Thursday, January 27, 2011

Why I Support The War in Afghanistan

If they act like cavemen, then bomb them back to the stone age.

Stoned to death with her lover: Horrific video of execution of girl, 19, killed by Afghan Taliban for running away from arranged marriage
The video is at the bottom of the article but after scrolling down through images like this....


For clarity's sake, this is a photo of a 19 year old girl buried up to her waist in a burka waiting for men to throw stones at her until she is dead.

I can't imagine how someone could stomach watching the murder of a girl because she didn't want to enter into an arranged marriage. How liberals can defend such behavior is impossible to comprehend. This is murder and outrageous.

Left vs Right Protests


Minor explosion in Davos hotel, nobody hurt
DAVOS, Switzerland Jan 27 (Reuters) - Left-wing activists claimed responsibility for a minor explosion on Thursday at a hotel in Davos, close to where top executives and world leaders were meeting, but nobody was hurt.

Random Round-Up 01-27


President Obama Job Approval

Gallup: Public's image of GOP positive again

Judicial Watch Uncovers New Documents Detailing Pelosi's Use of Air Force Aircraft in 2010

Initial Jobless Claims in U.S. Rose Last Week to 454,000



Now 700+ Obamacare Waivers Issued - I thought everyone wanted in on this deal? HA! AND Some healthcare waiver requests denied even as HHS approves 500 others

Chaffetz calls for FOIA to apply to Fannie, Freddie

Poll: Majority of Americans Wants U.S. Supreme Court to Reject Same-Sex “Marriage”



The President as Micromanager

Rep. Paul Ryan 1, ObamaCare 0

Typical Obama blaming everyone but himself - The President says the deficit is the GOP's problem now.



CBO Predicts U.S. Debt Crisis If Deficits Are Not Controlled

Damn it - Foreclosure activity up across most US metro areas

Medicare’s Chief Actuary Undercuts Obama and Democrat Talking Points



America: A Tyranny of the Heavily Armed

“This bill will take Secretary Geithner’s disastrous scenario completely off the table.”

The Loud Passing of the Old Order



Social Security Fund to Be Empty by 2037

But they're Liberals, so it's okay? - "No people of color have been nominated for Oscars."
"... You have a very powerful industry run by liberal Democrats, very rich liberal Democrats, and they have their top ten best movies, nominated best movies, and not a single person of color nominated for anything, not even best supporting stooge...."

HHS grants 500 new healthcare waivers

Iranian Book Celebrating Suicide Bombers Found in Arizona Desert



Obama's 'Investment' Charade

Of course they do. Global Warming Alarmists Blaming Winter Storms on...Global Warming

Winning the future: With trains and windmills?



Financial Crisis Panel: Bank Meltdown Could've Been Avoided

First - Abercrombie Admits There Are No Obama Birth Records In Hawaii Celebrity Journalist: I Never Spoke to Hawaii Gov About Obama Birth Certificate
“Only this I can you tell you is 100 percent fact: that Neil never told me there was no birth certificate,” Evans told Fox News. “I never talked to him.”
First you're good friends with the governor, then you've never talked to him? This isn't making Obama's situation any easier. And neither is this - 10 states now developing eligibility-proof demands. 107 Electoral College votes controlled by Arizona, Texas, Connecticut, others

Obama’s SOTU ‘Fundamentally Dishonest’

The Way Forward in Afghanistan AND Impressions of Afghanistan


Losing the Future: The Grim Realities of Obamacare and Social Security

In the War on For-Profit Education Reality is the First Casualty

CBO Director: Trillion-Dollar Deficits Risk 'Fiscal Crisis' in U.S



Border authorities arrest controversial Muslim cleric east of San Diego

States rebuff federal threat over union laws

More Misleading Research about the Mental-Health Consequences of Abortion

Obama's 2012 Campaign Theme - Winning The Future

Winning The Future…

Whoa!… Sarah Palin on Obama’s SOTU Speech: “WTF Was Spot-On… There Were a Lot of WTF Moments In That Speech”

Virtual Fence Worked And Other Immigration News

Bogus Hackspeak Alert: Yes, 'One Size Fits All'
Here's news, if you define "news" as something unexpected: You know that expensive "virtual" border fence the Obama administration recently cancelled? It actually worked, acording to Janice Kephart of the Center for Immigration Studies. There were big problems with the prototype, but they fixed them. No wonder it got cancelled! ... I had always assumed the "virtual fence" was a fancy-sounding Bush administration scam to let the government weasel out of building a real, nonvirtual fence (of the sort that works well enough in California, which is why illegal immigrants and smugglers now cross in Arizona). But maybe both sorts of fences can work ...

Border authorities arrest controversial Muslim cleric east of San Diego

Iranian Book Celebrating Suicide Bombers Found in Arizona Desert

Ariz. lawmakers to target automatic citizenship

Gov. Christie is Awesome Too

Chris Christie Was In Town Today

Snow Day Hell

The kids are home from school and I've just fed half the cul-de-sac's children lunch because apparently this is the play house.

Posting will be limited today.

Dan Hannon's EUSSR Speech

As always Daniel Hannon is AWESOME!

Boomers To Kill Social Security

Social Security fund will be drained by 2037

Thanks a lot Boomers. Both my parents are/were boomers and I love them but being right behind them has been a drag.

CBO: Social Security to begin running permanent deficits this year, not 2016

Losing the Future: The Grim Realities of Obamacare and Social Security

Social Security Fund to Be Empty by 2037

Social Security now seen to run permanent deficits

CBO: Social Security to Run $45 Billion Deficit in 2011

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Media Bias 01-26



MSNBC's Sarah Palin Sickness

The Curious Case of the Martyrdom of Frances Fox Piven

CNN’s Roland Martin rips Americans as ‘part of problem’ for not wanting higher taxes

Oscars Snub Andrew Garfield, Mark Wahlberg, Christopher Nolan, More

Charles Johnson Impotently Tries to Threaten My Job



Olbermann: Just Another Cash-Hungry Capitalist

Avoiding Dr. Kermit Gosnell

Why Olbermann would have trouble returning to major sports broadcasting networks

Chris Matthews: ‘FDR Bailed Out Capitalism in the 30s’

Michele Bachman Gives Chris Matthews a History Lesson



Cenk Uygur Should Fix His Own “Jewish Problem” Before Telling Lies About Glenn Beck

Stephen Colbert Responds to ‘Big Hollywood,’ Trashes Palin … Again

Piers Morgan vs. Sean Hannity: Celeb Elitism Loses to Conservatism

Daily Round-Up 01-26



A Grateful Mother


AND THE GOOD NEWS IS....


Private Citizens Fight Voter Fraud. Upholding the law when government won't.

Republicans back at work cutting spending

Boehner, Lieberman Calling for Restart of D.C. School Voucher Program

Republican draws line on funding boost for ‘failed’ regulators

Michigan bill would allow concealed guns in more places

The End of the Era of Tax, Overspend, Then Borrow The Difference

Old rules won't determine GOP presidential candidate

The State of Confusion


GENERAL BAD BEHAVIOR


2 Girl Scouts Robbed By Drive By Cookie Monster

It's an unbelievable insult to have played this tune at a White House State Dinner and the Obama Administration is too stupid to realize it. A State Insult with Chinese Characteristics

Our view on kids: When unwed births hit 41%, it's just not right

Whatever happened to "Don't be evil" Google? Google Comes Under Fire for 'Secret' Relationship with NSA

The Ethics of Publishing Cease-and-Desist Letters (It's the frivolous sending of these C&D letter that is the bad behavior)



Insurance Company Drops Vet Over 2-Cent Shortage

The Kevin Bacon of American Jihad. Whenever jihadist groups threaten free speech in America or Europe, you can bet an associate of Revolution Muslim is somehow involved.



Europe Braces for Even Nastier, Deadlier Austerity Protests in 2011


BIG UNION/LEFTIE GROUPS


Obama uses ‘green’ emissions standards to push truckers into Teamsters union

Cash for Education Clunkers

Time to get real about public-sector pensions

Are You a Victim of State Pensions?


FIGHTING CORRUPTION/TEA PARTY NEWS


CAIR Joins NAACP To Target Tea Party Movement

Tea Party Rising. It’s early, but the movement has already staged serious victories in the battle for 2012

Bill Cosby for School Choice!

Private Citizens Fight Voter Fraud. Upholding the law when government won't.

Wireless Provider Follows Verizon in Suing FCC to Undo Net Neutrality

Michigan bill would allow concealed guns in more places

In Economic Woes 01-26



CREDIT BUBBLE BULLETIN - Unsettling echoes of '08

Outside D.C., a grim housing market

The Troubled Fannie & Freddie Omission

U.S. Manufacturing: Output vs. Jobs Since 1975

Ken Blackwell - Economic Freedom Means a Balanced Budget Mr. Blackwell was my choice for RNC Chair over Steele. [sigh]

Record High: 2011 Deficit Swells to $1.5 Trillion

World economic rules have changed, Obama warns



Small Business to Obama: Where’s the Beef

Federal Deficit to Hit $1.5 Trillion in 2011, Budget Office Projects

Bleeding America Dry – The Next Big Bailout

The Great Misallocators What Barack Obama and General Electric have in common

Obama: ‘Countless New Jobs’

GOP Urge Obama to Join in Cutting Spending



FACT CHECK: Obama and his imbalanced ledger

Regulations and Rhetoric

New-home sales in 2010 fall to lowest in 47 years

Is it Time to Switch From Individual Stocks to Mutual Funds?

Evidence for a Pullback Is Mounting

Cantor: ‘Entitlements Need to Be On the Table’


What’s Half a Trillion Dollars Among Friends?

What Crisis?

Republican draws line on funding boost for ‘failed’ regulators

Bankers Press Hill to Back Mortgage Protection No. No, no, no.

Muni bonds: Now what? A checklist for investors



Price Drop Points to Likely Double Dip in Housing Market

Are You a Victim of State Pensions?

Where Did the Stimulus Go?

We Need to Reverse Course Now

Taxpayers Lose Most When Munis Fluctuate



When Numbers Get Unserious: Are Substantial Budget Cuts Automatically 'Untenable'

Uncle Sam’s Dangerous Deterioration

Business Sees the Devil in the Policy Details

Obama vows to lower corporate tax rate

President Obama Inadvertently Makes the Case for Eliminating the Death Tax



US has 'broken the back' of the recession: Obama

Obama Spending-Freeze Pledge Criticized as 'Deficit Preservation'

Burning other people’s money

Time to get real about public-sector pensions

Regulations and Rhetoric

Bad Politician Bad 01-26


President Obama Job Approval

Holder MUST GO - Obama’s DOJ doesn’t understand why it has to explain itself

President Obama’s Second-Chance Voucher

The West Wing, Season II

Obama unleashes ultimate inter-agency turf war in sprawling bureaucracy



The Biggest Lie in American Politics

Rep. Loretta Sanchez sparks outrage from fellow Democrats with proposal to boot Giffords from Armed Services Committee

Obama: ‘Countless New Jobs’



Obama's Education Rhetoric Rings Hollow

Sputnik Fail: After Defunding NASA, Obama Uses Soviet Space Program to Rally Americans in SOTU

Is The Right Wing Blogosphere Afraid Of Pigford?



State Department Swamped with Paperwork

With Friends like these - Friend says Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie told him there is no Obama birth certificate

Junk Science 01-26



Obama Refuses To Learn Government’s Clean Energy Failures

On energy policy, Obama talks down to Americans

Government Wants You to Turn Off Your Lights While They Keep Theirs On



Obama uses ‘green’ emissions standards to push truckers into Teamsters union

SOTU: President Channels Failed Michigan Governor

Obama calls for U.S. to follow Germany’s path . . . to blackouts

Obama sets 2035 clean electricity target

State of The Union Round-Up 01/26



Text of President Obama’s State of the Union address

GOP Response From Rep. Paul Ryan

Rep. Michele Bachmann of the Tea Party: 'We bought a bureaucracy that tells us which lightbulbs to buy'

Huffington Post's response - Hogwash, Mr. President

John Stossel - My State of the Union Address



Drunkblogging the State of the Union

AP ain’t buying it, Barry

A Million Points of Trite

The text of the State of the Union Address from a Democratic insider who has violated the White House embargo.

iPhone and oBama: Two Expensive New Models (Reason.tv SOTU response!)


From the Most Surprising to the Most Ridiculous Moment -- A Review of Obama's State of the Union Speech

The Most Offensive Line in the State of the Union

'Hannity' Focus Group: Obama Speech Falls Flat

The Troubled Fannie & Freddie Omission
A grab for the high ground

What Obama didn’t mention in his speech

An Uninspired State of the Union

A good night sleep beat out the SOTU…UPDATE: so bad even MSNBC not trying to spin it



The laundry list from Obama's non-laundry-list State of the Union address

A State of the Union response or a 2012 match-up?

Obama: ‘Countless New Jobs’

State of the Union Blues

HIGHLIGHTS-President Obama's State of the Union speech

Obama State of the Union: spending, but restraint

Obama’s SOTU address: the President invents bi-angulation

Krauthammer underwhelmed by Obama vision in SOTU address: ‘Late Clintonian Minimalism’



Obama's State of the Union Focus: "Winning the Future"

Where was Obama the centrist in his State of the Union?

Obama's State of the Union

Obama vows to lower corporate tax rate

Obama gives a speech we can’t take seriously

Business Sees the Devil in the Policy Details

SOTU sells big government with American exceptionalism

State of the Union Comment Thread

US has 'broken the back' of the recession: Obama

Obamacare 01-26



The Insurance-Benefit Canard

NIH should not be a pharmaceutical company

Obama Supports Repealing 1099 Rule

The President’s ‘Policy via Selective Anecdote,’ and Other SOTU Comments



Debating the Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate

Medicare actuary more confident in Paul Ryan’s ‘Road Map’ cost controls than Obama’s health law

Wall Street Journal Sues to Open Medicare Records on Doctors

Wasn’t Obamacare Supposed to Stop Insurance Rate Hikes? Yeah, that's what they said...

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Fighting Corruption 01-25



Ventura Strikes Back with Lawsuit Against TSA

Van Susteren Presses White House for Details on Border Agent's Slaying

GOP would amend Constitution to prohibit feds from owning stock

House Republicans send last-minute challenge to president hours before State of the Union

Body & Mind Taco Bell Sued Over Meat That's Just 35 Percent Beef

US Republican lawmakers taking aim at UN

Oversight panel bickers over subpoenas

Daily Round-Up 01-25





AND THE GOOD NEWS IS....


Nine Texas Democrats switch to the GOP

Why Texas Scandalizes Liberals

Shout it out sister! New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez: We 'are not under-taxed; the government has simply over-spent'

Bring it. Budget ax-man Rep. Paul Ryan is Senate Democrats' new villain


GENERAL BAD BEHAVIOR

Still Waiting for Superman

Common Cause v. Scalia and Thomas The liberal lobby tries to quiet two conservative voices.

The Birth of the Blues (Liberals come from Puritans)

The Speaker’s Opportunity Box

Sperm Donor Kids Speak Out: Our Biological Dads Matter to Us

Immelt and Conflict of Interest

Advocate of Violence Frances Fox Piven and the New York Times's dishonest campaign for "civility.".

Time for the President to Take a Stand on Egypt

Fear of the Unknown & School Choice: Gerard Robinson on the biggest obstacle to reform



OBAMACARE


Just Call Me Liar Of The Year

Going Digital May Not Improve Healthcare

Second healthcare reform probe announced by panel

Why Retiring Baby Boomers Will find Medi-Cal a Bust on Long-Term Care

Poll: Unpopularity of reform jumps 9 points

Media Bias 01-25



So, mocking Barney while welcoming gay conservatives makes Breitbart anti-gay?

Progressives Seek To Deflect From Frances Fox Piven Remarks By Calling Glenn Beck Anti-Semitic

Is the Leftist Media ‘Fair and Balanced’ on Christian Persecution? Isn't the MSM supposed to be out to help the “underdog”?

The Worst of the Worst: A Look Back at Keith Olbermann's Most Outrageous Quotes



Actually kudos CNN - CNN Justifies Airing of Bachmann Response

Democrat Missouri Governor Attacked By Progressive, Media Buried Story

Glenn Beck, Frances Fox Piven, and How the New York Times Falsely Depicts the Controversy

Media Malpractice and the March For Life

Bad Politician Bad 01-25


President Obama Job Approval

State of the Union AND The Agenda Ahead

What The President Shouldn't Say Tonight In The State Of The Union

Obama Orders Study on Socialism

Government Electric and Tonight’s Speech

Damn! Breaking: Rahm back on ballot

Ryan’s Big Day (And How Dems Plan to Ruin It)

Inhofe frames SOTU on regulatory adventurism

Keeping the Heat on Sanford Bishop AND Black Farmers Still Battling USDA

Democrats eye redistricting

Immelt and Conflict of Interest

GE hire no course-change for O

Obama Nominates RIAA Lawyer for Solicitor General

Carol Browner to leave White House

Obama 'strongly opposes' end to federal funding of campaigns

In Economic Woes 01-25



Immelt and Conflict of Interest

The $14 Trillion Gorilla

Fannie, Freddie Stick Taxpayers with $160 Million in Legal Bills

Jobless Rise in 20 States as Workers Still Laid Off

Mr. ‘Investment’ AND I Wish the Government Would Stop Investing and Get Out of the Way

Where Did the Stimulus Go?

Seniors suffer from inflation

Happiness, Productivity, and the Obama Competitiveness Initiative

Inhofe frames SOTU on regulatory adventurism

Mortgage Giants Leave Legal Bills to the Taxpayers

I'd like to see it even lower - House passes measure setting budget at 2008 levels or lower

An Ugly Side Effect of New 1099 Law: More Tax Evasion

Obama’s Portfolio

Thirty Years of Deficit Disaster

IMF Urges US to Privatize Fannie, Freddie

Big Union/Leftie Groups 01-25



How Public Unions Took Taxpayers Hostage The first to seize on the political potential of government workers was New York's Mayor Robert F. Wagner. The Kennedy White House took notice of his success.

Immelt and Conflict of Interest

Grassroots tyranny in Arlington Virginia

Lawsuit Filed to Stop Gov’t Tuition Benefits for Illegal Aliens

"History tells us" something that history doesn't tell us, say sociologists stumbling to protect Frances Fox Piven.

'ACORN' is reborn in B'klyn

Junk Science 01-25



Hands Off My Dishes Environmentalists lower our quality of life by government fiat.

Official inquiries into the ‘Climategate’ scandal ‘unsatisfactory’ A committee of MPs has described two independent inquiries into the ‘climategate scandal’ as ‘unsatisfactory’ because they failed to answer important questions about allegedly missing emails.

Gingrich calls for replacing EPA

Van Jones: Environmentalism is Really All About Social Justice

Obama’s climate change czar leaving White House

Surprise: Pelosi's Dopey "Green the Capitol" Initiative Actually Increased Energy Consumption

Climategate inquiries criticised. The University of East Anglia’s Climategate inquiries were not sufficiently transparent and failed to properly investigate some key issues, the Commons Science and Technology Committee has concluded.

MPs SLAM ‘SECRETIVE’ CLIMATEGATE PROBES

The BBC became a propaganda machine for climate change zealots, says Peter Sissons... and I was treated as a lunatic for daring to dissent

Federal Agency Headquarters Leave Lights On In DC