Feds seize 150,000 tablets of appropriately-named “Obama” Ecstasy in drug raid

ederal agents took down a large-scale Ecstasy dealer last month. And the undercover federal agent was very specific about what he wanted from that dealer: 150,000 extra thick tablets. They had to be yellow. And they had to carry the “Obama” logo.

Federal agents took down a large-scale Ecstasy dealer last month. And the undercover federal agent was very specific about what he wanted from that dealer: 150,000 extra thick tablets. They had to be yellow. And they had to carry the “Obama” logo.

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Obama: Side effects include depression, anxiety, teeth clenching and high blood pressure

Yes, you read that correctly. Some Presidents get their faces on stamps, some get them on coins, some get them on mountain sides, but President Obama gets his on illegal party drugs.

The Smoking Gun reports the party drug particulars:

While law enforcement agents have previously seized Ecstasy pills bearing the president’s likeness from street level dealers, this appears to be the first time that a federal undercover operation specifically sought out Obama-branded narcotics from a suspected large-scale trafficker.

The ICE probe resulted in the arrest of several men, including Harjinder Brar, who pleaded guilty last month to a felony drug conspiracy charge. Agents seized 84 pounds of Ecstasy when they busted Brar and another man at the Starbucks in Bellingham. The pills, recovered from a van, were found in 26 heat-sealed plastic bags, according to investigators.

Now you might as yourself, as we did, what Ecstasy does and why drug dealers would choose to stamp President Obama’s face on illegal party drugs.

EcstasyEffects.com reports the side effects of the popular party drug:

Psychological Ecstasy side effects, including confusion, depression, sleep problems, drug craving, severe anxiety, and paranoia – during and sometimes weeks after taking Ecstasy.

Physical Ecstasy side effects brought on by use of the drug include muscle tension, involuntary teeth clenching, nausea, blurred vision, rapid eye movement, faintness, and chills or sweating. Increases in heart rate and blood pressure can also be experienced by Ecstasy users…

It all makes sense now. Those are exactly the same symptoms we’ve felt since January 20, 2009.

Source: TheSmokingGun.com, EcstasyEffects.com

The horror: Jerry Brown to disconnect 48,000 cell phones given to state workers

In a desperate cost-cutting move, California Governor Jerry Brown is disconnecting 48,000 cell phones used by state employees.

In a desperate cost-cutting move, California Governor Jerry Brown is disconnecting 48,000 cell phones used by state employees.

He’s cutting off Californians’ cell phones? Why this is outrageous. It’s a violation of their civil rights. Next thing you know, he’ll cut off their no caf, non-fat, extra shot, double lattes.

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There's one state-issued cell phone Jerry Brown won't cut off

The Los Angeles Times has the cell phone specifics:

Alarmed at discovering that the state pays for 96,000 cellphones, Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order Tuesday seeking to cut in half the number of devices being billed to taxpayers.

Requiring 48,000 cellphones to be turned in by June 1 will save the state about $20 million a year.

“It is difficult for me to believe that 40% of all state employees must be equipped with taxpayer-funded cellphones,” Brown said. “Some state employees, including department and agency executives who are required to be in touch 24 hours a day and seven days a week, may need cellphones, but the current number of phones out there is astounding.”

The new governor is looking for ways to cut waste to help him dig the state out of a $25-billion budget hole, which has also required him to propose asking voters to extend some existing taxes.

While we applaud Governor Moonbeam for taking this step, we really have to wonder if the remaining 48,000 state-issued cell phones are really necessary. Can’t the state employees use their own cell phones? And do you really expect anyone to believe that they don’t use those state-issued cell phones for personal calls?

One other thing, Governor Brown. Have you heard about this Safelink free cell phone program? The state’s broke, so it would probably qualify to get those 48,000 cell phones for free.

Source: LA Times

Royal Canadian Mounted Thought Police ban 25-year old rock ‘n roll song

Thought control runs rampant in the Great White North. Canada’s Broadcast Standards Council has banned “Money For Nothing,” a 25-year old song by Dire Straits.

Thought control runs rampant in the Great White North. Canada’s Broadcast Standards Council has banned “Money For Nothing,” a 25-year old song by Dire Straits.

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Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits back in the day

In its supreme wisdom, the Council has decided that the song’s lyrics are unacceptable for sensitive Canadian ears because the word “faggot” is used repeatedly.

Here are the lyrics that are now scandalizing our northern neighbor twenty-five years after the song was a number one hit:

The little faggot with the earring and the makeup
Yeah buddy, that’s his own hair
That little faggot got his own jet airplane
That little faggot he’s a millionaire

There is, however, one small problem with the Thought Control Council banning “Money For Nothing.” That is, the song is a parody specifically written to put down people who express such unenlightened opinions.

Mark Knoopfler, Dire Straits’ lead singer and co-writer of the song, describes his inspiration in Wikipedia:

“The lead character in “Money for Nothing” is a guy who works in the hardware department in a television/custom kitchen/refrigerator/microwave appliance store. He’s singing the song. I wrote the song when I was actually in the store. I borrowed a bit of paper and started to write the song down in the store. I wanted to use a lot of the language that the real guy actually used when I heard him, because it was more real….”

In 2000, Knopfler appeared on Michael Parkinson’s interview program and explained again where the lyrics originated. According to Knopfler, he was in New York and stopped by an appliance store. At the back of the store, they had a wall of TVs which were all tuned to MTV. Knopfler said there was a man working there dressed in a baseball cap, work boots, and a checkered shirt delivering boxes who was standing next to him watching. As they were standing there watching MTV, Knopfler remembers the man coming up with classic lines such as “what are those, Hawaiian noises?…that ain’t workin” etc. Knopfler asked for a pen to write some of these lines down and then eventually put those words to music.

So the song is actually a brilliant parody of redneck ignorance, something that the Royal Canadian Mounted Thought Police should celebrate, not ban.

But comprehending that concept would require actual thought, something that was banned in Canada at about the same time that “Money For Nothing” was a hit.

It really is a great song. Here’s the original video. Crank up the volume and enjoy it while you still can, because it won’t be long until the American thought police decide it’s unacceptable here, too.

H/T: Jammie Wearing Fool

Source: Wikipedia.org

The liberal elite vs. the rest of us: 71% of Americans oppose raising the debt ceiling

Woe be the republic if we clamp a lid on spending. Or so the liberal elite says. But it looks like the Keynesians are standing out there alone on this one.

Woe be the republic if we clamp a lid on spending. Or so the liberal elite says. But it looks like the Keynesians are standing out there alone on this one.

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"Full speed ahead," shouted the Keynesian captain.

A new Reuters poll tells the tale:

Some 71 percent of those surveyed oppose increasing the borrowing authority, the focus of a brewing political battle over federal spending. Only 18 percent support an increase.

The poll underscores the tough task ahead for U.S. lawmakers as the debt nears its current ceiling of $14.3 trillion. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner last week warned that a failure to raise the borrowing limit in the coming months could lead to “catastrophic economic consequences”.

Republicans, who won control of the House of Representatives in November on a promise to scale back government, hope to pair any debt-ceiling hike with a commitment from President Barack Obama to reduce long-term spending.

The liberal elite, on the other hand, do not comprehend the concept of cutting back.

“There’s an iceberg on the horizon, Captain.”

“Full speed ahead.”

Source: Reuters.com

Heated rhetoric: Barney Frank jokes about assassinating Dick Cheney

Oh, that Barney Frank. What a cut-up. What a card. What a wild and crazy guy. Why, no one can crack a joke about assassinating the Vice President of the United States like this guy.

Oh, that Barney Frank. What a cut-up. What a card. What a wild and crazy guy. Why, no one can crack a joke about assassinating the Vice President of the United States like this guy.

Of course, this is not defined as heated rhetoric. No. This is witty and sophisticated because a liberal said it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2KBNVFXXd0

H/T: Breitbart.tv

Coming Monday: Exclusive leaked excerpts from the new, unauthorized Obama biography

Eat your heart out, Wikileaks. Each day next week, IHateTheMedia.com will release one excerpt from the new, unauthorized Obama biography.

obama-seriousEat your heart out, Wikileaks. Each day next week, IHateTheMedia.com will release one excerpt from the new, unauthorized Obama biography.

Washington, DC is abuzz thanks to this anonymously-penned material and the revealing portraits it paints of many prominent political figures.

The New York Times doesn’t have it. The Washington Post doesn’t have it.The Wall Street Journal doesn’t have it. The Huffington Post doesn’t have it.

Don’t miss it. Excerpts begin on Monday. Exclusively here at IHateTheMedia.com.

Jared Loughner went to a high school that teaches unrepentant terrorist William Ayers’ curriculum

We’re not saying there’s any connection between William Ayers curriculum and the Tucson shooting spree, because as far as we know the school hasn’t produced any other mass murderers, but this is kind of interesting nonetheless.

We’re not saying there’s any connection between William Ayers curriculum and the Tucson shooting spree, because as far as we know the school hasn’t produced any other mass murderers, but this is kind of interesting nonetheless.

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"Teach your children well, their father's hell did slowly go by..."

WorldNetDaily.net has the details:

Jared Lee Loughner, the suspected gunman in Saturday’s Arizona shooting, attended a high school that is part of a network in which teachers are trained and provided resources by a liberal group founded by Weatherman terrorist Bill Ayers and funded by President Obama, WND has learned.

The group, Small Schools Workshop, has been led by a former top communist activist who is an associate of Ayers. Obama provided the group with funds in the 1990s when he worked at an education reform group alongside Ayers.

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Jared Loughner, a successful graduate of the William Ayers Academy of Advanced Liberal Studies

Loughner attended Mountain View High School, which is part of Arizona’s Morana Unified School District. Since 2003, Mountain View has been part of what is known as the Smaller Learning Community, a network of schools that have been restructured to create a more personalized learning environment where students often have the same teachers and fellow students from grade to grade.Mountain View was part of the Smaller Learning Communities throughout Loughner’s entire attendance there, from 9th grade until he withdrew without graduating before his senior year.

The high school received grants to research the concepts of Smaller Learning Communities and work to implement them.

Ayers himself is considered one of the fathers of the Smaller Learning Communities, often providing lectures to schools on the subject. For example, a 2001 lecture at Lewis & Clark College featured Ayers at a workshop entitled, “A Simple Justice: Building Smaller Learning Communities to Know Our Youth.”

There you go. There’s your first clue. Any time you see the word “justice” in the title of anything, you know its going to be some kind of wacko liberal scam that sucks tax dollars right out of your wallet and helps to destroy American society in the process.

Source: WorldNetDaily.com

Hell freezes over: Newsweek editor who called Obama god-like now says Republicans were right

Oh, sure, now he tells us. Evan Thomas, who once waxed poetically about Barack Obama being god-like, has lost his religion. Cover your ears, because his words are blasphemous.

Oh, sure, now he tells us. Evan Thomas, who once waxed poetically about Barack Obama being god-like, has lost his religion. Cover your ears, because his words are blasphemous.

The Daily Caller has the undeified details:

Newsweek columnist Evan Thomas, once an editor at the magazine with a long track record of having liberal positions (even once having likened President Barack Obama to a deity), noted the modest improvement in the unemployment number reported on Friday. However, nearly a year after Obamacare was passed and signed into law, he admitted Republicans were right for voicing their opposition of it.

“It ain’t because of Congress,” Thomas said. “The unemployment will go down a little bit but the game in Washington will still be this unreal game. Health care though – I got to say, is one place where I think where Republicans are right.”
Back in November 2009, Thomas admitted the health care reform bill had flaws, but still voiced his support for it. Now he has proclaimed it a failure.
“The health care bill is a disaster,” Thomas continued. “We’re sort of slowly learning – it’s not working. It’s interesting – they’re implementing it and it’s not working out at all as people anticipated. There’s all sorts of wildly wrong projections. As it’s being practiced – it’s failed.”

As we used to say when we were kids, “No shit, Sherlock. Where’d you get your first clue?”

Source: Daily Caller

Lib talk show host Bill Press says “Palin’s crosshairs means pick out your gun and go after them”

Here’s failed talk show host Bill Press on Sarah Palin’s little crosshair images and how they caused the downfall of America as we know it.

With all the choices they offer us it’s difficult to select the worst of the liberal talk show hosts.

Olbermann and Schultz, of course, get nominated day in and day out. And every once in a while liberal lunatic Mike Malloy says something remarkably horrifying. But always in the running is former head of the California Democrat Party Bill Press, who is also rumored to have a radio talk show. (It’s only rumored because no one can be found who has actually heard the show.)

Here’s his take on Sarah Palin’s little crosshair images and how they caused the downfall of America as we know it.

America ain’t buying it: 72% of adults don’t believe Giffords’ shooting was political

Democrats been huffing and puffing and trying their damnedest to pin the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on some Republican – any Republican – and it just hasn’t worked.

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Bigfoot seems more plausible than the Democrats' spin on Jared Loughner

These must be very discouraging days for those who reside in the Democrat Party. Very discouraging days, indeed.

They’ve been huffing and puffing and trying their damnedest to pin the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on some Republican – any Republican – and it just hasn’t worked. Not even with the eager cheerleaders in the media rooting them on.

Rasmussen has the details:

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 28% of Adults say the shooting in Arizona was the result of political anger in the country. Fifty-eight percent (58%) say instead that it was a random act of violence by an unstable person. Fourteen percent (14%) are undecided.

Just 28% buy the Democrat spin. About the same percentage that believes in Bigfoot and flying saucers. Coming soon: Democrats claim that E.T. caused the shooting.

Source: Rasmussen

Crisis gone to waste: Generic Congressional Ballot shows Republicans 47%, Democrats 36%

How can this be? There was a crisis in Tucson and the Democrats have done everything they can think of to exploit it and they lose ground in the polls. We repeat, HOW CAN THIS BE???????

How can this be? There was a crisis in Tucson and the Democrats have done everything they can think of to exploit it and they lose ground in the polls. We repeat, HOW CAN THIS BE???????

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If a crisis doesn't help Democrats, what will?

Rasmussen explains the latest numbers:

Republicans hold an 11-point lead over Democrats on the Generic Congressional Ballot for the week ending January 9, 2011. That’s up one point from last week and six points from the week before. It’s the widest gap between the two parties since right before Election Day.

New Rasmussen Reports telephone polling finds that 47% of Likely U.S. Voters nationwide say they would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate, while 36% would choose the Democrat instead.

Last week, Republicans posted a similar 45% to 35% lead over the Democrats. The week before the election, support for Republicans peaked at 51%, the highest level of support either party has enjoyed in the last two years but has tapered off since then.

This survey included just a couple days of post-Tucson massacre madness. It will be very interesting to see what Rasmussen’s next poll shows.

Source: Rasmussen

Dr. Jeckyl & Mr. Matthews: Chris Matthews’ Fort Hood reporting vs. Chris Matthews’ Tucson reporting

Remember how Chris Matthews went out of his way to prove his fairness after the Fort Hood shootings, looking for the truth, casting absolutely no blame, especially on radical Islam and the shooter who screamed “Allahu Akbar” as he fired round after round at his innocent victims.

MSNBC’s Chris Matthews is an objective reporter, damn it. Just ask him.

He went out of his way to prove it after the Fort Hood shootings, looking for the truth, casting absolutely no blame, especially on radical Islam and the shooter who screamed “Allahu Akbar” as he fired round after round at his innocent victims.

We know you’ll be shocked as we were to learn that Chris wasn’t quite as objective after the Tucson massacre.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4hO4Jn3Nyw

Governor suspends First Amendment in Rhode Island. Except for himself.

Lincoln Chafee used to be a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Now he’s the state’s Governor. That’s a pity, because it means he can only impose his dictatorial edicts on one state instead of fifty-seven.

Lincoln Chafee used to be a United States Senator from Rhode Island. Now he’s the state’s Governor. That’s a pity, because it means he can only impose his dictatorial edicts on one state instead of fifty-seven.

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Lincoln Chafee has a face made for radio, which makes this edict even stranger

The Providence Journal has the details:

Chafee doesn’t plan to spend his own time on talk radio, and he intends to ban state employees from spending their state work time talking on talk radio, which was Carcieri’s favorite medium and an integral part of his communications operation.

Spokesman Michael Trainor said a directive will go out over the next day or so that reflects that new policy.

He said the policy emanates from a belief that talk radio is essentially “ratings-driven, for-profit programming,” and “we don’t think it is appropriate to use taxpayer resources” in the form of state employee work time to “support for-profit, ratings-driven programming.”

Trainor said the new governor will continue to talk to the news reporters for the local radio stations, and the nonprofit local NPR affiliate.

Yes, of course. The Governor will continue speaking to radio stations despite the fact that he’s also a state employee.

No surprise here. This ban is just more of the “Good for thee, but not for me” philosophy that made Chafee one of the Senate’s primary RINOs.

And the fact that the man thinks it’s inappropriate for the state to contribute to “for-profit” programming, but perfectly dandy to contribute to the taxpayer-supported “nonprofit NPR affiliate,” tell us that Lincoln Chafee has a future that’s much bigger than the mere governorship of a small state like Rhode Island.

Why, with that kind of philosophy and a little hard work he could he could one day find himself the governor of California.

H/T: Ace of Spades

First Czar in Prison contest still open as Rattner agrees to pay fine

Steven Rattner, who was accused of paying kickbacks, has managed to avoid becoming the first Obama Czar in prison, receiving a $10,000,000 fine instead.

And what a fine it was: $10,000,000.00 dollars. But don’t schedule any fundraisers for the former Car Czar, because as this video clip shows Rattner may be worth as much as $680 million. So he should be okay.

Rattner, who was accused of paying kickbacks, has managed to avoid becoming the first Obama Czar in prison. Of course, Van Jones is ineligible for the contest because his prison time was somewhat short and came before he became a Czar.

Kind of makes us wonder, though, what kind of money the horrible, evil, filthy rich that the Obama administration finds so appalling must make. Rattner, for example, is a piker in terms of net worth when compared to Mayor Bloomberg, whose money is managed by the former Car Czar. The New York City Mayor’s net worth may be as high as $20 billion. With a B.

We don’t begrudge either of these guys their money. With one notable exception, that is. Bloomberg’s salary as Mayor of New York City is $1.00 per year. Considering the job he’s doing, any impartial observer would say he’s overpaid.

So, alas, Rattner has avoided prison time and we’re still waiting for the first Czar to swap pinstripes for prison stripes. All things considered, we shouldn’t have to wait much longer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcML-XQ5zrM

Hillary falls flat on her face. And we’re not speaking metaphorically.

Hillary not only took a trip to Yemen, she took a trip in Yemen. Fell flat on her face.

Hillary not only took a trip to Yemen, she took a trip in Yemen. Fell flat on her face. Or maybe it was her ass. It’s tough to tell which is which.

And that’s what passes as insightful political analysis here at IHateTheMedia.com.

You can’t fool all the people all the time: Voters say Democrats are more extreme than Republicans.

For some reason that the Democrats just can’t figure out, the American people aren’t buying the story that Republicans are extreme. (Hint: Think about the old adage, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”)

For some reason that the Democrats just can’t figure out, the American people aren’t buying the story that Republicans are extreme. (Hint: Think about the old adage, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”)

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Why the facepalm, Mr. President? This survey is a direct result of your extremist policies.

Rasmussen has the disturbing details for Democrats:

Voters continue to feel the Republican agenda in Congress is less extreme than that of congressional Democrats.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 42% of Likely U.S. Voters now describe the agenda of Republicans in Congress as mainstream, while nearly as many (38%) view it as extreme. Twenty percent (20%) are not sure.

At the same time, 38% of voters think the agenda of Democrats in Congress is mainstream, while nearly half (49%) believe it is extreme. Thirteen percent (13%) remain undecided.

Our best guess? The divide between the two parties will become even greater after the Democrats’ nonsense about the Tucson massacre gets factored into the next survey.

Source: Rasmussen

Oops. Ed Schultz interviews Tucson hero, finds out he’s packing heat and willing to use it

We guarantee – absolutely guarantee – that as soon as this interview was over and they cut to commercial, Ed Schultz started screaming in the studio.

We guarantee – absolutely guarantee – that as soon as this interview with Tucson shooting hero Joe Zamudio was over and they cut to commercial, Ed Schultz started screaming in the studio:

“Why didn’t somebody tell me this guy was a freakin’ gun-totin’, First Amendment lovin’, right wing lunatic? You made me look stupid on the air.”

No, Ed, you do that all by yourself.

Ed “Come right back after these commercials and we’ll apologize for calling Republicans bastards” Schultz

The always classy Ed Schultz called Republicans “bastards who want to destroy the American dream” on his Wednesday night MSNBC show.

The always classy Ed Schultz called Republicans “bastards who want to destroy the American dream” on his Wednesday night MSNBC show.

Schultz: It’s all about takin’ down President Obama. They don’t want to create jobs. They’re not about that at all. And I’ll guarantee you, if you do see the numbers change, which I believe they will, you won’t hear Boehner or any of these new righties give one ounce of credit to the last Congress for fightin’ like hell for a jobs bill. This is an ideological war. I say it on camera tonight here on MSNBC. I will fight these bastards every night at 6 o’clock because I know what they’re up against. I know what they want to do. They want to take down American workers. They want to outsource jobs. They want to destroy the American dream. Concentrate the wealth to the top, and control minorities. That’s what they’re about.

Schultz’ keepers in the control room must have whispered in his earpiece, because after interviewing Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wa.) Ed came back and apologized. You know someone whispered in his ear, because Ed insisted that’s what hadn’t happened.

Schultz: It is going to be a very passionate fight, and I just, no I haven’t had anybody in my earpiece since I started tonight, and management’s not saying I’m over the top. I just referred to the Republicans as a term I probably shouldn’t have used, but, I know what, they just infuriate me. I don’t think they’re honest brokers. I think they’re out to destroy unions. I think they’re out to destroy the working folk of America. I think they have nothing on the table for middle-class, the middle-class Americans out there who haven’t had the breaks that the top two percent has had. So, if I offended some of you by that term I used a few moments ago, I apologize. Maybe I’ve had too much TV.

Hmmmm. “Maybe I’ve had too much TV.” Same reaction we have on those nights we watch MSNBC.

H/T: NewsBusters.org

Ever noticed liberals’ habit of saying disagreement with them equals hate? So has Brit Hume.

Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume calls out the left for its hypocrisy. Correction: Make that their blatant hypocrisy.

Fox News senior political analyst Brit Hume calls out the left for its hypocrisy. Correction: Make that their blatant hypocrisy.

TheDailyCaller.com reports Brit’s pissed-offedness:

“It has become a habit of the American left to equate disagreement with liberals and liberalism with hate,” Hume said. “So convinced do they seem of the virtue of their cause that the only possible explanation for resistance to it must be hatred. In the past week, at least two prominent liberal commentators spoke of the need to resist the right, quote, ‘Obama hate machine.’ Hardly a surprise then that the assassination attempt on Congresswoman Giffords would quickly be blamed on what columnist [Paul] Krugman of The New York Times called the climate of hate, fomented of course by the right.”

Hume also pointed out that some of the attempts to capitalize politically on the tragedy are deeply misguided.

“Never mind that the only climate that seemed to matter here was the fevered swamp of Jared Loughner’s mind,” he continued. “The Democratic sheriff of Pima County also saw a connection to the national climate, though he admitted he had no evidence, just his opinion he said. Here in Washington, Democratic Congressman Brady of Philadelphia has a bill to make at it crime to use language or symbols that quote, ‘Could be perceived as threatening violence against Congress.’ So presumably our national discourse will now be cleansed of references to attack ads and targeted races and blasting one’s opponent. Congress better kill that bill before it’s a crime to use the phrase and before anyone gets idea that regulating speech will have any effect on the behavior of the deranged.”

Oh, Brit. You right wing wacko, you.

Source: DailyCaller.com

Democrat Senator Joe Manchin has blood on his hands

We’re absolutely positive that Joe Manchin’s TV ad is what motivated Jared Loughner to shoot Gabrielle Giffords. And we’re even more sincere about it than the lunatic left is that Sarah Palin’s little target symbols caused him to do it.

Remember this Manchin campaign commercial? Candidate (and now Senator) Joe Manchin said “I’ll take on Washington and this administration and get the federal government off of our backs!” Then he picked up his rifle and fired a shot right through Obama’s healthcare bill.

We’re absolutely positive that this is what motivated Jared Loughner to shoot Gabrielle Giffords. And we’re even more sincere about it than the lunatic left is that Sarah Palin’s little target symbols caused him to do it.

Christina Green’s father doesn’t want her murder to result in restriction of freedom

The parents of Christina Green must be remarkable people. Could you hold it together like this if you experienced such a tragedy is your life? We couldn’t. Could you express yourself so eloquently? We couldn’t. Could you separate emotion from logic like this? We couldn’t.

The parents of Christina Green must be remarkable people. Could you hold it together like this if you experienced such a tragedy is your life? We couldn’t. Could you express yourself so eloquently? We couldn’t. Could you separate emotion from logic like this? We couldn’t.

“We know she wouldn’t want things changed,” John Green said. “She would not want restrictions … I think there’s always going to be random acts. I think Christina and our family generally believes that there’s a lot of good people out there and that’s what we’re going to take away from this … We don’t wish this on anybody and I’m sure they don’t wish this on us. If we live in a country like the United States where we are more free than anywhere else then we are subject to things like this happening. And, that’s the price we have to pay.”

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the entire Green family.

Is Sheriff Dupnik is responsible for the Tuscon massacre?

The real problem with Pima County Sheriff Dupnik’s on-going bombast – if you distract everyone by pointing fingers, maybe no one will notice that they should, perhaps, be pointed at you.

We love James Taranto. His Wall Street Journal Best of the Web Today blog is one of our favorites.

He pegged the real problem with Pima County Sheriff Dupnik’s on-going bombast – if you distract everyone by pointing fingers, maybe no one will notice that they should, perhaps, be pointed at you.

“I’d like to make one additional point on Sheriff Dupnik. I think we’re missing the point when we’re talking about his political agenda. This man and this suspect has had previous contact with the sheriff’s office. It looks to me, we don’t have many details on this, but it looks as though he slipped between the cracks. I think what we really need to look into is what happened when he had previous contact with the sheriff’s office with their negligence here. And, I think the sheriff is trying to distract from that question.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vQ4q1woO8I

No, James. It doesn’t just look like Loughner slipped through the cracks, he did slip through the cracks.

TheChollaJumps has the specifics of the slippage:

Jared Loughner has been making death threats by phone to many people in Pima County including staff of Pima Community College, radio personalities and local bloggers. When Pima County Sheriff’s Office was informed, his deputies assured the victims that he was being well managed by the mental health system. It was also suggested that further pressing of charges would be unnecessary and probably cause more problems than it solved as Jared Loughner has a family member that works for Pima County. Amy Loughner is a Natural Resource specialist for the Pima County Parks and Recreation. My sympathies and my heart goes out to her and the rest of Mr. Loughner’s family. This tragedy must be tearing them up inside wondering if they had done the right things in trying to manage Jared’s obvious mental instability.

Every victim of his threats previously must also be wondering if this tragedy could have been prevented if they had been more aggressive in pursuing charges against Mr. Loughner. Perhaps with a felony conviction he would never have been able to lawfully by the Glock 9mm Model 19 that he used to strike down the lives of six people and decimate 14 more.

Hmmmmm. Makes a little too much sense to be ignored, doesn’t it?

H/T: GatewayPundit
Source: The Cholla Jumps

Judgment to Rush: Arizona sheriff blames Limbaugh for Tucson murders

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has made himself judge, jury and sounds as if he’d like to complete the trifecta and become the executioner. But of talk show host Rush Limbaugh, not of Jared Loughner.

Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik has made himself judge, jury and sounds as if he’d like to complete the trifecta and become the executioner. But of talk show host Rush Limbaugh, not of Jared Loughner.

Dupnik announced that the talk show host is “irresponsible” for his vitriolic comments.

ABC News has the Dupnik details:

“The kind of rhetoric that flows from people like Rush Limbaugh, in my judgment he is irresponsible, uses partial information, sometimes wrong information,” Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik said today.

“[Limbaugh] attacks people, angers them against government, angers them against elected officials and that kind of behavior in my opinion is not without consequences.”

Limbaugh today railed against the media and Dupnik for trying to draw a link between the heated political climate and the shooting rampage, calling the sheriff a “fool.” But Dupnik stood by his assertions.

“The vitriol affects the [unstable] personality that we are talking about,” he said. “You can say, ‘Oh no, it doesn’t,’ but my opinion is that it does.”

Pot, meet kettle: Dupnik seems to be an expert when it comes to vitriol. He decided no investigation was necessary because he knew exactly what motivated Jared Loughner within minutes of the shooting.

At the risk of using a phrase that Dupnik might call vitriolic and irresponsible, one might call his actions a clear case of, “Ready, fire, aim.”

Source: ABC News

Time’s Joe Klein reveals the obvious: MSNBC’s Ed Schultz is stupid

Joe Klein referred to an earlier appearance he made on MSNBC with Ed Schultz. He flat out called Ed stupid, which will undoubtedly come as news to no one except Schultz himself.

Time magazine’s Joe Klein showed up on CNN’s Sunday “Reliable Sources” on Saturday. He was fired up. Angry. Disgusted.

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Ed Schultz demonstrating the sophisticated analysis that pissed off Joe Klein

In general, he’s unhappy about the lack of complexity on cable news. Specifically, he referred to an earlier appearance he made on MSNBC with Ed Schultz. He flat out called Ed stupid, which will undoubtedly come as news to no one except Schultz himself.

“Well, that brings me to point number two. It’s really hard, we choose – cable news chooses – not to really deal with complicated issues with the level of complexity that they deserve. I was on Ed Schultz’ show to discuss Afghanistan. I was just back from there. It is the most complicated issue imaginable. And the guy writes down on a piece of paper, ‘Get out now,’ and holds it up on the screen. That’s so stupid and it’s so unworthy. And it really — it’s one of the reasons why people hold us in lower regard than they do lawyers.”

C’mon, Joe, you work for a news magazine. Tell us something we don’t know.

H/T: Daily Caller

Britain discovers that the cost of sustainable energy is, in a word, unsustainable

The failure of Britain’s wind farms to produce electricity in the extreme cold will cost billions of pounds, create an economic crisis and lead to blackouts, leading industrialists have warned.

Have you ever noticed that the rude intrusion of reality into the sustainable energy debate always hits eco-wackos hardest?

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Cold weather makes British wind farms freeze up like an old maid on a honeymoon

The Daily Mail UK reports on the unexpected consequences of the colder than normal British winter:

The failure of Britain’s wind farms to produce electricity in the extreme cold will cost billions of pounds, create an economic crisis and lead to blackouts, leading industrialists have warned.

To cover up the ineffectiveness of wind farms the Government will be forced to build emergency back-up power plants, the cost of which will be paid by industry and consumers.

… Industry regulator Ofgem has already calculated that the cost of achieving sustainable energy targets – set by Brussels but backed by the British Government – will amount to £200 billion, which will mean that annual household fuel bills will double to about £2,400 on average within the next ten years.

In the last quarter ending December 23, wind turbines produced on average 8.6 per cent of our electricity, but the moment the latest bad weather arrived with snow and freezing temperatures, this figure fell to as low as 1.8 per cent.

The slack was immediately taken up by efficient, but dirty, coal-fired power stations and oil-fired plants.

And we’ll bet a couple pounds that the British eco-wackos had their furnaces turned up just as high as anyone else.

Source: Daily Mail UK

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