Shout First, Ask Questions Later: 2010-08-15

Friday, August 20, 2010

Random Round-Up 08-20

President Obama Job Approval

Fleecing the Cornhuskers Obamacare kicks Nebraskans in the wallet.

Sorry, But Our Zoning Regulations Forbid You From Celebrating Your Freedom

Daniel Rubin: An infuriating search at Philadelphia International Airport

Nearly Half of Participants in Obama Mortgage Aid Program Drop Out

The Stealth Obama Ocean Grab

Dem Congressman Bans Signs at Town Hall

The Battle for the Term "Feminist": Sarah Palin Wins This Round

Truth in Labelling

The Point of No Return The warnings of Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln have never been more relevant. Thomas Sowell

Foreclosures Grind On

YouCut slashes government waste

A Democrat's 'To Do' List for Obama

D.C. Democrats: Clueless, Condescending, and Costly The political class not only wastes trillions of our money, it adds insult to injury with each condescending statement.

Obama employs politics of fear in Social Security debate

The Democratic Panic Begins

Obama now blames poor job numbers on congressional inaction. Wait! His party runs Congress

A year after bankruptcy, GM plans stock sale

The Tea Party Rescues America

The Lockerbie Bomber and Scotland's Disgrace A political stunt freed a mass murderer and brought needless grief to many in the U.S.

Teacher Quality Matters

Getting it wrong on small business

High-tech carts will tell on Cleveland residents who don't recycle ... and they face $100 fine

Chicago Suburb Vents Over Public Pensions

Washington Is Railroading the American Taxpayer

Obamanomics: Touching lives $195,000 at a time

Obama Demagogues Private Enterprise. The president's misguided attacks on privatization

A Boy Named Sue

Why "CalPERS Manager" Is Every Stock Picker's Dream Job

A Historian's Take On President Obama

New York's GOP Never Learns The controversy over Chris Cox's candidacy could cost the GOP N.Y.'s first congressional district

How Long Until We Can’t Afford the U.S. Debt?

NYT and WaPo circle the wagons

California faces issuing IOUs again

And so the death panels begin

The Perils of Praise

FCC Report on Broadband Performance: A Scare Tactic

The Judiciary's Culturally Sanctioned Allergy to Christianity Flourishes

Juveniles in charge. Beavis and Butt-head on the Potomac

Federal Lobbying by Minnesota’s Local Governments Flies Under the Radar

Why does the Mint keep pumping out $1 coins when few are buying in?

Obama sharpens campaign rhetoric as approval ratings fall

The ‘Super User’ Problem and Other Top Secret America Enigmas. Generating so much information that no one person can digest it all, the post-9/11 intelligence business is an endless maze of bloated bureaucracy — one that does not necessarily keep America safer or more secure

US Homeowner Confidence Drops in Second Quarter

The troubling consequences of EPA regulations

Interest on the National Debt May Consume Half Your Income Taxes by 2020

President Obama's winning streak

Government-run, defined-benefit plans are collapsing, and employers have the solution.

Election 2010: Arkansas Senate Arkansas Senate: Boozman (R) 65%, Lincoln (D) 27% You were warned that if you voted for Obamacare, you'd be out of a job come November.

The White House’s Joke Transparency

Appeals Court Rejects Speech Code

More tough economic times forecast by CBO

Fourteen Ways to Reduce Government Spending

Math Lessons for Locavores

Carbon capture technology: solid as gas

How To Lose A Guy In 75 Days

Only Cowards Stone People to Death: An Islamic Religious Ritual

General Motors IPO filing focuses on green technologies, serious risks

Waters dismisses evidence in ethics case as 'staff chatter'

Obamacare Locked In at Low Pre-Passage Numbers

Unexpected!

While our economy is enormously complicated, it seems reasonably clear that the current slump has turned into the "worst downturn since the Great Depression" precisely because of the ill-advised policies of the Obama administration. Those policies contradict the lessons of history, and there is no reason why their failure should be unexpected.

China Wealthy? That's Rich!

Worried Democrats courting elderly voters as midterm elections near

Obama keeping public expressions of religion to a minimum

The Ruling Class Takes Care of Its Own. The excess pay and benefits are outrageous — and unaffordable.

That’s Gotta Hurt

Obama's Point of No Return

Politics, Not Science, Drove White House to Release Rosy Gulf Oil Report

Taxpayers could foot the bill for failing pensions, report finds

Pelosi Tells America to Shut Up on Ground Zero Mosque

A Fragment on Shall and May

Out of Touch

Linda Chavez’s misunderstanding of the Citizenship Clause

The Taxman Cometh, And Taketh. During the '90s, income tax rates held at 39.6%, as did the tax on dividends. Expect this relationship to hold in coming years.

Time Magazine’s Slander of America

The lost promise of Barack Obama

Listen to the CBO, Learn from the Greeks

UAW Sells Out Members, Holds On To Black Lake Resort

Post-McDonald Litigation Updates

Not With A Bang

Poll: Majority of N.J. voters approve of Gov. Chris Christie’s job performance

Ohio Paper: Obama's Got His Facts Wrong on Stimulus

Has ObamaCare’s Unpopularity Caused ‘Abject Panic at the White House’?

Re: Obama’s Unpopularity

Alberto Gonzales: Changing the 14th amendment won't solve our immigration crisis

And the Answer Is ….

Movement in Senate races largely favor Republican candidates

Facing Budget Shortfall, Texas Spends $250M on Illegal Immigrant Care

The Taxing Jobs Bill

The Top 10 Highest State Income Taxes: All Obama Blue States

Is the Economy Obama's Only Problem?

How the MSM Is Covering the Mosque Story

Won Ribbons in the County Fair

I won a First Place in the Flower Category for this picture:

And Third Place in the Wildlife Category for this picture:

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Random Round-Up 08-19

President Obama Job Approval

Weekly Jobless Claims Post Surprise Jump, Hit 500,000

Time for transparency in New Black Panther case

Obama raises money as polls sink

Tea party movement shows ‘wisdom of crowds’

Ugh! - Happy Cost of Government Day

Why the Issue of Overpaid Government Workers Matters

Unfunded Public Pensions—the Next Quagmire A federal bailout would cost trillions and prevent necessary reforms. But there are several ways states can rationalize their workers' retirement benefits.

By The Numbers: How many local government public welfare bureaucrats are there?

Deconstructing Harry Reid The Senate majority leader's inexplicable desire to debate taxes in September.

Lefties pine for… George W. Bush???

Big Government Forgets How to Build Big Projects

Jobless Claims in U.S. Rose to Highest Since November

New case & new video: Man walking dogs alleges police used excessive force

I agree - World Net Daily’s Intolerance is Bad For Conservatives

A Chance for California

Barney to Fannie: Drop Dead Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles.

THE NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAM

Pack It Up, Inspector Javert

Recovery Blunder: Jobless Claims Highest in 9 Months

NRSC: ‘The Next Time Democrats Call You Extreme, Show Them This Video.’

Another ‘Draft’ Memo on How to Stop Enforcing Immigration Laws

At 75, Social Security Isn't Aging Well Government-run, defined-benefit plans are collapsing, and employers have the solution.

Pelosi's poison

Investigate Me, Nancy!

Budget analysts see 2010 deficit at $1.3 trillion

Obvious Failure of Stimulus Becomes Obvious Even To Economists

Taxation: What’s the Ideal Point on the Laffer Curve?

How To Make Sure You Don't Accidentally Visit Organizations That Don't Want You

Politics or Civility?

Big Government Forgets How to Build Big Projects

Education Secretary’s office hangs up on TheDC over Duncan’s plans to speak at Sharpton promoted event to counter Glenn Beck ‘Restoring Honor’ rally

Time to leave Human Rights Council

The Gulf Oil Spill Meets the Newspeak Dictionary. No crisis should ever be allowed to slip by without calls for greater public expenditure of doubtful worth, and the Gulf oil spill crisis is no exception to this golden rule of bureaucratic opportunism

Plan B in the War on Terror It’s a “shadow war” and it’s already underway.

Obama's war on lobbyists was just a lot of hot air

The Westboro Baptist’s Church’s Religious Freedom

Hamas-Supporting Code Pink Honcho Hosting Jerry Brown Fundraiser

Government Builds Bridges Over Border

Unguarded border bridges could be route into US

Before you read this whole article or the paragraphs below, make an appointment with your dentist because you're gonna grind your teeth over this nonsense.

On each side of a towering West Texas stretch of the $2.4 billion border fence designed to block people from illegally entering the country, there are two metal footbridges, clear paths into the United States from Mexico.

The footpaths that could easily guide illegal immigrants and smugglers across the Rio Grande without getting wet seem to be there because of what amounts to federal linguistics. While just about anyone would call them bridges, the U.S.-Mexico group that owns them calls them something else.

"Technically speaking it's not a bridge, it's a grade control structure," said Sally Spener, spokeswoman for the International Boundary and Water Commission, which maintains the integrity of the 1,200-mile river border between the U.S. and Mexico. The structures under the spans help prevent the river — and therefore the international border — from shifting.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

PJTV Video (Trifecta) - Coming Home: The Trifecta Box of Tissues Edition. Warning, you will cry.

I think this is a good think if it forces people to review the candidates' policy positions and not simply their political affiliation. Candidates shun party labels

‘A stain on our nation’

They're taking a wait-and-see approach - Arizona shelves idea of changing immigration law

Developing a Strong Border and Immigration Policy

Loco Logo

Not to make trouble for Sherwin Williams Paint company but isn't this logo in need of an update. I am no environmentalist but even for me the idea of covering the earth in paint is a little icky. I'm just saying....

Government Motors

Given the corruption and bad management of GM (aka Government Motors), you would think Obama would want to AVOID any car-related metaphors.

But nooooo.

Who gets the car?

Also, what are they holding out for? It's not like they can take it with them. Billionaires Who Haven't Taken The Pledge By the way, I worked indirectly for Carl Ichan over 20 years ago when he drove TWA into the ground (I worked for an ad agency that handled his account) and he had the most disgusting and corrupt executive I have ever had to intereact with. Ghastly human being.

Mini Round-Up

Now I feel old - Wear wristwatch? Use e-mail? Not for Class of '14 When did this happen, the 2010 college freshman was born in 1992. Holy Smokes!

Damn Boomers - Another Threat to Economy: Boomers Cutting Back

Scary News You Can Use - 13 Things An Identity Thief Won't Tell You

It's the economy, stupid. AP Poll: Obama at new low for handling economy

Sadly, while I have never owned a cell phone either, I'm not as wealthy as these folks. What am I doing wrong? (Don't answer that.) In the ultimate power move, there are people who don't own a cell phone. And they're making the world work for them.

I'm kinda unsympathetic towards any Americans who complain about stress when I think of what our soldiers and, oh say, Israelis face every day. Anxiety levels are running high in these metros.

PIXAR On Top!

'Toy Story 3' top-grossing animated film of all time

Check out this article about Pixar and Toy Story 3, especially the 3 minute video interview of Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, and Micheal Keaton which is charming and quite funny.

Pixar RULES!