CONSERVATIVE CLIPPINGS

Jimmy Obama

2012-02-28T17:25:00.002-05:00

Take a look and LISTEN to this video .........................

Another Crony Capitalist De-throned

2012-02-28T16:59:00.002-05:00

"LightSquared CEO Sanjiv Ahuja abruptly announced his resignation Tuesday amid revelations of his company’s political proximity — and his own closeness — to the White House and Obama administration officials.

The Daily Caller first reported one week ago on emails and documents that indicate political ties and numerous meetings between LightSquared and Obama administration officials as the was undergoing regulatory review." [Daily Caller]

Another HUGE $2.6 Billion Tax On All Cars Purchased

2012-02-28T16:10:00.003-05:00

Aren't you fed up with the federal bureaucrats jamming more and more down our throats INVOLUNTARILY ?

It must be a slow day in Washington ...... so the bureaucrats write another one. They now have required that all new vehicles be equipped with back-up camera's and monitors beginning in 2014.

We never have a say..... they simply involuntarily add a couple hundred dollars to the cost of a new car. It's no big deal they say ... we haven't done anything for the little people lately, so .........

“We haven’t done anything else to protect pedestrians,” said Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety in Washington. “This is one thing we can do and should do.” [New York Times]

The only fatal backing accident with which I am personally familiar was where a child was playing UNDER a vehicle near the rear wheel. His head was crushed when the vehicle backed up. No rear view camera would have prevented that. A walk around the rear end would have.

We sell around 13 million new cars and light trucks every year in the U.S. . At $200 per vehicle for the camera and monitor, that means $2.6 BILLION every year for this "safety improvement" which will save some fraction of the 100 children per year who are killed. Would that money be better spent (and our freedom preserved), at a fraction of the cost, by conducting a public education campaign aimed at preventing this hazard? [clipper]

Georgetown co-ed: Please pay for us to have sex … We’re going broke buying birth control

2012-02-28T14:05:00.001-05:00

"At a hearing of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee yesterday, a single witness — Georgetown law student and “reproductive rights activist” Sandra Fluke — told sympathetic policy-makers that the administration’s so-called contraception mandate should stand … because her peers are going broke buying birth control." [Hot Air]

At a dollar a condom if she shops at CVS pharmacy’s website, that $3,000 would buy her 3,000 condoms – or, 1,000 a year. [Sex-Crazed Co-Eds Going Broke Buying Birth Control, Student Tells Pelosi Hearing Touting Freebie Mandate ]

The Folly of Interstate Health Insurance Competition

2012-02-28T14:00:00.001-05:00

Contrary to much Conservative talk, this Conservative explains why Interstate Health Insurance competition would be a BIG problem..... the Gov't would have its nose even further into the tent. [clipper]

IRS goes after local chapters of Tea Party

2012-02-28T12:04:00.002-05:00

Is the IRS Attempting to Intimidate Local Tea Parties? [Big Government]

"The author goes on to note that the questions from the IRS—which include “Please identify your volunteers” and “Are there board members or officers who have run or will run for office (including relatives)?”—are curious. Why, for example, does the IRS want a list of donors when the donations are non-tax-deductible?

Interesting questions indeed. Is someone out to intimidate the Tea Party movement, and if so, who?" [Hot Air]

Road to Road Island

2012-02-26T10:17:00.001-05:00

"This week the White House website announced that the Vice President was traveling to "Road Island," an error typical of the many risible illiteracies that regularly appear there, and of the inattention to detail that is the hallmark of the credentialed moronacracy that is this Administration" [American Thinker].

A Bit Of History

2012-02-26T09:41:00.003-05:00

Sharon Jasper: Obama's Vision For America

2012-02-22T11:50:00.001-05:00

"Sharon Jasper could be the poster child for Obama's re-election campaign. Ms. Jasper has lived on the dole 57 of her 58 years. She was moved out of the St. Bernard housing project after hurricane Katrina. Her current home is a voucher-backed apartment in a private residence. Speaking to a New Orleans Times-Picayune reporter, Jasper said, "...it's pitiful what people give you."

Ms. Jasper, the key word is "give." We taxpayers do not owe you anything. How dare you whine and complain?

This ungrateful, arrogant, entitlement-minded woman called her apartment a "slum." Jasper allowed a photographer to tour her subsidized apartment. She complained about missing window screens, a slow leak in a sink, a warped back door, and a few other details of her residence. Otherwise, Jasper's apartment appeared to have been recently renovated.

Jasper's "slum" also featured hardwood floors and a 60-inch HD TV. " [Lloyd Marcus]

Surprise: UK’s Version of ‘Buffett Rule’ Failing to Bring in Expected Revenue

2012-02-22T11:39:00.001-05:00

"In 2010, the UK implemented what could be described as their version of the “Buffett Rule” that President Obama has been proposing in the US.

So how’s that going? Early numbers show that the concerns of those who thought the new tax would backfire like a TVR Cerbera were not unfounded

The controversial 50p tax band is ‘not working’ and revenues have fallen since it was introduced, new figures suggest.

They appear to show the wealthy are finding ways to dodge the tax band levied on incomes of more than £150,000.

So the well-to-do might be simply taking their money elsewhere? What a shocker!" [Michelle Malkin"

Will SCOTUS punt to 2014 on ObamaCare?

2012-02-21T14:53:00.001-05:00

It looks like the Dear Leader's minions may have found a way to DELAY the Supreme Court decision on the legality of Obamacare until AFTER THE ELECTION .... in fact, until 2014. [clipper]

Dominique Strauss-Kahn tangled up in hooker orgy investigation

2012-02-21T14:45:00.003-05:00

In a report describing the interrogation (again) of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund and New York City hooker patron, the author reflects on the lot of politicians:

"Mardi Gras is the perfect time to reflect on what, exactly, the wages of self-indulgence actually are: Does the tenth cookie ever taste as good as the first? It’s self-discipline that leads to freedom — not only because the self-disciplined individual doesn’t have to be disciplined by an outside influence but also because it prevents him from becoming a slave to his own bad habits." [Hot Air]

Obama Faces Fearful Political Geography in November

2012-02-21T14:27:00.004-05:00

This writer points out that the so-called "national polls", those conducted by CBSNBCNNAPNYT and others are showing Dear Leader moving upward towards election, are misleading. Using a simple example: his massive margins in California, New York and Illinois, where he has already garnered all the ELECTORAL VOTES possible, could increase to 100% of the popular votes cast, skewing the "national poll" greatly ..... yet it would not move him one electoral vote closer. Similarly, but on the other side of the equation, increasing Republican votes by relatively small amounts in key states such as NC, Indiana, Florida, Ohio, Virginia and Iowa could win enough electoral votes to put the Republican office. This is true even if Dear Leader won 8,624,332 votes more than the Republican.

The author goes on to speculate what might happen in that event. Would we have a popular uprising to force discounting of the Electoral College results? Let's hope not. [clipper]

Unemployment Rising Again?

2012-02-21T13:56:00.001-05:00

"The U.S. unemployment rate, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, is 9.0% in mid-February, up from 8.6% for January. The mid-month reading normally reflects what the U.S. government reports for the entire month, and is up from 8.3% in mid-January."
[Gallup]

NOAA’s Illicit $300,000 Party Boat

2012-02-20T16:34:00.001-05:00

[Gateway Pundit]

3 Economic Misconceptions That Need to Die

2012-02-20T16:23:00.003-05:00

"At a conference in Philadelphia last October, a Wharton professor noted that one of the country's biggest economic problems is a tsunami of misinformation. You can't have a rational debate when facts are so easily supplanted by overreaching statements, broad generalizations, and misconceptions.

Here are three misconceptions that need to be put to rest.

Misconception No. 1: Most of what Americans spend their money on is made in China.

Fact: Just 2.7% of personal consumption expenditures go to Chinese-made goods and services. 88.5% of U.S. consumer spending is on American-made goods and services.
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Misconception No. 2: We owe most of our debt to China.

Fact: China owns 7.6% of U.S. government debt outstanding.
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Misconception No. 3: We get most of our oil from the Middle East.

Fact: Just 9.8% of oil consumed in the U.S. comes from the Middle East.

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[The Motley Fool]

IMPERIAL LEADER Does Not Want To Debate

2012-02-19T17:28:00.002-05:00

We see repeatedly that Dear Leader only wants to pick up his marbles and go home. He will not SERIOUSLY debate those who confront his views. Recently, Gov. Brewer of Arizona encountered this. HERE is an audio report from a person who was a Professor at the University of Chicago when Dear Leader was an adjunct lecturer (NOT A PROFESSOR) .

Think about this behavior when you think of how he has handled other confrontations.............. [clipper]

Insurance industry could take hit from birth control mandate

2012-02-19T17:10:00.000-05:00

"The insurance industry is concerned it will take a hit from the Obama administration’s mandate that they provide birth control in health plans for employees of religious organizations that object to the coverage.

Publicly, the health insurance industry has avoided getting involved in the fight.

But in private, the industry is dubious of the administration’s argument that the insurance industry wouldn't take a hit because birth control is cheaper than unwanted pregnancies." [The Hill]

Suspect in US Capitol bomb plot a Moroccan immigrant

2012-02-19T16:59:00.003-05:00

WHO OVERSTAYED HIS VISA 13 YEARS AGO AND WAS NEVER DEPORTED !!!!

IN OTHER WORDS ........
AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT

Supreme Court to hear arguments on whether a lie is protected speech

2012-02-19T16:55:00.001-05:00

"Fake hero Xavier Alvarez lied to his fellow Californians.

He never rescued an American ambassador. He was never a Marine. Most definitely, contrary to what he told a Southern California audience, Alvarez was never awarded the Medal of Honor.

He lied, until he was caught. Now, the Supreme Court must decide whether the First Amendment protects Alvarez and other wannabes from prosecution. The consequences could stretch well beyond what lawmakers and veterans call stolen valor." [McClatchy]

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/02/17/139237/supreme-court-to-hear-arguments.html#storylink=cpy

Culture of corruption: What’s happening with the Maxine Waters ethics case?!

2012-02-19T16:34:00.002-05:00

The House Ethics Committee is a JOKE !!!! It has been "investigating" the ethics charges against Rep. Maxine Waters for THREE YEARS. Just recently six Committee members recused themselves. [clipper]

"The House Ethics Committee suffers from dysfunction by design. It is chronically understaffed and underfunded. The panel most recently went without a staff director for four months. Its investigative backlog was compounded by the partisan-charged suspension of two staff attorneys last fall who were knee-deep in the Waters’ probe. And the panel’s ranking Democratic member, California Rep. Linda Sanchez, is bogged down with her own ethical conflicts of interest." [Michelle Malkin]

"The ethics-committee probe came after a separate body, the Office of Congressional Ethics, found that Waters probably broke conflict-of-interest rules in her handling of OneUnited's pursuit of federal aid." [Seattle Times]

Obama’s Gas Pains

2012-02-19T11:11:00.002-05:00

"Interesting and complementing lead stories in the Washington Post and New York Times this morning, and neither of them can be good for Obama. The Post’s lead story warns of “Taxmageddon” next year, when the payroll tax cut will expire, along with the Bush tax cuts; the Obamacare “surcharges” will also kick in on dividends and capital gains. In all, it will amount to about a $500 billion tax increase next year:

Overnight, the marriage penalty for joint filers will spring back to life, the value of the child credit will drop from $1,000 to $500, and the rate everyone pays on the first $8,700 of wages will jump from 10 percent to 15 percent. . ." [Power Line]

The Progressive Legacy: Part III

2012-02-19T10:58:00.001-05:00

"Editor's Note: This is Part III in a series. Part I can be found here. Part II can be found here.

The same presumptions of superior wisdom and virtue behind the interventionism of Progressive Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson in the domestic economy also led them to be interventionists in other countries." [Thomas Sowell]

Iran poised for big nuke jump

2012-02-19T10:49:00.000-05:00

"Iran is poised to greatly expand uranium enrichment at a fortified underground bunker to a point that would boost how quickly it could make nuclear warheads, diplomats tell The Associated Press.

They said Tehran has put finishing touches for the installation of thousands of new-generation centrifuges at the cavernous facility - machines that can produce enriched uranium much more quickly and efficiently than its present machines." [AP]

Dear Leader Reneges On Mars Missions

2012-02-18T19:31:00.003-05:00

"Barack Obama says it should be possible to send astronauts to orbit the planet Mars by the mid-2030s and return them safely to Earth. The US president made the claim in a major speech to staff and guests at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. He was laying out the details of his new policy for the US space agency.

In its budget submitted to Congress on February 13, the Obama administration zeroed out funding for NASA’s future Mars-exploration missions. The Mars Science Lab Curiosity, currently en route to the Red Planet and the nearly completed small MAVEN orbiter, scheduled for launch in 2013, will be sent, but that’s it. No funding has been provided for the Mars probes planned as joint missions in 2016 and 2018 with the European Space Agency, and nothing after that is funded either. This poses a grave crisis for the American space program." [Left Coast Rebel]

Obama's sneaky end run

2012-02-18T11:48:00.000-05:00

"President Obama's administration has formally announced that it is going to ask Congress to waive a ban on providing funds for UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, because of its recognition of Palestinian statehood. U.S. law explicitly forbids American funding of international organizations that recognize Palestinian statehood in the absence of a peace treaty with Israel and UNESCO recognition clearly disqualifies it from receiving funding from the United States since there is no peace treaty in place.

The announcement didn't come from a White House press release or from Obama himself. It was made surreptitiously in a footnote to the budget Obama recently provided to Congress. It's as if Obama didn't want the American people to know that he was asking Congress to override and subvert the law, as he has done so many times in the past. Waivers and overriding and subverting the law are hallmarks of the Obama administration (ObamaCare waivers, No Child Left Behind waivers, Presidential appointments without Congressional approval, to offer a few examples) and perhaps he is seeing these hallmarks as a potential liability in the upcoming Presidential election campaign." [Jerry Philipson]

Obama Perverts Ex-Im Bank into Competitor for Domestic Banks

2012-02-18T10:55:00.001-05:00

"This administration is making a habit of directing government agencies to change their very jobs without congressional authority. The military isn't there to fight wars, but perhaps to help with disaster assistance. The Department of Education is to issue guidelines on children's diets. NASA is to stop flying into outer space, and instead is to propagandize about the scientific contributions of Islam through the ages. The Department of Energy is to thwart energy independence by denying permits that would produce domestic energy.

And now the Export-Import Bank is to loan money to domestic customers engaging in domestic transactions.

This administration is abusing government, by using agencies for purposes other than their constitutional or statutory functions. This government by executive fiat grows ever more random, ever more disconnected from the reality of the legislation that chartered these departments and agencies as they wander ever farther afield." [American Thinker]

Chicago teachers union demanding 30% pay increase over two years

2012-02-17T19:31:00.002-05:00

"... the CTU wants a 30% pay increase over the next two years, plus a reduction in class size, plus additional teachers, plus more time off for conferences and preparation.

It's not like they're doing a bang-up job. The graduation rate for Chicago high school students still hovers around 50%." [American Thinker]

DOORBELL

2012-02-17T14:54:00.001-05:00

Obama's Eligibility Diversion

2012-02-14T15:04:00.002-05:00

"We've seen Governor Perry's transcripts. Newt Gingrich's divorce papers. Details of Herman Cain's personal affairs. Sarah Palin's e-mails. Mitt Romney's job-creation record at Bain.

Why don't we have details of Obama's life or career, even in his official capacity as a state senator? Is Obama truly the haloed saint the media portrays -- is his past squeaky-clean, or uncannily unreal?

Instead of anything substantive to place in Obama's vetting file, we got a vague autobiography and a book of campaign speeches. Jack Cashill, author of Deconstructing Obama, has researched and written much about not only the very questionable authorship of both books, but also the inconsistencies in Obama's life story.

After almost four years into the reality of Obama's presidency, many Americans are beginning to wonder if the portrait painted by the media during the 2008 campaign was fiction, or merely the reflection of their own dreams on the blank screen that Obama offered.

Even the conservative media rarely dug into Obama's past. At least Obama had to deflect some criticism from Hillary in 2008. Now, he gets a free pass from members of his own party and the subservient mainstream. And lately, GOP pundits and candidates have been busy attacking each other.

Ordinary Americans are subjected to pat-downs just for holding a boarding pass. Surely the one who will hold the nuclear football deserves some scrutiny. Obama got away with little investigation for this term, but folks are becoming uneasy about giving him a pass for another four years. They want to know more about the history and character of the person who may have to answer that 3 a.m. call." [American Thinker]

More Of Your Federal Tax $$ At Work

2012-02-14T12:21:00.002-05:00

Cincinnati-Area School Pays Kids to… Show Up to School

$25/week for Seniors and $10/week for others !!!!!

[Michelle Malkin]

NYT/CBS poll shows conservatives consolidating behind Santorum

2012-02-14T09:49:00.002-05:00

"Consider this a corroboration of Gallup and Pew, both of which have recorded a surge for Rick Santorum that makes him the national frontrunner — if not in each state." [Hot Air]

Barack Obama: In the Footsteps of Twentieth Century Despots

2012-02-13T09:19:00.002-05:00

"In his public speeches and well-produced appearances, Barack Obama plays the fictional role of someone who cares for the "little guy." He is the people's avenger against those he defines as the enemy, be it the wealthy, the corporations, deeply committed religious groups, conservatives and the Tea Party movement, or those intransigent ideologues in Congress who stand in the way of his nation-saving agenda. In this quest for power, there are no lies or obfuscations too egregious to tell or societal tensions too dangerous to create, as he alone can save the nation" [Steve McCann].

Obama Administration Lies to Dodge Responsibility for the Budget

2012-02-12T18:04:00.002-05:00

"President Obama will offer his FY 2013 budget tomorrow. Already, leaks indicate that it will call for more spending, higher taxes, and a $1.3 trillion deficit for the current year. We have now gone for three years without having a federal budget, because the Democratic Senate refuses to pass one. Obama’s proposed budget is more or less irrelevant, as Harry Reid won’t bring it to the floor of the Senate. Mitch McConnell says he will, and if he does, it likely will be voted down 97-0, like Obama’s last proposed budget, or something similar.

It is inconceivable that Obama’s former Director of the Office of Management and Budget does not know that by law, a budget resolution cannot be filibustered. It passes the Senate with 51 votes:

The budget resolution is a “concurrent” congressional resolution, not an ordinary bill, and therefore does not go to the President for his signature or veto. It also requires only a majority vote to pass, and its consideration is one of the few actions that cannot be filibustered in the Senate.

The Democrats have no one to blame but themselves for their irresponsibility on the federal budget. The fact that they are reduced to lying to the American people shows how indefensible their conduct has become." [Power Line]

Nothing but Squid Ink

2012-02-12T11:17:00.004-05:00

"Proponents of Obamacare’s anti-conscience mandate on preventive care kept telling critics to wait and see what the final rules held. As of Friday afternoon, we now know. It wasn’t worth the wait.

If there was a question Friday morning whether the Obama administration might cede ground, there was no doubt at the end of the day. They haven’t budged.

Despite what President Obama said at his White House press conference, the actual regulations make permanent the “interim final regulations” issued August 3, 2011 — the ones that sparked the furor in the first place." [National Review]

As I have said ever since Dear Leader announced his candidacy...... WATCH WHAT HE DOES, NOT WHAT HE SAYS. They are regularly polar opposites!! [clipper]

In Federal Hill, citizens allowed to record police - but then there's loitering..

2012-02-12T10:59:00.002-05:00

"When tech enterpreneuer Scott Cover happened upon a group of Baltimore Police standing over a handcuffed man near Cross Street market early Saturday, he pulled out his camera phone and started recording. Earlier in the day, he'd seen news reports of the Police Department affirming citizens' right to record officers performing their duties in public, and thought what was happening might - who knows - make for interesting video." [Baltimore Sun]

Archbishop to U.S. Troops: Obamacare Reg ‘Is a Blow to a Freedom...for Which You Have Seen Your Buddies Fall in Battle’

2012-02-06T19:51:00.001-05:00

"Archbishop Timothy Broglio, who leads the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services, wrote a letter to be read at all Sunday Masses for U.S. military personnel around the world that said that a regulation issued by the Obama Administration under the new federal health care law was “a blow” to a freedom that U.S. troops have not only fought to defend but for which some have recently died in battle." [CNS NEWS]

Americans Are Better Than Who Obama Thinks We Are

2012-02-06T17:20:00.003-05:00

"Along with their ever-present accusation that anyone who criticizes or disagrees with America's first black president is a racist, class envy is the centerpiece of Obama's re-election campaign.

It is extremely disheartening that the president of the United States believes he can win the votes of a majority of Americans by exploiting the sin of covetousness and hatred for the rich. In every speech, Obama claims that the rich are not paying their fair share. Please excuse my frankness, but Obama is lying.

Here are the facts. [Lloyd Marcus]

Middle Class Payroll Tax Cut Extension Comes Courtesy of Mortgage Fees on Home Buyers

2012-02-06T14:37:00.000-05:00

"The new fee is a minimum of one-tenth of 1 percent on Fannie Mae- and Freddie Mac-backed loans, and is likely to go much higher. It will be imposed for the next 10 years on most mortgages and refinancings and it lasts for the life of the loan. For every $200,000, it amounts to an extra $15 dollars a month." [Michelle Malkin]

The lessons of the fall of communism have still not been learnt

2012-02-05T13:31:00.002-05:00

".....in spite of the official agreement that there is no other way to organise the economic life of a free society than the present one (with a few tweaks), there are an awful lot of people implicitly behaving as if there were. Several political armies seem to be running on the assumption that there is still a viable contest between capitalism and Something Else. If this were just the hard Left within a few trade unions and a fringe collection of Socialist Workers’ Party headbangers, it would not much matter.

But the truth is that a good proportion of the population harbours a vague notion that there exists a whole other way of doing things that is inherently more benign and “fair” – in which nobody is hurt or disadvantaged – available for the choosing, if only politicians had the will or the generosity to embrace it.

Why do they believe this? Because the lesson that should have been absorbed at the tumultuous end of the last century never found its way into popular thinking – or even into the canon of educated political debate." [Telegraph]

A World Tax? Keep Your Eyes on the Internet

2012-02-05T11:09:00.003-05:00

"The United Nations is finally moving toward the creation of a world tax: .........

That's why elections matter, especially presidential elections. If we haven't learned anything else from President Obama, we should have learned this: any president can circumvent Congress to do just about anything he or she wants to do, and Congress isn't likely to do anything about it. President Obama has made ignoring Congress an art form. He has changed life in the United States in ways that are just now becoming evident, and he has done it without the approval of Congress or the American people.

The stakes in the global change process to which I am referring in this article are much higher than anything that we've witnessed so far. That's an important reason why I'm convinced that we can't afford to re-elect President Obama. By 2016, when the next presidential election is held, life in the United States as we know it may already have been irreversibly changed. We shouldn't allow that to happen."

[American Thinker]

'The Mahdi does not negotiate. Neither should we'

2012-02-05T10:48:00.002-05:00

"Several years ago, prior to my retirement from the CIA, I was meeting with a senior Iranian asset in the Middle East. I had finished debriefing him on the intelligence he had to provide, and we had launched into a more expansive conversation about the overall direction of American policy toward Iran. I was trying to explain the rationale behind our sanctions regime and the thought process that had led us to conclude that we could persuade the Islamic Republic of Iran to modify its behavior.

The asset interrupted me. "You really don't have any idea who you are dealing with, do you?" he asked. I told him I was not sure I understood what he meant." [CHARLES S. FADDIS]

Occupiers Scrubbed From McPherson Park

2012-02-04T21:18:00.000-05:00

"The Occupy movement is winding down, as protesters in most cities have slunk away. Washington’s McPherson Park is the home–so to speak–of one of the last Occupier outposts. But even Washington has had enough; early this morning, District police officers descended on McPherson Park to enforce the no-camping law:" [Power Line]

Maher: 'We've Lost 500,000 Public Sector Jobs' Under Obama and 'Added 3.7 Million Private Sector Jobs'

2012-02-04T17:37:00.003-05:00

"In this week's "Is He Really This Stupid or Just a Bald-Faced Liar" segment, HBO's Bill Maher Friday night once again proved that he is either one of the dumbest people on television or is way too dishonest to have his own show.

On the most recent installment of Real Time, the host emphatically claimed, "We've lost 500,000 public sector jobs since Obama took office and added 3.7 million private sector jobs" (video follows with transcript and commentary): "

Well, as reported by NewsBusters Friday in response to MSNBCer Martin Bashir's idiotic claim that Obama's increased 3 million private sector jobs since taking office, the actual figure from the Bureau of Labor statitics is a decline of 549,000 since January 2009.

As for Obama cutting 500,000 public sector jobs, the federal government - the only one the president has any control over - has increased workers by 39,000 since January 2009. If you exclude the Post Office - which is shedding jobs due to its own problems - public employment at the federal level is up 149,000. " [NewsBusters]♠

Barack Obama Lashes Out at Banks For Risky Mortgages in Weekly Address …Forgets to Mention His Lawsuit Forced Banks to Ease Lending Practices

2012-02-04T17:12:00.002-05:00

"In his early activist days, Barack Obama the community organizer sued banks to ease lending practices. ....... Today Barack Obama lashed out at lenders who sold home loans to families who couldn’t afford them in his Weekly Address." [Gateway Pundit]

And they haven't learned yet. Yours truly, clipper, bought the condo in which we now live back in 2006 for just over $500,000. Today, because of having discovered that Chinese Drywall (out-gases fumes reported to be corrosive) was used in construction, the property is now valued by the County Appraiser at ZERO dollars.

Last week I received a phone call from the bank holding our current (obviously underwater) mortgage, offering me a re-finance deal! It seems a "new government program" allows them to re-fi our home with NO APPRAISAL required, minimum closing costs, and very low rates!!!! Here we go again ....... loans on properties beyond that which the property is valued !! I declined the offer. [clipper]

Is Eric Holder now in Contempt of Congress?

2012-02-04T12:40:00.002-05:00

This is simple logic......... regarding the "Fast and Furious" gun-walking of thousands of firearms into Mexico (used to kill hundreds of Mexicans and one U.S. Border Agent).... Obama's Attorney General Holder is either LYING or if he really knew nothing about the program he is GROSSLY INCOMPETENT.

In either case, he MUST BE DISMISSED !! [clipper]

Watch several videos of Holder's testimony before Congress and of Dept. of Justice whistleblowers HERE

Amazonian Rainforest Fungus Eats Polyurethane, Potentially Solving a Big Landfill Problem

2012-02-03T18:00:00.001-05:00

So..... for all you anti-plastic, enviro-freaks out there...... read this..... there's a bug that loves to eat polyurethane! [clipper]

Reid: No, I don’t plan to bring a budget to the floor this year

2012-02-03T15:49:00.001-05:00

"It’s been more than 1,000 days since the Senate has passed a budget, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is unconcerned. In fact, he says he has no plans to bring a budget to the floor in 2012, either.

The Congressional Budget Act requires the president to submit a budget to Congress by Feb. 1 every year. The Senate Budget Committee is to report a budget resolution to the full Senate by April 1. The House and Senate are to reach agreement on a concurrent budget resolution by April 15. Senate Budget Democrats haven’t submitted a budget since 2009." [HotAir]

# people looking for work continues to drop

2012-02-03T15:40:00.003-05:00

From the Bureau Of Labor Statistics ....... showing the % of persons "in the labor force". The decreasing numbers show how the pool of people who are employed has dropped since Obama's election in Nov. 2008. [clipper]

Record 1.2 Million People Fall Out Of Labor Force In One Month, Labor Force Participation Rate Tumbles To Fresh 30 Year Low

2012-02-03T13:29:00.004-05:00

"A month ago, we joked when we said that for Obama to get the unemployment rate to negative by election time, all he has to do is to crush the labor force participation rate to about 55%. Looks like the good folks at the BLS heard us: it appears that the people not in the labor force exploded by an unprecedented record 1.2 million" [ZeroHedge]

This means these 1.2 million are NOW NOT COUNTED IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS !!! Wow ..... what a way to go ..... just keep telling unemployed to stop looking for work and our unemployment numbers can drop to ZERO. [clipper]

Got Milk?

2012-02-02T21:16:00.001-05:00

"Last year, Russia imported 55,000 live cattle to help beef up its dairy herd, which has been in serious decline since, well, since collectivization efforts first began under Stalin." [Weekly Standard Blog]

Getting Nowhere, Very Fast

2012-02-02T19:53:00.001-05:00

"California has a huge state debt and Washington has a huge national debt. But that does not discourage either Governor Jerry Brown or President Barack Obama from wanting to launch a very costly high-speed rail system." [Thomas Sowell]

DOJ officials accepted cash bribes, Holder aware but made no arrests

2012-02-02T19:41:00.000-05:00

"It appears as though embezzlement, theft, intimidation, cover-ups and even murder (fast and furious) are somehow not enough to lead to arrests at the DOJ. So why would Attorney General Eric Holder bother arresting two DOJ prosecutors when he found out they were accepting cash bribes? Answer, he wouldn’t. And he didn’t." [Liberty News]

American Narcissus

2012-01-30T19:43:00.000-05:00

"Why has Barack Obama failed so spectacularly? Is he too dogmatically liberal or too pragmatic? Is he a socialist, or an anticolonialist, or a philosopher-president? Or is it possible that Obama’s failures stem from something simpler: vanity. Politicians as a class are particularly susceptible to mirror-gazing. But Obama’s vanity is overwhelming. It defines him, his politics, and his presidency." [Weekly Standard]

Global Warming Panic explained

2012-01-30T11:07:00.001-05:00

Newt Gingrich vs. the Republican establishment

2012-01-30T10:02:00.001-05:00

"The conservative Republican base understands Newt Gingrich better than the GOP establishment thinks.

They are aware of his intermittent apostasies and occasional adventures with crackpot policy. They know Mitt Romney is the one with executive experience and that Gingrich can’t really run things.

And they don’t want Gingrich to run things. They want him to destroy things." [Politico]

Slow Motion Collapse in Europe Continues

2012-01-29T17:46:00.001-05:00

"Taxpayers everywhere learned that the IMF's new chief, Christine Lagarde, wants an extra $500 billion to help fight Europe's slow-motion collapse. Trouble is, where does the money come from? From nations already up to their eyeballs in... debt, evidently. Count Great Britain and the United States in that category. " [American Thinker]

Allen West: Obama, Pelosi, Reid… “Get the Hell Out of the United States of America”

2012-01-29T12:52:00.002-05:00

"West tells Democrats where to go… Rep. Allen West (R-FL) spoke at the annual Lincoln Day Dinner in Palm Beach last night. He told Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Debbie Wasserman Schultz to “Get the Hell Out of America!” [Gateway Pundit]

Al Gore’s “Truth” is Inconsistent, not Inconvenient

2012-01-28T18:53:00.001-05:00

"For years we’ve heard that Global Warming is real and will be the death of the planet if we don’t do something about it. No less a luminary than a former Vice President, Al Gore, has carried that message for better than 20 years.

This week has seen more pushback on the supposed universal scientific consensus of the truth of Global Warming. Just yesterday, in the Wall Street Journal, 16 respected scientists put their names on a piece that questions the incontrovertible nature of Global Warming. They include the President of the World Federation of Scientists in Geneva, Switzerland and former heads of the meterological and climate studies for entire nations!" [Liberty News Network]

Mainstream Media CAUGHT Regurgitating Untrue Political Hit Pieces

2012-01-28T15:05:00.005-05:00

HERE is a story by REUTERS, a huge mainstream press organization. This is a hit piece on Marco Rubio full of simple inaccuracies and falsehoods. Reuters must have obtained this "story" from some Democrat oriented opposition research operation.

And here is an investigative reporter's description of how Reuters was caught !

And here is an analysis of what must have happened at Reuters.

This demonstrates how one MUST be careful when buying in to the MSM's versions of stories ...... particularly when their claims "reveal" startling "facts".
[clipper]

Carney Asked if ‘Saul Alinsky Portrait’ Is Hanging in the White House

2012-01-28T14:44:00.003-05:00

This response is CERTAINLY NOT A DENIAL !!!!!

Obama's Crony Capitalism

2012-01-27T17:35:00.002-05:00

The problem with Government "investing" in winners ............
[clipper]

The Real State of the Union

2012-01-27T17:10:00.002-05:00

"What should Obama have said in his speech? Here's what I wish he'd said:"
[John Stossel]

REAL DEEP UNDERSTANDING !!!!!

2012-01-27T13:37:00.003-05:00

Solid proposal ....... as he talks down to the idiots who support him......
[clipper]

President Obama leaves event promoting clean energy in a motorcade of 22 fossil-fueled vehicles

2012-01-27T13:29:00.002-05:00

These Economies Will Dominate The World In 2050

2012-01-27T13:12:00.003-05:00

"Economists on Wall Street are out with their recommendations for 2012. A few have come out with calls for 2015. But one, HSBC, is out with a call for 2050.

"The World in 2050," a new report by HSBC economist Karen Ward, forecasts the economic prowess of the 100 largest economies" [Business Insider]

Click here to see how the 50 largest economies stack up next to each other

You dumb racist conservatives are dumb. And racist.

2012-01-27T12:58:00.000-05:00

" We’ve got a brand spanking new, rootin’ tootin’ study, fresh off the press from a distinguished group of scientists. (And I can tell they were scientists because I checked, and most of them were wearing white lab coats.) In it, we find what we already suspected about the party that hates science, clings to their guns and their God, and disapproves of Barack Obama not because of his damaging policies, but because he’s black. Yep… you guessed it. Turns out that conservatives are stupid. And racist." [Hot Air]

Let's Be Fair about Taxation

2012-01-27T12:53:00.001-05:00

"Today, the current top tax rate of 15% for capital gains and dividends is getting a lot of attention because of the recent release of Mitt and Ann Romney's tax returns. They reported millions of capital gains and dividend income and paid a tax of around 15%.

Let's take a look at fairness in the context of investment income. We will see a very different picture of their tax situation and the taxes paid by others with investment income." [American Thinker]

Georgia Ballot Challenge: Obama Walks On By

2012-01-27T12:43:00.001-05:00

"Two AT writers attended yesterday's hearing in Georgia over President Obama's eligibility for the presidential ballot. Cindy Simpson writes:

President Obama has a habit of turning his back and walking away from those with whom he disagrees, as recently discovered by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. Professor John Lott, in an interview with Teri O'Brien, recalled similar experiences with Obama while at the University of Chicago.

Ms. O'Brien commented to Professor Lott: "Gods don't debate. They just issue decrees."

And apparently they also tend to place themselves above the law." [American Thinker]

Wait A Minute !!!!!

2012-01-26T18:06:00.004-05:00

Now we've got Mc Cain AND Bob Dole dumping on Newt Gingrich !!!!!! Those paragons of conservative values support Romney over Gingrich! Next, you will be trying to tell me that Thomas Dewey, Alf Landon, Herbert Hoover and Harold Stassen would be objecting to Newt's candidacy!

If you want a REAL CONSERVATIVE (warts and all) SUPPORT NEWT GINGRICH

[clipper]

Fox News Drifting Leftward?

2012-01-26T16:40:00.000-05:00

"Cliff Kincaid at America's Survival has launched a call for Fox News to bring back Glenn Beck.

This announcement comes on the heels of troubling revelations about Beck's firing and other disturbing trends at Fox. It quickly got front-page coverage at the Huffington Post, presumably to launch a campaign of ridicule and smears before Kincaid's idea builds momentum. No matter how much they sneer, the left is terrified of Beck.

Beck's firing was the work of George Soros, Kincaid has revealed." [Americsan Thinker]

U.S. outrage as Egypt bars Americans from leaving

2012-01-26T15:51:00.000-05:00

"Six Americans working for publicly funded U.S. organizations promoting democracy in Egypt have been barred from leaving the country, provoking angry demands in Washington that Cairo's new military rulers stop "endangering American lives"." [Reuters]

The “fair share” administration owes over $800,000 in back taxes

2012-01-26T10:15:00.000-05:00

"A new report just out from the Internal Revenue Service reveals that 36 of President Obama’s executive office staff owe the country $833,970 in back taxes" [Hot Air]

Obama, Arizona Gov. Brewer Have Words in Phoenix

2012-01-25T19:33:00.001-05:00

"President Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) had what appears to have been an angry exchange of words on the tarmac in Phoenix over her portrayal of him in a book she published late last year." [White House Dossier]

Haven't We Heard This Before?

2012-01-25T09:04:00.003-05:00

Did he XEROX last year's speech?

South Carolina Message

2012-01-24T18:00:00.004-05:00

Thomas Sowell delivers insight on the Gingrich / Romney differences....... [clipper]

"Mitt Romney's supposed "electability" -- his acceptability to moderates and independents -- has been his biggest selling point. Moreover, he is just the kind of candidate that the Republican establishment has preferred for years: a nice, bland, moderate who offends nobody.

This is the kind of candidate that is supposed to be the key to victory, no matter how many such candidates have gone down to defeat. If the bland and inoffensive moderate was in fact the key to victory, Dewey would have won a landslide victory over Truman in 1948, and John McCain would have beaten Barack Obama in 2008." [Thomas Sowell]

Is THIS the Image Of GREED?

2012-01-24T17:32:00.004-05:00

Read comparison of Obama vs. Romney charitable giving.......

Under Obama, Price of Gas Has Jumped 83 Percent, Ground Beef 24 Percent, Bacon 22 Percent

2012-01-24T17:15:00.000-05:00

"So far, during the presidency of Barack Obama, the price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 83 percent, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. During the same period, the price of ground beef has gone up 24 percent and price of bacon has gone up 22 percent." [CNS]

Goverment Employees Paying For Ads in Florida Attacking Romney

2012-01-23T11:35:00.001-05:00

"In the anti-Romney ad, which begins airing Saturday, the male voiceover says that while Romney was a director of Damon Corp., a medical testing company acquired by Bain Capital in 1989, "the company was defrauding Medicare of millions." The ad goes on to point out that Romney profited handsomely from his investment in the suburban Boston company (which Bain, the private-equity firm Romney co-founded, sold several years later).

An eagle-eyed viewer -- or someone hitting the pause button on YouTube -- might catch a headline on the black-and-white screen that points out Romney profited from a firm "later tied to fraud" and that Damon was "fined after sale by Bain." Those nuances are (deliberately) lost on the average viewer."
[American Thinker]

Keystone XL and Obama's Subjugation Economics

2012-01-23T11:12:00.003-05:00

"President Barack Obama's decision to nix the Keystone XL pipeline was one of those days when divorce seemed more sensible than attempting reconciliation. The president's Keystone decision is yet another in a long train of affronts, insults, and harm that the left has inflicted on the American economy and the American worker. We're talking decades-worth of assaults on free enterprise and the enterprising -- you know, the enterprising: the men and women who create jobs.

Clearly, there's more on the president's and the left's agenda than economics. The left has long desired to radically alter the nation socially and culturally. Economics -- controlling the means of production -- is a leftist tenet and tool. When you control the means by which people create their livelihoods, you control them.

Make no mistake, there's malice toward flyover country Americans by the left. Flyover country is everything Mr. Obama doesn't want America to be anymore; the mores, beliefs, and values of traditional America are his real targets. Like most leftists, Mr. Obama seeks to strangle the greater portion of America that fails to conform. " [American Thinker]

In Praise of a Do-nothing Congress

2012-01-22T10:37:00.003-05:00

"Here's a question: how can we expect to have small government if we condemn Congress for not growing it?

So if you complain about a do-nothing Congress, I ask, what is it exactly that you want them to "do," whom do you think they'll "do" it to, and what do you think will be done to you? Our current Congress passed 80 bills. How many more do you want and how many more until we're done for?

So if you complain about a do-nothing Congress, I ask, what is it exactly that you want them to "do," whom do you think they'll "do" it to, and what do you think will be done to you? Our current Congress passed 80 bills. How many more do you want and how many more until we're done for?"

[American Thinker}

What We're Learning about Obamacare isn't Good -- Especially for Seniors

2012-01-21T14:33:00.002-05:00

"Our senior citizens are most at risk under Obamacare -- especially those over 70. Rationing of services and death panels (only they're called "ethics panels" under Obamacare instead of death panels for obvious reasons) are now the rule, not the exception. I have a friend who is a loyal Democrat and a strong Obama supporter. In 2008 when she voted for Obama, she couldn't imagine that in 2012 she would have a massive heart attack and need a pacemaker. Prior to 2010 and the passage of Obamacare, that would have been a routine procedure, but not anymore. She's over 70, and under Obamacare people who are over 70 routinely receive "comfort care." That's a euphemism. It means that a panel of experts has determined that your life isn't worth saving beyond 70, so they will try to make you feel good while you die." [American Thinker]

ABC unaccountably excludes Bill Clinton from lineup of pols who led ‘double lives’

2012-01-21T13:32:00.002-05:00

"ABC News offered yesterday a risible lineup of two-timing politicians that omitted Bill Clinton, the philandering 42nd president, but included Thomas Jefferson, about whom the evidence of sexual dalliance is thin at best.

ABC’s roster of “the top eight politicians who led double lives” was posted online and promised “a look at some … tawdry affairs and public scandals” — and how the politicians implicated “weathered the storm.” " [Media Myth Aleert]

....and you want evidence that the media is NOT in-the-tank for Democrat Politicos ????

An Ignored 'Disparity': Part II

2012-01-21T12:39:00.000-05:00

"One of the ways of trying to reduce the vast disparities in economic success, which are common in countries around the world, is by making higher education more widely available, even for people without the money to pay for it.

This can be both a generous investment and a wise investment for a society to make. But, depending on how it is done, it can also be a foolish and even dangerous investment, as many societies around the world have learned the hard way." [Thomas Sowell]

A GOP Candidate's Bitter Ex-Wife Receives More Coverage Than a Video of Obama Dining with Terrorist-Supporters

2012-01-20T19:42:00.002-05:00

"As I watch the media circus surrounding Marianne Gingrich's interview regarding her relationship with her ex-husband and GOP candidate, Newt Gingrich, I am once again reminded of the double standard afforded to the Democrats and Barack Obama in particular.

However, of greater importance in my view is the silence, save for a few journalists and pundits on the right, regarding exposing a videotape recorded in 2003 of Barack Obama at the farewell dinner for terrorist-supporting Palestinian Rashid Khalidi. News of the videotape's existence came to light while Obama was a candidate, and the free pass given to him by the mainstream media was only just beginning to come to light when the enamored Chris Matthews' shared news of the tingle up his leg."
[American Thinker]

Environmentalism and the Leisure Class

2012-01-20T19:33:00.001-05:00

"In turning down Keystone, however, the President has uncovered an ugly little secret that has always lurked beneath the surface of environmentalism. Its basic appeal is to the affluent. Despite all the professions of being "liberal" and "against big business," environmentalism's main appeal is that it promises to slow the progress of industrial progress. People who are already comfortable with the present state of affairs -- who are established in the environment, so to speak -- are happy to go along with this. It is not that they have any greater insight into the mysteries and workings of nature. They are happier with the way things are. In fact, environmentalism works to their advantage. The main danger to the affluent is not that they will be denied from improving their estate but that too many other people will achieve what they already have. As the Forest Service used to say, the person who built his mountain cabin last year is an environmentalist. The person who wants to build one this year is a developer." [The American Spectator]

Obama Administration Orders Free Birth Control

2012-01-20T13:57:00.003-05:00

"The final regulation retains the approach federal health officials proposed last summer, despite the deluge of complaints from religious groups and congressional Republicans that has poured in since then. Churches, synagogues and other houses of worship are exempt from the requirement, but religious-affiliated hospitals and universities only get a one-year delay and must comply by Aug. 1, 2013." [The Hill]

Why is Solyndra destroying millions of dollars in parts?

2012-01-20T13:15:00.002-05:00

"Well, why not just toss out millions in assets? Isn’t that what the Obama administration did in subsidizing Solyndra in the first place? The CBS affiliate in San Francisco catches Solyndra in the act of destroying millions of dollars in glass tubes after a court ruled that the company was spending more than they were worth on storage, another theme with a familiar ring in this ongoing tale of crony capitalism and the Obama administration [Hot Air]

Democratic Party economics: The “Reasonable Profits Board”

2012-01-19T14:32:00.002-05:00

"Six House Democrats, led by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), want to set up a “Reasonable Profits Board” to control gas profits.

The Gas Price Spike Act, H.R. 3784, would apply a windfall tax on the sale of oil and gas that ranges from 50 percent to 100 percent on all surplus earnings exceeding “a reasonable profit.” It would set up a Reasonable Profits Board made up of three presidential nominees that will serve three-year terms. Unlike other bills setting up advisory boards, the Reasonable Profits Board would not be made up of any nominees from Congress. …" [Hot Air]

Let us hope this proposal dies the sudden death it deserves.......

Now We Know Who Was Right about Obama

2012-01-19T14:26:00.003-05:00

"Now we know. After three years in office and the launching of his second election campaign, we have experienced President Obama's leadership. We can see whom we elected president -- the mystery man of 2008 revealed.

Democrats were in ecstasy over the great healer, the multiracial candidate who would bring together red states and blue states, black and white, coasts and flyover country. Republicans saw the man with the most leftist, least bipartisan voting record in Congress being installed in the White House. We now know who was right. "[American Thinker]

First Lady Celebrates B-Day at Steakhouse Featuring $28 'Obama' Burger

2012-01-19T10:41:00.002-05:00

As for the peasants ...... let them eat cake!

"- Michelle Obama celebrated her 48th birthday Tuesday night with her husband and friends at a D.C. steakhouse where the menu features a $28 hamburger named "The Obama." BLT Steak describes its "Obama" burger as an 8-ounce American Kobe burger with bacon, cheddar cheese, burnt tomato ketchup, and scallion mustard."[CNS News]

Are The GOP Debaters Foolish Enough to Take CNN's Bait?

2012-01-19T09:30:00.001-05:00

"So CNN's executives have let it slip (at least to Drudge*) that they are "going to let them just go at it" in what they are calling the "Republican Debate of the Year" tonight in South Carolina.

Let me translate:

'We are going to do our damndest to get the candidates to go at each other and totally ignore Barack Obama. We're going to ask those cute little questions like 'Governor Romney, with Speaker Gingrich standing right here, will you say to his face that he's the biggest son of a blah blah blah..... " [AmericanThinker]

Gingrich Goes for Gold

2012-01-18T18:04:00.000-05:00

“Part of our approach ought to be to reestablish something Ronald Reagan did in 1981 and that is to have a Commission on Gold to look at the whole concept of how do we get back to hard money.

“We need to repeal the Humphrey-Hawkins Act. We need to say to the Federal Reserve: your only job is to maintain the stability of the dollar because we want a dollar to be worth thirty years from now what it is worth now because that optimizes saving and investment because people know what they are going to back.

“The very purpose of founding the Constitution was landowners and property owners who did not want inflation. And they felt that under the Articles of Confederation they were increasingly getting inflated paper money." [Weekly Standard]

President Obama Is “Shipping American Energy Security to the Chinese”

2012-01-18T18:00:00.001-05:00

Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) pledged to continue fighting for the thousands of much-need jobs the pipeline will create – especially for those hit hardest by the Obama administration’s disastrous economic policies.

“President Obama is destroying tens of thousands of American jobs and shipping American energy security to the Chinese.”

[Gateway Pundit]

Another Reminder Of How The US Government Destroys Business

2012-01-18T17:54:00.002-05:00

"....... The whole affair was just another friendly reminder of why I try to avoid doing anything in the US at all. Regulations, financial tracking, consumer protection… it’s just too damn difficult to get anything done." [Sovereign Man]

An Ignored 'Disparity'

2012-01-17T19:32:00.000-05:00

"With all the talk about "disparities" in innumerable contexts, there is one very important disparity that gets remarkably little attention -- disparities in the ability to create wealth. People who are preoccupied, or even obsessed, with disparities in income are seldom interested much, or at all, in the disparities in the ability to create wealth, which are often the reasons for the disparities in income."[Thomas Sowell]

The one you must read: Letter to Obama

2012-01-16T18:14:00.001-05:00

Here is a four year old letter, very much worth re-reading to refresh your memory on how our DEAR LEADER was known to be a gross liar even back then. [clipper]

Harry Reid's 'Extreme'

2012-01-16T18:01:00.001-05:00

"Having attended a Tea Party rally in Philadelphia that was organized by an African American and in which 9 of 13 speakers were African American and Latino, I keep trying to reconcile Harry Reid's view of the Tea Party with my own firsthand experience.

Saying it's time to rebuild America by working together to create jobs, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Sunday prepared for Congress' return to Washington this week with a warning to Republicans to leave Tea Party "extremism" behind and "learn what legislation is all about." "
[American Thinker]

“Irish homeowners can now legally shoot anyone who enters their property”

2012-01-16T17:53:00.002-05:00

"Irish homeowners can now legally shoot anyone who enters their property,” irishcentral.com reports with incendiary inaccuracy. “A move that has been slammed by civil liberties campaigners in a row with Justice Minister Alan Shatter.” Anyone? Let’s try that again, shall we? “Legislation [a link to which we can't be assed to include] has now come into effect that allows homeowners to use ‘reasonable force’ to defend themselves, their families and their property.” To quote the gatekeeper to The Land of Oz, that’s a horse of a different color. One that seems to have riled-up a lot of people." [The Truth About Guns]

Be sure to read:

Irish homeowners now have legal right to shoot intruders

Our Promissory Note

2012-01-16T17:48:00.001-05:00

"Monday will mark the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. With the opening of his monument on the National Mall, Americans now have a day and a place to honor King's public life and legacy.

We can benefit ourselves on this occasion by taking a moment from our busy lives to call to mind King's most famous address, the 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. It has many memorable thoughts and phrases, but all of them are framed within the context of the opening lines, which declare:

we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
[Letters From An Ohio Farmer]