Dare we say it? Vice President Paul Ryan? President Paul Ryan?

It’s impossible to watch Ryan without getting a sense of the man’s grasp of the issues and his willingness to say things that may not be popular.

This is a great video – Congressman Paul Ryan talking about the budget crisis and our generation’s defining moment.

Ryan: What if you’re President and your member of Congress saw it coming. What if they knew why it was happening, when it was going to happen and more importantly, they knew what to do to stop it, and they had time to stop it, but they didn’t. Because of politics. What would you think of that person? Mr. Chairman, that’s where we are right now. This is the most predictable economic crisis we’ve ever had in the history of this country. And yet we have a President who is unwilling to lead. We have too many politicians worried about the next election and not worried about the next generation.

Absolutely brilliant. With no notes and no Teleprompter.

It’s impossible to watch Ryan without getting a sense of the man’s grasp of the issues, his willingness to say things that may not be popular and his ability to lay the groundwork for tough decisions that are going to have to be made.

If it looks like a leader and sounds like a leader …

News flash: Flaming man discovered in San Francisco

The words “flaming man in San Francisco” usually aren’t considered newsworthy. But in this particular case, it’s not quite what you may be thinking because it involves actual flames.

The words “flaming man in San Francisco” usually aren’t considered newsworthy. But in this particular case, it’s not quite what you may be thinking because it involves actual flames.

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San Francisco is known for its flaming men, but the one described in this story was actually on fire

CBS San Fransisco has the red hot story:

A man was hospitalized Wednesday evening with life-threatening, third-degree burns after somehow catching fire inside a San Francisco porn store, authorities told CBS 5.

The fire occurred at the Golden Gate Adult Superstore at 99 Sixth Street, near the intersection with Mission Street, in the city’s South of Market neighborhood around 6:20 p.m.

Police officers across the street from the porn shop saw a man run out the front door of the store “engulfed in flames,” SFPD Lt. Troy Dangerfield said.

Some firefighters who happened to be about a block away at the time were immediately summoned and extinguished the flames.

Arson investigators said it was not exactly clear how the man caught fire. Police indicated he had apparently been watching videos in a private booth at the adult arcade when the fire ignited.

To summarize: The guy’s watching porn in a private booth. Friction of one sort or another cause him to spontaneously combust. He rushes from the store.

Authorities may be puzzled as to the cause, but we’re not. This was clearly a case of premature evacuation.

And, yes, we know exactly how much of a stretch that was.

– Written by Kip Hooker at TheVitaminPress.com

Source: CBS San Francisco

Back to the Future Present: China bans time travel on television

This may be the oddest story of the day. China’s version of the FCC, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, has banned time travel.

This may be the oddest story of the day. China’s version of the FCC, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, has banned time travel. Mustn’t give anyone the idea that they can change the future, you know.

CNN.com reports:

New guidelines issued on March 31 discourage plot lines that contain elements of “fantasy, time-travel, random compilations of mythical stories, bizarre plots, absurd techniques, even propagating feudal superstitions, fatalism and reincarnation, ambiguous moral lessons, and a lack of positive thinking.”

“The government says … TV dramas shouldn’t have characters that travel back in time and rewrite history. They say this goes against Chinese heritage,” reports CNN’s Eunice Yoon. “They also say that myth, superstitions and reincarnation are all questionable.”

The Chinese censors seem to be especially sensitive these days. But for the television and film industry, such strictures would seem to eliminate any Chinese version of “Star Trek,” “The X-Files,” “Quantum Leap” or “Dr. Who.” And does that mean rebroadcast of huge Hollywood moneymakers like “Back to the Future” and the “Terminator” series are now forbidden?

The Obama administration isn’t worried about time travel. No, they’re looking at the polls and simply wishing they could rewrite the present.

If you could travel back in time, where and when would be your destination? And why?

http://youtu.be/JNY64nYD_fQ

Source: CNN.com

Scott got caught: Leftwing hero Scott Ritter convicted of child sex crimes

Scott Ritter, former U.N. weapons inspector who couldn’t find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq is going to jail for sex crimes with children.

Scott Ritter, former U.N. weapons inspector is going to jail for sex crimes.

The man who couldn’t find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq found a weapon of masturbation in his pants and deployed it on his webcam, thinking the person viewing his personalized pleasure was a 15-year old girl. Sorry, Scotty, it was actually an undercover policewomen.

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We're happy to report that Ritter is merely grabbing his microphone in this photo

The Independent UK has the story of the jerk off’s jerk off:

After two days of deliberation the jury in Stroudsburg found Scott Ritter guilty on six of seven counts relating to a conversation he had in a Yahoo internet chat room last year with a vice-squad officer who was masquerading as a 15-year-old girl called Emily. Ritter was released on $25,000 (£15,300) bail pending sentencing next month.

… Neither Ritter nor his lawyers commented after the verdicts were read in court on Thursday evening. Ritter had taken the stand on Tuesday, when he claimed that he hadn’t believed it when he had been told during the chat that “Emily” had been only 15 years old. During the chat Ritter had displayed himself naked and masturbating, via a webcam. A video of the webcam images was shown to jurors.

The prosecutor, Michael Rakaczewski, said Ritter was convicted “by his own actions and by his own words on the stand”. He added that “even though a person may know what they are doing is wrong and maybe are intelligent enough to try to avoid it and get away, sometimes the internal drive to engage in these types of deviant sexual behaviours is just too strong.” He said that Pennsylvania had passed new laws enabling officers to try to catch perpetrators such as Ritter.

For some reason, the left is uncharacteristically quiet about this. Odd, considering how they hung on Ritter’s every word when he was a U.N. Arms Inspector and called George W. Bush a liar.

Source: Independent UK

Not doing the jobs Americans won’t do: 70% of illegal aliens in Texas receive welfare

A new study has found that a remarkable 70% of illegal aliens in Texas are on the dole. Since only 39% of native born Americans are on welfare.

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Illegal aliens crossing the border to line up at the welfare office

A new study has found that a remarkable 70% of illegal aliens in Texas are on the dole. Since only 39% of native born Americans are on welfare, it makes one think that the phrase “doing the jobs Americans won’t do” should be changed to “not doing the jobs that Americans won’t do.”

The Houston Chronicle tells the terrible tale of Texas taxes:

Thirteen years after Congress overhauled the American welfare system, 57 percent of immigrants with children — those in the country legally or not — use at least one government, welfare program according to a report released Tuesday by the Center for Immigration Studies.

In comparison, 39 percent of native-born Americans with children are signed up for welfare, the report found.

In Texas, 54 percent of legal immigrants and 70 percent of illegal immigrants receive welfare assistance, with illegal immigrants generally receiving benefits on behalf of their U.S.-born children, according to the study, written by a think tank that favors reducing immigration into the U.S.

Overall, Texas tied with California and New York for the second highest immigrant welfare rates behind Arizona.

Congratulations, Texas. Keep up the good work and you’ll be number uno in no time at all.

Source: Houston Chronicle

Blind sow finds acorn: Jon Stewart rips Obama’s “spending reductions in tax code”

We have to give Jon Stewart a little bit of credit for turning his guns on Obama’s newly-minted phrase “spending reductions in the tax code.”

We have to give Jon Stewart a little bit of credit here. Despite being reliably liberal, he occasionally find fault with those on the left.

Take this video clip for example. Stewart begins by making fun of preposterous liberal depictions of Paul Ryan. Funny thing is, the audience doesn’t seem to realize that Stewart’s making fun of liberals when he says Ryan’s plan includes beating seniors to death with an Ayn Rand novel.

Then Stewart turns his guns (please pardon the violent rhetoric) on Obama’s newly-minted phrase “spending reductions in the tax code.” Stewart uses a couple colorful analogies to explain exactly what it means.

The audience was undoubtedly confused by Stewart’s criticism of Obama, but they surely rationalized it to themselves by thinking, “Heh-heh-heh. Must be funny. Heard dirty words.”

When lunchboxes are outlawed, only outlaws will have lunchboxes: Chicago school bans homemade lunches

“Put down that peanut butter sandwich,” the grade school Gestapo ordered, “and step away from your lunchbox.”

“Put down that peanut butter sandwich,” the grade school Gestapo ordered, “and step away from your lunchbox.”

We’ve officially gone from compassionate school officials offering lunch to underprivileged school children to over-zealous administrators outlawing homemade lunches and requiring that all school kids eat state-approved lunches.

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Strike one: Davy Crockett is oppressing Mexican minorities. Strike two: Davy Crockett has a gun. Strike three: Davy Crockett adorns a lunchbox containing a homemade meal.

The Chicago Tribune reports that even the kids aren’t accepting the nanny state nuttiness without a fight:

Fernando Dominguez cut the figure of a young revolutionary leader during a recent lunch period at his elementary school.

“Who thinks the lunch is not good enough?” the seventh-grader shouted to his lunch mates in Spanish and English.

Dozens of hands flew in the air and fellow students shouted along: “We should bring our own lunch! We should bring our own lunch! We should bring our own lunch!”

Fernando waved his hand over the crowd and asked a visiting reporter: “Do you see the situation?”

At his public school, Little Village Academy on Chicago’s West Side, students are not allowed to pack lunches from home. Unless they have a medical excuse, they must eat the food served in the cafeteria.

Liberals must be terribly conflicted in this situation. Should they support this idiotic extension of the nanny state or support the little Che Guevara-ish rebels who are standing up against oppression?

Principal Elsa Carmona said her intention is to protect students from their own unhealthful food choices.

“Nutrition wise, it is better for the children to eat at the school,” Carmona said. “It’s about the nutrition and the excellent quality food that they are able to serve (in the lunchroom). It’s milk versus a Coke. But with allergies and any medical issue, of course, we would make an exception.”

Carmona said she created the policy six years ago after watching students bring “bottles of soda and flaming hot chips” on field trips for their lunch. Although she would not name any other schools that employ such practices, she said it was fairly common.

Why don’t they just change the name of the school to Michelle Obama Elementary School and Re-Education Camp and get it over with.

Source: Chicago Tribune

Freshman Rep. Joe Walsh asks MSNBC’s Martin Bashir the question of the day

Rep. Joe Walsh, a freshman Republican from Illinois, asks Martin Bashir a question that makes the Brit twit cringe.

Rep. Joe Walsh, a freshman Republican from Illinois, asks Martin Bashir a question that makes the Brit twit cringe.

We’ve always loved Joe Walsh. He was great when he played with the Eagles and even later in his solo career when he did “Life’s Been Good To Me.” Nice to see that he’s been able to build a new career as a United States Congressman.

Obama ignores Law of Unintended Consequences, may cause destruction of America’s GPS system

They say there are two things that are certain: death and taxes. Let’s add one more: The certainty that the government will take those taxes and do something inconceivably stupid with them.

They say there are two things that are certain: death and taxes. Let’s add one more: The certainty that the government will take those taxes and do something inconceivably stupid with them.

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GPS: Leave it to the government to screw up a good thing

We give you exhibit A.

The federal government is allowing a company called LightSquared to build a ultrafast broadband network.

Well, you say, an ultrafast broadband network sounds pretty cool. And it is. Except for one thing.

The broadcast frequency used by the LightSquared system just happens to be right next to the existing Global Positioning System band. Tests conducted by Garmin, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of consumer GPS products, indicate that the overwhelming power of the broadband network is likely to cause major problems for all existing GPS products.

Perhaps the folks at the FCC aren’t aware of this, but GPS is kind of a big deal. It’s used by millions of American to navigate around the country’s rapidly deteriorating highway system that our tax money should be spent repairing. And let’s not forget military, civilian aircraft and emergency users.

Here’s what’s at risk:

“The potential impact of GPS interference is so vast, it’s hard to get your head around,” said Jim Kirkland, vice president and general counsel of Trimble Navigation Ltd., which makes GPS systems. “Think 40,000 GPS dead spots covering millions of square miles in cities and towns throughout the U.S.”

Don’t worry, though. The federal government always has multi-billion dollar solutions for the problems it causes. In this case, LightSquared suggests that current GPS users retrofit their systems, adding filtering capabilities to counteract the interference they cause.

Unfortunately, no one knows who is going to pay to retrofit more than a billion current GPS systems. Certainly, LightSquared isn’t offering to pony up the money.

We have a sneaking suspicion that the people who end up paying for this – one way or another – will be those poor suckers known as the American taxpayers.

– Written by Sven Waring at DotPenn.com

Source: APF

New Gallup poll: Obama job approval matches all-time low

We look forward to the day when the line charting President Obama’s approval rating crosses the line charting the unemployment rate. And at the rate we’re going, that day isn’t too far off.

We look forward to the day when the line charting President Obama’s approval rating crosses the line charting the unemployment rate. And at the rate we’re going, that day isn’t too far off.

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His approval is down, but his chin is still up

The Los Angeles Times reports on Obama’s latest Gallup disaster:

It could be gas prices, the budget debate, or simply the usual ups and downs of public opinion polling. But President Obama’s approval rating has dipped to a five-month low in Gallup’s daily tracking poll, reverting to post-midterm election lows.

… Obama’s low approval rating is not the result of the major speech he delivered on Wednesday. Some of the polling took place before he delivered the speech. Rather, a Gallup official believes the results reflect broad public dissatisfaction with the economy.

Forget the obesity epidemic we supposedly have in this country. If 41% still think this guy’s doing a good job, what we have is a stupidity epidemic.

Source: Los Angeles Times

Who’s on first? Is that Abbott or Costello in charge of the EPA?

This may sound like Abbott & Costello doing their famous “Who’s On First” routine, but it’s not. No, it’s actually Colorado Rep. Cory Gardner grilling EPA Assistant Administrator Mathy Stanislaus.

This may sound like Abbott & Costello doing their famous “Who’s On First” routine, but it’s not. No, it’s actually Colorado Rep. Cory Gardner grilling EPA Assistant Administrator Mathy Stanislaus.

This truly remarkable exchange took place during an Environment and the Economy Subcommittee hearing. You will not believe what you are about to hear. Gardner certainly couldn’t believe what he was hearing.

That hopey changey thing was bad enough. Now Mr. Stanislaus introduces that Mathy thing.

Seattle School hatches plan to ban Easter eggs

School officials in Seattle are now waging a war against the evils of Easter and it’s eggs.

Now more than ever we’re convinced that a Voltaire could not exist today. Reality has become far more absurd than any satire.

Case in point: School officials in Seattle are now waging a war against the evils of Easter and it’s eggs.

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Who wants to tell the geniuses in Seattle that their "Spring Spheres" are actually "Spring ovoids"?

Mynorthwest.com tells us which came first, the chickens or the idiots:

A sophomore at a local private high school thinks an effort to make Easter politically correct is ridiculous.

Jessica, 16, told KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson Show that a week before spring break, the students commit to a week-long community service project. She decided to volunteer in a third grade class at a public school, which she would like to remain nameless.

“At the end of the week I had an idea to fill little plastic eggs with treats and jelly beans and other candy, but I was kind of unsure how the teacher would feel about that,” Jessica said.

She was concerned how the teacher might react to the eggs after of a meeting earlier in the week where she learned about “their abstract behavior rules.”

“I went to the teacher to get her approval and she wanted to ask the administration to see if it was okay,” Jessica explained. “She said that I could do it as long as I called this treat ‘spring spheres.’ I couldn’t call them Easter eggs.”

Funny, in their haste to save children from the horrors of the Easter egg these “educators” have laid one of their own.

– Written by Kip Hooker at TheVitaminPress.com

Source: MyNorthwest.com

Chris Christie’s Greatest Hits: One minute and 32 seconds of Chris Christie-induced tingles up the leg

This video features America’s bluntest governor challenging his New Jersey political opponents, Snooki, the god-awful Jersey Shore TV show, Chuck Schumer, and anyone else who gets in his way.

This video features America’s bluntest governor challenging his New Jersey political opponents, Snooki, the god-awful Jersey Shore TV show, Chuck Schumer, and anyone else who gets in his way.

This is clearly a man who enjoys throwing his ample weight around.

Senior Sinister Sanchez Sister: Liberal bigot

Who’s worse? Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez or liberal talk show host Stephanie Miller? While that may be debatable, it’s absolutely certain that neither one is funny.

Who’s worse? Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez or liberal talk show host Stephanie Miller? While that may be debatable, it’s absolutely certain that neither one is funny.

Here’s the senior sinister Sanchez sister on Miller’s show discussing how difficult it is to work with those ignorant redneck Tea Party hillbillies in Congress.

Rush Limbaugh suffered liberal wrath a few weeks ago for doing a Chinese accent on the air. What are the odds that the same liberals who complained about that will complain about Sanchez doing her version of a Southern accent?

Slim or none? The polls are now open.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfEfEIdZxuk

Americans may be out of work, but Obama is out of business

Now comes the sad news that L’Obama, a bar in Northern Burgundy, France named after the President has closed its doors and a rental agent is looking for someone to take over the lease.

Isn’t it humiliating enough that unsold Obama memorabilia is clogging the shelves of Washington, DC souvenir stores?

Now comes the sad news that L’Obama, a bar in Northern Burgundy, France named after the President has closed its doors and a rental agent is looking for someone to take over the lease.

Unfortunately, Obama the President will outlast Obama the bar by several years.

Patrons of the bar may have had alcohol-fueled hangovers the morning after, but Americans will suffer from an economic-fueled hangovers for many years to come.

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H/T: Tim Blair

Liberal nightmare: Rand Paul meets John Stossel

Rand Paul’s basic concept: quit pussyfooting around with meaningless budget cuts. The only way we’ll save the nation, he says, is by cutting entire governmental departments.

The more we see this Rand Paul, the more we like him. His basic concept: quit pussyfooting around with meaningless budget cuts. The only way we’ll save the nation, he says, is by cutting entire governmental departments.

He’d start with the Departments of Education, the Commerce, and Agriculture. And he’s just getting warmed up.

Go, Rand, go.

Why Trump leads the polls: Calls Obama “the worst president ever”

BECAUSE HE HAS THE BALLS TO SAY THING THINGS EVERYONE IS THINKING, BUT NONE OF THE OTHER COWARDLY REPUBLICANS WILL SAY!

Want to know why Donald Trump does so well in all the polls of Republican voters?

BECAUSE HE HAS THE BALLS TO SAY THING THINGS EVERYONE IS THINKING, BUT NONE OF THE OTHER COWARDLY REPUBLICANS WILL SAY!

Excuse us for screaming, but we get incredibly frustrated with the gentlemanly behavior of this year’s crop of spineless, gonadless Republicans.

Here’s Trump being Trump during an interview with Sean Hannity:

Trump: (Starting at about the 1:50 mark) He’s been a horrible president. I always said the worst president was Jimmy Carter. Guess what? Jimmy Carter goes to second place. Barack Obama has been the worst president ever. In the history of this country, Barack Obama is number one.

OF COURSE, HE’S THE WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY. WHY ISN’T EVERY REPUBLICAN SAYING THIS?

Excuse our screaming again.

The whole interview is worth watching, but if you only watch the segment with that quote, it’ll enough to make you scream, too.

Jameela, our officlal Muslim troll, threatens Congressman, makes national headlines

You may remember Jameela, the Muslim troll who graced us with her presence a few weeks ago. Jameela has upped her game and gone from trolling IHateTheMedia.com to threatening a United States Congressman.

You may remember Jameela, the Muslim troll who graced us with her presence a few weeks ago. She left long, rambling, vile anti-Semitic comments on countless articles until we finally banned her for boring the hell out of us.

Jameela has upped her game and gone from trolling IHateTheMedia.com to threatening a United States Congressman.

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Is Jameela, Messenger of Allah, who sent a bloody pig's foot to a Congressman, sane? In a pig's ass.

Lohud.com reports the sudden rise in Jameela’s profile:

A Georgia grandmother who says she sent state Sen. Greg Ball a Curious George monkey with a label saying it was bound for Auschwitz, cheap perfume and an anger-filled, anti-Semitic letter also laid claim Wednesday to mailing a bloody pig’s foot to Rep. Peter King of Long Island.

Jameela Barnette, a radical Muslim blogger, said Wednesday she mailed Ball a box containing the plush monkey pinned with Stars of David and the letter (which addressed Ball as “Dead Man Walking”) because he is “using Muslims to further his career.”

“I sent it to let him know I am extremely displeased for his declaration of war on Muslims, which is what I regard those hearings as,” said Barnette, a medical records consultant…

…Barnette, who has posted anti-Jewish, pro-Muslim writings on blogs and websites, said Wednesday “no one gets upset if someone burns a Quran” but everyone is offended if Jews are disparaged.

How we envy Congressman King. He got a bloody pig’s foot, but all we got was annoyed.

Source: Lohud.com

Neil Cavuto says, “It’s time to dig out.” Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson says, “It’s time to pig out.”

Cavuto says, “We’re quickly becoming a banana republic.” Johnson replies, “I love to shop at Banana Republic.”

OK, perhaps those weren’t the Democrat Congresswoman’s exact words, but our paraphrase isn’t that far off.

Cavuto says, “We’re going to hell in a hand basket.” Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson replies, “Let’s buy matching shoes.”

Neil Cavuto says, “We have to try something different.” Johnson replies, “We have to try the same thing.”

Cavuto says, “Let’s raise hell.” Johnson replies, “Let’s raise taxes.”

Cavuto says, “We’re quickly becoming a banana republic.” Johnson replies, “I love to shop at Banana Republic.”

Good lord, we’re screwed. Really, really screwed. Greece, here we come.

Gallup: Obama’s now doing poorly even among those who are doing poorly

President Barack Obama’s approval among the poorest Americans dropped to an all-time low of 48 percent last week, according to the Gallup poll.

He’s been abandoned by independents, whites, the young and the elderly, but President Obama can rest assured that he can always count on the poor.

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The poor have reached the end of the line with President Obama

Wait. Not so fast.

CNS News has the results of a new Gallup poll:

President Barack Obama’s approval among the poorest Americans dropped to an all-time low of 48 percent last week, according to the Gallup poll, leaving the president with less-than-majority approval among all income brackets reported in Gallup’s presidential approval surveys.

Each week, Gallup publishes the president’s average approval rating for the previous week among four income brackets: those who earn $2,000 per month or less, those who earn between $2,000 and $4,999 per month, those who earn between $5,000 and $7,499 per month, and those who earn $7,500 per month or more.

For the week of April 4-10, Obama’s approval rating was 48 percent among those making $2,000 or less per month, and 46 percent among those in each of the three higher income brackets.

This was only the second time in his presidency that Obama’s average weekly approval rating among the poorest Americans had dropped below 50 percent. The first time was three weeks ago—in the week of March 21-27—when his approval dropped to 49 percent among Americans who earn $2,000 per month or less.

Obama = Titanic, reality = iceburg. And you know how that story ended.

Source: Gallup via CNS News

Taliban catch & release: Is the Defense Department outsourcing the Afghan war to Fish & Game?

The Defense Department has come up with a new policy that’s sure to amuse and amaze our enemies and kill our troops. They’re treating the Taliban like trout, catching them and then releasing them.

The kinder, gentler Defense Department has come up with a new policy that’s sure to amuse and amaze our enemies and kill our troops. They’re treating the Taliban like trout, catching them and then releasing them.

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Taliban Catch and Release: Winner of the title Stupidest Policy of 2011

The Washington Examiner has the stunning story:

Several Taliban detainees who had been captured in February after being observed placing bombs in the culverts of roads used by civilians and military convoys near Kandahar were fed, given medical treatment, then released by American troops frustrated by a policy they say is forcing them to kick loose enemies who are trying to kill them.

Despite what American soldiers say was a mountain of evidence, which included a video of the men planting the bomb and chemical traces found on their hands, there was nothing the soldiers who had captured them could do but feed and care for them for 96 hours and then set them free.

Surely these were isolated incidents. It’s too insane to be policy, isn’t it? Unfortunately, no.

In another incident, members of a unit attached to 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment survived an attack by a suicide bomber on their convoy when his device failed to detonate. Soldiers managed to capture the would-be martyr, but he too was released after being held for four days.

“We put our lives on the line to capture the enemy,” a soldier with the Stryker regiment told The Washington Examiner. “Since my deployment, every insurgent we’ve captured has been released.”

International Security Assistance Forces officials contacted by The Examiner admitted that releases like these were common. The officials said ISAF forces can hold detainees for up to 96 hours, during which time detainees are “screened and a decision is made whether to release the individual, transfer them to appropriate Afghan authorities, or to the detention facility in Parwan [at Bagram Air Base].”

…American troops say the policy is a morale killer. They say the inability to hold suspected insurgents is one of the reasons why the U.S. has been unable to suppress the Taliban.

Morale killer? Our troops should consider themselves damn lucky if morale is all that gets killed as a result of this insane policy.

Just when you think this administration can’t get any crazier…

Source: Washington Examiner

Get the Led out: Rep. Thaddeus McCotter quotes Led Zeppelin in House speech

Thaddeus McCotter is, apparently, a big fan of Led Zeppelin. Is this the first time the Zep’s been quoted on the floor of the House?

Thaddeus McCotter, our favorite congressman this side of Paul Ryan, doesn’t look like a guy who’d be a big rock ‘n roller. But he plays lead guitar in the Second Amendments, a rock band composed of five current Congressmen and is, apparently, a big fan of Led Zeppelin.

Is this the first time the Zep’s been quoted on the floor of the House?

High speed trail: Texas may raise speed limit to 85 mph

A bill has been introduced into the Texas legislature that would raise the speed limit to 85 miles per hour.

Gentlemen, start your pick-up trucks. High speed rail is out in the Lone Star State, but high speed trail may be in. A bill has been introduced into the Texas legislature that would raise the speed limit to 85 miles per hour.

Please note that ABC News frames this as an anti-conservation story, not a states rights story:

Consumers will see an “increase in demand for petroleum because as we go faster our cars get a lot less fuel efficiency,” says Patrick DeHaan, a senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com, a gas price sharing website.

The bill, introduced by Texas Rep. Lois W. Kolkhort, would make the 85 mph limit the highest in the country, according to the Dallas Morning News. A similar plan is being considered by the state Senate, according to the AP.

But first the measure, which is part of a larger transportation bill, must pass engineering testing and other studies before the Texas Department of Transportation authorizes it.

It’s almost guaranteed that the Feds are going to hate this law almost as much as they hate Arizona’s illegal alien law. Why, how dare those damn cowboys flaunt their disrespect for President Obama’s Department of Transportation.

Good luck getting your electric pick-ups up to 85 mph, buckeroos.

Source: ABC News

Tom Coburn’s blunt assessment of 2012 budget negotiations: “Send me some senators with gonads.”

In this clip syndicated radio talker Hugh Hewitt talks to Coburn about the problems he faces in 2012 budget negotiations. He’s looking for senators with balls.

In The Wizard of Oz, the scarecrow wanted a brain, the Tin Man wanted a heart and the Cowardly Lion wanted courage. In the U.S. Senate, Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn is looking for something far more difficult to find:

Senators with balls.

In this clip syndicated radio talker Hugh Hewitt talks to Coburn about the problems he faces in 2012 budget negotiations.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMzZY9hMF0Y

Top 25 reasons Joe Biden fell asleep during President Obama’s deficit speech

Yup. Ol’ Joe chose what some extremist Republicans are calling an inappropriate time to catch a catnap – right in the middle of his boss’ speech on the debt and the deficit.

Yup. Ol’ Joe chose what some extremist Republicans are calling an inappropriate time to catch a catnap – right in the middle of his boss’ speech on the debt and the deficit.

But the Vice President had a really good excuse. Twenty-five of them, in fact.

  1. Up late last night trying to come up with something incredibly stupid to do while President spoke.
  2. In his dreams, the President is serious about deficit reduction.
  3. He made the mistake of counting members of the mainstream media lining up like sheep to back Obama’s plan.
  4. All those zeros… Zzzzzzeros.
  5. Hey, Gore slept through the 90s and nobody said anything about it.
  6. He was tired from a long day of making sure that only China could have coal plants.
  7. He stayed up all night trying to figure out a good comeback for that smartass at the ice cream shop.
  8. The way the government has been spending money, taking a 20-minute map is like stickin’ it to the man for $4 million.
  9. It’s the Biden Sleep Deficit plan.
  10. That’s not just a nap, that’ fucking serious sleep!
  11. “Barry told me to go ahead, take a nap, and he’ll wake me up when he needs me to add something intelligent.”
  12. Being a word genius is tiring work.
  13. Even the dimmest of bulbs need to be turned off to cool down once in a while.
  14. Up late last night making up phrases that rhyme with “Boehner.”
  15. Nice sunny day, gentle breeze from Barry’s mouth, the endless droning on and on of Barry’s speech … you do the math.
  16. His son Beau put music on Joe’s MP3 player and he fell asleep listening to the unofficial lib lullaby: Ten Years After’s I’d Love To Change The World:

    “Everywhere is freaks and hairies
    Dykes and fairies, tell me where there is sanity
    Tax the rich, feed the poor
    Till there are no rich no more

    I’d love to change the world
    But I don’t know what to do
    So I’ll leave it up to you

    And it’s somehow Bush’s fault.”

  17. Honoring those Latino citizens who made this country great by partaking in the traditional siesta!
  18. He lost a significant amount of sleep worrying over the results of Barrack’s AIDS test.
  19. The inside of Biden’s eyelids look just like the long, dark chasm that has been the Obama presidency.
  20. The anesthesia hadn’t completely worn off after an earlier trip to the hair clinic.
  21. His alien radio control implant was temporarily blocked by the lead paint in the rotunda.
  22. Late night panty raid in the Freshman dorm.
  23. He couldn’t get any coffee that morning because he didn’t have an Indian accent.
  24. Brainwashing Side Effects include: drowsiness, prolonged grinning, hair loss, and delusions of grandeur.
  25. Time for a nap – I’ve heard this all before from that peanut farmer guy … what the hell was his name? His brother made some great beer … where am I?

Contributors: Sven Waring, Perlcat, JJJRO

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