted drivers.

What? You missed the Million Anti-Distracted Drivers Protest March on Washington and the Great Grassroots Groundswell for federal intervention on our highways and byways? Don't worry. You weren't the only one."

Don't Touch My Junk - HUMAN EVENTS

WASHINGTON -- Ah, the airport, where modern folk heroes are made. The airport, where that inspired flight attendant did what everyone who's ever been in the spam-in-a-can crush of a flying aluminum tube -- where we collectively pretend that a clutch of peanuts is a meal and a seat cushion is a 'flotation device' -- has always dreamed of doing: pull the lever, blow the door, explode the chute, grab a beer, slide to the tarmac and walk through the gates to the sanity that lies beyond. Not since Rick and Louis disappeared into the Casablanca fog headed for the Free French garrison in Brazzaville has a stroll on the tarmac thrilled so many."

Sources: FCC chief working on net neutrality proposal - Kim Hart - POLITICO.com

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is putting together a net neutrality proposal and plans to take action on the controversial issue as early as next month, according to several sources with knowledge of the situation.

Details of the proposal being developed by Genachowski’s office are unclear, but sources say it could be similar to the deal stakeholders tried to reach with Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) earlier this fall."

Study: Most in Mass. insured; Access to care tight - BostonHerald.com

BOSTON — Access to health care in Massachusetts remains tight, with hospital emergency rooms increasingly picking up the slack, even as the state has experienced a surge in the number of insured residents.

Those are some of the findings of an annual report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Health Council that looks at a range of health-related factors, from tobacco use and obesity to violence and infectious blood-borne diseases like HIV."

Health panel brings out big guns - BostonHerald.com

This is what ALL OF YOU are in for when it becomes Obamacare!

The state’s health insurance connector — the highly touted agency that aims to bring cheap medical care to the masses — has turned into a legal pit bull by aggressively going after a growing number of Bay Staters who say they can’t afford mandated insurance — or the penalties imposed for not having it.

The Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority is cracking down on more than 3,000 residents who are fighting state fines, and has even hired a private law firm to force the health insurance scofflaws to pay penalties of up to $2,000 a year."

Tea Partiers dump on Romney’s health care - BostonHerald.com

Former Gov. Mitt Romney will have to grapple with the growing political clout of Tea Party activists — many of whom are steaming mad about his role in Massachusetts’ universal health care — as he gears up for a likely 2012 GOP presidential bid, party activists said yesterday.

“It’s gonna be something he’s going to have to explain — and it might just be a disaster for him,” said Christen Varley, president of the Greater Boston Tea Party"

Mitt’s bad medicine - BostonHerald.com

Add another name to the list of Massachusetts conservatives who have signed the ABM Treaty: Anyone But Mitt.

Until Mitt Romney admits that his mandate-driven, big-government Romneycare was a mistake, I will be supporting any viable GOP candidate running against him in 2012. And I’ll be urging my fellow New England Republicans - including my many friends in New Hampshire - to do the same."

States study Massachusetts health-care law - BostonHerald.com

I will be less than poetic here....In two words I can sum up this program...."IT SUCKS!".....

It’s all eyes on Massachusetts’ first-in-the-nation universal health care, as Americans come to terms with their own future under President Obama’s universal health-care legislation.

The Herald reported yesterday that Bay State officials have hired private lawyers to sue people who claim they can’t afford health care and can’t pay the $2,000 fines they were levied."

The American Spectator : The Unorthodox Frontrunner

Come to Massachusetts and try living and working under RomneyCare....after doing that......you'll know why I WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Viewed in isolation, Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential candidacy is doomed.

In 2008, Romney earned himself a reputation as a flip-flopper as he dramatically attempted to reshape himself as a stanch conservative despite having previously staked out liberal positions on abortion, guns, immigration and a litany of other issues."

American Thinker: Lap Two for the Tea Party

I agree.....after Nov. 2nd...it was OK to let up on the gas pedal and take a deep breath for a few days....now however...time to gas up the car and PEDAL TO THE METAL! 2012 right around the corner!!!!

Politics is a relay race, not a sprint, which means that those of us who belong to the Tea Party or support its goals must start thinking about the kind of candidates we'll run in 2012."

American Thinker Blog: S 510 breezes to passage in the Senate

Some of these names are gone.....more will be next time....2012 can't come fast enough!!!...

Senate Bill 510, a massive power grab by government -- as explained to AT readers yesterday by Michael Geer -- passed yesterday with the support of every Democrat and 14 Republicans. Here are the Republicans who voted to give sweeping powers over our food supply to our government masters:"