US Approaching Insolvency, Fix To Be 'Painful': Fisher - CNBC

The United States is on a fiscal path towards insolvency and policymakers are at a 'tipping point,' a Federal Reserve official said on Tuesday."

The American Spectator : One World Government Obama

"Maybe I missed something, but wasn't that The Constitution of the United States of America that we just laid to rest this weekend?

It was buried in a private ceremony by Mr. Barack Obama of Chicago as he silently signed America on to the One World Government some of us have been worried about for decades."

Jon Meacham: Media Would Have 'Barbecued' Bush If He Did NCAA Brackets During Crises

Ya THINK??????????

My only point is that Bush would have gotten more barbecued for this,' Meacham claimed on Morning Joe Thursday. 'Anyone who thinks that he didn't – he wouldn't – is crazy.' The panel was debating the merits of President Obama appearing on ESPN to discuss basketball while Libya is in turmoil and Japan is facing a possible nuclear catastrophe."

AP: Obama Playing 'Grand Tourist' in Rio 'Sure to Endear Him Even More' to Brazilian People

In a report for the Associated Press on Sunday, Jim Kuhnhenn fawned over President Obama's tour of Rio De Janeiro during a trip to Brazil: 'Obama played grand tourist....The president's sightseeing Sunday was sure to endear him even more to a diverse and multicultural country where his personal story already makes him popular.'"

RealClearPolitics - Video - Brit Hume: "Failure" An Option With Obama's Military Actions On Libya

His emphasis is instead is on how brief the mission will be, how limit and how soon the U.S. leadership role will be ended. Failure it seems in this case is an option,' Brit Hume said in his commentary."

RealClearPolitics - Video - Michael Moore To Obama: Return Your Nobel Peace Prize

Feeding Frenzy! Love it!

Michael Moore tweets that President Obama should return his Nobel Peace Prize after he approved military strikes on Libya."

Palin at Kotel tunnel: Israel too apologetic

Former American vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin expressed support for Jews praying openly on the Temple Mount on a visit to the Old City of Jerusalem on Sunday, officials who accompanied Palin said.

Palin and her husband Todd arrived for a two-day visit on Sunday afternoon and toured the Western Wall and its adjacent tunnels. They will visit the Old City again on Monday, tour Gesthsemane and the Mount of Olives, and have dinner with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara at their official residence in Jerusalem."

Fact: Bush Had 2 Times More Coalition Partners in Iraq Than Obama Has in Libya - President Obama - Fox Nation

Fact: Bush Had 2 Times More Coalition Partners in Iraq Than Obama Has in Libya"

Obama: ‘President Does Not Have Power Under Constitution to Unilaterally Authorize a Military Attack’ | CNSnews.com

I just have to keep posting these articles because they DESTROYED GWB with this.....shoes on the other foot now, ey???

As a presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama (D.-Ill.) emphatically stated that the Constitution does not give the president the authority to unilaterally authorize a military attack unless it is needed to stop an actual or imminent attack on the United States."

Existing-Home Sales Plunge, Setback for Housing Recovery - CNBC

Sales of previously owned U.S. homes fell unexpectedly sharply in February and prices touched their lowest level in nearly nine years, implying a housing market recovery was still a long off."

You Can't Go Home Again - Opinion - PatriotPost.US

The biggest takeaway, the biggest foreign-policy fact, of the past decade is this: America has to be very careful where it goes in the world, because the minute it's there -- the minute there are boots on the ground, the minute we leave a footprint -- there will spring up, immediately, 15 reasons America cannot leave. The next day there will be 30 reasons, and the day after that 45. They are often serious and legitimate reasons.

So we wind up in long, drawn-out struggles when we didn't mean to, when it wasn't the plan, or the hope, or the expectation."

Brief for Monday, March 21, 2011 - Editions - PatriotPost.US

Conservative infighting over whether the United States should intervene militarily in Libya is sign of good health. To remain vital, an ideological movement needs to have its basic assumptions challenged occasionally. We need to correct our wayward courses rather than allow mistakes based on faulty strategy to serve as precedents for the next missteps. Many conservatives (particularly neoconservatives) are strong supporters of intervention, out of a deep conviction that the global advance of freedom promotes American security."

Joe Biden: ‘Framers Intended to Grant Congress Power to Initiate All Hostilities, Even Limited Wars’ | CNSnews.com

After studying the constitutional language governing the use of military force and the debates that the Framers had on the issue, Joe Biden determined that the Founding Fathers had vested the power to authorize even the limited use of military force in the Congress not the president---unless it was necessary for the president to act swiftly to repel an attack on the United States or to rescue U.S. citizens."

Bill Maher | Sarah Palin is a 'dumb twat' | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Just makes him a dumber Twit....

One might think paying for HBO as a premium cable channel would entitle subscribers to high-quality entertainment selections. But for an hour Friday night, viewers were treated to a little misogynistic locker room humor with the channel’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.”"

Gun control | Obama | National Rifle Association | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

On Sunday March 13, President Obama took his first tiny steps into reigniting the debate over America’s oldest pastime: firearms."

Glenn Beck Reports the Darkest Evil on the Planet | NewsReal Blog

This report by Glenn Beck on the the Palestinians’ massacre of a Jewish family on the West Bank gets it right — and he is the only major media figure who has. The silence of the rest of the media is a tribute to the success of the Islamic jihad in America in preventing the truth about Islamic Nazism from being told lest teller be accused of Islamophobia. Regarding the rest of the press, Mark Steyn as usual has written the last word: ”Dead Jews Is No News”:"

Wall Street Journal Pushes Lie That Debtors’ Prisons Have Returned To America | NewsReal Blog

Another day, another leftist lie. This time it is an attack on the financial system that left-wing policies crippled over time. The lie is that bankers are conspiring against innocent people and having them rounded up and put in jail. It is complete and utter hogwash motivated by an abiding hostility toward markets."

The New Egypt: Muslims Burn Down Church then Kill the Protestors | NewsReal Blog

The media sold us all on the Egyptian so-called democracy protests. It would bring peace and a secular government. Christians would not have to fear. All would be well. Those same newsmen might want to revisit Cairo today where a mob of violent Muslims attacked a Christian protest. So far we know at least 13 people were killed and around 150 have been wounded."

Military Action in Libya: Conundrums and Calculations

The military action in Libya undertaken by a “coalition of the willing” at the end of last week is, from an American perspective, as vexing as it is elating. On one hand it is good that the US came to the aid of a people yearning to over thrown a murderous dictator, but on the other it is troubling that America is going into this with no plan, no policy, and no idea who the players on the rebel side even are.

On top of all that President Obama is going ahead with this intervention in precisely the same ways that he pointedly criticized President Bush for doing in Iraq. In fact, some on the American left are leveling just that accusation him."

Bill Gates Supports Socialized Medicine: ‘I’d Take Any Rich Country’s Medical System Over Ours’ - Big Government

Bill Gates of Microsoft fame (or infamy) visited the Claremont Colleges this past week. You can watch that visit here. What follows is a transcript typed by one of my associates of that event."

Obama cancels public speech in Rio square: embassy

President Barack Obama has cancelled a public speech he was scheduled to deliver Sunday in a Rio square during his upcoming visit to Brazil, the US embassy in Brasilia said.

The speech in the historic plaza known as Cinelandia, in the heart of Rio de Janeiro, 'is cancelled,' an embassy spokeswoman told AFP.

Obama instead will deliver remarks at Rio's Municipal Theatre, the official said, without specifying whether it would be open to the public or exclusively for invited guests."

Libya's Opposition Leadership Comes into Focus | STRATFOR

Libya has descended to a situation tantamount to civil war, with forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in the west pitted against rebels from the east. One of the biggest problems faced by Western governments has been identifying exactly who the rebels are. Many of them, including former Libyan Justice Minister Mustafa Abdel-Jalil and former Interior Minister Gen. Abdel Fattah Younis, defected early on from the Gadhafi regime and represent part of the leadership of the National Transitional Council, which lobbied Western governments for support soon after its formation."

It’s still an empty lockbox - The Washington Post

Last week, President Obama’s budget chief, Jack Lew, took to his White House blog to repeat his claim that the Social Security trust fund is solvent through 2037. And to chide me for suggesting otherwise. I had argued in my last column that the trust fund is empty, indeed fictional."

Charles Krauthammer - Et tu, Jack Lew?

Everyone knows that the U.S. budget is being devoured by entitlements. Everyone also knows that of the Big Three - Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security - Social Security is the most solvable.

Back-of-an-envelope solvable: Raise the retirement age, tweak the indexing formula (from wage inflation to price inflation) and means-test so that Warren Buffett's check gets redirected to a senior in need."

CBO: Obama budget worse than projected on 10-year deficit - The Hill's On The Money

The Congressional Budget Office on Friday released its analysis of President Obama’s 2012 budget proposal and found it does less to rein in deficits and the debt than the administration had estimated.

CBO estimates Obama's plan would produce 10 years of deficits totaling $9.5 trillion. By 2021, it would increase the debt held by the public to 87 percent of gross domestic product."

Biden mentions rape in criticizing Republicans - TheHill.com

Vice President Joe Biden, speaking at a fundraiser in Philadelphia Friday, compared Republicans in Congress to people who excuse rapists by blaming their victims.



The vice president, known for speaking his mind and at times putting his foot in his mouth, said that Republicans who want to cut spending while at the same time cutting taxes for the wealthy are similar to rape apologists."

Dane County judge halts collective bargaining law - JSOnline

Madison -- Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi issued a temporary restraining order Friday, barring the publication of a controversial new law that would sharply curtail collective bargaining for public employees.

Sumi’s order will prevent Secretary of State Doug La Follette from publishing the law until she can rule on the merits of the case. Dane County Ismael Ozanne is seeking to block the law because he says a legislative committee violated the state’s open meetings law.

Sumi said Ozanne was likely to succeed on the merits."

KUHNER: The enemy within - Washington Times

Radical Islam threatens American democracy. It is slowly subverting America from within and without. If it is not stopped, U.S. civilization is doomed.

For decades, Europe has been in the grip of an Islamist assault. Largely ghettoized Muslim populations have become dangerously alienated from the European mainstream. From Paris to Hamburg, Germany, radicalized imams preach the virtues of global jihad. Subway systems in London and Madrid have been bombed; hundreds of civilians have been slaughtered. Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered."

Budget-busting station named for Biden - Washington Times

As a thank-you to its most famous customer, Amtrak is renaming the train station in Wilmington, Del., after stimulus “sheriff” Vice President Joseph R. Biden — after the project received $20 million in stimulus money and came in $5.7 million over the initial announced budget."

Japan tsunami and earthquake: 30 children sit silent in classroom after parents vanish | Mail Online

Even amid the carnage and despair of Japan's tsunami victims, the plight of the 30 children at Kama Elementary School is heartbreaking.

They sit quietly in the corner of a third-floor classroom where they have waited each day since the tsunami swept into the town of Ishinomaki for their parents to collect them. So far, no one has come and few at the school now believe they will.

Teachers think that some of the boys and girls, aged between eight and 12, know their fathers and mothers are among the missing and will never again turn up at the gates of the school on the eastern outskirts of the town, but they are saying nothing."

Palin Doctrine Emerges as Arab League Echoes Her Demarche on Libya - March 16, 2011 - The New York Sun

The call by the Arab League for Western military intervention in an Arab state — in this case asking that a UN “no-fly zone” be imposed over Libya – is not only without precedent but it puts in formal terms what Governor Palin stated three weeks ago should have been America’s response to the political and humanitarian crisis now unfolding there."

Express Yourself :: Barack Obama: The Weakest President in history?

INEFFECTUAL, invisible, unable to honour pledges and now blamed for letting Gaddafi off the hook. Why Obama’s gone from ‘Yes we can’ to ‘Er, maybe we shouldn’t’..."

Sam Kazman: How Washington Ruined Your Washing Machine - WSJ.com

In 1996, top-loaders were pretty much the only type of washer around, and they were uniformly high quality. When Consumer Reports tested 18 models, 13 were 'excellent' and five were 'very good.' By 2007, though, not one was excellent and seven out of 21 were 'fair' or 'poor.' This month came the death knell: Consumer Reports simply dismissed all conventional top-loaders as 'often mediocre or worse.'

How's that for progress?"

Rove: The GOP Race Is Underway - WSJ.com

Political junkies are complaining that the Republican presidential contest is off to a slow, even debilitating, start. No GOP candidate has even declared or filed an exploratory committee. Meanwhile, Democrats crow that the slow-forming Republican race is a boon for President Barack Obama."

Continuing Resolution | GOP Leadership Fuming at Conservative 'No' Votes on 3 Week CR | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

GOOD for the 54!!!!!!!!!! All anyone is doing is going around and around again!

GOP leaders and much of the mainline party caucus that voted for a three-week continuing resolution Tuesday are fuming at the 54 conservative Republicans who voted no — and the right-wing activists who cheered them on.

Many saw the move by conservatives, galvanized by a closed-door speech by former GOP Conference Chairman Rep. Mike Pence, as a pointless protest vote that weakened House Speaker John Boehner’s hand in negotiations with top Democrats on spending cuts."

US backing for world currency stuns markets - Telegraph

ALL the doomsayers that have been ridiculed for being worried about JUST this event.....what does the Drive By media have to say now???
I am shocked and not shocked....NOTHING these people do is surprising. Especially if it HURTS the USA!

US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner shocked global markets by revealing that Washington is 'quite open' to Chinese proposals for the gradual development of a global reserve currency run by the International Monetary Fund."

patriots - Adrian Peterson a slave to his own arrogance - WEEI | Kirk Minihane

Amen.........................

I guess the first thing I'd like to know about Adrian Peterson, Modern Day Slave is this: Which route on the underground railroad did he take to get from Minnesota to Los Angeles to film that cameo on an episode of 'Entourage' last year?"

The American Spectator : Hands Off the Obamacare Slush Fund

Speaker of the House John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and House Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy have consistently blocked efforts by Reps. Steve King and Michele Bachmann to defund the so-called 'Obamacare slush fund' via the continuing resolution or House spending bills, despite being told by House Republican leadership staff that they could do so under current House rules."

American Thinker Blog: Power Corrupts

Recently J. Robert Smith wrote a blogpost arguing that the panic-driven coverage of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant illustrates an aversion to risk bordering on the, well, psychotic (my words, not Mr. Smith's). I would agree to a point, but I fear he has only elucidated part of the truth."

Geithner says Congress must raise debt limit | Reuters

Congress has to do it. There's no alternative,' he said in response to questions at a House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee.

He repeated a warning that it would be have 'catastrophic' consequences for the economy if the debt ceiling was not raised and the country defaulted on its debt obligations."

U.S. Debt Jumped $72 Billion Same Day U.S. House Voted to Cut Spending $6 Billion | CNSnews.com

This is insanity............

(CNSNews.com) - The national debt jumped by $72 billion on Tuesday even as the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution to fund the government for just three weeks that will cut $6 billion from government spending."

A Glowing Report on Radiation - HUMAN EVENTS

With the terrible earthquake and resulting tsunami that have devastated Japan, the only good news is that anyone exposed to excess radiation from the nuclear power plants is now probably much less likely to get cancer.

This only seems counterintuitive because of media hysteria for the past 20 years trying to convince Americans that radiation at any dose is bad. There is, however, burgeoning evidence that excess radiation operates as a sort of cancer vaccine."

Obama flaunts openness award | POLITICO 44

According to his public schedule, Obama has four behind-closed-doors meetings from 10 a.m. to 3:05 p.m.: his daily briefing, a talk with the USAID administrator, a session with senior advisers, and a huddle with his defense secretary. All of the meets are in the Oval Office, and all of them are “closed press,” the White House says."

Housing starts see biggest drop since 1984 - Yahoo! Finance

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Housing starts posted their biggest decline in 27 years in February while building permits dropped to their lowest level on record, suggesting the beleaguered real estate sector has yet to rebound from its deepest slump in modern history."

Right Direction or Wrong Track - Rasmussen Reports™

Just 22% of Likely U.S. Voters say the country is heading in the right direction, the lowest level of confidence found since before President Obama’s inauguration in January 2009.

According to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey taken the week ending Sunday, March 13, 72% of voters now say the country is heading down the wrong track, also at its highest level since before the inauguration."

Obama Heads to Rio Sunday; Maximum Security Awaits - Kenneth Rapoza - BRIC Breaker - Forbes

I am soooooo happy they are getting a vacation....Heck! They haven't had one in what - a month????

The Obama family will also take in the sights in Rio. A trip to Corcovado mountain, where the Christ the Redeemer statue stands (France gave us Lady Liberty, gave Brazil Jesus) is supposedly on the itinerary. What trip to Rio would be complete without it? If they do make it to the top of the mountain, they will do so with an entourage of secret service and Brazil’s Elite Squad, known as BOPE."

Barack Obama's lack of leadership -- John Podhoretz - NYPOST.com

"Obama the Invisible" - how very apt....

Where is the president? The world is beset. Moammar Khadafy is moving relentlessly to crush the Libyan revolt that once promised the overthrow of one of the world's most despicable regimes.

So where is the president?"

Eminent Domain Abuse in Mount Holly, NJ | The Institute for Justice

Your home stolen by your local government.....coming soon....this is ridiculous!

Township officials in Mount Holly have been systematically dismantling the Gardens, a close-knit community of row houses that up until recently was home to more than 300 families. Since 2003, the Township bought more than 200 homes under the threat of eminent domain."

NRA Refuses to Meet With Obama on Gun Control | The Blaze

Gun Control Alert!

On Tuesday, officials at the Justice Department met with gun control advocates, answering President Obama’s call to put aside “stale political debates” to begin “a new discussion” on ways to better enforce and strengthen America’s existing laws in the wake of the Jan. 8 shooting in Tucson. Missing from the dialogue, however, was the National Rifle Association (NRA) who pointedly responded to the president’s invitation: thanks, but no thanks."

TSA Admits Bungling of Airport Body-Scanner Radiation Tests | Threat Level | Wired.com

Hey! Don't worry about Japan melting down - your local Airport is doing it for you!

The Transportation Security Administration is re-analyzing the radiation levels of X-ray body scanners installed in airports nationwide, after testing produced dramatically higher-than-expected results."

Vikings running back Adrian Peterson compares NFL owners' treatment of players to 'modern-day slavery' in an online interview - TwinCities.com

I LOVE Football. I can't imagine another strike. I cannot imagine this coming dreary winter of 2011 without Tom Brady every Sunday - HOWEVER...they should ALL be smacked! This comment made my hair catch fire!

Vikings running back Adrian Peterson compared NFL owners' treatment of players to 'modern-day slavery,' according to an online interview published Tuesday by Yahoo! Sports.

Yahoo's Doug Farrar, who conducted the interview Friday with Peterson, removed that comment from the story later Tuesday, explaining on Twitter that he wants to give Peterson the chance to provide context."

Al Franken: ‘They're coming after the Internet’ - Mike Zapler - POLITICO.com

The world has literally ( and physically! ) spun off it's axis...and this clown is worried about Comcast and Netflix....let Comcast and Netflix duke it out themselves....what now...Netflix Bailout???? Government control of the internet is NOT A GOOD THING People!

The real end for Comcast is to put Netflix out of business entirely,' Franken said, because of the threat that Netflix's streaming video business could pose to Comcast's cable franchise. 'In the end, the American people will end up paying a lot more for worse service.'"

President Obama’s Trivial Pursuits | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier

I have no issue with the President relaxing. However, can you imagine if this was GWB? The hypocrisy is astounding.

The Middle East is afire with rebellion, Japan is imploding from an earthquake, and the battle of the budget is on in the United States, but none of this seems to be deterring President Obama from a heavy schedule of childish distractions.

The newly installed tandem of White House Chief of Staff William Daley and Senior Adviser David Plouffe were supposed to impart a new sense of discipline and purpose to the White House. Instead, they are permitting him to showcase himself as a poorly focused leader who has his priorities backward."

John Kerry’s Government Slush Fund Recipe | FrontPage Magazine

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has once again earned his nickname: Thurston B. Howell III. He’s elite, effete and so hopelessly out of touch with reality that his latest solution to America’s fiscal profligacy is … more fiscal profligacy, of course, Lovey! On Tuesday, Kerry introduced a $10 billion infrastructure bank bill that would engineer yet another federal taxpayer boondoggle benefiting Big Labor and favored Big Business interests."

Common-Sense Meltdown | FrontPage Magazine

An old joke in conservative circles takes the gloomy occasion of the world’s end to make an amusing point about media coverage. On the eve of Armageddon, the Wall Street Journal’s headline announces: “Planet’s Demise Imminent; Dow Plummets.” Us Weekly’s cover reads: “Earth Extinction: Who Will Lady Gaga Be Wearing?” The headline in the New York Times? “World to End; Women and Minorities Suffer Most.”"

CNN‘s ’Reliable Sources‘ Finds Beck’s The Blaze Reporting on NPR Story Reliable | The Blaze

This has got to just kill CNN......

You can read The Blaze story CNN’s “Reliable Sources” is featuring here."

‘We Insist!’: Conservatives Shout Down AIDS Activists Trying to Crash Bachmann Speech | The Blaze

That damn memo on civil discourse just keeps getting misplaced - who knew!?!?!

In a surprise clash of conservative activists versus liberal activists, advocates for the president’s global AIDS plan crashed Rep. Michele Bachmann’s carefully choreographed speech to a gathering of New Hampshire Republicans.

As the Minnesota lawmaker spoke to the GOP state committee on Saturday in Nashua, a line of liberal activists burst into a chant and waved signs that read, “Michele Bachmann, We Insist! End AIDS treatment waiting lists.”"

King-Bachmann Pledge: Vote ‘No’ on Any CR That Permits Obamacare Funding | CNSnews.com

Representatives Steve King (R.-Iowa) and Michelle Bachmann (R.-Minn.), two of the leading congressional proponents of the Tea Party movement, have taken a pledge and are asking all other House members to join them in it.

Its terms are simple: The member vows to vote “no” on any continuing resolution that permits any funding for the implementation of Obamacare."

PROMISES, PROMISES: Little transparency progress

And they destroyed GWB for far less...makes ya wonder what he's got to hide......

WASHINGTON -- Two years into its pledge to improve government transparency, the Obama administration handled fewer requests for federal records from citizens, journalists, companies and others last year even as significantly more people asked for information. The administration disclosed at least some of what people wanted at about the same rate as the previous year."

Many Outraged Over Prayer Service Held Before Tests � CBS Baltimore

Exactly WHO is outraged? If the students aren't "required" and/or "Forced"....who cares....?

The American Civil Liberties Union is crying foul, for organized prayer in the public school."

The American Spectator : Democrat Thuggery in Its Worst Form

Once again I'm thinking the Left missed that very same memo THEY insisted WE all adhere to about civil discourse....ya think?

"Please put your things in order because you will be killed and your familes [sic] will also be killed due to your actions in the last 8 weeks. Please explain to them that this is because if we get rid of you and your families then it will save the rights of 300,000 people and also be able to close the deficit that you have created. I hope you have a good time in hell. Read below for more information on possible scenarios in which you will die."

Does Obama Dream Of Being A Dictator? | The Blaze

Two years into what some people have called the best job in the world, yet facing a lingering recession, massive unemployment, a threatening debt crisis, and diminishing approval ratings, President Obama may have let his ‘inner voice’ be heard when he allegedly revealed his dictatorial fantasy, as reported by the Times:"

Snarky Markey Mocks Backward, Anti-Science GOP Says They Will Repeal Law of Gravity, Heliocentrism and Reject Einstein’s Theory of Relativity | The Blaze

This is what we have to deal with every day...and Barney rank.....etc...etc...

"Snarky Markey Mocks Backward, Anti-Science GOP Says They Will Repeal Law of Gravity, Heliocentrism and Reject Einstein’s Theory of Relativity"

Soros-Funded Group Pressures Christian Stations to ‘Give Up Glenn Beck for Lent’ | The Blaze

Some Christians choose to give up candy, soda or coffee for Lent, the period of personal sacrifice in honor of Christ leading up to Easter Sunday. But a liberal online activist group is encouraging two New York Christian radio stations to go further, calling on them to “give up Glenn Beck for Lent.”"

Ayn Rand And Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged is the best-selling novel of the 20th century never to appear on film. That changes on April 15 with the release of the first of an Atlas Shrugged trilogy - the YouTube trailers are closing in on a million hits. This calls for an overview of the life of one of the most loved and loathed thinkers of the modern era."

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Cover-Up | FrontPage Magazine

Al-Qaeda does its enemy a favor with its honesty. The Muslim Brotherhood does not make the same mistake. It is more politically savvy and aware of how it can manipulate the minds of Westerners with soft language. The Islamist group is trying to clean up its image, most recently by deleting its objectives from its English-language website."

ABC and NBC Resort to Using 'Bert and Ernie' and 'Big Bird' to Undermine Effort to De-Fund NPR

If Bert & Ernie don't earn enough with just the Sesame Street product line to pay their way....I'll eat my hat.....

Demonstrating how the mainstream media are an obstacle to any efforts to make any cuts to any federal spending, NBC and ABC on Wednesday night resorted to citing Sesame Street characters as potential “casualties in a war over culture and spending cuts,” without any regard for how the Children’s Television Workshop is a huge generator of revenue from corporate donations and product sales, as NBC’s Lisa Myers went so far as to exploit the kids of the nation:"

Washington Post Mocks National Medal of Arts Winner, Cancer Survivor | The Weekly Standard

Another example of "the other side" missing that memo on polite public discourse....

He and the president are clearly smiling at one another. As readers will note, Hall is wearing a classic Brooks Brothers-style sack suit and Macclesfield tie, slightly hidden by the medal, and his full beard and slightly unkempt hair give him a certain Walt Whitman look. By my reckoning, Mr. Hall appears to be his age but looks hearty enough—which is impressive, since he has been battling cancer since 1989"

See the Chilling Presentation Paul Ryan’s Using to Push Budget Cuts | The Blaze

If there ever was something EVERYONE should sit down and really think about....it's this.....

Our friends over at Business Insider have uncovered the chilling presentation GOP Rep. Paul Ryan (chairman of the House Budget Committee) is using to push for budget cuts in Washington. The information, as presented in graphs, will probably upset you.

Here are a few slides from the presentation, “The Choice of Two Futures:”"

NPR, PBS campaigns to keep federal funds called unlawful - Washington Times

NPR and PBS stations nationwide are rallying their audiences to contact Congress to fight against Republicans’ proposed spending cuts, but some affiliates’ pleas may violate laws preventing nonprofits or government-funded groups from lobbying.

Interrupting popular programs, the stations air warnings that cuts could end beloved children’s television shows such as “Sesame Street.” Some stations urge their audience to call and let Congress know their feelings, while others go further, instructing viewers to “stop the Senate” or “defend federal funding” for public broadcasting."

Dems: Congress's Styrofoam cups could cause cancer - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

The country is collapsing and they wax poetic over Styrofoam cups.....they have their priorities right in line.....?!

A group of Democrats complain Styrofoam cups in the House cafeteria could contain carcinogens.

In a letter to Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) and other Republican leaders, the nine Democrats say the Styrofoam cups and other dining materials could hold chemical components that could cause cancer. The Democrats are upset with the switch to Styrofoam from recyclable materials put into place when Democrats ran the House."

STRATFOR Report - How a Libyan No-Fly Zone could backfire

Calls are growing for a no-fly zone over Libya, but a power or coalition of powers willing to enforce one remains elusive.

In evaluating such calls, it is useful to remember that in war, Murphy’s Law always lurks. What can go wrong will go wrong, in Libya as in Iraq or Afghanistan."

Republicans Expose 'Legislative Fraud' in ObamaCare | CNSnews.com

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is blasting Democrats for 'legislative fraud of the highest order.' She says the Democrats' health care bill contains “baked-in” funding to be used for implementing Obamacare, which will make the law even more difficult to repeal.

She is demanding that Democrats give the money back."

Cost Of A No-Fly Zone? $1 Billion. Benefit to U.S. Economy? $35 Billion. Saving Libyan Lives? Priceless. | The Blaze

CNBC’s Erin Burnett doles out pre-market news and speculation on the U.S. and world financial markets each morning during her ‘Business Before The Bell’ segment on MSNBC. Oil was once again in the spotlight this morning and we heard the price of oil had stabilized as OPEC hinted they might be open to pumping a little more to make up for any supply disruptions due to the recent unrest in the Middle East. (Why wouldn’t you pump more oil? The price has jumped substantially and you can make a killing right now.)"

Wisconsin socialist: Noodles company is ‘dictatorship’ – Glenn Beck

There are a number of “useful idiots” hanging out in Wisconsin, and they don’t want to be told when to show up for their shift or what to cook at the local noodle shop. They don’t think owners should be able to dictate what happens at their own companies. What does Glenn think?"

Entrepreneurs: Leading the Way Out – Glenn Beck

In 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote in Democracy in America:

“It may be said that, in the United States, there is no limit to the inventiveness of man to discover the ways of increasing wealth and to satisfy the public’s needs.” He continued, “the primary reason for [America’s] rapid progress, their strength and greatness is their bold approach to industrial undertakings.” What impressed De Tocqueville most about business in America was “not so much the marvelous grandeur of some undertaking as the innumerable multitude of small ones.”"

BBC News - Newsnight - Will Sarah Palin run for president and can she win?

This is so moronic....not the guns...THAT is easy to understand. It's the fact we have to resort to violence to counter political views that may not agree with our own?! Have we gotten THAT vacuous as a nation - that stupid? That Lazy? Whatever happened to that "Arena of Ideas". The Founders must be spinning in their graves.....

But it has not been harsh press coverage that concerned her elderly parents, Chuck and Sally Heath.

In the kitchen of their Wasilla home, among an extraordinary collection of animal skins, skulls and bones, the spoils of a lifetime spent hunting and fishing, they told me that their whole family has faced death threats."

White House memo notes shortage of applicants for contest to have Obama to speak at high school graduation - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

The White House is ramping up an effort to promote a nationwide competition to decide which high school wins a commencement speech by President Obama.

An internal White House memo indicates that the White House is facing a shortage of applications less than a week before the deadline."

Freshman Democrat Joe Manchin: Obama has 'failed to lead' on budget - Jennifer Epstein and Scott Wong - POLITICO.com

West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is planning to rip President Barack Obama on his budget proposals in a Senate floor speech Tuesday, a rare rebuke from a freshman Democrat who clearly is worried about the politics of deficit spending as he faces a tough reelection in 2012.

Manchin says the president has failed to lead the way in reducing spending, but he’s also criticizing Republicans for “partisan” and “unrealistic” budget proposals as well."

Don't Let the Obama Administration Get Away with Backdoor Cap and Trade! | FreedomWorks

You think energy costs are bad NOW? Just wait til they sneak in Cap and Trade!

President Obama is using agencies under his control including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Labor, the Department of Energy, and others to put in place heavy-handed regulations that will cause U.S. energy costs to rise and put thousands of hardworking Americans' jobs in jeopardy."

Government posts biggest monthly deficit ever - Washington Times

WELCOME to all OUR worlds!!!!

The federal government posted its largest monthly deficit in history in February at $223 billion, according to preliminary numbers the Congressional Budget Office released Monday morning.

That figure tops last February’s record of $220.9 billion, and marks the 29th straight month the government has run in the red — a modern record. The last time the federal government posted even a monthly surplus was September 2008, just before the financial collapse."

Big Payday for Aides of Departing House Members - WSJ.com

Do you REALLY think they give a damn about you?

Departing members of the House of Representatives awarded millions of dollars in extra pay to aides as they closed down their offices, according to lawmakers' spending records.

The 96 lawmakers paid their employees $6.7 million, or 31%, more in the fourth quarter of 2010 than they did, on average, in the first three quarters of the year.

That's about twice as much as the 16% increase awarded by lawmakers who returned to the 112th Congress, according to LegiStorm, an organization that tracks congressional salaries."

Biden leaving in middle of budget talks - Washington Times

Obvious how serious they "Aren't"...just want to try and politically hang this on the GOP instead of FIXING SOMETHING AND LEADING!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. walked out of Thursday's high-stakes negotiations to stop a government shutdown and said the conversations will continue — but he won't actually be part of them since he leaves this weekend for major negotiations with European leaders.

President Obama on Wednesday tapped Mr. Biden, his 'sheriff' on the stimulus, to lead negotiations with Congress, though Mr. Biden already had a prearranged trip scheduled to visit Finland, Russia and Moldova next week."

Obama Supporter Matt Damon Admits: I’m No Longer a Fan | The Blaze

In an interview set to air tonight on CNN, Obama supporter and actor Matt Damon admitted he has had a change of heart when it comes to the president. According to Damon, Obama hasn’t come through on his promises.

Piers Morgan pointedly asked Damon, who campaigned for Obama in 2008, if Damon was happy with Obama and still a fan. Damon responded, “No. No. I really think he misinterpreted his mandate.” He went on to quote a friend who said, “I no longer hope for audacity.”"

SEIU Protesters Disrupt Ohio Senators’ Dinner, Accost Restaurant Workers | The Blaze

Ohio’s fight over collective bargaining spoiled dinner for a number of Republican state lawmakers Wednesday evening."

NEW VIDEO: Collective Bargaining 101 | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.

The fight to balance Wisconsin’s state budget intensified yesterday as Governor Scott Walker issued a ultimatum to Democratic Senators who have refused to return to the capital to vote on the his budget repair bill. The ultimatum comes as Wisconsin approaches a crucial deadline to restructure its debt. But while the fight has become more intense, there has never been a shortage of heat in this debate."

Records show agents fired beanbags in fatal border gunfight

Border Patrol agents shot beanbags at a group of suspected bandits before the men returned fire during a confrontation in a remote canyon, killing agent Brian Terry with a single gunshot, records show.

And an illegal immigrant wounded in the gunbattle who is now the only person in custody linked to the slaying contends he never fired a shot, according to FBI search warrant requests filed in the U.S. District Court in Tucson."

State says damage to marble at Capitol could hit $7.5 million - JSOnline

Madison - State officials said Thursday that damage to the marble inside and out the State Capitol would cost an estimated $7.5 million.

Cari Anne Renlund, chief legal counsel for the state Department of Administration, said in Dane County court that estimates of damage to marble includes $6 million to repair damaged marble inside the Capitol, $1 million for damage outside and $500,000 for costs to supervise the damage.

Much of the damage apparently has come from tape used to put up signs and placards at the Capitol.

It was not immediately clear how the estimates were made, though the state is apparently relying on opinions by historical architects, one of whom works for the U.S. Park Service."

Are They Serious? ‘Shariah 4 America’ Group Calls for ‘Burkha’ on Statue of Liberty | The Blaze

Yup...if we're "nice"...they'll just go away........

As we’ve reported, controversial UK Muslim cleric Anjem Choudary has called on Muslims to “rise to implement the Shari’ah in America,” starting with a planned demonstration in front of the White House on Thursday.

Choudary’s “call for revolution” is being organized and advertised by Shariah4America, a group calling for the “Islamic demolition of the Statue of Liberty” and a remodeling of the White House into a “White Masjid.”"

‘Destroy Institutions’: Ralph Nader and Jesse Jackson Call for College Students to Rise Up in Revolution, Blame Rush Limbaugh for ‘Huge Ignorance Movement’ | The Blaze

Perhaps me thinks they should look in a mirror when seeking to finger blame for Ignorance!

Destroy Institutions’: Ralph Nader and Jesse Jackson Call for College Students to Rise Up in Revolution, Blame Rush Limbaugh for ‘Huge Ignorance Movement’"

Baby Boomers | entitlements | millenials | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Certainly makes you pause and think....

Dear Baby Boomers,

Back in the late 1960s, when you were still college students, then-Governor of California Ronald Reagan had a meeting with a group of you. One of your representatives told Governor Reagan that he’d grown up in a different world. “Today we have television, jet planes, space travel, nuclear energy, computers,” the man said. Reagan fired back, “You’re right. It’s true that we didn’t have those things when we were young. We invented them.”"

Krauthammer | Obama | Germany troop shooting | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

On Wednesday, two U.S. soldiers were shot at the Frankfurt airport in Germany. The suspect, 21-year-old Kosovar Arif Uka, was detained and German authorities have suggested the shooting was motivated by Islamic extremism.

However, President Barack Obama has been reluctant to denounce the shootings as terrorist act. Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer explained on Thursday night’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel that it was clearly terrorism."

Atlas Shrugged movie | Producer John Aglialoro | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Some thought it might never happen. Others hoped it wouldn’t. But now John Aglialoro has done it. He has produced a cinematic adaptation of “Atlas Shrugged,” the philosopher Ayn Rand’s magnum opus, which will open in theaters nationwide on April 15 (yes, tax day)."

Obamacare Cost | HHS Director Admits Double Counting Funds | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

During a hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) admitted to double-counting in the Obamacare budget.

In her first appearance before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee since the health-care law passed, Kathleen Sebelius responded to a line of questioning by Republican Rep. John Shimkus of Illinois about whether $500 billion in Medicare cuts were used to sustain the program or pay for the law."

Supreme Court: Anti-gay funeral picketers allowed | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a grieving father’s pain over mocking protests at his Marine son’s funeral must yield to First Amendment protections for free speech. All but one justice sided with a fundamentalist church that has stirred outrage with raucous demonstrations contending God is punishing the military for the nation’s tolerance of homosexuality."

Haley Barbour | collective bargaining | Barbour to Obama: Why don't you let federal employees collectively bargain? | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour said he stands behind fellow Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin in his battle against public sector unions, and knocked President Obama for supporting the protests while presiding over millions of federal workers who cannot collectively bargain."

The Balanced Budget Debate Begins | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.

Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has offered a Sense of the Senate Amendment to the Patent Reform Act of 2011 (S.23) testing the waters on the idea of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution (Senate Amendment 115). This will be a referendum to testing the waters for the idea of a balanced budget amendment in the Senate. The details of any mechanism to cut spending is very important and should be studied in great detail."

Blaze Exclusive: Socialist Mantra Hidden in Grade School Chants | The Blaze

"The Promise Of America Is. . . Socialism? That’s exactly what is being taught in many American public schools.

Under the guise of teaching children to read, the seeds of Socialism are being planted within the minds of young children. Do you believe that the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States mandates the following?"

RealClearPolitics - Video - Moore On Wealthy People's Money: "That's Not Theirs, That's A National Resource, It's Ours"

I wonder how much of HIS millions he's willing to "share" as a national resource...???

'They're sitting on the money, they're using it for their own -- they're putting it someplace else with no interest in helping you with your life, with that money. We've allowed them to take that. That's not theirs, that's a national resource, that's ours. We all have this -- we all benefit from this or we all suffer as a result of not having it,' Michael Moore told Laura Flanders of GRITtv."

Christie: I Could Win the W.H. | NBC New York

We NEED this man to throw his hat in the ring!!!

'I have people calling me and saying to me, 'Let me explain to you how you could win.' And I’m like, 'You’re barking up the wrong tree. I already know I could win.' That's not the issue.'"