It’s only been one day and Hank Johnson has a challenger for dumbest congressman title

Good god, man, just when we knew Hank Johnson (D-GA) was hands down the dumbest guy in congress, Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL) runs into the spotlight and hollers, “Hey, look at me.”

Good god, man, just when we knew Hank Johnson (D-GA) was hands down the dumbest guy in congress, Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL) runs into the spotlight and hollers, “Hey, look at me.”

Hare told a disgruntled group of constituents, “I care more about the people who are dying every day than the Constitution in this.” When one of the angry voters pointed out that Hare had sworn to uphold the Constitution, the congressman quoted from the document.

Unfortunately, the constituent pointed out that instead of quoting the Constitution, Hare had actually quoted the Declaration of Independence and didn’t appear to know the difference between the two.

Finally, Hare told his constituents that he read the incredibly complex 2500+ page ObamaCare bill three times before he voted for it. When it was pointed out that that’s a page a minute every minute of the day and night between the time the bill was posted and when it was voted on, Hare did what any self-respecting congressman would do – he shrugged he shoulders, did a head fake, and ran for his car.

Let this be a lesson to the voters of Illinois:

Never vote for a congressman who looks like Barney Rubble.

H/T: Ace of Spades

Megyn Kelly bitch slaps bitch from CodePink

Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink, assaulted Karl Rove and attempted to place him under citizen’s arrest at a book signing. Megyn Kelly interviews the lunatic and gives her hell.

Was our headline offensive? Have we gone too far? Good. Now let’s get on with the story.

Jodie Evans, co-founder of Code Pink, assaulted Karl Rove and attempted to place him under citizen’s arrest at a book signing. Megyn Kelly interviews the lunatic and gives her hell.

The contrast between the two couldn’t be more stark.

On a completely unrelated note, have we mentioned lately how hot Megyn Kelly is?

H/T: Mediaite

And now Mr. Larry King demonstrates why CNN’s ratings suck

CNN’s idea of balance? In a discussion on Afghanistan, one guest says everything that’s gone wrong in Afghanistan is Bush’s fault, but the opposing guest insists that Obama be given credit for everything that’s gone right in Afghanistan.

CNN’s idea of balance? In a discussion on Afghanistan, one guest says everything that’s gone wrong in Afghanistan is Bush’s fault, but the opposing guest insists that Obama be given credit for everything that’s gone right in Afghanistan.

And that, my friends, is what passes as a balanced discussion on CNN.

Good news! ObamaCare authorizes a new, extra tax to be withheld from your paycheck

Turns out a little known provision of ObamaCare has come to light. A brand new tax to be withheld from your paycheck. They call it voluntary, but the extra tax will be automatically withheld from your paycheck unless you opt out.

We don’t remember the congressional debate about long term care for the elderly, do you? We must have gone into the kitchen for a sandwich while that one was being discussed.

Turns out a little known provision of ObamaCare has come to light. A brand new tax to be withheld from your paycheck. They call it voluntary, but the extra tax will be automatically withheld from your paycheck unless you opt out.

And, if we’re not mistaken, this one also breaks Obama’s pledge not to raise taxes on anyone making under $250,000 per year.

Long-term care for the elderly. Just another of those surprising little provisions buried deep within ObamaCare.

H/T: IOwnTheWorld.com

Hypocritical Bono named America’s worst investor

Bono, lead singer of Irish rock band U2, who travels the world preaching that everyone should pay higher taxes but then moved the band’s corporate headquarters to the Netherlands in an effort to avoid paying higher taxes, won’t have to worry about that issue this year. Because he lost his Irish ass in the stock market in 2009.

Financial woes have Irish rocker Bono singing the blues

Bono, lead singer of Irish rock band U2, who travels the world preaching that everyone should pay higher taxes but then moved the band’s corporate headquarters to the Netherlands in an effort to avoid paying higher taxes, won’t have to worry about that issue this year. Because he lost his Irish ass in the stock market in 2009.

The San Francisco Business Journal tells how Bono hit some sour financial notes:

U2 singer Bono’s investments into Elevation Partners, which has offices in New York and Menlo Park, have helped make him the “worst investor investor in America,” according to the online publication 24/7 Wall Street.

With large investments in Palm, Forbes, and Move.com — “an unprecedented string of disastrous investments which even bad luck could not explain” — Elevation Partners has earned the distinction of being “arguably the worst run institutional fund of any size in the United States,” 24/7 Wall Street asserts.

…Elevation bought 25 percent of Palm in 2007, and the company’s stock has since tanked – down to $3.65 from $18 last September…

Elevation Partners put $300 million into Forbes’ online operations in 2006, and the company’s total value has dropped from $750 million to “perhaps $100 million.”

Elevation put $100 million into Move.com, which owns home and real estate websites, and company shares subsequently lost 50 percent of their value, 24/7 noted.

There’s more, but our uncharacteristic schadenfreude seems to be getting the better of us. Suffice it to say, if Bono had been around in 1845 he probably would have invested in potatoes.

Source: San Francisco Business Journal

We think we may have found a member of the House dumber than Nancy Pelosi

Admiral Robert Willard was able to keep a straight face while being questioned by Rep. Hank Johnson about the Navy’s plan to transfer 8,000 personnel and their families to the tiny island of Guam. Johnson worries that adding so many people to such a small island might make it “tip over and capsize.”

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) is a liberal triple threat: Dumber than Nancy Pelosi, crazier than Dennis Kucinich and less coherent than Joe Biden.

The most surprising thing about this video clip is that Admiral Robert Willard was able to keep a straight face while being questioned by Johnson about the Navy’s plan to transfer 8,000 personnel and their families to the tiny island of Guam.

Johnson worries that adding so many people to such a small island might make it “tip over and capsize.” Seriously. That’s what he said. And as you’ll see in the clip, he’s serious. Absolutely serious.

Holy friggin’ moly.

Update: We found the second dumbest congressman, Phil Hare, just the next day.

You say to-may-to, we say to-mah-to. You say socialism, Joe Biden says fairness

Yahoo reporter Aaron Task interviewed Uncle Joe Biden and learned that the gaffe-prone vice president doesn’t like to call socialism socialism.



Yahoo reporter Aaron Task interviewed Uncle Joe Biden and learned that the gaffe-prone vice president doesn’t like to call socialism socialism.

After running through a laundry list of wealth distribution programs, Biden finally gets into his definition of socialism.

Task: What do you think of the charge that this is a redistribution of wealth? Even the New York Times, famously liberal, said, “The Health Care bill is the federal government’s biggest attack on economic inequality since inequality began rising more than three decades ago.”

Biden: Look, It’s a simple proposition to us: Everyone is entitled to adequate medical health care … If you call that a ‘redistribution of income’ — well, so be it. I don’t call it that. I call it just being fair — giving the middle class taxpayers an even break that the wealthy have been getting … Taxes have been lowered for the wealthy considerably over the years. It’s about time we get a little tax equity here.

You call it socialism, Joe Biden calls is fairness. You call Joe Biden a Marxist, we call him a Leninist.

Source: Yahoo

New study says ability to dance enhances ability to survive. Well, that may explain everything.

If you’ve ever seen President Obama dance, you know that he got his rhythm gene from his mother. And according to a new study, that may explain all the difficulties he’s encountered in his first year in office.

If you’ve ever seen President Obama dance, you know that he got his rhythm gene from his mother. And according to a new study, that may explain all the difficulties he’s encountered in his first year in office.

LiveScience.com reports the rhythm-challenged details:

A study published in the Public Library of Science’s genetics journal in 2006 suggested that long ago the ability to dance was actually connected to the ability to survive.

According to the study, dancing was a way for our prehistoric ancestors to bond and communicate, particularly during tough times. As a result, scientists believe that early humans who were coordinated and rhythmic could have had an evolutionary advantage.

The researchers examined the DNA of a group of dancers and non-dancers and found that the dancers shared two genes associated with a predisposition for being good social communicators.

It was not reported if there were any genes associated with the inability to communicate without a Teleprompter.

Source: LiveScience.com

Comedian hauled before Canadian Language Police for insulting lesbian hecklers

First Canadians took political humorist Mark Steyn before their Human Rights Commission. Then they threatened to do the same to Ann Coulter. Now a Canadian comedian is in trouble for insulting some lesbian hecklers.

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Canadian comedian Guy Earle. Or one of the lesbians. We are not sure which.

What the hell is going on in the Great White Multi-cultured North?

First they took political humorist Mark Steyn before their Human Rights Commission. Then they threatened to do the same to Ann Coulter. Now a Canadian comedian is in trouble for insulting some lesbian hecklers.

This is no joke. They’re going after a comedian for responding to hecklers.

Guy Earle, a twenty-year veteran of the stand-up circuit, was the volunteer master of ceremonies for an amateur comedy night in Vancouver back in May 2007 when the disturbing incident occurred:

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Olbermann takes off month of March, his show gets higher ratings without him

At what point do the geniuses up in the executive suites at MSNBC look at the latest ratings and ask themselves the reasonable question, “Why are we paying Olbermann $7 million a year?”

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Uh-oh. Looks like Olbermann rantings do not translate to Olbermann ratings

At what point do the geniuses up in the executive suites at MSNBC look at the latest ratings and ask themselves the reasonable question, “Why are we paying Olbermann $7 million a year?”

We call it reasonable because Olbermann’s Countdown show got higher ratings while he was off the air.

MediaBistro reports the bad news for the oleaginous Olbermann:

As we reported, yesterday was Keith Olbermann’s official return to MSNBC after being away for more than a month. And with the March ratings period now complete (it ended Sunday), Olbermann’s substitute host, Lawrence O’Donnell, helped give “Countdown” its best month of the quarter, but still down — 21% — compared to March ’09.

Admittedly, “higher” ratings is a relative term at the ratings-challenged network. And a 21% increase doesn’t translate to a lot of additional viewers.

Nevertheless, think of all the additional limos and champagne and caviar the MSNBC execs could afford to buy if they weren’t paying Olbermann’s exorbitant salary. And don’t think they’re not thinking the same thing.

Source: MediaBistro.com

Here’s a great idea: Let’s sacrifice democracy to save the world from global warming

Don’t you get the impression that global warming advocates compete to see who can make the most outrageous comments? British scientist James Lovelock just moved into first place.

If global warming is such a serious problem, why is James Lovelock wearing a sweater?

Don’t you get the impression that global warming advocates compete to see who can make the most outrageous comments? British scientist James Lovelock just moved into first place.

The Guardian UK reveals Lovelock’s latest lunacy:

Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades. This is the stark conclusion of James Lovelock, the globally respected environmental thinker and independent scientist who developed the Gaia theory.

It follows a tumultuous few months in which public opinion on efforts to tackle climate change has been undermined by events such as the climate scientists’ emails leaked from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the failure of the Copenhagen climate summit.

“I don’t think we’re yet evolved to the point where we’re clever enough to handle a complex a situation as climate change,” said Lovelock in his first in-depth interview since the theft of the UEA emails last November. “The inertia of humans is so huge that you can’t really do anything meaningful.”

One of the main obstructions to meaningful action is “modern democracy”, he added. “Even the best democracies agree that when a major war approaches, democracy must be put on hold for the time being. I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as a war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while.”

Get your limey ass in line, pal. Here in the good ol’ USA, we’ve already put democracy on hold for healthcare. Can’t put it on hold for anything else for the foreseeable future.

Source: Guardian UK

Is Robert Gibbs reading about Dick Cheney?

Maybe the left really does believes Dick Cheney is Darth Vader. Otherwise, a Star Wars pop-up book seem like an odd choice of reading material for the President’s press secretary.

Maybe the left really does believes Dick Cheney is Darth Vader. Otherwise, a Star Wars pop-up book seem like an odd choice of reading material for the President’s press secretary.

H/T: The Big Feed

Al Franken doesn’t have a clue what’s in the ObamaCare bill

Author Jason Mattera waylays Minnesota’s finest senator and asks him why skate parks, jungle gyms, midnight basketball and time off for breastfeeding mothers should be the federal government’s responsibility.

Franken not only proves that he doesn’t know what’s in the bill, but simultaneously proves that he’s a thoroughly unlikable person.

Author Jason Mattera waylays Minnesota’s finest senator and asks him why skate parks, jungle gyms, midnight basketball and time off for breastfeeding mothers should be the federal government’s responsibility.

Franken not only proves that he doesn’t know what’s in the bill, but simultaneously proves that he’s a thoroughly unlikable person.

Convincing evidence that Obama is a Marxist

The Marx Brothers – Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Gummo, Zeppo and Karl – were obviously the inspiration for President Obama. The words from 1933’s Duck Soup, in which Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia, are oddly prophetic.

The Marx Brothers – Groucho, Harpo, Chico, Gummo, Zeppo and Karl – were obviously the inspiration for President Obama. The words from 1933’s Duck Soup, in which Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia, are oddly prophetic. Is Obama a Marxist?

H/T: Reader Dave

Andrew Breitbart owes us $100,000

Andrew Breitbart, the genius behind Breitbart.tv, BigHollywood.com, BigGovernment.com and probably a few others we’re forgetting, offered $100,000 to anyone who could prove that the n-word was used at the anti-ObamaCare rallies in Washington, DC. We would prefer small bills, Andrew.

Andrew Breitbart, the genius behind Breitbart.tv, BigHollywood.com, BigGovernment.com and probably a few others we’re forgetting, offered $100,000 to the United Negro College Fund if anyone who could prove that the n-word was used at the anti-ObamaCare rallies in Washington, DC.

Here you go, Andrew, the n-word in all its glory.

Any chance you could redirect that 100 thou to some deserving bloggers? If so, could you make it small bills?

Source: Noline.tv

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Waxman & Stupak tell big business that resistance is futile

Just when the Democrats thought they’d bribed everyone who needed bribing and threatened everyone who needed threatening, along come a group of CEOs complaining that ObamaCare is going to cost them a friggin’ fortune.

Just when the Democrats thought they’d bribed everyone who needed bribing and threatened everyone who needed threatening, along come a group of CEOs complaining that ObamaCare is going to cost them a friggin’ fortune.

An outraged Henry Waxman “…called the chief executive officers of AT&T, Verizon, Caterpillar and Deere & Co. to provide evidence to support costs the companies plan to book related to the new health-care law.

“Waxman, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak released letters they wrote to the executives, saying their plans to record expenses against earnings as a result of the law contradict other estimates. The lawmakers requested the executives appear at hearing Stupak plans on April 21.”

We’d guess that Waxman and Stupak don’t know that businesses have to use real money instead of the pretend kind Congress throws around with wild abandon.

Waxman stopped short of calling the CEOs liars, but said, “The new law is designed to expand coverage and bring down costs, so your assertions are a matter of concern … They also appear to conflict with independent analysis.”
Translation? Waxman thinks the CEOs are lying, or even worse, telling the truth in a way that makes Democrats look bad.

The congressmen insist they’ve been fair to the CEOs in question. They’re merely demanding that the CEOs bring all pertinent documents, emails, voice mails, etc.

As of this morning Waxman and Stupak have not announced plans to conduct full body cavity searches on the CEOs. But that’s subject to change without notification.

Source: Business Week

America’s first legal male prostitute gives up job. Which Democrat congressmen will apply for the job?

Sad news coming out of rural Nevada this morning. America’s first legal male prostitute has given up after just two months on the job because he’d had fewer than 10 customers. Is Bart Stupak available to replace him?

Bart Stupak
Congressman Stupak brags about why he would be a successful male prostitute

Sad news coming out of rural Nevada this morning. America’s first legal male prostitute has given up after just two months on the job because he’d had fewer than 10 customers.

The Associated Press fleshes out the details of the failed flesh trade:

Brothel owner Jim Davis said Friday the Shady Lady Ranch had parted ways with the “prostitude” who worked under the name Markus.

A replacement has been hired, but Davis hinted it was possible that Markus, a 25-year-old Alabama native, could be back.

“I don’t know, he hasn’t told us yet,” Davis said.

The tiny yellow brothel is 150 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

Markus, who like other sex workers has asked that his real name not be used, didn’t immediately respond to an e-mail message seeking comment.

We’ve heard rumors that the unnamed replacement is none other than Michigan Democrat Bart Stupak. He’s a natural for the job because he’s proven that he’s completely immoral and willing to sell himself if the money is right.

And considering that Stupak is currently a United States Congressman, the job is definitely a career enhancement.

Source: Associated Press

Will ObamaCare cause insurance premiums to rise by 17% for young adults? Or by far more?

The Associated Press reports that insurance premiums will jump by 17% for young adults under ObamaCare. But AP has, we think, under-calculated the real increase.

Depression and Sorrow
We hope ObamaCare covers young adults for depression

The Associated Press reports that insurance premiums will jump by 17% for young adults under ObamaCare. But AP has, we think, under-calculated the real increase.

Considering that young adults commonly go without insurance and then considering the fact that ObamaCare will now force them to buy insurance they don’t want, it seems to us that a more accurate description of the premium increase would be 117%.

The Associated Press reports the premium prognostication:

Under the health care overhaul, young adults who buy their own insurance will carry a heavier burden of the medical costs of older Americans — a shift expected to raise insurance premiums for young people when the plan takes full effect.

Beginning in 2014, most Americans will be required to buy insurance or pay a tax penalty. That’s when premiums for young adults seeking coverage on the individual market would likely climb by 17 percent on average, or roughly $42 a month, according to an analysis of the plan conducted for The Associated Press. The analysis did not factor in tax credits to help offset the increase.

The higher costs will pinch many people in their 20s and early 30s who are struggling to start or advance their careers with the highest unemployment rate in 26 years.

So welcome aboard the ObamaCare Express, young Americans. You voted for the guy and now you’ll be forced to pay more for a service you don’t want and can’t afford.

Ahhh, the glories of socialism.

Source: Associated Press

Brits level forest to stop sexual trysts

How, you may ask, is this story related to the media. And we answer, without forests there can be no paper and without paper there can be no print media.

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We doubt that the British Sex Police consulted with the British Environmental Police on this one

How, you may ask, is this story related to the media. And we answer, without forests there can be no paper and without paper there can be no print media.

Oh, and it involves cheap, sleazy sex and it’s our blog so we’ll write about it if we damn well please.

Here are the details of the sordid story from the Telegraph UK:

The conifers were felled on the 12 hectare site on the outskirts of Darwen, Lancashire, after a “health and safety survey.”

United Utilities cleared the huge expanse of forest alongside the busy A666 claiming some of the trees, planted after the Second World War, were in danger of falling down.
But police and councillors have said that the cull was also ordered to discourage strangers from meeting for sexual intercourse at the known ‘dogging’ hotspot.

Jean Rigby, a local councillor, said: “The area will be replanted with native species that, in 20 years, people will see the benefit of.

“I’m more than happy this is being carried out – and it has a double whammy in terms of the sexual behaviour. I’ve heard anecdotally that since the trees have been cleared, it’s quietened down a lot!”

Another councillor, Colin Rigby, said: “It’s essential work that United Utilities are carrying out, and cutting the trees back also works as a deterrent to people who go dogging.”
Sgt Mark Wilson, of Lancashire Police’s Darwen Neighbourhood Policing team, explained: “It’s an ongoing problem and very worrying for members of the public.

“It’s far too early to tell if cutting the trees back has had any impact on the dogging situation, but we’ll be paying regular attention to the area.”

Call us juvenile (many do), but we’re amused by seeing the words “double whammy” and “sexual behavior” in the same sentence.

Source: Telegraph UK

Geraldo shocked that conservative candidate wasn’t “foaming at the mouth”

Jerry Rivers was was shocked – absolutely shocked – that conservative Marco Rubio “wasn’t foaming at the mouth” during his Florida senate debate with Charlie Crist.

Jerry Rivers was was shocked – absolutely shocked – that conservative Marco Rubio “wasn’t foaming at the mouth” during his Florida senate debate with Charlie Crist.

“In fairness to our audience I have to say that my family loves Charlie Crist. We were at his wedding. He came to our mom’s house. He’s a wonderful guy. I’m not endorsing anybody. It’s not my job. But, it seemed to me he held his own. But, Rubio was surprising. He wasn’t foaming at the mouth. He wasn’t radical. He seemed poised in his own way so Charlie’s got his hands full.”

Geraldo said it on that damned biased Fox News, but it sounds like something that would have been said on impartial MSNBC.

H/T: Gateway Pundit

Reverend Wright says you’re the bigot

Please allow us to break the bad news to you personally. You’re a bigot. You hate the poor and people of color and that’s the only reason you oppose ObamaCare. Must be true, because Reverend Jeremiah Wright said so and he’s a man of the Lord.

Please allow us to break the bad news to you personally. You’re a bigot. You hate the poor and people of color and that’s the only reason you oppose ObamaCare. Must be true, because Reverend Jeremiah Wright said so and he’s a man of the Lord.

As in, “Good Lord, what a friggin’ lunatic.”

H/T: Breitbart.tv

Now the truth can be told: Howard Dean admits ObamaCare is all about redistribution of wealth

Coming soon! They admit Van Jones is a communist. They admit that “comprehensive immigration reform” really means amnesty. They admit cap-and-trade is just one giant tax. And who knows? Maybe they’ll even admit that Obama was born in a manger in Bethlehem.

Coming soon! They admit Van Jones is a communist. They admit that “comprehensive immigration reform” really means amnesty. They admit cap-and-trade is just one giant tax. And who knows? Maybe they’ll even admit that Obama was born in a manger in Bethlehem.

H/T: Bluegrass Pundit

Bad stuff, blame global warming. Good stuff, credit good Mother Gaia

Things aren’t going well for Mother Gaia. Oh, not because of global warming, but instead because those damn arctic animals won’t die off like the global warming theory predicts.

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Bowhead whale enjoying a little global warming

Things aren’t going well for Mother Gaia. Oh, not because of global warming, but instead because those damn arctic animals won’t die off like the global warming theory predicts.

NewScientist.com tells the good news for arctic critters:

CONTRARY to popular belief, Arctic animals have done rather well over recent decades. The first analysis of a 40-year database of Arctic species reveals that populations grew by 16 per cent on average between 1970 and 2004.

The Arctic Species Trend Index covers 35 per cent of all Arctic vertebrate species. The analysis, led by Louise McRae at the Zoological Society of London, shows several mammals have benefited from hunting bans. Populations of bowhead whales, for instance, have risen by about 3 per cent per year for 30 years.

But the trend masks worrying recent declines. Warmer waters in the Bering Strait boosted the Bering Sea pollock between 1970 and 2003 by increasing plankton growth, but numbers have since declined. The dark-bellied brent goose has also declined, after an initial recovery of numbers. The team says the recent declines could be linked to climate change.

Got that? Animal populations are up, but it masks a worrying decline.

Global warming doubletalk at its finest.

Source: NewScientist.com

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