Obama blinks, will do interview on Fox News

The war between President Obama and Fox News is over. And it ended exactly as most observers expected: President Obama surrendered faster than the French army. According to Drudge, Major Garrett will conduct the interview next week during the President’s China visit.

Major Garrett, White House correspondent for a well-known non-news network, will interview President Obama
Major Garrett, White House correspondent for a well-known non-news network, will interview President Obama will interview

The war between President Obama and Fox News is over. And it ended exactly as most observers expected: President Obama surrendered faster than the French army.

According to Drudge, Major Garrett will conduct the interview next week during the President’s China visit.

Oddly enough, this happens the day after White House Propaganda Communications Director Anita Dunn, the Joseph Goebbels of the Obama administration, announced that she was leaving the White House.

But please do not make the mistake of thinking that Dunn’s “resignation” had anything to do with the Fox News dust up that she directed. Of course not.

In fact, she will return to the White House as a “consultant,” which allows the White House to count this as yet another job created or saved.

Lou Dobbs lobs grenade, walks out on CNN contract

Controversial CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, whose CNN contract runs through 2011, unexpectedly announced his “retirement” – effective immediately – on his Wednesday show.

Controversial CNN anchor Lou Dobbs, whose CNN contract runs through 2011, unexpectedly announced his “retirement” – effective immediately – on his Wednesday show.

Over the past six months, it’s become increasingly clear that strong winds of change have begun buffeting this country and affecting all of us.

And some leaders in media, politics and business have been urging me to go beyond my role here at CNN and to engage in constructive problem-solving, as well as to contribute positively to a better understanding of the great issues of our day. And to continue to do so in the most direct and honest language possible.

“Going beyond my role here at CNN”. Translation: I’m tired of serving as a punching bag for illegal alien rights groups with no support from CNN’s management.

What’s next for Dobbs? A new show on Fox? A political career? Working the red carpet at next year’s Latin Grammy Awards?

Stay tuned.

Source: LA Times

Obama phones in Berlin Wall speech, praises himself (or Himself)

President Obama still managed to find time to phone in a speech from an undisclosed part of the White House on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. But you can bet he won’t be too busy to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize in person.

In between whatever he was so busy with, President Obama still managed to find time to phone in a speech from an undisclosed part of the White House on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. But you can bet he won’t be too busy to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize in person.

During his prerecorded speech, President Obama made this self-referential observation, “Few would have foreseen … that a united Germany would be led by a woman from Brandenburg or that their American ally would be led by a man of African descent. But human destiny is what human beings make of it.”

Few would have also foreseen how the One would deftly work in a tribute to Himself during his tribute to the fall of the Wall. However, Obama’s Teleprompter somehow forgot to mention Communism, the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Lech Walesa or Pope John Paul.

In Obama’s telling, the Wall just got built by itself, and was mysteriously torn down one day for no apparent reason.

Source: HotAir.com

When is a tax not a tax? When it’s an interest-free loan.

If you work in California you may want to do a quick paycheck comparison and check this week’s pay stub against last week’s. Californians are beginning November with a 10% increase in their paycheck withholding.

big-taxes Californians, don’t you worry about your state being bankrupt. Rest assured that your elected representatives in Sacramento are working tirelessly to spread the poverty around and make sure the entire citizenry is equally bereft.

If you work in California you may want to do a quick paycheck comparison and check this week’s pay stub against last week’s. Californians are beginning November with a 10% increase in their paycheck withholding.

The LA Times reassuringly reports that “Technically, it’s not a tax increase,” it’s “part of a bundle of budget patches.” So what does that mean? Lawmakers aren’t exactly sure, they just know they need the extra cash.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Sacramento’s Democrat legislature and the RINO Governator are trying to close a “gaping budget deficit, now estimated to be $7 billion this year and reach as high as $20 billion next.”

Will this little “loan” close the deficit? Well, no. “The extra withholding tax will reduce Californians’ take-home pay by about $1.7 billion for the year. But the lawmakers say this isn’t a tax increase. OK, how about calling it a compulsory interest-free loan from taxpayers to the state?”

The Journal also questions the reliability of the Golden State’s representatives to guard the gold, as it were. “And we almost hate to ask: What happens come April if the state doesn’t have enough money to pay the tax refunds it owes its citizens? Will taxpayers get IOUs the way state contractors did last year when Sacramento ran out of money?”

Have the pols in Sacramento thought that far ahead? We’re not going to hazard a prediction. But if we can achieve Universal Heath Care For All and a smaller carbon footprint by next year, then by god, whatever happens to taxpayers is going to be worth it.

Source: Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times

Bad news for global warming fanatics: Greenland’s icecap is getting thicker

Greenland’s icecap has thickened slightly in recent years despite concerns that it is thawing out due to global warming, says an international team of scientists.

greenland ice cap

How could this be? How is it possible? We’re ruined.

Based on Al Gore’s assurances that the Greenland icecap was melting and that sea levels were rising, we invested all our spare cash in future beachfront property in South Dakota.

The Australian Broadcasting Company reports the story of our personal economic doom and the current shoreline’s salvation:

Greenland’s icecap has thickened slightly in recent years despite concerns that it is thawing out due to global warming, says an international team of scientists.

A team led by Professor Ola Johannessen, at the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center in Norway, report their findings online ahead of print publication in the journal Science.

The 3,000-metre thick Greenland icecap is a key concern in debates about climate change because a total melt would raise world sea levels by about 7 metres. And a runaway thaw might slow the Gulf Stream that keeps the North Atlantic region warm.

Glaciers at sea level have been retreating fast because of a warming climate, making many other scientists believe the entire icecap is thinning. But satellite measurements showed that more snowfall is falling and thickening the icecap, especially at high altitudes, say Johannessen and team.

The entire IHateTheMedia.com fortune is tied up in that South Dakota land. That’s what we get for listening to Gore.

Source: Reuters via ABC.gov.au

President Obama: “No healthcare insurance? Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass go.”

During an interview with ABC News’ Jake Tapper, the President ‘fessed up and said people who try to get a “free ride” the health care system deserve to be penalized. Of course, by “free ride” he meant those who don’t want to buy insurance.

President Obama is playing Monopoly again. Except this time it’s with 1/6 of the American economy.

During an interview with ABC News’ Jake Tapper, the President ‘fessed up and said people who try to get a “free ride” the health care system deserve to be penalized. Of course, by “free ride” he meant those who don’t want to buy insurance.

monopoly go to jail card Sure, he stopped short of calling for jail time, but his hesitance to do so is undoubtedly borne out of an intense desire to avoid yet another conservative firestorm.

“What I think is appropriate,” Obama said, “is that in the same way that everybody has to get auto insurance and if you don’t, you’re subject to some penalty, that in this situation, if you have the ability to buy insurance, it’s affordable and you choose not to do so, forcing you and me and everybody else to subsidize you, you know, there’s a thousand dollar hidden tax that families all across America are — are burdened by because of the fact that people don’t have health insurance, you know, there’s nothing wrong with a penalty.”

The only problem with Obama’s version of Monopoly (let’s call it “Obamanopoly”) is that he’s added one new rule:

If he runs out of money, he just takes a little from all the other players.

Source: MofoPolitics.com

Veterans Day salute: The Warrior Song

The only reason Barack Obama can go around the world spewing his nonsensical pablum about “engaging our enemies” is because there are American military people willing to engage them in a way those enemies not only understand, but fear.

The only reason Barack Obama can go around the world spewing his nonsensical pablum about “engaging our enemies” is because there are American military people willing to engage them in a way those enemies not only understand, but fear.

We’re unbelievably grateful for the sacrifices you each make.

Source: Warrior Legacy Foundation via Ace of Spades

The really odd couple: Glenn Beck joins forces with president of PETA

What could possibly bring these two diametrically opposed forces together? Three words: Al Gore, hypocrite.

What could possibly bring these two diametrically opposed forces together? Three words: Al Gore, hypocrite.

Source: PlanetGore

Obama says “the world is a community of nations with more in common than divides us.” Americans divided on the issue.

What the hell do we have in common with Saudi Arabia other than their oil? With China other than their cheap labor? With Tonga other than, well, we don’t know what the hell we have in common with Tonga? Foreign aid, maybe.

How much do you have in common with these Ukrainian peasants
How much do you have in common with these Ukrainian peasants

One of President Obama’s most grating platitudes is the one that says that the world is a community of nations with more in common than that which divides us. Blah-blah-blah.

Chalk up another Obama-ism that the American people aren’t buying. At least that’s what a new Rasmussen Reports poll says:

But just 32% of U.S. voters agree with the idea that the world is a community of nations, more alike than different in outlook and interest. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 44% disagree and 24% are not sure.

A solid plurality of Democrats (47%) share Obama’s global perspective, but 60% of Republicans and 49% of voters of voters not affiliated with either party don’t think the president’s right.

You really can’t blame the American people for blowing off the President on this one. The concept sounds like it was written by a United Nations bureaucrat in search of a million dollar grant. The words sound noble as well as Nobel, but they’re completely empty. It’s just another case of Obama ignoring – or forgetting – America’s exceptionalism.

What the hell do we have in common with Saudi Arabia other than their oil? With China other than their cheap labor? With Tonga other than, well, we don’t know what the hell we have in common with Tonga? Foreign aid, maybe.

Source: RasmussenReports.com

Feuding Republicans: The Hatfield and McCoys
are at it again

Yup, those redneck Republicans are at it again. After 8 years of peaceful coexistence, the conservative and liberal wings of the GOP are cleaning their guns and pointing them at each other.

The Hatfield clan at either a family reunion a Second Amendment rally
The Hatfield clan at either a family reunion a Second Amendment rally

Yup, those redneck Republicans are at it again. After 8 years of peaceful coexistence, the conservative and liberal wings of the GOP are cleaning their guns and pointing them at each other.

At least that’s what the liberal media would have you believe as evidenced by the New York Times report:

“Republicans emerged from Tuesday’s elections energized by victories in Virginia and New Jersey, but their leaders immediately began maneuvering to avoid a prolonged battle with conservative activists over what the party stands for and how to regain power.

Yet throughout the day after, Wednesday, Republicans grappled with the disappointing outcome of a special election for what had been a reliably Republican House seat in upstate New York. That contest became a battleground between the party establishment and a conservative insurgency demanding more ideological purity from candidates.”

Just keep one thing in mind when you read these stories from the biased liberal media:

The same people who said Iraq was in the middle of a civil war last year are saying the Republican Party is in the middle of a civil war this year. In Las Vegas, this is what’s known as doubling down when you’re holding six.

Our money is on the “conservative insurgency.”

Source: New York Times

Today’s Huckleberry Commentary
“Thanks to political correctness, this great country has become Rihanna to the Chris Browns of the world.”

Today’s Huckleberry Commentary: “Thanks to political correctness, this great country has become Rihanna to the Chris Browns of the world.”

Huckleberry Chuck, legendary former Top 40 DJ, bon vivant and noted wit comments on the news.

Join us as we prepare to dance on the grave of John Allen Muhammad

Here’s music from Chic to get us in a celebratory mood as John Allen Muhammad, the infamous DC Sniper, goes to meet his 72 virgins.

Here’s music from Chic to get us in a celebratory mood as John Allen Muhammad, the infamous DC Sniper, goes to meet his 72 virgins.

Would any readers like to say any final words for Mr. Muhammad?

Jerks In Congress need a tax on the wealthy. That’s all they need.

Now the jerks in Congress say that in order to pay for health care, they need is a tax on the wealthy. And that’s all they need. Well, maybe they need a little more.

Congress prepares to Jerk everyone around
Congress prepares to Jerk everyone around

Remember Steve Martin’s movie The Jerk? Navin R. Johnson said all he needed was the ashtray, the remote control, the paddle game, this magazine and the chair. And that’s all he needed.

Now the jerks in Congress say that in order to pay for health care, they need is a tax on the wealthy. And that’s all they need.

But don’t fear, the Democrats say. It’ll just be the rich people. That’s all they need.

Oh, and perhaps a tax on kinda rich people, depending on where you live.

“The bill is funded largely from a 5.4 percent tax on individuals making more than $500,000 a year and couples making more than $1 million, starting in 2011.”

So it’ll just be a tax on the wealthy. And the kinda wealthy. That’s all they need. Oh, and maybe small business owners.

“The tax would hit only 1.2 percent of taxpayers who claim business income on their returns, according to the estimates by the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation. But that percentage would grow as business owners’ nominal incomes rise with inflation.”

OK. So just the tax on the wealthy. And the kinda wealthy. And small business owners. That’s all they need. And…ummm… people who are trying to become wealthy and small businesses that want to become bigger.

Continue reading “Jerks In Congress need a tax on the wealthy. That’s all they need.”

Ed Schultz questions Obama’s toughness. Welcome to reality, Ed.

Floundering libtalker Ed Schultz committed heresy on his radio show by (gasp) admitting what conservatives in the United States and leaders around the world figured out long ago: our president is a cupcake.

Floundering libtalker Ed Schultz committed heresy on his radio show by (gasp) admitting what conservatives in the United States and leaders around the world figured out long ago: our president is a cupcake.

Schultz: I’ve noticed on a few stump speeches that he (Obama) tells us that he might be small but he’s tough. And I have thought about all of the past presidents. I haven’t heard a president tell us how tough he is. Am I wrong? Tell me if I’m wrong … And I think that’s rather strange, or unusual. You shouldn’t have to tell us that. You should illustrate this by taking a trip up to Capitol Hill. And getting some of these people that you helped get into office and calling some markers on health care reform.

This is one time we’d say it’s too bad no one listens to Schultz.

Source: The Radio Equalizer

Fourth and long for the Taliban: Fox airs NFL pre-game show from Afghanistan

You’ll like this football story even if you’re not a football fan. In honor of Veteran’s Day, the whole FOX Sports NFL crew went to Afghanistan Sunday and broadcast their show live for the troops.

You’ll like this football story even if you’re not a football fan.

In honor of Veteran’s Day, the whole FOX Sports NFL crew went to Afghanistan Sunday and broadcast their show live for the troops.

“It’s been so surreal, it’s hard to describe,” Fox analyst Michael Strahan said of the trip. “To witness so many young, smart, committed and capable men and women is inspiring. We’re here to show our appreciation for their service and sacrifice, and all they want to do is show their appreciation to us for coming here.”

The idea for the show came about when Fox Sports chairman David Hill was passing through the airport in Dallas last spring. He noticed military personnel walking through the terminal were going mostly unnoticed, and he wanted to do something about it.

Here’s a salute to Hill and the entire Fox crew.

Source: Associated Press

Prepare to be horrified by the lunatics in our midst

The day after Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s murderous spree at Fort Hood, the BBC’s Gavin Lee visited the Hasan’s mosque killer’s mosque, the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen.

The day after Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s murderous spree at Fort Hood, the BBC’s Gavin Lee visited the killer’s mosque, the Islamic Community of Greater Killeen. He spoke to Duane.

Prepare to be horrified.

Duane: I’m not going to condemn him for what he did. I don’t know why he did it. I will not, absolutely not, condemn him for what he had done though. If he had done it for selfish reasons I still will not condemn him. He’s my brother in the end. I will never condemn him.

Lee: There might be a lot of people shocked to hear you say that.

Duane: Well, that’s the way it is. I don’t speak for the community here but me personally I will not condemn him.

Lee: What are your thoughts towards those that were victims in this?

Duane: They were, in the end, they were troops who were going to Afghanistan and Iraq to kill Muslims. I honestly have no pity for them. It’s just like the majority of the people that will hear this, after five or six minutes they’ll be shocked, after that they’ll forget about them and go on their day.

Sorry. Can’t find much to laugh about in this story.

Source: Andrew Bolt

Gore makes real money promoting phony science

Step One: Help create a phony panic. Step Two: Make a vast fortune selling solutions to that phony panic. Step Three: Laugh your fat ass off.

Al Gore has money to burn, but that would contribute to global warming
Al Gore has money to burn, but that would contribute to global warming

Step One: Help create a phony panic. Step Two: Make a vast fortune selling solutions to that phony panic. Step Three: Laugh your fat ass off.

The New York Times tells the story of Al Gore’s obscene profiteering:

Former Vice President Al Gore thought he had spotted a winner last year when a small California firm sought financing for an energy-saving technology from the venture capital firm where Mr. Gore is a partner.

The company, Silver Spring Networks, produces hardware and software to make the electricity grid more efficient. It came to Mr. Gore’s firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, one of Silicon Valley’s top venture capital providers, looking for $75 million to expand its partnerships with utilities seeking to install millions of so-called smart meters in homes and businesses.

Mr. Gore and his partners decided to back the company, and in gratitude Silver Spring retained him and John Doerr, another Kleiner Perkins partner, as unpaid corporate advisers.

The deal appeared to pay off in a big way last week, when the Energy Department announced $3.4 billion in smart grid grants. Of the total, more than $560 million went to utilities with which Silver Spring has contracts. Kleiner Perkins and its partners, including Mr. Gore, could recoup their investment many times over in coming years.

The story continues:

Critics, mostly on the political right and among global warming skeptics, say Mr. Gore is poised to become the world’s first “carbon billionaire,” profiteering from government policies he supports that would direct billions of dollars to the business ventures he has invested in.

Gore, of course, solemnly says he’s just putting his money where his mouth is.

Which is a lot more difficult than you might imagine when you consider that his head is so far up his ass.

Source: New York Times

Take two and call someone who gives a damn in the morning

Nancy Pelosi, 85% of the Democrats and one so-called Republican squeaked their bloated healthcare program through the House on Saturday night. Just in time. We’ve been feeling a little queasy ever since we heard the news.

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Nancy Pelosi, 85% of the Democrats and one so-called Republican squeaked their bloated healthcare program through the House on Saturday night.

Just in time. We’ve been feeling a little queasy ever since we heard the news.

Where’s Waldobama?

The fall of the Berlin Wall is one of the most celebrated and iconic events of the late 20th Century. So where’s Barack Obama when the rest of the world is marking the 20th anniversary of the fall?

Obama visited Berlin in better times. (Translation: When it was all about him)
Obama visited Berlin in better times. (Translation: When it was all about him)

The fall of the Berlin Wall is one of the most celebrated and iconic events of the late 20th Century. So where’s Barack Obama when the rest of the world is marking the 20th anniversary of the fall?

You may recall that before he was elected president, Obama wanted to speak in front of the Wall’s historic Brandenburg Gate. Back then, it was all about Him, not some anniversary party and he wanted to be seen in a historic context. Sadly, his request was denied by German authorities. So candidate Obama had to settle for speaking in front of the Victory Column during his Hope and Change Express World Tour 2008.

Could that be part of the reason why Obama is snubbing Berlin? Who knows?

It’s certainly not because he doesn’t like to travel. “In his first year in office,” Columnist Rich Lowry notes, “Barack Obama has visited more foreign countries than any other president. He’s touched ground in 16 countries, easily outpacing Bill Clinton (three) and George W. Bush (eleven).”

Remember, this is the same president who jetted over to Denmark for ONE HOUR to pitch Chicago for the Olympics. So why miss this historic occasion? Is the health care crisis or the state of climate change really so dire that The One can’t take a day to celebrate the triumph of liberty over tyranny? Can’t he delegate something to Joe Biden?

“His schedule is reportedly too crowded,” Lowry explains.

John F. Kennedy famously told Berliners, ‘Ich bin ein Berliner.’ On the 20th anniversary of the last century’s most stirring triumph of freedom, Obama is telling them, “Ich bin beschäftigt.” That is, “I’m busy.”

All of which begs the question: Where is Obama today anyway? Let us know if you find out what was more important than marking the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Must be a beer summit somewhere. Or a golf course that demanded his undivided attention.

Source: RealClearPolitics.com, spiegel.de

It was twenty years ago today…

The Berlin Wall came down twenty years ago today. So this might be a good time to take a look at Ronald Reagan’s “Tear down this wall” speech from June of 1987.

The Berlin Wall came down twenty years ago today. So this might be a good time to take a look at Ronald Reagan’s “Tear down this wall” speech from June of 1987.

A note of explanation for Barack Obama: Mr. President, sir, if you happen to be reading IHateTheMedia.com, this video is a dandy instruction guide. Please watch it a few times and follow Reagan’s example next time you have to deal with a ruthless dictator.

Because your current approach ain’t working.

Chris Matthews frets, “Where have all the Obama-ites gone?”

Chris Matthews turned into Sybil, alternating back and forth between snarling maniac and jilted lover, pathetic loser and delusional winner. Here he virtually begs White House correspondent to give him some good news.

MSNBC offered special programming on election night: All angst, all the time.

Chris Matthews turned into Sybil, alternating back and forth between snarling maniac and jilted lover, pathetic loser and delusional winner. Here he virtually begs White House correspondent to give him some good news.

Matthews: But Chuck, let me get back to you again. Is there such a thing as an Obama believer? In other words, is there a set of beliefs he holds which can be shared by other politicians of the Democratic Party?

Todd: You know, it’s funny you say that. I think right now you’re seeing an argument on the left take place where you’re seeing some criticism of the President — “Hey, where’s all the change?” So I think this is all trying — I think they’re all trying to figure this out. The White House seems to be about, and this President seems to be about pragmatism and — you know, trying to get something done, trying to figure out a solution in Afghanistan, trying to compromise and get health care through.

But you’re right, there isn’t this core set of principles that were so easy to say and do — “change you can believe in” in 2008. I think he’s struggling to translate that to policy. We’re seeing it, this whole Organizing for America wing of the DNC is struggling to work correctly. I think they haven’t figured it out.

Best damn thing we’ve seen on MSNBC in years.

Source: HotAir.com

Stimulus stupidity: kiss your hard-earned tax dollars goodbye

CNBC looks at ten stupid projects funded by the Obama administration’s $787 billion stimulus bill. We can’t decide if this is hilarious or depressing. Possibly both.

CNBC looks at ten stupid projects funded by the Obama administration’s $787 billion stimulus bill.

We can’t decide if this is hilarious or depressing. Possibly both.

H/T: The Big Feed

A Sunday morning Nancy Pelosi joke

A man washed up on a desert island after a shipwreck. The only other survivors were a sheep and a sheepdog. The three of them got into the habit of going down to the beach every evening to watch the sunset…

Can you honestly say that you wouldn't make the same choice?
Can you honestly say that you wouldn't make the same choice?

A man washed up on a desert island after a shipwreck. The only other survivors were a sheep and a sheepdog.

The three of them got into the habit of going down to the beach every evening to watch the sunset.

One particular evening, the sky was a fiery red with beautiful cirrus clouds and the breeze was warm and gentle. It was a perfect night for romance. As they sat there, the sheep started looking better and better to the lonely man. Soon, he leaned over and put his arm around the sheep.

But the sheepdog, ever protective of the sheep, growled fiercely until the man took his arm from around the sheep.

A few weeks passed by and, lo and behold, there was another shipwreck. The only survivor was Nancy Pelosi.

That evening, the man took Nancy to the evening beach ritual. It was another beautiful tropical evening – perfect for romance. Before long the man started to get “those feelings” again.

He fought the urges as long as he could but he finally gave in, moved closer to Nancy and told her he hadn’t had sex for months.

Nancy batted her long, lovely eyelashes and asked if there was anything she could do to help.

“Yes,” he said, “Take the dog for a walk.”

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