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Now that Obama has taken over the car companies and healthcare, it’s only a matter of time until the two industries begin intersecting at intersections across America.
Now that Obama has taken over the car companies and healthcare, it’s only a matter of time until the two industries begin intersecting at intersections across America.
What could go wrong?
We love new New Jersey Governor Chris Christie so much that we want to have his pudgy little baby. Not only is he doing exactly what he said he’d do during the campaign – slash spending – but he has somehow managed to get the state’s top Democrats to back his actions.
We love new New Jersey Governor Chris Christie so much that we want to have his pudgy little baby.
Not only is he doing exactly what he said he’d do during the campaign – slash spending – but he has somehow managed to get the state’s top Democrats to back his actions.
Even more startling, the first bills he’s signing reduce benefits to public-sector pensions. And instead of doing it behind closed doors and away from the cameras, he’s holding big, public ceremonies and then posting the videos YouTube.
How much is Christie saving the citizens of New Jersey? As he says in this video, “On Senate Bill 2, over the next 15 years, $3 billion. On Senate Bill 4, $5 billion dollars over the next 15 years and most immediately about $315 million for the upcoming fiscal year for local governments and school boards. And on Senate Bill 4, capping some of the abuses that have really outraged the public regarding sick leave and other issues that finally we’ll be getting to put a cap on those things that have so angered the public and made them think that government was not really working to their benefit but working for someone else’s.”
Way to go, Governor Christie. You appear to be everything that lying sack of excrement Arnold Schwarzenegger told Californians he was going to be.
NEARLY 95,000 descendants of Mohammed are going to sue 10 newspapers for publishing “blasphemous” cartoons of the prophet.
If you can’t blow ‘em up, sue ‘em. That seems to be the philosophy of 95,000 direct descendants of Mohammed.
News.com.au has the details of the sordid suit:
NEARLY 95,000 descendants of Mohammed are going to sue 10 newspapers for publishing “blasphemous” cartoons of the prophet.
Faisal Yamani, a Saudi lawyer acting for the descendants, claims that the cartoons – which first appeared in 2005 and caused violent protests by Muslims around the world – are defamatory.
One of the 12 cartoons depicts Mohammed wearing a bomb-shaped turban.
The Sunday Times said that although the cartoons were published by Danish newspapers, Mr Yamani plans to pursue legal action in England, where libel laws are weighted towards the plaintiff.
English lawyers expect that he will argue that the cartoons were published in Britain via the internet and are a direct slur on his clients, who live in the Middle East, north Africa and even Australia.
Mark Stephens, a British lawyer who saw Mr Yamani’s missive to the newspapers, told The Sunday Times: “Direct descendants of the prophet have a particular place within Muslim society … By effectively criticising and making fun of the prophet you are, by implication, holding them up to scandal, contempt and public ridicule.
Just a little unsolicited advice from the legal wizards at IHateTheMedia.com: If the dynamite vest fits, you must acquit.
Source: News.com.au
We swear this is our final story on Joe Biden’s f-bomb at the White House signing ceremony for ObamaCare. But please indulge us, because we just noticed something about Obama’s reaction that we haven’t seen anyone else comment on. Watch the video again, this time keeping an eye on President Obama’s face. The sequence of events is as follows:
We swear this is our final story on Joe Biden’s f-bomb at the White House signing ceremony for ObamaCare. But please indulge us, because we just noticed something about Obama’s reaction that we haven’t seen anyone else comment on.
Watch the video again, this time keeping an eye on President Obama’s face. The sequence of events is as follows:
1. Obama smiles broadly.
2. Biden drops the f-bomb.
3. Smile suddenly disappears from Obama’s face.
4. Obama wonders to himself, “What was I thinking when I chose this moron?”
We’ve been wondering the same thing, Mr. President.
Apparently Democratic Congressman Barney Frank was harassed by protesters who called the openly gay congressman a “Homo Communist”. As a result of that slur, Frank told The Hill that it is “unfortunate” that Tea Party proteters took to spewing “bigoted, abusive, personal things” at him.
Apparently Democratic Congressman Barney Frank was harassed by protesters who called the openly gay congressman a “Homo Communist”. As a result of that slur, Frank told The Hill that it is “unfortunate” that Tea Party proteters took to spewing “bigoted, abusive, personal things” at him.
The article in The Hill continued, “Then the Financial Services Committee Chairman took a shot at a GOP member of his Financial Services Committee panel, Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.). ‘Any movement in which the intellectual leader is Michele Bachmann is obviously going to be problematic,’ Frank said.”
Oh, well, that’s just Barney Frank being Barney Frank. He objects to being called a “homo Communist” but has absolutely no problem implying that Michele Bachmann is stupid.
And how about his use of the term “teabaggers” to describe Tea Party members. That’s not a slur?
In Barney’s career, he’s expected us to believe that he did not know his gay lover was running a whore house out of Barney’s basement, nor that another of his lovers was smoking marijuana because Barney “did not know what marijuana looked like.”
Those tall tales were tough enough to believe. But Barney’s going too far if he expects us to believe he doesn’t know what tea bagging is.
– Written by Patrick Michael
It’s always reassuring, somehow, to see that the rest of the world’s media is just as biased as the American media. Take, for example, this story from the BBC.
The headline says, “UN Chief Says Gaza Suffering Under Israeli Blockade.” Damn those dastardly Israelis. The article continues:
It’s always reassuring, somehow, to see that the rest of the world’s media is just as biased as the American media. Take, for example, this story from the BBC.
The headline says, “UN Chief Says Gaza Suffering Under Israeli Blockade.” Damn those dastardly Israelis.
The article continues:
The UN chief has said Israel’s blockade of Gaza is causing “unacceptable suffering,” during a Middle East visit to reinvigorate the peace process.
Ban Ki-moon told Gazans that “we stand with you” as he visited an area damaged by Israel’s offensive 14 months ago.
His visit to the region comes amid tension over Israel’s plans to build more settlements in East Jerusalem.
But if you force yourself to keep reading, you’ll come to this revelation mentioned in passing all the way down in the tenth paragraph:
Among a list of criticisms of the blockade by Israel and Egypt, Mr Ban said the blockade was counter-productive as it prevented legitimate commerce and encouraged smuggling and extremism.
What’s that? The problem is so severe that Egypt, another Muslim country, is cooperating with Israel by blockading Gaza?
We assume the left will now begin referring to the evil, racist Egyptians in the same way that they refer to the evil, racist Israelis?
But we won’t hold our breath.
Source: BBC via Best of the Web
You’ve surely read the story of Joe Biden leaning over to President Obama and saying, “This is f@ckin’ big” during Tuesday’s ObamaCare signing ceremony. But c’mon, man, this is Joe Biden. The man is too big to screw up just once a day.
You’ve surely read the story of Joe Biden leaning over to President Obama and saying, “This is f@ckin’ big” during Tuesday’s ObamaCare signing ceremony.
But c’mon, man, this is Joe Biden. The man is too big to screw up just once a day.
Top of the Ticket reveals Joe’s other special moment:
Biden is fond of quoting poets in public, usually Irish ones and often in the Mideast for some reason. But today the man who was a senator while Obama was in the sixth grade chose another nationality.
Here’s what he said, according to the White House transcript:
As I said just before the president signed the healthcare bill, I quoted Virgil, the classic Greek poet, who once said, ‘The greatest wealth is health.’ The greatest wealth is health. Mr. President, you’ve made us a nobler and wealthier nation by providing for the health of your fellow citizens.
Here’s the problem, as loyal Ticket reader Mike points out:
Virgil wasn’t Greek. He was Roman. Very Roman. So Roman, in fact, that the author (70 BC-19 BC) of the “Aeneid,” among other famous works, is buried in Naples.
“Stand up, Virgil, let ‘em see you. Oh, what am I talking about?”
Source: Top of the Ticket
We assume this one is for real. Looks real. But we’re a bit skeptical because we can only find two references to it online. It’s supposedly found in Ennis, Texas near the intersection of the I-45 and the 287. Can any of our Texas readers confirm that it’s real?
We assume this one is for real. Looks real. But we’re a bit skeptical because we can only find two references to it online.
It’s supposedly found in Ennis, Texas near the intersection of the I-45 and the 287.
Can any of our Texas readers confirm that it’s real?
Source: CriticalBias.com
Longtime Congressman John Dingell, appeared on NewsTalk WJR on March 23, and ‘fessed up what other Democrats know, but won’t admit.
Longtime Congressman John Dingell, appeared on NewsTalk WJR on March 23, and ‘fessed up what other Democrats know, but won’t admit.
“Let me remind you this [Americans allegedly dying because of lack of universal health care] has been going on for years. We are bringing it to a halt. The harsh fact of the matter is when you’re going to pass legislation that will cover 300 [million] American people in different ways it takes a long time to do the necessary administrative steps that have to be taken to put the legislation together to control the people.”
Repeal and replace, baby.
You’ve probably heard that the Democrats went out and celebrated their ObamaCare victory until the wee hours of the morning. Here’s an exclusive look at what that party looked like.
You’ve probably heard that the Democrats went out and celebrated their ObamaCare victory until the wee hours of the morning. Here’s an exclusive look at what that party looked like.
Click image for a larger view. This iMaksim.com guy is a PhotoShop genius.
Update: Just saw that you can buy this image in a poster at the artist’s store.
Source: iMaksim.com
Thaddeus McCotter, one of our favorite congressmen, notes that Hope & Change has degenerated into Tax & Hate. We’ve never heard him sound quite so serious.
Give ‘em hell, Thad.
Thaddeus McCotter, one of our favorite congressmen, notes that Hope & Change has degenerated into Tax & Hate. We’ve never heard him sound quite so serious.
Give ‘em hell, Thad.
Intelligent. Personable. Strong conservative. Great speaker even without a Teleprompter. Telegenic. Patriot. Paul Ryan for President 2012.
Intelligent. Personable. Strong conservative. Great speaker even without a Teleprompter. Telegenic. Patriot.
Paul Ryan for President 2012.
Oops. Looks like the Democrats are speaking out of both sides of their mouths when it comes to special interests.
Oops. Looks like the Democrats are speaking out of both sides of their mouths when it comes to special interests.
Consider this statement from the President:
“Tonight, at a time when the pundits said it was no longer possible, we rose above the weight of our politics. We pushed back on the undue influence of special interests.”–Barack Obama, celebrating the House’s passage of ObamaCare, March 21
Then contrast it with reality:
“Gordon Witman of PICO, Richard Kirsch of Health Care for America Now, Robert Hall of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Richard Trumpka, head of the AFL-CIO, Dr. Willarda Edwards of the National (not American) Medical Association, Ari Matusiak of Young Invincibles Want Change.”–from Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s “guest list for this evening’s historic vote,” San Francisco Chronicle Web site, March 21
Consider it hope and change in action.
Source: Best of the Web Today
The Cartoon Network was ranked #13, above MSNBC and CNN, despite the fact that MSNBC and CNN’s programming is much funnier.
This report from MediaBistro.com may explain why Keith Olbermann seems to be doing a Yosemite Sam impression every night.
“In total Viewers, Fox News was the #2 ranked cable network last week in primetime, averaging 233,000 viewers behind USA. MSNBC was #26, CNN was #32, and HLN was #37.”
The Cartoon Network was #13, despite the fact that MSNBC and CNN’s programming is much funnier.
Looks like the end of the line for the rivals of Fox News. Play Taps. Say sayonara. Kiss ’em goodbye. Or in the immortal words of Porky Pig, “Th-th-th–th-th-that’s all, folks.”
Source: MediaBistro.com
The global warming in the arctic is unprecedented.. We’re all going to die! The earth is doomed!
The warming in the arctic is unprecedented. We’re all going to die! The earth is doomed!
Ice is disappearing. Polar bears are dropping like flies. Seals are vanishing. Fish are going the way of the dodo. As reported in the October 10, 1922 edition of Monthly Weather Review.
Good thing Al Gore wasn’t around to scare the bejeebers out of everyone back then.
Source: Watts Up With That
Donald Trump made a triumphant appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe show. Starting with an uncomfortably long hug with Mika Mxyzptlk and ending with amazing evidence that The Donald’s hair is real, it was quite a performance.
Donald Trump made a triumphant appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe show. Starting with an uncomfortably long hug with Mika Mxyzptlk and ending with amazing evidence that The Donald’s hair is real, it was quite a performance.
In between, the real estate mogul:
• Praised Rod Blagojevich
• Called for the revokation of Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize
• Hit on Mika
• Hyped the Celebrity Apprentice
• Complained that OPEC was making too much money
• Attacked China
All in all, it was definitely a bravura performance. But the highlight is definitely Mika’s convincing experiment that Trump’s hair is real.
Now that’s what you call good TV.
Source: Mediaite.com
The Israelis lay blame the recent violence in Jerusalem directly at the feet of Barack Obama. C’mon, these guys are smart enough to know that Joe Biden was reading from Obama’s script. Maybe even his teleprompter.
The Israelis lay blame the recent violence in Jerusalem directly at the feet of Barack Obama. C’mon, these guys are smart enough to know that Joe Biden was reading from Obama’s script. Maybe even his teleprompter.
Israel National News has more intifada info:
Close to 200 people converged on the Gush Etzion intersection on Saturday night to protest what they called the “Obama Intifada.” The ongoing Arab violence, which has seen a sharp increase in rock-throwings and even live-fire attacks on Israeli vehicles over the past week, continued Sunday morning with riots near Tekoa and an attempted stabbing east of Shechem.
The Gush Etzion demonstrators held signs reading, “Crush the Obama intifada! No more rock-throwing! Stop the building freeze against the Jews.”
Among the public figures who arrived and spoke at the Saturday night protest were Rabbis Dov Lior, Gideon Perl, Yosef Tzvi Rimon, and Yaron Durani; Rabbi Avi Weiss from New York, columnist Dr. Amiel Ungar, Atty. Elyakim Haetzni, Efrat Mayor Oded Revivi, and Kiryat Arba Mayor Malachi Levinger.
Joe Biden got very excited about the news. “That’s great,” he said, “I love Obama’s frittatas.”
Source: Israel National News
Unf–ingbelievable. The day liberals have been waiting for, what Obama spent his entire first year on, the bill that’s been “100 years in the making.” And what does Joe Biden have to say about it? He whispers to President Obama, with millions watching–and listening–“this is a big f–king deal!”
Unf–kingbelievable. The day liberals have been waiting for, what Obama spent his entire first year on, the bill that’s been “100 years in the making.” And what does Joe Biden have to say about it? He whispers to President Obama, with millions watching–and listening on the open mic–“This is a big f–king deal!”
The Obama administration: Fascist. Dishonest. Vulgar.
Our president has a bit of a problem with telling the truth. No, let’s be more clear, he’s a pathological liar. Today, we see that he’s about to break the promise he so sternly made back on the campaign trail, when he said the “public will have five days to look at every bill that lands on my desk” before he signs it into law. It looks like Obamacare won’t even make it two days.
Our president has a bit of a problem with telling the truth. No, let’s be more clear. He’s a pathological liar. Today we see that he’s about to break the promise he so sternly made back on the campaign trail when he said, “The public will have five days to look at every bill that lands on my desk” before he signs it into law. It looks like Obamacare won’t even make it two days.
To recap, in that campaign speech candidate Obama manages to tell seven, count ’em, seven lies in only two minutes.
Where’s Congressman Joe Wilson, the most honest man in Washington, when we need him?
The President, Vice President, cabinet members and top White House staff are all exempt from ObamaCare. And Republican Senator Chuck Grassley wants to change that.
The President, Vice President, cabinet members and top White House staff are all exempt from ObamaCare. And Republican Senator Chuck Grassley wants to change that.
“It’s pretty unbelievable that the President and his closest advisors remain untouched by the reforms they pushed for the rest of the country. In other words, President Obama’s health care reform won’t apply to President Obama,” Grassley said. “Last December, the effort to apply any new law to administration political leaders was rejected by the Senate Majority Leader. But there’s no justification for the double standard, and I’ll continue to work to establish fairness.”
The Senate legislation passed…by the House of Representatives includes an amendment Grassley sponsored and got adopted by the Finance Committee last fall to have members of Congress and their staffs get their health insurance through the same health insurance exchanges where health plans for the general public would be available. During the closed-door negotiations on the bill late last year, the Senate Majority Leader carved out Senate committee and leadership staff from this requirement.
Subsequently, Grassley and Senator Tom Coburn attempted to offer another amendment to restore the requirement during Senate debate on the health care bill, but the Senate Majority Leader would not let their amendment to fix this loophole even come up for a vote. In addition to Senate committee and leadership staff, the amendment Grassley and Coburn filed during the Senate debate would have made the President, the Vice President, top White House staff and cabinet members all get their health insurance through the newly created exchanges. It would not have applied to federal employees in the civil service.
Grassley said, “It’s only fair and logical that top administration officials, who fought so hard for passage of this overhaul of America’s health care system, experience it themselves. If it’s as good as promised, they’ll know it first-hand. If there are problems, they’ll be able to really understand them, as they should.”
Grassley said the motivation for his amendments is simple: public officials who make the laws or lead efforts to have laws changed should live under those laws.
Let’s reverse this, Senator Grassley, and demand that the kind of healthcare the top Democrats receive.
Hairplugs like Joe Biden’s for everyone! Botox like Nancy Pelosi’s for everyone. Dull pills like Harry Reid’s for everyone!
Now that’s a healthcare plan we could support.
Source: Grassley.Senate.gov
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.
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.
Here’s Benishek’s bio from his Facebook page:
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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.
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.
Source: CNSnews.com
– Written by Sven Waring, DotPenn.com
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.
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.
Source: Politico
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.
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.
Source: Tim Blair
