Friday, June 25, 2010

Second Random Round-Up 06-25



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Fight! Fight! Fight! Santelli and Dobbs Talk Tea Party Power

PJTV Video (Kruiser Control) - Idiots Without Borders: AZ Official Fails Geography While Chris Matthews Spews Toxic Nonsense on BP

Super Cool - Building the World's Largest Telescope, a Mile Under Antarctic Ice

Hey, pass me that bag of chips. I want to engage in a little civil disobedience. - What should Americans eat? Experts announce 8 new food “rules”

PJTV (VodkaPundi (He's so dream)) - Vodkapundit's Coast to Coast Tea Party

Financial overhaul deal gives Obama a new triumph. Interesting that they are calling it a "triumph" when they haven't even had the final vote on it yet.

Re: Kyl: Obama Did Not Consult on Border Funds
My friend Steve Schippert points out that the $600 million President Obama has finally provided for the defense of Americans at the southern border is considerably less than the $900 million Obama redistribu — er, I mean, provided to Gaza in one of the early acts of his presidency. Gaza is (and was then) controlled by Hamas, which has been formally designated a terrorist organization under U.S. law for about 15 years. That is, if you tried to give money to Hamas, or tried to give money to someone else under circumstances where you knew it would end up benefitting Hamas, you would be committing a crime (material support to terrorism) for which you could be sent to prison for 15 years. Yet, the Obama administration gives 50 percent more money to Hamas than it forks up for border security . . . even as it prepares to sue Arizona for enforcing immigration laws the feds won't enforce. Change you can believe in.
Lucky Los Angeles - Free Tickets Ain't Got A Thing On Mayor Villaraigosa's $120,000 European Vacation

PJTV Video (Sonja Schmidt) - Will Flaming Liberals Cause a Repeat of 1965 & 1992 LA Riots

Rummy on Freedom

Vegetarians From The Other Point Of View


AWESOME

Rampant Corruption Round-Up 06-25


Witness: Blago given list of Obama favorites Staff chief Emanuel relayed who president-elect wanted for Senate, Harris says

Obama knew of Blagojevich plot

Ex-Ald. Carothers gets 28 months in zoning-bribery case This guy is linked to Rezko who was Obama's BFF for a long time. But the company we keep is never a reflection of who we are.

Blago Irked by 'Thankful' Message From Obama Aide

VIDEO! Dem Congressman: We Must Have Campaign Finance Disclosure To Stop Republicans From Getting Elected "Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) says "we will see more Republicans getting elected" if the Congress does not pass campaign finance disclosure reform." I love the previous sentence to the above statement that republicans get money from "big corporations" when the dems (especially Obama) got millions more from Wall Street and BP than the republicans. What an idiot.

Harris: Obama knew of Blagojevich plot

The Chicago Politician, the Discredited Non-Profit and a Mystery Earmark

Carol Shea-Porter May Be Busy For the Next One to Seven Years

Villaraigosa's Five-Year Free Ticket Spree. The Los Angeles mayor's usurping of anticorruption rules could spread to pols across California. Could? I thought it already had.

Obamacare 06-25



ObamaCare: Get Ready for the Mother of All Epic Fails. More money for less value. That's the story of big government.

ObamaCare's Catch 22

Thanks, Nancy: What the ‘Doc Fix’ Failure Means in the Real World



Competition between Hospitals and Clinics. Competition is always a good thing which is why anything run by the government (except defense and law) are bad things.

Extenders defeat leaves state Medicaid help in limbo



Neither is Obamacare - Obama: Temporary doc fix 'just isn't an adequate solution'

Leftie's Airbrush Own History by Taking Down General Betrayus Ad.

In Economic Woes 06-25


Oops: 1st Quarter GDP Revised Down

No Thank You. "Now There Will Be One Agency Whose Sole Job Will Be To Look Out For You" VIDEO. I can "look out" for myself and my family far better than any faceless bureaucrat ever could. This is the audacity of idiocy.

Business's Buyer's Remorse For cooperating with the White House, member companies of the Business Roundtable gets socked with higher taxes and more regulations

I think all you have to know is that Chris Dodd and Barney Frank created this stinking pile. Dodd-Frank bill would bring about sweeping changes to Wall Street

U.S. Lawmakers Reach Accord on New Finance Rules

Financial Reform: Transparency by Choice or by Luck?

House, Senate leaders finalize details of sweeping financial overhaul

White House silent on whether Obama tax pledge still stands

The best stimulus? Spend less, borrow less

Predicts Double Dip in Housing Market: Is She Right?

How sticky are wages today anyway?

Was the Financial Reform Bill Just Too Long To Read, Too?

Double-Dip Recession Fears Putting Scare Back in Market

G20 summit: an economic clash of civilizations This weekend's G20 summit pits President Obama's stimulus efforts against European calls for austerity budgets in what is shaping up as an economic clash of civilizations.

New York’s Shoe Tax

Obama's obsession with ideology dooms U.S. economy

U.S. Economy Grew 2.7% in First Quarter, Less Than Forecast

Paul Krugman Now Laughingstock On Two Continents

Is Sweden a Supermodel for America’s Economy?


Jobless claims drop but remain at elevated levels

Private Sector Losses vs. Public Sector Gains

Senate Democrats pull jobs bill

Sen. Hatch Urges Volcker to Junk a VAT

Obama and Dems heading for electoral disaster

State Pension Gimmicks

Obama claims victory in financial overhaul deal

Mortgage rates hit all-time low, but lending activity remains quiet

Jobless aid measure dying in Senate



Barack Obama is refusing to listen to reason on economic policy President Barack Obama could learn from the old-fashioned German habit of saving money before spending it, argues Jeremy Warner

Two Polls Show Americans Aren't Buying Into Economic Recovery Story

Joint Chiefs chair says debt is the greatest threat to national security

Joint Chiefs chairman reiterates security threat of high debt

House, Senate Negotiators Approve Bank Bailout Bill

A Bad Lie, At Best

House passes campaign finance bill

The top five most ridiculous regulations in Massachusetts

Exchange-Rate Mythology and Weak-Dollar Nonsense

Media Bias 06-25


White House, Google violate lobbying pledge

Garbage In, Garbage Out: The Media As Propagandists

At least one newspaper has ethics - National Enquirer says it decided not to pay for Gore sex story interview

Al Gore jumps twenty-five sharks



Portland massage therapist who accused Al Gore of groping confided in a friend shortly after the 2006 incident

New troubles at Al Gore's Current TV

Weigel and the Post

Good Question - If Weigel Had to Go, What Other MSM Figures Wrote Terrible Things on Journo-List?

Burn, Davey, Burn — The Self-Immolation of David Weigel.

If You Love Newspapers, Let Them Go A handy guide to kicking your dead tree habit

Democrats: Free speech for me, not for thee

Bad Politician Bad 06-25



President Obama Job Approval

Obama drops under 50% approval … in California



Gallup - Low Approval of Congress Points to High Seat Change in Nov.

Gee I wonder why? - 48% See Government Today As A Threat to Individual Rights

P is for Pelosi in Peril.

Pelosi asks for donations to fend off potential GOP investigations

Nevada Senate: Angle 48%, Reid 41%

Political neophyte challenges Feingold

Gallup: Conservatives Hit Record Numbers

Witness: Blago given list of Obama favorites Staff chief Emanuel relayed who president-elect wanted for Senate, Harris says

Ex-Ald. Carothers gets 28 months in zoning-bribery case This guy is linked to Rezko who was Obama's BFF for a long time. But the company we keep is never a reflection of who we are.

VIDEO! Dem Congressman: We Must Have Campaign Finance Disclosure To Stop Republicans From Getting Elected "Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) says "we will see more Republicans getting elected" if the Congress does not pass campaign finance disclosure reform." I love the previous sentence to the above statement that republicans get money from "big corporations" when the dems (especially Obama) got millions more from Wall Street and BP than the republicans. What an idiot.

Harris: Obama knew of Blagojevich plot

The Chicago Politician, the Discredited Non-Profit and a Mystery Earmark

Carol Shea-Porter May Be Busy For the Next One to Seven Years



Villaraigosa's Five-Year Free Ticket Spree. The Los Angeles mayor's usurping of anticorruption rules could spread to pols across California. Could? I thought it already had.

This is ghastly - It Begins… Plans to Evacuate Tampa Bay Are Put Into Place …Update: Pensacola Beach Closed

Attacks on the Electoral College Gain Momentum

No Thank You. "Now There Will Be One Agency Whose Sole Job Will Be To Look Out For You" VIDEO. I can "look out" for myself and my family far better than any faceless bureaucrat ever could. This is the audacity of idiocy.

Defending Freedom of Speech - Introducing Congress Shall Make No Law

Emminent Domain is evil. KELO: Five Years Later


The Democrats That Wouldn't Govern

House ’shreds our constitution for raw, ugly, partisan gain’ by vote of 219-206



The U.S. Department of Illegal-Alien Labor

Mad Duck Quacks Again

Night of the Yeoman

Homeland Security Denies Interest in Blanket Amnesty for Illegals

Beneath NPR's Poll, The 'Tyranny Of Constituency' Or Why Gerrymandering is bad.

The Law? How Quaint! “Change you can believe in” is working out in practice to mean: If you don’t like the Constitution’s separation of powers — ignore it.

In Gulf oil spill 'war,' cleanup foot soldiers threaten mutiny. Claims problems and mixed messages from the Gulf oil spill unified command structure has local leaders from Pensacola to Plaquemines Parish fuming as the Gulf comes under what some call a 'tarball attack.

BP Relied on Faulty U.S. Data. "Forced to rely" might be a more accurate phrasing.

President Anti-Lincoln: With Malice Towards All and Charity Towards None, President Obama Emotes His Way Through A War

Do Obama’s czars rule America? ‘Oil czar’ Ray Mabus brings total to 38 according to Daily Caller count

Administration weighs bypassing Congress to let illegal immigrants stay

White House Picks Critic of Local Immigration Enforcement for Key Role at ICE

Junk Science and Oil Spill Woes 06-25


This is ghastly - It Begins… Plans to Evacuate Tampa Bay Are Put Into Place …Update: Pensacola Beach Closed

‘Green’ Energy Company Threatens Economics Professor … with Package of Dismantled Bomb Parts. The author of a damning study about the failure of Spain's "green jobs" program — a story broken here at PJM — received the threatening package on Tuesday from solar energy company Thermotechnic.

BP Relied on Faulty U.S. Data. "Forced to rely" might be a more accurate phrasing.

On Being a 21st-Century Peasant. An environmentalist warns: We’re getting a whole new planet.

The truth about wind energy generation

Big Oil Maneuvering and Vestiture, or The Unified Theory of Obama Fail

Why It's Safer to Drill in the 'Backyard' Texas has had 102 oil and gas well blowouts since the start of 2006, without catastrophic consequences

Peak oil postponed again

Judge Faces Death Threats After BP Gulf Oil Drilling Moratorium Ruling. My husband and his co-workers get death threats (always from Lefties) regularly because they dare to question their ideology. They are disgusting human beings when they threaten people like this simply because they don't agree with them. Disgusting and sad.

Generation Gap The Kerry-Lieberman energy bill would enervate America.



Going After the Judge

Big Government is dying in the Gulf oil spill

How an Alabama fire chief risked jail to save town from Gulf oil spill. Jamie Hinton, the volunteer fire chief of tiny Magnolia Springs, Ala., has a plan to use a blockade of barges to stop the Gulf oil spill from entering the Magnolia River. For a time, he went ahead with the plan, even though it might have landed him in jail.

OSHA: BP Less Safe Than Other Oil Companies

Random Round-Up 06-25



My Son’s Textbook Denies Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II Their Rightful Place in History

To avoid getting onto the White House Visitor's Log - Across street from the White House, coffee and a chat with lobbyists

Arizona Park a ‘No-Go’ Zone for American Citizens The Sonoran Desert National Monument is so overrun with drug gangs that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has closed the road into the park.

Ariz. Gov: Most Illegal Immigrants Smuggling Drugs

It. Is. Not. Over.

NO. NO. NO!! Card-check lives: ‘A lot of things can happen in a lame-duck session’

Welfare ATM cards being used in casinos doesn't sit well with readers

Andy Stern’s credibility deficit

Authorities Raid Arizona Business, Arrest 7 Employees Over Identification Concerns

The injustice of "social justice"

Government Study Confirms What We Already Knew: DC Vouchers Improve Graduation Rates

Because I chose to stay at home, I know I don't. Full Frontal Stalinism: Deciding Who Counts as a Feminist

When the feds boycott you

WaPo’s Stevens-Arroyo Calls for Catholics to ‘Embrace a Redistribution of Wealth’. Lefty blogger says Catholic ideas of ‘common good’ demand that drilling moratorium remain in place.

As K-Lo put it over at NRO - "This parody ad is clever. Also deeply cynical." For me, it's funny because its true.

Quick Notes Summer Style 06-25

New poll shows Obama approval at all-time low And this isn't even a Rasmussen Poll!

More evidence of Gulf oil spill washes ashore

Why boycotts about Arizona immigration law are stalling

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Gone Swimming

Due to SUMMER, daily round-ups will be not so daily. I'll do my best but promise nothing. I'm a stay-at-home mom with two kids under 10 so they must have my attention now. Still, I'll try to ditch 'em every now and again.

Today is Pool Day.

Inbred Redneck Vampires


It's a movie that had to be made. So lovin' the title of this direct-to-dvd movie.

Not sure I'll rent it though.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Daily Round-Up 06-22



The Left’s New Enemy: ‘Empire’ The Left now threatens humanity with a new version of its anti-Western, anti-rational, anti-liberty, anti-individualist ideology

Awesome! Lasers uncover first icons of Sts. Peter and Paul


GENERAL BAD BEHAVIOR


Flying in the face of zero tolerance "Zero Tolerance" in about 99.9% of situations is just liberal bigotry.

Thomas Sowell - The Degeneration of Democracy The damage being done to the fundamental structure of this nation goes far beyond particular counterproductive policies.

General McChrystal and Rolling Stone: Suicide by Interview? AND Did Obama reap what he sowed with McChrystal?

Mexican Drug Cartel Warns Police Officers in Arizona Border Town to 'Look the Other Way'

The BP Racket The bigger and more complex government is, the more incentive corporations have to politicize themselves

Another Marylander Arrested for Recording the Police. According to state officials, only on-duty cops have a privacy right in public spaces.

On eve of key vote, Wal-Mart donates $20 million to Durbin’s home state

Is hypo-masculinity the new normal? AND Fatherhood.gov Started Under Bush!




OBAMACARE

Individual Health Insurance Premiums Jump

As Law Takes Effect, Obama Gives Insurers a Warning

The Doc Fix and the Blame Game

Obama to announce new health benefits


JUNK SCIENCE


Climate trial balloon proves explosive

Stealth Climate Bill

Holier-Than-Thou Pelosi: Cap & Trade is a 'Moral Issue'

Environmental Rift Widens Liberals Clash With Obama and Each Other on Stance on Spill and Climate Change



FIGHTING CORRUPTION

Garden State Millionaire Tax Defeated

Supremely good sense: Smart ruling from top court on terrorist charity fronts

Nice try BO - Supreme Court On ‘Moderate’ Terrorists: Fuggedaboutit

Mystery author speaks: An interview with the anonymous Tea Party consultant in Playboy

Bad Politician Bad 06-22



President Obama Job Approval

Kagan sought secrecy in 4 of 5 open gov't cases

Senators Challenge Pres. Obama on Rumors of Executive Order Amnesty

Justice Department to File Lawsuit Against Arizona Immigration Law, Likely Next Week

Amid crises, Obama declares war -- on Arizona

Blago Bombshell: 'What Can I Get For Senate Seat?' Former Blagojevich Aide Said Governor First Started Talking About Trading For Obama's Senate Seat In October 2008

Rod Blagojevich on Obama: "Do they think I would just appoint Valerie Jarrett for nothing?"

Blago: Obama Afraid of Nominating Black Person for Senator

Rahm Emmanual's Auto Breakdown

Rahm on the Run Democratic insiders say Rahm Emanuel will leave shortly after the mid-term elections.

VIDEO (PolitiZoid) - The Audacity to Golf

Dear Mr. President ... from Jon Voight

President Obama's enigmatic intellectualism

A warning - Garden State Millionaire Tax Defeated

Does Barack Obama want to be president? Well, it wasn't like he was prepared for the work or anything.

What people pay Tony Podesta $1,000 an hour to do

Obama Advocated "Trading" Border Security for Amnesty in 2004


Grassroots Lobbying Laws Shut Out Ordinary Citizens from Politics

Soon the White House Will Be A Little Less Orszagulous

The danger of armchair lawyering
BP is, in all likelihood, chiefly responsible for this disaster. At the same time, the Obama administration’s habit of dragging CEOs before Congress can certainly be seen as pattern of highly calculated government shakedowns.

Just ask Mr. Toyoda. Or the CEO of Humana, who was investigated by the administration, because his company warned customers about the pitfalls of ObamaCare. Or the former CEO of GM who has forced to resign by the administration. A pattern is clearly emerging
Read it all.

Rep. Steve King Backs Up Obama Race Comments, Defends Rep. Barton


Malice and Incompetence

GOP dares Obama to test his appeal

Pelosi’s lame blame game: No ‘burrowed-in’ Bush appointees oversaw Deepwater Horizon. Well, she is very old, very tired, and very stupid.

Busted. Slimy Alan Grayson Caught Running Fake Tea Party Candidate

Five Reasons Moderates Are Wrong About Bipartisanship

Avoiding Bad Reactions by Foreign Nations as a Justification for Speech Restrictions?

He really should pick on something his own size - White House vs. Boy Scouts

The Obama Speech We're Waiting For Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to get the BP treatment.

RNC blasts Obama’s transparency with reality tv parody


South Carolina Candidates Poised for Historic Victories on Day of High-Stakes Runoffs

Gulf Disaster 06-22


Not Unexpectedly - Deepwater Drilling Ban Lifted by New Orleans Federal Judge

Where's FEMA? Good question.

Blow Up the Well to Save the Gulf

Weighing the Downsides of the Drilling Moratorium

The President's Lackluster Oil Team

Load of photos - Oil spill hits 60th day

Obama Says Oil Spill Is Like 9-11… But Sends Only 20 of 2,000 US Oil Skimmer Boats to Florida Coast

House to give Obama oil spill panel subpoena power

The Antidrilling Commission The White House choices seem to have made up their minds.

They Told Me If I Voted For McCain, Volunteerism Would Count For Little… And They Were Right!

In Economic Woes 06-22



Cancelled: There Will Be No Congressional Budget This Year

Democrats of 2004 Brand Obama Worst President
According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. shed 2.3 million jobs since February 2009, Obama’s first full month in office. Going back to World War II, that is by far the worst record for any president in his first 17 months, outpacing the job destruction experienced in the early Bush years by more than 800,000 jobs.

For Obama, there is an even worse way to play the data, which might just become fodder for a political ad: From November 2008, the month he was elected, until now, the economy has shed an astonishing 4.4 million jobs. That’s worse than Hoover.

Sure, you can blame the first few months of that period on lame-duck President Bush. But perhaps companies accelerated their shedding of jobs because they were bracing for higher tax rates, increased union power and costly environmental taxes under Obama.

Other measurements are only slightly kinder to Obama. The two-percentage-point increase in unemployment rate during his presidency, to 9.7 percent from 7.7 percent, is the third-worst since World War II. Dwight Eisenhower and Gerald Ford saw bigger increases.

GDP growth under Obama, an abysmal 3 percentage points so far, is the fourth-worst in the postwar period. Eisenhower, Ford and Ronald Reagan all began their terms with worse GDP growth.
Existing Home Sales Tumble Unexpectedly in May

Hoyer: Permanent middle class tax cuts too costly

Fed Up Americans want to take scissors to the federal budget

Fixing Fannie and Freddie

This applies to everything from the environmental movement to economics - Bootleggers and Baptists

The Obama Speech We're Waiting For Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac need to get the BP treatment.

Democrats Latest Bailout Iteration

Burr: Reinstitute Glass-Steagall

US economy still in 'difficult period': Geithner

Emergency does not mean Important.

GOP sponsor may withdraw support for campaign finance bill

But here's some good news - Garden State Millionaire Tax Defeated

Is Illinois the New California?

Ideas into Actions


IMF Debunks Stimulus Jobs Projection

House Majority Leader: No Budget This Year

Tax Increases Won’t Create Jobs

Sen. Dick Durbin’s price control crusade is doomed to fail

Osborne Increases U.K. Value-Added Tax Rate to 20%

Goodbye Keynes, Hello Hoover

Borrowers trying to avoid foreclosure find help outside Obama program

An Envelope Full of Debt

Our view on real estate: Misguided housing subsidies promote unfairness, bailouts

If You Can't Budget, You Can't Govern

Show them the money: Democratic Congress can’t get its own spending approved

Big Union/ACORN/Leftie Groups 06-22



NJ's poison pensions NY may copy dumbest moves

‘ACORN Youth Union’ Chapters Were Funded by Justice Department, Says GAO

Think Progress Won't Let Facts Get in the Way of a Good Attack Blogger argues validity of Emanuel attack on GOP since controversial comments by Joe Barton are 'evidenced' in a Republican Study Committee statement.

Jonesing for a Little Competence

What people pay Tony Podesta $1,000 an hour to do

Andy Stern Joins SIGA's Board of Directors

Union e-vote exploration sets off card-check, business

Lighten Up - National Pork Board thinks Canned Unicorn Meat is real

Suck it Jersey Dems Garden State Millionaire Tax Defeated

Media Bias 06-22


A Tale of Two Disasters Bush was blamed for local failures after Katrina. Obama got a free ride for weeks as federal failures mounted during the Gulf spill.

Whopping 31% of Americans still Not Angry yet at the nation's news media. Instapundit is right, you gotta love the "yet" in that headline. The body of the article is fairly snarky and I'm finding it hard to get a bead on.

Keith Olbermann's Wisdom Obama, BP and the crisis of American liberalism

Media Ignore Arizona Critic’s Previous Violent Video

Flashback: Media Promoted Military Criticism of President Bush

NY Times Reporter Honored For Activism Disguised as Journalism

MSNBC Host Admits Working with White House on Talking Points

Reuters Reveals Sleaze Is Essential to Its Bottom Line

Monday, June 21, 2010

Big Union/ACORN/Leftie Groups 06-21


Fix Education Spending For Kids Now Before Congress Bails Out Teachers’ Union

Planned Parenthood's missing millions. New GAO report reveals disturbing financial discrepancies

Junk Reporting – the Hidden Truth Behind Claims Of Racial Bias In the SATs

DISCLOSE Act shields Democrat-leaning groups from disclosure requirements

The Lottery’ Offers a Harsh Look At How Corrupt Unions Betray Poor Schoolchildren


Why Won't Obama Waive the Jones Act?
Five years ago, in the midst of another crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, the Bush administration waived the Jones Act, easing the way for foreign vessels to move in U.S. waters and between ports. The decision came with the administration under duress for its handling of Hurricane Katrina.

Today the Obama administration faces a different set of challenges with the Gulf oil spill cleanup.

But unlike his predecessor, President Obama has declined to suspend the law, even temporarily.

Obama's decision has turned into a public relations headache for an administration already reeling from its oversight of the oil spill. European allies, longtime opponents of the Jones Act, have asserted they were turned away when making offers of assistance. The State Department acknowledges it has had 21 aid offers from 17 countries.
Great jobs apartheid: Public sector staff spend nine fewer years at work over lifetime than private employees AND earn 30% more

Puppies, Kittens and NYT Pushback: The Truth About the Humane Society Of the United States

The paranoid delusions of the expert class

Unions Shouting Fire(man) In A Crowded Theater

ACORN’s American Institute for Social Justice Remains Well Positioned to Fund Partisan Efforts

Media Bias 06-21


CNN ends use of AP content as contract talks stall. This isn't that big of a deal. Afterall, CNN has no discernable ratings anymore and they've been making up their own news for years. AP will get scared when FOX drops them.

What’s Wrong With Journalism? In a Nutshell, This Nut Graf

“Tea Party groups call for sponsors to drop Hardball following Chris Matthews' ‘left-wing hit piece’ ”

Increasingly, nonprofits fill a need for investigative reporting

Well, At Least They’re Finally Admitting It: MSNBC Repeats White House Spill Talking Points AND Will the Media Parrots Parrot This? ‘Obama Golfmania Is Good For the Country’ Both with video.

Junk Reporting – the Hidden Truth Behind Claims Of Racial Bias In the SATs

Junk Science 06-21


Greens: Apologize to High-Yield Farmers! Studies show that modern farming techniques — reviled by environmentalists — not only saved billions from starvation, but are tremendously more eco-friendly than "organic" farming practices.

BP, Environmentalism and Social Responsibility

After big 1979 spill, a stunning recovery

Electric cars aren't the answer, unless the question is urban commuting

This is very good news - Malawi going for DDT to fight malaria

There is NO benefit. Net Benefits of Biomass Power Under Scrutiny

Border Patrol Charged Millions for Habitat Damage, Republicans Say Enough 'Extortion'

Bam's climate Rx: All pain, no gain

Obama's energy pipe dreams

Obamacare 06-21


Prices jump for individual insurance premiums 77 percent of those who buy their own coverage have had cost increases

Pelosi: 'No reason' to pass standalone doc fix

Refusals to Take Medicare Patients Reach All-Time High

Obamacare Keeps Getting Worse


Obama administration expected to unveil new healthcare regulations this week

ObamaCare and the Independent Vote. Voter opposition hasn't changed, and it could be decisive in November.

Kaiser Family Survey finds individual health care costs increase by 20 percent

In Economic Woes 06-21


House Democrats to Vote on Fake Budget. Fakers voting on fakes. How appropriate.

Borrowers exit troubled Obama mortgage program Borrowers face foreclosure after Obama loan assistance program fails to provide help

NBC's Gregory: White House Rhetoric 'Anti-Business,' 'Could Really Discourage Businesses' in U.S. 'Meet the Press' host calls Obama advisers' lack of business experience 'a problem'; Says Barton's comments 'got to that larger point.'

Spending will kill, not save, our recovery

Dead On Arrival: Financial Reform Fails

From Ken Blackwell who really should be the RNC Chair - Markets and Morals

The 2001/2003 Tax Cuts: Myth vs. Reality

Obama’s Economic Policy: Deny Truth

Fannie and Freddie tab is $146B and rising

Oh for goodness sake! "The Department of Labor Exists to make sure undocumented workers are paid fairly." Hear it from our labor secretary herself.
Obama Labor Chief: Illegals Have a Right to Fair Wages


Bait and Switch: Raising the National Deficit by Stealth

Minimum Wage, Swimming Pools And Teen Jobs

The State of Our Stimulus AND Austerity?

California's Summer Budget Wheel Spins

Bad Politician Bad 06-21


President Obama Job Approval

62% Say Politicians Want Government to Have More Power and Money

Poll: Most Say Obama Lacks Clear Plans on the Oil Spill, Energy or Jobs

Another BP / Obama Connection

An Ineffective Thug

Female, African American, Democrat and ...Texas Congressional nominee wants to impeach Obama, opposes UN



House Democrats to Vote on Fake Budget.

VDH - Obama’s Straws And Our Tired Back

Must-read Obama speech: 10 minutes of talk with each golden word costing you $502

KAGAN: Bork Hearings ‘Best Thing to Ever Happen to Constitutional Democracy’


Hugh Hewitt: Obama is in over his head

Good Riddance. Interesting use of the word "idealism" however. Rahm Emanuel expected to quit White House. Rahm Emanuel, the White House chief of staff, is expected to leave his job later this year after growing tired of the "idealism" of Barack Obama's inner circle.

Maybe the revelations of his "relationship" with Blago is why. Emanuel defended Blagojevich, then sought grant

Obama’s Broken Inauguration Day Promise to Gulf Coast: ‘Never Again Such Failures’

The Agony of the Liberals

Time to Pull In the REINS on Executive Power?

America’s Road to Serfdom

Rep. Giffords: Never Mind About U.S. Deaths, Do Our Military Bases Have Windmills?

Obama's Proud Muslim Moment

Gulf Disaster 06-21


BP, Environmentalism and Social Responsibility

Tea Party Candidates Warn Obama 'Shakedown' of BP Part of Larger Agenda

Poll: Most Say Obama Lacks Clear Plans on the Oil Spill, Energy or Jobs

Another BP / Obama Connection

BP's Army of Democratic Lobbyists

Obama’s Florida Gulf Coast visit didn’t do anything ‘except cause a lot of traffic,’ according to Pensacola official

By the Numbers: Oil Leak Wouldn't Fill Superdome

Obama’s Broken Inauguration Day Promise to Gulf Coast: ‘Never Again Such Failures’

The politics of disaster

Time to Pull In the REINS on Executive Power?

The Scent Of Fear

BP oil spill: leak found in rig weeks before blast The Deepwater Horizon rig, which exploded causing the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, had suffered a leak in the weeks leading up to the blast, an employee has claimed.

Daily Round-Up 06-21



Don't they have better things to do what with the economy, the gulf, the wars, the joblessness, the EVERYTHING than give parenting tips like "don't waste water"? Don't waste my time as well as my money, you useless wastes of air. Fatherhood.gov

Remembering Neda Soltani


GENERAL BAD BEHAVIOR

Planned Parenthood: Emptying Wombs & Wallets

Do we need a White House literacy program?

My Evening with Bill Ayers, Cindy Sheehan, and Some Creepy Communist Lady. A Chicago-area library hosts a skin-crawling night of violent, dopey, and crazy Complete with video!

Conservatism and the Spirit of Reform Republicans squandered their hard-won reputation as the party of ideas. It's time to reclaim it.

Sen Kyl: President Admitted He Purposely Doesn’t Secure Mexican Border;Wants it Open for Leverage With Video

Border Patrol Charged Millions for Habitat Damage, Republicans Say Enough 'Extortion'

PJTV Video (VodkaPundit!) - Why is Charlie Crist Smiling? And Who Thought They Were Saving a Whale?

Our Progressive Putins and The Prescience of Alexander Litvinenko

Investigators probing US money flow to insurgents



FIGHTING CORRUPTION

In defense of the father

Time to Pull In the REINS on Executive Power?

A Feminist Flare Up

The Federalist Society vs. the ACS

Jacques Cousteau: Tech Pioneer. The aqualung allowed millions to see the ocean for themselves, creating a constituency for conservation.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Where To Go When The Banks Kill Free Checking

According to this story via Yahoo and the Wall Street Journal - End Is Seen to Free Checking - Bank of America and other major banks are considering setting up new rules in order to squeeze more money in fees from its customers in order to make up for lost income due to new government banking regulations.

I'd like to make a couple of notes. First, while the banks are jerks for doing this, it is government interference which is screwing We, The People, over the most. Regulations are not cost-free as most politicians seem to believe but extraordinarily expensive meddling by politicians into our personal lives.

Second, banks are not the only place to store your money. Credit Unions which are non-profit financial entities that offer just about all the services your average bank does (as far as the average consumer is concerned) but operates for the benefit of its members which means decent interest paid on savings (and sometimes checking), low fees, and many other benefits all while covered by FDIC insurance. I've been a credit union member for years and years precisely because the big banks suck so much.

Finally, during the worst of the financial crisis, my credit union was advertising that it had millions to loan. The smaller banks and credit unions have weathered the storm precisely because they didn't meddle about with investment banking nonsense. Why should bank customers pay for the greed of a large bank's corporate decisions?

So this piece is to remind all financial customers that you do not have to stay with your big corporate bank which is now actively looking to suck you dry with multiple bank fees, check out your local credit unions. Chances are there is one you can join. You are not a trapped customer but a consumer free to shop around for what best fits your financial needs.

What best fits my financial needs if a nonprofit banking entity that doesn't attempt to nickel and dime my banking accounts dry so they can pay for their negligence and risky behavior.