Economic trouble puzzles Fed chief, too

Great - the "Experts" are stumped.....SWELL.....

The economy's continuing struggles aren't just confounding ordinary Americans. They've also stumped the head of the Federal Reserve.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told reporters Wednesday that the central bank had been caught off guard by recent signs of deterioration in the economy. And he said the troubles could continue into next year."

Strategic Reserve release will last....1.5 days....

U.S. Product Supplied for Crude Oil and Petroleum Products:

Obama releasing 30M barrels from US oil reserves - Yahoo! Finance

I don't think Obama's Poll Numbers count as a national Emergency!

Wary of a new surge in gas prices, the Obama administration has decided to release 30 million barrels of oil from the country's emergency reserve as part of a broader international response to lost oil supplies caused by turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa, particularly Libya.

The release from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve will amount to half of a 60 million barrel international infusion of oil planned for the world market over the next month."

Obama's Choice: A Partial Exit, With Reelection in Mind - Thursday, June 23, 2011

Don't kid yourself. President Obama’s decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the United States’ “position of strength” in the war zone as much as it is by grim economic and political realities at home."

Godfather's Pizza | Iowa | Herman Cain | The Daily Caller

You may not have tried a slice of Herman Cain’s pizza — but the folks in Iowa likely have.

There are 116 Godfather’s Pizza locations in the Hawkeye State, according to the company’s website. That’s far more than most early presidential primary and caucus states.

The state’s familiarity with the pizza chain is something Cain, the former CEO of the company turned Republican presidential candidate, might actually be able to use to his advantage as he makes a play in the first caucus state next year."

How the stimulus robbed states of their sovereignty | The Daily Caller

Wasn't that always the "Plan"? The White House is beginning to look like the Death Star being built in the last episode of Star Wars....consolidating it's power......

Obama’s so-called “stimulus bill” did not do much good for our economy. On the contrary, numbers provided by recovery.gov show that whatever jobs the bill “created” have come at astronomical costs. One very telling example: as of the first quarter of 2011, each “stimulus” job in Wyoming had cost taxpayers $477,000."

Charles Krauthammer | Obama Afghanistan | Remarkable Speech | The Daily Caller

Ya know - god forbid - if Mitt Romney is the GOP nominee ( Lordie...it even hurts to type that! ) then he and Obama don't even have to debate each other....they both can just debate themselves since the BOTH take both sides of damn near every issue. ANYONE out there with a set????? ANYONE??

Over the past several weeks, President Barack Obama has taken fire from both sides over the presence of the U.S. military in Afghanistan. And on Wednesday night, he faced the American people in a short address and made clear his plans to draw down the U.S. presence in the central Asian nation."

General Motors | Bailout | Pensions Cut | The Daily Caller

No! You are just KIDDING me right???? The Obama folks were involved with everything GM.....Obama Motors Part 20....

New emails obtained by The Daily Caller contradict claims by the Obama administration that the Treasury Department would avoid “intervening in the day-to-day management” of General Motors post-auto bailout.

These messages reveal that Treasury officials were involved in decision-making that led to more than 20,000 non-union workers losing their pensions."

Our Wiley Coyote Moment Has Arrived

The country is imploding under the weight of fourteen trillion dollars of debt, sixty trillion dollars of unfunded entitlement programs, and a monetary policy bent on destroying the currency and economy. Government intervention in private citizens' lives and the economy has failed. The eighty year old Keynesian economics experiment that started under President Roosevelt is nearing an end.

The current state of economic affairs reminds me of the Saturday morning cartoon where the Roadrunner is chased by Wiley Coyote. The clever Roadrunner leads Wiley to the edge of the cliff, maneuvers quickly to safety, and Wiley runs off the edge of the cliff. Wiley remains suspended momentarily in mid-air before realizing his fate and plummets to the canyon floor."

Atlas Is Shrugging In The US And Flexing His Muscles Elsewhere

Ayn Rand was mostly correct when she wrote her magnum opus 'Atlas Shrugged.' She was incorrect in one important area. She assumed the final option for the wealthy and entrepreneurial class was to go on 'strike' and retire to Galt's Gulch. In the modern world the movers and shakers don't strike, they migrate."

Empty Sophistry, when directed at the War in Afghanistan, is still Empty Sophistry | RedState

Shortly after taking office in 2009, President Obama declared that a new strategy was forthcoming for the Afghan war. Over six months later, after weeks and weeks and weeks of “thoughtful deliberation” (and a few dozen rounds of golf), Obama used an awkward 45-minute appearance at West Point to boldly announce…that he was going to implement what amounted to the same strategy that President Bush and Secretary of Defense Gates had prepared just before the January 20, 2009 change of command. Bold and cutting-edge, that."

*Sigh* Reports of Tour Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated | Facebook

Imagine our surprise when reading media reports today that the “One Nation Tour” has been cancelled. Why didn’t anyone tell me? Oh, wait, that’s because it hasn’t been cancelled. (Good ol' media... you never cease to amaze!)



As I said myself at the end of the east coast leg of the tour, the summer is long, and I’m looking forward to hitting the open road again. The coming weeks are tight because civic duty calls (like most everyone else, even former governors get called up for jury duty) and I look forward to doing my part just like every other Alaskan."

Definition of Insanity: Senate Dems Want New Stimulus Spending in Deficit Reduction Plan

Usually it takes until around 7:00 AM for my head to totally explode....new record...5:56 AM....

I checked and re-checked the date on this story to make sure it wasn’t a couple of years old, because nobody could be this stupid now — right? Yeah, I know. I soon came to my senses and remembered who we’re dealing with.

Believe it or not, the Captain(s) of the Titanic are talking about taking one more run at the iceberg before the ship goes under:"

Jon Huntsman: McCain on Wheels

All I have to see is that the Main Stream media "likes" Huntsman....that's enough to make me run in the other direction! I like his Dad....but even at that - they gave Harry Reid's campaign a fortune. I get it - all politics is local...however....Harry Reid???? Run, Forrest RUN!

My syndicated column today dissects the media-manufactured candidacy of Jon Huntsman. While liberal reporters swoon, New Hampshire voters gave him thumbs down as he tried to gin up support yesterday. Here’s his pathetic explanation for calling Obama a “remarkable” leader. And via Allahpundit, check out the insipid, condescending Huntsman ad touting his “good,” “calm” demeanor. As opposed to the rest of us bad, angry conservatives who need to pipe down and get with the Obama/kumbaya program."

Glenn Beck and His Bashers | FrontPage Magazine

I actually wish I could go. And I'm not sure why....just as I wasn't sure why I had to g to 8/28. But I had to. My 10 year old granddaughter who attended 8/28 with me asked if we could go to Jerusalem....though she did admit she's rather go to Wasilla, Alaska to say Hi! to her absolute Hero, Sarah Palin and her family...but in her eyes - Jerusalem was a close 2nd. She doesn't know why. However she figures if Glenn is doing it...we should go.
Besides the fact I run a small business on life support and barely have enough cash to go see Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows Part 2....I cannot explain the pull of Glenn. But it's there. I wish I could afford it...

My brother, who originally got me into Glenn years ago, has signed off saying "He's gotten too preachy"....
I, who out of our family of semi-lapsed Catholics am probably the furthest from the Church find Glenn's faith interesting when he sort of preaches from the mount, as it were. And I don't know why.
However, one thing I am seeing...Glenn has been right....almost a scary 100% right about all the things he's warned us about. Even if you think he's nuts....he's still right.
I try and devour the books he recommends....I try to warn those who do read our blog that "something" is coming. There is an odd small disquiet in the air. Something I can't explain...but I feel it everyday.
I just hope I'm strong enough to Stand with Courage when the time comes...I hope we all are.

When Glenn Beck’s upcoming Jerusalem rally was first announced last month, he said it would be called “Restore Courage”—modeled on his “Restoring Honor” rally last year in Washington that drew half a million. Or as Beck put it: “Last summer, we set out to restore honor in Washington, DC. This summer, it’s time to restore courage. It is time for us to courageously stand with Israel.”

A month later the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot added more details. “Tens of thousands of excited Israelis and Americans,” the paper claimed,"

The Flotilla of Fools off to Gaza | FrontPage Magazine

The flotilla is coming, the flotilla is coming.

European and North American activists, journalists, and mercenaries have set sail—or are about to do so—on fifteen boats with passengers from twenty-two mainly Western countries to “break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.” Spurred on by the anti-Potemkin Village images of Palestinian Arabs living in wretched refugee hovels, fenced in by an allegedly “apartheid” Israeli wall, oppressed by “Nazi” Israeli soldiers for “racist” reasons (and not because the Palestinian leadership practices both Islamic gender and religious apartheid as well as terrorism)–the Good People are sailing to the rescue."

White House Insists Campaign Against Children's Cereal Is Voluntary - HUMAN EVENTS

After spelling out the latest government offensive against cigarettes—including warning labels featuring graphic pictures of the negative side of smoking—two top administration officials backed off from suggestions that the same heavy hand of government would be applied to makers of cereals, chocolate bars and other foods favored by children."

Christie Wins on Pension, Health Benefits Reform - HUMAN EVENTS

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie won another major victory for his agenda last week, announcing a deal with the Democratic leadership of the legislature on a sweeping reform of public employee pensions and benefits. The deal, which was passed by the state senate on Monday and awaits a vote in the assembly, raises public employees’ pension contributions, mandates that the state make annual payments into the system, increases public employee contributions toward health insurance premiums, and ends collective bargaining for heath benefits. Should the bill eventually become law, it is projected to save the state $120 billion over 30 years."

CBO Releases Daunting Long-Term Outlook - Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Increasing federal debt will be a growing burden on government action, crowding out lawmakers’ ability to adopt tax and spending priorities in good times and reducing flexibility during recessions, all while making a fiscal crisis more likely and hindering long-term growth, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday."

Atheists Angry Over ‘Seven in Heaven’ Street Sign Honoring Fallen 9/11 Firefighters | Breaking news and opinion on The Blaze

Quite simply - WHO CARES!!! Get over it. Who ARE these people who have so much time on their hands to be perpetually "Offended". Get the $#@! over it.

Atheists are up in arms over part of a street in Red Hook, Brooklyn, that was renamed earlier this month to commemorate fallen 9/11 firefighters. The street — now called “Seven in Heaven Way” — references seven firefighters who lost their lives as part of Engine 202, Ladder 101 and Battalion 32. The Brooklyn Paper writes:"

MD Schools Will Now Require ‘Environmental Literacy’ to Graduate High School | Breaking news and opinion on The Blaze

Excuse me while my head EXPLODES!!!!!!!!!!!

A state board of education in Maryland has bought into the green agenda. So much so that it just voted to require “environmental literacy” in order to graduate high school.

“This is a defining moment for education in Maryland,” Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley said. “By approving this environmental graduation requirement, the Board of Education is ensuring that our young people graduate with a keen understanding of and connection to the natural world. Only through exposure to nature and education about our fragile ecosystem can we create the next generation of stewards. ”"

Labor Refighting the American Civil War | RedState

As a boy growing up just outside of Richmond, VA, I used to know a few very sad and sorry human beings. I pity these people, because they lived their lives believing in a myth that had died a well-deserved death over a century before. Yet, in their minds and hearts, these people still kept musing “If only Stonewall Jackson had handled himself better on the first day of Gettysburg.”"

PatriotPost.US - ATF Scandel

Acting ATF director Kenneth Melson is apparently ready to take the fall for what may be the most morally repulsive scandal to befall the Obama administration so far. Our neighbor Mexico lies bleeding from a long, vicious war to fight seven major drug cartels at once."

AZ Sheriff: Why More Troops at Korean Border Than U.S. Border? | CNSnews.com

Sheriff Paul Babeu said the Obama administration’s decision to extend the deployment of 1,200 U.S. National Guard troops along the U.S. border with Mexico until Sept. 30 is “pandering” and that those numbers “fall far short” of what military power is needed to keep the country safe."

Cahill led lottery advertising blitz during his run for governor - The Boston Globe

Gee...I'm Soooooooooooo shocked.....Yawn. They said they are going to check and see if there was any criminality here. I can tell them there was....we got stuck with Deval Patrick AGAIN thanks to this clown.

Former state treasurer Timothy P. Cahill was directly involved in the state lottery’s decision to launch a $1.65 million taxpayer-funded advertising blitz seen as benefiting his campaign for governor last year, according to e-mails and other documents obtained by the Globe."

Does The New ‘White House Rural Council’ = UN’s Agenda 21? | Breaking news and opinion on The Blaze

OK...things are getting a tad creepy out there.....

On June 9, 2011, President Obama signed his 86th Executive Order, and almost nobody noticed.

(For the record, Obama is on par to match President Bush’s 291 orders executed during his two terms in office. The National Archives defines an Executive Order this way; Executive orders are official documents, numbered consecutively, through which the President of the United States manages the operations of the Federal Government.)"

Run for the hills! All is Lost! THIS happened in San Antonio!!!! Yes....the LAST bastion...TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!

Can you imagine high school administrators being threatened with jail if their students said any of the following words? 'Prayer,' 'stand,' 'bow your heads,' or 'amen'?

Can you imagine a graduation ceremony in which the word 'invocation' was replaced with 'opening remarks' and 'benediction' was replaced with 'closing remarks'—by order of a federal judge? Or a judge declaring that such an order would be 'enforced by incarceration or other sanctions for contempt of Court if not obeyed?'"

Muammer’s Rapists | FrontPage Magazine

New charges that Muammer Gaddafi has ordered mass rapes of women in Libya are just the latest in an ongoing and unprecedented global assault on women, one that shows no signs of abating.

The charges against Gaddafi came from Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Since March 2011, the ICC has been investigating Gaddafi, some of his sons and members of his inner circle for possible crimes against humanity."

Kerry Exposed on Syria | FrontPage Magazine

In his recent letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal,[1] Senator Kerry took to task Professor Fuad Ajami for his assertions in an earlier WSJ essay.[2] Ajami summarized four decades of the Assad regime’s tyranny, oppression and mass murder of its own people, and criticized America’s failed policy toward Syria: a policy consisting of nothing more than a “waiting for Godot” stance, while quietly urging young Bashar to mend his ways as he, his father’s true son, slaughters his own people and sends terrorists into Iraq to murder Americans."

The Missing Entitlement Money - Thomas Sowell - National Review Online

One of my earliest memories of revulsion against war came from seeing a photograph from the First World War when I was a teenager. It was nothing gory. Just a picture of a military officer, in an impressive uniform, talking to a puzzled and forlorn-looking old peasant woman with a cloth wrapped around her head.

He said simply: “Don’t you understand, madam? The village is not there any more.”"

The Purposeful Flooding of America's Heartland

We allow these things to happen...we sit by silently and do not raise our voices. We allow "Them" to cow us all. We get what we deserve....

Perhaps the environmentalists of the Corps grew tired of waiting decades to realize their dream of a 'restored Missouri River.' Perhaps these elements heard the warnings and saw in them an opportunity to force an immediate re-naturalization of the river via epic flood. At present, that is impossible to know, but to needlessly imperil the property, businesses, and lives of millions of people constitutes criminal negligence. Given the statements of Corps personnel, and the clear evidence of their mismanagement, the possibility that there is specific intent behind their failure to act must be investigated without delay."

The 'Real' Tax Rates on Top Earners

The top rate for the federal Individual Income Tax was 91 percent in 1963. In 1965 Congress lowered the top rate to 70 percent, in memory of JFK who had floated the idea. Then Ronaldus Magnus charmed Congress into lowering the top rate to 50 percent in 1982. Reagan again scored in 1988, when the top rate went to 28 percent.

Through the good graces of two or our more popular presidents, the top rate on personal income taxes fell by 63 percent in 23 years (source)."

Questioning Michele Bachmann's Foster Parent Claims

In order to understand liberalism, all one needs to do is take note of what the left applauds versus what they attack. Case in point: Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann -- wife, mother to five biological children, and foster mother to 23 teenagers -- has now become the focal point of left-wing attacks as they prepare to diminish her stature by attacking her family."

Clinton Unzipped: One of the Worst Presidents Ever

Ahhhhh....Memories.....the good ol' days....!?!?!

Conventional wisdom has it that Bill Clinton was a flawed man, but a good president. Let's blast that claptrap to smithereens with a Fast and Furious AK-47, because Bill Clinton was an unadorned calamity for our national security, and, in all probability, remains one to this day.

In the last week, we learned some piquant facts about Clinton's associates: First, his wife's most intimate aide, Huma Abedin, has a Saudi mother and brother who are both prominent members of the Muslim Brotherhood."

Liberate ATMs & Jumpstart Jobs!

But actually it wouldn’t be so bad if politicians merely treated the American economy like an ATM, even if they made fairly large withdraws. What’s really killing jobs is the red tape that causes a massive slowdown by jamming the gears of the advanced, multi-functional machine that is the free market.

The “Ten Thousand Commandments” of federal regulations, as my Competitive Enterprise Institute colleague Wayne Crews calls them in his annual study, costs the U.S. economy billions of dollars a year. And some regulations even put outright bans of the very activities politicians say they want businesses to engage in."

Geithner: We Need ‘Revenue Increases;' Cutting Deficit by Spending Cuts Alone 'Irresponsible' | CNSnews.com

Watch your wallet!!!!

Geithner said negotiations with Congress over such a longer-term plan could be completed within the “next few months.”

In the vernacular, when the government changes the tax laws to extract more tax revenue from citizens it is called a tax increase."

Taliban waits out Obama - Washington Times

The only reason for the drawdown is the arbitrary deadline Mr. Obama set when he announced the Afghan troop buildup over 18 months ago. Perhaps he believed at the time that July 2011 was distant enough that the same dynamics that were seen in Iraq would come into play and the security situation would be under control. This didn’t happen, but even though violence has increased in Afghanistan, Mr. Obama is stubbornly clinging to his original deadline. It’s not a decision based on military necessity but a political face-saving gesture."

MILLOY: Supremes retreat from climate panic - Washington Times

The Supreme Court dealt Al Gore, the Environmental Protection Agency and other believers in alarmist climate science a surprising and severe blow this week. In its June 20 decision on American Electric Power v. Connecticut et al., the court ruled that the mere existence of EPA regulatory authority over greenhouse-gas regulations pre-empted lawsuits against coal-burning utilities on the grounds that the emissions constitute a public nuisance."

Three Allen trackers look for another 'macaca' gaffe - Washington Times

Funny - "Their" side can say what it wants - do what it wants.....nothing happens.....we sneeze in the wrong direction the heavens crash open......no bias here!!??? Nooooooooo....

If George Allen makes a flub reminiscent of his infamous 2006 “macaca” utterance, his opponents are determined to catch it.

Three groups have set “trackers” on Mr. Allen’s stump trail with instructions to record the former governor’s every word as he tries to win back the U.S. Senate seat he lost five years ago. Although it has become common for campaigns to send spies to watch the other side, few candidates have three people tailing them 16 months before the general election."

Key GOP lawmaker slams administration labor plan - Washington Times

The chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee harshly attacked on Tuesday proposed new rules from the National Labor Relations Board designed to drastically shorten the period workers have to consider a vote to join a union.

Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican, who is the panel’s chairman, said in a statement that the NLRB, now dominated by appointees of President Obama, “continues to push an activist agenda at the expense of our nation’s workforce.”"

Ayn Rand was Right

If you punish the wealthy, the risk-takers, the innovators, you kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. In Obama’s America, fiction is becoming fact.

Obama's Food Police in Staggering Crackdown on Market to Kids - HUMAN EVENTS

Tony the Tiger, some NASCAR drivers and cookie-selling Girl Scouts will be out of a job unless grocery manufacturers agree to reinvent a vast array of their products to satisfy the Obama administration’s food police.

Either retool the recipes to contain certain levels of sugar, sodium and fats, or no more advertising and marketing to tots and teenagers, say several federal regulatory agencies.

The same goes for restaurants."

Real Fascism!

The thing is that President Bush never demanded that grocery manufacturers alter their ingredients or else face stern penalties, including banishment from the airwaves. You read that correctly. Under the rubric of combating childhood obesity, The Federal Trade Commission, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are ordering food producers to retool the amount of sugar, sodium, and fats in their products, particularly those marketed to children. If not, come 2016, the violating manufacturers are forbidden from advertising on television, in video games, or in any other venue that children are drawn to."

Real Fascism-Obama style!

The thing is that President Bush never demanded that grocery manufacturers alter their ingredients or else face stern penalties, including banishment from the airwaves. You read that correctly. Under the rubric of combating childhood obesity, The Federal Trade Commission, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are ordering food producers to retool the amount of sugar, sodium, and fats in their products, particularly those marketed to children. If not, come 2016, the violating manufacturers are forbidden from advertising on television, in video games, or in any other venue that children are drawn to."

AP NewsBreak: A twist in Obama's health care law - Yahoo! News

THAT'S what happens when you sign a Bill into LAW without reading the damned thing! Hey, Nancy....how's this all working out for you????

President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government number crunchers say they discovered only after the complex bill was signed.

The change would affect early retirees: A married couple could have an annual income of about $64,000 and still get Medicaid, said officials who make long-range cost estimates for the Health and Human Services department."

A Constitutional Convention Is a Dangerous Idea - Opinion - PatriotPost.US

Not being real big on Facebook and/or Twitter - mostly due to the nothingness that gets put on them respectively....what a swell idea this would be....YIKES.....

The left's assault on liberty never rests, so don't ever be sucked into supporting the dangerous idea of a new constitutional convention, even if its stated purposes purport to be limited.

Recently, CNN's Fareed Zakaria spoke admiringly of how 'Iceland is actually junking its own constitution and starting anew and ... soliciting ideas from all of Iceland's 320,000 citizens, with the help of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.'"

Huge Marine Drill Confirms Ground Invasion of Libya Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

Now, don't get me wrong.....I am a HUGE supporter of EVERYTHING Military. I think it's probably the ONLY thing our Government still does well.
However, we have been at War in one form or another since what - Jan. 1991? I know because the photo of my brother boarding his A-10 that night still stares down at me from my Office wall. One of the proudest and scariest moments of my life.
Don't we, by now, have a pretty good handle on whether or not everything "works" well? There are some things this Administration do that just make ya wonder.....
And IF this is a pre-cursor to Libya.....why? They have yet been able to frame our reasons. Even if you NEVER agreed with the Bush Administration - he told you why. Not that I don't think that Monster should go....but we couldn't even lift a finger in support for the Green revolution in Iran...a country FAR scarier...and in this one we're willing to shed more American blood....

The exercise is designed to test the capability of every type of Marine Corps aircraft, including MV-22 Ospreys and F/A 18 Hornets, as well as some Navy ships and Air Force planes,” CNN reported."

Silence of the Lambs | RedState

Yesterday, I called on conservatives and conservative organizations to actually dare to retaliate against Republican members of Congress who refuse to cut, cap, and balance before raising the debt ceiling.

If any Republican dares to raise the debt ceiling without first ensuring (1) cuts in the budget; (2) caps in spending; and (3) the Lee-Cornyn-Hatch Balanced Budget Amendment makes it out to the states, conservatives must agree to at least attempt to find someone to primary them in their next election. More importantly, there must be zero tolerance for forgiveness on this issue."

Top 10 Scariest Economic Developments - HUMAN EVENTS

Well....THIS is just happiness and light!!!!!!

The U.S. economy remains in the doldrums and Obamanomics is making matters worse, as every day seems to bring another dose of bad business news. Not for the faint at heart, here are the Top 10 Scariest Economic Developments:"

Explaining History To Thomas Friedman. Again.

Sometimes I get tired of hashing over the same arguments again and again. Unfortunately “respected” people keep making the same debunked arguments again and again, ignoring hundreds of years of history and thinking that, this time, things will be different."

It’s Time to Think Big: Re-Elect President Palin, 2016 - Big Government

Although her bus tour is over, the media still can’t let her go. Now they’re all busy letting us know how her bus tour didn’t help her numbers at all or trying to somehow persuade us that John Ziegler’s opinion matters. I’m sorry, but I see the way people listen when Palin talks, the way they react when she shakes hands with them, and the genuine love for country she displayed in her 24,000 emails the mainstream media thought they could use to bring her down."

ObamaCare continues to rear it's Ugly Side - Patriot Post

The point of [the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act] is cost containment. This supposedly depends on the Independent Payment Advisory Board. The IPAB, which is a perfect expression of the progressive mind, is to be composed of 15 presidential appointees empowered to reduce Medicare spending -- which is 13 percent of federal spending -- to certain stipulated targets. IPAB is to do this by making 'proposals' or 'recommendations' to limit costs by limiting reimbursements to doctors. This, inevitably, will limit available treatments -- and access to care when physicians leave the Medicare system."

MSNBC‘s ’Morning Joe‘ Mocks Rick Perry’s Weekend Speech: ‘Felt Like an Alien’ | Breaking news and opinion on The Blaze

It seems the crew over at MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” just can’t wrap its head around a Rick Perry presidential run. On this morning’s show, Mika Brzezinksi said she “felt like an alien” while watching people applaud the TX Gov’s weekend speech at the Republican Leadership Conference, while Joe Scarborough compared it to comedian Will Ferrell’s Broadway show mocking George W. Bush.

“I think I saw this guy on Broadway,” Scarborough quipped after watching the clip of Perry, referring to Ferrell’s show “You’re Welcome, America.” Later he added, “I don’t get it.”"

Bill H.665-Gun Owners rights under attack AGAIN

By Mr. Timothy J. Toomey of Cambridge, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 00665) of Timothy J. Toomey relative to requiring certain insurance policies for persons with firearm licenses. Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security.
Sponsors:

Timothy J. Toomey, Jr.
Status: Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security
Hearing Scheduled for 6/21/2011 at 1:00 PM in B-2"

The Hard Life of Muslim Terrorists in Israeli Prison | FrontPage Magazine

For Muslim terrorists in Israeli prisons, life is more like a vacation. Hamas terrorist Haytham Battat, who was responsible for the murder of four Israelis, uses his Facebook page to share Jihadi videos from YouTube. In his recent facebook photos, PFLP terrorist Saeed Omar, who was sentenced to nineteen years in jail, poses with his favorite soccer team’s banner, feasts with other terrorists on a table covered with dozens of dishes supplemented by bottles of Coca Cola, and posts scraps of poetry calling for the destruction of Israel."

Ethanolics Anonymous | FrontPage Magazine

Yesterday the Senate voted to repeal ethanol tax credits in a bipartisan 73-27 vote. The measure is expected to save the federal government $31 billion over the next five years, money that will be applied to deficit reduction. That’s good news for people concerned about out of control government spending, and the vote will certainly help Senators establish their fiscally conservative bona fides, but the net effect on the industry and on consumers will be negligible."

Street Heat in China | FrontPage Magazine

No doubt to the surprise of many, this includes slow but steady reports of mob violence in major Chinese cities. China continues to present itself to the world as a superpower in waiting, as a country ready to stand alongside the United States as joint masters of the world. But unless they can get their social problems under control, though they might not follow several Arab regimes into disgrace and exile, they certainly will struggle to command the international legitimacy they clearly crave."

Chris Christie | Adolf Hitler | World War III | The Daily Caller

So, trying to save your State, eventually our Country from economic disaster is akin to Adolph now....must have missed that pesky memo on civility, ey???

Welcome to the new civility.

At a Thursday rally in New Jersey protesting Republican Gov. Chris Christie’s pension deal that would cut pensions and benefits to public workers, a union leader charged Christie with acting like a Nazi. And not any ordinary Nazi, but Adolf Hitler himself.

“Good afternoon brothers and sisters. Welcome to Nazi Germany,” Communications Workers of America District 1 Vice President Christopher Shelton is seen raving in a video posted on YouTube.

“We have Adolf Christie and his two generals trying to make New Jersey Nazi Germany.”"

Obama Backs EPA War on Coal, While Networks Ignore Harm to Industry

It is no longer a secret that President Obama's administration is willing to allow electricity prices to 'necessarily skyrocket,' in order to accomplish his green energy agenda.

Although he has so far been unsuccessful at instituting cap-and-trade, Obama's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hard at work running coal companies and consumers into the ground. Not that you'd know it from ABC, NBC and CBS news coverage."

The Fordham Foundation Yet Again Pretends to Lean Right to Attack Rick Perry From the Left | RedState

Yesterday on National Review Online, Checker Finn took one pot shot after another at the state of Texas and publicly displayed his hand-wringing over Texas Governor Rick Perry’s potential influence on national education policy. You see, Mr. Finn tries - quite unsuccessfully in my view – to target Texas “bravado” as the threat to a sound education policy. On the one hand, he attempts to criticize Governor Perry by lumping him in with George W. Bush’s efforts to push No Child Left Behind, despite Perry’s resistance to embrace it. Then he turns around and says now we will somehow suffer because Perry’s national policy prefers to leave education to the states (heaven forbid)."

Economic briefing returns to Obama's schedule - latimes.com

The Hill newspaper reported last week that the once-daily economic briefings had disappeared from the president's schedule of late, even as new data have spurred growing pessimism about the direction of the economy."

U.S. agents slam gun sting effort on Mexico border | Reuters

Agents for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Arizona told the House of Representatives Oversight Committee they were told not to arrest the so-called straw buyers and instead see where the guns went."

Google denies special deal for Barack Obama - Byron Tau and Ben Smith - POLITICO.com

Yeah....right......

Google denied Wednesday that it gave President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign special access to a new advertising program, something a sales representative from the search and advertising giant had claimed in an email to customers."

Pelosi's wealth grows by 62 percent - The Hill's On The Money

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) saw her net worth rise 62 percent last year, cementing her status as one of the wealthiest members of Congress.

Pelosi was worth at least $35.2 million in the 2010 calendar year, according to a financial disclosure report released Wednesday. She reported a minimum of $43.4 million in assets and about $8.2 million in liabilities."

Reality Check: Higher Taxes Simply Won't Solve the U.S. Revenue Problem - HUMAN EVENTS

Economically, liberals ascribe to this dictum: The floggings will continue until morale improves. At least that is what their call for higher taxes to close the federal deficit implies. Instead of seeing an economy struggling to recover, they see income awaiting redistribution.

The Left has been making much of the fact that federal tax revenue, as a percentage of the economy, is at its lowest since 1950. Instead of ascribing this to the recent recession, liberals attribute the federal deficit to it. Curiously, they do not manage to place the deficit at spending’s doorstep—or mention that its increase is even more pronounced—though it is at t its highest point since 1946 and exceeded only by WWII."

What GOP Presidential Candidates Can Learn From Marco Rubio's Exceptional Maiden Speech - HUMAN EVENTS

Freshman Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio delivered his maiden speech on the floor of the Senate yesterday and it was a speech all GOP presidential contenders should watch.

It was the best speech of the 2012 presidential cycle, except the person who delivered it has all but ruled himself off of the 2012 ticket on numerous occasions.

The GOP presidential field has been criticized for not having passion or conviction, and Rubio’s speech lit up the normally staid Senate chamber to the extent that this is possible. It had a clear argument, an emotional arc, personal tie-ins, and was delivered with conviction. Too often, even in the GOP, politicians talk about American exceptionalism as if it is an academic exercise.

Not Rubio."

Dirty Spending Secrets-Gov. employees upgrading costs to Business Class

Evidently the foot room is better! Federal employees cost taxpayers $146 million each year when they upgrade to business class flights. The Government Accountability Office found that more than half of these upgrades were not properly authorized. The rest of us have to fly coach and live on a budget—it’s time our government does the same."

Confession of a Reluctant Tea-Partier

When candidate Obama showed up, I realized that I had heard his typical stump speech every single day of my old Soviet life from big and small Communist party bosses -- the same structure, the same cadences, the same bogeymen, the same demagoguery, the same targets. The American people had no defense against this rhetoric. The result of the elections was totally predictable. To me it was a 'Back to the Future' moment."

A mini-ice age on the way?

Why not? Climate hysterics have kind of worn out the global warming scare. Now it's time to reverse gears and scare the beejeebus out of us by positing global cooling.

Actually, this has a little bit more basis in science. Sun spot activity is disappearing, which has led in the past to 'The Little Ice Age' and other cold snaps lasting a couple of centuries or more."

64,000 Cases of Possible Voter Fraud Being Investigated in New Mexico | CNSnews.com

New Mexico Secretary of State Dianna Duran has turned over about 64,000 cases of what she calls possible voter fraud to the State Department of Public Safety for investigation.

That's more than 10 percent of the 607,700 people who voted in the 2010 general election in New Mexico -- and it's way more than the 37 cases of foreign nationals illegally voting that Duran mentioned at a legislative hearing earlier this year, the newspaper reported."

Undercounting the Joblessness

With 13.9 million people in the U.S. out of work according to the federal government's unemployment calculations (a tally that excludes those who are classified as 'discouraged' workers and 'involuntary part-timers,' among others), the Labor Department reported that only 54,000 jobs were added to nonfarm payrolls in May, down significantly from an average of 130,500 new jobs per month during the first four months of this year."

Christie's Blind Spot

OoooooooHHhhhhhhhhhhhh NOOOOOoooooooooo!!!!!

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has certainly been a wonderful rhetorical revelation for conservatives, tailor-made for YouTube. He backs a cap on property tax increases -- rah! He wants teachers to contribute to their own health insurance plans like most of the rest of us -- yeah! He confronts liberal hecklers and wants to unite the country -- all riiight!!"

Obama's Pink Slip Economy

President Obama says he's 100% focused these days on creating jobs. So why is he taking advice from a bunch of CEOs whose companies have been shedding jobs for years? In February, Obama chartered the Jobs and Competitiveness Council with a mission of leaving 'no stone unturned' in the search of ways to boost the country's anemic job growth."

Why American Exceptionalism Matters...

Our nation is at a cultural crossroads. At no time in our history has America been faced with two sets of values and visions that are so drastically different from each other.

President Obama and other liberal elites believe that more government is the solution to every problem. They see America as a nation that is behind other countries in moving toward a European statist model and a secular society. And they feel deeply uneasy with the United States' leading role in the world."

‘Palin 2.0’ – The Mainstream Media’s Attempt to Deny Sarah Palin’s Vindication - Big Government

Since her national debut in August 2008, the mainstream media has been determined to destroy Gov. Sarah Palin. Journalists flocked to Alaska to dig up dirt. They spun smears about book bans and rape kits. Some even indulged conspiracy theories about the birth of her son. They showed no interest in her outstanding record.

They kept going after her long after the 2008 election, blaming her for the Tuscon shootings–and attacking her for defending herself."

Dozens of Republicans Vote for Handouts to Big Labor | RedState

Yesterday, the House passed the largely non-controversial Military Construction/Veterans Affairs Appropriations (MilCon) bill for FY 2012. Unfortunately, it is these non-controversial bills which provide a safe haven for meretricious policy initiatives through the rapid fire amendment process. While everyone was focused on presidential politics, the House passed an amendment forcing government contractors to use labor unions on federal construction projects. Oh, and like most bad legislation, this amendment passed by one vote, with the help of 27 Republicans."

Barack Obama Thinks an ATM Ate Your Job | RedState

We get what we deserve.....we allowed him to get elected....because we were completely unable to put forth a decent, good candidate to fight him....and we're about to do it again with Mitt Romney - ACK!

Yesterday, Barack Obama gave away the game. Without actually using the words, Barack Obama admitted he is completely and utterly ignorant about job creation and economics. In an interview with the Today Show, Barack Obama declared that the unemployment rate remains so high because of ATMS.

Sadly, many people will agree with him because they lack the vision to see the whole picture. They see less bank tellers and more ATMs — much as Barack Obama does — and presume this must mean higher unemployment. This myth, and it is a myth, is older than even the great lament that cars put blacksmiths on the unemployment line by getting rid of the need for horse shoes."

Grand jury probing possible CIA war crimes in Iraq - Reid J. Epstein - POLITICO.com

Praise them one day - screw them the next.........

A federal prosecutor has launched a secret grand jury to investigate possible CIA war crimes at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Time magazine reported.

Federal prosecutor John Durham, who was first appointed to probe the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes by Attorney General Michael Mukasey in 2008, is now working on an expanded probe authorized by the Obama Justice Department that includes cases of alleged abuse of terror suspects in U.S. custody."

Is the Soros-Sponsored ‘Agenda 21’ a Hidden Plan for World Government? (Yes, Only it Is Not Hidden) | The Blaze

Agenda 21 is a two-decade old, grand plan for global ’Sustainable Development,’ brought to you from the United Nations. George H.W. Bush (and 177 other world leaders) agreed to it back in 1992, and in 1995, Bill Clinton signed Executive Order #12858, creating a Presidential Council on ‘Sustainable Development.’ This effectively pushed the UN plan into America’s large, churning government machine without the need for any review or discussion by Congress or the American people."

Surprise: ‘Green’ cars aren’t so green | The Blaze

Well, yea....DUH!

ELECTRIC cars could produce higher emissions over their lifetimes than petrol equivalents because of the energy consumed in making their batteries, a study has found."

Unemployment Is No Laughing Matter

As President Barack Obama swung through North Carolina yesterday, he did all he could to show that he cares about the U.S. economy, its 9.1 percent unemployment rate, and the 13.9 million Americans who remain out of work. Well, that is, until he let a bit of honesty slip off his tongue."

Herman Cain, CEO - National Review Online

As leader of Godfather’s, Cain brought this same set of strategies, and even some of the same managers, with him to the troubled pizza chain. One such person was Spencer Wiggins, a human-resources manager who started at Kraft Foods and whom Cain had specifically sought out to work for him at Burger King. In an interview with National Review Online, Wiggins recalled his first meeting with Cain and how taken he was by Cain’s charisma. “I walked into the [Burger King regional] office, Herman was there by himself, and he acted like he had known me for ten years"

Mark Steyn - National Review

The trouble is it’s all “This or That”. As Newt pointed out, most of the questions posit ridiculous choices: Are you in favor of amnesty for illegal immigrants or are you in favor of deporting 20 million people? Are you in favor of seizing private property in New Hampshire for a Hydro Quebec power line or are you in favor of continued oil dependency on psychotic dictators? The remainder fall into cutesie-pie stuff that John King lacks the personality to pull off, and the last embodied in its perfect post-modern stupidity the awfulness of these “debates”: “What have you learned during the past two hours?”"

Back Door Gun Control and Fighting Back - HUMAN EVENTS

Back door gun control is the phenomena where an entity will enact a law that indirectly affects your right to keep and bear arms. It’s easier to pass legislation that harms Second Amendment rights when it does not directly require the citizen to surrender a gun.

Examples of back door gun control are:"

Obama fundraiser underwhelms | POLITICO 44

A low-dollar fundraiser here Monday felt like a throwback to the 2008 campaign.

There was the same old soundtrack – including “City of Blinding Lights” by U2, the president’s 2008 anthem -- the enthusiastic organizers and the abundant appeals for supporters to rally behind President Obama.

The one missing element? Overflowing crowds.

Granted, it was a fundraiser, not a free rally. But the empty seats were hard to miss."

Is Mitt Romney the New Nelson Rockefeller?

Who, exactly, is the Lord Voldemort of the Republican Party?

What is the name in conservative circles that, in the style of the chief villain in the Harry Potter stories, might best be referred to as 'You-Know-Who,' 'He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named' or 'The Dark Lord'?

Can you whisper in print? Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.… That would be……"

The Obama Campaign Team's Electoral College Obsession

The GOP nominating process is more than half a year away from the first in the nation Iowa caucuses. There could be several late entries into a field that already includes or is likely to include Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty, Gary Johnson, Herman Cain, Michelle Bachmann, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, and John Huntsman. Rick Perry seems likely to get into the race, and Sarah Palin, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie and Rudy Giuliani are all possible late entries."

Whatever happened to that $6.6 billion in cash we sent to Iraq?

There will be those who defend the Bush administration by making the argument that there is waste in all wars and Iraq was no different.

That may be. But it is also true that it is stupid, negligent, and outright crazy to send 20 C-130 planeloads of $100 bills in shrinkwrap to a country in chaos and not expect a good portion of that money to go missing."

Flag Day 2011

Flag Day is the day when all Americans should celebrate and show respect for their nation's flag and commemorate its adoption. For it was on June 14, 1777 that the Continental Congress replaced the British symbols of the Grand Union flag with a new design featuring stars and stripes."

Why John Ziegler is Wrong About Sarah Palin’s Electability - Big Government

After two of the best months a potential presidential candidate could possibly have, the Daily Caller lobbed a grenade at the Palin Camp Sunday night in the form of a John Ziegler piece titled: “The Sarah Palin I Know.” The news here is that Ziegler — a columnist, documentary filmmaker, and radio talk show host who’s probably most famous for being one of Governor Palin’s chief defenders, has come out very publicly to proclaim that she’s not only incapable of defeating Barack Obama in 2012, but also that any potential candidacy on her part could hurt those — like Tim Pawlenty — who are capable of defeating Obama."

The NLRB’s Kangaroo Court & Boeing Employees’ ‘Insurance’ Option… - Big Government

On Tuesday, the Boeing Company will be heading to the NLRB’s kangaroo court in Seattle, Washington to be prosecuted by an agency controlled by pro-union extremists. The outcome, as far as the NLRB hearing is concerned, is already a foregone conclusion. The hearing is a procedural nuisance that Boeing will have to endure to eventually have its case heard in the federal courts—which is likely where the case will end up, barring any “face-saving” settlement negotiated with the union and the NLRB."

Send Education Dollars and Decision-Making Back Home

The Obama Administration has another problem on its hands. The mighty hand of the federal government has its grip on education in the form of the No Child Left Behind federal law on public education, but the trouble is that the law isn't working. Instead of a top-down approach to education, it's time for restoring state and local control over education, while downsizing the Department of Education."

Emails tell shocking inside story of Sarah Palin's time as Alaska governor | ZDNet

What if all your friends could comb through all your email messages, ever, to see what you really thought about them? What if your family members could see every email message you ever sent? What if your employers (past, present, and future) could see a complete archive of your professional dealings via email?

Could you withstand the scrutiny?"

Broken Bible Belt: Homes In Ruins From Tornadoes Denied Aid By FEMA For ‘Insufficient Damage’ | The Blaze

Jefferson County resident Jonathan Stewart said he laughed in shock after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) claimed the house his family lost in the deadly April 27 twister was ‘not unsafe to live in’.

Displaced families in tornado-ravaged Alabama are outraged after being denied federal aide to rebuild their flattened homes – due to ‘insufficient damage’.

The devastating reality is the house is now a concrete slab surrounded by rubble."

Donald Rumsfeld | The Daily Caller

Donald Rumsfeld has lived a remarkable life: Champion wrestler at Princeton. Naval aviator. Four-term congressman from Illinois. White House Chief of Staff under two presidents. American representative to NATO. Winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the age of 35. Successful private-sector CEO. Service as both the youngest, and then decades later as the oldest secretary of defense. Husband of more than half a century. Father of three. Grandfather of six."

Zero Hedge: The Fed’s $600 Billion Stealth Bailout of Foreign Banks Continues at the Expense of the Domestic Economy, or Explaining Where All the QE2 Money Went | The Blaze

Small business keeps taking hit after hit. Folks keep losing home after home. Banks HERE keep collapsing. I'm not naive enough to not know we have a direct connection to the world financially...but how about casting an eye towards home FIRST? If the USA is healthy....so is the world.

Courtesy of the recently declassified Fed discount window documents, we now know that the biggest beneficiaries of the Fed’s generosity during the peak of the credit crisis were foreign banks, among which Belgium’s Dexia was the most troubled, and thus most lent to, bank."

Obama Gives Netanyahu Ultimatum on Resuming Talks | The Blaze

Report: US gives Netanyahu ultimatum on resuming talks

Israel Radio Reported Sunday that The United States gave Netanyahu an ultimatum on renewing negotiations with the Palestinians.

According to the ultimatum, Netanyahu has to decide within a month whether he agrees to accept US President Obama’s proposal and resume talks based on 1967 lines."

Obama vrs. GWB on Golf during wartime...

Class...Class....Class......

For the sake of comparison, early in his first term, President George Bush was famously ridiculed for playing golf while Americans were dying on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan. Mr. Bush reportedly stopped soon after voices on the Left criticized him for this bit of relaxation. President Bush explains why he stopped playing golf;"

‘A Down’s Syndrome Baby Will Expand Your World’: Sarah Palin’s Poignant, Moving Email About Her Unborn Son Revealed in Email Investigation | The Blaze

To the Sisters, Brother, Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, and Friends of Trig Paxson Van Palin (or whatever you end up naming him!):

I am blessing you with this surprise baby because I only want the best for you. I’ve heard your prayers that this baby will be happy and healthy, and I’ve answered them because Ionly want the best for you!"

Sarah Palin email frenzy backfires on her media antagonists – Telegraph Blogs

The trove of more than 13,000 emails detailing almost every aspect of Sarah Palin’s governorship of Alaska, released late on Friday, paints a picture of her as an idealistic, conscientious, humorous and humane woman slightly bemused by the world of politics.

One can only assume that the Left-leaning editors who dispatched teams of reporters to remote Juneau, the Alaskan capital, to pore over the emails in the hope of digging up a scandal are now viewing the result as a rather poor return on their considerable investment."