Author: Bonfire of the Absurdities

Did Iran test a Nuclear Bomb in North Korea in 2010? “…the Obama administration’s intelligence chiefs claim that Iran is not an imminent threat, while a former top German official warns of immediate danger to the Jewish state. The fact is that there are some Germans who do not want to be responsible for a second Holocaust.” The first “evidence” of an Iranian bomb may be when it goes “BOOM!”

Obama: Iran problems Bush’s fault. Yup, when all else fails, blame Bush, who’s apparently still president more than 3 years into the Obama administration.

If government treated obesity the way it treats sex, it would encourage schoolchildren to explore their enjoyment of Twinkies, Oreos, and moon pies… What if government just went back to “fact-finding” Bali junkets and playing golf and left us the hell alone?

Three Occupy Oakland protesters arrested for robbery and a hate crime, both felonies. Memo to Barack Obama: your “Tea Party” called, they need more bail money. Memo to Elizabeth Warren: thanks for the “intellectual foundation” you provided.

Winning the future, one sign at a time. Undoubtedly a bus that uses solar-powered plastics and lubricants, eh?

It’s campaign season and that means it’s time for more fainting at Obama rally. “Bread and circuses” was the ancient Roman politicians’ formula to distract the rubes’ attention away from bad news and attain political power. Today, the world is out of bread so let’s have a big hand for your ringmaster, Barack….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RE8rCP0-ROs

Abbott & Costello explain the unemployment problem. You don’t need Bud and Lou to make a comedy sketch out of the unemployment stats nowadays, the BLS does a pretty good job of that themselves. Or as the MSM might say, “unexpectedly funny.”

Public Pension Ponzi Scheme; New York cities borrow from pension plan to make contributions. Borrowing from Peter to pay Peter… and yet, people say “you can trust the gubbermint to make good decisions” with a straight face.

Inflation: Not as low as we’ve been told. CPI is up 3.1% but everyday prices are up 8% according to the American Institute for Economic Research. Why? The CPI includes the price of durable goods like houses, furniture, appliances, cars, computers, etc. The AIER focuses on consumables and services – food, gas, child care, medicine, phone and cable service and household products. Inflation, GDP, unemployment – none of the “official” numbers seem to make sense these days. Wonder why?

Obama proud he doesn’t cheat at golf. Barack Obama – totally on the level when it comes to stuff no one gives a sh*t about, like his golf score. (3:15 in)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yuY6abYPw3Y#!

Only 54% of young adults (18-24) in America are employed, the lowest in 64 years, and 7% worse than when Obama took office 3 years ago. But the ones who own “green energy” companies and donated to his campaign are all doing well.

UK: as a man’s body floats in three feet of water, 25 emergency workers stand and watch because they aren’t “trained” to go in water. If only he was behind on his taxes, somebody from the revenue office would have jumped in and at least saved his wallet. Get a load of how many people it takes to not rescue one man:

Energy Secretary Chu: we aren’t working on lowering gas prices. Chu sympathizes with you bitter clingers who have to drive to work and stuff, but he’s focused on “weaning” you off of oil in the long term. How’s that going? “Chu specifically cited a reported breakthrough announced Monday by Envia Systems, which received funding from DOE’s ARPA-E, that could help slash the price of electric vehicle batteries.” Feel better now?

Unemployment SOLVED! Gubbermint creates jobs! Sure, maybe the gubbermint can give people “jobs” watching MSNBC and reporting back on what was said. That’s much better than having them on unemployment.

Daniel T. Frawley, a former business partner of Antoin “Tony” Rezko, claims he gave Rezko $400,000 that Rezko gave to then U.S. Senator Barack Obama. Well, as long as it wasn’t the Koch Brothers donating to some raaaaacist politician…

Trump: OPEC Leaders Are “Laughing at Us”. Obama fiddles while the oil market burns (the price of a barrel is on fire) and the Saudis giggle. We gotta admit, there is a lot for them to laugh about, not just the price of oil. And it’s not just OPEC that’s laughing.

Sen Inhofe (R-OK): Cap and trade is “dead, gone, forever.” Inhofe says that climate change skeptics have won the debate over global warming on Capitol Hill, and that the whole AGW theory is a con game orchestrated by the United Nations. We’re glad the senator thinks “crap and charade” is dead but let’s keep driving stakes thru it’s heart just to make sure.

Obama: When I leave White House, I will buy a Volt. Hope it’s a 2013 model. The Barack Obama special edition, green with a red interior. We’d suggest this announcement will make the car catch fire but we understand it already does.

LightSquared CEO resigns amid revelations of company’s coziness to Obama White House. Seems the now ex-CEO wanted to meet with WH officials and happened to mention that he would attend an Obama fundraiser on or about the same day he wanted the meeting. Not to mention a $30,400 contribution to the DNC. But this is the most transparent administration ever. They said so.

Louis Farrakhan warns of racial hatred that could lead to attempts to kill President Obama. Oh, and while he was on the subject of irrational hatreds, he had a few words to say about “the influence of Jews in politics and media.” Remember when the Left made movies about someone offing President Bush? That had nothing to do with hatred, it was just good clean entertainment.

Institute of Justice: Obamacare’s individual mandate violates a cardinal rule of contract law—to be enforceable, all agreements must be voluntary. Simply put, if someone forces you to sign a contract, that constitutes duress which negates the contract according to centuries-old legal standards. With Obamacare, government will be the one forcing you to sign a contract under threat of fines and potentially, a jail sentence. No problem, Obama will just have to enact a law requiring everybody to buy insurance voluntarily.

Home prices fell in December for a fourth straight month in most major U.S. cities, as modest sales gains in the depressed housing market have yet to lift prices. Yes, that’s the AP doing it’s journ0listic objective best to spin this story positively. “Sales gains” don’t do crap to “lift prices” until there are more buyers than sellers, but it took them until the last paragraph to notice the piece of lead holding down their baloon: foreclosures.

Obama campaign tries intimidation to boost fundraising. Obama campaign email: “I’m not writing to ask you for money again. I’m actually writing to ask your opinion about why you haven’t given, and what you think would inspire you or other Obama supporters like you to decide to take the leap and donate.” Well, if Obama would decide to take a leap, we’d certainly consider donating.

Cardinal George of Chicago warns Catholic Church will shut down its hospitals, clinics, and charities before submitting to HHS mandate. Well, BO likely sees that as a feature, not a bug; saves him the trouble of taking them over by force.

Three-quarters of likely voters believe the nation’s top earners should pay lower, not higher, tax rates, according to a new poll for The Hill. Likely voters said the appropriate rate was 30% (the current top rate is 35%) and only 4% thought Obama’s preferred rate of 40% was the correct one. Gosh, it kinda makes one think all the recent Democrat-media gum-flapping about the rich not paying their “fair share” was just manipulative political bull feces, don’t it?