Biden alert! Biden alert! The Vice President, the man who sits a mere heartbeat away from the Presidency, is very worried that your children will end up being seized by some heretofore unknown ring of international child slave traders.
Biden alert! Biden alert! The Vice President, the man who sits a mere heartbeat away from the Presidency, is very worried that your children will end up being seized by some heretofore unknown ring of international child slave traders.
Joe has a point. He just can't remember what it is at the moment.
In support of President Obama’s bid to “win the future,” America’s most famous Amtrak rider, Vice President Joe Biden, issued a stern warning about U.S. competitiveness in the high-speed rail game: “If we don’t get a grip, folks, they’ll not only be teaching us, they’re gonna own our kids.”
The “they” Biden is talking about are all the other countries in the world who are developing or expanding high-speed rail systems, including China, Japan, Spain and France.
Joe’s point is that he wants us to spend $53 billion on bullet trains that we can’t afford. Since the government will be taking all our money to pay for these hairbrained utopian schemes, the foreigners might as well take our kids. We certainly won’t be able to afford them any longer.
Questioning the Chairman on Capitol Hill last week, Republican Paul Ryan got Bernanke to agree that the best way to generate growth in the economy is to cut spending. Direct question, very direct answer.
President Obama may want to spend another $53 billion on high speed trains and other nonsense, but even the Chairman of the Fed knows this madness cannot go on forever.
Questioning the Chairman on Capitol Hill last week, Republican Paul Ryan got Bernanke to agree that the best way to generate growth in the economy is to cut spending. Direct question, very direct answer.
But then Ben said, “I’d really love to answer more questions, Congressman Ryan, but I’m working swing shift on the printing press tonight and I really have to get going. George Soros gets very angry when I’m late.”
OK, well, maybe he didn’t say it, but we’re pretty sure he was thinking it.
This unfortunate headline from the Gloucestershire Echo in the United Kingdom raised a few eyebrows. The headline on the Echo’s website has now been changed to read, “Girls’ schools still offering ‘something special’ says headteacher.”
This unfortunate headline from the Gloucestershire Echo in the United Kingdom raised a few eyebrows. The headline on the Echo’s website has now been changed to read, “Girls’ schools still offering ‘something special’ says headteacher.”
Headteacher? Isn’t that taking the concept of sex education just a little too far?
French President Nicolas Sarkozy took a short break in making love to the world’s most gorgeous First Lady on Wednesday to join a growing chorus of world leaders who have condemned the miserable failure otherwise known as multiculturalism.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy took a short break in making love to the world’s most gorgeous First Lady on Wednesday to join a growing chorus of world leaders who have condemned the miserable failure otherwise known as multiculturalism.
This story is just another cheesy excuse for us to run another photo of Carla Bruni. How do you say "Hubba hubba" in French?
AFP has the uni-cultural details:
“My answer is clearly yes, it is a failure,” he said in a television interview when asked about the policy which advocates that host societies welcome and foster distinct cultural and religious immigrant groups.
“Of course we must all respect differences, but we do not want… a society where communities coexist side by side.
“If you come to France, you accept to melt into a single community, which is the national community, and if you do not want to accept that, you cannot be welcome in France,” the right-wing president said.
“The French national community cannot accept a change in its lifestyle, equality between men and women… freedom for little girls to go to school,” he said.
“We have been too concerned about the identity of the person who was arriving and not enough about the identity of the country that was receiving him,” Sarkozy said in the TFI channel show.
As we reported the other day, the leaders of Great Britain, Germany and Australia have also condemned multiculturalism recently.
In a recent speech before the US Chamber of Commerce the President did not miss the opportunity to claim that he’d hold the economy hostage until companies agreed to share the benefits of a healthy economy with workers.
In a recent speech before the US Chamber of Commerce the President missed a perfect opportunity to apologize for accusing them of taking foreign money for questionable purposes. Apparently at the time of his insinuation he had gotten their ledgers confused with his with own.
He did not, however, miss the opportunity to claim that he’d hold the economy hostage (through an insane tax code and inhibiting American exports) until companies agreed to share the benefits of a healthy economy with workers. In the words of the President:
“If we’re fighting to reform the tax code and increase exports, the benefits cannot just translate into greater profits and bonuses for those at the top. They have to be shared by American workers, who need to know that opening markets will lift their standard of living as well as your bottom line,”
Do yourself a favor and go straight to the 7:00 minute mark. Forcing yourself to watch the speech in its entirety comes perilously close to self-inflicted cruel and unusual punishment.
With unemployment hovering around ten percent, cost of living outpacing salaries by lengths, collateralizing the labor of unborn generations and the proposed destruction of the U.S. dollar through “quantitative easing,” it appeared that Obama had every intention of being uncharacteristically true to his word.
Of course, we can’t completely disagree with the President. At least not in this instance. We want the working and middle classes to have a higher standard of living and more money in their bank accounts as well.
That is why we are so sincerely imploring the man to greatly increase the wages of nearly every American worker by taking one very simple step: Stop confiscateing their money.
Good luck trying to follow Ed Schultz’ explanation of why Christina Aguilera screwed up the national anthem at the Super Bowl. In poor Ed’s twisted mind it had something to do with Fox.
Good luck trying to follow Ed Schultz’ explanation of why Christina Aguilera screwed up the national anthem at the Super Bowl. In poor Ed’s twisted mind it had something to do with Fox.
And it goes downhill from there.
Seriously. It sounds as if Ed’s teleprompter died somewhere in mid-monologue, so he just started rambling and telling a story about his 8-year old son that had no real point.
Don’t worry, Eddie. We suspect that you’ll soon you’ll have lots of free time to spend with the little tyke.
Sonny Boy Reagan, the Great Man’s youngest child, is here to set those liberals straight. His father was brilliant. At least that’s the way we interpret this story.
Since the day Ronald Reagan first burst upon the national scene, liberals have insisted he was a dunce. On the opposite end of the spectrum, they’ve told us ad nauseam that Barack Obama is the most intelligent human being who’s ever drawn oxygen.
Ronald Reagan says, "Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah."
Sonny Boy Reagan, the Great Man’s youngest child, is here to set those liberals straight. His father was brilliant. At least that’s the way we interpret this story.
ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Amid the remembrances of Ronald Reagan in marking the 100th anniversary of his birth, one of the former president’s sons has an unlikely comparison in mind between his father and a current political figure.
Asked who is more like his father — President Obama or Sarah Palin — Ron Reagan didn’t hesitate:
“Just on the basis of intelligence, you would have to say Barack Obama. I don’t think my father has anything in common with Sarah Palin whatsoever,” Ron Reagan told us on ABC’s “Top Line” today. “I’m a little offended that we even have to talk about Sarah Palin, who has nothing interesting to say.
There you have it. Ronald Reagan was as intelligent as Barack Obama. You heard is straight from his back-stabbing little rat of a son.
CNBC’s Squawk Box turned to comedy on Tuesday as Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D., N.Y.) parroted President Obama’s call for more stimulus-style “investments.”
CNBC’s Squawk Box turned to comedy on Tuesday as Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D., N.Y.) parroted President Obama’s call for more stimulus-style “investments.”
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan chewed Maloney up and spit her out like a piece of bad kielbasa at the White House Super Bowl party. “When a politician in Washington says ‘investment,’” Ryan noted, “that means more government spending. That is a problem.”
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer went to court on Thursday. She filed suit against the Obama administration over its failure to notice that we have a freakin’ border between the United States and Mexico.
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer went to court on Thursday. She filed suit against the Obama administration over its failure to notice that we have a freakin’ border between the United States and Mexico.
Greta Van Susteren was there with her notepad and pen and GretaWire has the details:
You don't need glasses to see the problem on the Mexican border
Governor Jan Brewer just announced . . . . on behalf of the State of Arizona, she is suing the Federal Government.
There are 5 counts . . . . and here is a summary (my notes) from the press conference.
1. failure to achieve operational control over the Mexico/Arizona border.
2. failure to protect Arizona from invasion and Arizona says invasion not just limited to other countries to invade but applies to people and secured border.
3. failure to enforce immigration laws . . . . and their failure causes national security risks . . . abuse of discretion that Fed only enforce the law they want to and they should enforce all.
4. declaratory relief about reimbursement for Fed govt’s failure to pay for incarceration of prisoners (illegal).
5. under 10th amendment . . . powers not delegated to the Fed, are reserved to the people and while control of border is fed responsibility, when criminals cross border illegally and commit crimes, it is a state responsibility and the Feds are interfering with the state to fulfill its responsibilities.
As highly-trained legal experts, we can see two huge problems with this lawsuit – problems that ordinary people who lack our extensive legal training would probably overlook.
First, it assumes that the Obama administration actually recognizes the existence of a border. And second, it assumes that they recognize the authority of the Constitution.
Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf testified before the House Budget Committee on Thursday and made a shocking admission – he expects ObamaCare to wipe out an estimated 800,000 jobs. That’s equal to every single job in the states of Delaware and South Dakota.
Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf testified before the House Budget Committee on Thursday and made a shocking admission – he expects ObamaCare to wipe out an estimated 800,000 jobs. That’s equal to every single job in the states of Delaware and South Dakota.
Here are excerpts from the exchange between Elmendorf and Republican Boy Genius Paul Ryan:
Chairman [Paul] Ryan: “[I]t’s been argued…that the new health care law will create jobs and increase labor force participation. But if I recall from your analysis, it was quite the opposite. Is that not the case?”
Director [Douglas] Elmendorf : “Yes.”…
Rep. [John] Campbell: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, we’ll — and Dr. Elmendorf — and we’ll continue this conversation right now. First on health care, before I get to — before I get to broader issues, you just mentioned that you believe — or that in your estimate, that the health care law would reduce the labor used in the economy by about 1/2 of 1 percent, given that, I believe you say, there’s 160 million full-time people working in ’20-’21. That means that, in your estimation, the health care law would reduce employment by 800,000 in ’20-’21. Is that correct?
Director Elmendorf: Yes. The way I would put it is that we do estimate, as you said, that…employment will be about 160 million by the end of the decade. Half a percent of that is 800,000.
The same guys who assured us that there were WMDs piled up in Iraq are at it again. This time they said Hosni Mubarak would resign on Thursday evening.
The same guys who assured us that there were WMDs piled up in Iraq are at it again. This time they said Hosni Mubarak would resign on Thursday evening.
Leon Panetta heads up our so-called "intelligence" community
The Associated Press reports the “never mind” moment for CIA Director Leon Panetta:
CIA Director Leon Panetta says U.S. intelligence indicates that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is on his way out.
Panetta tells Congress that his information indicates Mubarak could be out by Thursday night. He says there is a “high likelihood” of that.
Panetta did not say exactly how the CIA reached that conclusion. He says Mubarak’s exit would be “significant” in moving Egypt to an “orderly transition” of power.
When the CIA screwed up its assessment of WMDs in Iraq, Democrats began howling that “Bush lied, soldiers died.”
We’ve been monitoring this situation very closely, but have not yet heard any Democrats saying, “Obama lied, Egyptians died.”
Hosni Mubarak, who was supposed to resign on Thursday night, didn’t. And he flipped a figurative middle finger at President Obama in his non-concession speech.
Hosni Mubarak, who was supposed to resign on Thursday night, didn’t. And he flipped a figurative middle finger at President Obama in his non-concession speech.
We know the guy’s a brutal dictator, but damn, how many times have you wished we had a president with balls instead of two First Ladies?
Hosni Mubarak works his way up to flipping his middle finger at President Obama
RadioPatriot quotes Mubarak:
During the meeting with the Military Council Mubarak made the following statement:
“We are brothers, soldiers, we have bled together for Egypt, we have shed blood together. Today, we are faced by an enemy who demands we hand Egypt over to our enemies. The people of Egypt have been silenced by these insurgents and we have been more than patient. Will we all sit here and obey the Obama regime? Will we not once again, with honor stand up to our enemies? Will we not continue to stand for Egypt with honor?
Brothers, would you have me crawl away at the command of Obama? Would any of you crawl away like a dog that has been kicked? Would any of you bow down to the fools he has chosen to take our nation from us?
I leave to you, men of honor, the fate of Egypt, the honor of Egypt and in so doing, I know you will decide that which is right and honorable. We have known each other all our lives, we grew to be men together, we have eaten bread in each others houses and honored each others families. Will we now throw all that away for political expediency?”
Translation: “Screw you. I am a warrior, not a community organizer. Now shut the hell up and leave me alone.”
You’d think that “I was in Vietnam” scandal would have taught newly-elected Senator Richard Blumenthal a lesson, but no such luck. The Connecticut Democrat continues to give himself unwarranted pats on the back.
You’d think that “I was in Vietnam” scandal would have taught newly-elected Senator Richard Blumenthal a lesson, but no such luck. The Connecticut Democrat continues to give himself unwarranted pats on the back.
The CTMirror reports Blumenthal’s latest creative efforts:
Nine months after his campaign was staggered by reports that he had incorrectly claimed to have served in Vietnam, Sen. Richard Blumenthal made what seemed to be a similar misstatement Tuesday, putting himself at the center of the action in the historic 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion.
“I’m new to the Senate but I’m not new to this battle,” Blumenthal said at a Capitol Hill news conference, his first since taking office. “Since the days of Roe v. Wade, when I clerked for Justice Blackmun, as a state legislator, as attorney general, I have fought this battle.”
The problem is, Blumenthal clerked for Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun in 1974, the year after Blackmun wrote the Roe v. Wade decision.
Blumenthal’s slip might not normally generate much attention or scrutiny. But it comes on the heels of an election that focused in part of revelations that Blumenthal made similar misstatements about his Vietnam-era military service.
Upcoming Blumenthal lies: He was the first soldier ashore on D-Day. He was supposed to fly on Apollo 13, but had to study that weekend. He taught Donald Trump everything he knows about real estate. He invented the internet. And, finally, he once spent a wild weekend with Angelina Jolie.
There. That should get Blumenthal through the rest of 2011.
Within days of Keith Olbermann’s departure from MSNBC, Lawrence O’Donnell, Rachel Maddow and poor Ed Schultz have fallen back behind even CNN’s meager ratings.
Dumb and dumber and dumbest have ratings that are low and lower and lowest. Within days of Keith Olbermann’s departure from MSNBC, Lawrence O’Donnell, Rachel Maddow and poor Ed Schultz have fallen back behind even CNN’s meager ratings.
Lower ratings than Larry King, but higher ratings than Rachel Maddow
Mediaite.com has the details:
On a week marked by a huge international story–and hefty NBC resources committed to telling it–MSNBC marked an unpleasant milestone, dropping to third place across primetime on February 1. In perhaps the most striking defeat for the network, Lawrence O’Donnell, who took over for the departed Keith Olbermann was soundly defeated by CNN’s Parker Spitzer, a show assumed by many to be such a poor performer as to be on the chopping block. On Tuesday night, Parker Spitzer attracted 292,000 viewers 25-54, compared to O’Donnell’s 196,000.
CNN newcomer Piers Morgan, whose show Piers Morgan Tonight has had several ups and downs in its first two weeks, finished strongly ahead of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow (327,000 to 260,000). Morgan broke from single-interview format to cover the Egypt story live, and interviewed former British prime minister Tony Blair.
MSNBC’s Ed Show, which relocated to 10 p.m. in the new lineup, was nowhere near CNN’s AC 360. Cooper, who’s on assignment reporting from Cairo, led with 344,000 to Ed Schultz’s 180,000.
Saudi Arabia has threatened to prop up President Mubarak if the White House tries to force a swift change of regime in Egypt.
Looks like President Obama’s bow to the king of Saudi Arabia only convinced the former that the latter considers himself subservient. Because now the King has issued orders to the President.
President Obama moves in close to hear his latest orders from Saudi King Abdullah
The London Times reports:
Saudi Arabia has threatened to prop up President Mubarak if the White House tries to force a swift change of regime in Egypt.
In a testy personal telephone call on January 29, King Abdullah told President Obama not to humiliate Mr Mubarak and warned that he would step in to bankroll Egypt if the US withdrew its aid programme, worth $1.5 billion annually.
America’s closest ally in the Gulf made clear that the Egyptian President must be allowed to stay on to oversee the transition towards peaceful democracy and then leave with dignity.
“Mubarak and King Abdullah are not just allies, they are close friends, and the King is not about to see his friend cast aside and humiliated,” a senior source in the Saudi capital told The Times.
Two sources confirmed details of the King’s call, made four days after the people of Egypt took to the streets. The revelation of Saudi concerns sheds new light on America’s apparent diplomatic paralysis and lays bare the biggest rift between the nations since the oil price shock of 1973…
“With Egypt in chaos, the kingdom is Washington’s only major ally left in the Arab world and the Saudis want the Americans to remember that,” said a source in Riyadh.
Well, that’s where the Saudis are wrong. They apparently haven’t heard about President Obama’s magnificent Cairo speech. You know, the one that convinced everyone in the Muslim world to love us. From what we hear it was very effective and we are universally adored in the region.
So put that in your hookah and smoke it, Abdullah.
We can only guess that they put the emphasis on the word “interfaith.” It says nothing about slaughtering people of minority sects of your own faith.
We can only guess that they put the emphasis on the word “interfaith.” It says nothing about slaughtering people of minority sects of your own faith.
NewsCorp Australia reported:
DISTURBING video has emerged of a bloody religious mob attack in Indonesia that killed three members of a minority Muslim sect, showing extremists beating and stoning their victims to death.
The incident, involving more than 1000 Muslims who stormed a house in West Java yesterday to stop the minority Ahmadiyah Islamic sect from holding worship, has been condemned by the government and rights activists.
Footage of the attack – which came at the start of “interfaith harmony week” in the mainly Muslim country – shows police doing nothing as scores of Islamic fanatics go berserk with stones, knives and sticks.
Shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) and “kafir” (infidel), the mob brush aside a lone police officer and launch a sustained attack on the house, as a small group of Ahmadis try briefly to defend the property.
Defenceless and half-naked Ahmadi men are then shown being beaten and stoned to death in the mud outside the house. Their bodies are pelted with stones and desecrated as members of the mob laugh and take pictures.
Oh, yeah, they laughed. And who could blame them? C’mon, what could be funnier than slaughtering members of your own religion during Interfaith Harmony Week. Now that’s funny.
We have the the f-word. The n-word. The c-word. The b-word. The s-word. And now the former Speaker of the House has introduced a new unspeakable word: the h-word.
We have the the f-word. The n-word. The c-word. The b-word. The s-word. And now the former Speaker of the House has introduced a new unspeakable word: the h-word. We’re running out of friggin’ alphabet here, folks.
The Examiner Vancouver reports the latest in Democrat censorship:
Fired former Speaker of the House and current Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, is going on record as saying that she wants to use censorship to ban one, particular word that she does not like. The word? “Hate.”
To hear Pelosi tell it, she really hates it when other Americans use the word “hate” in a political context. Pelosi’s overreaction is in response to the Bill O’Reilly Superbowl interview with Barack Obama, in which the host asked the president about the number of people who hate him.
Pelosi’s reply to the O’Reilly question was swift and confident: Simply stop using the word, and everything will be fine.
Sorry, Nancy, but we take this one personally. We’re kind of partial to our name. Oh, sure, in the spirit of compromise we’ve gone through the thesaurus, but nothing else works quite as well as the word “hate.” And IH-wordTheMedia.com just doesn’t seem very catchy to us.
Fox News’ Jesse Watters waylaid Planned Parenthood Vice President Stuart Schear and asked him about the shocking undercover videotapes that implicate the organization in all sorts of unethical – maybe even criminal – behavior. The results were hilarious.
Fox News’ Jesse Watters waylaid Planned Parenthood Vice President Stuart Schear and asked him about the shocking undercover videotapes that implicate the organization in all sorts of unethical – maybe even criminal – behavior. The results were hilarious.
Watters: Do you condone the behavior on the tape of one of your employees in the Bronx, excusing and covering up underage sex trafficking? You’re ok with that? Schear: We firmly believe that the edited..that the tape from the Bronx is doctored. Watters: But you haven’t seen the tape, have you? Schear: I can…I will take..I would like to… Watters: Have you seen the tape? Schear: I actually have not seen the full tape yet.
Yup. That’s what she said. Moderation. We’re pretty sure she sat Jay-Lo and her Hobbit husband down before the game and told them to ignore the cheeseburgers and deep dish pizza and have a salad instead.
Yup. That’s what she said. Moderation. Because, you know, everyone eats in moderation at Super Bowl parties. We’re pretty sure she sat Jay-Lo and her Hobbit husband down before the game and told them to ignore the cheeseburgers and deep dish pizza and have a salad instead.
Barack Obama showing moderation
Michelle’s hometown Chicago Sun-Times reports:
First Lady Michelle Obama, discussing healthy eating the day before the first anniversary of her “Let’s Move” anti-obesity campaign, defended the White House Super Bowl menu which included bratwurst, kielbasa, cheeseburgers and deep dish pizza.
The point is balance, not deprivation, Mrs. Obama said at Tuesday lunch with reporters who cover her East Wing. “I like to talk about my obsession with French fries because I don’t want people to think that “Let’s Move” is about complete, utter deprivation. It is about moderation and real life changes and ideas that really work for families, today’s families too.”
During the year of her “Let’s Move” healthy eating and exercise drive, Mrs. Obama has never said people should quit junk food–just don’t eat it all the time. “I think I’ve always been very consistent on that front because that’s how I live my life. “I mean, It’s about balance. It’s always about balance. I felt As a mother if somebody came and said ‘you can never have a hot dog’ or serve your child a slice of pizza, we’d never get a handle on this issue cause I think that’s sometimes how people feel, that’s it’s all or nothing.
C’mon, Michelle, Super Bowl Sunday is about eating yourself sick, stuffing your gut with junk until you wish you’d worn sweatpants with an elastic waistband because your belly’s so full. What it’s not about is moderation and balance.
But if you’re truly concerned about moderation, Michelle, perhaps she could do us all a favor and ask your husband to moderate his attempt to socialize the economy of the United States.
White House National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling uses his very best ObamaSpeak to explain how a spending freeze is actually a spending cut.
White House National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling uses his very best ObamaSpeak to explain how a spending freeze is actually a spending cut.
What Sperling obviously doesn’t understand is that a spending cut would be just dandy with most Americans.
Let’s hear it for the rooster. A California man has died after being stabbed in the leg by a sharp blade attached to a fighting cock.
Let’s hear it for the rooster. A California man has died after being stabbed in the leg by a sharp blade attached to a fighting cock.
The New York Post reports the poetic justice:
Live by the cock, die by the cock
Jose Luis Ochoa, 35, was taken to a local hospital shortly after police responded to a reported cockfight last Sunday in Lamont, Calif., a town nine miles south-southeast of Bakersfield.
An autopsy revealed Wednesday that Ochoa’s death was accidental and caused by an injury to his right calf.
“I have never seen this type of incident,” Sgt. Martin King, a 24-year veteran, told the paper. But he noted that it was not surprising that Ochoa died since one of his major arteries had likely been severed. “People have been known to bleed out from those injuries if medical attention is not obtained immediately.”
You’re among friends. Admit it. Don’t you kind of enjoy stories like this? Doesn’t it give you a certain sense of satisfaction hearing that someone who would pay to see such a barbaric sport ends up the victim of that sport? And along a similar vein, don’t you always hope the bull wins the bull fight?
Robert Gibbs is the White House Press Secretary, but you may not be aware of all the things he isn’t. He is, it appears, a man of remarkable lack of achievement. But let’s just let Mr. Gibbs explain it in his own words.
Robert Gibbs is the White House Press Secretary, but you may not be aware of all the things he isn’t. He is, it appears, a man of remarkable lack of achievement. But let’s just let Mr. Gibbs explain it in his own words.
Republican strategist Ron Christie was Monday night’s victim as Chris Matthews explained not only how stupid Sarah Palin’s supporters are, but how intelligent his viewers are.
Damn, it must be painful to be a Chris Matthews guest and have to sit there listening to his inane comments without rolling your eyes. Republican strategist Ron Christie was Monday night’s victim as Matthews explained not only how stupid Sarah Palin’s supporters are, but how intelligent his viewers are.
Both of them.
Matthews: Okay, do you know what I think she’s doing? Hey Ron…
Ron Christie: Yeah. Matthews: …think about this, because I respect you. Do you know what I think she’s doing? I don’t think she is a thoughtful politician. I think she’s talking to people who don’t read newspapers, don’t pay attention to serious television broadcasts, whether the Lehrer Hour or anything like it or even this program, don’t pay attention to anything that’s even in the middle, who don’t have any effort at all to learn anything, believe her when she says they’re keeping the truth from us when the people who believe her are making absolutely no effort to find out what the truth is. So they’re willing to believe it’s somebody else’s fault. She’s in an interesting little game she plays with people.
We believe that Christie’s career as a Republican strategist is over. How can he ever overcome the fact that he’s respected by Chris Matthews?
Former President Jimmy Carter has deservedly earned a wide array of opprobriums over the years: Worst President in history. Anti-Semitic. Peanut-farming phony. Anti-American. And now you can add one more: Government teat-suckling cheapskate.
Former President Jimmy Carter has deservedly earned a wide array of opprobriums over the years: Worst President in history. Anti-Semitic. Peanut-farming phony. Anti-American. And now you can add one more: Government teat-suckling cheapskate.
This is the ugly old tennis court that must be swept twice a day to keep Jimmy happy
The Washington Times has the specifics:
The tennis court at former President Jimmy Carter‘s private home is swept twice a day, his pool is cleaned daily and his grass cut, his flower beds weeded and his windows washed on a regular basis — all at taxpayers’ expense.
Under an arrangement with the National Park Service, taxpayers are responsible for the exterior of Mr. Carter‘s home in Plains, Ga. — to the tune of $67,841 last year alone. In exchange, the government obtains the right to add the home to the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site when he and his wife pass away.
Other presidents have had similar life estate agreements calling for their properties to be turned over after their deaths, but to have taxpayers footing the bill for upkeep and maintenance of the Carters’ property appears to be unique, and it’s drawing fire at a time of tight federal budgets.
They sweep his tennis court twice a day. They clean his pool once a day. Maybe while they’re at it they could burnish his reputation every once in a while. Because no matter how much work they do on the guy’s house, it’s really his legacy that needs cleaning up.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has vowed to clean up his fiscal house, has a new tax lien to pay. Sharpton owes $359,973 to the IRS for 2009 personal income tax.
There’s a line in James Michener’s Hawaii about the Christian missionaries who came to save Hawaiian souls and ended up owning most of the islands: They came to do good and they did very well. The same can be said for the charlatan Reverend Al Sharpton
The Reverend Al Sharpton ministering to the needs of one of his flock
The New York Post has the details of Sharpton’s deficit:
The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has vowed to clean up his fiscal house, has a new tax lien to pay.
Sharpton owes $359,973 to the IRS for 2009 personal income tax, according to documents on file with the city.
Public records show he owes a total of $3.7 million in city, state and federal taxes, including penalties, dating to 2002. But Sharpton’s spokeswoman, Rachel Noerdlinger, said that he had paid back “well over seven figures” as part of agreements with the state and IRS and that the liens remained on the books as “a matter of bureaucracy.”
Sharpton made $250,000 as head of the nonprofit National Action Network in 2009, a year that ended with the group owing $1.1 million in taxes and having just $36,397 cash on hand.
The organization also pays for first-class or charter travel for Sharpton and other NAN staff, according to its 2009 tax return. Noerdlinger declined to say for whom.
