The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : I Guess This Means Superman Won't Be Voting in 2012

Well, the love of America no longer tugs at Superman's cape. In the 900th issue of Superman, The Man of Steel renounces his American citizenship.

Frankly, I'm surprised it's taken this long."

The American Spectator : Liberalism's Death Croak

While inspecting the body politic, one encounters one clear sign that Liberalism is dead. It is the condition of our political discourse. Polite commentators note that the dialogue is 'rancorous.' Some say toxic. Actually it is worse than that. It is nonexistent."

Economic Growth Slow as Inflation Measure Spikes Up - CNBC

U.S. economic growth slowed more than expected in the first quarter as higher food and gasoline prices dampened consumer spending, and sent a broad measure of inflation rising at its fastest pace in 2-1/2 years."

'Atlas Shrugged' Producer Promises Two Sequels Despite Terrible Reviews, Poor Box Office - The Hollywood Reporter

Nothing like a "slant" I always say - "Critics Hated It"....didn't see that...."Fell off a cliff".....Huh? Very-very un-biased....yeah, right...........

The man who says he spent $10 million of his own money to bring Atlas Shrugged: Part 1 to the big screen vowed Wednesday to go through with his plans to make the next two installments, even though critics hate the movie and business at movie theaters has fallen off a cliff."

Superman Renounces U.S. Citizenship in Latest Action Comic | The Blaze

OK...That's IT! I can't TAKE it anymore!!!!!!!!!! Who's next? Aqua Man???

He’s just so sick of being pigeon-holed as an instrument of U.S. policy. And “truth, justice, and the American way“ are ”not enough anymore.” That’s why Superman, in the latest Action Comic, has announced he is “renouncing” his U.S. citizenship."

Times Watch Quotes of Note: Stop Spending Cuts or People Will 'Starve to Death'

“I stopped eating on Monday and joined around 4,000 other people in a fast to call attention to congressional budget proposals that would make huge cuts in programs for the poor and hungry....These supposedly deficit-reducing cuts -- they’d barely make a dent -- will quite literally cause more people to starve to death, go to bed hungry or live more miserably than are doing so now.” – Food writer Mark Bittman in a March 30 op-ed, “Why We’re Fasting.”"

Birthers vs. Truthers: The Times' Double Standard on Conspiracy Theories

Real estate mogul Donald Trump, acting like a presidential candidate, is garnering attention by latching on to the “birther” issue -- the discredited notion that President Obama was not born in Hawaii but in another country, thus making him ineligible for the presidency. The Times ran a poll April 22 that asked: “Do you think Barack Obama was born in the United States, or was he born in another country?” The Times then broke down the results out for Republicans (but not for independents or Democrats): 45% of Republicans answered Obama was born elsewhere, 33% said he was born in the United States."

Teachers Unions Working Feverishly to Organize Charter Schools - Big Government

DO NOT let the Unions get their hands on the Charters...they are our last stronghold!

One of the things I’ve always liked about charter schools is they aren’t bound by onerous labor agreements that hamper innovation. Traditional public schools get boxed in with union contracts that literally stipulate when a teacher arrives in the morning and when he or she must depart. And that’s just the beginning of union-imposed regulations."

House votes to restrict unions - Boston.com

Both sides are running for their lives up here in good Ol' Mass. It's just a laugh a minute..............

House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly last night to strip police officers, teachers, and other municipal employees of most of their rights to bargain over health care, saying the change would save millions of dollars for financially strapped cities and towns."

Afghan officer opens fire, kills 9 Americans - Yahoo! News

We obsess over a stupid birth certificate...and our soldiers are dying....Did anyone notice???

A veteran Afghan military pilot said to be distressed over his personal finances opened fire at Kabul airport after an argument Wednesday, killing eight U.S. troops and an American civilian contractor.

Those killed were trainers and advisers for the nascent Afghan air force. The shooting was the deadliest attack by a member of the Afghan security forces, or an insurgent impersonating them, on coalition troops or Afghan soldiers or policemen. There have been seven such attacks so far this year."

Libya: Gaddafi's troops rape children as young as eight | Mail Online

But he's a nice guy.......and it's a religion of peace.....

Children as young as eight are being raped in front of their families by Gaddafi's forces in Libya, according to a leading charity.

Aid workers described horrific stories of widespread sexual abuse, including one incident in which a group of girls was abducted and held hostage for four days.

When they were finally released, they were too traumatised to speak.

Other children have described being forced to watch as their fathers were murdered and their mothers raped."

Lawmaker Attempts to Hide From Angry Taxpayers | NBC Connecticut

If you believe in your vote...if you believe in your convictions....why are you hiding? Can't defend it, perhaps? Or I bet it's what is really your motive...you don't have time to defend it, nor feel the need to defend it to the great unwashed masses....

How much are legislators feeling the pressure of voting on a budget that raises taxes during an economic crisis?

Rep. Zeke Zalaski, a Democrat from Southington, has taken the legislative plates off his car because of complaints he gets about taxes when he fills up with gas, he told NBC Connecticut Wednesday."

Bush Takes Lighthearted Jab at ABC: Just Because You Report it, Doesn’t Mean (it’s True) | The Blaze

Amen!!!!!!!!!

Before the birth certificate madness began this morning, there was some other actual news happening. Among that news was a shakeup among the nation’s intelligence heads. So when former President George W. Bush appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” to talk about an upcoming charity bike ride, host George Stephanopoulos decided to ask the president about the shakeup. That’s when this happened:"

Bernanke Admits: Inflation Rising | The Blaze

While he did announce the Federal Reserve will end its second round of quantitative easing on schedule, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke admitted that inflation will rise, which was the fear of those who criticized the program in the first place."

Former CBO Director Calls GOP Budget 'A Very Sensible Approach' | CNSnews.com

Former Congressional Budget Office (CBO) director Doug Holtz-Eakin told CNSNews.com that the House Republicans’ proposed budget for the fiscal year 2012 is “a very sensible approach.”"

PatriotPost.US - Pain at the Gas Pump

Pump prices keep climbing, so what do those mainly responsible for the run-up do? Try to pin it on someone else, of course. In his radio address last Saturday, President Obama bragged that his attorney general had just two days earlier 'launched a task force with just one job: rooting out cases of fraud or manipulation"

Fed likely to quit buying bonds, putting Congress in debt corner - Washington Times

The Federal Reserve likely will make life more difficult for Congress this week by affirming the June end of its controversial $900 billion bond-buying program that has financed a large part of the government’s record $1.6 trillion budget deficit this year."

Giuliani leaving 'door open' to White House run - Washington Times

Oh PLEASE Run! Just make sure you don't hire your last election staff......Lordie where they bad!!!!

Former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani told The Washington Times on Tuesday that he is keeping “the door open” to a 2012 presidential bid, saying he might jump into the race if he believes the other candidates are unelectable.

Mr. Giuliani is slated to speak next month in New Hampshire, where he finished fourth among 2008 Republican presidential candidates in the first-in-the-nation primaries."

Obama Visit To Create Traffic Nightmare

And they would care why? Only folks on the road then are working folks...you know....the Evil Ones.....

President Obama is going to be in New York City for the third time in a month on Wednesday, and this visit could create a real nightmare of an evening commute.

Obama's motorcade could force the closure of the FDR Drive from Wall St. to E. 61st St. from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m."

Continuing Resolution | Conservatives Slam GOP's Short-Term Spending Bill | The Daily Caller

Wouldn't it be a joy if just ONE of these guys showed a pair????

Freshman Sen. Marco Rubio’s statements against short-term spending measures are part of a small, but burgeoning, conservative rebellion against the three-week spending bill introduced Friday by GOP House leaders."

Palin | Couric | The Daily Caller

Gotta love Sarah!

In the wake of yesterday’s announcement that anchor Katie Couric will step down from the CBS Evening News, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ripped the anchor’s mission to be a more versatile storyteller."

BREAKING: White House releases Obama’s birth certificate – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs

Can we NOW start paying attention to REAL problems????

The White House released President Obama's original birth certificate Wednesday.

The surprise release follows recent and sustained remarks by businessman Donald Trump, among others, that raised doubts as to whether the president was born in the United States."

Economic Inequality | Rich Poor Income Gap | Obama Poor Getting Poorer | The Daily Caller

In his mid-April speech on the budget deficit, President Obama echoed conventional wisdom when he cited the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer as a reason to raise taxes on the wealthy in order to reduce the national debt."

Americans Divided Over Ryan vs. Obama Deficit Plans

Divided because they listen to the democratic Talking Points instead of doing their damn homework!

U.S. adults are evenly split in their reactions to the major deficit-reduction plans being debated in Washington. Forty-four percent prefer the Democratic plan proposed by President Barack Obama, while 43% say Republican Rep. Paul Ryan's plan is better."

Gallup: Seniors Most Favorable To Ryan Budget - Hotline On Call

There are a few of us out there that want to insure our grand kids experience the greatness of America as we have.....

A new Gallup/USA Today poll contains a counterintuitive finding: the age group most receptive to House Budget Chair Paul Ryan's plan to deal with the budget - seniors.

The poll finds 48 percent of seniors (those 65 and over) support Ryan's plan over President Obama's plan, while 42 percent back the president."

Radio Talk Show Host Arrested At GOP Town Hall Meeting Radio Talk Show Host Arrested At GOP Town Hall Meeting

FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) – Former radio talk show host Nicole Sandler was arrested Tuesday night after a raucous South Florida GOP town hall meeting.

The meeting, held that the Calvary Chapel on West Crypress Creek Road, got off to a rocky start when a handful of protestors heckled speaker U.S. Rep. Allen West over Medicare and his requirement that questions had to submitted in writing before he would answer them."

Americans See U.S. as Exceptional; 37% Doubt Obama Does

You do wonder about that 18%.....who the hell are you?

Americans widely agree that the United States has a unique character because of its history and Constitution that sets it apart from other nations as the greatest in the world. This view, commonly referred to as 'U.S. exceptionalism,' is shared by at least 73% of Americans in all party groups, including 91% of Republicans."

Is America Exceptional?

"The most important question in American politics today is whether America is an exceptional nation. This is the core question behind every debate we are having about how to solve our country’s most pressing challenges."

Big Gigantic Brother: NY Village Installs 44 Traffic Cameras in Town of 5,000 People | The Blaze

1984 is creeping in under the guise of "security"....funny...it isn't making me sleep any sounder.....

The 3.3-square-mile North Shore enclave of Kings Point is launching a far-reaching surveillance network that can compare the license plate of every car going into the village against federal and state crime databases such as most-wanted lists, stolen vehicle alerts and suspected terrorist files."

Medicare As We've Known It Isn't an Option - WSJ.com

The Democratic Party is urging Americans to choose Medicare as we've always known it rather than a new plan by Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) that would enroll seniors in private health insurance beginning in 2022. This choice is a hoax: Medicare as we've always known it is already gone. It was eviscerated by President Obama's health law. Yet if the president and the Democratic Party successfully bamboozle voters, they may win back independents and registered Democrats who voted for Republicans in 2010. The 2012 election could turn on this falsehood."

The White House Wants a List - WSJ.com

Here's another reason to think the 2012 campaign is underway with a vengeance: If a company wants a federal government contract, from now on it will first have to disclose if the company or its executives gave more than $5,000 in political donations.

This latest federal rule comes courtesy of a new executive order now being drafted in the White House. The order would implement parts of last year's Disclose Act, which failed to pass Congress but was a favorite of Democrats because it would deter political contributions by business after last year's Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court decision. ..."

Why doesn’t Gov want you to have a passport? – Glenn Beck

Consumer Traveler reports that The US Department of State is proposing a series of new forms needed to in order to receive a passport, including a Biographical questionnaire. The questionnaire asks some difficult – even bizarre – questions of the applicant, and Glenn thinks that the difficulty in filling it out accurately should raise some suspicions."

The Embarrassed Superpower - Rich Lowry - National Review Online

When Barack Obama said he’d conduct our affairs with more humility, little did we know he meant he’d humiliate us.

He is allowing a vicious little tin-pot dictator to fight us to a standstill in Libya without bestirring himself to do much of anything about it. His latest initiative is to fly two unmanned drones over Libya to send a signal to Moammar Qaddafi about our seriousness. He must have thought sending three unmanned drones — strong letter to follow — would have been unduly harsh."

Obama’s Trump Card - Thomas Sowell - National Review Online

Once again, Thomas is a master with words....

The boomlet for Donald Trump as a Republican nominee for president of the United States ought to be a wake-up call for Republican candidates and Republican party leaders alike.

Why has Trump surged ahead of other Republican candidates and potential candidates in the polls? It is not likely that his resurrection of the issue of Barack Obama’s birth certificate has aroused all this support."

Atlas Endures - HUMAN EVENTS

Some of the dialogue in this movie was ripped from today’s headlines… and by “today” I mean last Friday, months after filming was completed. If you know the story of Obama’s National Labor Relations Board, and how it’s using government power to force Boeing back into the waiting arms of Washington State unions instead of opening a plant in South Carolina, there are passages in Atlas Shrugged that will make your hair stand on end."

Koran-Burning Pastor Jailed for Thoughtcrime - HUMAN EVENTS

The Brits have already lost England....are we going to lose too.....

On Good Friday in Dearborn, Mich., the notorious Koran-burning pastor Terry Jones was jailed and fined for the crime of refusing to pay a so-called “peace bond” to cover the costs of extra police protection for Jones’ planned demonstration outside the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn. Judge Mark Somers also ordered Jones to stay away from the massive Dearborn mosque for three years.

This is a restriction on the freedom of speech and the freedom of expression that Islamic supremacists are certainly going to try to use in the future to press for even more."

Congressional Inquiry Reveals ObamaCare's Billion Dollar Give Away to AARP - HUMAN EVENTS

Exactly why nobody in our household will never belong.....ever....

Forget the Cornhusker Kickback. Thanks to a House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Investigation, we finally know why AARP worked so hard to get ObamaCare passed. Congressman Charles Boustany (R-La), a real life MD, released the findings of a nearly year-long investigation that revealed how AARP stands to make nearly $1 billion over the next 10 years if ObamaCare remains in affect."

The Last Gun Maker, Here's Your Future America - HUMAN EVENTS

Atlas is Shrugging again..and again

Imagine yourself CEO of Ford Motor Company; you start getting reports from the field that each time your new Taurus Sedan brakes hard while making a sharp right hand turn the driver's side air bag deploys, and on four occasions so far, has gone on to cause an accident."

A Tale of Three Budget Plans (or: A Picture Is Worth A Trillion Words) | FreedomWorks

Sometimes, a picture is worth a trillion words.

This chart from the 4/21 Wall Street Journal puts the budget battle in perspective."

The Coldsteel Caucus Report - Another lesson in Liberal "Civility"...

About a week ago, I had another lesson in liberal civility.

I was pulling into the parking lot of a burger-joint when an agitated young man drove up next to me. He rolled down his window, as I did. I thought I might have cut him off in traffic and prepared to apologize.



The first words out of his mouth were: “Are you a retard?” This is known as a rhetorical question. I was tempted to answer, “No, but I am still beating my wife.”"

Raise the Roof: Jacking Up the Debt Ceiling Is Ghetto Fabulous | NewsReal Blog

We’ve all known people who just couldn’t handle money. It slips right through their fingers. They’re not just living check-to-check, but check-to-scheme. They’re always in debt, and always in crisis. They constantly need another loan to cover the last. They play silly little tricks, like cashing a check with insufficient funds, gambling that it won’t bounce before they can make a deposit. It’s a way of life where, no matter how much money they have at any given time, they are predisposed toward broke."

The Last Days of Ethanol? | FrontPage Magazine

Public Policy Insanity....AMEN.........

A prosaic commodity—corn—is making strange political bedfellows. But their stance makes infinite sense.

They oppose heavily subsidized ethanol, made from corn. Opposition comes from such diverse advocacy groups as the Democrat-aligned activist organization MoveOn.org to the Tea Party-aligned FreedomWorks. Other opponents ranging across the ideological spectrum include the American Bankers Association, the Sierra Club and the libertarian Competitive Enterprise Institute."

Clyburn says compassion necessary in deficit talks - Yahoo! News

Cutting the debt has nothing to do with "compassion". It's this false compassion that got us here. What are they saying...that only 45% of Americans are now employed? And we 45% have to carry ALL the others on our back - according to our Fearless Leaders. I have never not reached out to help someone in need. I have had people reach out for me when I have needed it. Pay it forward has always been the underlying current in the USA. However....making someone incapable of helping themselves isn't compassion....it's slavery.

The No. 3 Democrat in the House says he believes Congress and the White House can find a consensus on tackling the nation's growing indebtedness as long as 'a lot of compassion' is brought to table.

But Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina tells MSNBC that government safety-net programs like Medicare and Medicaid must not 'be shredded.'"

Punishing the Wealthy in Obama’s World | FrontPage Magazine

There are two words I have come to hate...."Fair Share". Who's fair share? Who decides? I work about 12 hours a day....
So, just try to pry that big ol' empty paycheck out of my hands....I'll decided where I spend what little we can pay! I'LL DECIDE - BECAUSE IN THE WORDS OF HANK REARDON IN ATLAS SHRUGGED...."It's MINE"!!!!

President Obama’s recent deficit speech defied logic, tortured statistics, and targeted political enemies. It also did Americans a service by revealing the underlying animus the President has for those who achieve monetary success in America."

Gallup: Majority of Human Race Does Not See Global Warming as Serious Threat | CNSnews.com

Would someone PLEASE send this to the damn EPA before they destroy what's left of America????

Most of the human race does not see global warming as a serious threat, according to a Gallup poll released last week that surveyed individuals in 111 countries."

Where Did All the Anti-War Protestors Go? - John Stossel

And he's surprised by the "Anti-War" hypocrisy ( both by attendees and the media ) why???

The anti-war movement was all over the news before President Obama was elected. But apparently they weren’t really anti-war ... they were just anti-President Bush. Two college professors just released a study of national protests between 2007 and 2009. What did they find?"

Brussels' Fear of the True Finns: Rise of Populist Parties�Pushes Europe to the Right - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International

Tea Party growing in Europe!!! WELCOME!!!!!!!!!!

It is the morning after an election that brought what the papers have called a 'revolution' to Finland. Almost one in five voters voted for Soini's party on Sunday, April 17, and now it looks like it is about to become part of the new government. A political earthquake is happening in Helsinki, one that could have reverberations throughout Europe."

Boeing lives by big government, dies by big government | Timothy P. Carney | Politics | Washington Examiner

Boeing is not free to make its jets at the factory of its choosing, according to the National Labor Relations Board -- it must make them in Washington state, using union labor.

This extraordinary abridgement of economic freedom might suggest an anti-Boeing vendetta from President Obama, except that this administration's Export-Import Bank has subsidized Boeing with nearly $15 billion in loan guarantees in the past two years -- roughly three-quarters of all of Ex-Im's guarantees during that time."

Obama a quick study on creating commissions | Hayley Peterson | Politics | Washington Examiner

As a candidate for president, Barack Obama called study commissions created by politicians 'Washington-speak for we'll get back to you later.'

He mocked his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain, for suggesting a commission study the Wall Street meltdown, saying, 'We don't need a commission to tell us how we got into this mess, we need a president who will lead us out of this mess, and that's the kind of president I intend to be.'"

What? No Easter Greeting? | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier

Just when I thought the current team running the White House might have used up all its allotted mistakes comes word that President Obama failed to issue either either an Easter or a Good Friday greeting to the nation.

Now, let’s forget for a moment that these greetings, which presidents issue on many holidays and commemorations of events, are largely perfunctory and symbolic gestures that nobody cares about.

Until there’s a problem with them."

IMF bombshell: Age of America nears end Brett Arends' ROI - MarketWatch

Knock...knock...knock.....is ANYONE listening????

For the first time, the international organization has set a date for the moment when the “Age of America” will end and the U.S. economy will be overtaken by that of China."

Revolutionary Socialist Group Planning to Recruit Children in JR High School to Join and Become Leaders in the Movement | The Blaze

Don't go to sleep at the switch...and don't ignore because it's High School....WATCH the school curriculum's carefully! YOU are the Parents...not THEM!

Revolutionary Socialist Group Planning to Recruit Children in JR High School to Join and Become Leaders in the Movement"

Town Council Tells UK Grandmother — Your Weeds Are Too Dirty for Trash Collection | The Blaze

Green Lunatics running the Asylum. And that Asylum will soon include us ALL if we do nothing.....

After giving her garden a good spring clean with the help of her grandson, Kay McIntyre dutifully tossed the uprooted weeds into the green waste bin.

But the 74-year-old was amazed when binmen refused to collect it – because they claimed the plants had too much mud stuck to their roots.

When she complained, Mrs McIntyre did not receive an apology but was instead visited by a ‘community recycling officer’, who was sent to sift through her wheelie-bin and examine just how dirty its contents were."

‘We Know Who You Are!’: Some Damn Good Reasons to Lock Your Home Wi-Fi Network | The Blaze

Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of “pedophile!“ and ”pornographer!” stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn’t need long to figure out the reason for the early morning wake-up call from a swarm of federal agents.

That new wireless router. He’d gotten fed up trying to set a password. Someone must have used his Internet connection, he thought."

YouTube - Atlas Is Shrugging

OUTSTANDING Video of the realtity of Atlas Shrugged - it's happening TODAY!!!!!!!!

"Atlas Is Shrugging"

The Blaze - Atlas Shrugged

As Mike Opelka points out, the early interest in Atlas Shrugged has been strong—particularly when you factor in the lack of a gigantic marketing campaign to support it. The only issue so far has been finding it in a theater near you, considering that it debuted in only 299 theaters. A big budget release is typically in 3,000 theaters."

The Huckabee Lie | The Blaze

Ok, so now let’s look at one simple aspect of this story: whether or not the Governor is being honest. Here is the fact pattern:"

American Thinker: Obama Versus the Constitution

The genius of the Constitution is not some person, time, or place. It is a very improbable conjunction of all three. Jefferson and Madison were not the only ones to fear the abuse of power. That idea goes back to the Epic of Gilgamesh. Every family with an alcoholic father or a tyrannical grandmother knows it. In England John Locke and Edmund Burke feared tyranny as much as the American founders, but they never had a chance to build the foundations of a new, independent, great power."

American Thinker: The Politics of Envy

During the next 18 months, we can look for liberals to pull out all the stops on their hate campaign. The target is 'the rich.'

To generate hate, liberals will use an old device: envy.

Those who have not been as successful will be urged to hate the people who have worked hard to get an education, get a job, and master the job skills that get them promotion and raises. They have saved their earnings and provided for their retirement."

Don't Like a Weak Dollar? Might as Well Get Used to It - CNBC

Weakness in the US dollar, which is causing everything to go up—including gas prices, food and stocks—is unlikely to go away soon as a selling frenzy hits the currency market."

Wash. considers annual flat fee for electric cars - Yahoo! News

Drivers of electric cars may have left the gas pump behind, but there's one expense they may not be able to shake: paying to maintain the roads.

After years of urging residents to buy fuel-efficient cars and giving them tax breaks to do it, Washington state lawmakers are considering a measure to charge them a $100 annual fee — what would be the nation's first electric car fee."