Who among us wouldn’t? There. We said it. And you know were thinking the same thing. Now click on the link and read the article. Then let’s have a moment of silence for our hero – Mike, the fatally-sated sea lion.
Source: SayWhat via ConservativeGrapevine.com
Kim Jong-Il, dictator of North Korea and master of diplomatic insults
On Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a speech in which she made some very harsh comments about the North Korean government. On Thursday, the North Korean Foreign Ministry responded by issuing a statement about Clinton. It demonstrated a wisdom rarely seen in diplomatic circles.
“We cannot but regard Mrs. Clinton as a funny lady as she likes to utter such rhetoric, unaware of the elementary etiquette in the international community. Sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping.”
We are now reassessing our previous harsh criticism of the Pyongyang government.
Source: WashingtonPost.com
Based on last Wednesday night’s press conference, it’s clear President Obama has absolutely no concept of how capitalism works.
“Having a public plan out there that also shows that maybe if you take some of the profit motive out, maybe if you are reducing some of the administrative costs, that you can get an even better deal, that’s going to incentivize the private sector to do even better.”
The private sector will be incentivized if you take some of the profit motive out?
2012 cannot arrive soon enough.
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The party that traditionally clings to power based on the votes of unattractive women is risking it all by proposing a tax on plastic surgery. Now that they’ve taxed everything else, they want to tax ugliness.
The Senate Finance Committee wants to tack a 10% excise tax on ”unnecessary” cosmetic surgery. Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus said it was one of the “interesting,” “creative,” and “kind of fun” ideas that had been discussed.
(Please continue with this story after pausing briefly to consider the fact that Democrats think taxes are “kind of fun.”)
The tax would target itemized deductions for medical expenses not covered by health insurance. According to current law, cosmetic surgery defined as “any procedure which is directed at improving the patient’s appearance and does not meaningfully promote the proper function of the body or prevent or treat illness or disease.”
Deductions for procedures such as lasik eye surgery or reconstructive surgery would still be legit. But elective procedures like nose jobs, liposuction, teeth-whitening and Botox injections would be slapped with the new tax.
Let’s call this proposal what it is: the Ugly American Revenue Enhancement Act of 2009.
Source: NationalJournal.com
January 22, 2009
Obama to GOP, “I won.”
Source: Wall Street Journal
July 23, 2009
Obama: ‘Victory’ Not Necessarily Goal in Afghanistan
Source: FoxNews.com
What a difference six months make. Call us crazy, but we’d prefer to have our president go Vince Lombardi on our enemies rather than on other Americans.
It is now official: Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.
His original birth certificate recently was recently discovered and purchased for 25¢ at a garage sale held in the front yard of the apartment building across the street from Honolulu’s Punahou School where Obama lived with his grandparents. It’s like when you watch Antique Roadshow and hear one of those stories about someone finding a Picasso in his aunt’s attic.
The current residents of the apartment found the official birth certificate behind the refrigerator, where it has obviously been been sitting lost all those years since Obama’s family lived in the apartment.
We sincerely hope this puts an end to those crazy, groundless birther conspiracy theories.
CFLs are an environmental blessing. Except for that nasty mercury poisoning thing.
Beginning in 2012, the government will take away another one of your choices. You’ll be compelled to buy energy-efficient light bulbs in order to reduce your personal carbon footprint in order to help environmental wackos sleep better at night.
Unfortunately, the mania for environmentally-safe lighting is killing people in China.
Hundreds of Chinese factory workers who manufacture CFLs for export have been poisoned and hospitalized because of mercury exposure. For example, at the Nanhai Feiyang lighting factory in Foshan city, 68 out of 72 workers required hospitalization. Tests found that 121 out of 123 workers at a Jinzhou factory had excessive mercury levels. American and European demand for the bulbs has also necessitated the reopening of dangerous mecury mines, heightening the risk for mine workers.
Here’s how the Times UK tells the story:
Doctors, regulators, lawyers and courts in China – which supplies two thirds of the compact fluorescent bulbs sold in Britain – are increasingly alert to the potential impacts on public health of an industry that promotes itself as a friend of the earth but depends on highly toxic mercury.
Making the bulbs requires workers to handle mercury in either solid or liquid form because a small amount of the metal is put into each bulb to start the chemical reaction that creates light.
Mercury is recognised as a health hazard by authorities worldwide because its accumulation in the body can damage the nervous system, lungs and kidneys, posing a particular threat to babies in the womb and young children.
Turn out the lights and say good night to a Chinese miner.
SIDE NOTE: This is the 600th official environmental calamity caused by global warming.
Source: Times UK
"I swear the economy's getting better. Much better. Really better. Super better."
Hope like hell Joe Biden doesn’t come to your town to tell you how effective the “stimulus” has been.
On July 9, Joe Biden traveled to Ohio to tell the yokels how effective the “stimulus” had been. “Roads plus teachers plus cops plus jobs equals a community,” he said, “and that equals paychecks and prosperity.” Eight days later, it was announced that the state’s unemployment rate had increased from 10.8% to 11.1%.
On July 16, Biden visited Richmond, Virginia to deliver the same message of hope and change. The next day, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that Virginia shed 22,800 in June and that the state’s unemployment rate had jumped to 7.2%.
In the words of Aussie blogger Andrew Bolt, “It’s like the Gore Effect, only for unemployment.”
Source: National Review via Andrew Bolt
Dana Carvey has never been funnier than he was on a couple Wednesday night’s ago’s Tonight Show.
You can’t help but laugh as he does rapid-fire, dead-on, hysterically-funny impressions of everyone and their brother. Johnny Carson. Jay Leno. Sonia Sotomayor. Conan O’Brien. Dos Equis. Arnold Schwarzenegger. al Qaeda. Obama. The economy. George Bush. Bruno. Al Franken. Al Gore.
Conan O’Brien gets out of the way and let’s Carvey go.
Enjoy.
Source: HuffingtonPost.com
Every time we hear some huckster bemoan the big bucks Exxon-Mobil pays to fund studies that debunk global warming, we wonder how much the government is spending to “bunk” the theory.
Finally, thanks to Aussie blogger Joanne Nova, all the numbers have been compiled in one handy, dandy report. It clearly demonstrates that Exxon’s dollars pale in comparison to what’s being spent by the American government’s global warming research machine.
Be prepared to be pissed off.
These charts clearly demonstrate an inverse relationship between money spent on global warming research and temperature. The more we spend, the lower temperatures go.
Liberals, of course, will undoubtedly consider this validation that their philosophy works.
Source: JoanneNova.com.au via Andrew Bolt
Same ol’, same ol’. No tropical depressions, no tropical storms, no hurricanes.
In the record-setting year of 2005, we had already had seven storms by this date. In the remarkably quiet year of 2006, we’d had two. In the average year of 2007, we’d had two. And in the average year of 2008, we’d had four.
The more bored you get with this repetitive report, the more panic stricken Al Gore gets.
Yawn. Wake us up when there’s a hurricane in 2009.
Source: National Hurricane Center
Brian Williams remembering Walter Cronkite's sweet, warm breath
If you think South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s love letters to his Argentine mistress were over the top, you ain’t heard nothin’ yet.
NBC News anchor Brian Williams apparently had a longtime unrequited man crush on former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite.
Williams begins this tale of the forbidden love between anchors for two competing networks by taking us back to his childhood home in upstate New York, where Mom Williams refused to serve up a hearty meal of Tater Tots and Tang until Cronkite had uttered the words, “And that’s the way it is….”
“And I announced my intention to my family, apparently, at the age of 8, that he was the man I wanted to be. And this was the profession I wanted,” Williams recalled wistfully. “And I have lived such a charmed life that I got the chance to explain that to Walter and tell him that and make it clear. And just was able to breathe the air he exhaled and know him a little bit, as friends.”
Excuse us for interrupting this touching moment, but we can’t help but picture the strange scene that would have played out between young Brian and the venerable Cronkite:
Walter: Hello, kid.
Brian: You had me when you said hello, Mr. Cronkite.
Walter: Can somebody get this kid out of the studio?
Brian: But I love you, Mr. Cronkite.
Walter: Anybody know who this kid is?
Brian: I’m you. And you’re everything I ever want to be.
Walter: Seriously. Get this little freak out of the studio.
Brian: I want to breath the air you exhale.
Walter: So that’s the way it is.
Brian: No, Mr. Cronkite. That’s the way it was. Today, July 22, 1967.
H/T: NewsBusters.org
America's most trusted newscaster isn't a newscaster
Time Magazine conducted a poll. “Now that Walter Cronkite has passed away,” they asked, “who is America’s most trusted newscaster?” The results will undoubtedly depress the broadcast networks’ anchors:
7% Katie Couric
19% Charlie Gibson
29% Brian Williams
44% Jon Stewart
For god’s sake, man, even Jon Stewart wouldn’t call himself a “newscaster.” He’s a comedian, damn it. Based on that, the poll is flawed for not including Carrot Top and Andy Dick.
Katie Couric must have been suicidal after learning that 6 times as many Americans trust a comedian with the news than trust her.
Time provides a dandy little map across which you can scroll your cursor to see state-by-state results of the poll.
Hang in there, Katie. You got 65% of the vote in Iowa.
Source: Time Magazine
Scientists say the huge black blob lying off the coast of Alaska has now been identified as common algae. Political scientists say the huge black blob lying in the Caribbean is an even lower form of life, Democrat Congressman Charles Rangel.
Source: Anchorage Daily News
Odd, isn't it, that the sorriest president in a generation can't bring himself to say, "I'm sorry"
President Barack Obama, peacemaker and grand uniter for those he chooses to unite, seems to have trouble with saying, “I’m sorry.”
Oh, sure, he’ll say he’s sorry to France and Germany and Egypt and Iran for everything from trying to wage an overseas contingency to coup attempts in the 1950s. But, when it comes to saying sorry to a white American cop, well, the once eloquent tongue of the One gets all tied up and vague.
But that’s OK, because liberal media outlets like MSNBC won’t hold him to it. They think he has nothing for which to apologize and the President obviously agrees, because he managed to come up with ten says to say “I’m sorry” without actually employing the words “I’m sorry.”
With each passing day, more Americans want to recalibrate their votes for Obama.
Source: MSNBC.com
Written by Sven Waring of DotPenn.com
We pause now to pay our respects to the dearly departed favorite theory of global warming guru Al Gore.
Historic winter storm in South America
New York Times – we could be entering an “extended chilly period”
Record low temperatures in 26 states
India ‘rejects key scientific findings on global warming’ — vows not to cut emissions
The evil right wing Rasmussen poll continues to lie by saying that disenchantment with The Greatest President In History is growing. What’s that? Rasmussen was the most accurate poll in the last presidential election? More lies from lying, scum-sucking conservatives.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 30% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-nine percent (39%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -9.
The number who Strongly Disapprove of the President has increased slightly following the prime time press conference on Wednesday night. That figure—39%–is now at the highest level yet recorded. As a result, the overall Approval Index has fallen to the lowest level yet recorded for this President.
This guy is going down faster than Perez Hilton in a bath house.
Source: RasmussenReports.com
The chip on Professor Henry Louis Gates' shoulder was booked separately
Charges for resisting arrest against Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates have been dropped, but he still may need to have a giant, malignant chip on his shoulder removed.
When Gates was asked for identification during an investigation of a possible break-in, he responded, “Why? Because I’m a black man in America?”
Which, of course, is the typical reaction from anyone who has had an encounter with the police. (For example, if stopped for a malfunctioning headlight on your car, simply respond to the officer’s request for your drivers license by saying, “Why? Because I’m a black man in America?” It’s guaranteed to work like a charm.)
Barack Obama, who received enough support from whites to be elected President of the United States, did take time to pronounce–without knowing the facts–that the Cambridge police, “acted stupidly.” You know, kind of like acting without first knowing the facts.
According to Obama, the only time police don’t act stupidly are when they are shot in the line of duty. In that case, police are brave and serve as a reminder why guns must be banned.
Obama added that the massive chip on Gates’ shoulder was a pre-existing condition. Under the terms of his government-subsidized health plan, an operation to remove the chip would be covered.
However, the wait for the operation would make the 350 years of oppression seem short.
Written by Sven Waring of DotPenn.com
Note: Henry Gates Cambridge police report
It appears that the Democrats are planning ahead for the day when every man, woman and child in the United States is on welfare and they’re forced to broaden the safety net to include other critters.
They’ve introduced a bill called the “Restore Our American Mustangs Act” (H.R.1018) that would create a brand spankin’ new $700 million entitlement program for wild horses.
If passed, the ROAM Act will “invest” your 700 million taxpayer dollars by:
• Conducting a wild horse census every two years (ACORN will immediately form a new subsidiary called OATS to oversee the count)
• Providing “enhanced contraception” and birth control for the wild mustangs (We didn’t know that wild horses practiced contraception in the first place so we’re a bit baffled as to what “enhanced” contraception might be. Perhaps we’ll be supplying the mares with morning after pills and guaranteeing their right to choose)
• Supplying $5 million to repair the damage the horses inflict upon the land (If you were a landlord and the horses were tenants, you’d evict them)
• Designating an additional 19 million acres of public and private land as wild horse habitat (If we understand this correctly, they damage the land so we’re going to supply them with 19 million more acres to damage)
• Mandating that government bureaucrats conduct home inspections before Americans can adopt the wild mustangs (At long last Madonna and Angelina will be able to stop adopting African horses)
The Mr. Ed theme song says, “A horse is a horse, of course, of course.”
The corollary is that “A horse’s ass is a horse’s ass, and we hope this will never pass.”
Source: HotAir.com
