Screw up, move up, cover up: Fast and Furious edition

There are now enough Operation Fast and Furious officials playing hide-and-seek in the Obama administration to fill a “rubber room.”

That’s the nickname for taxpayer-subsidized holding pens, such as the ones in the New York City public schools, where crooked employees are separated from the system and paid to do nothing. Perhaps the White House can stimulate a few construction jobs by adding an entire rubber room annex for “reassigned” scandal bureaucrats at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It’s getting mighty crowded.

[Michelle Malkin]

Still On The Road

Today in Riga, Latvia...... nothing on the news except for the "DISASTROUS" hurricane !!!!!!
A 33 MPH disaster  ?

Clipper is On The Road Again

Gone for two weeks..... in Tallinn, Estonia today.
More posts on another day..... Wi-Fi hotspots not easy to find.

Judge says rule of law applies to White House, too

"A federal judge has ordered the Secret Service to release eight months of White House visitor logs it had previously kept hidden, an estimated "tens of thousands" of records from Obama's first year in office."
[Newsmax]

Pick a fight with a liberal on ELITISM

"Liberals believe in egalitarianism. They don't often get called on it, though, because no one bothers to defend elitism—but you should. Ask a liberal, "So you really disapprove of competition and hierarchy and achievement and want everything to be equal do you? Well, answer me this, if you were president and you needed a handful of troops to do a delicate, dangerous job, who would you turn to—a unit of racially and sexually and disability diverse troops or the elite: Special Forces, Navy Seals, Delta Force? When you watch football, assuming you're willing to watch something so violent and competitive, do you want to watch the elite, the best of the best, the professionals who made it to the NFL on the basis of their talent and training, or a United Nations coordinated rainbow coalition of teams drawn from men and women from around the world to make it a truly global unisex game? Or suppose you needed serious surgery, would you prefer the operation to be done by a surgeon with years of practice behind him, drawn from the elite of the medical profession, or by a deserving recent immigrant, selected for the task as a result of the new Obamafair™ social justice program designed to boost the self-esteem of low-skill workers while simultaneously combating society's sexist, racist, elitist hegemony?" [James Delingpole, 365 Ways to Drive a Liberal Crazy]

Obama Acts Like He's Above Law on Immigration

"Republicans are attacking President Barack Obama for acting like a “king that is above the law” in deciding to pick and choose which illegal aliens to deport.

“The Obama administration cannot get its amnesty schemes through Congress, so now it has resorted to implementing its plans via executive fiat,” said Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer.

“We need to remind President Obama that we elected a president that serves beneath the law and did not anoint a king that is above the law.”
[Newsmax]

Where Is the Outrage At Captain Bull Malarkey and His Bus Tour?

"... Barack Obama’s bus tour. It is a campaign trip. The administration is doing little to hide it and a passive press corps is even describing it as a bus tour while minimizing the fact that American taxpayers are footing the bill in its entirety. When George W. Bush took his own bus tour, he did so with campaign funds. Barack Obama is expecting you, me, and everyone else to fund his re-election campaign.

Sell the damn buses and refund the money, Mr. President. It is a campaign trip pure and simple and your campaign should fund it. It is outrageous that you would buy million dollar buses from Canada in order to drive around the countryside demagoguing private jet owners."

[RedState]

The Anti-American President

"Obviously something is rotten on Pennsylvania Avenue; no intelligent American president would do the things Obama has done.  There has been talk of his inexperience,  incompetence, or just plain stupidity to explain his Bizarro-administration.  However, Obama is not incompetent; he is an intelligent anti-American president.  Obama is not a failure at his job -- his job is the failure of our country."

[American Thinker]

Joe Wilson: I Was Right to Yell '‘You Lie’ at Obama

"Nearly two years after shouting “You lie” at President Barack Obama during an address to a joint session of Congress, South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson says he has been vindicated.

“The reforms I am proposing would not apply to those what are here illegally,” the president said.

But Wilson says $8.5 million of a $28.8 million award to community healthcare centers has been specifically set aside to help seasonal and migrant farm workers, and that the clinics have been told not to ask for immigration status."

[Newsmax]

Rush Limbaugh: Where are Obama's former girlfriends?

" "I got one of these email things," Limbaugh said on his program this afternoon.
"And, of course, I've only seen it a thousand times, and knew it before I received the first one. And you probably have seen this one going around. This one is, 'Where are all of Obama's former girlfriends?' It's a takeoff on where are all of the students Obama taught who claim to have been inspired by him when he taught law at the University of Chicago. Where are all of the former classmates of Obama who can tell wonderful stories about their experience with Obama on campus or in the classroom?"
 [WND]

Nobody, absolutely no one recalls Obama from Columbia where he claims he studied, and graduated.  He appears in no publicly available records (yearbooks, newsletters, housing) for those two years at Columbia.  He has refused permission for Columbia to release any records.

I have a suspicion that the reason for this is that HE WAS NOT AT COLUMBIA. 

If not, where was he for those two years after attending Occidental College, then traveling with his Pakistani friend to visit his mother in Indonesia and his friend's home in Pakistan?  Conspiracy adherents suggest Patrice Lumumba Univ. in Moscow, or CIA interpreter in Pakistan.  I don't simply know, except there is no evidence that he attended Columbia, except a statement (unsupported by documents) saying that he graduated.
[clipper]

Non-union business owner shot in Michigan

"Why did a Lambertville, Michigan business owner get shot outside of his front door two nights ago? WTOL reports that John King, who owns the largest non-union electrical contracting firm in the area, got a pretty good idea why when he saw what the attacker had done to his car:"
[HotAir]

Coins Costing Taxpayers?

I guess I'm an exception.  I always carry around 5 or 6 of these $1 coins and I use them just about every day.  For a while, people would question what these were and examine them very carefully.  Lately, however, I've found them to be readily accepted, without puzzled looks.  The only ptoblem is that in spite of this video's depiction of billions of these beimg minted and stored away, they are almost impossible to acquire from your bank.   The only way my bank would supply me with any was for me to buy $1,000 worth.  They come in $25 rolls.

I believe the distribution problem with these coins lies in the banks.  They simply will not stock this currency.
[clipper]

Voters See These ‘Corporate Welfare’ Programs As A Good Place To Cut Government Spending

"Congress is looking for sizable spending cuts in the months ahead, and voters see three so-called “corporate welfare” programs as potential candidates for the chopping block - farm subsidies, aid to large corporations to promote export sales and funding to help other countries buy U.S.-made weapons."
[Rasmussen]

Evergreen Solar files for bankruptcy, plans asset sale

Even with government subsidies it doesn't work!
[clipper]

Jet tax is useless – and Obama knows it

"President Barack Obama has called for a luxury tax on corporate jets as a means to generate revenue to fight federal deficits. The president's economic advisers ought to be fired for not telling him that doing so is unwise and counterproductive.

When Congress imposed a 10 percent luxury tax on yachts, private airplanes and expensive automobiles,..... Within eight months after the change in the law took effect, Viking Yachts, the largest U.S. yacht manufacturer, laid off 1,140 of its 1,400 employees and closed one of its two manufacturing plants. Before it was all over, Viking Yachts was down to 68 employees. In the first year, one-third of U.S. yacht-building companies stopped production, and according to a report by the congressional Joint Economic Committee, the industry lost 7,600 jobs. When it was over, 25,000 workers had lost their jobs building yachts, and 75,000 more jobs were lost in companies that supplied yacht parts and material. Ocean Yachts trimmed its workforce from 350 to 50. Egg Harbor Yachts went from 200 employees to five and later filed for bankruptcy. The U.S., which had been a net exporter of yachts, became a net importer as U.S. companies closed. Jobs shifted to companies in Europe and the Bahamas. The U.S. Treasury collected zero revenue from the sales driven overseas."

[Walter E. Williams]

Younger Generation .... You Have NO IDEA How Disrepectful This Is To We Seniors!!!

To disrespect our military .... particularly those who gave their lives.... as this soul-less Socialist does is beyond the pale.  For you, the young of our country who are reading this, I hope you realize how behavior such as this by the President is excruciatingly offensive to those of us who fought for our nation!

Ft. Hood Memorial Ceremony - I do believe that saluting the flag goes with that, as does respecting and honoring the service members who have died. Does this pompous ass believe he is above that gesture? If not a salute, how about a hand over the heart like the other guy? He can shower us all with flowery words (via teleprompter) and dazzle us with his B.S., but actions speak louder. He has no idea about patriotism or respect.

9/11 Memorial Service - 2008

Obama is a Calculating, Not Stupid Individual

"More and more people are writing about Obama's alleged stupidity.  J.R. Dunn of American Thinker penned the piece "How Stupid is Obama?" and Brett Stephens' Wall Street Journal article asserts that "the president isn't very bright."

I respectfully disagree with these two writers.  They are missing the point.  Barack Hussein Obama is not stupid.  He knows exactly what he is doing.  He is bent on the erosion of American values and, so far, he is winning.  We must step out of our proud-of- America-worldview and examine Obama's actions from a different focal point. Otherwise, we rationalize his decisions as acts of inexperience and foolishness."

[American Thinker]

71% Think Private Sector Better Than Government At Measuring Technology Potential

"Seventy-one percent (71%) of Likely U.S. Voters say private sector companies and investors are better than government officials when it comes to determining the long-term benefits and potential of new technologies. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that a mere 11% have more faith in government officials when it comes to picking new technologies, while 17% are not sure which would do better. (To see survey question wording, click here.)"

[Rasmussen]

Obama's Proposed Train to Nowhere

"Remember Obama's State of the Union address? There was one portion so blindingly, mind numbingly stupid that I've been hesitant up to now, to try to point out just how truly awful it is.

Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80 percent of Americans access to high-speed rail. (Applause.) This could allow you to go places in half the time it takes to travel by car. For some trips, it will be faster than flying — without the pat-down. (Laughter and applause.) As we speak, routes in California and the Midwest are already underway.

Aside from the utter dishonesty of implying that the TSA has no design on increasing security at every train station throughout the US, how good a prescription for an ailing economy is high speed rail?"
[Left Coast Rebel]

The 10 Housing Markets That Will Collapse This Year

"The real estate market is already in the deepest depression in modern U.S. history. If you think it can't get any worse, think again. In several cities, the real estate market is about to drop even more. Home values in many of those cities, such as Las Vegas, have already collapsed as unemployment has shot higher. And with no hope of quick recovery, housing prices are expected to continue to fall. 24/7 Wall St. identified ten housing markets that are expected to drop by at least another 10% by 2012."
[Yahoo Finance]

Whoopee !  Southwest Florida leads the list !!!

New High: 93% Say They're Paying More for Groceries Than A Year Ago

"Americans nationwide continue to lose faith in the Federal Reserve Board to keep inflation under control, with the number who say they are paying more for groceries now at an all-time high. 

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of American Adults shows that just 31% are at least somewhat confident that the Fed will be able to keep inflation under control and interest rates down, and that includes only eight percent (8%) who are Very Confident. Sixty-five percent (65%) are not confident the Fed can keep inflation and interest rates under control, with 25% who are Not At All Confident. (To see survey question wording, click here.)"

[Rasmussen]

Obama Visits Corporation Where His Stimulus Created 'Green' Jobs at $2 Million Per Job

"President Barack Obama on Thursday toured a vehicle battery plant in Michigan, touting his administration’s focus on green technology and jobs, at a corporation where federal money authorized by the economic stimulus law that Obama signed at the beginning of his presidency had created "green" jobs at a cost of about $2 million in federal subsidies per job.

The economic stimulus, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, provided $2.4 billion in grants to advanced vehicle batteries technology. From that amount, $300 million in grants went to Johnson Controls to manufacture batteries.

According to the White House, thus far the firm has added 150 jobs because of the grant. That means the government spent about $2 million per job, but only if no more jobs are added."

[CNS]

Dems' Risky Tea Party Smear Strategy

Democrats don't know WHO or WHAT or WHERE the "Tea Party" is.  They are confabulated ...... may they remain so ever more!

The Democrats' Big Lie

"The liberals have fully absorbed the lessons taught by their ideological progenitors, the Nazi socialists and Soviet communists. They understand that the big lie, if endlessly repeated, is extremely effective. Its purpose is to establish in the minds of the target audience an automatic stimulus-response connection, a Pavlovian conditioned reflex: capitalist = fat cat; George Bush = moron; Sarah Palin = idiot; Barack Obama = genius, any Kennedy = gift to mankind, etc. Ask the liberal spouting any of the above for proof that, say, Sarah Palin is an idiot or Barack Obama an intellectual giant, and the answer would be a puzzled stare -- why, everyone knows that she is a moron and he a towering intellect, so it must be true. Just repeat your slogan often enough, and once embedded in the minds of the people the mantra becomes reality for them."

[American Thinker]

Compare Palin to Other Republican Ex-Governors

Annual Outperformance of GDP Growth Relative to Nation

 

Federal judge throws out Obama drilling rules

"A judge on Friday threw out Obama administration rules that sought to slow down expedited environmental review of oil and gas drilling on federal land.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal ruled in favor of a petroleum industry group, the Western Energy Alliance, in its lawsuit against the federal government, including Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

The ruling reinstates Bush-era expedited oil and gas drilling under provisions called categorical exclusions on federal lands nationwide, Freudenthal said."

[Seattle PI]

They Who Live by the Race Card Die by the Race Card

"Due to Obama's declining poll numbers, Democrat tongues loosened by cocktails at parties are quietly suggesting, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could primary Obama out with Hillary?  Darn it, we can't because Obama is black!"

I say, "Hallelujah -- a perfect example of divine justice."  They who live by the race card die by the race card."

[American Thinker]

FBI wants businesses watching for customers paying with cash

FBI issues notices to businesses to watch out for and report individuals buying.... amongst other things, waterproof matches and NIGHT flashlights ........ I guess it's OK to buy DAY flashlights !

Humor aside, this is a draconian move by the FBI !

[clipper]

“What Do You Think” About These Budget Cuts?

"To this list, I would add all of the money being sent overseas to other nations to help them hate us.  The old adage – “you can’t buy love” should be the motto of any government agency involved in sending money to other countries.  Monies being used to rebuild and repair mosques, recover methane from pig farms in Thailand and China, and used by organizations like Hamas to pay salaries to convicted and jailed terrorists.

So, true or false, here is the list of proposed budget cuts that are worth consideration:"

[Godfather Politics]

Who Won ‘GOP Round 2′?

If you watched the GOP debate last night, you'll want to read this.........

[clipper]

Obama's Undignified Transparency

"Pentagon officials had said that because 19 families of the deceased 30 soldiers objected to media coverage of the remains coming off a plane at Dover Air Force Base, no images would be taken. The Pentagon was so emphatic about the sensitive nature of the event, they even "rejected media requests to take photos that showed officials at the ceremony but did not depict caskets."

.... not even the photographers who generally accompany the Defense Secretary and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were permitted to attend.  The Pentagon was committed to fully respecting the wishes of the fallen soldiers' families; they deferred to the bereaved and refrained from chronicling the event with official photos of the solemn occasion.

In an attempt to give Barack Obama the stature he lacks as a leader, the photo was shot [by the White House Photographer] against a gray sky, under the wing of an aircraft, outlining a saluting President from behind, standing ramrod straight, two heads above four other men whose hands were over their hearts.

 

The issue here is not whether Obama was saluting or not; it's that the President's unrelenting quest for attention was the sole reason that the crushed parents, brokenhearted wives, and confused children whose loved ones' bodies were rolled off a cargo plane into a concrete hanger were denied the simple request for a private moment of grief. "

[American Thinker]

 

Class Warfare Erupts Into Just Plain Warfare

"There are people alive now who remember when Great Britain was the preeminent world power.  Today's hollowed-out version serves as an example of how quickly greatness can slip through a nation's fingers.

 

The riots in London show the logical conclusion of a brand politics which is ashamed of national identity and is built on class warfare."

[American Thinker]

Rep. Peter King: Pentagon, CIA must investigate Obama and death of Osama bin Laden movie

"Rep. Pete King knocked President Obama over reports he green-lighted unprecedented access of the Navy SEALs crew who killed Osama bin Laden to Hollywood filmmakers.

Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal, who made 2008's Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker," are behind the planned picture of the risky May raid.

The movie is scheduled for release on Oct. 12, 2012, less than a month before next year's general election - an October surprise blown this week by the New York Times."

[NY Daily News]

A Disaster Waiting to Happen

"Sometime late this summer—the Friday before Labor Day if historical patterns hold—the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will announce the beginning of something called Medicare Round Two of “the Competitive Bidding Program for certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies.” Although it sounds obscure, this bidding process’s manifest flaws could have serious consequences for just about every American who needs medical care. Shortages of vital devices could develop, medical supply companies could go out of business, medical innovation could slow, and, if things go as badly as some economists think they will, health care costs could skyrocket as the direct result of a program intended to control them."

[Weekly Standard]

A Disarmed Society is a Violent Society

"It’s hard to imagine riots of these size going on for days on end in the American South or Midwest simply because so many armed, law-abiding citizens would stand ready to defend their lives, liberty and property. Once you’ve shot a few rioters dead, it does rather tend to put a damper on the festive mood of the others. An armed shop owner in Texas or Ohio wouldn’t have to stand idly by while his life work burned, waiting vainly for police that never come."

[BattleSwarm]

Medicare Regulation Causes Shortages of Cancer Drugs

Decades of experience (if our bureaucrats would care to study it and believe what they find) in the former Soviet sphere of "central planning" should tell our U.S. regulators that it is impossible for a few (thousand ?) bureaucrats in Washington to accurately predict and manage in place of the MILLIONS of daily decisions by Americans in our economy.  This cancer drug experience is but a micro-picture of what is coming down the road with Obamacare. [clipper]

"Things like this are the root of my skepticism about technocratic rule-making.  I have no doubt that the earnest people who drafted this rule spent a lot of time thinking about whether the allowed price increase should be 5% or 7%.  But they somehow overlooked a rather significant feature of the market they were regulating, and the effect that their rule would have when it interacted with market reality.  The more complex your system of rules is, the harder it is to keep track of these potential unwanted side effects."

[Atlantic Monthly]

Five things the media didn’t mention from the S&P downgrade report

"Yes, people like John Kerry were quick to blame the Tea Party and claim that the S&P downgrade was solely due to a lack of  tax increases, but that’s not what S&P said.  Still, that’s probably all you heard. So, here are five things the media made sure you missed:  "
[Stu Blog]]

30,000 college students kicked out of food aid program in Michigan

"Michigan has removed about 30,000 college students from its food stamp program — close to double the initial estimate — saving about $75 million a year, says Human Services Director Maura Corrigan. 

Federal rules don't allow most college students to collect food stamps, but Michigan had created its own rules that made nearly all students eligible, said Brian Rooney, Corrigan's deputy director. As a result, the number of Michigan college students on this form of welfare made the state a national leader."

[DetroitNews]

Court tells Hawaii officials to explain Obama's birth records

News you WILL NOT SEE OR HEAR on any national media.

"California attorney Orly Taitz today secured an order from United States District Court Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi demanding representatives of the Hawaii Department of Health appear in federal court Sept. 14 to show why Taitz should be prevented from seeing whatever original 1961 documents the agency has on record regarding Barack Obama's birth. 

Taitz returned to federal court in Honolulu today after Hawaii DOH officials presented her with a letter refusing to comply with her subpoena on grounds that Hawaii privacy laws prevented officials from releasing Obama birth records to the public."

[WND]

An American Politburo

"An American Politburo has materialized before our eyes.  Yes, our Congress is the result of a two-party system (those Rs and Ds) and, on the surface, doesn't fit very well with the one-party USSR system, but, let's look at those little pesky things called facts.

Administrative actions are already replacing legislative acts as the primary governance mechanism.  Just examine the number of regulations emanating from the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Health and Human Services, etc, etc.  

Many large- and medium-sized cities in America have formed Councils on Sustainability, Councils on Urban Development, Councils on Transportation, Councils on Economic Development, and Council, after Council, after Council.  Hmmm...most of these councils are appointed, not elected, here in America.

Just exactly what is a council?  The Russian term for council is soviet.  In the Council Union (the Soviet Union), rules were laid down by local soviets, regional soviets, and the national soviet. "

[American Thinker]

President Priss

"There has been no shortage of fawning and sycophantic descriptions of Barack Hussein Obama. His admirers and supporters on the political left and in the media (although I repeat myself) have showered him with numerous accolades and lavished him with countless superlatives. According to them, he is "the most," "the best," "most successful," "the greatest," and so on.

He has been called the most intelligent man ever elected president. Some believe he is literally a genius. Obama himself "always believes he is the smartest person in any room," according to those who know him. 

In spite of these claims of brilliance, close examination of his remarks indicates he is of average intellect at best.  In fact, analysis of his 2011 State of the Union address revealed his remarks were written at 8.1 grade school level, the second lowest of the 70 SOTU addresses delivered since the 1930s. "
[American Thinker]

"Poormongering"

Only the Tea Party Had a $4 Trillion Plan

" S&P’s Chambers is saying the ratings agency wants to see at least a $4 trillion deal, one that would come with bipartisan support, too, because the ratings agency fears without that support, Congress will upend any debt-cutting plan. 

There was only ever one plan that did what S&P said was required — $4 trillion in cuts with bipartisan support. That’d be Cut, Cap, and Balance — a plan that cut $4 trillion and got bipartisan support in the House of Representatives.

As Democrats tonight, and some Republicans, lash out and blame the Tea Party for causing the United States to lose its credit rating, it is worth pointing out that only the Tea Party offered up a plan to avoid what happened.

This is precisely why the GOP should have held the line."

[RedState]

The President's New Clothes

"Gather round, children, and I will tell you the story of the President's New Clothes.        Once upon a time, there was a vain president in far off Washington whose only worry in life was to dress in elegant clothes and have parties. He began by holding weekly soiree's, and then twice per week, and then three times per week. And at each soiree' he loved to show off his new clothes and played with the presidential Teleprompter telling ever more outrageous stories."

[American Thinker]

31 Americans Killed in Afghanistan Helicopter Crash

Honor these military heroes

These were SEAL Team 6 men, the same team that nailed bin Ladin. We don't know, and probably never will know, if any of the men who got bin Ladin were killed in this crash ...... HOWEVER, "I hope a congressional committee will not accept the State Department and Pentagon line on what happened, and inquires whether Bin Laden sympathizers in Pakistan’s ISI, or inside the Afghan government, played some role in targeting and bringing down this crew."[Power Line]

Time for Another Hard Look at Our “Allies”?

 

Harry Reid: 8 Million Jobs Lost During Bush Presidency

".....we looked at jobs numbers compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the government’s official source of employment data.

During Bush’s eight years in office -- January 2001 to January 2009 -- the nation actually gained a net 1.09 million jobs. (Because there were gains in government jobs, the private sector actually lost 653,000 jobs during that period.)"
[PolitiFact.com]

See also:   Harry Reid says 8 million jobs lost during George W. Bush's years in office

Congratulations, Class Warriors

When government sets up income taxes to "tax the rich", the government loses even more money when a recession hits and "the rich" earn less to be taxed.  In data comparing income tax revenues between 2007 and 2009 (yep, the government needs a few years to tally up their numbers ..... not enough government employees to DO ALL THIS WORK you know)..... they found:

"Total adjusted gross incomes (AGI) less deficits declined $1.1 trillion, or 12%.  However, due to our progressive income tax, the percentage decline in taxes collected was even greater: 22%."  [American Thinker]

Said in simple language ...... if you tax the rich more than those who pay little or nothing, you lose big time when the rich earn less to be taxed.
[clipper]

THE GREAT DISSENTER: John Kerry:- Media Has ‘Responsibility’ to ‘Not Give Equal Time’ to Tea Party

HYPOCRISY ALERT

The Great Dissenter himself, John Kerry in 2006, said “No wonder Thomas Jefferson himself said: ‘Dissent is the greatest form of patriotism.’”  [clipper]

Now, in 2011, "John Kerry has waded into the media waters and now wants the news to cut out conservatives he doesn’t agree with.

During a discussion of the debt deal and the economy on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Friday, the current Massachusetts senator and former presidential candidate lambasted the Tea Party and conservatives and the idea that they should be given “equal time” in the media. According to him, their ideas are so whacky that they don’t deserve air time:"

[The Blaze]

Getting Bin Laden

The complete details of the raid to get bin Ladin.

Communist Party USA Officially Endorses Barack Obama

"It may be early in the campaign season, but the Communist Party USA already has seen fit to endorse Barack Obama for the 2012 election.
While noting he is disappointed with “some aspects” of the Obama administration’s domestic and foreign policy, Sam Webb, chairman of the Communist Party USA, threw his support behind Obama’s re-election bid."  [Vision To America]

also read: 

Yikes! Look who just endorsed Obama for 4 more years

The Budget Control Act Of 2011 Violates Constitutional Order

In the debt ceiling bill* just passed are buried procedures which cede future control over raising our debt ceiling to the President.   In my understanding it works as follows:

1. When our borrowing gets within $100 Billion of the authorized debt limit. The President has authority to raise the limit.
2. This raise is then automatic unless both the House and Senate DISAPPROVE of the raise.
3. The President retains veto power over that disapproval ....... thus putting ALL POWER TO RAISE FUTURE DEBT CEILINGS SOLELY IN THE HANDS OF THE PRESIDENT.

THIS TOTALLY SHREDS OUR CONSTITUTION

[clipper]

* " The 74-page Budget Control Act of 2011 was not written over the weekend.  Yet it was posted on the House Rules Committee website with no fanfare, only hours before it was to be voted upon, breaking the pledge of the House Republicans to provide at least 72-hours advance public notice."   [American Thinker]

U.S. eats up most of debt limit in one day

"U.S. debt shot up $239 billion on Tuesday — the largest one-day bump in history — as the government flexed the new borrowing room it earned in this week’s debt-limit increase deal.

The debt subject to the statutory limit shot way past the old cap of $14.294 trillion to hit $14.532 trillion on Tuesday, according to the latest the Treasury Department figures, which are released on the next business day.

That increase puts the government already remarkably close to the new debt limit of $14.694, which means one day’s new borrowing ate up 60 percent of the $400 billion in space Congress granted the president this week."

[Washington Times]

GM SELLS A WHOPPING 125 "Volts" IN JULY !!!

"Way back in March I made fun of the Volt for selling 281 units in February. Turns out, February was a good month."
[Weekly Standard]

As the economy threatens collapse President Obama celebrates signing debt deal with lavish 50th birthday dinner (featuring Jennifer Hudson)

President Nero fiddles while U.S. BURNS !!!!!

"Tickets for the fundraising dinner cost an astonishing $35,800 a person. Additional contributions of $50 will gain entry to the concert with limited seating, while $1,000 donors receive 'premium' seats for President Obama's birthday. $10,000 tickets include 'preferred' seating along with the chance to take a photograph with Obama."

[DailyMail-UK]

UNION MEMBERS OUTRAGED After White House Hires Non-Union Crew For Obama’s Birthday Bash

Another shining example:  DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE SAYS ..... watch what HE DOES !!!!

[clipper]

FOX CONTINUES CABLE NEWS LEADERSHIP

From the Drudge Report:

CABLE NEWS RACE
MON., AUG 1

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,178,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,196,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,127,000
FOXNEWS SMITH 2,085,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 1,817,000
MNSBC O'DONNELL 1,138,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 1,026,000
CNN MORGAN 859,000
CNN COOPER 851,000
MSNBC MADDOW 832,000
MSNBC SHARPTON 699,000
CNNHN GRACE 663,000

The real story of the US debt deal is not the triumph of the Tea Party but the death of the Socialist Left

I fear this Brit overstates the case...... although it IS interesting to see a journalist from the other side of the pond saying this.

The American Animal Farm

"Political ideology in America has devolved to forms that would make Orwell cringe today: socialists (née Marxists) and democratic socialists (née Keynesians).  The former views government as an all-purpose solution and the latter views government as a "stimulator," a kind of economic and social Wizard of Oz.  The two are more alike than they are different.  The fatal flaw of both is the chronic inability of voters and their elected representatives to distinguish between wants and needs.  Elections are now confused with democracy, and the majority seldom votes for the common good -- or their own best interests."

[American Thinker]

Gold up $40

Voters Favor Pay Cuts for Congress, President Until Budget Is Balanced

"An overwhelming majority of voters nationwide want members of Congress to take a pay cut until the federal budget is balanced, and a plurality also thinks the president should chop his salary in half until that time."
[Rasmussen]

Obamedia in Action… CBS Reporter to White House Spokesman: “You Gave Them Everything They Wanted And We Got Nothing”

Who says the media does not have a liberal bias?   Read this exchange by a CBS reporter......
[clipper]

Ex-Union Member Fights $200,000 Union Fine For Working Non-Union

GET THIS STRAIGHT

THERE ARE NO CUTS IN THE AMOUNT OF OUR SPENDING !!!!!

THEY ARE ONLY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF INCREASED SPENDING EVERY YEAR

THE NET RESULT IS THAT IN 10 YEARS OUR NATIONAL DEBT WILL "ONLY" BE $7 TRILLION MORE THAN NOW ....... RATHER THAN $10 TRILLION MORE !!!!

YOU ARE BEING BAMBOOZLED

See next post by Ron Paul......

[clipper]

When a Cut is Not a Cut

"One might think that the recent drama over the debt ceiling involves one side wanting to increase or maintain spending with the other side wanting to drastically cut spending, but that is far from the truth.  In spite of the rhetoric being thrown around, the real debate is over how much government spending will increase. 

No plan under serious consideration cuts spending in the way you and I think about it.  Instead, the "cuts" being discussed are illusory, and are not cuts from current amounts being spent, but cuts in projected spending increases. "
[Dr. Ron Paul]

DEMs Come Un-Glued !!!

"We’ve got to educate the American people at the same time we educate the President of the United States. The Republicans, Speaker Boehner or Majority Leader Cantor did not call for Social Security cuts in the budget deal. The President of the United States called for that. My response to him is to mass thousands of people in front of the White House to protest this."  [Rep. John Conyers, D, Mich]

Cloward-Piven Paradise Now?

"While radical Alinsky/Cloward-Piven disciple Obama appears to be clueless and detached, it may be a ploy; he may actually be focused and engaged as he purposely pursues an Alinsky-inspired course of action to force the system to "live up" to its own rules.  Obama's ultimate goal of once-and-for-all discrediting the capitalist system and replacing America's foundational economic and social tenets with a broad-based socialist one headed by progressive Marxists like himself, is actually within reach.

As Obama pushes and prods the US economy and instigates social unrest, it could be that he believes a Cloward-Piven-style utopia resides just beyond the horizon -- a progressive panacea where an election-free, classless society, thankful for a simple crust of bread, looks to Barack Obama to keep the peace by remaining in power indefinitely. 

Therefore, unless all of America, regardless of class or political persuasion, pays attention to the potential for a bleak future that lies ahead and realizes the President's non-plan could be itself an actual calculated plan, the resulting consequences will affect everyone, as Barack Obama transforms a once great nation into Cloward and Piven's idea of paradise."

[American Thinker]