Making Sense of the START Debate | STRATFOR

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

The *true* John Conyers scandal. | RedState

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

American Thinker: Seeds of Financial Catastrophe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PRUDEN: Nothing neutral about this unholy scheme - Washington Times

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chavez defends plan for Internet regulations

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

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

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

Coming to a neighborhood near you!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The American Spectator : A Tax with Teeth and Clause

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

The American Spectator : A Fatwa on Liam Neeson?

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

The American Spectator : Scott Brown's Dilemma

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

Who Killed DREAM? The Tea Party Did - Newsweek

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

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

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

How did the FCC get here?"

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

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

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

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

American Thinker: Expose the Public Pension Mess

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

American Thinker Blog: A royal snub for the Obamas

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

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

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

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

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

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






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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It's a fashion first . . . lady.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rep. Cleaver has proposed a $48 billion earmark

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I was wrong."

American Thinker: Cancun's Climate Crock

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

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

American Thinker: Why the Senate Should Reject the New START

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

American Thinker: Obama lashes out at friend and foe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

American Thinker: Obama's War on Chris Christie

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

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

I'm soooooooooooooooo surprised....

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

American Thinker: Liberals and the Coming Redistribution of Fault

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ford, BMW, Toyota Took Secret Government Money

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

Menendez Likens Tax Fight to Negotiating With Terrorists : Roll Call

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

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

EDITORIAL: Wave goodbye to Internet freedom - Washington Times

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In short: he doesn’t like them."

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

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

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

Democratic Senate Leader Says Will Force Vote on Dream Act

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Iranian Air Force Officer Defects | FrontPage Magazine

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bolivia assails rich, carbon market at Cancun talks | Reuters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GOOD Kill the Bill!!!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The American Spectator : DREAMs Are Made of This

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

The American Spectator : Pay Freeze? Oh, Please

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

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

American Thinker: Sharia Law Is Already Here

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

American Thinker: Sharia and Obama's Foreign Policy

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

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

American Thinker: CableGate: Obama's Katrina Times Ten

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Senate passes bill to boost food safety

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

American Thinker: Obama Announces Federal Pay Freeze

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

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