Bachman Leads GOP Dark Horse Pack

"What if they held a Republican Primary contest and the front-runners didn’t show up? Or what if voters look for anybody but the front-runner? How do primary voters view the dark horses who are possible contenders for the party’s 2012 presidential nomination?"
[Rasmussen]

The Palestinian Authority: What Obama Is Missing

"Well-placed leaks within the last few days suggest that President Obama may be about to announce a proposal for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.  One of the plan's tenets is expected to be acceptance of the 1967 armistice line (the Green Line) as Israel's final border.

A handful of recent events speak directly to the wisdom -- or lack thereof -- of such a proposal:...."

[American Thinker]

Dollar Index Has Its Biggest Monthly Drop Since September

"The dollar fell the most in seven months versus the currencies of major U.S. trading partners as economic growth slowed and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said he was unsure when monetary stimulus will end."

[Bloomberg]

States’ Attorneys General Rip Into Union-Controlled NLRB in Letter

More SOCIALISM ON THE MARCH by another Federal Bureau.

The Attorneys General in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nebraska, Texas and Virginia have co-signed a letter to the NLRB’s (National Labor Relations Board) prosecutor-in-chief asking him to withdraw immediately the NLRB complaint numbered 19-CA-32431 against Boeing.  The NLRB had issued a complaint against Boeing saying it would be found against the law to open a non-union airplane manufacturing plant in South Carolina.
[clipper]

Three Convicted in Terror-Related Cases Later Granted U.S. Citizenship by Obama Administration

"Three people convicted of crimes as a result of a terrorism-related investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) were later naturalized as U.S. citizens by the Obama administration, according to federal auditors."
[CNS News]

New FTC Guidelines Take Aim at Children’s Food Pitchmen

Where does our U.S. Constitution say the Executive branch may do this?

[clipper]

Obama's half-sister raises birth-certificate doubts

"A statement from Barack Obama's half-sister has at least cast a shadow of doubt on the legitimacy of the "Certificate of Live Birth" document that was released by the White House this week in an attempt to stifle questions about his eligibility, by referencing his apparent adoption by her father, Indonesian Lolo Soetoro."
[WND]

If Obama's original birth certificate had been amended to show adoption by Soetoro, is the 2+ year delay in public release due to time needed to get the original changed back?  If he was adopted by Soetoro, would he lose his U.S. citizenship?
[clipper]

See Also:

The Obama Lie That Drove the Birther Movement

 and even more:

Harvard and State Department colluded to get rid of Obama's father

 

Dollar Weakens, Treasuries Gain as U.S. GDP Slows; Stocks Rise

"The Dollar Index slid to the lowest level since 2008, Treasuries rose and gold rallied to a record after economic growth slowed. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index climbed an almost three-year high as rising earnings and takeovers overshadowed the report on gross domestic product."

[Bloomberg]

Calling animals 'pets' is insulting, academics claim

This is the sort of elitist, academic b---sh-- that Universities come out with at the expense of taxpayers.   Though this is in England, it could as well be here - between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of America!   [clipper]

Obama hits NYC while ignoring Texas’ plea for help

"Texas has been struck by wildfires, but Obama has denied their requests for federal aid. Could this be a case of Obama punishing his “enemies”?

“Yeah, and Rick Perry’s trying to ‑‑ been trying to get federal help in Texas for, what, two weeks now, 14 days?” Pat said.

“I believe this would fall right into the category of punishing your enemies, Mr. Obama.  Because I call you Mr. Obama here intentionally because you’re not acting like the president of the United States.  You are acting like a private individual that is campaigning and punishing his enemies,” Glenn said.

“You have one of the 50 states crying out for two weeks and saying we need emergency assistance.”

“You have the state that I believe provided 3/4 of the jobs for the recovery for the last two years and what are you doing?  Punishing them?  Or do you have a golf game or a fundraiser to get to before you get to the respond to Texas for help.  My gosh, Mr. Obama!  Read the Declaration of Independence.”

So where was Obama while ignoring Texas’s plea for help? He was in NYC attending various fundraising dinners and events across the city. Nice work."

[GlennBeck]

Forget the Birth Certificate! Wheres the Proof He Even Existed?

"OK... this is past the 'birthers' questions.... this is just plain old common sense, no political agendas for either side.

We care, but none of us know one single humanizing fact about the history of our own president. Honestly, and this is a personal thing...but it's niggled at me for ages that no one who ever dated him ever showed up. .... Nope... not one lady has stepped up and said, "He was soooo shy..." or "What a great dancer!!"

Who was the best man at his wedding?

Then get the footage of the graduation ceremony. Has anyone talked to the professors? It is odd that no one is bragging that they knew him or taught him or lived with him. 

Looking for evidence of Obama's past, Fox News contacted 400 Columbia University students from the period when Obama claims to have been there, but none remembered him. "

[AboveTopSecret.com] 

Not So Fast, Mr. Obama: Trust But Verify

"Why did it take the moving of mountains (or at least poll numbers) to get Obama to release a long form birth certificate after literally years of stonewalling?  Although there is incriminating evidence on the long form birth certificate -- in that the numbers are still out of sequence with the Nordyke twins' numbers -- we already knew that from Obama's Certification of Live Birth (COLB).  In fact, were it not for the certificate numbers and the date accepted by the Registrar General on the Nordyke twins' birth certificates, and the certificate number and the date filed by the registrar on Obama's COLB, this indication of forgery would never have been detected."

[American Thinker]

While Obama played Oprah

"At his birth certificate press conference yesterday, Obama put it this way: "We do not have time for this kind of silliness. We have more important things to do. I have more important things to do." Then he took off for Chicago to put in some "important" face time on Oprah's show."
[Power Line]

Obama the Tax Hypocrite?

Obama pays less than what he believes others in his income bracket should pay.  Is hypocritical or just plain old elitism?

[clipper]

Why Obama Doesn't Think Much of Easter

"The media and the blogosphere are abuzz with dumbfounded reactions to the White House's snub of Christians during the weekend. No presidential proclamation celebrating Christianity's highest holy day of Easter was issued, compounded by the White House chief spokesman's scoffing response to reporters' questions about the omission.

As Fox News noted on Monday, "By comparison, the White House has released statements recognizing the observance of major Muslim holidays and released statements in 2010 on Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Hajj, and Eid-ul-Adha." "
[Newsmax.com]

Obama Rails Over $4 Billion in US Oil Subsidies… But Spent $1.6 Billion on Chinese Wind Turbines & $2 Billion on Brazilian Oil

"While Obama railed against US companies he forgot to mention the billions his administration has approved for foreign energy companies."
[RightNetwork]

Wisconsin Watch: Partisan calls from…a hospital?;

"Well, how did this happen, hmmm?

The Wisconsin GOP reports that Democrats in the Bay State are “using a fraudulent tactic to harass and intimidate constituents who favor recalling Democrat Senator Dave Hansen of Green Bay.”

Somehow, calls are being placed in the name of “Bay Care Aurora” — a local hospital — by left-wing activists targeting voters who signed petitions to recall fleebagger state Sen. Hansen."
[Michelle Malkin]

A Republic If We Can Keep It

"..... the crucial question becomes whether people like Progressive government’s endeavors enough to pay for them. 

 

If we don’t, if it becomes democratically impossible either to raise the taxes necessary to fund the government’s operations, or to reduce the scope of its activities to a level that can be accommodated by the taxes the people are willing to pay, then the Progressive project collapses. 

 The people will no longer mediate the disparity between what they demand from government and what they surrender to it.  Instead, decisive power over governance will pass to the lenders who keep public-sector operations afloat.   

Such a result would be a financial debacle."
[An Ohio Farmer]

Is China Preparing to Dump its $1 Trillion of Treasuries?

"China may be preparing to cut its foreign exchange reserves by about two-thirds, down to about $1 trillion from its current $3.04 trillion level, according to Chinese news service Xinhua.

Why? China simply has too much money, according to Zhou Xiaochuan, the head of the People’s Bank of China.  “Foreign-exchange reserves have exceeded the reasonable level that our country actually needs,” he recently said.

This would have severe consequences, mostly for the American people.

Because the U.S. has racked up so much debt among foreign creditors like China, we have become increasingly vulnerable to their whims.  China dumping a significant portion of its U.S. treasuries could spark a run on the dollar, uprooting it as the world’s reserve currency.  How?

It would cause a rush to the exits on the treasuries market, robbing the ability of the U.S. to borrow from other creditors, who would not want to risk having the value of their assets devalued.  Suddenly, a frenzy would occur by financial institutions to cash in dollars for something — anything — of value."

 [Netright Daily]

Public Pensions, Once Off Limits, Face Budget Cuts

"Conventional wisdom and the laws and constitutions of many states have long held that the pensions being earned by current government workers are untouchable. But as the fiscal crisis has lingered, officials in strapped states from California to Illinois have begun to take a second look, to see whether there might be loopholes allowing them to cut the pension benefits of current employees."

[NY Times]

Leftist MO Profs Teach Kids Thug Union Tactics: “Violence Is Necessary… It’s to Be Used When It’s Appropriate… I Believe in Violent Overthrow of Bourgeois”

"If you are wondering why some folks are starting to question whether a college education is worth the cost, the video below goes a long way towards explaining it. Recently, the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) and the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) sponsored two college courses: Introduction to Labor Studies and Labor Politics and Society, to be taught simultaneously through a video conference between to two campuses."

[Big Government]

Welfare handouts aren't fair – and the public knows it

"Like a mythical traveller seeking truth, a think tank has asked a profound question: what is fairness? And lo, the people have answered with (almost) one voice: what "fair" means is that those who are deserving shall receive, and those who are not shall be – well, not exactly cast out, but certainly not entitled to everything that's going."

[The Telegraph - UK]

America’s Ever Expanding Welfare Empire

"A fundamental misconception about America’s welfare state misleads millions of voters to reflexively support ever bigger and more generous government. .....

..... the big picture comprises the entire scope of entitlement programs, including Social Security and Medicare. Social Security spending for 2010 was $721.5 billion, with Medicare spending totaling $457 billion for the year, for a combined total of $1.179 trillion. Adding in federal welfare spending for the year leaves a combined total for entitlement spending of $1.879 trillion. The total federal budget for that year was 3.720 trillion. So entitlement/welfare state spending overall for that year was just over 50% of the entire budget. Not exactly stingy.

The War on Poverty famously began in 1965. From 1965 to 2008, the total spent only on means tested welfare for the poor in 2008 dollars has been nearly $16 trillion, according to the Heritage Foundation. Rector reports that has been more than all spending on all military conflicts from the American Revolution to today, in 2008 dollars."

[Forbes]

RELATED STORY (from Left Coast Rebel):

California Handing out Money for Booze and Cigs: One News Story that sums up the Entire Welfare State Disaster

Gangster Government, part MCCLVII

"..... the executive order would will require companies to delve into the personal political activities of their officers and directors and require them to report political contributions those employees have made, not out of corporate funds (which is illegal), but out of their personal funds ("all contributions or expenditures to or on behalf of federal candidates, parties or party committees made by the bidding entity, its directors or officers, or any affiliates within its control; and any contributions made to third party entities with the intention or reasonable expectation that parties would use those contributions to make independent expenditures or electioneering communications")..... unions that sign collective bargaining contracts with the federal government are exempt from the "disclosure" requirements"

[PowerLine]

More White House Demagoguery on Gas Prices

It is too bad that demagoguery isn't a useful product. If it were, the Obama administration could add materially to our GDP.

"Spooked by the rising price of gasoline, the Obama administration has responded in its usual fashion: not by trying to solve the problem, but by looking for someone to demonize. We wrote last night about Obama's attack on "speculators;" he has seen political advantage in going after America's oil companies, too: "

[Power Line]

Gasoline and Dollars: Supply and Demand

"Gasoline has exceeded or approached $5.00 per gallon in some parts of the United States long before the normal peak travel season has begun.  Already the politicians, headline writers, and some cable and talk show pundits are pointing to the usual suspects.  But they have avoided or are unaware of where the fault actually lies."

[American Thinker]

Hang on! 'Don't Ask' repeal faces fresh fire

"Republican leaders in Congress are talking about new ways of putting the brakes on repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" after top military brass repeatedly told a House committee hearing they "don't know" how welcoming open homosexuality in the ranks will affect combat readiness."
[WND]

Busted… Soros-Funded Think Progress Caught Pushing Bogus Backlash Story

"So, once again Think Progress was caught fabricating the news.

Sorry, Think Progress, the only grassroots groundswell right now is against more government spending and debt. But, don’t let the facts get in the way of your dishonest reporting."
[Right Network]

GOP Pols Defend Boeing's Non-union Move

Socialism on the march

U.S. Government (National Labor Relations Board) forbids Boeing from opening it's 787 manufacturing plant in South Carolina because it is non-union!    The company has already hired 1,000 workers, who no doubt will soon be unemployed, and the plant is due to go online in July.  Ruling requires Boeing to open new plant in Washington State , where it must hire union workers.
[clipper]

'Earth Day co-founder killed, composted girlfriend'

A fitting reminder on this a hallowed day for Lefties!

Obama Thinks You're an Idiot: Is He Right?

"A liberal E.I. [educated idiot] told me this week that her whole family was ready to vote for Obama again, because after all, her grown-up daughters would get their medical care free that way.  Since neither of the college-educated kids have real jobs, even in their late 20s, they will need all the guvmint help they can get."

[American Thinker]

Obama is Out of Touch, Just Not Out of Pocket

".... he has referred to people and their cars which only get "eight miles per gallon", telling them they could save gas by trading them in..... Most recently, he referred to people commuting fifty miles to their jobs in a "beater" which only gets "eight miles per gallon"."
[Left Coast Rebel]

Here's the only commuter car out there that only gets eight miles per gallon!

[clipper]

Rush Limbaugh: Why I Love Michele Bachmann

"Rush Limbaugh describes Rep. Michele Bachmann as “a strong spokeswoman for unapologetic conservatism” and says the left is making a big mistake by writing her off as a “flame-throwing lightweight.” "

[NewsMax]

Apple named 'least green' tech company - AL GORE SITS ON BOARD of DIRECTORS

Oh yes...... I keep forgetting, the hypocrite's motto...... 

"DO AS I SAY, not as I do !"

Federal Borrowing on Pace to Hit Debt Limit in Less Than Week

"As set in a law passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama on Feb. 12, 2010, the legal limit on the national debt is $14.2940 trillion. As of the close of business Tuesday, according to the Daily Treasury Statement released at 4:00 pm today, the portion of the national debt subject to this legal limit was $14.268365 trillion. (The total national debt, including the portion exempted from the legal limit, was $14.3205 trillion.)"

[CNS]

Obama Executive Order To Require Disclosure Of Political Activities

".... the EO “would require all companies that sign contracts with the federal government to report on the personal political activities of their officers and directors.”

And by “political activities,” Obama means: “all contributions or expenditures to or on behalf of federal candidates, parties or party committees made by the bidding entity, its directors or officers, or any affiliates within its control; and any contributions made to third party entities with the intention or reasonable expectation that parties would use those contributions to make independent expenditures or electioneering communications.” "

[Daily Caller]

Obama as political historian

"Barack Obama is a creature of the modern university and therefore an amazingly shallow man.

Obama's historical ignorance could be a full time beat for somebody who does this work for a living, and it tells us something truly important about Barack Obama. His ignorance is as broad as it is deep. Not that you couldn't deduce that on your own from his performance on the job."
[Power Line]

No Good for Newark Airport, but Good Enough to Keep Job With TSA

I am reminded of my spouse's experience many years ago when she graduated from H & R Block's tax training course. Graduates passing the exam were made job offers by H & R Block.  Those who failed the exam were hired by the Regional IRS Center !!!!
[clipper]

Obama Falsely Blames Bridge Collapse on Insufficient Federal Spending

Another example of Obama twisting facts to suit HIS political agenda..... and people bitched about Bush's "Mission Accomplished" statements ??????
[clipper]

The President's Maturity Problem

"..... it has become clear that whatever you think of his policies, the current occupant of the White House harbors an irrepressible juvenility that undermines the dignity of the office he holds.  The recent tongue lashing he administered to Republican Congressman Paul Ryan is the latest example of President Obama's increasingly evident maturity deficiency."

[American Thinker]

Senators’ Chinese junket is shrouded in secrecy

Ah.... the sacrifices our "leaders" make by "working" through the Easter holidays.  It must be terrible to have to slave away like this, with your spouses, all on the taxpayer's dime!!!
[clipper]

Obama’s crooked campaign cash-o-matic machine

"Last week, the laggard watchdogs at the Federal Election Commission announced an audit of the Obama 2008 campaign committee — which raised a record-setting $750 million. White House flacks are downplaying the probe as a “routine review.”

But there’s nothing routine about the nearly $3 million Obama has spent on legal expenses to address federal campaign finance irregularities and inquiries. Roll Call reports that Obama’s campaign legal fees have exceeded all other House and presidential campaign committees, including members of Congress under ethics investigations.

• There’s nothing routine about the whopping $6 million that Team Obama has refunded to individual donors since Obama took office.
• there’s nothing routine about the 26 warning letters to Obama for America totaling “more than 1,500 pages of questions and data that outlined compliance concerns
• Online donor credit-card fraud. Just one example: “Mr. Good Will” from Austin, Texas. Mr. Good Will listed his employer as “Loving” and his profession as “You.” Timmerman’s analysis of 1.4 million individual donations to the Obama campaign discovered “1,000 separate entries for Mr. Good Will, most of them for $25. In total, Mr. Good Will gave $17,375.
•  Obama campaign’s donor website appeared to intentionally disable security protocols and facilitate illegal donations with bogus names, shell addresses and untraceable credit cards. Among Obama’s online “donors”: Bart Simpson, Family Guy, Daffy Duck, King Kong, O.J. Simpson, Mr. Doodad Pro, John Galt, Della Ware, Crazy Eight and Adolfe Hitler."

 [Michele Malkin]

No Time for Civility

"The United States is being held captive by an ideologically driven president, not because he has the support of the people but because the opposition is too cowed and browbeaten to offer more than token resistance and threadbare platitudes.  The surrender on the government shutdown, the premature waving of the white flag over the issue of raising the debt ceiling, and the woeful lack of support of the Ryan budget plan by the leadership of the conservative movement and the Republican Party have emboldened Obama and the Democrats.  They are comfortable in the knowledge that their opposition will always play by the Marquis of Queensbury rules while they are willing to revert to a street brawl.

Despite the protestations of Obama and his sycophants in the media, the United States has stalled and tipped over into a long-term death spiral.

The Republicans in Congress, those running or contemplating a run for the presidency, the titular heads of the conservative movement, the conservative media, and the Tea Party movement must adopt a much more aggressive stance and demeanor toward the left and its allies, be it the media, unions, or their elected politicians.  Their playbook is 80 years old, dog-eared, and open for all to see.  The left and Obama will cower and retreat when confronted with a new and fearless conservative movement. "

[American Thinker]

Take Obama, Biden and Reid's Advice !!!!!

“Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that ‘the buck stops here.’ Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.” Barack Obama - 2006

"My vote against the debt limit increase cannot change the fact that we have incurred this debt already, and will no doubt incur more. It is a statement that I refuse to be associated with the policies that brought us to this point." Joe Biden - 2006

"Given the explosion of debt in recent years, it is long past time for Washington to change the course and adopt a new fiscal policy. After all, the future of our economy and our Nation is at stake ...... They  should explain why they believe more debt is good for our economy." - Harry Reid - 2006

'Compact'? What Compact?

"As Obama phrased it, the Republican goal of bringing the federal government's multi-trillion-dollar deficit into line with economic realities "is less about reducing the deficit than it is about changing the basic social compact in America." The New York Times throws the states into this dark gumbo and seconds Obama's motion in a subheadline: "From Congress to statehouses, a sweeping attempt to dismantle the social compact." .....

The whole idea that all-knowing government can foresee and provide for all basic human needs is arrogance and fraud yoked together. That's the truth Obama doesn't wish us to stumble across. Expect more and more yelling and less and less -- oh, let's be polite -- political candor."
[The Patriot Post]

Union pay chart of the day

The OEA is the Ohio Education Association. It has 235 members who lead the education battles going on in Wisconsin, trying to help those "poor teachers" who are just getting by on their nine month/year salaries.

"The Kind of Country We Believe In"

"So successful have the Progressives been that hardly anyone in either party batted a law-abiding eye at the constitutionally shocking financial bailouts and rewriting of the bankruptcy law in just the past few years. The very idea of the rule of law disappears in the shadow of the living constitution. This is why supporters of the President’s health care plan have reacted with stunned incredulity when asked where in the Constitution is the authority to enact such a plan.  This is also why it is a substantial—though very incomplete—political victory just to raise that question.  The great debate is between defenders of the Constitution and advocates of the living constitution, which renders the Constitution meaningless.  The question of the size and role of government will be decided by the more fundamental debate."
[Letters From An Ohio Farmer]

Obama Shuns Rule on Curbing Czars

He negotiated in what we thought was good faith.  He signed the billl agreeing to it.  

NOW HE IS RENEGING.   

He plain and simply DOES NOT KEEP HIS WORD.

"President Barack Obama is planning to ignore language in the 2011 spending package that would ban several top White House advisory posts."
[Politico]

Obama's Hidden Past

Here's a narrative video describing Obama's past and why it is full of falsehoods.    For those of you who believe ANY of these assertions are false.... please send me the evidence.
[clipper]

House to Reform FCC Over Net Neutrality?

Republican Representatives are taking on the bloated bureaucracy !!!

"A few days ago, Republicans, in a symbolic Congressional vote, nullified the order of net neutrality issued by the FCC. A resolution for disapproval has been voted 241-178 and the House claimed that rules banning application blocking and some cases of unfair network management should be deprived of force or “effect”. Rob Woodall, Georgia Congressman, said that although the FCC needed permission to issue rules for the Internet, the House needed to reject any rules coming form the FCC."
[Hot Air]

Mr. President - You ignored us in 2010, but you cannot ignore us in 2012!

Watch THIS video of Sarah Palin in Madison ...... she really brings it to him !
[clipper]

EPA Ignores New Regulation's Impact On Jobs

Watch this video wherein Rep. Gardner (R-CO) puts EPA Administrator Stanislaus on the spot.  Stanislaus admits the EPA does not take into account a new regulation's impact on jobs.  President Obama issued an executive order three months ago requiring all agencies to calculate the impact of proposed regulations on job creation and growth.  It appears the EPA has been disregarding it.

[Hot Air]

Al Gore Compares Global Warming to Civil Rights Movement

"Gore – who compared action on global warming to the Civil Rights movement – was the keynote speaker at Power Shift 2011, a Washington, D.C. conference attended largely by college students. ......    After the speech in DC, Gore then presumably drove his Chevy Volt back to his little eco hut in California.

As reported a year ago ........

"Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, have added a Montecito-area property to their real estate holdings, reports the Montecito Journal.
The couple spent $8,875,000 on an ocean-view villa on 1.5 acres with a swimming pool, spa and fountains, a real estate source familiar with the deal confirms. The Italian-style house has six fireplaces, five bedrooms and nine bathrooms."

It’s perfectly understandable — when you’re full of that much s#*t you need a lot of toilets — but a seaside mansion? Gore doesn’t seem too intimidated by the imminent rising oceans his fellow enviroscammers keep predicting. What a brave soul!"
[Michelle Malkin]

What the Top U.S. Companies Pay in Taxes

"For all the outcry over GE, a number of corporate titans are paying much higher rates than the average citizen."
[Forbes]

Medicaid, Medicare, whatever...

"In yesterday's campaign speech, Barack Obama demonstrated that he really doesn't understand long term care or nursing home care as it is known to most of us. Obama made the claim that under the Ryan/Republican debt reduction plan that seniors would have to go on Medicaid to go into a nursing home with their bills being paid by the government. Well for Mr. Obama's edification, that is exactly the situation right now, under his administration. Like far too many of those ignorant of the issue of long term care, Barry seems to think there is a Medicare benefit for residential status in nursing homes."
[American Thinker]

CNBC: February inflation actually near a jaw-dropping 10%, says Shadow Government Statistics

"Inflation, using the reporting methodologies in place before 1980, hit an annual rate of 9.6 percent in February, according to the Shadow Government Statistics newsletter."
[CNBC]

Goodbye, AmeriCorps. Hello, FoodStampCorps.

"Yes, across the Internet, the feds are recruiting AmeriCorps VISTA (“Volunteers in Service to America”) workers to apply for jobs as publicists for the welfare state. Their mission: to sign up as many people to federal food stamp rolls as possible. Because, you know, the record-breaking 12 million that have been added since Obama took office is apparently not good enough."

[Michelle Malkin]

GOLD HITS NEW RECORD HIGH - $1486 / oz.

Woops ....... make that $1489/oz

Is Unofficial Inflation Present In The Economy?

Since the 1960's when inflation went very high, the Guv'mint has twice modified how the Consumer Price Index is calculated.  Both changes reduce the size of the CPI increases so that even in rampant inflationary periods, it is not seen in the value of the CPI !!!   Hence ..... voi la .... no inflation.  Isn't it great how the numbers work out?    

By the way ......  the spot price of gold (a REAL measure of the inflated U.S. Dollar) just hit $1475 a few minutes ago .... near the all-time high of $1478 which was reached a few days ago.

[clipper]

Barack Obama Fully Embraces Death Panels

"While everyone else was focused on Barack Obama bashing Paul Ryan, I noticed that he took full ownership of death panels yesterday. Naturally, Obama did not call them death panels. He called them “an independent commission of doctors, nurses, medical experts and consumers.” But his description hits dead on with what his death panels will do."
[Red State]

Bachmann: Obama Committed to 'Class Warfare'

"Minnesota GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann says President Barack Obama’s call to raise taxes on the wealthy to reduce the nation’s debt shows he “is committed to class warfare.” Asked on Fox News by Judge Andrew Napolitano the reaction of the House Tea Party Caucus to the president’s deficit-reduction plan, Bachmann called it the “same song, second verse.” "
[Newsmax]

The Presidential Divider

"Obama's toxic speech and even worse plan for deficits and debt."

[WSJ]

"A Republican Form of Government"

"The fury and hysteria of the demonstrators opposed to the Wisconsin restrictions on public-employee unions inadvertently revealed the permanent government’s assumption that mere politicians elected by mere voters had no moral authority to challenge the public employees’ long-standing and cozy arrangements.  The ongoing debates over public unions in Wisconsin, Ohio, and several other states are about fiscal solvency but they concern, even more fundamentally, the future of the republican form of government in America.  We know from the relentless demonstrations in the streets of the Wisconsin city named after James Madison that the permanent government will go to great lengths to defend its prerogatives.  Will the citizenry do what is necessary to reclaim its sovereign control over the res publica – the matters that properly belong to the public? "

[Ohio Farmer]

The Unexamined Veil of Tenure

"  "How bad does bad have to get before they do something?" .....

For 75 minutes, Professor "Evans" read from his notes, rarely looked up, and never invited participation or questions. He seemed to be reading from a professional journal, or, more accurately, a draft article desperately in need of an editor. I was familiar with the subject and had done the assigned reading for the class. And yet I could understand less than half of what he said.

As he droned on, he flashed PowerPoint slides on a screen. They did not help. They were either rudimentary drawings or text-heavy transcriptions of his unintelligible prose. And to further torture his captive audience—this was a required course—he told them they would be tested on his "exact words." But he refused to leave the slides up long enough for anyone to copy them, and he refused to provide hard-copy printouts."

[Chronicle of Higher Education]

Birds Of A Feather ........

[photo: Left Coast Rebel]

TRUMP UNCOVERS TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA/AKA-(BARRY SOETORO)OBAMA IS NOT HIS REAL NAME. HE'S A FRAUD

Without comment, without taking sides, I commend this writeup to your attention.  As they say, "The jury is still out"  !!    [clipper]

The Mask Slips, Falls to Ground, Explodes

"Speaking last week at Tufts University, Pelosi said, among other things, "To my Republican friends, take back your party so that it doesn't matter so much who wins the election because we have shared values." In other words, it's fine if Republicans win elections so long as they agree with us. But she couldn't stop there. She added this: "The fact is, elections shouldn't matter as much as they do.""
[PowerLine]

Tea Party Banned in Michigan Town

"Better not to let anyone exercise their First Amendment rights than to let Tea Party radicals publicize dangerous thoughts regarding limited government — or so reason the authoritarian bureauweenies running Coldwater, Michigan: ....."
[Moonbattery]

Ryan's Sweeping Tax Reform and the Left's Inane Response

"Tax reform is a key element of the Ryan proposal that has already come under attack from the left.  Democrats falsely believe that a return to Clinton era taxes, especially on "the rich," is a prerequisite for increasing revenue and bringing down the debt over the coming years.  While a "tax the rich more" approach is a useful demagogic tool, the relationship between tax rates and tax revenue is not as simple as it may seem.  Furthermore, corruption, inefficiencies, and inequities would likely increase under a strategy that simply raises taxes on the backbone of the existing system."

[American Thinker]

OBAMA Opposed Raising Debt Limit, Before He Supports it !!!!!!

"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies.

 And the cost of our debt is one of the fastest growing expenses in the Federal budget. This rising debt is a hidden domestic enemy, robbing our cities and States of critical investments in infrastructure like bridges, ports, and levees; robbing our families and our children of critical investments in education and health care reform; robbing our seniors of the retirement and health security they have counted on."

              Barack Obama, (D-IL) before U.S. Senate, 3/16/2006


Read the entire speech HERE

U.S. Deficit Largest Among Major Economies

"The U.S. is set to have the largest budget deficit of major developed economies this year and should narrow it now rather than face tough adjustments in the next two years, the International Monetary Fund said."
[NewsMax]

FCC Internet Regulation: Not So Fast

"In the House, HJ37, the resolution to disapprove the FCC action, has been approved on a floor vote of: 238 to 174. Last December, under cover of the holidays and the spectacle of the lame duck Congress, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) defied a federal court and enacted an internet regulatory takeover.....

The policy discussion belongs in its proper venue of Congress and under the sunlight of public view.  Here are just some of the questions open to public debate:

• What are the limits of FCC statutory authority?
• Which of the three logical choices does the public want?
1. A private monopoly internet that is government-regulated?
2. A competitive free market of multiple vendors policed for criminal activity following the rule of law?
3. A monopoly, government-operated internet?

• Does the present wide-scale use of delegated authority exceed the ability of Congress to provide proper oversight?  The resolution, HJ37, will be a key test of that ability."

[American Thinker]

Romney's Hat Flies Into The Ring

No Fact-Checking, No Correction

"My post last night related to an op-ed by David Callahan. On Koch Industries' web site, you can read this email which Koch's general counsel sent to the Times, requesting that several egregious errors in Callahan's piece be corrected:......."
[PowerLine]

Chicago school bans some lunches brought from home

Here is a clear example of SOCIALISM AT WORK.   Some bureaucrats concluded that they should provide healthy meals to students while forbidding all parents from providing their own choices. This is an example of the "central planning" mindset .... we (all knowing and with superior education) bureaucrats know better than you, a mere parent.  We can care for your children better than you.  [clipper]

"Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices.
"Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to eat at the school," Carmona said. "It's about the nutrition and the excellent quality food that they are able to serve (in the lunchroom). It's milk versus a Coke." "
[Chicago Tribune]

Appeals Court Approves of Union Fining Member for Reporting Safety Violation

"Last week, overturning a National Labor Relations Board decision that found a union fine was unlawful, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia found that a union did not violate the law in fining a member for reporting a safety violation."
[RedState]

Progressives ponder why tea party is kicking their butts

"By the time I finished reading this lengthy, plaintive missive by Richard Esko at the Huffington Post, I will confess that I’d actually begun feeling sorry for him. Observing the conclusion of the recent budget battles and viewing them as a disastrous loss for the progressive movement, Mr. Esko casts about for an answer to what seems to be the question of the day: How does the evil Tea Party keep kicking our butts when our ideas are so wildly popular and clearly superior? And he thinks he’s found some answers."
[Hot Air]

Told You So… Obama’s Budget Plan This Week Will Include Health Care Cuts for the Elderly

"Barack Obama will this week propose cuts in health care provision for the elderly and the poor as he seeks to reach agreement with Republicans on bringing America’s record levels of debt under control."
[Telegraph U.K.]

Lessons From Nuremberg

"GEORGE ORWELL is usually a footsure guide across political battlegrounds. In late 1943, when the tide had turned in the Allies’ favor, he wrote about postwar trials. Oddly, he advocated Hitler and Mussolini slipping away. His verdict for them would not be death unless the Germans and Italians themselves carried out summary executions (as they eventually did in Mussolini’s case). 

For once Orwell missed his step. The Allies did stage a trial of the Nazi war criminals, at Nuremberg. .... The trial had flaws. To some it will always seem to be “victors’ justice” and it can be called hypocritical in that the Soviet Union, guilty of many of its own crimes against humanity, was an equal partner with the democratic prosecutors and judges. But, over all, it succeeded very well."

[NYT ]

Redistributing from the 'Have Nots' to the 'Haves'

"Just who are these "haves"?  They are the 22.5 million public sector employees of city, county, state and federal government.  These are individuals who have close to life-time employment, pay that is often twice the level of an equivalent private sector employee, generous sick leave, annual leave, annual cost of living increases (even during recessions), great pension benefits, and health care benefits that private sector employees can only dream about.

The "have nots" are the private sector employees who pay the taxes that subsidize the public sector employees.  Private sector employees lack job security, wages that can be half that of equivalent public sector jobs, limited or no sick leave, limited annual leave, limited cost of living increases, limited pension benefits, and partially paid health care benefits."

[American Thinker]

Obama Reached Breaking Point in Budget Talks After Tense Hour With Boehner

"President Barack Obama had finally reached his breaking point.

For more than an hour in an Oval Office meeting on April 7, House Speaker John Boehner had insisted that any compromise on the government’s budget include a prohibition on federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

Obama already had reluctantly agreed to a provision banning the District of Columbia from spending funds on abortion services -- and that was as far as he would go.

“Nope, zero,” he told Boehner, according to a senior Democratic aide. “John, this is it.” The room went silent."
[Bloomberg]

No Privacy For Web-based Email

"Your email posted on any Internet service can be searched by the government without a warrant -- If the communication in an online account is older than 180 days, it is not protected. Either clean old email off web servers or lose your privacy.

The government still needs a warrant to search email archived on your computer."

[Resistance To Life]

Disgusting! Lib David Gregory to Paul Ryan: “How Much Responsibility do Republicans Take for This Spectacle… Shouldn’t You All Be Embarrassed?”

They REALLY Mean To Bring Down J P Morgan Chase - Here Is The Start

On March 26 I warned about the former SEIU official's plan to bring down JP Morgan-Chase

Well...... here's the first shot out of the barrel:

ACORN takes over an entire village in NY as part of their "destroy Chase Bank campaign"

 

The Spending Cut That Got Away: $20 Million for Sesame Street… in Pakistan?

"Those of you who were worried that Congress and the president got way too overzealous with their spending cuts yesterday can rest easy. As you’re about to discover, absolutely essential spending remains intact and fully funded"
[Michelle Malkin]

NPR's Media Reporter Studies Months of Bret Baier Show to Expose Fox's Conservative Tilt

"You would think after the Juan Williams debacle, NPR would keep away from bashing Fox News again. But even as NPR's liberal bias remains controversial in Congress, NPR is still waging war on Fox. It's apparently the only national news outlet worth questioning. On Thursday night's All Things Considered, NPR media reporter David Folkenflik profiled Bret Baier, but delighted liberals by announcing that he had studied six months of guest lists for Special Report with Bret Baier, and he insisted liberals were underrepresented...."

[NewsBusters]

Ryan’s Leap

"In 1983, the British Labour Party under the hard-left Michael Foot issued a 700-page manifesto so radical that one colleague called it “the longest suicide note in history.” House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan has just released a recklessly bold, 73-page, ten-year budget plan. At 37 footnotes, it might be the most annotated suicide note in history.

That depends on whether (a) President Obama counters with a deficit-reduction plan of equal seriousness, rather than just demagoguing the Ryan plan till next Election Day, (b) there are any Republicans beyond the measured, super-wonky Ryan who can explain and defend a plan of such daunting scope and complexity, and (c) Americans are serious people."

[Charles Krauthammer]

Warmists and the Organic Farming Activists

"Urban organic activists begin every argument by pining for the good ol' days.  They point out that in 1940 one calorie of fossil-fuel energy produced two calories of food.  But now, due to the dreaded effects of industrialization, 20 calories of fossil-fuel energy are required per calorie of food.  And this, for them, illustrates why an immediate transformation of the food biz is required to "save the planet."  How?  By converting from a fossil-fuel-based food economy to one based instead on sunshine.  Case closed!  After all, it's a 20-fold increase, right? .....

If only they had ever worked a day on a farm, these "slow," urban activists would appreciate the massive amounts of human and animal labor that used to be required before machines driven by fossil fuels came along.  The reason only a single calorie of fossil-fuel energy was required to produce two calories of food was that, prior to the mass industrialization during the Second World War, farmers did the rest of the work by hand and by back!  Far more calories were consumed emitting far more CO₂.  Otherwise, industrialization would not have made economic sense."

[American Thinker]

The Tea Party Revolution Continues

"Taxation has been a prime focus of the Tea Party, but what is their real agenda?  By what standard do they judge our society?  How do they propose to fix the challenges we face?

There is a great deal of variation between groups, but on the whole their common core values are fiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government, as originally defined in the US Constitution. "

[American Thinker]

Billions for unions - not a penny for the troops

"Is this the true Obama agenda? Is this the Democrat agenda?  

Billions for union pensions but not a penny for the troops? 

Courting demoralization and defeat in the field? "

[American Thinker]

Where’s the Senate’s budget?

"As the press hyperventilates over the threat of a government shutdown and pushes the last-minute-hero meme coming from the White House, here’s something to keep in mind that I haven’t seen discussed much in the last few weeks.  Where, exactly, is the Senate budget?

The House passed a full-year budget weeks ago, HR1, which was rejected by the Senate on the same day that a Democratic-leadership-approved budget also failed — by a wider margin than the GOP plan.

Normally, when a House plan fails in the Senate, the Senate passes its own budget plan in response.  The two chambers then form a conference committee to reach a compromise that produces a budget.  However, this process requires that the Senate actually approve a budget on its own.   Since voting down HR1 and the Democratic plan, the Senate hasn’t done anything — which means it has gone more than 18 months without approving a budget of some kind."
[Hot Air]

Bombshell in Wisconsin: Supreme Court race swings to conservative Prosser

"........ you have probably already heard the stunning (though not completely surprising) news that some 7,500 ballots were suddenly discovered today in the key Supreme Court race in Wisconsin."
[Michelle Malkin]

Nancy Pelosi’s absurd math on senior citizens losing their meals

“In one of the bills before us, 6 million seniors are deprived of meals — homebound seniors are deprived of meals. People ask us to find our common ground, the middle ground. Is middle ground 3 million seniors not receiving meals?"  [Pelosi]


"The first problem with Pelosi’s statistic is that, according to the agency’s budget documents, only about 2.6 million seniors receive such meals. That’s even less than what she decried as the mushy middle ground of compromise.
 After we pointed out that fact, Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said “she means meals for seniors — 6 million meals.” In 2011, the agency is expected to deliver a little over 200 million meals, so that’s a cut of about three percent."     ................. and it gets worse from here .....
[Washington Post]

A Question

"JoAnne Kloppenburg holds a tiny lead over Justice David Prosser in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. I assume she will win, and if the final result is within a few hundred votes, I assume it will have been procured by fraud, of which there is some evidence I also believe that since Kloppenburg is evidently a liberal activist, she will contribute to any number of bad decisions.....

So Kloppenburg's election is unfortunate, but I don't see any reason to think it will have any effect on the Republicans' labor legislation. It is also of doubtful symbolic value. I had expected her to win in a landslide, given the enormous resources that the Left poured into what would normally be a low-turnout election, and given the hysteria and strong financial interest that motivate union voters. Under the circumstances, the fact that the Left could do no better than a tie bodes reasonably well for the upcoming recall actions, where the real action will be."

[Power Line]

Will Ignorance Lead to a Second Obama Term?

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency...Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."

[Prager Zeitung]

Glenn Beck, Fox Agree to Divorce

"The highly rated host became such a lightning rod that many at Fox wanted him out—and for Beck, the feeling was mutual. Howard Kurtz on the demise of cable's most radioactive show."
[The Daily Beast]

Inflation inflicting pain, as wages fail to keep pace with price hikes

"Inflation is back, with higher prices for food and fuel hammering American consumers, and this time it really hurts.

It’s not just that prices are rising — it’s that wages aren’t.

Previous bouts of inflation have usually meant a wage-price spiral, as pay and prices chase each other ever upward. But now paychecks are falling further and further behind. In the past three months, consumer prices have been rising at a 5.7 percent annual rate while average weekly wages have barely budged, increasing at an annual rate of only 1.3 percent."
[Washington Post]

Nancy Pelosi Attacks Paul Ryan's Budget

Pelosi complains about Ryan's proposed budget cuts........ she says....

"Following a long-honored tradition, Republicans are masking the true impact of just what the GOP FY 2012 budget will do. .......

Here are the facts on just what the GOP budget means for our country:   
·         Path to eliminating guaranteed benefits for seniors under Medicare
·         Path to subsidies to oil companies and giveaways to special interests
·         Path to tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans and companies that   ship jobs overseas." [Weekly Standard]

 The hypocrite Nancy Pelosi is among the richest members of Congress, with an estimated net worth of approximately $58 million, the 12th highest estimated net worth in Congress, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. [Wikipedia]

Two Americas: Public vs. Private Employees

""If you want to understand better why so many states—from New York to Wisconsin to California—are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, consider this depressing statistic: Today in America there are nearly twice as many people working for the government (22.5 million) than in all of manufacturing (11.5 million). This is an almost exact reversal of the situation in 1960, when there were 15 million workers in manufacturing and 8.7 million collecting a paycheck from the government."
[Carpe Diem]

The government shutdown tournament; White House rejects GOP short-term CR

"Beltway buzz this morning is that the Dems are refusing to the latest GOP plan to cut $12 billion and pass a one-week continuing resolution.

Translation: The White House now owns the looming shutdown."
[Michelle Malkin]

Nice ruling....so does this mean I can opt out of Social Security?

"Last year, Michigan's then-Democratic governor signed a bipartisan measure requiring Michigan teachers and school administrators to contribute 3 percent of their pay toward their retirement health care benefit. A judge has now found this contribution requirement unconstitutional because the benefit can be changed or abolished at any time by the legislature."
[Washington Examiner]

Political Statistics

"When someone gives you a check and the bank informs you that there are insufficient funds, who do you get mad at? In your own life, you get mad at the guy who gave you a check that bounced, not at the bank. But, in politics, you get mad at whoever tells you that there is no money.

One of the secrets of the growth of the welfare state is that politicians get a lot of mileage out of making promises, without setting aside enough money to fulfill those promises."
[Thomas Sowell]

Obamacare Paid Out $2 Billion to Corporations, Unions

"A little-known provision in the Obamacare legislation has sent $2 billion to corporations, unions and state public employee systems to subsidize health coverage for retirees.

The biggest chunk of the money paid out so far has gone to the United Auto Workers, which received over $206 million. AT&T collected $140 million, Verizon $91 million, General Electric $36 million, and General Motors $19 million, the paper said."
[NewsMax]

NATO to U.S.: We Need More Strikes in Libya

U.S. Agrees to Continue Combat Missions

Remember when "the One" said ...
"We'll be out of a combat role tomorrow" 

It now sounds like "Mission Accomplished", doesn't it?

Here is the truth .....  "NATO has asked the United States to continue participating in airstrikes over Libya through late Monday, ABC News has learned."     [ABC]

Live human heart grown in lab using stem cells in potential transplant breakthrough

"The organs were created by removing muscle cells from donor organs to leave behind tough hearts of connective tissue. 

Researchers then injected stem cells which multiplied and grew around the structure, eventually turning into healthy heart cells. 

Dr Doris Taylor, an expert in regenerative medicine at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, said: ‘The hearts are growing, and we hope they will show signs of beating within the next weeks."

[Mail On-line U.K.]

In the spirit of full-disclosure.... the Univ. of Minnesota is clipper's and clipper's spouse' alma mater.

Obama's First Campaign Ad for 2012

  

 [New Zeal]

Many restaurants expecting to raise prices

"On average, independent restaurants on the West Coast made a profit last year of 5.87 percent, according to Sageworks Inc., a North Carolina financial analysis firm that collects data for privately held companies. Typically it should be 8 to 12 percent, Klein said. 

If restaurateurs keep facing rising food costs, they'll have to pass it on to consumers, he said, predicting that diners will see a 5 to 8 percent increase in their tabs in the upcoming months."

[San Francisco Chronicle]

Great News from the House GOP

"Paul Ryan was on Fox News Sunday this morning, talking about the House Republicans' budget that he will unveil next week. Unlike Barack Obama and the Democrats, Congressional Republicans intend to make a serious effort to salvage our country's future"
[Power Line]

EAT THE RICH!

WI Small Business Owner Sees Business Quadruple After Standing Up to Union Goons

UPDATE:  A new protection racket in Wisconsin?

"Wisconsin voters need to understand that the fundamental issue in this fight is control of public policy.  Will that remain in the hands of voters, or will they allow it to be seized by the same bullies who now threaten private-sector businesses and who tried to shut down representative democracy in Madison over the last few weeks? "

[Hot Air]

We've Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers

"If you want to understand better why so many states—from New York to Wisconsin to California—are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, consider this depressing statistic: Today in America there are nearly twice as many people working for the government (22.5 million) than in all of manufacturing (11.5 million). This is an almost exact reversal of the situation in 1960, when there were 15 million workers in manufacturing and 8.7 million collecting a paycheck from the government.

It gets worse. More Americans work for the government than work in construction, farming, fishing, forestry, manufacturing, mining and utilities combined. We have moved decisively from a nation of makers to a nation of takers. Nearly half of the $2.2 trillion cost of state and local governments is the $1 trillion-a-year tab for pay and benefits of state and local employees. Is it any wonder that so many states and cities cannot pay their bills?"

[WSJ]

Are We Doomed?

"Today in America there are nearly twice as many people working for the government (22.5 million) than in all of manufacturing (11.5 million). This is an almost exact reversal of the situation in 1960, when there were 15 million workers in manufacturing and 8.7 million collecting a paycheck from the government.

It gets worse. More Americans work for the government than work in construction, farming, fishing, forestry, manufacturing, mining and utilities combined. [Wall Street Journal]

To borrow an analogy from biology, if the parasites overwhelm the host, it is catastrophic for both the host and the parasites. (Which is why viruses aren't really trying to kill you, at least not quickly.) That analogy may be unfair; certainly not all government workers are parasites. Let's try this one: if the cowboy gets bigger than the horse, both the horse and the cowboy are in trouble.

There are many reasons for pessimism these days, but first on the list is the prospect that the growth of the public sector at the expense of the private may have become irreversible."

[Power Line]

New York Times Miss-titles their article “Afghans Angry Over Florida Koran Burning Kill U.N. Staff”

Over the Florida Koran burning...... and ensuing U.N. Employee murders in Afghanistan.....

"Unable to find Americans on whom to vent their anger, the mob turned instead on the next-best symbol of Western intrusion — the nearby United Nations headquarters. “Some of our colleagues were just hunted down,” said a spokesman for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, Kieran Dwyer, confirming that the attack.

In Washington, President Obama issued a statement strongly condemning the violence against United Nations workers. “Their work is essential to building a stronger Afghanistan for the benefit of all its citizens,” he said. “We stress the importance of calm and urge all parties to reject violence.” The statement made no reference to the Florida church or the burning of the Koran."
[Left Coast Rebel]

Watch Col. Allan West's response here ................

Presidential limousine, security vehicles exempt from fed 'green' vehicle policy

MY reason for having an exemption is MORE IMPORTANT than YOURS !!!!!

The arrogance of this hypocritical, elitist, imperialist is overwhelming.  What is good for you is not good enough for me !!!!

"I'm directing our departments and our agencies to make sure 100 percent of the vehicles they buy are fuel-efficient or clean energy cars and trucks by 2015.Not 50 percent, not 75 percent — 100 percent of our vehicles," Obama said today.

Secret Service spokesman Robert Novy said the directive wouldn't apply to vehicles used for some law enforcement or security reasons by various federal agencies.

This isn't the first time law enforcement has been exempted from a vehicle policy by the Obama administration.

Obama signed an October 2009 executive order banning texting behind the wheel by all federal employees. But he said agency heads may exempt "certain employees, devices, or vehicles in their respective agencies that are engaged in or used for protective, law enforcement, or national security responsibilities or on the basis of other emergency conditions."

[Detroit News]

Texas Translations of California (Liberal) Euphemisms

CALIFORNIA   TEXAS Arsenal of Weapons Gun Collection Delicate Wetlands Swamp Undocumented Worker Illegal Alien Cruelty-Free Materials Synthetic Fiber Assault and Battery Attitude Adjustment Heavily Armed Well-protected Narrow-minded Righteous Taxes or Your Fair Share Coerced Theft Commonsense Gun Control Gun Confiscation Plot Illegal Hazardous Explosives Fireworks or Stump Removal Nonviable Tissue Mass Unborn Baby Equal Access to Opportunity Socialism Multicultural Community High Crime Area Fairness or Social Progress Marxism Upper Class or "The Rich" Self-Employed Progressive, Change Big Government Scheme Sniper Rifle Scoped Deer Rifle Investment For the Future Higher Taxes Health care Reform Socialized Medicine Extremist, Judgmental, or Hater Conservative Truants Home schoolers High Capacity Magazine Standard Capacity Magazine Religious Zealot Church-going Fair Trade Coffee Overpriced Yuppie Coffee Exploiters or "The Rich" Employers or Land Owner The Gun Lobby NRA Members Assault Weapon Semi-Auto (Grandpa's M1 Carbine) Fiscal Stimulus New Taxes and Higher Taxes Mandated Eco-Friendly Lighting         Chinese Mercury-Laden Light Bulbs Overseas Contingency Operation                           War [Anonymous]