Workers of the world unite. In song, that is. Now that ObamaCare has passed and America is officially a socialist nation, you might as well begin learning The Internationale, the anthem of socialists around the world.
Workers of the world unite. In song, that is. Now that ObamaCare has passed and America is officially a socialist nation, you might as well begin learning The Internationale, the anthem of socialists around the world.
We know nothing about Dan Benishek. Well, that’s not quite true. We know he’s not Bart Stupak. And that’s enough for us. Benishek is Stupak’s Republican opponent. And if there was ever a guy who deserves to lose his seat, it’s that lying, corrupt weasel Bart Stupak.
Lying sack of excrement (D-MI)
We know nothing about Dan Benishek. Well, that’s not quite true. We know he’s not Bart Stupak. And that’s enough for us.
Benishek is Stupak’s Republican opponent. And if there was ever a guy who deserves to lose his seat, it’s that lying, corrupt weasel Bart Stupak.
Apparently, we’re not alone in our thinking.
Benishek for Congress has suddenly gone into high gear since Stupak proved he is a gutless liar. As of 8:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, his Facebook page had 5,726 fans. By 7:30 a.m. EDT, the number had skyrocketed all the way up to 11,977. He now has over 17,000.
Taxes are, like, hard to understand, and stuff. It’s even worse when you’ve spent your entire political career creating new taxes and fees and tax categories and tax loopholes. Just ask Nancy Pelosi who has a hard time figuring out exactly what a tax on unearned income is. Pelosi was explaining a new tax that will help pay for Obamacare.
Pelosi checks political winds before she decides to talk about capital gains taxes, whatever they are.
Taxes are, like, hard to understand, and stuff. It’s even worse when you’ve spent your entire political career creating new taxes and fees and tax categories and tax loopholes.
Just ask Nancy Pelosi who has a hard time figuring out exactly what a tax on unearned income is. Pelosi was explaining a new tax that will help pay for Obamacare.
When a reporter asked whether that meant there would be additional tax on capital gains, Pelosi responded the tax would hit all “unearned income, whatever category that is.”
The reporter dared to actually repeat the question again, “So, capital gains?”
And Pelosi retorted, “No, unearned income, whatever category that is.”
OK, by the way, Nancy, unearned income is, in part, defined as: Income from interest, dividends, annuities, royalties, and rents, other than such income which is derived in the ordinary course of a trade or business.
Sounds a lot like capital gains to us.
But what do we know? We don’t create taxes, we just pay ‘em.
The American Civil Liberties Union sued the federal government Tuesday to learn the use of unmanned drones for targeted killings by the military and CIA.
Next step: ACLU declares that drones are war criminals, demands trials
Is there nothing the ACLU won’t do harm the United States? Now they think our unmanned drone strikes are illegal and immoral. They’re just not fair.
Politico reports the details:
The American Civil Liberties Union sued the federal government Tuesday to learn the use of unmanned drones for targeted killings by the military and CIA.
“In particular, the lawsuit asks for information on when, where and against whom drone strikes can be authorized, the number and rate of civilian casualties and other basic information essential for assessing the wisdom and legality of using armed drones to conduct targeted killings,” the ACLU said in a statement, announcing its action.
The nonprofit civil liberties group filed initial Freedom of Information Act requests with the Defense, Justice and State departments and with the Central Intelligence Agency on Jan. 13. Only the CIA responded, and the ACLU is pursuing that request with an appeal to the agency.
“The government’s use of drones to conduct targeted killings raises complicated questions – not only legal questions, but policy and moral questions as well,” said Jameel Jaffer, director of the ACLU National Security Project. “These kinds of questions ought to be discussed and debated publicly, not resolved secretly behind closed doors. While the Obama administration may legitimately withhold intelligence information as well as sensitive information about military strategy, it should disclose basic information about the scope of the drone program, the legal basis for the program and the civilian casualties that have resulted from the program.”
We’re not quite sure what the ACLU wants on this one. A return, maybe, to hand-to-hand combat?
Since the Taliban want to return the world to the Middle Ages, we say bring back jousting. Two men, two horses, two lances.
Either that or skip a step just bomb the miserable little sons of bitches back to the Middle Ages.
No, we’re not making that up. It’s for real. The woman’s name is Kerry Faggotter.
Tough to imagine a name that makes it tougher to run for office in the United States. Maybe Hitler Ahmadinejad. Or Pol Pot Mussolini. But when your name is Kerry Faggotter, you are undoubtedly destined to catch flak from both sides of the gay rights issue.
The lovely, but unfortunately named Kerry Faggotter
We’re pleased to introduce Kerry Faggotter.
No, we’re not making that up. It’s for real. The woman’s name is Kerry Faggotter.
Tough to imagine a name that makes it tougher to run for office in the United States. Maybe Hitler Ahmadinejad. Or Pol Pot Mussolini. But when your name is Kerry Faggotter, you are undoubtedly destined to catch flak from both sides of the gay rights issue.
The unfortunately named Ms. Faggotter is an Australian politician. She’s a member of the Liberal party, which oddly enough, is the most conservative major political party in Australia.
Thing are, indeed, upside down in the Land Down Under.
As you may be able to tell from the number of Australia-related stories at IHateTheMedia.com, the Editor has a soft spot for the Land Down Under and would move there tomorrow if only he could talk his recalcitrant wife into it.
We doubt that we’re alone in saying that what’s happening to our once great nation inspires thoughts of packing up and going somewhere else.
Ahhh, but where? That’s the question.
As you may be able to tell from the number of Australia-related stories at IHateTheMedia.com, the Editor has a soft spot for the Land Down Under and would move there tomorrow if only he could talk his recalcitrant wife into it.
Sure, the Aussies have their own problems and they tend to mirror our own – an extremely liberal Prime Minister whose poll numbers are plummeting, illegal aliens, and a party in power that’s pushing cap-and-trade, to name just a few.
Even if another country isn’t better, just different, being 10,000 miles away makes the socialization of the United States easier to take.
With that in mind, if you chose self-banishment, what country would you want to live in? And why?
ObamaCare will undoubtedly go down in history as the most corrupt bill ever passed. And to make it even worse, most of the bribes took place right out in public.
Just in case anyone’s been sleeping through this debacle, Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA) recited a list of all the bribes and payoffs just before the vote took place.
ObamaCare will undoubtedly go down in history as the most corrupt bill ever passed. And to make it even worse, most of the bribes took place right out in public.
Just in case anyone’s been sleeping through this debacle, Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA) recited a list of all the bribes and payoffs just before the vote took place.
Michael Moore was kind enough to send us an email this morning. We thought we’d share with you his mocking, lecture, which he addressed to all republicans.
The fat and happy Michael Moore
Editor is traveling today, so the not-as-funny, f*cking pissed, Administrator is able to rant and rave here with no punch lines.
Michael Moore was kind enough to send us an email this morning. We thought we’d share with you his mocking, lecture, which he addressed to all republicans.
You better get used used to it. Now that Obamacare has passed, and the march to socialism is on, full speed ahead, from our Salinsky-trained, ridiculing president at the top, all the way down to slime like Michael Moore in the gutters of the far left, they are coming after you, with taunting derision now that their Chicago-style “do anything it takes” party of vermin has beaten us on this pivotal issue.
Fellow seekers of liberty: harness the outrage you feel from the volley of jeering attacks to come, out of the lying mouths of those we most despise, to sustain your anger, and channel it into every productive thing you can do to both repeal this bill and to remove the corrupt democrats and any irresolute republicans from office this November.
OK, go ahead and say it. “You guys at IHateTheMedia.com have some strange reading habits.”
That being said, Graham Ford writes in his laugh-filled article “The Ancient Art of Bloodletting” that “The practice of bloodletting seemed logical when the foundation of all medical treatment was based on the four body humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Health was thought to be restored by purging, starving, vomiting or bloodletting.”
Democrat bleeding a taxpayer dry.
OK, go ahead and say it. “You guys at IHateTheMedia.com have some strange reading habits.”
That being said, Graham Ford writes in his laugh-filled article “The Ancient Art of Bloodletting” that “The practice of bloodletting seemed logical when the foundation of all medical treatment was based on the four body humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Health was thought to be restored by purging, starving, vomiting or bloodletting.”
Admittedly this is all horrible sounding stuff. Bloodletting, vomiting, starving, purging, Botox (OK, we stuck that last one in there) are all ancient remedies that no one in their right mind would ever recommend. No one.
But given the Democrats’ proclivity for re-doing things that have been tried before and then using the “Hey, if it was good enough for them, it’s good enough for us” defense, we wouldn’t be surprised if all of these practices may soon be coming your way again.
Think of it this way. If these ancient treatments are once again utilized, ObamaCare will, in fact, reduce healthcare costs. Unfortunately, that will occur only as a nasty side effect of shrinking the population.
Speaking of bloodletting, how much longer until November?
It’s bad enough that CNN begs viewers to send in videos, in effect, asking them to do the job that used to be called reporting. But now they’re airing apparently unedited viewer tweets with what should have been predictably bad results.
It’s bad enough that CNN begs viewers to send in videos, in effect, asking them to do the job that used to be called reporting. But now they’re airing apparently unedited viewer tweets with what should have been predictably bad results.
Politico reports:
CNN’s practice of running viewers’ Twitter feeds at the bottom of its screen put some jarringly raw anti-Israel and anti-Semitic sentiment on cable during an interview with Wolf Blitzer, a reader pointed out to me today, and the segment above illustrates.
As Wolf Blitzer and Rick Sanchez talked about the crisis in U.S. Israel relations, captions included, “Israel is greedy,” and “Jewish lobby runs America.”
The items are authentic replies to Sanchez’s Twitter feed and come with attributions to their Twitter authors, but the source isn’t immediately obvious to a viewer unfamiliar with the social network, and it’s hard to imagine CNN intends to air conspiracy theories about the “Jewish lobby” (not even the “Israel lobby”!).
Can you imagine, can you just imagine the howls of liberals indignation is this had happened on Fox News?
“With Oprah Winfrey’s exit from television in 2011, there is a huge daytime talk show gap waiting to be filled. And Rosie O’Donnell has reportedly teamed up with two syndication powerhouses to put together a show for her return to TV, which would air as Winfrey’s show ends.”
Don’t know about you, but we can hardly wait.
Who better to fill a huge gap than Rosie O’Donnell? Chattahbox.com reveals the details of The Queen of Mean’s big comeback:
“With Oprah Winfrey’s exit from television in 2011, there is a huge daytime talk show gap waiting to be filled. And Rosie O’Donnell has reportedly teamed up with two syndication powerhouses to put together a show for her return to TV, which would air as Winfrey’s show ends.”
Don’t know about you, but we can hardly wait.
As a reminder of what a class act Ms. O’Donnell is, we’ve included this clip of her warming up the View audience right before her exit from the show.
There’s no denying that she’s a huge talent. Emphasis on huge.
One, when did Barack Obama ever take a tough vote? Instead of leading in the Illinois Senate, he consistently voted “Present”. Two, the quote he attributes to Lincoln probably wasn’t said by Lincoln.
The Greatest President In History was out there inspiring Democrats prior to the ObamaCare vote by saying:
“I’ve been in your shoes. I know what it’s like to take a tough vote. But what did Lincoln say? ‘I am not bound to win, but I’m bound to be true.’”
Two things about this.
One, when did Barack Obama ever take a tough vote? Instead of leading in the Illinois Senate, he consistently voted “Present”. Two, the quote he attributes to Lincoln probably wasn’t said by Lincoln.
The clip above is an edited version of Obama’s complete comment, which was, “I have the great pleasure of having a really nice library at the White House. And I was tooling through some of the writings of some previous Presidents and I came upon this quote by Abraham Lincoln: ‘I am not bound to win, but I’m bound to be true. I’m not bound to succeed, but I’m bound to live up to what light I have.’”
As John J. Pitney, Jr. noted in National Review’s The Corner, “The book he was consulting may have been They Never Said It, by Paul F. Boller and John George. If so, he missed what they said about the Lincoln passage: ‘This sounds like Honest Abe, but honesty compels admirers of Lincoln to admit that there is no documentary evidence for the statement.’”
It’s only fitting, wouldn’t you agree, that Barack Obama inspires phony confidence with a phony quote.
Democratic Congressman Alcee Hastings, who also hold the distinction of being an Impeached former federal judge, actually said these words in a House Rules Committee meeting on ObamaCare on Saturday.
“When the deal goes down, all this talk about rules, we make ’em up as we go along.”
Wake up, America.
Democratic Congressman Alcee Hastings, who also hold the distinction of being an Impeached former federal judge, actually said these words in a House Rules Committee meeting on ObamaCare on Saturday.
“When the deal goes down, all this talk about rules, we make ’em up as we go along.”
This, according to CBS, is the schedule for today’s Countdown to Socialism. Well, CBS didn’t actually call it that. We did.
Lenin would turn over in his crypt if he could see what's going on in the House of Representatives today
This, according to CBS, is the schedule for today’s Countdown to Socialism. Well, CBS didn’t actually call it that. We did.
Keep in mind that all times are Eastern Standard Time.
2 p.m.: The House will debate for one hour the rules of debate for the reconciliation bill and the Senate bill. 3 p.m.: The House will vote to end debate and vote on the rules of the debate. 3:15 p.m.: The House will debate the reconciliation package for two hours. 5:15 p.m.: The House will vote on the reconciliation package. 5:30 p.m.: The House will debate for 15 minutes on a Republican substitute and then vote on the substitute. 6 p.m.: The House will vote on the final reconciliation package. 6:15 p.m.: If the reconciliation bill passes, the House will immediately vote on the Senate bill, without debate.
6:30 p.m.: Say goodbye to America as you’ve always known it.
Democrat Louise Slaughter, namesake of the aptly named Slaughter Solution, is in contention to take the Dumbest Member of Congress title away from Nancy Pelosi.
In this clip, Republican Paul Ryan tries to explain his healthcare solution. In fact, he tries repeatedly. But Slaughter is either too dumb to understand what he’s saying or she plays dumb.
Democrat Louise Slaughter, namesake of the aptly named Slaughter Solution, is in contention to take the Dumbest Member of Congress title away from Nancy Pelosi.
In this clip, Republican Paul Ryan tries to explain his healthcare solution. In fact, he tries repeatedly. But Slaughter is either too dumb to understand what he’s saying or she plays dumb.
We think it’s the former, because she eventually turns for help to Democrat Congressman Xavier Becerra, but he’s also too dense to get it.
This may just explain all of CNN’s problems. Jon Klein, president of the ratings-challenged cable news network, says social networking sites like Facebook scare him more than Fox News does.
Be afraid, CNN, be very afraid.
This may just explain all of CNN’s problems. Jon Klein, president of the ratings-challenged cable news network, says social networking sites like Facebook scare him more than Fox News does.
From MediaBistro.com:
Highlighting the fact that Facebook draws many more users than Fox does viewers, Klein also pointed out the unique information-based relationships that social media users develop with one another. “The people you’re friends with on Facebook or the people you follow on Twitter are trusted sources of information,” he said. The popularity of these platforms reflects a high demand for new information, he said. “People bemoan the state of journalism today, but … the audience wants in. They don’t want to turn their backs on information.”
At the same time, all the new conduits for news make the world more confusing and complex, meaning that organizations that can synthesize the information will provide a highly valuable service to their audiences. In this arena, Klein said, CNN has an advantage over its more openly partisan rivals.
The last time Klein commented (on) Fox, a Fox News Channel spokesperson said: “We don’t respond to presidents of fifth-place news networks. The last time we looked, Jon was losing to the Weather Channel, so call us back when he and CNN regain relevancy.”
All of a sudden Democrats are singing the praises of the Congressional Budget Office.
But quick, who were the three biggest critics of the CBO back in July of 2009? If you said Pelosi, Dodd and Obama, you win.
President Obama is now singing the praises of the CBO
All of a sudden Democrats are singing the praises of the Congressional Budget Office.
But quick, who were the three biggest critics of the CBO back in July of 2009? If you said Pelosi, Dodd and Obama, you win.
It seems that back when the CBO was asking if Congress was smoking crack, or words to that effect, Nancy Pelosi and company didn’t think the CBO was so “wonderful” and “precise.”
Back then, the Queen of Congress said, “..it’s always been a source of, yes, I will say frustration, for many of us in Congress that the CBO will always give you the worst case scenario on one initiative and never … any credit for anything that happens if you have early intervention, health care. If you have prevention, if you have wellness … you name any positive investment that we make, that we know reduces cost, brings money to the Treasury in the case of education but never scored positively by the CBO. Yes, it is frustrating.”
Chris Dodd also bitched about how unfair the CBO was saying “One of the things that’s disappointing about CBO — and frustrating — is all the work…done on prevention” that the CBO doesn’t factor in.”
But no one was less in love with the CBO than The Greatest President In History, who said during one of those White-House-Goes-to-a-Townhall episodes “…the CBO, which sort of polices what all various programs cost, they’re not willing to credit us with those savings. They say, ‘That may be nice, that may save a lot of money, but we can’t be certain.’ So we expect that not only are we going to pay for health care reform in a deficit-neutral way, but that’s it also going to achieve big savings across the system — including in the private sector where the Congressional Budget Office never gives us any credit — but if hospitals and doctors are starting to operate in a smarter way, that’s going to help you even if you’re not involved in a government system.”
But now everything is wonderful with the CBO, Congress and, of course, President Obama.
So what changed? Well, it could have been the unprecedented calling of the head of the CBO Douglas Elmendorf to the White House, where he was personally educated by the Greatest Professor In History on numbers, health care and stuff.
As one wit said, think of it as baseball umpires visiting the owner’s box.
Through outright bribery and/or threats to reveal photos of recalcitrant Democrats in compromising positions with farm animals, Obama is on the verge of having enough votes to cram this bloated pig of a bill down he throats of an unwilling electorate.
Earth to Obama: the American people don’t want your stinkin’ healthcare plan.
Ahhh, who do we think we’re kidding. This president doesn’t give a good god damn what the American people want.
Here’s how Rasmussen describes the situation:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 23% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-four percent (44%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -21. That matches the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President.
Each time the President leads a big push for his health care plan, his job approval ratings suffer. While some portions of the plan are popular, others are not. Most voters oppose the proposed Medicare savings and the taxes involved. As a result, most voters continue to oppose the legislation. Just 20% of voters believe that most Members of Congress will understand the proposed health care bill before they vote on it. From a political perspective, 50% are less likely to vote for a Member of Congress who supports the health care reform plan proposed by the President and Congressional Democrats.
Nevertheless, through outright bribery and/or threats to reveal photos of recalcitrant Democrats in compromising positions with farm animals, Obama is on the verge of having enough votes to cram this bloated pig of a bill down he throats of an unwilling electorate.
Consider this the Democrats version of democracy in action.
John Boehner keep a wary eye on The Honorable Nancy Pelosi and an equally Honorable President Obama
Here’s something we’ve never done before. We’re going to flat out quote from a Republican party press release. And due to today’s extreme circumstances, we’re happy to do it.
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) requesting that the final health care votes be recorded by “call of the roll” so that every lawmaker is required to publicly announce their vote on the House floor.
“This weekend’s votes will be among the most consequential votes we will ever cast as Members of Congress,” Boehner says in the letter to Speaker Pelosi. “As such, it is my belief that every Member should stand before the American people and announce his or her vote as the final decision is made.”
According to the rules of the House of Representatives, “Unless the Speaker directs otherwise, the Clerk shall conduct a record vote or quorum call by electronic device. … The Speaker may direct the Clerk to conduct a record vote or quorum call by call of the roll. In such a case the Clerk shall call the names of Members, alphabetically by surname.”
The problem here is that Boehner addressed his letter to “The Honorable Nancy Pelosi” and the thinking here is that she may be confused by the term honorable.
Seriously. At what point does reality overwhelm tradition and hoary, honorific titles get relegated to the trash bin of history?
We doubt that we’re alone in saying that what’s happening to our once great nation inspires thoughts of packing up and going somewhere else.
