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Florida Congressman Alan Grayson may be a Democrat, but watching him grill Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke before the House Financial Services Committee is a thing of beauty.
Florida Congressman Alan Grayson may be a Democrat, but watching him grill Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke before the House Financial Services Committee is a thing of beauty.
Bernanke sent half of a trillion dollars to overseas banks, but gets a little hazy when it comes to explaining where the money went.
The highlight is when Grayson laughs out loud at Bernanke. We think he’d been reading IHateTheMedia.com and knew that if he didn’t laugh, he’d cry.
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The stimulus is working so damn well here in the United States that the Obama administration has decided to extend it to our good friends in Gaza. The stimulus is working so damn well here in the United States that the Obama administration has decided to extend it to our good friends in Gaza. Reuters reports this unbelievable story: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday there had been some progress toward reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in the “near future” and announced $200 million in U.S. aid to the Palestinians. Clinton said the money, which is part of a $900 million pledge she made in March at a donors conference in Egypt, was transferred directly to the Western-backed Palestinian Authority and would help it meet a budget shortfall. Yes, a budget shortfall for the Palestinian Authority. Through no fault of its own, the cost of dynamite vests has risen dramatically. And the cost of rockets lobbed into Israel has…well…skyrocketed. Source: Reuters via LittleGreenFootballs.com Dr. David Scheiner was Barack Obama’s doctor for twenty years. But the good doctor is not happy with ObamaCare. Not happy at all. Dr. David Scheiner was Barack Obama’s doctor for twenty years. But the good doctor is not happy with ObamaCare. Not happy at all. “I look at his program and I can’t see how it’s going to work,” Scheiner said. “He has no cost control. There would be no effective cost control in his program. The [Congressional Budget Office] said it’s going be incredibly expensive … and the thing that I really am worried about is, if it is the failure that I think it would be, then health reform will be set back a long, long time.” Now don’t get Scheiner wrong. He’s no conservative. In fact, he wants a more progressive approach to healthcare reform. “His pragmatism is what is overwhelming him,” Scheiner said “I think he’s afraid that he can’t get anything through if he doesn’t go through this incredibly compromised program.” Obama’s pragmatism? Forget everything we said in the above article. This Scheiner character is an obvious fraud who has never met the President. Source: HuffingtonPost.com Obama: No Apologies for Relaxed All-Star Look. Really? We didn’t think there was anything this guy wouldn’t apologize for. Really? We didn’t think there was anything this guy wouldn’t apologize for. Source: Associated Press Republican Congressman Paul Ryan schooling two MSNBC hosts about ObamaCare. It’s not just that they’re ignorant, it’s that they’re proudly ignorant. This is a thing of beauty – Republican Congressman Paul Ryan schooling two MSNBC hosts about ObamaCare. It’s not just that they’re ignorant, it’s that they’re proudly ignorant. If you want to skip ahead to minute 03:28, it really gets good when Katrina Vanden Heuvel joins the discussion to demonstrate her complete ignorance. Katrina Vanden Heuvel: You have good government-plan health care. Why shouldnt all Americans have what you have? Congressman Paul Ryan: I have good private-sector healthcare. We do not have a public option. The federal employee plan lists a number of private plans to choose from to select and my employer, the taxpayer, pays for a portion of these private plans. There is no public plan option in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program. You are mistaken on that point. My Patients Choice Act that I’ve introduced with Congressman Nunes, Senators Burr and Coburn actually proposes just what youre suggesting: give people the ability, in State-based exchanges, to have a plan just like what we have here in Congress. A private health care plan that’s actuarially equivalent to what we in Congress have. We actually had a vote in the House Ways and Means Committee on an amendment I offered with Congressman Dean Heller which said, “Let’s put members of Congress in this public health care plan so that we can experience the same thing we want to impose on the rest of the country.” You know what? That amendment failed on nearly a party-line vote. Katrina Vanden Heuvel: Competition is at the heart of America. To deny Americans competition by denying them the option of a public plan seems to me to be un-American. Congressman Paul Ryan: What’s weird about that line right there, Katrina, is that I know you and others are very much in favor of a single-payer plan, which is obviously to deny competition and have the government run it all. What’s concerning about this debate with me is that you’re using capitalist rhetoric to try and move a plan that is inherently anti-market. The problem is that the facts tell us this: A public plan option quickly becomes a government-run monopoly. The actuaries are telling us is that in a few short years, the public plan option displaces the private sector, employers dump their employees on the public plan and then they have no choices but the public plan. And so, let’s not try to sell a government-run plan using free market rhetoric. Let’s have an honest debate about what this bill is all about. Honest debate on MSNBC? Get serious, Congressman Paul Ryan. What’s with President Obama’s dainty fingertip grip on his beer, his little finger extended as if in parody of the rules of etiquette at an English tea party? It’s not something he did once. It’s something he does every time he downs a cold one. This is something we’ve wondered about for months and haven’t mentioned. But it seems appropriate to bring it up in light of the President’s vitally important beer diplomacy at the White House today. What’s with President Obama’s dainty fingertip grip on his beer, his little finger extended as if in parody of the rules of etiquette at an English tea party? It’s not something he did once. It’s something he does every time he downs a cold one. We’re not saying this is a big deal, so our liberal readers should relax. But is this any way for the Most Masculine President in History to grab a brewski? The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday is now dwon to -12%, his lowest ever in his continuing slump. Do not be confused. This is a new story. Sure, it’s nearly the same headline as yesterday’s story. And the day before that. And most recent days. But rest assured, this is a new, new low. Not an old, new low. The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 28% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -12. That’s the lowest rating yet recorded for President Obama. The Presidential Approval Index is calculated by subtracting the number who Strongly Disapprove from the number who Strongly Approve. Bye-bye. Understanding Cap-and-Trade: Think of the baboons as bureaucrats and the luggage rack as your wallet Redundant and Repetitive Headline of the Week: Walter Cronkite’s Funeral to Honor CBS Newsman. Really? Which one? . Really? Which one? Source: NewsMax.com Appointing Chris Dodd as head of the banking committee and Kent Conrad as chair of the Budget Committee didn’t help the real estate market; now they are in charge of health care? Why did America’s real estate market crater? Appointing Chris Dodd as head of the banking committee and Kent Conrad as chair of the Budget Committee didn’t help. According to testimony from an official at Countrywide’s VIP division, while millions of Americans struggled to make their house payments, those two Democrat Senators were getting sweetheart mortgage deals from the soon-to-fail bank. And, while they blamed the Bush administration and tax policies for the cratering real estate market, Dodd and Conrad swore they had no idea they were getting a good deal on their mortgages. After all, who pays attention to things like interest rates when you’re financing a home purchase? Or payment terms? Or the monthly payment amount? Now, these are the guys that are in charge of a health care fix (fix being the operable term here). Wonder what health care will be like for U.S. Senators under a Dodd-Conrad health system? Maybe private hospitals will run specials for VIPs: Free ACL surgery with every kickback. Bribe one, get one liver transplant free (The Kennedy special). Ear, nose, and throat visit for earmarks. Written by Sven Waring of DotPenn.com Source: Associated Press Perhaps the problem in Washington, DC is that none of the Democrats in the House or Senate actually understand what the word “trillion” means. So here is a simple, graphic explanation to help the fine Americans serving in the Congress of the United States of America understand exactly how much they’re pounding down a rathole. Perhaps the problem in Washington, DC is that none of the Democrats in the House or Senate actually understand what the word “trillion” means. It’s just a big, unimaginable number with lots of zeroes, an amorphous concept somewhere between a million and a bazillion. So here is a simple, graphic explanation to help the fine Americans serving in the Congress of the United States of America understand exactly how much they’re pounding down a rathole. Bill O’Reilly is the most pompous man on TV. This clip proves that he can sound completely authoritative even when he doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about. We want to like O’Reilly. We really do. But he is the most pompous man on TV. This clip proves that he can sound completely authoritative even when he doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about. After sixteen weeks on the air, MSNBC’s EdShow is on life support. Instead of growing, its ratings have gone down. In fact, they’re lower than those of David Schuster, who was booted from the time slot to make room for Schultz. Tuesday, April 7, the day after Ed Schultz’ premiere show, MSNBC officials tried to put a happy face on the sad results by saying that they were “pleased” with the initial ratings and that they expected the show to grow over time. After sixteen weeks on the air, MSNBC’s EdShow is on life support. Instead of growing, its ratings have gone down. In fact, they’re lower than those of David Schuster, who was booted from the time slot to make room for Schultz. Source: Nielsen Media Services via MediaBistro.com Henry Louis Gates Jr., the now infamous black professor who was arrest outside his Cambridge, Massachusetts home last week, and Sgt. James Crowley, the officer who arrested him, both trace their ancestry back to a legendary Irish clan called the Niall of the Nine Hostages. This is one of those stories that demonstrates the lunacy of labeling people by color. Henry Louis Gates Jr., the now infamous black professor who was arrest outside his Cambridge, Massachusetts home last week, and Sgt. James Crowley, the officer who arrested him, both trace their ancestry back to a legendary Irish clan called the Niall of the Nine Hostages. While hosting a PBS series in 2008, Gates discovered that he was descended from a black slave girl and an Irish immigrant. He had his DNA analyzed at Trinity College in Dublin and learned that he was descended from a fourth century Irish warlord who beget and beget and beget until his became one of the dominant strains in Irish genealogy. Oddly enough, Crowley can also trace his lineage back to the same Irish warlord. So when they share a beer with President Obama at the White House on Thurday, Gates can look at Crowley and say, “What up, bro?” and almost mean it literally. How weird is that? Source: ABC News CNN’s Lou Dobbs attacked MBSBC’s “tea-bagging queen” Rachel Maddow over the issue of Barck Obama’s birth certificate. Lou Dobbs has been known to go nuclear on MSNBC hosts in the past. He once called Keith Olbermann “a whack job” and “a left-wing hack.” Tough to argue with that. But now he’s gone too far in attacking Rachel Maddow. Here’s what he had to say about the ratings-challenged host: “And tea-bagging queen Rachel Maddow over at MSNBC, she wanted another shot so apparently she twisted, she tried to twist my words. She ignored my statements on the issue. In other words, she was not being intellectually honest. Imagine that…She lied. I never said I’m a ‘birther.’ I’m not. I don’t know how many times I’ve said, ‘Barack Obama is a citizen of the United States. Why not release your birth certificate?’ What is the big deal with saying that?” This is a complex issue and Lou Dobbs doesn’t have his facts straight. So please let us explain. For the record, Lou, Rachel Maddow is not a tea-bagging queen. She is a lesbian. Anderson Cooper is a tea-bagging queen. Glad we could help clear up the controversy. Last Wednesday night’s presidential declaration that Cambridge, Massachusetts police acted stupidly in arresting one of the President’s friends is reminiscent of an incident that occurred during the 1970 Charles Manson murder trial. What, you may ask, could those three names possibly have in common? Well, last Wednesday night’s presidential declaration that Cambridge, Massachusetts police acted stupidly in arresting one of the President’s friends is reminiscent of an incident that occurred during the 1970 Charles Manson murder trial. Here’s how Wikipedia.com describes the 1970 event: On August 4, despite precautions taken by the court, Manson flashed the jury a Los Angeles Times front page whose headline was “Manson Guilty, Nixon Declares,” a reference to a statement made the previous day when U.S. President Richard Nixon had decried what he saw as the media’s glamorization of Manson. Voir dired by Judge Charles Older, the jurors contended that the headline had not influenced them. The next day, the female defendants stood up and said in unison that, in light of Nixon’s remark, there was no point in going on with the trial. Nixon caught holy hell from civil libertarians for saying what everyone in the world thought. As he should have. Presidents have no business expressing uninformed personal opinions about on-going criminal investigations and trials. Not Nixon. Not Obama. Not any president. We’re actually surprised President Obama chose to comment on a subject about which he was admittedly ignorant. We thought that was Joe Biden’s job. Source: Wikipedia.org A 3% excise tax will be slapped on anything that can be disposed of in wastewater. That includes things like toothpaste, cosmetics and toilet paper. Our daddies always said, “Never trust a politician who looks like Bill Nye, the Science Guy.” Here’s why: Oregon Democrat Earl Blumenauer has introduced a bill with the heartwarming and hard-to-oppose title of the “Water Protection and Reinvestment Act.” It will be “financed broadly by small fees on such things as bottled beverages, products disposed of in wastewater, corporate profits, and the pharmaceutical industry.” “Fees on what,” you may ask. “Damn near everything,” we would respond. A 3% excise tax will be slapped on anything that can be disposed of in wastewater. That includes things like toothpaste, cosmetics and toilet paper. A 4% excise tax will be added to water beverages. Blumenauer’s logic is that “…these products wind up in the water stream and require clean up by sewage treatment plants.” There’s no end to the Democrat creativity in Washington, DC these days. Future headline prediction: Obama appoints Blumenauer Toilet Paper Czar. Source: Congressman Earl Blumenauer Sea lion mates himself to death 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 It’s clear the President Obama has absolutely no concept of how capitalism works. The private sector will be incentivized if you take some of the profit motive out? 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. CNN Don Lemon must be disappointed to learn that black cops in Cambridge support white cop James Crowley instead of America’s First Black President or Henry Gates. Poor Don Lemon. The CNN talking head was terribly disappointed a few weeks ago when he learned (on the air) that Obama’s warm greeting in Africa was no warmer than the one received by President Bush. Now he must be equally disappointed to learn that black cops in Cambridge support white cop James Crowley instead of America’s First Black President. Imagine that. They’re judging Crowley by the content of his character, not by the color of his skin. Source: VerumSerum Allow us to bask in a self-congratulatory moment of bliss and exhaustion. As we were publishing articles this morning, we realized that Obama’s Hawaiian birth certificate discovered at Honolulu garage sale was post number 1500. Allow us to bask in a self-congratulatory moment of bliss and exhaustion. As we were publishing articles this morning, we realized that Obama’s Hawaiian birth certificate discovered at Honolulu garage sale was post number 1500. Whew. We can’t believe it. Hell, if we would have known we’d be writing this much we may never had begun this crazy site seven months ago. But we’re glad we did. And we’ve been lucky to have seen so such success so quickly. Without boring you with all the technical achievements the site has enjoyed, we do wish to express our heartfelt thanks for your patronage. Many thousands to tens of thousands of readers are now stopping by each day, and our Twitter influence (@ihatethemedia) has grown to where we are now the 79th Most Interesting (of 7361) in the Top Conservatives on Twitter (TCOT). Embarking now on the second half of our first year, we’d like to open up the pages to more of you who would like to write. You can read this page for more information. You already know the mission: quick, funny observations on the day’s news. We want commentaries and analysis that make the mundane interesting, that make the boring amusing, and that look at the world of liberal media bias through a conservative lens. We’d also like to expand into more “caught on tape” videos and audio. If you’ve got a mobile device with a videocamera or audio recorder, and some guts, well, go get ‘em. Infiltrate Obamanut meetings, corner a politician on the street and ask him a pointed question, interview leftist protesters and allow them to show off their brilliance. Have some fun and adventure with it. If you’ve got something good, we’ll put it on the IHateTheMedia Youtube channel, and play it here on the site as well. You’ll be a famous citizen reporter in no time. So if you’d like to help, see our Write for Us page; send us a note about anything through our contact form, and give us your feedback in the comments of this article. And if you are a seething humorless liberal reading this, please go to our Hate Mail page; we made it just for you. Again, thanks for your support and friendship. We look forward to the next 1500 articles. Hopefully some of them will be yours. 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 What a difference six months make. Barack Obama on hos presidential victory and now Barack Obama on a victory not necessarily goal in Afghanistan. July 23, 2009 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. Barack Obama’s 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 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.
We’re broke, but Obama’s giving $200 million to Palestinian terrorists
Obama’s doctor offers his diagnosis: ObamaCare is too damn expensive
Surprising Headline of the Day:
“Obama: No Apologies for Relaxed All-Star Look”
Congressman Paul Ryan bitch slaps MSNBC hosts in healthcare debate
Most Masculine President In History drinks beer like he’s at an English tea party
How low can it go? Obama approval drops again
Understanding Cap-and-Trade: Think of the baboons as bureaucrats and the luggage rack as your wallet
Redundant and Repetitive Headline of the Week
Walter Cronkite’s Funeral to Honor CBS Newsman
Would you trust Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad
with your health care?
A primer for Democrats: How much is one trillion dollars?
Bill O’Reilly has a little trouble with the concept of math
Time for Ed Schultz’ MSNBC show to be euthanized?
Program
Date
25-54 Demo
Total Audience
Schultz’ most recent
Mon, July 27
121,000
501,000
Schultz’ premiere
Mon, Apr 6
247,000
725,000
Schuster’s final
Fri, Apr 4
153,000
579,000
We’d say it’s time to let this thing die with dignity, but it’s impossible to use the words “Ed Schultz” and “dignity” in the same sentence.Oddity: Black Harvard professor related to white cop who arrested him
Lou Dobbs slams “tea-bagging queen” Rachel Maddow over Obama birth certificate issue
Barack Obama meets the ghosts of Richard Nixon and Charles Manson
Democrats hit bottom, propose toilet paper tax
Our Favorite Headline of the Day:
Sea lion mates himself to death
Obama’s economic program suddenly begins to make sense
Post-racial Cambridge cops refuse to support America’s first black president
1500 articles and counting
Democrats risk alienating their base, propose tax on plastic surgery
What Obama said then versus what Obama says now
January 22, 2009
Obama to GOP, “I won.”
Source: Wall Street Journal
Obama: ‘Victory’ Not Necessarily Goal in Afghanistan
Source: FoxNews.comObama’s Hawaiian birth certificate discovered at Honolulu garage sale
