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The scene: President Obama’s first State of the Union Address. Obama drones on. Harry Reid yawns on.
The scene: President Obama’s first State of the Union Address. Obama drones on. Harry Reid yawns on.
We feel for you, Harry.
Once again, President Obama has done the unprecedented. During last night’s State of the Union Address, he attacked the Supreme Court.
Once again, President Obama has done the unprecedented. During last night’s State of the Union Address, he attacked the Supreme Court.
“With all due deference to separation of powers,” Obama said, “last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates to special interests including foreign corporations to spend without limit in our elections.
At that point Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito frowned, shook his head, channeled South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson and mouthed the words, “That’s not true,” which is highly-complex legal terminology that means “You lie.”
“I don’t think America’s elections should be bankrolled by America’s most powerful interests. Or worse, by foreign entities,” Obama continued. “They should be decided by the American people. And I’d urge Democrats and Republicans to pass a bill that helps correct that.”
You’re right about that, President Obama. We wouldn’t want those evil foreign entities determining American elections.
So we’re sure you’ll do everything you can to make sure George Soros butts the hell out. And while you’re at it, maybe you can convince all those Chinese waiters to stop giving cash to Hillary.
Rush Limbaugh caught all kinds of flak when he said America would never elect Hillary Clinton because it didn’t want to see a woman get old. At least he didn’t say America would never elect Hillary Clinton because it didn’t want to see her get cross-eyed.
Rush Limbaugh caught all kinds of flak when he said America would never elect Hillary Clinton because it didn’t want to see a woman get old. At least he didn’t say America would never elect Hillary Clinton because it didn’t want to see her get cross-eyed.
Here’s one photo that demonstrates both sad fates.
Source: DailyLife.com
Democrat Senator Tom Udall “…introduced a resolution on Monday that would give the Senate the ability to vote on its own rules and regulations every two years….such as the rule that 60 votes are needed to end debate on legislation. In short: the filibuster could be drastically changed from its current incarnation.”
The Minnesota Vikings have reportedly submitted a rule change to the NFL asking that interceptions thrown by a legendary quarterback not count. They may have gotten the idea from the Democratic party’s move to eliminate the filibuster.
Democrat Senator Tom Udall “…introduced a resolution on Monday that would give the Senate the ability to vote on its own rules and regulations every two years….such as the rule that 60 votes are needed to end debate on legislation. In short: the filibuster could be drastically changed from its current incarnation.”
But what have the Democratic leaders said about the filibuster in the past?
In his 2008 book “The Good Fight”, Harry Reid compared lowering the filibuster threshold to “opening Pandora’s Box.”
“It was just a matter of time before a Senate leader who couldn’t get his way on something moved to eliminate the filibuster for regular business,” Reid wrote. “And that, simply put, would be the end of the United States Senate”
But Reid is far from the only prominent Democrat now in danger of having to eat his own words.
“The American people want less partisanship in this town,” then Senator Obama said in a 2005 speech, “but everyone in this chamber knows that if the majority chooses to end the filibuster — if they choose to change the rules and put an end to democratic debate — then the fighting and the bitterness and the gridlock will only get worse,” Obama said in the April 2005 speech in Washington.”
Unfortunately for the left, changing the filibuster rules will have zero effect on what’s really preventing the Democrats from passing any meaningful legislation. Because they are their own biggest problem.
As the old saying goes, “You can’t legislate away stupidity.”
Source: Huffington Post
– Written by Patrick Michael
President Barack Obama is pledging to tackle the nation’s spiraling deficit immediately. So long as immediately means after the November elections.
President Barack Obama is pledging to tackle the nation’s spiraling deficit immediately. So long as immediately means after the November elections.
According to Politico, Obama endorsed legislation to create an independent commission that would create deficit-reduction steps for Congress.
But the move comes so late in the game that that he fears it might seen as a ploy to shore up support for fiscally moderate Democrats. Rest assured that’s only because it’s a ploy to shore up support for fiscally moderate Democrats.
(It should be noted that fiscally moderate Democrats are only Marxists, not Marxist-Leninists.)
As the president points out, “These deficits did not happen overnight, and they won’t be solved overnight.” And, apparently, they won’t even start to be solved until after the elections.
Source: Politico
– Written by Sven Waring
Based on last week’s speech in Ohio, we’d have to conclude that the most important issue to President Obama is…well…President Obama.
Let’s just change his name to President Ego-bama and get it over with.
Based on last week’s speech in Ohio, we’d have to conclude that the most important issue to President Obama is…well…President Obama.
Let’s just change his name to President Ego-bama and get it over with.
Source: Gateway Pundit
We didn’t realize it until we watched this compilation of Obama’s comments on healthcare, but his mantra has gone from “Yes We Can” to “We’re gonna get this thing done.”
Is it just us or is he starting to sound a lot like Larry the Cable Guy?
We didn’t realize it until we watched this compilation of Obama’s comments on healthcare, but his mantra has gone from “Yes We Can” to “We’re gonna get this thing done.”
Is it just us or is he starting to sound a lot like Larry the Cable Guy?
Source: Talking Points Memo
What an amazing difference seven months can make, as evidenced by these two video clips of Evan Thomas on Barack Obama.
Times have changed and so has the tune sung by the left. What an amazing difference seven months can make, as evidenced by these two video clips.
Then: June 5, 2009. Newsweek editor Evan Thomas says “Obama stands…above the world as sort of God.”
Now: January 26, 2010. Thomas says Obama faces a voter revolt because Americans “smelled dishonesty and a rat.”
Rep Marion Berry says Barack Obama said this: ‘Well, the big difference here and in ’94 was you’ve got me.’ We’re going to see how much difference that makes now.”
Another Democrat Congressman announced his retreat retirement yesterday.
But Arkansas’ Rep. Marion Berry didn’t go out quietly. He says he warned President Obama that 2010 could be a bloodbath like 1994 for Democrats and he was shocked by the President’s narcissistic response.
According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:
Berry recounted meetings with White House officials, reminiscent of some during the Clinton days, where he and others urged them not to force Blue Dogs “off into that swamp” of supporting bills that would be unpopular with voters back home.
“I’ve been doing that with this White House, and they just don’t seem to give it any credibility at all,” Berry said. “They just kept telling us how good it was going to be. The president himself, when that was brought up in one group, said, ‘Well, the big difference here and in ’94 was you’ve got me.’ We’re going to see how much difference that makes now.”
Got that? President Obama, whose approval ratings are in the toilet, whose personal appeals to voters in New Jersey, Virginia, and Massachusetts were worthless, who has foisted this hugely unpopular socialist agenda on the people of the United States, actually thinks his personal charisma will get Democrats elected in 2010.
It’s perfect that on the day this story comes out that the White House should release this photo of Barack Obama admiring himself in a mirror.
Source: Politico
Thanks to the geniuses over at IOwnTheWorld.com. We think of them as our soul brothers. Or at least we would if any of us had soul.
Thanks to the geniuses over at IOwnTheWorld.com. We think of them as our soul brothers. Or at least we would if any of us had soul.
Overall, 44% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance. That’s down four points since Tuesday morning and matches the lowest level of overall approval yet recorded for this President.
“I’m down. I’m Really down. I’m down. Down on the ground. I’m down. I’m really down. How can you laugh when you know I’m down?”
Rasmussen reports the latest on President Obama’s hope and change:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmsTT9bvWIg “Overall, 44% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President’s performance. That’s down four points since Tuesday morning and matches the lowest level of overall approval yet recorded for this President. Fifty-five percent (55%) of voters now disapprove. The number of Democrats who approve has fallen from 84% on Tuesday morning to 78% today.”
Uh-oh. We’re running out of “down” songs, but we suspect we’ll need a few more in the coming months.
Source: Rasmussen Reports
Obama’s economy is so bad that…
Obama’s economy is so bad that…
…I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail.
…When I ordered a burger at McDonald’s and the kid behind the counter asked, “Can you afford fries with that?”
…CEO’s are now playing miniature golf.
…If the bank returns your check marked “Insufficient Funds,” you call them and ask if they meant you or them.
…Hot Wheels and Matchbox stocks are trading higher than GM.
…McDonald’s is now selling the 1/4 ouncer.
…Parents in Beverly Hills fired their nannies and learned their children’s names.
…A truckload of Americans was caught sneaking into Mexico.
…Dick Cheney took his stockbroker hunting.
…Motel Six won’t leave the light on anymore.
…The Mafia is laying off judges and Exxon-Mobil laid off 25 Congressmen.
And, finally…
…I was so depressed last night thinking about the economy that I called the Suicide Lifeline. I got a call center in Pakistan. When I told them I was suicidal, they got all excited, and asked if I could drive a truck.
Chris Wallace was as incredulous as you’ll be when you hear White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs try to spin Massachusetts’ election of Scott Brown.
Ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present one minute and twenty-five seconds of lunacy.
Chris Wallace was as incredulous as you’ll be when you hear White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs try to spin Massachusetts’ election of Scott Brown.
Has there ever been a White House press secretary as smarmy as this guy?
John Ratzenberger, the actor who played know-it-all postman Cliff Claven on Cheers, is an outspoken supporter of Republican Scott Brown. Here’s what he said about the Democrat party at a Brown rally on Sunday.
John Ratzenberger, the actor who played know-it-all postman Cliff Claven on Cheers, is an outspoken supporter of Republican Scott Brown.
Here’s what he said about the Democrat party at a Brown rally on Sunday:
“This isn’t the Democratic party of our fathers and grandfathers. This is the party of Woodstock hippies. I was at Woodstock — I built the stage. And when everything fell apart, and people were fighting for peanut butter sandwiches, it was the National Guard who came in and saved the same people who were protesting them. So when Hillary Clinton a few years ago wanted to build a Woodstock memorial, I said it should be a statue of a National Guardsman feeding a crying hippie.”
With that in mind, enjoy a little Jimi Hendrix, probably the only conservative on the stage at Woodstock, playing his psychedelic version of the national anthem. (Yeah, we realize you might not like this version, but none of the other drugged-out losers at that freak show would ever have considered playing it).
Kick ass, Jimi. You, too, Scott Brown.
Source: National Review
President Obama recently visited sixth grade students at Graham Road Elementary School in Falls Church, Virginia to talk about his “Race to the Top” program. The Greatest Orator In History couldn’t talk to them without his trusty Teleprompter at his side.
Embarrassing? Pathetic? Sad? Choose your own word to describe this story.
President Obama recently visited sixth grade students at Graham Road Elementary School in Falls Church, Virginia to talk about his “Race to the Top” program.
The Greatest Orator In History couldn’t talk to them without his trusty Teleprompter at his side.
The White House has since released raw video that supposedly proves the President didn’t use his Teleprompter. Unfortunately, the raw video ends just as the President finished shaking hands with all the students and before he made any remarks, so it neither proves nor disproves anything.
UPDATE: The video embedded in this story proves now pretty conclusively that the ol’ Teleprompter was used. No question that President Obama is going back and forth from one Teleprompter screen to the other as he speaks to the tykes.
Two words: Empty suit.
Source: Bluegrass Pundit
Member of European Parliament calls Al Gore a snake oil salesman. Don’t you wish an American politician other than James Inhofe (R-OK) had the guts to get up and say it like Godfrey Bloom does here?
Who in their right mind could still argue with that assessment? Don’t you wish an American politician other than James Inhofe (R-OK) had the guts to get up and say it like Godfrey Bloom does here?
We’re shocked, absolutely shocked–John Edwards has admitted he is the baby’s daddy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnXmy9XU5bo
And if you’re surprised by that news, you may be even more surprised by some other recent news items:
Wright Brothers achieve flight
World War II ends
Man walks on moon
Nixon resigns
Cubs lose!
Berlin Wall falls
America makes horrible political mistake
The bad news: You’re going to die. The good news: It will be quick and relatively painless. Well, at least that’s what the scientists latest settled science is telling us. Interestingly enough, this news comes from the Sun UK.
The bad news: You’re going to die. The good news: It will be quick and relatively painless.
Well, at least that’s what the scientists latest settled science is telling us. Interestingly enough, this news comes from the Sun UK:
A STAR primed to explode in a blast that could wipe out the Earth was revealed by astronomers yesterday. It will self-destruct in an explosion called a supernova with the force of 20 billion billion billion megatons of TNT.
New studies show the star, called T Pyxidis, is much closer than previously thought at 3,260 light-years away – a short hop in galactic terms.
So there you have it. The science is settled. At least until a new, new study comes out showing that the old study was wrong and that the star is really farther away and not really going to bake Earth like a potato in a microwave.
By the way, why is it that every time you see the word “new” in front of the word “study”, you know it’s going to be bad news?
Source: The Sun UK
It’s either 13 Taliban fighters up to no good or the weekly meeting of the Helmand, Afghanistan Rotary Club. Let’s go with the former. While a UK Harrier lines up a shot on the first six terrorists, seven more stumble onto the scene. Boom. Thirteen Taliban go to meet their virgins.
It’s either 13 Taliban fighters up to no good or the weekly meeting of the Helmand, Afghanistan Rotary Club. Let’s go with the former.
While a UK Harrier lines up a shot on the first six terrorists, seven more stumble onto the scene.
Boom. Thirteen Taliban go to meet their virgins.
Source: LiveLeak.com via Conservative Grapevine
During Massachusetts Senator-elect’s acceptance speech this week, chants of 41, 41, 41, filled the room. The 41st vote against the government takeover of healthcare, the 41st vote against cap-and-trade, the 41st vote against any of the socialist schemes congress will think of next. Now you can show your support by wearing the Scott Brown #41 “football jersey,” with his name and number plastered on the back of the tee shirt.
During Massachusetts Senator-elect Scott Brown’s acceptance speech this week, chants of 41, 41, 41, filled the room. The 41st vote against the government takeover of healthcare, the 41st vote against cap-and-trade, the 41st vote against any of the socialist schemes congress will think of next. The number 41 will forever be synonymous with the election of Scott Brown, the first shot heard in American Revolution II.
Now you can show your support by wearing the Scott Brown #41 “football jersey,” with his name and number on the back of the tee shirt. While your friends are wearing the jerseys of their favorite teams at the superbowl party you’ll be attending, you can show them who the real champ of 2010 is by wearing the shirt that commemorates the beginning of the 2010 Revolution. And ladies, there’s one for you too, and even the kids.
While we’ll be wearing our Scott Brown #41 jerseys all year, and all over town, there is still time to have one delivered in time to wear for Superbowl XLIV.
Where to buy: Hyperbole Gear
Newshounds, existing, apparently, to “watch FOX so you don’t have to,” the website finds anything and everything Fox related vile and evil and every other combination of those four letters. They hope that in 2010 President Obama “Will Do A Better Job Dealing With Fox News”.
Amid all the truly bizarre excuses that left wingers have offered up to explain the failures of The Greatest President In History, a website called Newshounds has jumped out in front of the pack.
Existing, apparently, to “watch FOX so you don’t have to,” the website finds anything and everything Fox related vile and evil and every other combination of those four letters. They hope that in 2010 President Obama “Will Do A Better Job Dealing With Fox News”.
They point out that an article in New Yorker contained “an admission that one of the reasons Sarah Palin’s ‘death panel’ remark was able to take hold is that the White House thought it too idiotic to deal with. One imagines they won’t be making that same mistake going forward.”
The article goes on to say “Let’s hope so. I’d argue that most, if not all, of Obama’s stumbling blocks last year were at least partly a by-product of his failure to adequately address the right-wing masters of media messaging.”
Really? All of those gaffes, blunders and downright disasters over the course of the last 12 months were because Obama didn’t attack Fox News enough?
Well, there’s hope (and maybe even some change) for the folks at Newshounds.
Dan Pfeiffer, the guy who replaced Anita Dunn as White House Communications Director and Official Fox News Basher, has apparently learned his job well, stating in an interview with the New York Times that, “I have the same view of Fox that Anita [Dunn] had, which is that Fox is not a traditional news organization. They have a point of view. That point of view pervades the entire network both the opinion shows, like Glenn Beck and Bill O’Reilly, but also through the newscasts during the day.” The Times added that “Pfeiffer also said that the White House doesn’t ‘feel an obligation to treat them like we would treat a CNN or an ABC or an NBC or a traditional news organization’ but will have officials appear on the network sometime.”
You go, Dan. With a little hard work, you may raise Fox News’ ratings even higher than Dunn did.
And we’re guessing that would make some heads explode at Newshounds.
Source: Newshounds, Politico
– Written by Patrick Michael
In a scene that will soon be repeated across the fruited plain, a maintenance man in the New Jersey capital shows up at the governor’s office to scrape off the name of the Democrat incumbent and to apply the name of new Republican Governor Chris Christie.
Every once in a while you run across a video that nearly brings you to tears. This is one of them.
In a scene that will soon be repeated across the fruited plain, a maintenance man in the New Jersey capital shows up at the governor’s office to scrape off the name of the Democrat incumbent and to apply the name of new Republican Governor Chris Christie.
Gotta go now. We’re going to watch the video again. We’re tearing up just thinking about it.
You’ll never learn this from the biased liberal media, but Barack Obama is Chicago’s answer to malaprop-prone comedian Norm Crosby. He has a habit of throwing out those big ol’ Harvard vocabulary words while intending to use words with completely different meanings, but similar sounds.
You’ll never learn this from the biased liberal media, but Barack Obama is Chicago’s answer to malaprop-prone comedian Norm Crosby. He has a habit of throwing out those big ol’ Harvard vocabulary words while intending to use words with completely different meanings, but similar sounds.
For example, last month he said we were on “precipice” of achieving universal health care. The second meaning of precipice is “The brink of a dangerous or disastrous situation” and although we’re confident that’s not the meaning President Obama meant to convey, we have to give him credit for refreshing honesty.
Now, perhaps, we’re being too harsh on the President. After all, the first meaning of precipice is “an overhanging or extremely steep mass of rock, such as a crag or the face of a cliff” and for all we know he said it while standing on the edge of Mount Rushmore surveying where his giant head should go.
(But then this morning, as you can see in the video, we watched him not even being able to pronounce the fancy-shmancy word in his “Kill the Bankers” populist speech.)
Lest you think he simply misspoke the first time, check out this report from ABC News:
“President Obama said this evening that the nation is on the ‘doorstop’ of accomplishing the health insurance reform, and Republicans will be mistaken if they believe they can campaign against it during this year’s midterm elections.
Of course, we assume he meant doorstep, since a doorstop is “an object or device used to hold a door open or closed, or to prevent a door from opening too widely.”
If he actually used the word he intended to use, there can only be one conclusion:
The President knows ObamaCare is going to fail and he intends to use the 2000-page bloated pig of a bill to prop open the door to the Oval Office to provide even easier accesss for union leaders and lobbyists.
In which case, we apologize.
Source: ABC News, theFreeDictionary.com, HotAir.com
France says the United States rescue effort in Haiti is really an occupation. Venezuela agrees. But it looks like ordinary Haitians disagree. Maybe it’s just us, but their chants of “U.S.A., U.S.A, U.S.A” seem to indicate that they may be grateful for our presence.
France says the United States rescue effort in Haiti is really an occupation. Venezuela agrees. But it looks like ordinary Haitians disagree. Maybe it’s just us, but their chants of “U.S.A., U.S.A, U.S.A” seem to indicate that they may be grateful for our presence.
H/T: MofoPolitics.com
Evil, racist, homophobic “tea bagger” sums up Massachusetts in 15 words
Source: Bluegrass Pundit
