Shout First, Ask Questions Later: 2011-02-13

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Random Round-Up 02-19

President Obama Job Approval

Susan Rice's Illegitimate U.N. Folly AND UN-seemly Bam slam

House Roll Call: Spending Bill

Progressives In Front of WH Protest Effort Mad at Koch Brothers

GOP Defies Obama, Pushes Spending Cuts of $61 Billion Though House

The Importance of Fatherhood

TEACHERS IN WISCONSIN MAKE MORE THAN TWICE THE PER CAPITA INCOME OF THEIR FELLOW WISCONSINITES (UPDATED)

California’s Delta Smelt is Raising Your Food Prices

Students, faculty respond to CNN hire of local Tea Partier

Obama’s war on democracy. President’s campaign forces seize Wisconsin statehouse

ABC’s 1991 Outrageous Undercover Investigation of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

Fear of 'Catastrophic' Crash Rising Despite Bull Market

Michelle Obama Goes Skiing in Colorado

PBS Tweets Its Love for MoveOn.org Campaign Against Conservatives

Biden, wife spending holiday weekend in Fla. Keys

Networks that Railed Against Rhetoric of Tea Parties Offer No Comment on Hitler, Dictator Signs at Wis. Protests

Armed Services member: Emails point to illegal Pentagon lobbying

‘Financial Catastrophe Denialists’

Lara Logan and the Media Rules

House scales back mining protections, other enviro rules in spending bill

Another victory for science! House votes 244-179 to kill U.S. funding of UN IPCC! 'It no longer wishes to have the IPCC prepare its comprehensive international climate science assessments'

Environmentalist Fraud and Manslaughter

Retiring Boomers Find 401(k) Plans Fall Short

Churches Open Doors to Muslim Worship

Will Obama and Republicans reach a budget deal?

What Does Government Do? Apparently, cut checks.

Connecticut Attorney General Investigates Facebook Fraud

U.S. Has Cut Emissions ... Without Cap and Tax

Less Than Half of Southwest Border Secure, Government Report Says

Admissions Discrimination at Ohio State and Miami

The Sisterhood of Silence. A bad abortion clinic, a dead woman, and a wall of pro-choice denial.

GOP Spending Cuts Headed for Senate

Stimulus a Failure By Only Measure That Matters: Jobs

House Votes to Block Funds for Obamacare

Back in the Executive Branch, However

When the Cashier Asks for Your Zip Code

Ryan's Charge Up Entitlement Hill The GOP's fiscal leader explains why House Republicans will vote to reform Medicare and why the public is ready to listen.

States That Ignored Warnings on Unemployment Insurance Face Reckoning

Doctors Helping Teachers Lie about Being ‘Sick’

Freshmen spur GOP-run House on big spending cuts

Maddow messes up again - Rachel Maddow says Wisconsin is on track to have a budget surplus this year

Lila Rose among Deadly Thorns

Hundreds demonstrate for secular Tunisia

Looking dictators in the pocketbook

Millions of Dollars Owed Denied to Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Crews

Green investment bank should make taxpayers see red

Documents Show Congressman David Wu's Staff “Threatened to Shut Down His Campaign

As the author over at Townhall.com put it, just remember this "protester" is teaching your children. "FOX LIES!!!" Reporter Confronts Disturbing WI Protester

BTW...in no MSM coverage I have seen is there ANY note that the crowd is "predominantly white".... Why is that?

There's still hope for dealing with our debt challenges

Immortal Fannie, Immortal Freddie The next bubble is built into our assumptions about housing ‘investments.

Teacher Resigns After Pleading Guilty to Prostitution

Illinois Home Schooling Bill Tabled -- But Fight Far From Over

Dems Ditch NASCAR Rep. Betty McCollum wants to yank $7 million a year in Pentagon funding for NASCAR sponsorships

Elections Have Consequences, BTW

[sigh] To Escape Blame, Be a Victim, Not a Hero, New Study Finds

Kill the Kill Switch!

More CR Amendments

Can Health-Care Waivers Be Justified?

Obama and unions: Many in labor movement frustrated with president

Lila Rose & the Planned Parenthood Vote

Big Union/Leftie Groups Round-Up 02-19

Wisconsin Updates

FDR's Ghost Is Smiling on Wisconsin's Governor

What's at Stake in Wisconsin's Budget Battle Who's in charge of our political system—voters or unions?

TEACHERS IN WISCONSIN MAKE MORE THAN TWICE THE PER CAPITA INCOME OF THEIR FELLOW WISCONSINITES (UPDATED)

Average MPS Teacher Compensation Tops $100k/year

Obama Offers Tactical Support to Unions in State Budget Battles

FDR vs. Wisconsin Teachers

"Teachers in the midwest (and elsewhere) are rejecting benefit plans that most workers in the private economy would love to have.

WI Gov To Teacher$' Union: "We're Making The Tough Decisions Now!"

Wisconsin governor: If the fugitive Dems don’t come back, I might have to cut funding for their staffs; Update: Assembly forced to recess due to threats

Teacher Resigns After Pleading Guilty to Prostitution

Illinois Home Schooling Bill Tabled -- But Fight Far From Over

Cain: ‘Ground Zero’

Fixed labor game is ending in Wisconsin. More states already are battling union bosses for democracy

Raging Wisconsin

Battle Fuels Wider War Over Labor, Spending

Breitbart: ‘America is going to be community-organized no more’

Wisconsin governor: If the fugitive Dems don’t come back, I might have to cut funding for their staffs. Hey, if they’re gone, who needs a staff?

Obama’s war on democracy. President’s campaign forces seize Wisconsin statehouse

Unions fuel Democratic Party financially

Tea Partiers strike back in Madison

Obama’s Union Involvement ‘Deeply Un-American’

Palin on Wis. Unions: ‘Wrong Fight at Wrong Time’

As Wisconsin Goes, so Goes the Nation

Wisconsin's Blow to Union Power

Governor McDonnell speaks out in support of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

Poll: Public unions a hard sell

‘The New Wisconsin Idea’

A Picture Worth 1000 Truths

BTW...in no MSM coverage I have seen is there ANY note that the crowd is "predominantly white".... Why is that?

Obama and unions: Many in labor movement frustrated with president

As the author over at Townhall.com put it, just remember this "protester" is teaching your children. "FOX LIES!!!" Reporter Confronts Disturbing WI Protester

In Wisconsin, it's the unions vs. the people

A Watershed Moment for Public-Sector Unions

'On, Wisconsin!'

‘Winning the Future’ Means Winning in Madison

Wisc Gov Pushes Back Hard Against CBS Host’s Un-Fair Attack

Friday, February 18, 2011

AND

The Return of Stagflation?

The Destruction of Human Capital

Liberals Fight Bipartisan Effort on Social Security

Auto union must look out for companies, too

What Does $3.73 Trillion Buy You These Days?

Obama in Open Defiance of Courts and Constitutionality. AND Federal judge to Salazar: Stop stalling drilling permits

Lessons From Wisconsin: Big Government Handouts Promote Big Dependence

NYC mayor's early budget plan: Cut teaching jobs

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Inflation for Seniors

Many Bucks for Little Bang

Don't Fight the Fed AND Fed, Lately a Friend of Stock Market, May Become a Foe

Three’s Company: NJ, NH and RI Weigh Cigarette Tax CUTS

Responsible Adults Cannot Ignore These Numbers

‘Never, Ever, Ever, Reduces the Debt’

France: Food-Price Rises Fuel Risk of New Riots

Hungry for a Solution to Rising Food Prices. Even if the global agriculture crisis doesn't turn cataclysmic, it represents a massive test

Bad Politician Bad 02-18

President Obama Job Approval

Oh good Obama's getting involved. DNC, OfA aiding WI union protests AND Is This How a President Should Act?

Obama Turns His Back on Israel

Barney Frank is a hypocritical sack of pathetic delusions mixed with undeserved ego and horse manure. Frank blasts 'orgy of self-congratulation' on CR deal: 'I either explain or object' What a tool.

Obama in Open Defiance of Courts and Constitutionality.

Krugman and Obama on Infant Nutrition

The birther movement is President Obama’s fault

Who’s Polarizing America?

Too Much Energy in the Executive Remember when Obama accused Bush of grabbing power?

Sounds like Pelosi is just attempting some pre-emptive blame-shifting. Government Shut Down ‘More Likely Than Not’

A leadership deficit amid a budget crisis

WI State Worker In Undisclosed Location: Kids Missing School Is GOP Gov's Fault

It's cute the way they thing this is a threat - Rep. Moran: Members should share pain of federal shutdown

Profiles in Cowardice: Part I, Wisconsin Edition AND Wisconsin Senate Democrats Hiding at Resort in Illinois: Local Tea Parties Mobilizing UPDATE: Dems Flee Resort

ABC: Obama continues “factually incorrect” statements on budget proposal

Sen. Bingaman to retire

Genius advisers or just Dem donors? President Obama dines with San Francisco tech moguls

Obama's teleprompter escapes budget ax

The Democratic National Committee's Organizing for America arm -- the remnant of the 2008 Obama campaign -- is playing an active role in organizing protests against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's attempt to strip most public employees of collective bargaining rights.

Not enough money for a 2012 primary?

Big Union/Leftie Groups 02-18

Wisc. Superintendent Tells Teachers to Get Back to School AND Wisconsin update: Walker sends out rangers to fetch the Chicken Dems AND Wisconsin's Anti-Union Bill in Limbo as GOP Sends State Troopers After Missing Democrats

Poll - State legislators get to cast their vote on Gov. Walker's budget repair bill today. How would you vote? Results as of 1:45pm 2/18/11 - Approve it (59%) Kill it (41%) Total Responses: 72688 AND Poll: Public Sector Unions Shouldn't Exist

The case against public sector unionism

TN is on board - Bill OK'd To End Collective Bargaining With Schools

Ohio too - Thousands at Statehouse Face Off on Senate Bill 5

As in Wisconsin, So in Idaho

Could Minnesota See Similar Union Fights As Wisconsin?

Union chaos: Is New York next? AND Gov. Cuomo must lead push to give the city the power to fire incompetent teachers, reform pensions

Beyond Wisconsin: Other States Facing Union Protests

Not Just Wisconsin: Unions Held Accountable in Several States

Ya think? Wisconsin Labor Unrest Could Go National

Join Andrew Breitbart, Herman Cain & Jim Hoft at Wisconsin Freedom Rally to Support Scott Walker Saturday

Oh good Obama's getting involved. Is This How a President Should Act? AND DNC Helping WI "Protests" AND DNC, OfA aiding WI union protests

The Democratic National Committee's Organizing for America arm -- the remnant of the 2008 Obama campaign -- is playing an active role in organizing protests against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's attempt to strip most public employees of collective bargaining rights.

AND Obama rallies union base as budget standoff grips Wisconsin

Wisconsin Liberals Starve Children

An Assault on Taxpayers

Despite Budget Cuts, Layoff Fears, Milwaukee Teachers Fight for Taxpayer-Funded Viagra

CPAC Interview: How Public Sector Unions are Driving Us Bankrupt

Good question - Where Does the Left Get the Time?

Public employee unions or the common good?

Madison schools will close once again. The teachers take another day off to demonstrate at the capitol. What impression is this making around the state?

Walker to Dems: ‘You Can’t Have Conversations If You’re Not at Work’

BREAKING: Wisconsin Dems Hiding At Best Western in Rockford, IL …Update: TEA PARTY WINS! Chases WI Dems Out of Rockford …Update: WI Dem Says They’re Still in IL (Video)

Re ‘To Be a Republican Lawmaker in Madison’

Group targets Speaker Boehner’s (small-h) house

Public-Sector Union Bosses Fight to Stay in Control: What are YOU going to do about it?

Speaker Boehner’s home targeted by mob protest

Wis. governor: GOP won't be 'bullied' by union bill protesters

Athens in Mad Town A seminal showdown between public unions and taxpayers.

Who's been overreaching?

An Assault on Taxpayers

Wisconsin Senate Democrats Hiding at Resort in Illinois: Local Tea Parties Mobilizing UPDATE: Dems Flee Resort

Apocalypse Now: Wisconsin vs. Big Labor

The left's rejection of democracy in Wisconsin

More signs at the protest today. AND After all those efforts to paint Tea Partiers as using violent images and rhetoric, these pictures from Madison have got to hurt. The Wisconsin GOP made a nice montage

Wisconsin State Troopers Sent Out to Retrieve AWOL Dems …Update: Flee-Baggers Are Hiding In Chicago

Obama Says Wisconsin Governor Is Assaulting Unions; State Sen. Mark Miller Says 'This Is a Disaster'

Don't Like It? Riot

‘Winning the Future’ Means Winning in Madison

Left-wing bullies finally on the run

Auto union must look out for companies, too

Unions want to overturn election result

Union-busting in Wisconsin prompts mass protest

"Democrats believe in democracy - except when they lose".

One More Thing About Wisconsin

Fighting Corruption 02-18

Time to Start Brewing

Citizen Watchdogs to Aid Rep. Issa in Oversight Investigations. Every project undertaken by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will involve citizens and activists having their say.

How to Think About the Tea Party

Union member in Ohio screams expletives about Tea Party [VIDEO]

Wisconsin Senate Democrats Hiding at Resort in Illinois: Local Tea Parties Mobilizing UPDATE: Dems Flee Resort

Tea Party Drives Senate Dems Back to Madison

‘Oh, We All Have a Little Libertarian in Us’

Join Andrew Breitbart, Herman Cain & Jim Hoft at Wisconsin Freedom Rally to Support Scott Walker Saturday

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Facebook Round-Up 02-17

From my husband -

Okay, so the US Administration's mission is WTF (winning the future) and Her Majesty's Government's is BS (Big Society). The EU's, meanwhile, is FU (Financial Union).