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Robert Gibbs knows government healthcare works in other countries. Just don’t ask him which ones.

Robert Gibbs knows government healthcare works in other countries. Just don’t ask him which ones.

"Hush now. Let's not have any of those difficult questions."
"Hush now. Let's not have any of those difficult questions."

When President Obama spoke to the American Medical Association earlier this week, he said a single-payer health care system “works pretty well” in some countries.

That prompted a reporter to ask White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs to which countries the president was referring.

“I don’t know exactly the countries. I think if you talk to the people in the countries that have that system, they think their health care is pretty good,” Gibbs said.

The persistent reporter asked again if he knew specifically which countries.

“I assume Canada, Britain, maybe France,” Gibbs said evasively. “I don’t know the exact countries, but again, I don’t think the president is going way out on a limb that some people in other countries have a health care system that they like. Just as some Americans like the health care system that they have.”

Please allow us to translate what Gibbs was trying to say:

“Yes, some unspecified idiots in the United States think we have the world’s best healthcare system, but some other unspecificed geniuses in some other unspecific countries think their socialized medical systems are better. So it looks like the research speaks for itself and we’d need spend a few more trillion dollars on ObamaCare. Now let’s move on to Helen Thomas for a friendlier question.”

Source: CNSnews.com

Senate apologizes for slavery, can reparations be far behind?

The U.S. Senate approved a fiercely worded resolution Thursday that attempts to formally apologize for the “fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery” of African-Americans.

We had nothing to do with slavery, so we demand an apology for the Senate's apology.
We had nothing to do with slavery, so we demand an apology for the Senate's apology.

In a blatantly political move designed to keep President Obama from hogging all the good apologies, the United States Senate has apologized for slavery.

Here’s how the Wall Street Journal reported it:

The U.S. Senate approved a fiercely worded resolution Thursday that attempts to formally apologize for the “fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery” of African-Americans.

The unanimous voice vote came five months after Barack Obama became the first black U.S. president, and ahead of the June 19 “Juneteenth” celebration of the emancipation of African-Americans at the end of the Civil War in 1865.

Approval by the House of Representatives, which could come as early as next week, would make it the first time the entire Congress has formally apologized on behalf of the American people…”

Right. We understand that slavery was cruel and inhumane. But don’t apologize on our behalf. Our grandparents were still wearing wooden shoes in Holland 50 years after slavery was abolished. They had nothing to do with slavery. Neither did we.

While the Senate’s in an apologizing mood, maybe they could apologize for some other stuff. Like that plaid sports coat my dad wore to church every Sunday. Pat Boone records. Spaghetti-Os. Afro perms. Leisure suits. Car 54, Where Are You. MTV. White bread. Yanni. The Black Sox scandal. Joe Biden’s hairplugs. The 1958 Cadillac. Barry Bonds.

Maybe the Senate could even get a head start and apologize now for the reparations movement their slavery apology is sure to inspire.

Source: Wall Street Journal

Bermuda update: Terrorists swim, residents stew

The Bermudians Bermudites Bermudese people of Bermuda are not happy about having four Uighur terrorists plopped down on their island paradise. Not happy at all.

Terrorist swimming
Terrorist swimming

The Bermudians Bermudites Bermudese people of Bermuda are not happy about having four Uighur terrorists plopped down on their island paradise. Not happy at all.

Here’s how The Royal Gazette reports the story:

“Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Cabinet building this afternoon to call for the Premier to step down following his decision to bring four Guantanamo detainees to Bermuda without consulting with the Governor or the UK Government.”

“The huge crowd first heard speeches by rally organisers outside Sessions House demanding Dr. Ewart Brown’s resignation, before marching en masse to the Cabinet lawn.”

Residents stewing
Residents stewing

And just to add insult to injury, it turns out the Obama administration made the decision to bring the former Guantanamo detainees to Bermuda without consulting with the Governor or the government of the United Kingdom.

The Uighurs responded to the diplomatic flap by saying, “Bring us another round of mai tais, waitress. The ones with the little umbrellas.”

Source: Royal Gazette via BluegrassPundit.com

Watch out below! President’s popularity sinks into negative territory for first time in Rasmussen poll

President Obama’s popularity has been sinking faster than the Titanic lately. This is confirmed by today’s Rasmussen Presidential Tracking Poll.

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President Obama’s popularity has been sinking faster than the Titanic lately. This is confirmed by today’s Rasmussen Presidential Tracking Poll.

32% of voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. 34% Strongly Disapprove. That gives the President a Presidential Approval Index rating of -2%

That’s the first time President Obama’s daily rating has ever gone into negative territory.

Rasmussen says, “Sixty percent (60%) of Democrats Strongly Approve of the President’s performance but only 8% of Republicans share that view. Sixty-one percent (61%) of Republicans Strongly Disapprove.”

Say bye-bye healthcare. Say adios cap and trade. Say au revoir further stimulus.

Source: Rasmussen Reports

Even Egyptian dictatorship shows more support for Iranian democracy than Obama does

Barack Obama is an amazing man. He spoke in Cairo on June 4 and instantly transformed the entire Middle East. In fact, the transformation has been so complete that the dictatorial regime in Egypt can now give Obama lessons on how to speak out against the brutal Iranian regime.

WTF? Iranian protesters get more support from the Egyptian dictatorship than they do from President Obama.
WTF? Iranian protesters get more support from the Egyptian dictatorship than they do from President Obama.

Barack Obama is an amazing man. He spoke in Cairo on June 4 and instantly transformed the entire Middle East. In fact, the transformation has been so complete that the dictatorial regime in Egypt can now give Obama lessons on how to speak out against the brutal Iranian regime.

Here’s a translation of a June 18 editorial from the Egyptian government daily Al-Ahram:

Events in Iran have followed in close succession since the announcement that fundamentalist candidate Ahmadinejad was elected to a second term in the presidential elections. Between the mass demonstrations [of the reformists] decrying electoral fraud, and the counter-demonstrations accusing the reformists of allegiance to the West, the international community has stood confused about what position to take towards this democratic outpouring in a country that is on the threshold of acquiring nuclear capabilities, something all international and regional actors consider an unwelcome development.

The caution that has characterized the position of the principle international actors towards the abuses occurring in the streets of Iran, up to and including the killing [of protesters], may be sending the wrong message to the ruling powers there. The upshot of this message is that the strong desire to reach a political resolution to the Iranian nuclear crisis and to avoid a clash with the Iranian authorities is a goal that supersedes all other considerations – even if these other considerations be support for international principles and human rights, and the urging of the [Iranian] government to stop the violence and bloodshed and to lend an ear to the views of the Iranian opposition. [This opposition] has expressed its rejection of the election results and its resistance to a second term for the current president, primarily for domestic reasons, and principle among them [Ahmadinejad’s] failed management of the economy.

In other words, grow some cojones, President Obama.

(“Cojones,” of course, is an Arabic word meaning “backbone.”)

Source: Al-Ahram via Gateway Pundit

Obama, Where’s My Check?

This multimedia presentation is one of the best anti-Obama videos we seen in quite sometime. Great foot-tapping music, hundreds of images, and it perfectly captures the mood of the left in America, who ask, Obama, here’s my check?

This multimedia presentation is one of the best anti-Obama videos we seen in quite sometime. Great foot-tapping music, hundreds of images, and it perfectly captures the mood of the left in America, who ask, “Obama, here’s my check?”

As they used to say on American Bandstand, “It’s got a great beat and I can dance it to.”

Taliban leader gets it half right, calls Obama
“a black ass”

Warning: Do not invite Mullah Nazeer Ahmad and Barack Obama to the same dinner party
Warning: Do not invite Mullah Nazeer Ahmad and Barack Obama to the same dinner party

Barack Obama is turning into Washington, DC’s version of Rodney Dangerfield. He’s apologized to nearly everyone and still can’t get any respect.

Angela Merkel is appalled by his economic program. Hugo Chavez insults him. Mahmoud Achmadinejad fixes an election with inpugnity. Kim Jong-Il ignores him. Fidel Castro taunts him. And now, in the ultimate sign of disrespect, a Taliban spokesman is comparing him to George Bush.

Mullah Nazeer Ahmad, Emir of the Taliban Mujahideen in Pakistan’s South Waziristan, insists the Taliban’s jihad will not end when the U.S. pulls out of Afghanistan. Nope. He says the Taliban jihad is going global.

“One white ass has gone. A black ass has taken over in his place. To have any expectations will corrode our belief. We put our trust only in Allah…We cannot expect from Bush or Obama that they will be relief for us. Instead, our difficulties are soothed by jihad.”

Yeah, we’ve always found that there’s nothing more soothing than slicing off an infidel’s head to sooth us at the end of a long, stressful week. Either that or an apple cocktail.

How’s that apology tour working out for you, Mr. President?

Source: Religion of Peace via Gateway Pundit

Weekend Open Thread

We’re going to try something different this weekend. We’re going to open the comments of this thread up for whatever it is you would like to talk about.

We’re going to try something different this weekend. We’re going to open the comments of this thread up for whatever it is you would like to talk about. To keep it somewhat organized, try and reply directly to the comment if it is related, so the conversation can start together. So, come on in.
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Russian puppet master understands economics better than the President of the United States

Russian strongman Vladamir Putin thinks Barack Obama’s plan to raise taxes on American business is nuts. Just plain nuts.

Russian strongman Vladamir Putin thinks Barack Obama’s plan to raise taxes on American business is nuts. Just plain nuts.

Yes, you read that correctly. The power behind the Russian throne understands capitalism better than the President of the United States.

Here’s how the Moscow Times reports it:

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday criticized U.S. President Barack Obama’s plan to raise taxes on U.S. companies’ foreign operations, saying it would amount to double taxation that will hurt the global economy.

“This is a serious decision for the world economy,” Putin said at a meeting of the Presidium, the government said on its web site. “If taxes are imposed on all companies working abroad, then it will mean the total destruction of the system for avoiding double taxation.”

This should come as no surprise. Communists never understand economics as well as former communists.

Obama to Kim Jong-Il: “Pretty please with sugar on it”

The Obama administration will order the Navy to hail and request permission to inspect North Korean ships at sea suspected of carrying arms or nuclear technology, but will not board them by force.

Kim Jong-Il tries to stifle a laugh as he hears President Obama's latest tough talk
Kim Jong-Il tries to stifle a laugh as he hears President Obama's latest tough talk

Watch out, Kim Jong-Il. President Obama’s on the warpath. Well, it’s not so much the “warpath” as it is the “talk-really-nice-and-dictators-will-do-what-you-want path.”

It’s been reported that he’s ordered the American Navy to ask real nicely if we can inspect the cargo on North Korea’s ships.

Here’s how the New York Times reports it: “The Obama administration will order the Navy to hail and request permission to inspect North Korean ships at sea suspected of carrying arms or nuclear technology, but will not board them by force, senior administration officials said Monday.”

“Well, sure, Imperialist Yankee Dogs. Come aboard and take a look. And while you’re here, let’s have a little kim chee.”

We suspect that this will work out about as well as Obama’s fist bump with Hugo Chavez and his pretty letter to Mahmoud Achmadinejad.

Maybe there is something to this reincarnation stuff. Because it sure looks like Barack Obama was Neville Chamberlain in a previous life.

Source: New York Times via BluegrassPundit.com

Obama administration poised for forceful confrontation. Problem is, it’s with Americans.

The Obama administration is poised for its most forceful confrontation with the American public on the sweeping and life-altering consequences of a failure to act on global warming with the release today of a long-awaited scientific report on climate change.

Democracy? You want democracy? Haven't you heard about global warming?
Democracy? You want democracy? Haven't you heard about global warming?

Here’s how the Guardian UK reports Obama’s release Wednesday of a new report on global warming:

“The Obama administration is poised for its most forceful confrontation with the American public on the sweeping and life-altering consequences of a failure to act on global warming with the release today of a long-awaited scientific report on climate change.”

And here’s how the same newspaper reports his response to the democratic movement in Iran:

“It’s not productive given the history of U.S.-Iranian relations to be seen as meddling.”

It’s also not productive, apparently, to have a backbone or core beliefs.

Source: Guardian UK

Obama swats and kills fly. PETA complains and kills satire.

PETA, aka People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, should now stand for People for the Equivalent Treatment of Anything. The organization officially became a caricature of itself as it criticized President Obama for swatting a fly.

There’s really nothing left to satirize. Absolutely nothing. Soon The Onion will be running straight news, because everything has become parody.

PETA, aka People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, should now stand for People for the Equivalent Treatment of Anything. The organization officially became a caricature of itself as it criticized President Obama for swatting a fly.

“We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals,” PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich said. “Swatting a fly on TV indicates he’s not perfect.”

So to make sure it doesn’t happen again, PETA sent the president a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, which allows users to trap and release flies.

On the bright side, life must be practically heaven on earth when this is all you have to complain about.

For the record, we love animals and hate animal cruelty. But how is a fly the same as an animal? What’s next, equal rights for mosquitoes?

Source: New York Times

The perfect Christmas gift for your kids: The Barack Obama 6″ Action Figure

Just picture how the Barack Obama action figure will stimulate their imaginations as they pretend they’re stimulating the economy. They can pull the string and hear the Obama action figure apologize in 12 languages. They can even pretend to appoint a car czar to run Matchbox Cars.

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Believe it or not, this is an authentic product currently being sold on eBay.

What self-respecting American kids would want a baby-killing G.I. Joe or an oppressed female Barbie when they can have an action figure based on the Greatest President In The History of the Universe.

Just picture how the Barack Obama action figure will stimulate their imaginations as they pretend they’re stimulating the economy. They can pull the string and hear the Obama action figure apologize in 12 languages. They can even pretend to appoint a car czar to run Matchbox Cars.

Note: Karl Marx action figures sold separately. Batteries not included.

Source: eBay.com

Yoko Ono threatens nuclear war with South Korea

Things are getting so tense on the Korean Peninsula that Yoko Ono has threatened to go nuclear.

Kim Jong-Il
What did South Korea do to piss off Yoko Ono so badly?

Things are getting so tense on the Korean Peninsula that Yoko Ono has threatened to go nuclear.

According to the Associated Press, “North Korea’s communist regime has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic bomb-making program in defiance of new U.N. sanctions.”

“The North’s defiance presents a growing diplomatic headache for President Barack Obama as he prepares for talks Tuesday with his South Korean counterpart on the North’s missile and nuclear programs.”

Update: We’ve just been informed that the photo attached to this article is actually of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il, not Yoko Ono. Our deepest apologies to Kim. No one should be mistaken for Yoko Ono.

Soure: Associated Press

Was Gerald Walpin disoriented? Or was Barack Obama disingenuous? Glenn Beck finds out.

Glenn Beck was at his best last night when he interviewed fired Inspector General Gerald Walpin. And for a guy who’s supposed to be disoriented and demented, Walpin was pretty damn good, too.

Beck tops the whole interview off by giving Walpin the official government test used to determine if someone is suffering from dementia.

Glenn Beck was at his best last night when he interviewed fired Inspector General Gerald Walpin. And for a guy who’s supposed to be disoriented and demented, Walpin was pretty damn good, too.

Beck tops the whole interview off by giving Walpin the official government test used to determine if someone is suffering from dementia.

The clip is 11:30 minutes long, but worth watching. You’ll quickly discover that Walpin may be disarming, but he certainly isn’t disoriented.

Attention all Muslims: The idiot Imam says Pepsi is a Zionist plot to control the world

An idiot imam tells Muslims to boycott Pepsi because its name is really an acronym that stands for “Pay Every Penny Saving Israel.”

These are tough times in the soft drink wars. Last week Hugo Chavez banned Coke Zero in Venezuela. This week, an idiot imam tells Muslims to boycott Pepsi because its name is really an acronym that stands for “Pay Every Penny Saving Israel.”

Next week’s headline: Pope condemns Mountain Dew.

Revenge for the Opium Wars: China treats the U.S. like a drug dealer teasing a pathetic junkie

Todd Stern, President Barack Obama’s special envoy on climate change, tried to sound optimistic when the US delegation ended its China visit but could hardly conceal that little had been achieved

Sad to say, that's us, squatting in some squalid alley getting our daily fix of Chinese money.
Sad to say, that's us, squatting in some squalid alley getting our daily fix of Chinese money.

The Obama administration just concluded climate negotiations with China. No breakthroughs were achieved, but at least both nations now understand their respective roles:

China is the drug dealer, America is the junkie. They have the really good stuff we want: money. Just like any good drug dealer, they got us hooked with cheap prices, but now that we’re addicted the price they demand is going up.

Here’s how the Financial Times reports the results of the Obama administration’s recent climate negotiations with China:

Todd Stern, President Barack Obama’s special envoy on climate change, tried to sound optimistic when the US delegation ended its China visit but could hardly conceal that little had been achieved…

Chinese officials maintained that the two countries should have a “common but differentiated approach” – code for Beijing’s reluctance to adopt a formal domestic mandate to reduce its carbon emissions. The US Congress is considering a bill that would reduce US emissions to 83 per cent of 2005 levels by 2020. China wants the US to cut its emissions to 40 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020 – a different order of magnitude. It also wants the US to pledge up to 1 per cent of its gross domestic product to pay for clean technology in China and elsewhere.

Read that again. The Chinese want us to cripple American industry with carbon emission regulations from which they’ll be exempt. Then they want us to pay them 1% of our GDP to give the latest technology to their industries.

Sadly enough, we’ll probably do it because we’re addicted to their money. And like any good junkie, we’ll steal to feed our habit. Unfortunately, we’re stealing from our children and grandchildren.

Source: Financial Times via Tim Blair

Media goes hog wild over swine flu: Millions die

Do you know how many people have actually died of swine flu worldwide in the last two months (according to the World Health Organization)?

You cannot protect yourself from Media Flu simply by covering your mouth. You must also cover your eyes and ears.
You cannot protect yourself from Media Flu simply by covering your mouth. You must also cover your eyes and ears.

In the two months since the first case of swine flu popped up in Mexico on April 13, we’ve been inundated with media reports regarding our imminent demise.

They said we’re all going to get it. We’re all going to die. Borders were closed. People were quarantined. Trade was halted. We desperately need billions of dollars in research grants. We need a vaccine to keep us from going the way of the dinosaurs. It’s the greatest health disaster since 20,000,000 people died of the Spanish Flu of 1918. Oh, the humanity.

Let’s get back to reality now. Do you know how many people have actually died of swine flu worldwide in the last two months (according to the World Health Organization)?

A. 1,440,000
B. 144,000
C. 14,400
D. 1440
E. 144

ANSWER: If you chose E, you are correct. A grand total of just 144 people have died of Swine Flu worldwide. In contrast, WHO says the three main strains of flu cause somewhere between 250,000 to 500,000 deaths a year globally. That’s somewhere between 685 and 1370 per day.

Obviously, it’s much easier to fall victim to Media Flu than Swine Flu. But Swine Flu is easier to cure and much less deadly.

Barbara Boxer is a Senator, damn it, and don’t you forget it

This clip teaches us two things: Brigadier General Michael Walsh is an officer and a gentleman. And Barbara Boxer is a grouchy old bitch senator.

This clip teaches us two things: Brigadier General Michael Walsh is an officer and a gentleman. And Barbara Boxer is a grouchy old bitch senator.

A tale of two presidents: Reagan inspired the people of Poland, Obama sells out the people of Iran

Ronald Reagan knew how to inspire the people of Poland in 1981, unlike Barack Obama, who is selling out the people of Iran in 2009.

Here’s what Ronald Reagan said in 1981 when the people of Poland revolted against their autocratic rulers:

Today they erect statues honoring Ronald Reagan in Poland.
Today they erect statues honoring Ronald Reagan in Poland.

The Polish nation, speaking through Solidarity, has provided one of the brightest, bravest moments of modern history. The people of Poland are giving us an imperishable example of courage and devotion to the values of freedom in the face of relentless opposition. Left to themselves, the Polish people would enjoy a new birth of freedom. But there are those who oppose the idea of freedom, who are intolerant of national independence, and hostile to the European values of democracy and the rule of law. 

Two Decembers ago, freedom was lost in Afghanistan; this Christmas, it’s at stake in Poland. But the torch of liberty is hot. It warms those who hold it high. It burns those who try to extinguish it.

Here’s what Barack Obama said in 2009 when the people of Iran protested a fraudulent election:

“It’s not productive given the history of U.S.-Iranian relations to be seen as meddling.”

Way to go, Mr. President. You put the fear of God into the theocracy with that one.

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