A Sign of Sanity Amid the Budget Banter - Alexander's Essays - PatriotPost.US

'I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution ... taking from the federal government their power of borrowing.' --Thomas Jefferson (Letter of November 26th, 1798)"

Charles Krauthammer - Bachmann Migraines - Kennedy - FDR

After The Daily Caller reported that presidential hopeful Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann suffers from “incapacitating” migraines, some observers and political analysts have questioned her fitness to serve in the Oval Office.

Charles Krauthammer, however, says that based on historical precedent, this is much ado about nothing."

Entire Apple stores being faked in China - Yahoo! Finance

Kinda like the Democratic Party....when you haven't anything of innovative value to offer.....fake it!

At first, it looks like a sleek Apple store. Sales assistants in blue T-shirts with the company's logo chat to customers. Signs advertising the iPad 2 hang from the white walls. Outside, the famous logo sits next to the words 'Apple Store.'

And that's the clue it's fake."

Lawyer: Cop scanner ‘crosses line’ - BostonHerald.com

This IS what happens when you elect the kind of Officials Massachusetts does...and now the Nation has. You get what you voted for....or rather....what your lazy ass wouldn't get out of bed to cast a vote for. Complain all you want....how many of you haven't voted? Hummmmmmmmmmmm?

“What kind of a society are we creating here?” asked civil rights lawyer Harvey Silverglate, who along with the ACLU fears police abuse. “There comes a point where the surveillance is so pervasive and total that it’s a misnomer to call a society free any longer.”"

DHS Video Characterizes White Americans as Most Likely Terrorists Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

A new promotional video released by the Department of Homeland Security characterizes white middle class Americans as the most likely terrorists, as Big Sis continues its relentless drive to cement the myth that mad bombers are hiding around every corner, when in reality Americans are just as likely to be killed by lightning strikes or peanut allergies."

Jobless Claims: Unemployment Benefits Rise as Job Growth Falters - CNBC

More hope and change.............

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, a government report showed on Thursday, pointing to a labor market that is struggling to regain momentum after job growth faltered in the last two months."

Romney, the job creator? Hardly. | Boston Business Journal

An analysis published Wednesday by Bloomberg News calls into question the job-creation component of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign stump speech. Romney frequently touts his experience as a founder and managing partner at the Boston-based private equity shop, Bain CapitalbizWatch LLC."

Patrick backs in-state college tuition for illegal immigrants - The Boston Globe

Surprise visit??!!! Who is kidding who....Deval is so left leaning he almost makes Obama look conservative! Lets just give away the store! What the heck...it's only tax payer money. The same STUPID taxpayers who re-elected this clown!

Governor Deval Patrick, just weeks after defying federal immigration officials over their controversial Secure Communities program, unexpectedly appeared at a packed State House hearing yesterday to urge lawmakers to let illegal immigrants pay the reduced resident rate at state colleges and universities."

Anti-Obesity Programs Fail - Obesity Statistics

According to Munro, the "Healthy Food Financing Initiative" has cost $35 million, and the White House wants $330 million for next year. If a government program isn't working, that only means we haven't flushed enough taxpayer dollars down the toilet.

The decades-long federal campaign against obesity has achieved a perfect record of failure.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday the nation’s least-fat state, Colorado, has joined the other 49 states with an obesity rate of at least 20 percent.

Washington’s response to its decades of failures with anti-obesity programs is the creation of another program campaign."

Democratic Congresswomen - Allen West - Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Good luck with that...he is one of the FEW in Office with a pair...to be less than poetic. He buckles...and the world will spin off it's access................and talk about a Hypocrisy Howler - look who's asking for an apology -HA!.....

Five Democratic women are calling on Florida Republican Rep. Allen West to apologize for comments he made in an email to Florida Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

In the email, West called the congresswoman “the most vile, unprofessional and despicable member of the U.S. House of Representatives.”"

Bachmann Letter | House Attending Physician | Migraines | The Daily Caller

It may be noteworthy to say she has now released more private medical information than Barack Obama has.........

Minnesota Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann released a letter Wednesday from the House Attending Physician’s office, confirming that Bachmann suffers “infrequently” from migraines “with aura,” and that she can control them “well” with the use of sumatriptan and odansetron, two “commonly used therapies” to treat the chronic headaches."

The 70-Million-Check Constituency - That's our money funding them!

The actual figure is more like 72 Million.....
And I run a small business....work anywhere from 50 to 80 hours a week - haven't taken a paycheck weekly in YEARS, and get told to pay MY fair share.
Yet, they wonder where the Tea Party came from.....DUH!

I have bad news for conservatives who think Obama is leading the nation down the path to socialism: the barn door is open and the cows are long gone. Obama is not leading the nation to socialism; we are a socialist nation and have been for some time. Conservatives who think Obama is a Marxist and an anti-capitalist radical are surely correct, but what is also surely correct is that he represents an actual constituency of tens of millions who care about nothing other than the fact that the government check is in the mail. This is a serious problem for conservative Republicans and Tea Partiers seeking to cut the federal budget and restore fiscal sanity."

Sustainable Health: Are You Ready to Be Forced into Health Prevention

Another "Nanny State" Executive Order taking over our PRIVATE lives in ways that are so invasive, it amazes me.
I bet NOBODY noticed...I know I didn't.
I'd read about this but knew not of it's passage.
Imagine, if you will...GWB issuing all these Executive Orders".....I can hear the howling now. With Obama....I can only hear crickets chirping. Next, we'll be bowing to the Throne..

I was greeted today at the doctor’s office by a full waiting room, reminiscent of communist polyclinics. It was almost three hours before I saw the doctor for less than five minutes. He was unfocused and hurried.

Six months ago, the wait was fifteen minutes and the doctor was relaxed and had plenty of time to spend with his patients. I asked him why such a long wait and hurry. He rolled his eyes and said, “New Obama care regulations and compliance.”

On June 10, 2010, the President signed an Executive Order creating the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council."

Harkin’s Angry Rant: Tea Party ‘Cult Fringe’; GOP ‘Dead-Beat Debtors’

Do you ever get worn out rolling out these tired old Saws? Do you not have ANYTHING new to throw at us? Have you ANYTHING at all to offer?.....I think we already answered that....and Tom obviously missed that pesky Civil Discourse memo...seems about 99.5% of the Left missed the darn thing!

Harkin’s Angry Rant: Tea Party ‘Cult Fringe’; GOP ‘Dead-Beat Debtors’"

9/11 Fire Truck Lowered into Ground Zero Site Memorial

NEVER FORGET.....Because TOO MANY already have.....

A fire truck that rushed to the aid of victims on 9/11 returned to the World Trade Center site Wednesday as it was lowered like a huge flag-draped coffin into exhibition space for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

The truck was from the city fire department’s Ladder Company 3, which helped civilians escape from the trade center’s north tower on Sept. 11, 2001. The vehicle had sped to the twin towers from its firehouse in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood with 11 firefighters aboard – all of whom died when the towers collapsed."

The Desperation of Media Matters

According to its website, Media Matters for America, the George Soros-funded left wing hit squad, is a “progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.” The very premise is somewhat laughable – there is far more liberal misinformation in the U.S. media than conservative misinformation. But let’s take their “about us” at face value and assume that yes, indeed, their sole goal is to fight conservative propaganda.

There’s only one problem.

They violate their 501(c)3 charitable exemption on a daily basis."

Glenn Beck Stirs Crowd at Christians United For Israel

First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out--
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the communists
and I did not speak out--
because I was not a communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out--
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me--
and there was no one left to speak out for me

Receiving rousing ovations and thunderous applause, former Fox News television personality Glenn Beck told an audience of over 5,000 gathered at the Christians United for Israel (CUFI) national summit in Washington that if the pernicious trends in global anti-Semitism culminate in another genocide, “then count me as a Jew, and come for me first.” Mr. Beck delivered these remarks as part of his keynote address at the “Night to Honor Israel” gala banquet at CUFI’s sixth annual convocation on Tuesday evening, July 19th."

Sheila Jackson Lee: The Race Card Hits Its Debt Limit

The one thing that the Federal budget and the race card have in common is that neither one has any spending limit. And suggesting any spending limit is racist. But what unlimited spending really translates to is unlimited power. And unlimited privilege."

When The Boys In Leadership Flee, Will The Freedom Fighters in the House Hold the Line? | RedState

Will the "Leadership" hold? And trust me when I say I use the word "Leadership" carefully. John Boehner says they will...."will they"...?...
Do they possess the "Will"? I just don't know anymore.
The fact the next vote is taking place on Saturday worries me because it's out of the News Cycle....which means nasty things can happen when everyone is at the beach.
Remember Obamacare?
I called my Senators to Cut, Cap & Balance JUST like my business has had to....did you?
This isn't a spectator sport. You want a hand in the game - call the coach - send in the plays....WE hold the power!

When the boys in leadership run off the battlefield, will the freedom fighters in the House hold the line?

We’ve seen this before. The House leaders rallied the troops to vote for Paul Ryan’s plan and then ran from it as far as possible. Heck, they even sent Paul Ryan into the witness protection program during the debt ceiling fight.

You House guys were getting shot up and leadership was hiding or trying to cut deals behind your back. That’s apparently the nature of Republican Leadership."

MSNBC To GOP Congressman: "Do You Have A Degree In Economics?" | RealClearPolitics

Two Points for Gryffindor!

MSNBC's Contessa Brewer, you may remember just yesterday said the attack on Rupert Murdoch at a hearing encapsulated what the British were feeling.

Today, Contessa 'educated' a conservative Representative that if Congress does not raise the debt raising, the country would be 'reverting into a depression.' Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) said he disagreed which prompted the MSNBC host to ask him if he had a degree in economics.

'Yes ma'am, I do. Highest honors,' Rep. Brooks responded."

Chronicle - Editorial Exegesis - PatriotPost.US

On Friday the previously press conference-averse president had his third news conference in two weeks to once again make his pitch for a 'big package' to close the federal deficit, to which he has already managed to add $4 trillion. His solution remains what it has always been -- taxes. But then you knew that. Or did you?"

Parallels with Potter something to think about for Boston fans!

This is for my Boston & Harry Potter friends!

Confession time. I’m sure those of you who’ve read my column before, heard me on WEEI and watched the Fanthropology videos I’ve done for this site just naturally assume I’m about the most suave, sophisticated guy in Boston. I have no doubt that you look at the picture that goes with this article and assume my life is all fashion models loosening my tuxedo tie while they rub my shoulders and fetch me another vodka martini. Well, you’re only partially correct."

Tax Cut Fraud

When GHWB Caved after saying "No new taxes"....he thought he was doing the "right thing"....this is what happens when you deal with the devil....

You remember what happened: Not only did the $274 billion promised spending cuts never materialize, but also all the $137 billion in tax hikes slid through the Congress. The top marginal rate went from 28 percent to 31 percent."

Obama’s Muslim Outreach: Epic Fail

When Barack Obama took over the Oval Office from George W. Bush in 2009, he was riding the crest of a tidal wave of gullibility among his supporters, who believed him to be the Chosen One bringing salvation and deliverance from the wasteland of the Bush years. In their fevered imagination, the inept, moronic, old-fashioned cowboy Bush had disastrously bungled his terms in office and caused the world to hate us. Now the multicultural, transnational, post-American demigod Obama had arrived, a deus ex machina from the heavens, offering hope and change to all. He was going to get the world to like us, really like us again"

The President’s Spending Cut Prediction was Only Off by 4,000 Billion Dollars.

Very, very nice and ADULT!

Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina’s 5th district, had strong words today for House Democrats demagoguing the Cut, Cap & Balance proposal from Republicans. Mulvaney correctly categorizes the Democrat’s own proposal as Duck, Dodge & Dismantle.

Sit back and enjoy some awesome schooling from one of the authors of Cut, Cap & Balance."

Now House Republicans Must Fight The Gang of 6′s Gangrene Plan

Well said...now HOLD the freaking line!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What’s going to happen now is the Senate will tell the House that its plan cannot pass. House Republicans must now continue to hold the freaking line. They must not waiver. They must understand that now that their plan is passed and that it allows the debt ceiling to be raised, the House GOP’s hand strengthens every day closer to August 2nd. And if this debacle goes past August 2nd, the House GOP is in charge as long as it holds the freaking line."

2012: The End of the World As We Know It

Freedom of speech, and of the press, and of peaceable assembly remains in America. The party-controlled media cannot prevent us from recognizing the harsh reality of Obama's failed Presidency. Even the Communist Party-controlled media in totalitarian states could not prevent the people from seeing the truth and rising up to force an historic change of course."

LBJ and the Destruction of American Currency

If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency ... the banks ... will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered[.] I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies[.]"

A Beginner’s Guide to the Debt Ceiling Debate

The Talmud says: “One should not extravagantly distribute more than one fifth of one’s income to charity.” Are the sages saying there’s a ceiling cap on giving charity? Yes they are, because if everyone were to give too much away there would be too many mouths to feed.

If you have been getting information from the mainstream media you may think tea partiers are forcing Republicans in Congress to; cut the budget so much people will be forced to push grandma’s wheelchair off a cliff or, are trying force the country into default guaranteeing Obama won’t be reelected.

Not true! It’s all about not having too many mouths to feed."

Syrian Tribal Leader Threatens to ‘Barbecue’ U.S. Ambassador ‘With or Without Salt’

But they are a people of "peace"...or should I say here...piece?

Ahmad Al-Shlash, a tribal leader in Syria, gave an interview to the Arabic language channel Al-Dunya TV in which he, along with his “cousins,” reportedly called for the U.S. Ambassador to Syria, Robert Stephen Ford, to be cooked and eaten like “American mutton,“ either ”with salt or without salt.”"

Bachmann Camp Accused of Shoving ABC News Reporter in South Carolina

I like Bachmann alot...she's not my choice....yet...
However the fierceness of the Left attack machine in their unrelenting assaults on her makes me pause and wonder....are they that scared of her? And if they are.....she seems far more interesting now....

ABC News says a reporter trying to question GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was pushed and shoved by members of her camp after a campaign event in South Carolina.

Network news senior vice president Jeffrey Schneider said reporter Brian Ross was shoved Tuesday as security tried to block him from the Minnesota congresswoman while he asked whether she had to miss votes because of migraines. Schneider said Ross has been a victim of worse violence but added no reporter should be roughed up pursuing a story."

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Attacks Allen West On Floor; West Responds

Allen West.....he gets it...a man with a set, shall we say! How's this for a dream ticket....Chris Christie and Allen West....my heart be still!!!!!!

"Look, Debbie, I understand that after I departed the House floor you directed your floor speech comments directly towards me. Let me make myself perfectly clear, you want a personal fight, I am happy to oblige. You are the most vile, unprofessional ,and despicable member of the US House of Representatives. If you have something to say to me, stop being a coward and say it to my face, otherwise, shut the heck up. Focus on your own congressional district!"

Ron Paul: "We Will Default Because The Debt Is Unsustainable"

Don't always agree with this man, however the last sentence says it all - We'll send out the Social Security checks...but they won't buy anything...

'If we don’t understand this, this default will not be because we don't send out the checks. We will send out the checks. It will be defaulted on because people will get their money back, or they will get their Social Security checks and it won't buy anything.'"

Two never-finished Navy ships head to scrap heap

They are the two ships no one wanted, almost constantly embroiled in one dispute or another for the past 25 years. The two Navy behemoths have never gone on a mission, were never even completed, yet they cost taxpayers at least $300 million.

Now the vessels, the Benjamin Isherwood and the Henry Eckford, are destined to leave Virginia waters for good and be scrapped at a Texas salvage yard, with no money coming back to the U.S. Treasury."

Hmm: Chris Christie Headed to Iowa | The Weekly Standard

Oh Please Oh Please Oh Please!!!!!!!!!

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will be in Iowa, and will be a special guest at a fundraiser honoring Congressman King. Iowa businessmen Denny Elwell and Bruce Rastetter are the co-hosts for the event, and the event will take place at Mr. Elwell's home in West Des Moines.

Could be nothing, could ultimately be the start of the GOP's eventual salvation."

Debt Limit - Yup - Looks like more of the same....

Since the Spring, Washington has been abuzz with debt limit deadlines and rumored deals. But instead of actually solving our spending-induced debt crisis, Washington is delivering more of the same: secretive deals, gimmicks, and tax increases.

Do you want more of the same?"

Senate group offers $3.75 trillion deficit cuts | Reuters

Budget Plan, ey? Seems to have a small item - 1.2 trillion in "Revenues". Now...I'm one of the great unwashed....I'm not "smart enough" to understand all this BIG stuff....which is why I sooooooooooooo darn glad we elected these MORONS to RAISE TAXES!
Revenue = TAXES! Just what the economy needs....and I'll BET most are on the "Rich" who aren't going to pay them anyway and Small Business!

Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, one of the six Democratic and Republican senators who have been working since December on a deficit-reduction plan, said the proposed $3.75 trillion in savings over 10 years contains $1.2 trillion in new revenues."

'Bullet Tax' Proposed By Mayoral Candidate - Baltimore News Story - WBAL Baltimore

Head explosion time...does he REALLY believe the "bad Guys" are legally purchasing their bullets....REALLY????

A mayoral candidate's plan to reduce violence in Baltimore includes a 'bullet tax' that he said will increase the cost of committing a crime.

Otis Rolley said he would, if elected, propose a $1 per bullet tax on all bullet purchases in the city."

Mark Steyn | GOP Anger | Debt Ceiling Debate

His explanation was quite good! I agree entirely. I just have this gut feeling we are going to fall like a house of cards....again, and again...and again.....

Is the Republican Party missing the point of these debt ceiling negotiations — that is, have they allowed the Democratic Party to define what the debate is really about, which is to increase the debt ceiling to expand the role government?

Columnist Mark Steyn says the answer is yes. Filling in as the guest host on Rush Limbaugh’s Monday show, Steyn explained the debt ceiling is not just a mechanism for allowing government to survive, but one that will allow it to continue to grow."

Balanced Budget Amendment: Lessons from History | The Heritage Foundation

A proposed balanced budget amendment (BBA) to the Constitution is set to be considered by Congress this July—the first such vote since 1997.

The BBA is a powerful proposal that attracts great vitriol from the American Left, which recognizes it as an enormous threat to its big-government ways—perhaps the greatest threat. For that reason, the history of Congress’s work on a BBA is full of frustrations, high-profile defections, reversals, and betrayals."

Nevada GOPALIN License Plate Ruled ‘Vulgar’ - however, GOOBAMA was approved!

A Nevada man is suing the DMV after his request for a vanity plate reading “GOPALIN” was allegedly denied. The DMV reportedly denies personalized license plate requests expressing what it considers to be “contempt, ridicule or superiority of … political affiliation“ and deemed GOPALIN as either ”vulgar“ or ”inappropriate.” Meanwhile, James Linlor, the man suing, claims that when he later requested a “GO OBAMA” license plate the DMV happily obliged. The Douglas County resident reportedly filed his complaint July 15 in U.S. District Court in Nevada."

Glenn shreds Obama’s tax hike policy – Glenn Beck

The talks on raising the debt ceiling have stalled as President Obama continues to call for increased taxes on the wealthy – a policy the GOP has refused to agree to – in order to reduce the deficit.

“I have recommended that we don’t play around with the debt ceiling, but I think that’s exactly what is happening now. The debt ceiling is being played around, and I want you to think of this logically with me. And if I’m wrong, please explain how because I can’t find anybody that will show me how this is wrong,” Glenn said.

What games are being played? How about the President insisting that tax hikes are needed in order to start cutting the deficit."

Spend It Like Bush - Bush and Obama compared!

What if, over the next decade, the federal government spends as irresponsibly as President George W. Bush did?

Compare two things: the 2012-2021 federal budget as proposed by President Obama in February (and as scored by the Congressional Budget Office in April), and the actual average spending level from 2001 through 2008 as a fraction of Gross Domestic Product. We'll keep the CBO's predictions of revenues and GDP untouched so that only spending differences are compared."

If You Support Mitch McConnell, We Don’t Support You | RedState

I am instituting a new policy here at RedState. In the future, as we support candidates for the U.S. Senate in Republican Primaries, we will not support any candidate who goes on the record supporting Mitch McConnell as Senate Republican Leader.

That does not preclude them from voting for McConnell once they get there if there are no better options. But when looking to endorse candidates, those who express a willingness to support someone else first will certainly be given more attention.

Why?"

Now We See It All. Mitch McConnell’s Pontius Pilate Act Is Cover for Tax Increases | RedState

Well, well, well. As Monday’s news cycle gets into full gear, we’re starting to see exactly what Mitch McConnell, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi are cooking up for the American public — pretend spending cuts and very real tax increases.

It is like the GOP learned nothing from No Child Left Behind. In NCLB, the GOP let liberals like Teddy Kennedy write the legislation and when the legislation’s very foreseeable outcomes appeared, the GOP got the blame for the disaster the law wrought on the public school system."

What the Debt Limit Battle Is All About - HUMAN EVENTS

It's hard to keep up with all the arguments and proposals in the debt limit struggle. But what's at stake is fundamental.

The bedrock issue is whether we should have a larger and more expensive federal government. Over many years, federal spending has averaged about 20 percent of gross domestic product.

The Obama Democrats have raised that to 24 or 25 percent. And the president's budget projects that that percentage will stay the same or increase far into the future."

SEIU Intimidation Manual | Breaking news and opinion on The Blaze

What a country ey? Unions are just there for the "Little Guy".....Right....

According to Vincent Vernuccio in the Washington Times, it’s over 70 pages and details how “outside pressure can involve jeopardizing relationships between the employer and lenders, investors, stockholders, customers, clients, patients, tenants, politicians, or others on whom the employer depends for funds.”"

Brief for Monday, July 18, 2011 - PatriotPost.US

'The country is on a high-speed bullet train to bankruptcy (the only kind of bullets liberals approve of), and the Democrats' motto is: Spend! Spend! Spend! Democrats are at an advantage in the 'should the U.S. go bankrupt or not?' debate because, based on their economic policies so far, they obviously favor bankruptcy."

ObamaCare Forcing Americans Out of Their Health Plans - HUMAN EVENTS

Health care rationing could be the end result of ObamaCare, as smaller insurers are forced out of the market and as employers race for the exits amid rising costs stemming from the law.

“A lot of people are saying it’s cheaper to pay the penalty for not offering health insurance and to force their employees to go find their health insurance in the marketplace,” said Tennessee GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander. “The insurance in the marketplace is going to be more expensive than the insurance they have from their employer now because of the requirements of the ObamaCare law."

The Expanding Catalogue of Obamacare Fables - HUMAN EVENTS

Is there a health insurance horror story disseminated by the White House and its allies that ever turned out to be true? Obamacare advocates have exercised more artistic license than a convention of Photoshoppers. Now, a prominent sob story shilled by President Obama himself about his own mother is in doubt. It's high past time to call their bluffs."

Obama Eyes Medicare Part D

Another reason the prescription drug program gets under Obama’s thin skin is that it was George W. Bush’s idea and was enacted in 2003 under the Bush administration. It is so irritating to lefties because it “is providing unprecedented access and cost savings on medicines to over 29 million Medicare beneficiaries,” according to a July 2011 analysis by the Battelle Memorial Institute. Battelle is the largest international research and development organization. It is based in Cincinnati."

No Transparency on Debt Ceiling Debate

For concerned Americans, one of the more infuriating aspects of the current debt ceiling negotiations is the fact that they are filtered through the media lens prior to being made public. Considering the overall slant of the mainstream media, it thus becomes possible to portray Republicans, far more than Democrats, as the intransigent party to these negotiations. Are they? There is certainly an easy way to find out. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) has proposed an obvious solution. ”We might as well stake it out publicly to see what the disagreements are,” said Sessions in an interview with The Hill on June 24th. Mr. Sessions is absolutely right. It’s time to broadcast the debt ceiling talks on C-SPAN and allow the public to see what’s really going on."

A Jew Thanks Glenn Beck

Let me say this: I stand with Glenn Beck, and against these Jews.

Glenn Beck is a friend of Israel. He is a friend of the Jewish people. And anyone who argues otherwise is either lying or ignorant."

Is Rudy Running?

My thinking is that I still have time to decide. So I’m going to take it…the race is developing very slowly, compared to, maybe not necessarily historical races, but compared to 2007, which is what I’m used to,” Giuliani said. “My focus when I sit down to decide will be, do I think any of the people running, or a few of them, have a good chance of beating President Obama or not?”"

Who Owns the Deficit?

Obama, Pelosi, and Reid are like the three little monkeys who pretend to see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil. Democrats have largely controlled Washington since 2006, when they took control of Congress, but they have sat there as the national debt has risen from $10 trillion, as it was near the end of the Bush presidency, to $14.5 trillion, as it is today. They have doubled spending, quadrupled the deficit, and raised the national debt by 45%. Now they refuse to cut spending and accuse Republicans of causing the budget crisis with the GOP demand for lower spending."

President Demands 'Massive, Job-killing Tax Increases' and Dares Republicans to Call His Bluff

There are so many road blocks and job killing fees, taxes and regulations ALREADY in place, I can't even imagine what else could come our way. And this President and/or his Administration doesn't even seem to care?!

This was the kind of week where any self-respecting 2008 Obama supporter who had not yet yanked off his Obama-Biden Bumper sticker should have been in his garage scraping off that old Hope and Change.

It began on Monday when he insisted on a 'grand bargain' that would include , in his words, 'massive , job-killing tax increases.' It was the first honest explanation of his economic plan but surely it was no surprise that his opponents found it an unappealing course of action."

Secretary Sebelius Has No Idea What Premium Support Is-and She Should - Big Government

That is, if she wants to be critical of Paul Ryan’s plan. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was quick to say that seniors would “die sooner” under the Ryan Medicare plan, but did she even read it and furthermore does she even understand it?

One would think that she would understand “premium support” as she’s a former insurance commissioner. Kaiser Health News reviews premium support and its history (emphasis mine):"

Strong Opening for “The Undefeated,” With Multiple Sold-out Runs

Great news from Victory Film Group regarding the opening of “The Undefeated”! As you read the press release there’s something you will notice, that being, the success of this film did not rely on traditional media but it relied on people like YOU! Keep spreading the word about “The Undefeated”. Theater and ticket information here."

‘Harry Potter 8′ Review: Epic Finale

Yup - need a break away from the insanity of Washington! I saw Harry 7 at Midnight and had a BLAST! Kids dressed in wonderful-imaginative costumes, wand battles in hallways...One Eye Moody darn near knocking folks waiting for popcorn over as he tromped through the lobby. I'm in my fifties...and I had a much fun as the kids. Thank you JK for writing a novel series I could share with my nieces, nephew and Grand kids. I've watched our friends kids grow up watching opening nights together. Most were little when this started - most drove their own cars to the final opening....The movie was...in the words of Harry - Brilliant!

After seven books, eight movies, and millions of satisfied fans, the long battle between Harry Potter and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has finally ended. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” is the last installment in the “Harry Potter” film series that has entertained readers and viewers alike for over a decade. Fortunately, this spectacular conclusion exceeds expectations and ends the story on a high note, fulfilling the promise of this magical world."

Rubio: ‘Where is the President’s Plan?’

“OK, so where’s the plan? Where’s the president’s plan? I’ve never seen a piece of paper with the president’s name on it that’s his plan to solve this crisis. I’ve seen press conferences. I’ve seen lectures that he’s given to the Congress. I’ve seen these press avails where the camera comes in and takes a bunch of pictures. I haven’t seen a plan. Where is the president’s plan?“"