Policy-Driven Deception

"The Science & Public Policy Institute has published an important paper on the manipulations to which surface temperature records have been subjected in order to promote the global warming dogma. It's called Surface Temperature Records: Policy Driven Deception? You should download and read it all; this is the executive summary:

(here are just a few of the key points......)

1. Instrumental temperature data for the pre-satellite era (1850-1980) have been so widely, systematically, and unidirectionally tampered with that it cannot be credibly asserted there has been any significant "global warming" in the 20th century.

2. All terrestrial surface-temperature databases exhibit very serious problems that render them useless for determining accurate long-term temperature trends.

3. All of the problems have skewed the data so as greatly to overstate observed warming both regionally and globally." [Power Line]

Video: Tax subsidy critic Michael Moore receives Michigan tax subsidy he criticized

"The Mackinac Center of Michigan exposes crockumentarian Michael Moore’s embrace of government tax subsidies for a deep-pocketed private business." [Hot Air]

Global warming science implodes overseas: American media silent

"This is a great story. It has everything a media outlet could desire; scandal, conflict of interest, government cover ups - why then, has this unraveling of the basis of climate science that posited catastrophic man made warming not been making any news at all in the United States?

It's too easy to simply claim "bias." Media outlets don't pass up juicy stories that could potentially increase their readership and revenue for ideological purposes" [American Thinker]

Unreal… Obama’s Proposed Budget Will Increase Spending by 6% Over Last Year

AGAIN .... WE CANNOT BELIEVE WHAT HE SAYS .....
WATCH WHAT HE ACTUALLY DOES

GOP Senator Rips Into MSNBC Host For ‘Absurd,’ ‘Dishonest,’ Statements

"On the soon-to-be canceled ‘It’s the Economy’ program on MSNBC on Thursday, co-host Contessa Brewer grilled Republican New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg on his calls to reduce out-of-control government spending: “Which programs are you willing to cut? Are you willing to tell schools, no money for you?” Gregg shot back: “What an absurd statement to make. And what a dishonest statement to make.” [Newsbusters]

Americans finally starting to see through the president's prevarications

" The latest Rasmussen poll demonstrates just how much of America Obama has lost. When asked whether B.O.'s proposed freeze of discretionary federal spending would help much, fully 9% of respondents agreed that it would while 81% of those polled believed that the freeze would be little help, if any." [Ralph Alter]

Why Elitists Fail

"We expect those in government to know how to get things done. They need to understand organizational and political behavior, effective administration, and how to comply with the law.

In his recent book Intellectuals and Society, Thomas Sowell explains how the "anointed" believe that their advanced education and depth of knowledge in one field automatically makes them an authority on any field in which they wield an opinion.

Sowell further explains that the most educated among us know only the smallest fraction of what is to be known. That these highly educated people may know so much more than any one of us does not mean that they know a fraction as much as do all of us." [American Thinker]

The 12 Scams of Obama

From Camelot to Scamalot

"Faced with so many false assurances, exaggerated "hopes," and inflated assertions about not only Obama's health care takeover, but also his radical policies on energy, taxes, the national debt, unemployment, the environment, and the ongoing War on Terror, Bay State voters came to believe that the president is simply deceiving them -- to the point that they were routinely thinking, "You lie."

But using the somewhat softer term of "scam," let us paint a full picture of what is going on here. Let us pose the tough question: "Does this charismatic, smooth-talking, and openly "progressive" (i.e., socialist) President Obama scam just a little, or does he truly scam a lot?"" [ American Thinker ]

Disgraced former Obama czar reemerges

Communist-group founder to address world's leading corporations

I find it disgusting that leadership of Microsoft, IBM, Yahoo, Intel, Best Buy and the Pacific Gas and Electric Company would sit on the same stage as this self proclaimed Communist radical !

The shout-outs Obama forgot

"No one in the media has brought up the ultimate snub from Pres. Obama during his speech last night. He gave a shout out to Michelle Obama- twice, Joe Biden- once, but to the two officers who brought down the Ft. Hood terrorist and who were sitting right next to the First Lady, he said nothing." [Michelle Malkin]

Taxpayers pay $101,000 for Pelosi's in-flight 'food, booze'

"It reads like a dream order for a wild frat party: Maker's Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&J brandy, Bailey's Irish Crème, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey … and Corona beer.

But that single receipt makes up just part of the more than $101,000 taxpayers paid for "in-flight services" – including food and liquor, for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trips on Air Force jets over the last two years" [WND]

Katie Couric (CBS) Interviews Tea Party Organizers

Here is a half hour interview by Katie Couric (CBS News) of two Tea Party Activists. It is a very penetrating, questioning interview of what the Tea Party movement is all about. I commend it to your attention.

Katie Couric Interviews Tea Party Activists

History Repeats

From the 4/21/1934 issue of the Chicago Tribune ..........................

The sign says:

"Plan of Action for the USA

SPEND! SPEND! SPEND

Under the guise of Recovery.....

Bust the Government .....

Blame the Capitalists for the failure

Junk the Constitution and declare a DICTATORSHIP"

Five Easy Questions for Obama

1)What is the mission of our military in Afghanistan?

2) What do your staff members get paid, and how do their salaries compare to that of their predecessors?

3) What exactly did you, or will you, do with the $1.4 million from your Nobel Peace Prize?

4) What were your SAT and LSAT scores and your GPA at graduation from Columbia?

5) Essay Question: What, if anything, is wrong with socialism?

[American Thinker]

Your corrupt DOJ-gives-another-corrupt Democrat-a-pass story of the day

"The Justice Department has shuttered its nearly four-year investigation into the personal finances of Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-W.Va.), freeing the 14-term lawmaker to pursue what could be a tough bid for reelection without the lingering cloud of a federal criminal probe." [Michelle Malkin]

132: The Number of Times Obama Refers to Himself in One Speech

A modified, limited course correction, Part Three

"President Obama is expected to propose "a three-year freeze on federal funding that is not related to national security." He will unveil this proposal tomorrow night in his State of the Union address.

The "freeze" appears to be something of a phony. According to the Washington Post, it would not apply to "entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid," "would not restrain funding for the $787 billion economic stimulus package Obama pushed through Congress early last year," would not "apply to a new bill aimed at creating jobs," and would be "unlikely to affect the approximately $900 billion health-care bill." " [Power Line]

Public's Priorities for 2010: Economy, Jobs, Terrorism

The economy, jobs and terrorism top the list ..........
global warming at the bottom.

Obama to meet with House Republicans

"President Obama will meet Friday with perhaps his harshest critics outside of Fox News headquarters: the House Republicans.

The House GOP invited Obama this year to speak at its annual retreat, which will be held in Baltimore from Thursday to Saturday. Coming only two days after Obama's State of the Union address, the session could herald better relations between the two sides in 2010 -- or lift their tensions to an even higher level." [Washington Post"]

Disgusting. Shameless Liar Pelosi Tries to Pin Obama’s Deficit on Bush & GOP

"It figures. Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats tripled the national deficit in one year. They will likely top that this year.

Today Nancy Pelosi tried to pin these awful numbers on the GOP.

For the record, during the Bush years, despite the 2000 Recession, the attacks on 9-11, the stock market scandals, Hurricane Katrina, and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Bush Administration was able to reduce the budget deficit from 412 billion dollars in 2004 to 162 billion dollars in 2007, a sixty percent drop. In 2004 the federal budget deficit was 412 billion dollars. In 2005 it dropped to 318 billion dollars. In 2006 the deficit dipped to 248 billion dollars. And, in 2007 it fell below 200 billion to 162 billion dollars. During the Bush years the average unemployment rate was 5.2 percent, the economy saw the strongest productivity growth in four decades and there was robust GDP growth. These were amazing accomplishments considering the unexpected challenges. You certainly didn’t read much about this in the press.

But, things changed in 2007. Democrats took over Congress, gas prices started to rise, and at the end of the year and into 2008 several financial institutions started to crumble as the housing bubble began to burst. Of course, it should be noted that President Bush publicly called for the reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac 17 times in 2008 alone before Congress acted. Democrats, on the other hand, blocked reform numerous times. It was later reported after the 2008 election that Bush had nothing to do with the financial crisis. Hoover Institution visiting fellow Scott S. Powell wrote in Barron’s in February of 2009 that the present crisis began in the 1970s, during the Carter administration, with passage of the Community Reinvestment Act to stem bank redlining and liberalize lending in order to extend home ownership in lower-income communities. This risk was acknowledged in the Bush administration’s first fiscal-year budget, released in April 2001. Sadly these warnings were ignored by Congress." [Hot Air]

A terror trial debacle happening right now

"You want a glimpse of the future that crime-coddling Eric Holder and the White House will be bringing up en masse? Right now, in New York City, jihad scientist Aafia Siddiqui is on trial." [Michelle Malkin]

Busted! Obama praise planted in U.S. newspapers

"Obama supporters are flooding newspapers with pro-Obama letters purportedly from average citizens – with duplicate messages appearing in more than 70 publications across the nation." [WND]

See examples

Figures. White House Awarded $25 Million No-Bid Contract to Big Dem Donor

"Despite President Obama’s long history of criticizing the Bush administration for “sweetheart deals” with favored contractors, the Obama administration this month awarded a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan to a company owned by a Democratic campaign contributor without entertaining competitive bids" [Gateway Pundit]

Hawaii launches defense to Obama birth queries

State of Hawaii stonewalls release of Obama's proof of U.S. birth.

"It could be that the state of Hawaii is overwhelmed by – or is just annoyed at – the number of inquiries about the birth records of President Obama. The state has launched a new Web page with the information it wants the public to know about its Obama records, including the fact that state law does not "require agencies to respond to all questions asked of the agency" [WND]

IPCC Chairman must resign at once as head of official climate science panel

"It is time for the embattled Rajendra Pachauri to resign as Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC), He is steadfastly refusing to go, but his position is becoming more and more untenable by the day, and the official climate science body will continue to leach credibility while he remains in charge." [Telegraph UK]

On health care, is doing 'something' better than doing nothing?

"What I am getting a lot of these days in conversations with my leftist friends with regard to the healthcare bill(s) before is,"OK, maybe they're not perfect, but doing something is better than doing nothing, right?

My answer is typically something like:

If your car runs out of gas on the side of the highway, is it better to fill the gas tank with rocks and dirt or is it better to fill it with nothing?" [Chris Gallardo]

The Currency of Social Justice

"Many Americans believe that the Cloward-Piven strategy is not only what purposefully bankrupted New York, but also what the Obama administration is employing to erode capitalism in America. So what economic system is being erected in its place? Using Gesell and Keynesian monetary theories, as well as precedents by the Obama administration and Congress, we can see "social justice" transforming America through "green jobs" and our currency crisis." [American Thinker]

See how far it has gone already..................


From: "CHART OF THE DAY: How The Government Payroll Replaced Goods-Producing Jobs"

Too bad to be true? Bungling of Interrogation of the Underwear Bomber!

"Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the would-be Christmas-day bomber, was interrogated by the FBI instead of the "High Value Detainee Interrogation Group." The creation of this Group -- the HIG -- was announced with some fanfare a year ago by President Obama who, having shut down the CIA's terrorist interrogation program, hoped to the counter the impression that he wasn't serious about protecting America.

Dennis Blair testified before Congress that Abdulmutallab should have been questioned by the HIG.

Blair's testimony seemed too bad to be true, and that turned out to be the case. But not because the HIG did, in fact, interrogate Abdulmutallab; rather, because the HIG does not actually exist as an operational entity." [Power Line]

Figures. Joe Biden Tells Iraqi Officials He Wants Blackwater Contractors Retried

"What a surprise. Joe Biden told Iraqi officials today that he wants the five Blackwater security contractors retried after their case was thrown out of court last month." [Gateway Pundit]

Obama has suspicious number of letter-writing fans named 'Ellie Light'

"In recent weeks, Light has published virtually identical “Letters to the Editor” in support of President Barack Obama in more than a dozen newspapers.Every letter claimed a different residence for Light that happened to be in the newspaper’s circulation area." [Cleveland Plain Dealer]

UPDATE:

Ellie Light: Obama Astroturfer?

What the Health Care Debate Is Really All About

"The choice the country faces in health-care reform is a stark one with profound ramifications: What process will best deliver affordable quality health-care to all Americans, a government-driven or market-driven one?" [Real Clear Politics]

A very clear, unbiased picture of where the issue stands today...............

Senator's call to profile angers 'Muslim Mafia'

"The Council on American-Islamic Relations' Oklahoma chapter is calling on Sen. James Inhofe, R.-Okla., to meet with Muslim leaders to discuss his statement during a congressional hearing in favor of using religion and ethnicity as factors in profiling airline passengers." [WND]

Keep up the good work Senator!

A presidential pledge broken, thank goodness

"Today marks the one-year anniversary of President Obama's promise to close the Gitmo detention facility within one year. This is the one broken Obama promise for which we should be gratetul. .... The obsession with closing Gitmo was always more about high-minded posturing than protecting the country from terror. It was also a sop to the President's left flank, the same element that declines to call terrorism by its name, instead labelling it a mysterious "man-caused disaster." [Power Line]

The U.N. Gun Ban Treaty That Threatens Your Gun Rights

Here is a beautiful example of how Obama is bringing Socialism to our country, without having his fingerprints on the action....

"During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama assured gun owners that he was no threat to gun rights. And so far, his administration has publicly steered clear of the issue. After all, Obama knows that a direct assault on the Second Amendment would be political suicide.

However, behind the scenes, he and his staff have shown support for the U.N. Gun Ban, an international treaty on small arms sales that could sidestep established American gun rights and pose a serious threat to the Second Amendment." [Buckeye Firearms Assoc.]

Democrats propose $1.9T increase in debt limit

"The record increase in the so-called debt limit is required because the budget deficit has spiraled out of control in the wake of a recession that cut tax revenues, the Wall Street bailout, and increased spending by the Democratic-controlled Congress. Last year's deficit hit a phenomenal $1.4 trillion, and the current year's deficit promises to be as high or higher." [AP]

THE NEXT BATTLE: STOP SOCIALISM

"After Obama succeeds in jamming health care changes down the collective throats of his embattled constituents, his next move will be to bring overt socialism to the United States in the guise of regulatory reform.

The legislation he seeks to pilot through the Senate (it already passed the House) literally gives the Secretary of the Treasury the power to seize any company in any sector which, in his judgment, is in danger of insolvency and whose failure would cause systemic damage to the national economy (aka - too big to fail)." [Dick Morris]

Reversing Obama’s Worst Decision Yet?

"Top administration officials are getting nervous that they may not be able to proceed with one of their most controversial national-security moves: trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused 9/11 conspirators in federal court in New York City." [Commentary]

A by-the-numbers look at Obama's first year

Highlights of Obama's first year, by the numbers:

A One-Step Program for Better Airline Security

"President Obama's recent (if only implicit) acknowledgment of the need to at least talk about terrorism in a less abstruse, more immediate manner is a small but welcome development in what one hopes is an evolving odyssey towards serious understanding and treatment of the threats posed to America by Islamic extremism. Unfortunately, the 7 January report on his review of the abortive terrorist bombing in Detroit on Christmas Day and the correctives he ordered were as disheartening as they was predictable. " [American Thinker]

Unsurprisingly, Rush Is Right.

"You knew it was just a matter of time before partisan angles emerged about the disaster in Haiti. The Huffington Post takes umbrage at Rush Limbaugh: "Limbaugh also seems to feel we've done enough already for Haiti: 'We've already donated to Haiti. It's called the U.S. income tax." [National Review]

Even The Communists Don't Like OBAMACARE

"IT'S HARD to keep track of all the different ways that the Democrats' health care "reform" legislation, if passed, will make workers suffer and guarantee more profits for Corporate America. Now, thanks to a surrender by organized labor, there's another in place--the so-called "Cadillac tax" on expensive health insurance plans. .... " [SocialistWorker]

How Coakley will steal the election from Brown

"Sadly for the good people of the Bay State and for all those who care about transparency in the election process, Massachusetts -- through the office of Secretary of State William F. Galvin and the entrenched Democratic machine -- could easily wrest the crown of corruption off the head of the Chicago Democratic machine.

Possibilities range from stealing the election outright to delaying seating a victorious Brown long enough for interim Sen. Paul G. Kirk Jr. to vote for President Obama's economically crippling health care plan." [Washington Examiner]

Obama Warning: Coakley Must Win Or My Social Experiment With America Is Finished

"Obama warned Boston voters today that Martha Coakley must win or his socialist experiment to remake American banking, energy, and health care, etc. will be doomed:" [Gateway Pundit]

One year out: President Obama's fall

"A year ago, Obama was the most charismatic politician on Earth. Today the thrill is gone, the doubts growing -- even among erstwhile believers." [Krauthammer]

The race in Massachusetts...

"..... is nominally between Democrat Martha Coakley and Republican Scott Brown, but over the past few days it's turned into a race between Coakley's Democrats and the bottom of the garbage can. Reaching into the bottom of the garbage can, the Massachusetts Democratic Party has sent out a four-page mailer whose cover alleges that "1,736 women were raped in Massachusetts in 2008. Scott Brown wants hospitals to turn them all away." [Power Line]

and watch this video !!!!

Picture emerging of Obama as arrogant, bored, and 'peevish' about campaign

"As I read Game Change , a recurring motif is how often Barack Obama would be bored or annoyed by either his Senatorial duties or the rigors of campaigning. He is not infrequently "fatigued" or "tired" or "peevish." If we had known of these qualities we might better have appreciated his readiness for the office.

As people read this book - and it is compulsively readable - they should ask themselves the same question: why does Barack Obama always get a pass from the media -- always?" [American Thinker]

Scott Brown Files Ethics Complaint- SEIU Used State Resources to Urge Workers to Volunteer for Coakley

"The report by FOX25 said the Service Employees International Union used state computers and e-mail addresses to direct state employees to volunteer for Coakley, the Democratic state attorney general." [Gateway Pundit]

Candy-ass vice-principal calls the bomb squad over an 11-year-old's science project, recommends counselling for the student

A San Diego school vice-principal saw an 11-year-old's home science project (a motion detector made out of an empty Gatorade bottle and some electronics), decided it was a bomb, wet himself, put the school on lockdown, had the bomb-squad come out to destroy X-ray the student's invention and search his parents' home, and then magnanimously decided not to discipline the kid (though he did recommend that the child and his parents get counselling to help them overcome their anti-social science behavior).

Soylent Pink: In Vitro Stem-Cell Pseudo-Pork on the Menu Soon

"Call it pork in a petri dish – a technique to turn pig stem cells into strips of meat that scientists say could one day offer a green alternative to raising livestock, help alleviate world hunger, and save some pigs their bacon. .............. Post describes the texture of the meat as sort of like scallop, firm but a little squishy and moist. That’s because the lab meat has less protein content than conventional meat." [Pajamas Media]

Son of Climategate! Scientist says feds manipulated data

Reporting points in coldest regions simply eliminated by U.S. agencies

"In a one-two series of Climategate aftershocks that assuredly will further rattle the global warming community, a report has been issued by U.S. researchers accusing government agencies of cherry-picking temperature readings used to assess global temperatures, and a series of embarrassing e-mails were released revealing what happened when a blogger dared to point out a mistake by NASA climate scientists" [WND]

Unions will dodge O's health tax

"Big Labor got some big love from President Obama and congressional Democrats yesterday after they agreed to exempt union workers from the whopping “Cadillac tax” on high-cost health-care plans until 2018.

The sweetheart deal, hammered out behind closed doors, will save union employees at least $60 billion over the years involved, while others won't be as lucky -- they'll have to cough up almost $90 billion.

The 40 percent excise tax on what have come to be called "Cadillac" health-care plans would exempt collective-bargaining contracts covering government employees and other union members until Jan. 1, 2018.

In another major concession to labor, the value of dental and vision plans would be exempt from the tax even after the deal expires in eight years, negotiators said." [NY POST]

Democrats 'plan to steal the vote' If you thought health-care bill was scary, check out universal-registration scheme

"A political correspondent is making waves with his stern warning that Democrats are scheming to manipulate the electoral process this election year by implementing a federal mandate to involuntarily register millions of people to vote – making the system ripe for unprecedented fraud and abuse."

"Sen. Charles Schumer, D.-N.Y., and Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., plan to propose universal voter-registration legislation – possibly within weeks." [WND]

Obama Raising Middle Class Taxes by Taxing Banks

"A senior administration official said the tax, which officials are calling a "financial crisis responsibility fee," would apply only to financial companies with assets of more than $50 billion. Those firms - estimated to amount to about 50 institutions - would have to pay the fee even though many did not accept any taxpayer assistance and most others already paid back their government infusions." And you can be assured that this additional cost to the banks will be paid for by increased fees in the multitude of services we middle class Americans pay when we use banks.

Trees on Mars ?

This is an actual photograph taken by a NASA. The photograph was taken from orbit around Mars by HiRISE, the most powerful camera sent to another planet. Read the article for an explanation.

Palin’s debut as Fox News contributor: Steve Schmidt’s a liar

"Fifteen minutes with O’Reilly, the most interesting part of which is probably her admission that she and Steve Schmidt chatted at length (in 2008) about whether Saddam Hussein was connected to 9/11. O’Reilly asks her about the other accusations in “Game Change” — whether she really couldn’t explain the differences between the two Koreas or who the enemy was in Iraq, etc. — and accepts her denials without asking her to elaborate too much, which is too bad for Palin since I’m sure she was prepared to answer." [Hot Air]

See video HERE

Screw you: Another Demcare tax scheme to punish the earners & producers

"House and Senate negotiators are considering applying for the first time the Medicare payroll tax to investment income as part of a compromise to pay for a health overhaul." [Michelle Malkin]

$787 Billion in Stimulus, Zero Jobs “Created or Saved”

"On February 11th, President Barack Obama stood on a windy hilltop in front of a dusty construction site in Fairfax County, Virginia, and promised the American people: “Here in Virginia, my plan will create or save almost 100,000 jobs, doing work at sites just like this one.” .....

Eleven months later, none of those promised jobs have been “created or saved.” In fact, the Obama administration quietly announced last week that they were dropping the fraudulent “saved or created” terminology altogether." [Heritage Foundation]

"....instead of counting only created and saved jobs, it will count any person who works on a project funded with stimulus money—even if that person was never in danger of losing his or her job." [ProPublica]

Massachusettes ?????

"Paid for by Massachusettes (????) Democratic Party .........................." and his opposition wants to represent the good citizens of the state!

The mini ice age starts here

"The bitter winter afflicting much of the Northern Hemisphere is only the start of a global trend towards cooler weather that is likely to last for 20 or 30 years, say some of the world’s most eminent climate scientists.

Their predictions – based on an analysis of natural cycles in water temperatures in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans – challenge some of the global warming orthodoxy’s most deeply cherished beliefs, such as the claim that the North Pole will be free of ice in
summer by 2013.

According to the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre in Colorado, Arctic summer sea ice has increased by 409,000 square miles, or 26 per cent, since 2007 – and even the most committed global warming activists do not dispute this." [Daily Mail On-line]

The End of Insurance

"Barack Obama's health care plan ensures spiraling costs and will convert health insurance companies into cost-plus health reimbursement utilities, or else bankrupt them completely. Health insurance as we know it (think home/auto/life) will no longer exist." [American Thinker]

Scientists baffled by global warming's time-out

Even the left-wing liberals at Salon.com are perplexed by the lack of performance of their Global Warming God(ess?).

Liberalism is What is Killing California

"It took years for liberalism's mania for micromanaging life with entangling regulations to make California's once creative economy resemble Gulliver immobilized by the Lilliputians' many threads. The state, which between 1990 and 2007 lost 26 percent of its factory jobs and 35 percent of its high-tech manufacturing jobs, ranks behind only New York, another of liberalism's laboratories, in the number of outward-bound moving vans." [George Will]

Freeze in Florida Tonight Will Be Worst Since 1989

Where is Al Gore when we need him ?????

He's been rather quiet hasn't he?

President Obama Must Choose Sides

"There appears to be a battle raging within Barack Obama. How this war is resolved will decide how we fight the war on terror and determine if we win it at all. In his speech last spring in Cairo, Mr. Obama said, "I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear." Defending the honor of Islam and protecting Muslims is one of the goals that Barack Obama has set for himself. It constitutes a personal definition of his presidency. But is he doing so to the point of misleading the public in general, and at the risk of jeopardizing the American people in particular?" [American Thinker]

(Dis) Approval Index Grows

Bill Clinton 2008 on Obama: A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee

"Bill [Clinton] then went on, belittling Obama in a manner that deeply offended Kennedy. Recounting the conversation later to a friend, Teddy fumed that Clinton had said, A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee." [Hot Air]

Democrat Harry Reid Apologizes For Racist Remarks About Obama

"Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid apologized today for his racist remarks about Barack Obama." [First Things]

Economy loses 85K jobs as employers remain wary

"Lack of confidence in the economic recovery led employers to shed a more-than-expected 85,000 net jobs in December even as the unemployment rate held at 10 percent. The rate would have been higher if more people had been looking for work instead of leaving the labor force because they can't find jobs.

When discouraged workers and part-time workers who would prefer full-time jobs are included, the so-called "underemployment" rate in December rose to 17.3 percent, from 17.2 percent in November." [AP]

Another Entitlement That's Unsustainable

"Inside the House and Senate health care bills lurks a ticking time bomb -- a new federal entitlement, under the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) Act, which would allow Americans to buy into a voluntary federal long-term care insurance program. " [Rasmussen]

Now Even Leftists Are Complaining of Obama's Lies

Climategate and the Migrating Arctic Tree Line

"One of the more enlightening e-mails to spill out of the Climategate scandal is a report on the progress of Siberian fossilized tree ring work. The report, dated October 9, 1998, focuses on some two thousand samples of fossilized trees thirty-three nautical miles north of the present-day Arctic Circle. The report attempts to correlate the migration, north and south, of the tree line with annual tree ring dating so that an actual year can be assigned to a certain location of the Arctic Circle. The report correctly states that there has been migration of the polar tree line over the past several thousand years, but the investigators attribute this migration singularly to the cold tolerances of tree species." [American Thinker]

Intellectuals and Society

"There has probably never been an era in history when intellectuals have played a larger role in society. When intellectuals who generate ideas are surrounded by a wide range of others who disseminate those ideas-- whether as journalists, teachers, staffers to legislators or clerks to judges-- the influence of intellectuals on the way a society evolves can be huge."

"Intellectuals generate ideas and ideas matter, whether those ideas are right or wrong, and they matter far beyond the small segment of society who are intellectuals. Ideas affect the fate of whole nations and civilizations." [Thomas Sowell]

Fake Zip Codes Receive Stimulus $$$

"As much as $9.5 million in federal stimulus dollars went to 14 zip codes in Virginia that don’t exist or are in other states, Old Dominion Watchdog (http://virginia.watchdog.org) reports. The fake zip codes were listed on Recovery.gov, the federal Web site that is supposed to track how the stimulus money is being used." [Washington Examiner]

'Negro' Race Choice On Census Form Sparks Outrage

This liberal administration steps into its own bucket of sh--.

I'm surprised they don't have a racial category of "Bohunk" ! I'm offended at being left out.

....and Global Warming is a threat???????

Winter Could Be Worst in 25 Years for USA...
CHILL MAP...
Britain's big snow shuts cities...
GAS SUPPLIES RUNNING OUT IN UK...
Elderly burn books for warmth?
Army drafted to rescue 1,000 snow stranded motorists...
Midwest Sees Near-Record Lows, Snow By The Foot...
Miami shivers from coldest weather in decade; Florida Gov Signs Emergency Order ...
Cold snap spurs power rationing in China...

Election Fraud Will Hurt Us All

"In January, Chuck Schumer and Barney Frank will propose universal voter registration. What is universal voter registration? It means all of the state laws on elections will be overriden by a federal mandate. The feds will tell the states: ’take everyone on every list of welfare that you have, take everyone on every list of unemployed you have, take everyone on every list of property owners, take everyone on every list of driver’s license holders and register them to vote regardless of whether they want to be…’" [Cincinnati Tea Party blog]

EIGHT TIMES HE LIED TO YOU

BREITBART TV

Culture of Corruption casualty: Chris Dodd bows out

"Today, Dodd will preempt the voters by removing himself from the running. He’s ending his re-election bid. I’d say good riddance, but Dodd will most likely move on to a lucrative lobbying career a la Beltway toe fungus Tom Daschle or perhaps into a position with the administration of Hope and Change.

Corruptocrats never fade away. They just switch seats on the business-as-usual bus." [Michelle Malkin]

Glenn Beck on birther issue: 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard'

Claims controversy is political 'dream come true' for Obama

This article explains why Glenn Beck (and Bill O'Reilly) are wrong in saying that the irrefutable evidence that Obama was Hawaii born is the existence of two separate newspaper birth records published after his birth.

C-SPAN Challenges Congress to Open Health Care Talks to TV Coverage

"The head of C-SPAN has implored Congress to open up the last leg of health care reform negotiations to the public, as top Democrats lay plans to hash out the final product among themselves.

C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb wrote to leaders in the House and Senate Dec. 30 urging them to open "all important negotiations, including any conference committee meetings," to televised coverage on his network. " [Fox News]

Pelosi tells C-SPAN: 'There has never been a more open process'

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) defended Congress' work on a healthcare bill Tuesday saying the process has displayed historic transparency, just as C-SPAN mounts an effort to open the negotiations." [The Hill]

Former High Ranking Soviet Spy Warns of Dem’s Marxist Reshaping of America

"As democrats continue their backroom deals and billion dollar buyoffs to reshape the American economy and culture a former high-ranking Soviet spy sent out a warning this week on the dangerous Marxist policies of the majority party." [Gateway Pundit]

Didn't Work Before...Didn't Work After

President Obama said that "once the suspect attempted to take down Flight 253, it's clear Homeland Security and Aviation Security took all appropriate actions."

The Homeland Security chief [Napolitano] told CNN that “all” flights in the air were notified to take special measures within “an hour to 90 minutes.” According to at least one airline pilot in the air that day, the notification did not happen.

[American Thinker]

55% Say Better for California To Go Bankrupt Than Be Bailed Out

"California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reportedly intends to ask this week for a federal bailout to keep his state from going bankrupt. But most voters have never been fans of any kind of federal bailout, and most continue to oppose a bailout for California, even when told what specific budget cuts may be necessary." [Rasmussen]

White House Christmas Decor Featuring Mao Zedong Comes Under Fire

"Critics of President Oba" ma are setting their sights on the official White House Christmas Tree, which features controversial ornaments including an orb depicting Mao Zedong" [Fox News]

The person who was responsible for the murder of 70,000,000 persons is idolized by his portrait on a White House Christmas ornament !!!!!!!!!

Don't Like the Message? Attack the Messenger

"Now, the far left has a new target. Independent pollster Scott Rasmussen is squarely in the crosshairs of left-wing bloggers in an effort to portray him as biased and incompetent. Rasmussen is not a partisan, but because his numbers don't add up to a glowing endorsement of Obama and the Democrats, he's now the target." [The Loft]

As in the following example ..........

The limits of self-reference

".... if Obama's rhetoric has, at one time or another, employed the word "war" in connection with words having some relationship to terrorism, then he must be waging war on terrorism.

If Obama wants to convince an increasingly skeptical public that he takes the fight against terrorism seriously, he needs to change both his posture and his policies. Referring to past speeches won't do the trick." [Power Line]

The Health Care Bill - So Many Deals

"The [New York] Times tells us about the construction-killer tucked into the Senate bill at the last minute to protect unionized construction workers." [JustOneMinute]

An Open letter to Democrats

Why Is Islamberg Now a Ghost Town?

"The Wall Street Journal reports this week that U.S. investigators are discovering that more and more young Muslims are vanishing from mosques, madrassas, and Islamic centers.

The disappearances, the Journal notes, are raising grave concerns among FBI and Homeland Security officials who fear that an onset of jihadist activity will take place on American soil in the near future." [NewMedia Journal]

Unhealthy Arrogance

"In a sense, this administration is only the end result of a long social process that includes raising successive generations with dumbed-down education in schools and colleges that have become indoctrination centers for the visions of the left. Our education system has turned out many people who have never heard any other vision and who can only learn what is wrong with the prevailing vision from bitter experience.

That bitter experience now awaits them, at home and abroad." [Thomas Sowell]

TSA nominee misled Congress, violated security protocols

"Democrats blamed the attack on Senator Jim DeMint for placing a hold on Barack Obama’s nominee to head TSA, Erroll Southers, even though Obama hadn’t even bothered to nominate Southers until late September, and TSA had nothing to do with the decision to allow Umar Abdulmutallab onto the Northwest flight he attempted to destroy.

Yesterday, the Washington Post reported that DeMint may have done everyone a favor anyway. According to documents obtained by reporter Robert O’Harrow, Southers misled Congress about an incident in which he violated privacy laws to investigate his wife’s lover." [Hot Air]

ObamaCare on Drugs

"Democrats are starting to mash together the Senate and House health-care bills, all of the negotiations taking place in secret. One reason to keep quiet is so voters don't discover items like the Senate's destructive change in the way retiree health benefits are taxed. This is a revenue grab that will cost many retirees their private drug benefit coverage, with knock-on harm for the federal budget and financial markets." [WSJ]

Our 2009 Chickens and Their 2010 Roost

Our leadership's mistakes, ignorance, and profligacy in 2009 will begin to be paid for in 2010. Hold on to your hat!!!!!

War? What War?

"This is all quite mad even in Obama’s terms. He sends 30,000 troops to fight terror overseas, yet if any terrorists come to attack us here, they are magically transformed from enemy into defendant." [Krauthammer]

U.S. Troop Deaths Soared in Afghanistan in 2009 - UNDER OBAMA'S WATCH !!!

Contrast this news of the doubling of U.S. deaths in Afghanistan in 2009 fighting Obama's "War That We Must Win" ....... with Bush's "Failure In Iraq" where we had ZERO U.S. deaths in December !!!! [See: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/59167]

Iran deadline passes without notice

"It is now January 2, 2010 in Teheran, Washington DC and Hawaii. In other words it is past the absolutely, positively final deadline that President Barack Obama (D) offered to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to come clean by halting Iran's nuclear weapons program before Obama gets really, really angry and does something drastic like not be so engaging." [American Thinker]

Polar Ice Caps Melting!

"The Arctic seems to be warming up. Reports ... all point to a radical change in climatic conditions, and hitherto unheard of high temperatures in that part of the earth's surface." [American Thinker]

2010 Will Be Worse

The year 2010 is likely to be the pivotal year where pundits stop referring to the recession and begin openly talking about a depression.

Our economic problem is rather simple to describe: There is too much debt relative to income and/or wealth. Below is a single graph that depicts the condition of our economy. It shows total debt of the U.S. as a percentage of GDP from 1870 forward. The debt figure includes all private and public debt. It does not include liabilities associated with unfunded government mandates like Social Security and Medicare. (Note: according to the U.S. trustees of these funds, the present value of the liabilities is about $106 trillion. Including them would boost the ratio below to nearly 1,000%.)

All alternatives will be very painful, and none offer the possibility of a traditional recovery. No matter what alternative is chosen, the country cannot avoid a depression. At this point, "do no further harm" should guide policy.

Mayo Clinic in Arizona to Stop Treating Some Medicare Patients

The first major OBAMACARE casualty !

This after Obama praised Mayo and Cleveland Clinic for offering “the highest quality care at costs well below the national norm.”

Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags

I guess only the wealthy will have to pay this ...... there was to be no tax increase on persons earning less than $250,000 per year! This tax only applies in D.C. (now !!!!).