Saturday, April 07, 2012

‘America Is Better Than Glenn Beck’: Anti-Beck Writings in College Textbook....

Nothing to worry about here.....good sweet lord....

 “Read, Reason, Write: An Argument Text and Reader” is a critical reading and analysis book assigned to freshmen at Lone Star College-University Park in Houston. Its 10th edition features a collection of readings excoriating Beck and the Tea Party, while providing only the barest counter point of view.

Bill Cosby weighs in on Trayvon Martin case....

No it's not...don't blame the gun...blame society. Blame what we've allowed it to become. I have a gun. I carry a gun. I do not plan on shooting anyone.  It does not "empower" me.....
Let the grand jury figure this one out based on facts. But one fact I know...unequivocally. It wasn't the guns fault...

  “When you carry a gun, you mean to harm somebody, kill somebody,” he said.

NFP Big Miss: 120K, Expectations 205K, Unemployment 8.2%, "Not In Labor Force" At New All Time High.....

And as always, as we predicted when Goldman hiked its NFP forecast yesterday from 175K to 200K saying "if Goldman's recent predictive track record is any indication, tomorrow's NFP will be a disaster", Goldie once again skewers everyone. Finally, Joe LaVorgna's 250,000 forecast was just 100% off... as usual.

The unemployment rate drops to 8.2% for one simple reason: the number of people not in the labor force is back to all time highs: 87,897,000.

Friday, April 06, 2012

Panetta has paid $17,000 for commuting to Calif.....

Trust me...I want our government Officials safe....especially in the world we now all live in...but this seems a "tad" Pelosi-esk....

  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has commuted on military aircraft to his home in northern California more than two dozen times since he took over the Pentagon in July, paying about $630 per trip for a roundtrip flight that costs the Pentagon about $32,000.

The totals detailed by defense officials lay out his reimbursements for the first time, showing he paid the Treasury about $17,000 for the 27 personal trips. Based on fuel and other operating expenses for his Air Force plane, those same trips cost the government as much as $860,000.

Obama: GOP vision results in 'poisoning our kids'.....

This continued inane divisive rhetoric stream from a man who was going to Heal the World....

President Obama suggested this evening that the Republican governing agenda will lead to "poisoning our kids" with pollution.

"I believe that it is part of our solemn responsibility to future generations that we look after this planet; that we make sure our air is clean and our water is clean; that we’re not poisoning our kids," Obama said at a campaign fundraiser tonight. That credo came as he explained that "the contrast between visions in this election could not be more stark, because I believe that America is stronger when we’re looking for one another."

Thursday, April 05, 2012

Mark Stevens: A Profile in Courage

In whatever arena of life one may meet the challenge of his conscience -- the loss of his friends, his fortune, his contentment, even the esteem of his fellow men -- each man must decide for himself the course he will follow. The stories of past courage can define that ingredient -- they can teach, they can offer hope, they can provide inspiration. But they cannot supply courage itself. For this each man must look into his own soul.
-- John F. Kennedy in Profiles in Courage

Chinese websites 'defaced in Anonymous attack'

Ha! What goes around.....

Targets hit in the mass defacement included government sites, its official agencies, trade groups and many others.

A message put on the hacked sites said the attack was carried out to protest against the Chinese government's strict control of its citizens.

It urged Chinese people to join Anonymous and stage their own protests against the regime.

Taxmageddon: Massive Tax Increase Coming in 2013

If President Obama and Congress fail to act this year, an enormous, unprecedented tax increase will fall on American taxpayers starting on January 1, 2013. The Washington Post called the looming tax increase “Taxmageddon,”[1] and Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke called it a “massive fiscal cliff.”[2]

U.S. Taxes Set to Go Up by $494 billion in 2013

Brace yourself. In a mere 271 days, you and your fellow Americans will be hit with a tax hike the likes of which this country has never seen. The Washington Post aptly called the unprecedented $494 billion tax hike “Taxmageddon,” and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke described it as a “massive fiscal cliff.” Whatever your preferred imagery, it’s a really big deal.

New Website Launched to Protect Union Workers' Rights

Sally Coomer from SEIU, Terry Bowman from UAW, and Claire Waites from NEA testified their rights were violated when their union leaders used their dues for political activity they did not support. Chairman Darrell Issa sent out six letters to union leaders and government agencies based on this testimony. The letters went to National Education Association, Alabama Education Association, Service Employees International Union, United Auto Workers, Federal Election Commission, and National Labor Relations Board. Chairman Issa issued the following statement:

Coca-Cola Caves to Left Wing Bullying, Drops from Conservative Group

Too bad...I like Diet Coke.....Hell, I'll still buy it - But it would be nice to see a Company with some balls...sorry...but it is what it is.

This sort of coordination can come only from the top. And it is certainly interesting that the Democrats and their allies are using precisely the same sort of tactics – secondary boycotts – that they used with regard to Rush Limbaugh. This is their new overall strategy: target private businesses that support their opponents, and drive them into the ground with the tacit and not-so-tacit backing of government figures. Such coordination is an assault on the First Amendment of tremendous proportions.

Stall Brook Elementary School Removes God from Lee Greenwood's God Bless the USA.....

Here is the thing. I usually "try" to have a tea or coffee BEFORE I sign on-line. Because I know it's usually going to take less than 30 minutes for my head to explode....
Well, the other morning when we got up to GO TO WORK like "most" of us at the butt crack of dawn....I turned on the TV...first mistake.
There was a side by side picture of Cookie Monster from Sesame Street. The commentator asked what was wrong with one of these pictures...
I bit...
One had Cookie Monster eating...wait for it...a Cookie!
The other one had, yup....you guessed it...all kinds of fruit lying on the counter in front of him...with him eating....don't wait for it, a banana.....
A banana....Cookie Monster....
Now, I'm all for kids eating well. However that should be at the hands of their parents. Not the Schools, not the Media, not the Government, not Sesame Street.....the parents.
When I came home from school, we were "allowed" to have a few Chip's Ahoy and we went out to play.
My Mom monitored what we ate and when.....That's what Parents do....
Cookie Monster....eating bananas. 
Needless to say....my head exploded in less than 5 minutes that morning.
Now this...
By changing and/or doing away with...."they" think we won't notice....that WE won't take offense.
WE THE PEOPLE pay these salaries....pay for alot of Public TV ( Sesame Street )....
When are we going to WAKE UP and realize WE pull the strings that make this Country what it is....not the few Elite?!
GET OUT of my schools, my home, my bedroom, my healthcare, my wallet, my car, my TV, my newspapers.......MY COOKIE MONSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
GOD Bless the USA!

Is God under attack in Massachusetts? This is a question that some of the state’s residents may be asking after the Stall Brook Elementary School in Bellingham removed the word “God” from Lee Greenwood’s, “God Bless the U.S.A.” The song was reportedly changed to, “We love the U.S.A.” Then, following outrage, the school pulled the song all together from a fourth-grade assembly.

Founding Fathers Were ‘Wrong And Immoral’ ....

In a brief respite from the joys of the circular firing squad known as conservative politics, today’s column focuses on the left… the far left… the ‘progressive left‘, a.k.a. the Democratic Party.

The Florida Progressive Coalition Blog put out a piece yesterday titled The Constitution Is NOT the Bible. Typically, I avoid the drivel coming from the far left for selfish reasons, namely to keep my head from exploding, however, this piece so accurately captures the state of mind of the far left that it makes an excellent case study.

Why Zimmerman Has Not Been Arrested....

Excellent primer for Jesse and Al.....

The bottom line in this case……. The police in Florida do not have the authority to arrest Zimmerman at this point until an arrest warrant is issued by a competent judicial authority or the Grand Jury.

And believe me….. we do not want to live in a country where police can arrest someone just because the citizens are crying out for it to happen, or, for that matter, because someone on the police department WANTS to.

Our Dangerous Dependence on Foreign Chocolate....

Excellent analogy.....

A majority of us consume chocolate each day. Although the U.S. produces only 6% of the world’s cocoa, we consume more than 20%.

The threat is obvious. It’s time for government to step in and promote alternatives.

Any day, President Obama will be barnstorming the country to tell us, “If we really want chocolate security and chocolate independence, we’ve got to start looking at how we use less cocoa and use sources that we can renew and that we can control, so we are not subject to the whims of what’s happening in other countries.”

Welcome Back, Baseball .....

Go Red Sox!!!!!!!!!

At last, the long winter of our discontent is over. America’s pastime has returned to its home fields. Tonight, the World Champion Cardinals take on the revamped Miami Marlins in the United States opener. Tomorrow, the other 28 teams return to work. Although the game has changed to a huge extent since the days when fielders (including catchers) played barehanded and pitchers threw underhanded from 50 feet, and although the game has become almost as international in character as soccer, as fans file into stands today and tomorrow bedecked in their favorite team’s gear, baseball remains an affirmation of the rebirth of spring and of our uniquely American sense of community and competition. And for fans of all 30 teams (except the Astros), it is a day of eternal hope.

Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Crane Chronicles Part II: The Care and Feeding of Board Members

In Part II, we turn focus on an episode involving Ed Crane’s interactions with Cato’s Board of Directors and its fiduciary responsibilities.

“That kind of question is not appropriate for our dinner discussion this evening—save it for the board meeting tomorrow!” Ed Crane yelled at one of Cato’s newest board members, Nancy Pfotenhauer.

“How would you ever know anything about Cato’s policy priorities?!” he barked.

DHS To Grant Illegal Aliens “Unlawful Presence Waivers” ....

They think we aren't watching....but we are....PASS THIS ON!

In its quest to implement stealth amnesty, the Obama Administration is working behind the scenes to halt the deportation of certain illegal immigrants by granting them “unlawful presence waivers.”

The new measure would apply to illegal aliens who are relatives of American citizens. Here is how it would work, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcement posted in today’s Federal Register, the daily journal of the U.S. government; the agency will grant “unlawful presence waivers” to illegal aliens who can prove they have a relative that’s a U.S. citizen.

It Begins… Youths Screaming “This Is For Trayvon” Beat 78 Year-Old White Man in Toledo......

So Al...Jesse....ya happy now?

One boy, he said, put his foot on the back of the victim’s neck, with another shouting, “Kill him.”

While Mr. Watts was down the boys kicked him, over and over, shouting, “[Get] that white [man]. This is for Trayvon … Trayvon lives, white [man]. Kill that white [man],” according to a police report.

Obama Campaign Not Using Verification System......

And this surprises us how??? Just more of the same and WE let it go on.....

The Obama campaign is not employing the widely used credit card address verification system to check whether the address submitted by a donor matches the address tied to the credit card, an omission that might allow supporters to use a fake identity when contributing.

The practice could potentially allow donors in possession of illicitly obtained credit card numbers to exceed the campaign limit, and to permit overseas supporters to contribute.

US Stocks: Stocks Fall on Global Fears, Dow Nears 13,000 ....

Stocks added to their sharp losses Wednesday as disappointment over the Fed's latest minutes and ongoing worries over the euro zone overshadowed a better-than-expected ADP jobs report.

DOE Rushed Treasury on Solyndra to Accommodate Press Release

Go ahead...I DARE ya....try and blame Bush..............

The Energy Department sent a draft press release to the Treasury on March 18, 2009, “announcing Solyndra’s conditional commitment planned for issuance later that afternoon,” the report said. The Treasury requested more time for review and later agreed with the Energy Department’s request to expedite the review by March 19, 2009, “so that the press release could be issued on the morning of March 20, 2009,” the report said.

Former Obama Student: Obama's Ignorance of Constitution Embarrassing

Prof. Thom Lambert of the University of Missouri Law School has responded with alarm to President Barack Obama's attack on the Supreme Court and the power of judicial review by recalling his own days as Obama's student at the University of Chicago.

Obama Attacks Ryan Budget in Associated Press Speech

In what was seemingly an attempt to criticize House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) FY2013 budget plan — the only such proposal to emerge from either the House or the Senate — the President dredged up his stale complaints about President George W. Bush’s policies — many of which he has maintained — and turned to scary rhetoric about Trojan horses and social Darwinism in order to paint the conservative vision for fixing America’s budget crisis as a radical one.

The Vetting - Obama's War on Catholic Church Began at His First Job

This was a crucial, formative time for the young Obama. It was during these years that Barack Obama, “community organizer,” forged his identity and the relationships that would bring him to the White House. And he did so hand-in-hand with the radical Catholic left in Chicago.

The President's Speech Distorts the Truth to Distract From His Failed Record

The President's attacks began with an admission that his assumptions reflect White House spin, not our budget's substance: “I want to go through what it would mean for our country if these cuts were to be spread out evenly." Of course, the assumption that our budget makes these kinds of indiscriminate cuts is false. The House Budget Committee made dozens of specific assumptions to justify our numbers, and we made these assumptions public in the hundreds of pages of text we posted in plain view on the House Budget Committee’s website. It’s not a “secret plan” to “never tell us where the knife may fall” – it is a specific plan to cut waste, eliminate programs that don’t work, end crony politics, and carefully prioritize hardworking taxpayers’ money in precisely the way leaders of the President’s party have refused to do for over three years. In a related vein, does this new standard allow for analyses of the President’s budget to go through what it would mean for the country if the President’s $2 trillion tax increase were to be spread out evenly?

Doctors call for end to five cancer tests, treatments ....

Not that I don't think the medical industry needs some changes....but....yup....Sarah Palin was right....

In a move that threatens to further inflame concerns about the rationing of medical care, the nation's leading association of cancer physicians issued a list on Wednesday of five common tests and treatments that doctors should stop offering to cancer patients.

The list emerged from a two-year effort, similar to a project other medical specialties are undertaking, to identify procedures that do not help patients live longer or better or that may even be harmful, yet are routinely prescribed.

Tuesday, April 03, 2012

United States Has Highest Corporate Tax Rate in the World.....swell...........

There aren’t many American-owned companies more iconic than Anheuser-Busch, the famous producer of Budweiser beer based in St. Louis, Missouri. That was true up until 2008, when the Brazilian-Belgian company InBev executed a hostile takeover of the historic brewer, leading to layoffs of more than 1,800 workers. Unfortunately, conditions in the United States are growing ripe for even more takeovers like these to occur, especially now that the nation’s corporate tax rate is officially the highest in the world.

Jeffrey Scott Shapiro is on a mission to rehabilitate George W. Bush's reputation. - Slate Magazine

Considering so much of what was said were outright lies and fabrications...this is NICE!

Jeffrey Scott Shapiro talks about George W. Bush the way Buddhists talk about the Dalai Lama. "He stands for truth, compassion and freedom," he says. "Bush instinctively sees the global picture that every living person has the right to be free." It's hardly surprising, then, that Shapiro founded Honor Freedom, an organization devoted to restoring Bush's reputation. And Shapiro may actually succeed—especially since Bush, too, will be working on the same project, if not the same organizatio

Look Who's Jet-Setting on the Taxpayer Dime This Week .....

Look Who's Jet-Setting on the Taxpayer Dime This Week | FreedomConnector

A nation arms itself -- for what? .....

According to Sen. Rand Paul, the U.N. "Small Arms Treaty" will almost surely mandate tougher licensing requirements to own a gun, require the confiscation and destruction of unauthorized civilian firearms, call for a ban on the trade, sale and private ownership of semi-automatic weapons, and create an international gun registry.

No more Colt .45s in the top drawer or M-1 rifles in the closet.

Memo to the U.N.: Lots of luck.

Uncle Obama on the roads again .....

And yet....we had a kid once working for us who had a DUI years in his past who STILL couldn't get one to help him work and support his family....
Maybe it was because he wasn't "Illegal"...!?! Of course!
As Martha ( Marsha ) Coakley so eloquently put it..."It's not illegal to be illegal in Massachusetts"....

Just a week after he copped a plea in a drunken-driving rap, President Obama’s illegal-alien uncle has landed a hardship driver’s license from the Registry of Motor Vehicles, making it perfectly legal for him to drive in Massachusetts — even though the feds say he doesn’t belong here.

Obama biggest recipient of BP cash - Erika Lovley - POLITICO.com

And remember....every time he wants to take the "focus" off another failed plan of his Administration...he blames and chastises Big Oil.....He hates them til he needs them..... very John Kerry-esk....

While the BP oil geyser pumps millions of gallons of petroleum into the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama and members of Congress may have to answer for the millions in campaign contributions they’ve taken from the oil and gas giant over the years.

Combative Obama warns Supreme Court on health law.....

Amazing....this President just steps on the Constitution and it's reason for being each day!

US President Barack Obama on Monday challenged the "unelected" Supreme Court not to take the "extraordinary" and "unprecedented" step of overturning his landmark health reform law.

Though Obama said he was confident the court would uphold the law, the centerpiece of his political legacy, he appeared to be previewing campaign trail arguments should the nine justices strike the legislation down.

Obamacare Adds $17 Trillion to Long-Term Unfunded Government Spending

Last week, the Senate Budget Committee Republican staff released a report revealing that, over the next 75 years, Obamacare will add an additional $17 trillion in unfunded obligations—i.e., the benefits promised by the federal government that haven’t yet been paid for.

The Invincible Dogma - Thomas Sowell ......

The problem....Plan (?) is that so many things are happening on so many Fronts...you actually MEGO. "My eyes glaze over" - because there aren't enough hours in the day to fight back....but there are. NEVER, EVER give up!? It's their PLAN.....

A long-standing legal charade was played out again recently, when Federal Express paid $3 million to settle an employment discrimination case brought by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Federal Express was accused of both racial discrimination and sex discrimination. FedEx denied it.

Monday, April 02, 2012

ABC News was wrong about George Zimmerman’s injuries.....

On the heels of the revelation that NBC News edited the tape of George Zimmerman’s 911 call to portray him as saying something he didn’t, here’s the latest from our moral, ethical, and intellectual betters in the media:

Matt Lauer To Palin: "Are You Reading Some Newspapers?" ......arrogant ass......

He is such a ass. Thinks so very much of himself....

Matt Lauer, "Today" co-host: "Well, we did read a tweet you sent out that said, 'Going to go rogue and infiltrate some turf.' What exactly does that mean?"

Sarah Palin: "What do you think it means?"

Lauer: "What are you doing to prepare? Are you reading some newspapers?"

Palin: "Oh! Great. That's a fine 'how do you do?' That's a great start, here we go."

Bill Ayers: ‘I Get Up Every Morning and Think…Today I‘m Going to End Capitalism’.....

Radical left-wing activist Bill Ayers apparently stopped by Occupy Union Square in New York City on Friday and shared a little bit of what gets him going each day: Ending capitalism.

"I get up every morning and think, today I'm going to make a difference," Ayers said in a video clip posted online. "Today I'm going to end capitalism. Today I'm going to make a revolution. I go to bed every night disappointed but I'm back to work tomorrow, and that's the only way you can do it."

Top Obama campaign donor accused of fraud .....

A major donor to President Barack Obama has been accused of defrauding a businessman and impersonating a bank official, creating new headaches for Obama's re-election campaign as it deals with the questionable history of another top supporter.

The New York donor, Abake Assongba, and her husband contributed more than $50,000 to Obama's re-election effort this year, federal records show. But Assongba is also fending off a civil court case in Florida, where she's accused of thieving more than $650,000 to help build a multimillion-dollar home in the state — a charge her husband denies.

Obama's Alinsky Strategy: Who's Next?......

But Aliyah's story received very little coverage, despite the event being more recent than the Martin tragedy, and despite the fact that it happened in President Barack Obama’s very own Chicago on a weekend when 49 people were shot and 10 others were killed.

No mention of Aliyah from the president. No public outpouring for a young mother who sat untangling her daughter’s hair as shots rang out. Nothing. And yet...

“If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.”