NY Times columnist Charles Blow gets giddy over First Lady, may want to be First Lady

New York Times columnist Charles Blow loves Michelle Obama. When he makes love, we suspect that he fantasizes that he is the Most Glamorous First Lady in History.

New York Times columnist Charles Blow likes Michelle Obama. Perhaps a bit too much
New York Times columnist Charles Blow likes Michelle Obama. Perhaps a bit too much

New York Times columnist Charles Blow loves Michelle Obama. When he makes love, we suspect that he fantasizes that he is the Most Glamorous First Lady in History.

Michelle Obama is the coolest first lady ever…

I could pile on platitudes here about her professional accomplishments, or explore to what degree she is redefining the role of women, or predict how she will be viewed by historians in the pantheon of her predecessors. I could, but I won’t. That’s not my bailiwick.

But I will say that she seems particularly suited to these times. She provides a certain authenticity and clarity of self in a time of uncertainty, projecting a casual grace onto a world of amplified anxiety. She has become a powerful symbol of fearlessness, refinement, frugality and frivolity, managing to be both fun and serious simultaneously. She’s genuinely human.

Mrs. Obama is redefining my concept of a first lady, and I like it.

Oops. Premature ejaculation.

Source: New York Times

One video that’s too shocking for YouTube and seven that should be

YouTube has disabled one of our videos, saying it had violated their Community Guidelines. Take a look at others think are okay.

Last week we ran a video we called “Can you spot the person who needs to be deported?”. You an watch it above.

The clip is now hosted on DailyMotion.com after YouTube disabled it, saying it had violated their Community Guidelines. Here’s what the violation notification said:

Sometimes people do get hurt and it’s inevitable that these events may be documented on YouTube. However, YouTube is not a shock site. It’s not okay to post gross-out videos of accidents, dead bodies or similar things intended to be shocking, sensational or disrespectful. If a video is particularly graphic or disturbing, it should be balanced with additional educational or documentary context and information

Apparently our video was too “shocking, sensational or disrespectful” for the delicate souls at YouTube. Watch it for yourself and we think you’ll agree that it’s neither shocking nor sensational, so they must have deemed it to be disrespectful. Call us crazy, but we thought the guy in the video who…uh…fertilized the plant was the disrespectful one. But we may be behind the times on what’s right and what’s wrong these days.

We apologize to the YouTube, their owner Google, and the eagle-eyed member of the multicultural citizen patrol who alerted YouTube to our insensitivity.

So as a public service, and to instruct everyone in the type of videos that don’t violate YouTube’s “shocking, sensational or disrespectful” guidelines, we would like to present the following selection of YouTube-approved videos. We’d issue some content warnings, but they have YouTube’s official seal of approval.

So what the hell. Continue to view (possibly NSFW)…

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ObamaCare: A picture’s worth a thousand words and/or a trillion dollars

Milwaukee residents lined up in the rain and waited hours for flu shots. Mike O’Keefe brought a sign that put the whole thing in perspective.

welcome-to-government-healthcare Milwaukee residents lined up in the rain and waited hours for flu shots. Mike O’Keefe brought a sign that put the whole thing in perspective.

Source: Gateway Pundit

Michelle demonstrates how to use a hula hope hoop

The Most Immaculate First Lady In History held a Healthy Kids Fair on the South Lawn of the White House. She showed the tykes how to use a hula hope….eer…hoop while dressed up all glamorous-like.

michelle-hula-hoop

The Most Immaculate First Lady In History held a Healthy Kids Fair on the South Lawn of the White House. She showed the tykes how to use a hula hope….errrr…hoop while dressed up all glamorous-like.

Here’s how the LA Times blog sarcastically described it:

As she often does in her public remarks (think Copenhagen), the president’s wife falls back on her own life for story material. We learn today that in her childhood they got pizza once each year or semester, one or the other — and then only if the children had received good grades.

We also learn Mrs. Obama loves french fries. Very much. Extremely much. But that she knows she can’t eat them every day. She doesn’t explain why not. Apparently, she thinks it’s bad somehow.

Mrs. Obama also says that her two daughters have no TV time on school days, which forces them to find activities other than sitting. Actually moving around, the way neighborhood youngsters did back in the neolithic pre-TV times of the 1940s and before.

And Sasha and Malia Obama only get a few hours of TV on the weekend — presumably not Fox News either because, according to other White House denizens, watching that channel can cause bad things to happen to the human brain.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That’s great. We get it. She’s The Most Glamorous First Lady In History and also The Greatest Mother In History.

We have to end this story now. Our healthy, fiber-filled bonbons are melting and getting all over our keyboard.

Source: LA Times

Welcome to tonight’s edition of Jihad Jeopardy

Tonight’s contestants are Mohammed Abu Abdul, a freedom fighter from Kismayo, Sudan; Abdul Mohammed Abu, a jihadist from Kismayo, Sudan; and Abu Abdul Mohammed, a terrorist from Kismayo, Sudan.

"I'd like 'Killing Innocent Women & Children" for $1200, Alex."
"I'd like 'Killing Innocent Women & Children" for $1200, Alex."

Tonight’s contestants are Mohammed Abu Abdul, a freedom fighter from Kismayo, Sudan; Abdul Mohammed Abu, a jihadist from Kismayo, Sudan; and Abu Abdul Mohammed, a terrorist from Kismayo, Sudan.

Here’s how AFP reports the shocking – but somehow not so shocking – story:

The radio-broadcast quiz organised by the Al-Qaeda-inspired Shebab organisation in the southern Somali city of Kismayo lasted throughout Ramadan, which ended last month.

Five neighborhoods of the port city entered the competition, which consisted mainly of questions on science, culture and the Koran.

The winners – a team from Farjano district – were given a first prize consisting of one AK-47 assault rifle, two hand grenades, an anti-tank landmine and office supplies at a ceremony attended by hundreds of residents.

“The team in the first place gets the weapons and office equipment worth upward of 1,000 dollars,” Sheikh Abdullahi Alhaq said, sparking cheers and applause in the crowd.

“It was a wonderful event because I have never seen students being rewarded with weapons as a result of an education competition”, Mohamed Hersi, a Kismayo trader who attended the ceremony, told AFP.

The quiz show’s runners-up had to settle for an AK-47 and ammunition.

Alex Trebek must be turning over in his grave. What’s that? Alex is still alive? Could have fooled us.

Source: AFP via Tim Blair

Understatement of the Week: Nancy Pelosi isn’t very popular

The only place people like Queen Nancy is in her home district. Of course, that’s San Francisco, so it’s not really like there are any Americans who like her.

The symbol of the Democrat party views a meeting of party leaders
The symbol of the Democrat party views a meeting of party leaders

The only place people like Queen Nancy is in her home district. Of course, that’s San Francisco, so it’s not really like there are any Americans who like her.

Rasmussen Reports tells the sad tale:

Despite months of haggling over health care reform, voters continue to view leaders in Congress in the same light. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remains the most well known – and most disliked – of the legislature’s top leaders.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 58% of likely voters view Pelosi unfavorably, up just one point from September. That percentage has fallen in a range of 53% to 64% since Congress began its session in February.

Forty-three percent (43%) view the San Francisco Democrat very unfavorably, down one point over the past month.

The same poll shows that Harry Reed, the Democrat’s top dog in the Senate, viewed unfavorably by 45% of the American people and positively by just 28% (unlike Pelosi, poor Harry is pretty much reviled in his own state, too). Another Rasmussen poll shows President Obama with a -10% favorability rating.

Amazing that a party whose symbol is a donkey should have so many leaders who are horses’ asses.

Source: Rasmussen Reports

One of those things floating around the internet

Enjoy this image that is floating around on the net. Yeah, most of us have seen it before, but it’s just refreshing to look at it again.

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American flag, $25.00
Gasoline, $2.50
Cigarette Lighter, $9.00
Setting yourself on fire because you’re a terrorist jerk, priceless

We know, many of you have seen it before, but it’s just so refreshing to take another look at it.

Obama vs the Teleprompter: The judges score another round for the Teleprompter

Barack Hussein Carter spoke at MIT on Thursday. Well, “spoke” is a generous assessment of what he did. “Stuttered and stammered when he lost his place on the teleprompter” is a more accurate description.

Barack Hussein Carter spoke at MIT on Thursday. Well, “spoke” is a generous assessment of what he did. “Stuttered and stammered when he lost his place on the teleprompter” is a more accurate description.

The two most valuable words ever spoken

You undoubtedly remember that moment when South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson hollered “You lie” during President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress. Wilson has become one of the country’s most popular politicians since that outburst.

joe-wilson You undoubtedly remember that moment when South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson hollered “You lie” during President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress.

Wilson has become one of the country’s most popular politicians since that outburst. Democrats may not have liked it, but Republicans did. In fact, $2.7 million has flooded into his campaign coffers since that infamous moment.

Based on this development, look for Harry Reid to start screaming during Obama’s next speech.

Source: Campaign Spot

Poor Ed Schultz is now begging people to watch his MSNBC show

MSNBC’s ratings are in the dumper. Rachel Maddow just finished her lowest rated week ever. And poor Ed Schultz is now begging his radio audience to watch his TV show.

MSNBC’s ratings are in the dumper. Rachel Maddow just finished her lowest rated week ever. And poor Ed Schultz is now begging his radio audience to watch his TV show.

Here’s Ed groveling on his radio show the other day:

Schultz: We are trailing CNN for the month of October so we gotta get after it, Ed heads. We don’t want to lose, do we? Come on now. That’s the, the balloon boy really screwed me up. You know, it’s what happened! They cook up this balloon thing and we gotta cover it and everybody runs to CNN to the tune of three, four hundred thousand more people.

Now I gotta bust ass here to the end of the month to make sure we win this thing again! That’s what happens! That’s just the culture of it! I couldn’t find a political angle on the balloon thing, so that’s what hurt me, I guess, I don’t know.

The problem here, Ed, is that Balloon Boy coverage lasted just one day. How do you explain the rest of your miserable ratings?

Source: Radio Equalizer

Get your shovels: Global warming is piling up all over the country

We don’t want to alarm any global warming alarmists, but good god, man, it’s freezing ass cold out there in an unseasonably early sort of way.

patio-furniture-montana We don’t want to alarm any global warming alarmists, but good god, man, it’s freezing ass cold out there in an unseasonably early sort of way. Here are a few of last week’s headlines from across the United States. We don’t have room to list all the headlines from South America, Europe and New Zealand.

Mid-October Snow Shocks NorthEast
Source: WCBS-TV

October slips to chilliest in 133 years, becomes (Chicago’s) 2nd coldest
Source: WGN-TV

Penn State tailgates cancelled due to snow
Source: GoPSUsports.com

Montana: Record lows smashed by 14 degrees
Source: Daily Interlake

Record cold hits region (north central Washington); snow on the way
Source: WenatcheeWorld.com

President says he’s not losing sleep over war on Fox.
If he does, may we suggest he watch Red Eye.

When asked if it’s appropriate to be “working the umps” and saying Fox News is “not a news organization,” the President reassured the nation that he just doesn’t give the war on Fox any more attention than he gives the war in Afghanistan.

When asked if it’s appropriate to be “working the umps” and saying Fox News is “not a news organization,” the President reassured the nation that he just doesn’t give the war on Fox any more attention than he gives the war in Afghanistan.

“I think what our advisors have simply said is that we are going to take the media as it comes, and if media is operating, basically as a talk radio format, then, that’s one thing, and if it is operating as a news outlet, then that’s another, but I’m not something that I’m losing a lot of sleep over.”

If, however, some of the other pressing issues of the day do cause the President to toss and turn in the middle of the night, may we suggest that he turn on the TV and click over to Greg Gutfeld’s Red Eye. He’ll get a good laugh or two.

What’s that? It’s on Fox. Never mind.

Instead of calling it swine flu, maybe they should call it the WHO flu

No matter what WHO (the World Health Organization) wants to call it, this flu is far more political than pandemic.

Government officials collecting bodies of WHO flu victims. Or not.
Government officials collecting bodies of WHO flu victims. Or not.

No matter what WHO (the World Health Organization) wants to call it, this flu is far more political than pandemic.

As Forbes reports: “Nevertheless, because WHO dubbed this a “pandemic,” vaccination plans, emergency response measures and frightening predictions have been based on comparisons with true pandemics that by definition were especially severe. That includes the August report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology with its ‘plausible scenario’ of ‘30,000 – 90,000 deaths’ peaking in ‘mid-October.'”

Mid-October? We haven’t been out much lately. How high are the bodies piled up in the streets?

Source: Forbes

Liberal smackdown. Film at 11:00

Coulter does that Coulter thing by telling Behar that every presidential assassin was a left winger. Behar does that Behar thing by stammering and stuttering.

The god awful Joy Behar show may avoid cancellation for a few more days if continues to book Anne Coulter.

Coulter does that Coulter thing by telling Behar that every presidential assassin was a left winger. Behar does that Behar thing by stammering and stuttering.

This may be the first time Behar’s show has actually been watchable.

First the Nobel Peace Prize, now the Guinness Book of World Records

President Obama tells seven lies in less than two minutes. Note: We’re confident that he could have smashed the old record had he not chosen to bask in the applause

President Obama tells seven lies in less than two minutes. Note: We’re confident that he could have smashed the old record had he not chosen to bask in the applause

– Written by Patrick Michael

White House retreats in war on Fox News when other networks revolt

hen the White House attempted to bar Fox from interviewing the Pay Czar, ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN said they would also decline to interview him if Fox was barred.

The Huffington Post is outraged – positively outraged – that the rest of the news media has risen up in support of Fox News.

Fox News Channel is twisting American politics in an unprecedented way, and too many members of the press still aren’t getting it.

The White House has exposed Fox News for what it is: not a news organization, but a partisan political entity that is waging a war aimed at destroying the Obama administration and its progressive agenda.

That certainly does appear to be the case, because five other networks stood as one behind Fox News yesterday. When the White House attempted to bar Fox from interviewing the Pay Czar, ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN said they would also decline to interview him if Fox was barred.

We’ve criticized President Obama for taking so long to develop a strategy for the war in Afghanistan. But if the war on Fox is any indication of what happens when a strategy is rushed, take all the time you want on the Afghanistan thing, President Obama. All the time you want.

Source: Huffington Post

MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer thinks all blacks look alike

MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer introduced her guest by saying, “Joining me now to talk about this and the nation’s real problem of joblessness, the Reverend Al Sharpton.” Unfortunately for Brewer, she was interviewing Jesse Jackson.

This really is hilarious.

MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer introduced her guest by saying, “Joining me now to talk about this and the nation’s real problem of joblessness, the Reverend Al Sharpton.”

Unfortunately for Brewer, she was interviewing that other race baiting black reverend, Jesse Jackson.

“I’m Rev. Jesse Jackson,” he said.

“Right. I’m so sorry,” Brewer said. “The script in front of me said Reverend Al Sharpton. I’m looking at your face. I know who you are, Rev. Jackson, we all do. I’m sorry.”

Can you imagine the howls of outrage that would have gone up if someone at Fox had made this mistake.

“It’s an indication of the raaaaaacism that pervades Fox,” Reverend Jackson would have said. Or maybe it would have been Reverend Sharpton. We can never tell those two apart.

Source: MediaBistro.com

The voice of democracy hypocrisy

Silly us. We thought that democracy meant allowing everyone a voice, not boycotting everyone that you don’t agree with. Guess we better start asking the butcher where he stands on the auto company bailout before getting our ribs this week.

In the future, according to new FCC regulations proposed by MoveOn.org, all television personalities will be required to feel a thrill up their legs at the mere mention of the name "Obama"
In the future, according to new FCC regulations proposed by MoveOn.org, all television personalities will be required to feel a thrill up their legs at the mere mention of the name "Obama"

The defenders of democracy over at Moveon.org are at it again. They’re putting together an anti-Fox petition, standing tall and defending the First Sissy President In History.

We’d say they were preaching to the choir, but they’d probably say we were violating the separation of church and state and call in the ACLU.

President Obama is fighting back against FOX. The White House communications director said FOX is a wing of the Republican Party…let’s not pretend they’re a news network.”

To draw attention to its biased coverage, President Obama will not appear on FOX for the rest of this year. Can you sign this petition asking Democrats to support President Obama’s stance by staying off FOX as long as he does?

A compiled petition with your individual comment will be presented to Democratic senators and representatives.

Silly us. We thought that democracy meant allowing everyone a voice, not boycotting everyone that you don’t agree with. Guess we better start asking the butcher where he stands on the auto company bailout before getting our ribs this week.

Source: MoveOn.org

– Written by Patrick Michael

The good news: North Dakota adds 1,800 jobs. The bad news: the other 49 states lost jobs

According to the data, 49 States and the District of Columbia have lost jobs since stimulus was enacted. Only North Dakota has seen net job creation following the February 2009 stimulus.

At the risk of being called Republic tools (as opposed to the just plain “tools” we’re normally called), we quote directly from the Republican Ways and Means website:

The table below compares the White House’s February 2009 projection of the number of jobs that would be created by the 2009 stimulus law (through the end of 2010) with the actual change in state payroll employment through September 2009 (the latest figures available).

According to the data, 49 States and the District of Columbia have lost jobs since stimulus was enacted. Only North Dakota has seen net job creation following the February 2009 stimulus.

While President Obama claimed the result of his stimulus bill would be the creation of 3.5 million jobs, the Nation has already lost a total of 2.7 million – a difference of 6.2 million jobs. To see how stimulus has failed your state, see the table below.

1800 jobs in North Dakota. We have to admit we’re surpised. We didn’t know Indian casinos had that many blackjack dealers.

Here’s the chart, look up your state:
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Mika gets marching orders from the White House while she’s on the air

Since MSNBC is a real news organization – unlike Fox – it’s only natural that the White House should email Mika while she was on the air on Morning Joe.

Remind us again. Isn’t Mika the daughter of Mr. Mxyzptlk, Superman’s enemy from another dimension? But we digress.

Since MSNBC is a real news organization – unlike Fox – it’s only natural that the White House should email Mika Brzezinski while she was on the air.

And voila! Mika rolled over and played dead and delivered the White House’s talking points exactly as they had requested.

“The White House did just e-mail saying that interaction with Jake Tapper was not heated…”

Anita Dunn then placed a biscuit on Mika’s nose, where she obediently let it sit until she was given permission to eat it.

Commander Obama loses no sleep in all out war against Fox News

Obama sleeping like a baby, despite a full-blown White House war against Fox News. Can the guy ever stop lying.

Obama says he’s not losing sleep over Fox News. Uh huh. But while he’s sleeping, nightmares of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh dance in his head.

The Congressional video Democrats tried to censor

Democrat cowards were hiding in another room and the Republican video exposes the truth as they attempt to sneak out a back door.

If there was ever a case that screamed “Corruption!”, it’s the Countrywide Loan scandal. As the Wall Street Journal reports:

Democratic staff for the House oversight committee informed their GOP counterparts today that the majority has changed the locks on the committee’s hearing room. While Republicans previously enjoyed their own key to the room, they will now have to request access from Democrats. This followed a bitter partisan argument in which Republicans refused to take down a video from their website that contradicted Dem explanations about a closed-door meeting on the Countrywide VIP loan scandal.

Background: The Democrats said they had to cancel the hearing because “too many members were in another committee hearing.” In reality, the corrupt cowards were hiding in another room and the Republican video exposes the truth as they attempt to sneak out a back door.

For some reason – and we certainly wouldn’t want to cast any aspersions, but encourage you to feel free to do so – the Democrats are very afraid of this Countrywide scandal and the subpoenas Republicans want to issue. They’ve done everything they can think of to put the kibosh on those subpoenas, but California Republican Congressman Darrell Issa has his teeth in this one like a bulldog on a bone.

You go, Darrell.

Source: Bluegrass Pundit

Shock: Nazi Propaganda Minister’s description of Hitler sounds just like American media describing Obama

Those of you who think it’s absurd to compare American 2009 to Nazi Germany would be well-advised to read this chilling excerpt from a speech by Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda

Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's Minister of Propaganda
Joseph Goebbels, Hitler's Minister of Propaganda

Those of you who think it’s absurd to compare America 2009 to Nazi Germany would be well-advised to read this chilling excerpt from a speech by Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda:

“The newspapers today are filled with congratulations for Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler. The nuances vary, depending on the tone, character, and attitude of the newspaper. All, however, agree on one thing: Hitler is a man of stature who has already accomplished historically important deeds and faces still greater challenges. He is the kind of statesman found only rarely in Germany. During his lifetime, he has the good fortune not only to be appreciated and loved by the overwhelming majority of the German people, but even more importantly to be understood by them. He is the only German politician of the post-war period who understood the situation and drew the necessary hard and firm conclusions. All the newspapers agree on this.”

Sound oddly familiar? Let’s look at the same speech with just the names changed:

Anita Dunn & David Axelrod, Obama's Hansel & Gretel Goebbels
Anita Dunn & David Axelrod, Obama's Hansel & Gretel Goebbels

“The news media today are filled with congratulations for Barack Obama. The nuances vary, depending on the tone, character, and attitude of the news media. All, however, agree on one thing: Obama is a man of stature who has already accomplished historically important deeds and faces still greater challenges. He is the kind of statesman found only rarely in the U.S. During his lifetime, he has the good fortune not only to be appreciated and loved by the overwhelming majority of the American people, but even more importantly to be understood by them. He is the only American politician of any period who understood the situation and drew the necessary hard and firm conclusions. All the news media except Fox agree on this.”

It’s easy to imagine the latter version came straight from the fawning Obama coverage provided by ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN and most newspapers and magazines.

But let’s face it. The scheiße would have hit the fan had Anita Dunn said Goebbels was one of her “favorite philosophers” instead of Mao.

We’re confident, however, that the Nazi Minister of Propaganda will surely be added to her short list as soon as she reads this quote.

Source: Calvin.edu via IHTM reader Thallus

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