OK...after reading this - I've decided it's time for a drink.........the world just spun off it's axis..............
America Moving from Kingdom of Cash to Socialism Slowly but Surely - Pravda.Ru:
Obama’s decision not to build the Missile Defense System in Poland and the Czech Republic and his Noble Prize have not yet been comprehended from a philosophical viewpoint. It’s time to do it."
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Baucus: A 'massive, massive' bill - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
Well then...I'd say it'll also have a "Massive, Massive" price tag with a "Massive, Massive" bureaucracy to administer...but...of course....it won't cost the American tax-payer a cent.....?
Baucus: A 'massive, massive' bill - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) wants you to know just how huge the healthcare reform bill is.
'This is so massive,' Baucus told reporters today. 'It is so complicated.'
Baucus was trying to emphasize that the public option is just one part of an overwhelmingly large bill, but his comments echo GOP concerns about the scope of healthcare reform.
Baucus emphasized his point a number of times.
'This is a massive, massive bill...So I just caution all of us to remember just how big this bill is,' he said."
Baucus: A 'massive, massive' bill - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room:
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) wants you to know just how huge the healthcare reform bill is.
'This is so massive,' Baucus told reporters today. 'It is so complicated.'
Baucus was trying to emphasize that the public option is just one part of an overwhelmingly large bill, but his comments echo GOP concerns about the scope of healthcare reform.
Baucus emphasized his point a number of times.
'This is a massive, massive bill...So I just caution all of us to remember just how big this bill is,' he said."
Senate panel kicks off climate bill drive | Reuters
WATCH OUT!!!! WATCH OUT!!!! The Cap and Trade Bill is as dangerous if not MORE than Health care reform....
It's "only" .30 cents a day.....that becomes "Woops, so, "only" .60 cents a day.....then "just" it'll "cost just" a cup of coffee a day....then "Woops"...just a POT of coffee a day......then pretty soon it's "Woops".....you'll only pay for a COFFEE SHOP A DAY!!!!!!!!!
Senate panel kicks off climate bill drive | Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate committee on Tuesday launched three days of hearings on a Democratic climate bill aimed at reducing carbon pollution while making the United States a world leader in cleaner energy.
In an uphill battle to pass legislation, especially before an international summit convenes in Copenhagen in December, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer said the bill would only cost consumers about 30 cents a day and make the United States the 'world's leader in clean energy technology.'"
It's "only" .30 cents a day.....that becomes "Woops, so, "only" .60 cents a day.....then "just" it'll "cost just" a cup of coffee a day....then "Woops"...just a POT of coffee a day......then pretty soon it's "Woops".....you'll only pay for a COFFEE SHOP A DAY!!!!!!!!!
Senate panel kicks off climate bill drive | Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate committee on Tuesday launched three days of hearings on a Democratic climate bill aimed at reducing carbon pollution while making the United States a world leader in cleaner energy.
In an uphill battle to pass legislation, especially before an international summit convenes in Copenhagen in December, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer said the bill would only cost consumers about 30 cents a day and make the United States the 'world's leader in clean energy technology.'"
Obama Taking Us On Path To Fascism - The Philadelphia Bulletin
Obama Taking Us On Path To Fascism - The Philadelphia Bulletin:
During the last presidential campaign, I said there was a light whiff of fascism coming from the Obama campaign. That was based on its habit of improperly trying to repress criticism of every kind. Example: A Chicago radio station was planning on airing a critic of President Obama, who was publicizing the candidate’s close association with terrorist Bill Ayres. The Obama campaign organized a call-in campaign to flood the station with calls and prevent the critic from being heard. Anther example: The Obama campaign warned that any critics in Missouri would be subjected to prosecution there if they voiced criticism that was not true. There was a 'Barack Obama Truth Squad” made up of prosecutors and sheriffs to keep critics in line,"...
During the last presidential campaign, I said there was a light whiff of fascism coming from the Obama campaign. That was based on its habit of improperly trying to repress criticism of every kind. Example: A Chicago radio station was planning on airing a critic of President Obama, who was publicizing the candidate’s close association with terrorist Bill Ayres. The Obama campaign organized a call-in campaign to flood the station with calls and prevent the critic from being heard. Anther example: The Obama campaign warned that any critics in Missouri would be subjected to prosecution there if they voiced criticism that was not true. There was a 'Barack Obama Truth Squad” made up of prosecutors and sheriffs to keep critics in line,"...
American Thinker Blog: The whiff of fascism becomes a stench
American Thinker Blog: The whiff of fascism becomes a stench:
Herb Denenberg, once Pennsylvania's Commissioner of Insurance and a Professor at the Wharton School, describes in The Bulletin, how the whiff of fascism in this Administration is turning into the stench of fascism. He starts with a reminder of the many ways Obama has acted to stifle opposition views and manipulate public opinion and concludes:"
Herb Denenberg, once Pennsylvania's Commissioner of Insurance and a Professor at the Wharton School, describes in The Bulletin, how the whiff of fascism in this Administration is turning into the stench of fascism. He starts with a reminder of the many ways Obama has acted to stifle opposition views and manipulate public opinion and concludes:"
American Thinker: Obama's True Lies
American Thinker: Obama's True Lies:
If Barack Obama would release his Columbia thesis, this latest media pseudo-controversy would never have happened. But now the tittering hyenas on the left are howling at the moon over the satire of Obama's thesis that was taken for the real thing by Rush Limbaugh, Michael Ledeen at Pajamas Media, as well as by Denis Keohane at The American Thinker."
If Barack Obama would release his Columbia thesis, this latest media pseudo-controversy would never have happened. But now the tittering hyenas on the left are howling at the moon over the satire of Obama's thesis that was taken for the real thing by Rush Limbaugh, Michael Ledeen at Pajamas Media, as well as by Denis Keohane at The American Thinker."
American Thinker Blog: Michael Moore called cowardly liar and racist by Hugo Chavez supporters
This is great when Socialist Dictators eat their "young"...hehehe...how's it working out for ya Michael????
American Thinker Blog: Michael Moore called cowardly liar and racist by Hugo Chavez supporters:
Filmmaker Michael Moore will probably want to steer clear of one of his favorite leftist countries -- Hugo Chavez's Venezuela -- after he inadvertently insulted El Presidente and enraged the strongman's rabid supporters."
American Thinker Blog: Michael Moore called cowardly liar and racist by Hugo Chavez supporters:
Filmmaker Michael Moore will probably want to steer clear of one of his favorite leftist countries -- Hugo Chavez's Venezuela -- after he inadvertently insulted El Presidente and enraged the strongman's rabid supporters."
American Thinker Blog: Senate Plan Would Explode Number of Uninsured Americans
American Thinker Blog: Senate Plan Would Explode Number of Uninsured Americans:
If recent reports are accurate, legislation being prepared in the U.S. Senate would cause nearly every healthy American under the age of 65 to become uninsured.
Under current proposals, large employers would face a fine of up to $750 per employee if they didn’t offer health insurance. Since that is much less than employers currently spend on employee health insurance premiums, most businesses would choose to pay the fine and drop their group health insurance.
Individuals who did not buy health insurance would face an initial fine of between $0 and $100. Since the biggest fine is much lower than the cost of health insurance, the bill would create an incentive for individuals to drop their health insurance and pay the relatively small fine."
If recent reports are accurate, legislation being prepared in the U.S. Senate would cause nearly every healthy American under the age of 65 to become uninsured.
Under current proposals, large employers would face a fine of up to $750 per employee if they didn’t offer health insurance. Since that is much less than employers currently spend on employee health insurance premiums, most businesses would choose to pay the fine and drop their group health insurance.
Individuals who did not buy health insurance would face an initial fine of between $0 and $100. Since the biggest fine is much lower than the cost of health insurance, the bill would create an incentive for individuals to drop their health insurance and pay the relatively small fine."
RealClearPolitics - Video - Frank: "We Are Trying On Every Front To Increase The Role Of Government"
Well, now, there's a news flash....Who would of guessed????
RealClearPolitics - Video - Frank: "We Are Trying On Every Front To Increase The Role Of Government":
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) says Democrats are 'trying on every front to increase the role of government.'"
RealClearPolitics - Video - Frank: "We Are Trying On Every Front To Increase The Role Of Government":
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) says Democrats are 'trying on every front to increase the role of government.'"
U.S. official resigns over Afghan war - washingtonpost.com
U.S. official resigns over Afghan war - washingtonpost.com:
When Matthew Hoh joined the Foreign Service early this year, he was exactly the kind of smart civil-military hybrid the administration was looking for to help expand its development efforts in Afghanistan."
When Matthew Hoh joined the Foreign Service early this year, he was exactly the kind of smart civil-military hybrid the administration was looking for to help expand its development efforts in Afghanistan."
Monday, October 26, 2009
Climate chief Lord Stern: give up meat to save the planet - Times Online
OK...I'm all done NOW! You will have to pry that Big Mac out of my cold dead hands - you LOONS!!! Of course - let's destroy ANOTHER segment of the economy!!!! WHY NOT?????
Climate chief Lord Stern: give up meat to save the planet - Times Online:
People will need to turn vegetarian if the world is to conquer climate change, according to a leading authority on global warming.
In an interview with The Times, Lord Stern of Brentford said: “Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world’s resources. A vegetarian diet is better.”"
Climate chief Lord Stern: give up meat to save the planet - Times Online:
People will need to turn vegetarian if the world is to conquer climate change, according to a leading authority on global warming.
In an interview with The Times, Lord Stern of Brentford said: “Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the world’s resources. A vegetarian diet is better.”"
Pelosi: Health care 'public option' needs new name
PLAIN AND SIMPLE - EACH AND EVERY DAY - THEY DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY TRULY BELIEVE WE ARE MORONS...
Pelosi: Health care 'public option' needs new name:
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - A government-sponsored 'public option' for health care lives, though it may be more attractive to skeptics if it goes by a different moniker, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday.
In an appearance at a Florida senior center, the Democratic leader referred to the so-called public option as 'the consumer option.' Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., appeared by Pelosi's side and used the term 'competitive option.'"
Pelosi: Health care 'public option' needs new name:
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - A government-sponsored 'public option' for health care lives, though it may be more attractive to skeptics if it goes by a different moniker, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday.
In an appearance at a Florida senior center, the Democratic leader referred to the so-called public option as 'the consumer option.' Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., appeared by Pelosi's side and used the term 'competitive option.'"
White House: Policy 'czars' won't testify - Washington Times
Just imagine the screaming if this was GWB's decision....
White House: Policy 'czars' won't testify - Washington Times:
The White House has told Congress it will reject calls for many of President Obama's policy czars to testify before Congress - a decision senators said goes against the president's promises of transparency and openness and treads on Congress' constitutional mandate to investigate the administration's actions."
White House: Policy 'czars' won't testify - Washington Times:
The White House has told Congress it will reject calls for many of President Obama's policy czars to testify before Congress - a decision senators said goes against the president's promises of transparency and openness and treads on Congress' constitutional mandate to investigate the administration's actions."
Obama's new world order - Washington Times
Obama's new world order - Washington Times:
President Obama is on a path toward establishing a one-world government. This is the warning of Christopher Monckton, a former major policy adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
In December, world leaders will descend upon Copenhagen to sign a United Nations climate change treaty that will succeed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which is aimed at reducing greenhouse gases and set to expire in 2012. An agreement has been drafted."
President Obama is on a path toward establishing a one-world government. This is the warning of Christopher Monckton, a former major policy adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
In December, world leaders will descend upon Copenhagen to sign a United Nations climate change treaty that will succeed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which is aimed at reducing greenhouse gases and set to expire in 2012. An agreement has been drafted."
VOLCANOES PLAYED PIVOTAL ROLE IN ANCIENT ICE AGE, MASS EXTINCTION
VOLCANOES PLAYED PIVOTAL ROLE IN ANCIENT ICE AGE, MASS EXTINCTION:
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Researchers here have discovered the pivotal role that volcanoes played in a deadly ice age 450 million years ago.
Perhaps ironically, these volcanoes first caused global warming -- by releasing massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
When they stopped erupting, Earth’s climate was thrown off balance, and the ice age began.
The discovery underscores the importance of carbon in Earth’s climate today, said Matthew Saltzman, associate professor of earth sciences at Ohio State University.
The results will appear in the journal Geology, in a paper now available online."
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Researchers here have discovered the pivotal role that volcanoes played in a deadly ice age 450 million years ago.
Perhaps ironically, these volcanoes first caused global warming -- by releasing massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
When they stopped erupting, Earth’s climate was thrown off balance, and the ice age began.
The discovery underscores the importance of carbon in Earth’s climate today, said Matthew Saltzman, associate professor of earth sciences at Ohio State University.
The results will appear in the journal Geology, in a paper now available online."
Proud Conservative Gal: Tea Party Express Kick-Off Rallies In CA A Huge Success – To Keith Olbermann’s Dismay
Proud Conservative Gal: Tea Party Express Kick-Off Rallies In CA A Huge Success – To Keith Olbermann’s Dismay:
A few days ago, Keith Olbermann scoffed at the Tea Party Express, crowing that only192 people had RSVP’d on Facebook for one of their rallies."
A few days ago, Keith Olbermann scoffed at the Tea Party Express, crowing that only192 people had RSVP’d on Facebook for one of their rallies."
Reid to announce push for public option
Reid to announce push for public option:
Senate Majority Leader will announce this afternoon that he plans to push ahead with a public option vote -- one that includes an opt-out provision for states -- even though he's currently short several votes for passage, according to people close to the situation.
The Nevada Democrat has a 3:15 p.m. press conference to discuss details."
Senate Majority Leader will announce this afternoon that he plans to push ahead with a public option vote -- one that includes an opt-out provision for states -- even though he's currently short several votes for passage, according to people close to the situation.
The Nevada Democrat has a 3:15 p.m. press conference to discuss details."
Who OWNS Foreclosed U.S. Properties?, Part II: the role of MERS
Who OWNS Foreclosed U.S. Properties?, Part II: the role of MERS:
In Part I, “Scam in the making”, I explained how Wall Street created the U.S. housing-bubble and its concurrent Ponzi-scheme – with the full assistance of its accomplices: U.S. rating agencies and U.S. regulators. I also explained why it had to be obvious before they started creating this bubble that it would end with an unprecedented wave of foreclosures.
Because a big part of the bubble/Ponzi-scheme was “mortgage securitization” (which meant the bank originating the mortgage no longer held title to the mortgage), and because the U.S. financial crime syndicate knew there would be a huge wave of foreclosures, it had to invent an entity which could serve as a proxy in foreclosure proceedings – representing all of the players in these debt “daisy-chains”.
This was why MERS was created in 1995. As I wrote in Part I, MERS is nothing more than a confidential electronic registry which exists only to “track mortgages and the changes of servicing rights and mortgage ownership”. In other words, it has no proprietary interest in these mortgages."
In Part I, “Scam in the making”, I explained how Wall Street created the U.S. housing-bubble and its concurrent Ponzi-scheme – with the full assistance of its accomplices: U.S. rating agencies and U.S. regulators. I also explained why it had to be obvious before they started creating this bubble that it would end with an unprecedented wave of foreclosures.
Because a big part of the bubble/Ponzi-scheme was “mortgage securitization” (which meant the bank originating the mortgage no longer held title to the mortgage), and because the U.S. financial crime syndicate knew there would be a huge wave of foreclosures, it had to invent an entity which could serve as a proxy in foreclosure proceedings – representing all of the players in these debt “daisy-chains”.
This was why MERS was created in 1995. As I wrote in Part I, MERS is nothing more than a confidential electronic registry which exists only to “track mortgages and the changes of servicing rights and mortgage ownership”. In other words, it has no proprietary interest in these mortgages."
American Thinker: John Kerry to the Rescue
JUST this headline alone should make your hair fall out!!!!
American Thinker: John Kerry to the Rescue:
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's new chairman is John Kerry. He replaced Joe Biden when the latter was installed as Vice President. Kerry was in Afghanistan when the administration impressed him into service to read the riot act to that country's embattled President, Hamid Karzai. It seems that Karzai was not too keen on submitting to a runoff election, even when it appeared that a huge percentage of his votes in the recent contest were fraudulently cast."
American Thinker: John Kerry to the Rescue:
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee's new chairman is John Kerry. He replaced Joe Biden when the latter was installed as Vice President. Kerry was in Afghanistan when the administration impressed him into service to read the riot act to that country's embattled President, Hamid Karzai. It seems that Karzai was not too keen on submitting to a runoff election, even when it appeared that a huge percentage of his votes in the recent contest were fraudulently cast."
My Way News - FACT CHECK: Health insurer profits not so fat
My Way News - FACT CHECK: Health insurer profits not so fat:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Quick quiz: What do these enterprises have in common? Farm and construction machinery, Tupperware, the railroads, Hershey sweets, Yum food brands and Yahoo? Answer: They're all more profitable than the health insurance industry. In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have gone after insurance companies as rapacious profiteers making 'immoral' and 'obscene' returns while 'the bodies pile up.'
Ledgers tell a different reality. Health insurance profit margins typically run about 6 percent, give or take a point or two. That's anemic compared with other forms of insurance and a broad array of industries, even some beleaguered ones."
WASHINGTON (AP) - Quick quiz: What do these enterprises have in common? Farm and construction machinery, Tupperware, the railroads, Hershey sweets, Yum food brands and Yahoo? Answer: They're all more profitable than the health insurance industry. In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have gone after insurance companies as rapacious profiteers making 'immoral' and 'obscene' returns while 'the bodies pile up.'
Ledgers tell a different reality. Health insurance profit margins typically run about 6 percent, give or take a point or two. That's anemic compared with other forms of insurance and a broad array of industries, even some beleaguered ones."
POLITICO CLICK: President Obama ties George W. Bush on golf - Patrick Gavin
POLITICO CLICK: President Obama ties George W. Bush on golf - Patrick Gavin:
President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years.
CBS' Mark Knoller — an unofficial documentarian and statistician of all things White House-related — wrote on his Twitter feed that, 'Today - Obama ties Pres. Bush in the number of rounds of golf played in office: 24.
Took Bush 2 yrs & 10 months.'"
President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years.
CBS' Mark Knoller — an unofficial documentarian and statistician of all things White House-related — wrote on his Twitter feed that, 'Today - Obama ties Pres. Bush in the number of rounds of golf played in office: 24.
Took Bush 2 yrs & 10 months.'"
Saturday, October 24, 2009
American Thinker: The Debt Death Sprial
American Thinker: The Debt Death Sprial:
America's economy faces a miserable future, according to an important government report. The media collectively have yawned, and official Washington has barely blinked. The Government Accountability Office recently issued its report to the Congress on the long-term fiscal outlook for the United States. It is a bleak picture. The report opens:"
America's economy faces a miserable future, according to an important government report. The media collectively have yawned, and official Washington has barely blinked. The Government Accountability Office recently issued its report to the Congress on the long-term fiscal outlook for the United States. It is a bleak picture. The report opens:"
American Thinker: Death, Taxes and Two Trillion Lies
American Thinker: Death, Taxes and Two Trillion Lies:
President Obama promised not to raise taxes on people earning less than $200,000 per year and vowed not to increase the national debt 'by one nickel.' He promised that his nearly-trillion-dollar stimulus plan would keep the unemployment rate below 8%. (Last month, our unemployment rate was 9.8%, the highest it's been in 26 years.)"
President Obama promised not to raise taxes on people earning less than $200,000 per year and vowed not to increase the national debt 'by one nickel.' He promised that his nearly-trillion-dollar stimulus plan would keep the unemployment rate below 8%. (Last month, our unemployment rate was 9.8%, the highest it's been in 26 years.)"
American Thinker Blog: Real 2009 Budget Deficit: $1,785,603,936,384.06
American Thinker Blog: Real 2009 Budget Deficit: $1,785,603,936,384.06:
The recent publicly announced Federal Budget Deficit for 2009 is widely reported to be $1.4 trillion.
This figure is inaccurate. Why? Because the Government made an 'accounting change'.
The real deficit is easily determined.
Thanks to a convenient web page maintained by the Treasury Department, you can access the National Debt data for any day, or range of days."
The recent publicly announced Federal Budget Deficit for 2009 is widely reported to be $1.4 trillion.
This figure is inaccurate. Why? Because the Government made an 'accounting change'.
The real deficit is easily determined.
Thanks to a convenient web page maintained by the Treasury Department, you can access the National Debt data for any day, or range of days."
Obama offers millions in Muslim technology fund
Obama offers millions in Muslim technology fund:
The White House Friday highlighted a new multi-million-dollar technology fund for Muslim nations, following a pledge made by President Barack Obama in his landmark speech to the Islamic world.
The White House said the US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) had issued a call for proposals for the fund, which will provide financing of between 25 and 150 million dollars for selected projects and funds."
The White House Friday highlighted a new multi-million-dollar technology fund for Muslim nations, following a pledge made by President Barack Obama in his landmark speech to the Islamic world.
The White House said the US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) had issued a call for proposals for the fund, which will provide financing of between 25 and 150 million dollars for selected projects and funds."
Friday, October 23, 2009
Cheney: Stop 'dithering' over Afghanistan - CBS News
Cheney: Stop 'dithering' over Afghanistan - CBS News:
Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday night accused the White House of dithering over the strategy for the war in Afghanistan and urged President Barack Obama to 'do what it takes to win.'
'Make no mistake. Signals of indecision out of Washington hurt our allies and embolden our adversaries,' Cheney said while accepting an award from a conservative national security group, the Center for Security Policy."
Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday night accused the White House of dithering over the strategy for the war in Afghanistan and urged President Barack Obama to 'do what it takes to win.'
'Make no mistake. Signals of indecision out of Washington hurt our allies and embolden our adversaries,' Cheney said while accepting an award from a conservative national security group, the Center for Security Policy."
Peggy Noonan: It's His Rubble Now - WSJ.com
Peggy Noonan: It's His Rubble Now - WSJ.com:
At a certain point, a president must own a presidency. For George W. Bush that point came eight months in, when 9/11 happened. From that point on, the presidency—all his decisions, all the credit and blame for them—was his. The American people didn't hold him responsible for what led up to 9/11, but they held him responsible for everything after it. This is part of the reason the image of him standing on the rubble of the twin towers, bullhorn in hand, on Sept.14, 2001, became an iconic one. It said: I'm owning it."
At a certain point, a president must own a presidency. For George W. Bush that point came eight months in, when 9/11 happened. From that point on, the presidency—all his decisions, all the credit and blame for them—was his. The American people didn't hold him responsible for what led up to 9/11, but they held him responsible for everything after it. This is part of the reason the image of him standing on the rubble of the twin towers, bullhorn in hand, on Sept.14, 2001, became an iconic one. It said: I'm owning it."
Freedom's Lighthouse: Rush Limbaugh Caller Says LA FBI Office told her to "Watch Fox News, Glenn Beck, and Listen to Talk Radio" - Video 10/22/09
Freedom's Lighthouse: Rush Limbaugh Caller Says LA FBI Office told her to "Watch Fox News, Glenn Beck, and Listen to Talk Radio" - Video 10/22/09:
Here is video of Glenn Beck showing a Rush Limbaugh caller yesterday telling Rush that she called the Los Angeles FBI Office to ask about the investigation of ACORN, and was told to 'watch Fox News and listen to Talk Radio.' She said she called a second time and was told to 'watch Glenn Beck. We all watch Glenn Beck.' Rush Limbaugh was speechless! Beck loved it!"
Here is video of Glenn Beck showing a Rush Limbaugh caller yesterday telling Rush that she called the Los Angeles FBI Office to ask about the investigation of ACORN, and was told to 'watch Fox News and listen to Talk Radio.' She said she called a second time and was told to 'watch Glenn Beck. We all watch Glenn Beck.' Rush Limbaugh was speechless! Beck loved it!"
Crank up the scare machine!
Crank up the scare machine!: CLIMATE MADNESS ALERT!!!
Copenhagen is about to become the successor to Kyoto as the synonym for the U.N.'s plan to control climate change. The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change will meet in Copenhagen Dec. 7-18. Until this meeting ends, expect to hear a growing number of climate-related horror stories, presented by a wide array of so-called environmentalists, at a rising decibel level that's sure to drive the sane quite mad."
Copenhagen is about to become the successor to Kyoto as the synonym for the U.N.'s plan to control climate change. The 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change will meet in Copenhagen Dec. 7-18. Until this meeting ends, expect to hear a growing number of climate-related horror stories, presented by a wide array of so-called environmentalists, at a rising decibel level that's sure to drive the sane quite mad."
American Thinker: When tyranny calls
American Thinker: When tyranny calls:
In explanation for her 'yes' vote on the Max Baucus created health care bill, Maine Senator Olympia Snowe said:
'Is this bill all that I would want? Far from it. Is it all that it can be? No. But when history calls, history calls.'
Senator Snowe is probably right. History is calling. What she has wrong is history's message. History is calling with the warning that tyranny is at our doorstep."
In explanation for her 'yes' vote on the Max Baucus created health care bill, Maine Senator Olympia Snowe said:
'Is this bill all that I would want? Far from it. Is it all that it can be? No. But when history calls, history calls.'
Senator Snowe is probably right. History is calling. What she has wrong is history's message. History is calling with the warning that tyranny is at our doorstep."
American Thinker: The Congressional Scam that Failed
My goodness...congressional backbone exists???? Be still my heart!
American Thinker: The Congressional Scam that Failed:
A funny thing happened on the way to one of the biggest scam attempts in history. It got ratted out. And Capitol Hill got an earful.
So the U.S. Senate failed by seven votes to invoke cloture on Wednesday and push forward a bill that even had Washington Post editorialists gagging on its duplicity. Thirteen Democrats joined all 40 Republicans to reject 47-53 a free-standing Medicare bill, S. 1776, that would have pushed up the national deficit by a quarter of a trillion dollars over the next 10 years."
American Thinker: The Congressional Scam that Failed:
A funny thing happened on the way to one of the biggest scam attempts in history. It got ratted out. And Capitol Hill got an earful.
So the U.S. Senate failed by seven votes to invoke cloture on Wednesday and push forward a bill that even had Washington Post editorialists gagging on its duplicity. Thirteen Democrats joined all 40 Republicans to reject 47-53 a free-standing Medicare bill, S. 1776, that would have pushed up the national deficit by a quarter of a trillion dollars over the next 10 years."
American Thinker: Gardasil Shows Why Government Health Care is Dangerous
American Thinker: Gardasil Shows Why Government Health Care is Dangerous:
Gardasil has to be the perfect drug for the brave new world of ObamaCare, in a 1984 kind of way. Made by Merck & Co., it was approved in 2006 for use against venereal disease in young girls. Here's why it's so culturally suited for hope and change -- and such a perfect example of why you don't want the government in your medicine chest:
1) Gardasil has owed most of its success to the fact that government agencies have been subsidizing its sales, recommending its use, and even talking about requiring it"
Gardasil has to be the perfect drug for the brave new world of ObamaCare, in a 1984 kind of way. Made by Merck & Co., it was approved in 2006 for use against venereal disease in young girls. Here's why it's so culturally suited for hope and change -- and such a perfect example of why you don't want the government in your medicine chest:
1) Gardasil has owed most of its success to the fact that government agencies have been subsidizing its sales, recommending its use, and even talking about requiring it"
American Thinker: 45,000 uninsured deaths?
American Thinker: 45,000 uninsured deaths?:
As many Americans die needlessly under government-managed health care each year as folks who supposedly die from lack of health insurance.
Yet Democrats, and their media sock puppets, have shamelessly exploited highly questionable estimates of uninsured deaths as agitprop to shoehorn the entire population into just such a government-run health care system -- on steroids."
As many Americans die needlessly under government-managed health care each year as folks who supposedly die from lack of health insurance.
Yet Democrats, and their media sock puppets, have shamelessly exploited highly questionable estimates of uninsured deaths as agitprop to shoehorn the entire population into just such a government-run health care system -- on steroids."
UPDATE 4-U.S. FCC commissioners support open Internet rule | Deals | Regulatory News | Reuters
UPDATE 4-U.S. FCC commissioners support open Internet rule | Deals | Regulatory News | Reuters:
Regulators voted unanimously Thursday to support an open Internet rule that would prevent telecom network operators from barring or blocking content based on the revenue it generates.
The proposed rule now goes to the public for comment until Jan. 14, after which the Federal Communications Commissions will review the feedback and possibly seek more comment. A final rule is not expected until the spring of next year."
Regulators voted unanimously Thursday to support an open Internet rule that would prevent telecom network operators from barring or blocking content based on the revenue it generates.
The proposed rule now goes to the public for comment until Jan. 14, after which the Federal Communications Commissions will review the feedback and possibly seek more comment. A final rule is not expected until the spring of next year."
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The American Spectator : The Bad Road to Baucus
The American Spectator : The Bad Road to Baucus:
Without any idea what it is doing, Congress is about to pulverize the American medical system, put the health insurance companies out of business, and set the federal budget on a runaway course that may end up wrecking the entire economy.
So if you'd like to know why all this is happening, here's a brief review:"
Without any idea what it is doing, Congress is about to pulverize the American medical system, put the health insurance companies out of business, and set the federal budget on a runaway course that may end up wrecking the entire economy.
So if you'd like to know why all this is happening, here's a brief review:"
My Way News - Dems eye insurance industry's antitrust protection
My Way News - Dems eye insurance industry's antitrust protection:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top Senate Democrats intend to try to strip the health insurance industry of its exemption from federal antitrust laws, according to congressional officials, the latest evidence of a deepening struggle over President Barack Obama's effort to overhaul the health care industry.
If enacted, the switch would mean greater federal regulation for an industry that recently has stepped up its criticism of portions of a health care bill moving toward the Senate floor."
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top Senate Democrats intend to try to strip the health insurance industry of its exemption from federal antitrust laws, according to congressional officials, the latest evidence of a deepening struggle over President Barack Obama's effort to overhaul the health care industry.
If enacted, the switch would mean greater federal regulation for an industry that recently has stepped up its criticism of portions of a health care bill moving toward the Senate floor."
Collins Report
Collins Report: "
The Oath Keepers’ motto is “Not on our watch!”
Last March Stewart Rhodes realized it’s up to every American to step up and shout “No” to Barack Obama’s plans to socialize and destroy our nation. As a lawyer and Army paratrooper who has taken oaths to “defend and support” our Constitution Rhodes knew what he had to do.
He founded Oath Keepers and asked other men and women who have taken an oath to support and defend our Constitution to step forward with him."
The Oath Keepers’ motto is “Not on our watch!”
Last March Stewart Rhodes realized it’s up to every American to step up and shout “No” to Barack Obama’s plans to socialize and destroy our nation. As a lawyer and Army paratrooper who has taken oaths to “defend and support” our Constitution Rhodes knew what he had to do.
He founded Oath Keepers and asked other men and women who have taken an oath to support and defend our Constitution to step forward with him."
American Thinker: U.S. sovereignty and the Climate Summit
American Thinker: U.S. sovereignty and the Climate Summit:
Not content with his humiliation at Copenhagen this past September, President Obama will be traveling again to the Danish capital in December to attend the U.N. COP15 Climate Change Conference. This agreement would commit the United States to punitive and expensive greenhouse gas regulations dictated by the United Nations without recourse."
Not content with his humiliation at Copenhagen this past September, President Obama will be traveling again to the Danish capital in December to attend the U.N. COP15 Climate Change Conference. This agreement would commit the United States to punitive and expensive greenhouse gas regulations dictated by the United Nations without recourse."
American Thinker: Rush should make CNN an offer it can't refuse
American Thinker: Rush should make CNN an offer it can't refuse:
CNN just keeps embarrassing itself. Oddly enough, Rush Limbaugh could help them out, while doing himself a little good at the same time.
Following close on its much-derided ‘fact checking' of an SNL skit poking fun at President Obama, and the humiliating pat-on-the-head it got as an Obama administration-certified legitimate news organization, CNN has now queried a psychiatrist as to why folks listen to conservative talk radio, especially Rush Limbaugh. CNN's Carol Costello interviewed psychiatrist Gail Saltz. (Video courtesy of Breitbart. Watch it!)"
CNN just keeps embarrassing itself. Oddly enough, Rush Limbaugh could help them out, while doing himself a little good at the same time.
Following close on its much-derided ‘fact checking' of an SNL skit poking fun at President Obama, and the humiliating pat-on-the-head it got as an Obama administration-certified legitimate news organization, CNN has now queried a psychiatrist as to why folks listen to conservative talk radio, especially Rush Limbaugh. CNN's Carol Costello interviewed psychiatrist Gail Saltz. (Video courtesy of Breitbart. Watch it!)"
American Thinker: Media Matters & President Obama in Lockstep
American Thinker: Media Matters & President Obama in Lockstep:
Revival of right-wing conspiracy charges are all the rage in the age of Obama, but liberals are just playing the same old shell game. The real action is on the left, with lockstep collusion by the President with Soros-funded Media Matters.
While the President sends his surrogates onto national network programs to decry Fox News, Media Matters is behind the scenes working its Fight Fox campaign."
Revival of right-wing conspiracy charges are all the rage in the age of Obama, but liberals are just playing the same old shell game. The real action is on the left, with lockstep collusion by the President with Soros-funded Media Matters.
While the President sends his surrogates onto national network programs to decry Fox News, Media Matters is behind the scenes working its Fight Fox campaign."
American Thinker: Compulsory insurance -- another Trojan Horse
American Thinker: Compulsory insurance -- another Trojan Horse:
Bookies are making bets on whether some version of ObamaCare will pass this year, but with five bills floating around, there is no betting on what it will look like.
The threat of a 'public option' has generated the hottest protest with voters understanding that the unfair competition of a government plan will quickly destroy the private health insurance system. By contrast some conservatives have expressed support for Senate Finance Committee proposal requiring that everyone must purchase insurance. After all, they reason, isn't it just a matter of fairness to expect everyone to bear responsibility for their own care?"
Bookies are making bets on whether some version of ObamaCare will pass this year, but with five bills floating around, there is no betting on what it will look like.
The threat of a 'public option' has generated the hottest protest with voters understanding that the unfair competition of a government plan will quickly destroy the private health insurance system. By contrast some conservatives have expressed support for Senate Finance Committee proposal requiring that everyone must purchase insurance. After all, they reason, isn't it just a matter of fairness to expect everyone to bear responsibility for their own care?"
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
American Thinker Blog: Baucus bill runs 1500 pages
American Thinker Blog: Baucus bill runs 1500 pages:
It isn't that big of a deal when you consider that the Democrats are already re-writing the bill anyway. But it certainly gives you an idea of the nightmare that Obamacare will be for the country."
It isn't that big of a deal when you consider that the Democrats are already re-writing the bill anyway. But it certainly gives you an idea of the nightmare that Obamacare will be for the country."
Collins Report
Collins Report:
Senate Democrats think we’re stupid. They actually believe hiding their criminal deals in 1502 pages keeps us from knowing what they’ re up to.
Harry Reid, who is ten points down to two unknown Republicans, has attempted to slip a provision into the Baucus bill exempting Nevada from the skyrocketing of Medicaid costs it will bring. Three other Democrat run basket case states Oregon, Rhode Island and Michigan slithered in as well.
Sneaky scheme"
Senate Democrats think we’re stupid. They actually believe hiding their criminal deals in 1502 pages keeps us from knowing what they’ re up to.
Harry Reid, who is ten points down to two unknown Republicans, has attempted to slip a provision into the Baucus bill exempting Nevada from the skyrocketing of Medicaid costs it will bring. Three other Democrat run basket case states Oregon, Rhode Island and Michigan slithered in as well.
Sneaky scheme"
Chuck Norris : God and Guns, Part 2 - Townhall.com
Chuck Norris : God and Guns, Part 2 - Townhall.com:
Despite atheists' attempts to keep our national motto ('In God We Trust') from being engraved on the walls of the new 580,000-square-foot Capitol Visitor Center, the inscription was indelibly etched recently in large, bold and deep letters. And the Pledge of Allegiance soon will follow."
Despite atheists' attempts to keep our national motto ('In God We Trust') from being engraved on the walls of the new 580,000-square-foot Capitol Visitor Center, the inscription was indelibly etched recently in large, bold and deep letters. And the Pledge of Allegiance soon will follow."
Cal Thomas : 'The Way It Is' - Townhall.com
Cal Thomas : 'The Way It Is' - Townhall.com:
That's just the way it is. Some things will never change...' (Bruce Hornsby song lyric)
The Washington Post headline sounds as if a comedy writer, or someone fluent in George Orwell's 'Newspeak' wrote it: 'Record-High Deficit May Dash Big Plans,' it said."
That's just the way it is. Some things will never change...' (Bruce Hornsby song lyric)
The Washington Post headline sounds as if a comedy writer, or someone fluent in George Orwell's 'Newspeak' wrote it: 'Record-High Deficit May Dash Big Plans,' it said."
CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Gregg: U.S. could be on path to a ‘banana republic’ situation � - Blogs from CNN.com
CNN Political Ticker: Gregg: U.S. could be on path to a ‘banana republic’ situation:
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A leading fiscal mind on Capitol Hill and a one-time Obama Cabinet pick sounded the alarm Sunday over the projected long-term financial challenges the country faces.
“This deficit is driven by us,” New Hampshire Republican Sen. Judd Gregg candidly said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union when asked about the federal government’s projected $1.42 trillion operating deficit for the 2009 fiscal year.
“You talk about systemic risk. The systemic risk today is the Congress of the United States,“ the Ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee told CNN Chief National Correspondent John King, “that we’re creating these massive debts which we’re passing on to our children. We’re going to undermine fundamentally the quality of life for our children by doing this.”"
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A leading fiscal mind on Capitol Hill and a one-time Obama Cabinet pick sounded the alarm Sunday over the projected long-term financial challenges the country faces.
“This deficit is driven by us,” New Hampshire Republican Sen. Judd Gregg candidly said Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union when asked about the federal government’s projected $1.42 trillion operating deficit for the 2009 fiscal year.
“You talk about systemic risk. The systemic risk today is the Congress of the United States,“ the Ranking Republican on the Senate Budget Committee told CNN Chief National Correspondent John King, “that we’re creating these massive debts which we’re passing on to our children. We’re going to undermine fundamentally the quality of life for our children by doing this.”"
The Associated Press: Analysis: Courting doctors in health care battle
The Associated Press: Analysis: Courting doctors in health care battle:
WASHINGTON — In the special interest war over health care, the White House and congressional Democrats have the nation's drug makers and hospitals generally on their side; the insurance industry, not so much.
Now the bill's supporters are making a play to lock in the American Medical Association, the organization that says it represents 250,000 doctors and medical students in every state and congressional district. The principal enticement, a $247 billion measure making its way to the Senate floor, aims to wipe out a scheduled 21 percent rate cut for doctors treating Medicare patients and replace it with a permanent, predictable system for future fee increases."
WASHINGTON — In the special interest war over health care, the White House and congressional Democrats have the nation's drug makers and hospitals generally on their side; the insurance industry, not so much.
Now the bill's supporters are making a play to lock in the American Medical Association, the organization that says it represents 250,000 doctors and medical students in every state and congressional district. The principal enticement, a $247 billion measure making its way to the Senate floor, aims to wipe out a scheduled 21 percent rate cut for doctors treating Medicare patients and replace it with a permanent, predictable system for future fee increases."
Traditional Americans are losing their nation
Traditional Americans are losing their nation:
In the brief age of Obama, we have had 'truthers,' 'birthers,' tea party activists and town-hall dissenters.
Comes now, the 'Oath Keepers.' And who might they be?
Writes Alan Maimon in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Oath Keepers, depending on where one stands, are 'either strident defenders of liberty or dangerous peddlers of paranoia.'"
In the brief age of Obama, we have had 'truthers,' 'birthers,' tea party activists and town-hall dissenters.
Comes now, the 'Oath Keepers.' And who might they be?
Writes Alan Maimon in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Oath Keepers, depending on where one stands, are 'either strident defenders of liberty or dangerous peddlers of paranoia.'"
Monday, October 19, 2009
Health Bills
There are several versions of Health legislation. The full text of these can be downloaded at the links noted below. We will also make them available on this blog.
House alternative
discussion: http://breakitapart.ning.com/forum/topics/healthcare-bill-alternative-hr
Baucus version
discussion: http://breakitapart.ning.com/forum/topics/baucus-healthcare-finance-mark
House Republican alternative
discussion: http://breakitapart.ning.com/forum/topics/hr-3400-republican-alt
House alternative
discussion: http://breakitapart.ning.com/forum/topics/healthcare-bill-alternative-hr
Baucus version
discussion: http://breakitapart.ning.com/forum/topics/baucus-healthcare-finance-mark
House Republican alternative
discussion: http://breakitapart.ning.com/forum/topics/hr-3400-republican-alt
Friday, October 16, 2009
American Thinker: The Seduction Of Lindsey Graham
American Thinker: The Seduction Of Lindsey Graham: "
According to most conservatives in South Carolina, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has officially gone over to the dark side. Under the guise of 'bipartisanship,' Graham has signed on to one of the left's most ambitious plans to impose a socialist agenda in America - government control of the formerly free market through implementation of cap-and trade, the 1,400 plus page Waxman-Markey bill approved earlier this year by the House."
According to most conservatives in South Carolina, Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has officially gone over to the dark side. Under the guise of 'bipartisanship,' Graham has signed on to one of the left's most ambitious plans to impose a socialist agenda in America - government control of the formerly free market through implementation of cap-and trade, the 1,400 plus page Waxman-Markey bill approved earlier this year by the House."
American Thinker: Barry honey, can we talk about Afghanistan?
American Thinker: Barry honey, can we talk about Afghanistan?:
My dear Mr. President, now that you've been preemptively awarded the Nobel Peace prize, I hope you see that it's time to go whole-shark fishing in Afghanistan, or else cut bait and bring all our valiant guys and gals home. More dithering is simply not an option. There are only two ways to go here, either all in or all out. Staying in without the means to bring a just peace in the end is just fool's play with innocent lives."
My dear Mr. President, now that you've been preemptively awarded the Nobel Peace prize, I hope you see that it's time to go whole-shark fishing in Afghanistan, or else cut bait and bring all our valiant guys and gals home. More dithering is simply not an option. There are only two ways to go here, either all in or all out. Staying in without the means to bring a just peace in the end is just fool's play with innocent lives."
NFL Owners Who Use the N-Word and Wet Their Pants On Stage
Big Hollywood Blog Archive: NFL Owners Who Use the N-Word and Wet Their Pants On Stage:
Amidst the uproar over Rush Limbaugh having to step aside from his participation in the bid to purchase the NFL’s St. Louis Rams over racially insensitive statements he never actually made, is the fact that current ACTUAL owners of an NFL team have said much worse than the false and the left says nothing."
Overweight? Smoker? Health bills hit hard - Washington Post- msnbc.com
Overweight? Smoker? Health bills hit hard - Washington Post- msnbc.com:
Get in shape or pay a price.
That's a message more Americans could hear if the health care reform bills passed by the Senate Finance and Health committees become law.
By more than doubling the maximum rewards and penalties that companies can apply to employees who flunk medical evaluations, the bills could put workers under intense financial pressure to lose weight, stop smoking or even lower their cholesterol."
Get in shape or pay a price.
That's a message more Americans could hear if the health care reform bills passed by the Senate Finance and Health committees become law.
By more than doubling the maximum rewards and penalties that companies can apply to employees who flunk medical evaluations, the bills could put workers under intense financial pressure to lose weight, stop smoking or even lower their cholesterol."
Thursday, October 15, 2009
U.S. troop funds diverted to pet projects - Washington Times
U.S. troop funds diverted to pet projects - Washington Times:
Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis.
Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New Orleans and $20 million to launch an educational institute named after the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat."
Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis.
Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New Orleans and $20 million to launch an educational institute named after the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat."
Bush Preemptive Strike Doctrine Under Review, May Be Discarded - Bloomberg.com
Bush Preemptive Strike Doctrine Under Review, May Be Discarded - Bloomberg.com:
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The Pentagon is reviewing the Bush administration’s doctrine of preemptive military strikes with an eye to modifying or possibly ending it.
The international environment is “more complex” than when President George W. Bush announced the policy in 2002, Kathleen Hicks, the Defense Department’s deputy undersecretary for strategy, said in an interview. “We’d really like to update our use-of-force doctrine to start to take account for that.”"
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The Pentagon is reviewing the Bush administration’s doctrine of preemptive military strikes with an eye to modifying or possibly ending it.
The international environment is “more complex” than when President George W. Bush announced the policy in 2002, Kathleen Hicks, the Defense Department’s deputy undersecretary for strategy, said in an interview. “We’d really like to update our use-of-force doctrine to start to take account for that.”"
Summers: Bush era set stage for 'abyss' - Washington Times
I grant you the GWB Administration tried to out spend the democrats.....but when will it stop? I had a lousy meal at a restaurant the other day.....is that his fault too? It's getting that stupid....
Summers: Bush era set stage for 'abyss' - Washington Times:
A top White House official issued a robust defense of the Obama administration's recovery policies on Monday with a pointed critique of economic conditions and fiscal policies during the presidency of George W. Bush.
In a letter to House Republican leader John Boehner, White House chief economic adviser Lawrence Summers said President Barack Obama 'is committed to not repeating the fiscal mistakes of the last eight years.'"
Summers: Bush era set stage for 'abyss' - Washington Times:
A top White House official issued a robust defense of the Obama administration's recovery policies on Monday with a pointed critique of economic conditions and fiscal policies during the presidency of George W. Bush.
In a letter to House Republican leader John Boehner, White House chief economic adviser Lawrence Summers said President Barack Obama 'is committed to not repeating the fiscal mistakes of the last eight years.'"
Clyburn cites S.C. hostility The Post and Courier - Charleston SC newspaper
Clyburn cites S.C. hostility The Post and Courier - Charleston SC newspaper:
COLUMBIA — U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said Friday that a conversation with White House staff left him with the sense that a hostile environment in South Carolina is keeping the first lady from visiting.
The high-ranking South Carolina Democrat said he has received more than 100 invitations for Michelle Obama. But this summer when he brought one of those requests to her staff on behalf of his alma mater, South Carolina State University, Clyburn said her security was an issue."
COLUMBIA — U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said Friday that a conversation with White House staff left him with the sense that a hostile environment in South Carolina is keeping the first lady from visiting.
The high-ranking South Carolina Democrat said he has received more than 100 invitations for Michelle Obama. But this summer when he brought one of those requests to her staff on behalf of his alma mater, South Carolina State University, Clyburn said her security was an issue."
CNSNews.com - FCC Commissioner Says Diversity Chief’s Ideas for Regulating Free Speech Are ‘Troubling’
CNSNews.com - FCC Commissioner Says Diversity Chief’s Ideas for Regulating Free Speech Are ‘Troubling’:
Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell said Tuesday that statements about regulating freedom of speech in broadcasting made by FCC Chief Diversity Officer Mark Lloyd are “troubling.” Everyone should be concerned when federal regulators have the power to impact freedom of speech, McDowell added."
Federal Communications Commissioner Robert McDowell said Tuesday that statements about regulating freedom of speech in broadcasting made by FCC Chief Diversity Officer Mark Lloyd are “troubling.” Everyone should be concerned when federal regulators have the power to impact freedom of speech, McDowell added."
RealClearPolitics - Mortgage Madness, Again
RealClearPolitics - Mortgage Madness, Again:
Watching Washington policymakers in action, I sometimes think they make mistakes because of unrealistic goals, flawed thinking, blind obedience to party or dubious information. And sometimes I think they make mistakes because they are -- how to put this? -- clinically insane.
There is no other way to explain what is going on at the Federal Housing Administration, which provides federal guarantees for home mortgages. Given the collapse in real estate prices, the weak economy and the epidemic of foreclosures, banks are acting with more caution than before. They now commonly require home buyers to make down payments of 20 percent to qualify for a loan. But the FHA often requires only 3.5 percent."
Watching Washington policymakers in action, I sometimes think they make mistakes because of unrealistic goals, flawed thinking, blind obedience to party or dubious information. And sometimes I think they make mistakes because they are -- how to put this? -- clinically insane.
There is no other way to explain what is going on at the Federal Housing Administration, which provides federal guarantees for home mortgages. Given the collapse in real estate prices, the weak economy and the epidemic of foreclosures, banks are acting with more caution than before. They now commonly require home buyers to make down payments of 20 percent to qualify for a loan. But the FHA often requires only 3.5 percent."
Michelle Malkin
The anti-Rush revival revisited Updated
By Michelle Malkin • October 14, 2009 12:57 PM
Scroll for updates…Rush dropped from Rams bid…
The apocalyptic hysteria over Rush Limbaugh’s interest in buying an NFL team is yet another stark reminder of the limits (and double standards) of left-wing tolerance.
Doug Powers lists the cretins the NFL welcomes into the fold. As for partisanship in sports, there’s Obama-philic Steelers owner Dan Rooney. And as Doug pointed out in last month, while the NFL PAC leans left, NFL owners, team officials, players and coaches overwhelmingly favor Republicans."
By Michelle Malkin • October 14, 2009 12:57 PM
Scroll for updates…Rush dropped from Rams bid…
The apocalyptic hysteria over Rush Limbaugh’s interest in buying an NFL team is yet another stark reminder of the limits (and double standards) of left-wing tolerance.
Doug Powers lists the cretins the NFL welcomes into the fold. As for partisanship in sports, there’s Obama-philic Steelers owner Dan Rooney. And as Doug pointed out in last month, while the NFL PAC leans left, NFL owners, team officials, players and coaches overwhelmingly favor Republicans."
Big Hollywood � Blog Archive � LEAKED NETWORK MEMO REVEALS: Obama Controls Your Television Set
Big Hollywood � Blog Archive � LEAKED NETWORK MEMO REVEALS: Obama Controls Your Television Set:
On September 10th of this year the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) posted a press release informing the world that “from October 19-25, more than 60 network TV shows [will] spotlight the power and personal benefits of service,” and that this “unprecedented block of TV programming is the first wave of a multi-year ‘I Participate’ campaign.”
On its face this all sounds rather benign in that silly, liberal do-gooder kind of way. The networks have launched these kinds of campaigns before and other than some clunky exposition awkwardly inserted into your favorite show to meet the mandate — no harm, no foul."
On September 10th of this year the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) posted a press release informing the world that “from October 19-25, more than 60 network TV shows [will] spotlight the power and personal benefits of service,” and that this “unprecedented block of TV programming is the first wave of a multi-year ‘I Participate’ campaign.”
On its face this all sounds rather benign in that silly, liberal do-gooder kind of way. The networks have launched these kinds of campaigns before and other than some clunky exposition awkwardly inserted into your favorite show to meet the mandate — no harm, no foul."
Big Hollywood � Blog Archive � Limbaugh Needs to Keep Fighting
Big Hollywood � Blog Archive � Limbaugh Needs to Keep Fighting:
Even in these times when the once unthinkable is becoming increasingly unremarkable, the current controversy over whether Rush Limbaugh is potentially worthy to be an NFL owner crosses over from the simply outrageous to the utterly infuriating. I strongly believe that it also represents a seminal moment in our cultural history as well as the sad state of free speech in this country.
There are so many levels of insanity with this story that it is difficult to know where to begin."
Even in these times when the once unthinkable is becoming increasingly unremarkable, the current controversy over whether Rush Limbaugh is potentially worthy to be an NFL owner crosses over from the simply outrageous to the utterly infuriating. I strongly believe that it also represents a seminal moment in our cultural history as well as the sad state of free speech in this country.
There are so many levels of insanity with this story that it is difficult to know where to begin."
American Thinker Blog: CBO Says Climate Bill Will Hurt Not Help Economy
American Thinker Blog: CBO Says Climate Bill Will Hurt Not Help Economy:
Today, the director of the Congressional Budget Office warned the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that proposed climate change legislation would impose 'significant costs' on America's GDP and employment. That’s not exactly what proponents had promised."
Today, the director of the Congressional Budget Office warned the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that proposed climate change legislation would impose 'significant costs' on America's GDP and employment. That’s not exactly what proponents had promised."
Barack Obama: ‘Oh, did I mention I won the Nobel prize?’ – Telegraph Blogs
Barack Obama: ‘Oh, did I mention I won the Nobel prize?’ – Telegraph Blogs:
The conventional wisdom is that President Barack Obama was embarrassed by the patently ludicrous award to him of the Nobel Peace Prize. And to be fair it did seem so when he accepted the honour (a term I use loosely) last Friday, quoting his daughter Malia as saying: “Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo’s birthday!” (call me a cynic but that’s a fabricated quote if ever I heard one)."
The conventional wisdom is that President Barack Obama was embarrassed by the patently ludicrous award to him of the Nobel Peace Prize. And to be fair it did seem so when he accepted the honour (a term I use loosely) last Friday, quoting his daughter Malia as saying: “Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo’s birthday!” (call me a cynic but that’s a fabricated quote if ever I heard one)."
The Rush Limbaugh media lynch mob – Telegraph Blogs
The Rush Limbaugh media lynch mob – Telegraph Blogs:
Which public figure can be quoted as having said something bigoted and disgusting and it doesn’t matter whether he did or not because he might have? Who can Big Media brand a racist without checking the facts? Who has to prove he did not say something racist, rather than the accuser proving he did?"
Which public figure can be quoted as having said something bigoted and disgusting and it doesn’t matter whether he did or not because he might have? Who can Big Media brand a racist without checking the facts? Who has to prove he did not say something racist, rather than the accuser proving he did?"
321gold: Gold and Economic Freedom by Alan Greenspan 1966
321gold: Gold and Economic Freedom by Alan Greenspan 1966:
An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense - perhaps more clearly and subtly than many consistent defenders of laissez-faire - that gold and economic freedom are inseparable, that the gold standard is an instrument of laissez-faire and that each implies and requires the other."
An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense - perhaps more clearly and subtly than many consistent defenders of laissez-faire - that gold and economic freedom are inseparable, that the gold standard is an instrument of laissez-faire and that each implies and requires the other."
Lindsay Graham is the Senate’s densest Republican | San Francisco Examiner
This is why it's no longer about "Parties"...it's about what's right for America and wrong...It's about We the People...not these idiots we keep electing. Cap and Trade will destroy the Manufacturing sector - or what's left of it - in America...and THEY DON'T CARE.......
Lindsay Graham is the Senate’s densest Republican | San Francisco Examiner:
And the winner of this week’s (Ig) Nobel Award for Densest Senate Republican is ... Lindsay Graham. He thinks he’s brokering a bipartisan deal on cap-and-trade. What he’s really doing is pulling the Democrats’ fat out of the fire on global warming."
Lindsay Graham is the Senate’s densest Republican | San Francisco Examiner:
And the winner of this week’s (Ig) Nobel Award for Densest Senate Republican is ... Lindsay Graham. He thinks he’s brokering a bipartisan deal on cap-and-trade. What he’s really doing is pulling the Democrats’ fat out of the fire on global warming."
Terence Corcoran: Trillion-dollar black holes - Full Comment
Terence Corcoran: Trillion-dollar black holes - Full Comment:
There is much concern in financial markets about exit strategies. How are central banks and governments going to dig themselves out of their multi-trillion dollar monetary and fiscal stimulus holes? Frankly, it’s too late now to start worrying about that problem, which in any case is easily fixed: tax increases. Far more worthy of attention, before it’s too late, are the new mile-deep spending regimes governments are preparing to cover the cost of new climate change policies. And guess how they will get out of those trenches."
There is much concern in financial markets about exit strategies. How are central banks and governments going to dig themselves out of their multi-trillion dollar monetary and fiscal stimulus holes? Frankly, it’s too late now to start worrying about that problem, which in any case is easily fixed: tax increases. Far more worthy of attention, before it’s too late, are the new mile-deep spending regimes governments are preparing to cover the cost of new climate change policies. And guess how they will get out of those trenches."
Natural-Born Losers - HUMAN EVENTS
Natural-Born Losers - HUMAN EVENTS:
The question of whether President Obama should send more troops to Afghanistan misses the point.
What Obama really needs to do is: Invent a time machine, go back to the 2008 presidential campaign and not say, over and over and over again, that Afghanistan was a 'war of necessity' while the war in Iraq was a 'war of choice.' (Oh, and as long as you're back there, ditch Van Jones, Valerie Jarrett and that gay 'school safety' czar.)
The most important part of warfare is picking your battlefield, and President Bush picked Iraq for a reason."
The question of whether President Obama should send more troops to Afghanistan misses the point.
What Obama really needs to do is: Invent a time machine, go back to the 2008 presidential campaign and not say, over and over and over again, that Afghanistan was a 'war of necessity' while the war in Iraq was a 'war of choice.' (Oh, and as long as you're back there, ditch Van Jones, Valerie Jarrett and that gay 'school safety' czar.)
The most important part of warfare is picking your battlefield, and President Bush picked Iraq for a reason."
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Democrats launch attack on insurer exemption - Patrick O'Connor and Carrie Budoff Brown - POLITICO.com
Democrats launch attack on insurer exemption - Patrick O'Connor and Carrie Budoff Brown - POLITICO.com:
The long-simmering tension between insurers and congressional Democrats is erupting into open warfare, with lawmakers stepping up their push to revoke a key federal protection for the insurance industry.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday called for an amendment to the health care reform bill that would remove the long-standing antitrust exemption for insurers, echoing a push by other Democrats to crack down on the industry."
The long-simmering tension between insurers and congressional Democrats is erupting into open warfare, with lawmakers stepping up their push to revoke a key federal protection for the insurance industry.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday called for an amendment to the health care reform bill that would remove the long-standing antitrust exemption for insurers, echoing a push by other Democrats to crack down on the industry."
Glenn Beck - Current Events & Politics - Glenn Beck: Tea Party turns on Graham
Glenn Beck: Tea Party turns on Graham:
GLENN: 888 727 BECK, 888 727 BECK. Is the audio good enough to play of this Lindsey Graham?
PAT: I'm not sure. He's really sounds like somebody recorded this on a cellphone and so he's way in the background.
GLENN: Stu, can you get Kevin on the phone? Can you see if you can get Kevin on the line here. Tell me what he's saying here."
GLENN: 888 727 BECK, 888 727 BECK. Is the audio good enough to play of this Lindsey Graham?
PAT: I'm not sure. He's really sounds like somebody recorded this on a cellphone and so he's way in the background.
GLENN: Stu, can you get Kevin on the phone? Can you see if you can get Kevin on the line here. Tell me what he's saying here."
RealClearPolitics - What's Michael Moore Talking About?
RealClearPolitics - What's Michael Moore Talking About?:
His new movie, 'Capitalism: A Love Story,' begins by suggesting that all was well until Ronald Reagan became president and cut the top 90 percent income tax rate. Everything was downhill from there."
His new movie, 'Capitalism: A Love Story,' begins by suggesting that all was well until Ronald Reagan became president and cut the top 90 percent income tax rate. Everything was downhill from there."
RealClearPolitics - High Price of ObamaCare
RealClearPolitics - High Price of ObamaCare:
Will a young, healthy, childless individual or couple buy health insurance costing 7.5 percent of their income, as required by Obama's health legislation? Not until they get sick. Then they can always buy the insurance, and the Obama bill requires the insurance companies to give it to them. And if the premiums come to more than 7.5 percent of their income because they are now sick, no problem. Obama will subsidize it."
Will a young, healthy, childless individual or couple buy health insurance costing 7.5 percent of their income, as required by Obama's health legislation? Not until they get sick. Then they can always buy the insurance, and the Obama bill requires the insurance companies to give it to them. And if the premiums come to more than 7.5 percent of their income because they are now sick, no problem. Obama will subsidize it."
NewsBusters.org | Exposing Liberal Media Bias
NewsBusters.org | Exposing Liberal Media Bias:
Paging Congressman Alan Grayson! Here is a quote that validates what you said about those EVIL Republicans:
'We're going to have to, if you're very old, we're not going to give you all that technology and all those drugs for the last couple of years of your life to keep you maybe going for another couple of months. It's too expensive...so we're going to let you die.'
Aha! So it turns out that Grayson was right when he said 'Republicans want you to die quickly.' Only one 'little' problem here. That quote did not come from a Republican. In fact it came from the very liberal former Labor Secretary Robert Reich who is now an economics adviser for Barack Obama."
Paging Congressman Alan Grayson! Here is a quote that validates what you said about those EVIL Republicans:
'We're going to have to, if you're very old, we're not going to give you all that technology and all those drugs for the last couple of years of your life to keep you maybe going for another couple of months. It's too expensive...so we're going to let you die.'
Aha! So it turns out that Grayson was right when he said 'Republicans want you to die quickly.' Only one 'little' problem here. That quote did not come from a Republican. In fact it came from the very liberal former Labor Secretary Robert Reich who is now an economics adviser for Barack Obama."
MRC's Bozell Demands CNN, MSNBC Source Racist Charges Against Limbaugh | NewsBusters.org
MRC's Bozell Demands CNN, MSNBC Source Racist Charges Against Limbaugh | NewsBusters.org:
Media Research Center President Brent Bozell today demanded that CNN and MSNBC prove that radio talk show king Rush Limbaugh uttered a racist quote they have attributed to him as fact after Limbaugh publicly denied having ever said, “Slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back. I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark” on his nationally syndicated airwaves."
Media Research Center President Brent Bozell today demanded that CNN and MSNBC prove that radio talk show king Rush Limbaugh uttered a racist quote they have attributed to him as fact after Limbaugh publicly denied having ever said, “Slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back. I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark” on his nationally syndicated airwaves."
Pulitzer Winner Likens Rush Limbaugh to Plantation Owner | NewsBusters.org
Pulitzer Winner Likens Rush Limbaugh to Plantation Owner | NewsBusters.org:
One of the most damaging accusations you can level at opponent is call that individual a racist in one form or another. And that's the tactic MSNBC and others left-wing opponents of Rush Limbaugh are taking to thwart his bid to purchase the St. Louis Rams."
One of the most damaging accusations you can level at opponent is call that individual a racist in one form or another. And that's the tactic MSNBC and others left-wing opponents of Rush Limbaugh are taking to thwart his bid to purchase the St. Louis Rams."
Preserving Freedom and Federalism: What's at Stake for Americans in the Health Care Debate
Preserving Freedom and Federalism: What's at Stake for Americans in the Health Care Debate:
Abstract: 'Federalism' is no outdated concept. The founding fathers of the American Republic are the authors of a brilliant design of the distribution of political power between the national government and the states. Under the Constitution, the federal government is responsible for the general concerns of the republic; the state governments are the custodians of the people's trusts and are authorized to address their particular concerns. This is the essence of federalism -- and precisely what is under attack in the massive health care bills currently under consideration in Congress. Former U.S. Representative from Florida Thomas C. Feeney explains what is at stake for every American."
Abstract: 'Federalism' is no outdated concept. The founding fathers of the American Republic are the authors of a brilliant design of the distribution of political power between the national government and the states. Under the Constitution, the federal government is responsible for the general concerns of the republic; the state governments are the custodians of the people's trusts and are authorized to address their particular concerns. This is the essence of federalism -- and precisely what is under attack in the massive health care bills currently under consideration in Congress. Former U.S. Representative from Florida Thomas C. Feeney explains what is at stake for every American."
Thomas Sowell : Magic Numbers in Politics - Townhall.com
Thomas Sowell : Magic Numbers in Politics - Townhall.com:
Back in the days of the Soviet Union, two Russian economists who had never lived in a country with a free market economy understood something about market economies that many others who have lived in such economies all their lives have never understood. Nikolai Shmelev and Vladimir Popov said: 'Everything is interconnected in the world of prices, so that the smallest change in one element is passed along the chain to millions of others.'"
Back in the days of the Soviet Union, two Russian economists who had never lived in a country with a free market economy understood something about market economies that many others who have lived in such economies all their lives have never understood. Nikolai Shmelev and Vladimir Popov said: 'Everything is interconnected in the world of prices, so that the smallest change in one element is passed along the chain to millions of others.'"
Michelle Malkin � This is what a “big mashed up bag of meat with lipstick” looks like
Michelle Malkin � This is what a “big mashed up bag of meat with lipstick” looks like:
Washington Post reporter Ann Gerhart’s Page A1 conservatives-are-horrible-ogres article led MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann to liken me tonight to a “big mashed up bag of meat with lipstick” and to rail about my “fascistic hatred.”
But remember: Only conservatives are horrible ogres."
Washington Post reporter Ann Gerhart’s Page A1 conservatives-are-horrible-ogres article led MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann to liken me tonight to a “big mashed up bag of meat with lipstick” and to rail about my “fascistic hatred.”
But remember: Only conservatives are horrible ogres."
The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Who Is Libeling Rush Limbaugh?
The American Spectator : AmSpecBlog : Who Is Libeling Rush Limbaugh?:
Rush Limbaugh hit back today on this racist business, put out there by leftists so blinded by racial issues that they will fight the colorblind America vision of conservatives with everything they have. They are claiming Rush said the following. Anyone who listens to Rush on a regular basis knows this is simply nuts, decidedly not Rush but the left-wing Rush stereotype. Here's the quote:"
Rush Limbaugh hit back today on this racist business, put out there by leftists so blinded by racial issues that they will fight the colorblind America vision of conservatives with everything they have. They are claiming Rush said the following. Anyone who listens to Rush on a regular basis knows this is simply nuts, decidedly not Rush but the left-wing Rush stereotype. Here's the quote:"
The American Spectator : Health Care Snowe Job
The American Spectator : Health Care Snowe Job:
The Senate Finance Committee has issued a set of 'talking points' about why the so-called America's Health Future Act is good for you. Missing is any straight talk about how the bill drives up health care spending, rations care and will force people to wait longer for less time with fewer doctors. Call it the Senate Finance Committee's 'Snowe Job.'
Eight Things to Know about the America's Healthy Future Act (amended for honesty and accuracy):"
The Senate Finance Committee has issued a set of 'talking points' about why the so-called America's Health Future Act is good for you. Missing is any straight talk about how the bill drives up health care spending, rations care and will force people to wait longer for less time with fewer doctors. Call it the Senate Finance Committee's 'Snowe Job.'
Eight Things to Know about the America's Healthy Future Act (amended for honesty and accuracy):"
The American Spectator : Ruination From Obama-Baucus
The American Spectator : Ruination From Obama-Baucus:
This bill is paid for,' Senator Max Baucus grinned upon receiving the CBO report scoring his government health care takeover bill as slightly reducing rather than increasing the deficit. But Baucus does not tell you who is paying for it.
CBO scores the Baucus bill as increasing federal spending by close to $1 trillion. That is entirely paid for by Medicare cuts and tax increases, including tax increases on the middle class which Obama pledged over and over would never happen, 'in any form,' if he was elected. The New York Times and the Democrats are now trying to tell us that this means the bill and its government handouts are free."
This bill is paid for,' Senator Max Baucus grinned upon receiving the CBO report scoring his government health care takeover bill as slightly reducing rather than increasing the deficit. But Baucus does not tell you who is paying for it.
CBO scores the Baucus bill as increasing federal spending by close to $1 trillion. That is entirely paid for by Medicare cuts and tax increases, including tax increases on the middle class which Obama pledged over and over would never happen, 'in any form,' if he was elected. The New York Times and the Democrats are now trying to tell us that this means the bill and its government handouts are free."
American Thinker: If Rush Limbaugh is a Racist, Are His 20 Million Listeners Also?
American Thinker: If Rush Limbaugh is a Racist, Are His 20 Million Listeners Also?:
I have been a faithful Rush Limbaugh radio show listener for almost 20 years. I have never heard Rush make one racist comment. As a matter of fact, I am a black man who has been inspired and encouraged by Rush on numerous occasions. Rush is part of a partnership bidding to purchase an NFL football team. I am highly offended watching the liberal media's all out assault on this great American. In their efforts to block Rush from ownership of a team, the liberal media and the Left are attempting to brand Rush as a racist."
I have been a faithful Rush Limbaugh radio show listener for almost 20 years. I have never heard Rush make one racist comment. As a matter of fact, I am a black man who has been inspired and encouraged by Rush on numerous occasions. Rush is part of a partnership bidding to purchase an NFL football team. I am highly offended watching the liberal media's all out assault on this great American. In their efforts to block Rush from ownership of a team, the liberal media and the Left are attempting to brand Rush as a racist."
American Thinker: Gore On The Grill
American Thinker: Gore On The Grill:
Last Friday, global warming's poster boy, Al Gore, spoke to the Society of Environmental Journalists' convention in Madison, Wisconsin. After his speech to this flock of propagandists, there was a rare Q and A session. Among those asking a question was Irish filmmaker Phelim McAleer, director of Not Evil, Just Wrong, a movie critical of the global warming movement."
Last Friday, global warming's poster boy, Al Gore, spoke to the Society of Environmental Journalists' convention in Madison, Wisconsin. After his speech to this flock of propagandists, there was a rare Q and A session. Among those asking a question was Irish filmmaker Phelim McAleer, director of Not Evil, Just Wrong, a movie critical of the global warming movement."
American Thinker: What Soros Wanted, Obama Delivers
American Thinker: What Soros Wanted, Obama Delivers:
In January 2004, George Soros proclaimed to the world, 'I have made rejection of the Bush doctrine the central project of my life.' To which he added, 'America, under Bush, is a danger to the world. And I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is.' Soros then waged a nearly one-wallet war against Bush, put more than $25 million of his own cash into Kerry's election bid and came out of the whole gambit with a tattered I-Voted-for-the-other-guy t-shirt."
In January 2004, George Soros proclaimed to the world, 'I have made rejection of the Bush doctrine the central project of my life.' To which he added, 'America, under Bush, is a danger to the world. And I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is.' Soros then waged a nearly one-wallet war against Bush, put more than $25 million of his own cash into Kerry's election bid and came out of the whole gambit with a tattered I-Voted-for-the-other-guy t-shirt."
The Senate reform fraud
The Senate reform fraud:
THE Senate Finance Committee yesterday voted on a fraud: Sen. Max Baucus' 're sponsible' health-reform bill is actually a recipe for fiscal disaster -- and the Congressional Budget Office report that supposedly bolstered the bill actually exposes it.
As others have noted, Baucus used all manner of budgetary gimmicks to oblige the CBO to give him the headlines he needed -- a supposed pricetag of 'just' $829 billion over 10 years, with enough other spending cuts and tax hikes to avoid adding to the federal deficit. But the CBO exposed the truth by taking the rare step of calculating what the bill would cost in its second 10 years."
THE Senate Finance Committee yesterday voted on a fraud: Sen. Max Baucus' 're sponsible' health-reform bill is actually a recipe for fiscal disaster -- and the Congressional Budget Office report that supposedly bolstered the bill actually exposes it.
As others have noted, Baucus used all manner of budgetary gimmicks to oblige the CBO to give him the headlines he needed -- a supposed pricetag of 'just' $829 billion over 10 years, with enough other spending cuts and tax hikes to avoid adding to the federal deficit. But the CBO exposed the truth by taking the rare step of calculating what the bill would cost in its second 10 years."
A new idea for Congress: Read the bill, then vote -- baltimoresun.com
A new idea for Congress: Read the bill, then vote -- baltimoresun.com:
Bipartisan legislation known as the 'Read the Bill' resolution would amend the rules of the House of Representatives to require the Internet posting of all nonemergency legislation for 72 hours before it can be considered on the House floor. This is not only necessary; it is common sense."
Bipartisan legislation known as the 'Read the Bill' resolution would amend the rules of the House of Representatives to require the Internet posting of all nonemergency legislation for 72 hours before it can be considered on the House floor. This is not only necessary; it is common sense."
State-Run Media Scum Smear Rush Using Fabricated Quotes
It's ABOUT TIME someone slugged back over erroneous sound bites!!!
State-Run Media Scum Smear Rush Using Fabricated Quotes:
RUSH: Folks, also, I don't know what to do today. I really don't know what to do. The audio sound bite roster is, again, 95% about me. The reason for my indecision here is that -- well, I've talked to you about this before. People lob attacks at you and when you respond to them they think, a-ha, we've hit home runs here. There's so many outrageous, fabricated lies. There is a genuine full-fledged smear campaign being orchestrated by liberal sportswriters and picked up by other liberals in the State-Controlled Media that it's breathtaking."
State-Run Media Scum Smear Rush Using Fabricated Quotes:
RUSH: Folks, also, I don't know what to do today. I really don't know what to do. The audio sound bite roster is, again, 95% about me. The reason for my indecision here is that -- well, I've talked to you about this before. People lob attacks at you and when you respond to them they think, a-ha, we've hit home runs here. There's so many outrageous, fabricated lies. There is a genuine full-fledged smear campaign being orchestrated by liberal sportswriters and picked up by other liberals in the State-Controlled Media that it's breathtaking."
Apartment residents told to take down U.S. flags | KATU.com - News, Weather and Sports - Portland, Oregon | Local & Regional
Take down American Flags on American soil because they might offend somebody.....WHAT????
Apartment residents told to take down U.S. flags:
ALBANY, Ore. - At the Oaks Apartments in Albany, the management can fly their own flag advertising one and two bedroom apartments - but residents have been told they can't fly any flags at all.
Jim Clausen flies the American flag from the back of his motorcycle. He has a son in the military heading back to Iraq, and the flag - he said - is his way of showing support.
'This flag stands for all those people,' said Clausen, an Oaks Apartment resident. 'It stands for the people that can no longer stand - who died in wars. That's why I fly this flag.'"
Apartment residents told to take down U.S. flags:
ALBANY, Ore. - At the Oaks Apartments in Albany, the management can fly their own flag advertising one and two bedroom apartments - but residents have been told they can't fly any flags at all.
Jim Clausen flies the American flag from the back of his motorcycle. He has a son in the military heading back to Iraq, and the flag - he said - is his way of showing support.
'This flag stands for all those people,' said Clausen, an Oaks Apartment resident. 'It stands for the people that can no longer stand - who died in wars. That's why I fly this flag.'"
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Glenn Beck - Interviews - Vince Flynn - Pursuit of Honor
Glenn Beck - Interviews - Vince Flynn - Pursuit of Honor:
GLENN: From high above Times Square, third most listened to show in all of America. Hello, you sick twisted freak. Welcome to the program. The one, the only Vince Flynn is here. Hey, Vince, how are you?
FLYNN: Now that you've risen to the status of superstar, you are now protected by a cocoon of glass.
GLENN: Yes, I am. You cannot enter my space.
FLYNN: I can't come within 20 feet of you."
GLENN: From high above Times Square, third most listened to show in all of America. Hello, you sick twisted freak. Welcome to the program. The one, the only Vince Flynn is here. Hey, Vince, how are you?
FLYNN: Now that you've risen to the status of superstar, you are now protected by a cocoon of glass.
GLENN: Yes, I am. You cannot enter my space.
FLYNN: I can't come within 20 feet of you."
American Thinker: Talkers fill GOP leadership vacuum
American Thinker: Talkers fill GOP leadership vacuum:
The Old Media are in a breathless tizzy over Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and other conservative talk show hosts. These high-profile voices of the Right speak to ever-larger audiences. They provide a logical and devastating criticism of the leftist agenda of the Obama Administration on a daily basis. So, Old Media asks: Are these conservative talkers the new leaders of the Republican Party?
The answer is yes, by default."
The Old Media are in a breathless tizzy over Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and other conservative talk show hosts. These high-profile voices of the Right speak to ever-larger audiences. They provide a logical and devastating criticism of the leftist agenda of the Obama Administration on a daily basis. So, Old Media asks: Are these conservative talkers the new leaders of the Republican Party?
The answer is yes, by default."
American Thinker: The Self-Censorship of Liberals: It's Too Scary to Look
American Thinker: The Self-Censorship of Liberals: It's Too Scary to Look:
When the BBC finally ‘fessed up last week to the Global Warming Fraud -- without admitting how much they aided and abetted the scam over ten years or more -- a liberal gent I know was shocked. He had sort of gritted his teeth and tolerated my skepticism over the years, but he never wanted to judge the whole fraudulent business for himself, although he had plenty of qualifications to do so. But this fraud was obvious. You had to want to close your eyes not to see it. I say that with all appreciation to the scientists and bloggers like Anthony Watt, who doggedly did the hard work of double-checking the fraud."
When the BBC finally ‘fessed up last week to the Global Warming Fraud -- without admitting how much they aided and abetted the scam over ten years or more -- a liberal gent I know was shocked. He had sort of gritted his teeth and tolerated my skepticism over the years, but he never wanted to judge the whole fraudulent business for himself, although he had plenty of qualifications to do so. But this fraud was obvious. You had to want to close your eyes not to see it. I say that with all appreciation to the scientists and bloggers like Anthony Watt, who doggedly did the hard work of double-checking the fraud."
American Thinker: How to take down a great power
American Thinker: How to take down a great power:
Unlike Augustus or Caligula, Lucius Aurelius Commodus was not an emperor who made a strong impression on modern consciousness. Until the release of the film Gladiator, a heavily fictionalized version of his reign, most Americans had never heard of him. In the film he comes across as quite a compelling figure thanks to a first-rate portrayal by Joaquin Phoenix."
Unlike Augustus or Caligula, Lucius Aurelius Commodus was not an emperor who made a strong impression on modern consciousness. Until the release of the film Gladiator, a heavily fictionalized version of his reign, most Americans had never heard of him. In the film he comes across as quite a compelling figure thanks to a first-rate portrayal by Joaquin Phoenix."
RealClearPolitics - Video - MSNBC's Chris Matthews Fantasizes About Murder Of Rush Limbaugh
RealClearPolitics - Video - MSNBC's Chris Matthews Fantasizes About Murder Of Rush Limbaugh:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: You guys see Live and Let Die, the great Bond film with Yaphet Kotto as the bad guy, Mr. Big? In the end they jam a big CO2 pellet in his face and he blew up. I have to tell you, Rush Limbaugh is looking more and more like Mr. Big, and at some point somebodys going to jam a CO2 pellet into his head and hes going to explode like a giant blimp. That day may come. Not yet. But well be there to watch. I think hes Mr. Big, I think Yaphet Kotto. Are you watching, Rush?"
CHRIS MATTHEWS: You guys see Live and Let Die, the great Bond film with Yaphet Kotto as the bad guy, Mr. Big? In the end they jam a big CO2 pellet in his face and he blew up. I have to tell you, Rush Limbaugh is looking more and more like Mr. Big, and at some point somebodys going to jam a CO2 pellet into his head and hes going to explode like a giant blimp. That day may come. Not yet. But well be there to watch. I think hes Mr. Big, I think Yaphet Kotto. Are you watching, Rush?"
Apparently a Less-Warm Planet Requires Loads of Pork, Red Tape, and Union Favoritism
Apparently a Less-Warm Planet Requires Loads of Pork, Red Tape, and Union Favoritism:
An Associated Press story last week related 'good news' about expected heating costs this winter: namely, it will cost people less to heat their homes this year, according to the Energy Information Administration. To read the story, one would think that the government considers that to be good news, too.
Under a cap-and-trade regime, however, this same news would be considered calamitous. By the government, that is – consumers would, of course, remain consistent in their opinion that higher energy costs are bad news and lower costs, good. Making energy more expensive is what the whole cap-and-trade scheme depends on."
An Associated Press story last week related 'good news' about expected heating costs this winter: namely, it will cost people less to heat their homes this year, according to the Energy Information Administration. To read the story, one would think that the government considers that to be good news, too.
Under a cap-and-trade regime, however, this same news would be considered calamitous. By the government, that is – consumers would, of course, remain consistent in their opinion that higher energy costs are bad news and lower costs, good. Making energy more expensive is what the whole cap-and-trade scheme depends on."
MarketWatch First Take: Obama fails to win Nobel prize in economics - MarketWatch
MarketWatch First Take: Obama fails to win Nobel prize in economics - MarketWatch:
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- In a decision as shocking as Friday's surprise peace prize win, President Obama failed to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Monday.
While few observers think Obama has done anything for world peace in the nearly nine months he's been in office, the same clearly can't be said for economics.
The president has worked tirelessly since even before his inauguration to wrest control of the U.S. economy from failed free markets, and the evil CEOs who profit from them, and to turn it over to wise, fair and benevolent bureaucrats."
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- In a decision as shocking as Friday's surprise peace prize win, President Obama failed to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences Monday.
While few observers think Obama has done anything for world peace in the nearly nine months he's been in office, the same clearly can't be said for economics.
The president has worked tirelessly since even before his inauguration to wrest control of the U.S. economy from failed free markets, and the evil CEOs who profit from them, and to turn it over to wise, fair and benevolent bureaucrats."
FT.com / US & Canada - Fight looms over US health reform
FT.com / US & Canada - Fight looms over US health reform:
After months of bending over backwards to accommodate the concerns of the health insurance industry, it nevertheless gave Barack Obama a royal kick in the teeth on Monday at precisely the worst moment for the White House."
After months of bending over backwards to accommodate the concerns of the health insurance industry, it nevertheless gave Barack Obama a royal kick in the teeth on Monday at precisely the worst moment for the White House."
FT.com / US / Politics & Foreign policy - Health insurance lobby attacks reforms
FT.com / US / Politics & Foreign policy - Health insurance lobby attacks reforms:
The White House and the health insurance industry on Monday descended into open conflict on the eve of a critical Senate vote that could determine the fortunes of Barack Obama’s healthcare reform plans.
Supporters of President Obama accused the health insurance industry of attempted “sabotage” after it issued a report by PwC, which estimated that premiums would rise much faster under the proposed reforms than they would have done otherwise."
The White House and the health insurance industry on Monday descended into open conflict on the eve of a critical Senate vote that could determine the fortunes of Barack Obama’s healthcare reform plans.
Supporters of President Obama accused the health insurance industry of attempted “sabotage” after it issued a report by PwC, which estimated that premiums would rise much faster under the proposed reforms than they would have done otherwise."
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Health Reform Is Spelled F-O-R-C-E - HUMAN EVENTS
Health Reform Is Spelled F-O-R-C-E - HUMAN EVENTS:
Earlier this week, doctors, nurses, and medical techs took to the streets in Albany, N.Y. to protest an edict by the New York Department of Health that all health care workers whether on public payrolls or private practice must be vaccinated for flu and H1N1 swine flu.
Does the federal government have the legal authority to order mandatory vaccinations? For employees and members of the military, probably. Mandatory anthrax vaccination for all members of the U.S. Armed Services has been upheld in federal court. Then again, how would you react to a mandatory order from your employer to get vaccinated? Private employers couldn't do that. You would be protected by laws passed by government. The same big government that wants to order health care workers, whether employees or not, to get vaccinated."
Earlier this week, doctors, nurses, and medical techs took to the streets in Albany, N.Y. to protest an edict by the New York Department of Health that all health care workers whether on public payrolls or private practice must be vaccinated for flu and H1N1 swine flu.
Does the federal government have the legal authority to order mandatory vaccinations? For employees and members of the military, probably. Mandatory anthrax vaccination for all members of the U.S. Armed Services has been upheld in federal court. Then again, how would you react to a mandatory order from your employer to get vaccinated? Private employers couldn't do that. You would be protected by laws passed by government. The same big government that wants to order health care workers, whether employees or not, to get vaccinated."
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