Friday, May 6, 2011

Daily Round-Up 05-06



Study Captures Electorate Beyond 'Red vs. Blue'


THE GOOD NEWS IS...


Awesome good news! - AV referendum and local elections live

Election results 2011: Lib Dems suffer worst losses in a generation

Rockefeller to roll out 'Do Not Track' bill

The Necessity of School Choice in Pennsylvania

GOP Rivals Hit Obama on Foreign Policy Despite Bin Laden Killing, Hit Harder on Economy

Bollywood vs. Bin Laden: Why Radical Islam Fears Pop Culture



PLANNED PARENTHOOD/ABORTION SCANDAL


Letter from an aborted child

Reaping the wages of "One Child" - aka forced abortions - Is China Cooking The Books On Its Census Data? The population may be aging even worse than authorities admit in the latest 10-year census. Why China urgently needs to change its birth control policy.



FIGHTING CORRUPTION/TEA PARTY NEWS


My Chance to Cross Examine Architect of Pigford Multi-billion Dollar Fraud

John Stossel Takes On Pigford

The tea party should hold fast on debt ceiling

Ohio GOP, Tea Partyers Fight Healthcare Provision

Mother’s Day and the conservative movement

Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers Takes Heat at Company's Annual Meeting for Promoting President Obama's War on Fossil Fuels

Conservatives’ Answer to Obama’s Social Media Game Plan: Part II

General Bad Behavior 05-06



Journalists Shield Obama From Road Rage Over High Gas Prices

If Mortgage Fraud Was Rampant, Why Aren't Criminal Charges?

John Stossel Takes On Pigford


Claiming Fraud in A.I.G. Bailout, Whistle-Blower Lawsuit Names 3 Companies

Obama's 'Gangster Politics' The president is about to order companies that do business with the federal government to disclose their political donations.

Annals of the Arab Spring: Egyptian “Democrats” Praise Bombing of Gas Pipeline to Israel

The insult to the American soldier

Is China Cooking The Books On Its Census Data? The population may be aging even worse than authorities admit in the latest 10-year census. Why China urgently needs to change its birth control policy.

Now, kill his dream. Osama bin Laden’s brand of brutal jihad is losing its appeal in the Arab world

U.S. Senators ask Obama to stop China from stealing American EV secrets

Blago Tapes Illustrate a Frustrated Pol

My Chance to Cross Examine Architect of Pigford Multi-billion Dollar Fraud

And The Good Guys Are.... 05-06



He might be a little politically-green but I do like the guy - Herman Cain serves up Red-Meat-Lover’s Special, hold the identity politics

Sessions unloads on Conrad’s ’secret budget’

Claiming Fraud in A.I.G. Bailout, Whistle-Blower Lawsuit Names 3 Companies

GOP Warns Obama Not to Issue Executive Order for Government Contractors

GOP to block labor nominees

Republican leaders blast disclosure order as 'blatant' assault on free speech

Bad Politician Bad 05-06


President Obama Job Approval

Latest Election Polls

2012 Republican Presidential Nomination

Bump, what bump? Obama doesn’t get a major lift from bin Laden killing

If Our 'Food Stamp Recovery' Persists, Obama Will Lose Big

New Hampshire Tea Leaves

Drunkblogging the First Republican Primary Debate. Because somebody has to remember that the last word in GOP is Party. Stephen Green, he's so dreamy.

Idiot’s Guide to the 2012 Republican Presidential Primary

First Night Out: Notes from the Spin Room

Talk About The Economy, Stupids

The GOP’s message challenge

We'll see. He's still new to this politics business - Debate Makes Herman Cain Overnight 'Star'

Blago felt obama "was being given a pass on his own associations with convicted fundraiser Tony Rezko."

Time for Daylight: U.S. Weapons Reaching Cartel Hands a Huge Scandal. The U.S. government has effectively allowed weaponry to reach cartels, and now uses the violence they helped cause as a gun control argument.

Bowles: Obama’s Plan ‘Doesn’t Stabilize the Debt’

California’s Secret Government. Redevelopment agencies blight the Golden State.

AG Holder Does End Run Around DOMA in Immigration Case

The Obama Administration’s Guide To Farmer Settlement Fraud

Claiming Fraud in A.I.G. Bailout, Whistle-Blower Lawsuit Names 3 Companies

Nevada GOP sues over special election rules

The moment has come for Mr. Holder to end his investigation of the CIA's interrogators of terrorist detainees.

The Politics of Solipsism



The Next President of The United States Will Be…

'Law' gone rogue

Gutsycall.com?

The Fog of Fog

Bin Laden operation: Military success, PR fiasco?

Obama’s fickle European fans

President Obama can’t even communicate good news

Taxing Drivers by the Mile Is a Political Clunker

In Economic Woes 05-06



Never did get a job from a poor man.

Thomas Sowell aims to debunk ideas on taxing the rich and government intervention in housing, energy

Not Paying Our Bills is Just a Symptom of How Much Debt We Have Not a Reason to Borrow More Money

U.S. Tipping Point: 51% of Households Now Pay No Income Taxes



Economy adds 244k jobs, rate ticks up to 9 pct.

What do the job numbers mean?

Surprise! Jobs report goosed by government. Full unemployment 15.9 percent

Obama’s ‘Framework’ Folly

Bubble Bursts? Wall Street Tumbles, as Silver Prices Slump on Margin Hike

Tax Cuts Get the Job Done

Stop the Internet Sales Tax

Were Obamacare Waivers Responsible for 25 percent of Private Sector Job Growth?

General Motors Forced To Recall Nearly 170,000 Cars, Trucks and Vans



Obama: Nation can't drill its way out of soaring gas prices

Your monthly gasoline bill: $368

Rise in layoffs, gas prices cloud hiring outlook

If Mortgage Fraud Was Rampant, Why Aren't Criminal Charges?



Joint Tax Committee Releases IRS Disclosures of Tax Return Information, 2010

Reaganomics Vs. Obamanomics: Facts And Figures

In the Category of Sentences that Are True on Many Days . . .

California’s Secret Government. Redevelopment agencies blight the Golden State.

Crazifornia: California leads the nation … in failure

California’s Secret Government. Redevelopment agencies blight the Golden State.

Claiming Fraud in A.I.G. Bailout, Whistle-Blower Lawsuit Names 3 Companies

Obamacare 05-06



More Than 30 States Challenging Obamacare

Ohio GOP, Tea Partyers Fight Healthcare Provision

GOP: No retreat from Medicare reform plan

Diagnosis as disease. Physicians are now making diagnoses in individuals who wouldn't have been considered sick in the past, and it's raising healthcare costs. If "over-diagnosis" is the "disease, then the cure is TORT REFORM!

No Retreating on Health Care

RE: No Retreating on Health Care

The Federal Government Bares Its Teeth At A Pharma CEO

Were Obamacare Waivers Responsible for 25 percent of Private Sector Job Growth?

Junk Science 05-06



Heart Muscles And Fat

Don't Get Between Michelle and Her Tamales

Ummm, DUH - Grand dream loses sheen in glare of daylight. L.A. community colleges' green energy plan proves wildly impractical. The blunders cost taxpayers $10 million.

The Greens’ Vision of America’s Energy Future

We could try - Obama: Nation can't drill its way out of soaring gas prices



Actually, we can drill our way to energy security

Forget About Wind & Solar – Natural Gas Is Our Energy Future, Says Policy Expert

California’s Secret Government. Redevelopment agencies blight the Golden State.

The EPA shouldn’t regulate greenhouse gas emissions
Obama's Scandalous War Against Domestic Oil

Preventing America’s Energy Train Wreck

Media Bias 05-06



Journalists Shield Obama From Road Rage Over High Gas Prices

Anatomy of a JournOList Smear: Whoopi Spreads Corrupt MSM’s Anti-Palin Narrative to the Popular Culture

How Your Journalism Sausage Gets Made, Part Six

Biased Reporter to Anchor ‘CBS Evening News’

Well, Now We Know that the C in CNN stands for ‘Conspiracy’

Arianna Huffington Puts Her 2012, “Elect More Progressives” Strategy Into Action

Lawrence O'Donnell Invites Condoleezza Rice On MSNBC, Lives to Regret It

Osama, Obama, and the Media

NPR hires firm to lobby for its taxpayer funding

John Stossel Takes On Pigford

The NYT tries to revive the “crazy vet” meme

CNN Story On WH Situation Room Proves Journalism is DEAD

The European Media Reacts to Death of Osama Bin Laden. European journalists have focused on whether the killing was permissible under international law; some are now calling for an international commission to investigate the American action

Conservatives’ Answer to Obama’s Social Media Game Plan: Part II

Big Union/Leftie Groups 05-06



$200,000 Lifeguards to Receive Millions in Retirement

Largest US labor union poised to back Obama 2012

Nation's largest union asks members to back Obama’s reelection

Teachers Union Takes First Step Toward Endorsing Obama 2012

Marxist Professor: Education ‘Forms Cadre of Revolutionaries’


GOP to block labor nominees

California’s Secret Government. Redevelopment agencies blight the Golden State.

Hatch: ‘We’re going to win’ against NLRB in South Carolina

As Boeing factory debate heats up, past writings of NLRB member Craig Becker raise questions

The Next President of The United States Will Be…

Disturbing: Taking Indoctrination to a Whole New Level

Media Labelling

Poll shows birther beliefs in decline following long-form release

Stories like the one above are really annoying because it is nothing more than media labeling.

Honest people with honest questions as to why Obama didn't offer up this "long-form" birth certificate when asked are immediately labeled "birthers" by the media. Sure there are some conspiracy nuts (on both ends of the political spectrum). But the vast majority simply wanted to know why Obama was refusing a request that came from registered voters.

Of course to any sane person, once that birth certificate was released the numbers of "birthers" would decline. That's because those people were NOT birthers as the media labels them, but folks who expect their questions to be answered by their political servants.

And make no mistake, ALL politicians in America are servants of the people. It is those who forget that very basic fact that are in trouble these days. Just as the mainstream media is in trouble by actions such as giving derogatory labels to those with legitimate questions. Journalists who want to keep getting paychecks better think twice about being so clever.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Daily Round-Up 05-05



Help Save This Film!! "Battle for Britain" - 35mm Print & World Festival Tour


THE GOOD NEWS IS...


Transparency Report Reveals Sunshine State is Living Up to its Name

Nanny State Roll Back

New Poll: Birthers Vanish, Rapture Suspected "Boy oh boy, if that’s true, then Obama’s decision to release his long-form birth certificate accomplished a feat on par with — nay, greater than — killing Osama bin Laden: it made America dramatically less racist overnight!"

ADF: Ariz. law protecting student religious expression comes at perfect time

A Proposal to End the Practice of Gerrymandering. Using a precise mathematical formula, it is possible to redraw district lines fairly and bring competitiveness back to congressional races.

Soros, Epstein, and Caldwell on Hayek



GENERAL BAD BEHAVIOR


Regulation of the Day 171: Cream Puffs

Obama’s Easter Pastor Makes Inflammatory Racial Remarks

Apple Addresses iPhone Location Tracking Controversy with iOS Update



Former Drug Dealer Explains Black Market Pricing to NPR

Soviet Flags Fly in Kentucky on May Day (KENTUCKY!!)

Lawmakers Step Up Probe of Gun Trafficking Operation AND Friction Grows Between Lawmakers and DOJ Over 'Project Gunrunner' Probe ANd here

Hmmmm - Illinois granted $186M of rail money once offered to Florida

Kloppenburg’s Wretched Habit

Nearly Half Of Detroiters Can’t Read

North Korean Prison Camps Massive and Growing




AND THE GOOD GUYS ARE...


As always, Ken Blackwell has an excellent suggestion - Cut U.S. Funding for Osama’s Mourners

GOP Leaders: ‘Nothing Off the Table Except Raising Taxes’



FL GOP Sen. Candidate Adam Hasner Stresses Playing Offense, Principled Leadership

House Passes Bill Making It Easier to Drill



OBAMACARE


States ask US court to overturn health overhaul

Like Long Medical Wait Times, Crowded Emergency Rooms? You’ll Love ObamaCare.

Private healthcare rationing better than government's

Another Good Swing At Defunding Obamacare—But Not A Hit



JUNK SCIENCE


A fantastic article! - Warming Linked to Giant Ants: Study

UN Reports April Food Prices Climb Again, Hit Second Highest Ever

GE's Immelt wishes he had soft-pedaled green talk



The EPA shouldn’t regulate greenhouse gas emissions

Prince Charles criticizes govt farm subsidies I don't like farm subsidies either but not for the same reasons as Chuck.

Politics Cloud Common Sense on Energy

Climate activists target states with lawsuits




MEDIA BIAS


Oops - NYT magazine cover story: ‘A Beast Within the Heart of Every Fighting Man’ (Update: Blackfive fisks the story)

Lib-Talker Malloy: When Will Navy SEALs Take Out George W. Bush?

How to Lose $10 Million on a Startup Web Site in Three Months



Newspapers fight to keep public-postings revenue

Isn’t Arianna Huffington Supposed To Favor Spreading the Wealth?

WaPo Notes Passage of 5-cent Bag Tax, Leaves Out That Newspaper Bags Exempt



BIG UNION/LEFTIE GROUPS


Cry me a river - Trumka to Union Members: We’re Being Targeted

Labor board plays fast and loose in Boeing case

Oshkosh Professor Reprimanded for Comments on Recall Vote AND Felon (and Wisconsin professor of criminology) encourages election fraud

Interesting Question - If Supermarkets Were Like Public Schools What if groceries were paid for by taxes, and you were assigned a store based on where you live?

MORE SHOCK VIDEO: U of Missouri ‘Labor Studies’ Course Teaches How to Shut Down Non-Union Companies

Insecure Communities




PLANNED PARENTHOOD/ABORTION SCANDAL


House Passes "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act" 251 to 175 (Corrected)

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith and American Idol, Has Suffered Post Abortion Trauma

Good Counsel Makes Abortion Rarer




FIGHTING CORRUPTION/TEA PARTY NEWS


MacIver’s Fake Doctors’ Notes Video Report Garners Atlas Award

McDonnell Correctly Vetoes PBS Funding

Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers to be Challenged Over His Support of President Obama's War on Fossil Fuels by Stockholders at the Company Shareholder Meeting Thursday

Why Rebuffing the Legal Attack on the National Day of Prayer Matters...Especially at a Time Like This

AV Referendum results map

Bad Politician Bad 05-05


President Obama Job Approval

Latest Election Polls

2012 Republican Presidential Nomination

The presidential election will likely be decided in 14 states.

Study Captures Electorate Beyond 'Red vs. Blue'

Google and Government: A Threat to Your Privacy

Harry Reid: “Marco Rubio has to understand who he is…” Videos of Reids asshattery and Rudio's response at link.


DNC coordinates with Former White House staffer on response to Pawlenty

Obama and Debt: “evasion, contradiction and deception.”

The Obama Administration’s cloud of confusion explained *UPDATED*



Parsing Chrysler’s Payback Edition

Regulation of the Day 171: Cream Puffs

In Economic Woes 05-05



Never did get a job from a poor man - Why Do We Have to Raise Taxes on the Rich?

Decline of the working man. Why ever fewer low-skilled American men have jobs

Data hints at slowdown in job creation

Stocks sink after weak data on jobs

Unemployment applications hit 8-month high

Dollar tumbles to 3-yr low; data underpins rate view

Hells no - Obama administration floats draft plan to tax cars by the mile

Oregon's GPS Mileage Tax Encourages Bad Habits: Analysis

Leaders of minority parties in Senate and House introduce jobs agendas

Re: The Debt-Limit Question Answers Itself


Don't know if this is good or bad - Oil plummets more than 8 percent as commodities battered

Back-Door Tax Increases Are a Recipe for Bigger Government

Raise Taxes, but Not Tax Rates

Politics Cloud Common Sense on Energy

National Debt: Fix It or Face National Decline

CBO Endorses Market Valuation of Pension Liabilities

Interesting Question - If Supermarkets Were Like Public Schools What if groceries were paid for by taxes, and you were assigned a store based on where you live?

World Food Prices Rise to Near-Record High as Inflation Speeds Up, UN Says



Nation of Gas Speculators Condemns Oil Speculators

America’s Middle Class Crisis: The Sobering Facts

UN Reports April Food Prices Climb Again, Hit Second Highest Ever

Regulation of the Day 171: Cream Puffs

Spending caps not enough

Members eager for White House tax plan

How feminist groups skewed the Obama stimulus plan towards women's jobs.

Free markets at work - Chile Economic Growth May Surpass 6%, Finance Minister Says

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Not Releasing Bin Laden Photo

Obama won't release bin Laden photos

I still haven't decided if this is a good thing or not.

On one hand, if the photos are released, it would just give ammo to terrorists. On the other hand, if we don't, it would just give ammo to terrorists. Claims that Osama is dead will always be met with claims he is still alive.

That said, Osama's daughter confirms her father shot dead by US Special Forces in Pakistan. Now only a real conspiracy nut would argue against that eye-witness.

Releasing a gruesome photo would only titillate some and antagonize the rest. Not releasing any photo does the same. In a damned if you do, damned if you don't, what do you do?

At the end of the day, if the reports of the "treasure trove" of information the Seals captured during their attack are true then so are two things, Osama is dead and it should be the beginning of the end of Al Qaeda.

Facebook Round-Up 05-04



Manufacturing Output per Worker Reaches New High in 2010

U.S. to Join Suit Against For-Profit College Chain

Mexican-American Studies Problem in the Tucson Unified School District


Obama's attempt to fix the deficit will wreak havoc on health care.

Mr. Lead Paint gets a Senate confirmation vote

Prince Charles - Hypocrite
I agree with my husband that the correct response to these enviro-hypocrites is "You First."

L.A. Times Grossed Out by Poor People

The Hypocritical And Reckless Attacks On The Ryan Medicare Plan

Eliminating Oil Subsidies

Crimes, Corruption and Lies in Lake County, Illinois School District

In Economic Woes 05-04



In Defense of Greedy Oil Companies and Speculators

About 1 in 7 in U.S. Receive Food Stamps

Runaway Spending and Deficits–Plus Runaway Regulation

President’s plan to hit up the rich would mean slower growth for everyone

Gasoline and Onions

Average Gas Price Poised To Hit $4 A Gallon This Week

'Before we give you that contract, we'll just need to see how much you've spent to re-elect the President'

GOP Wants WH Debt Plan Ahead of Summit

Private sector adds 179,000 jobs in April

Private Sector Job Growth Comes Up Short in April

Senate Republicans Release Jobs Plan

Beating Back Our National Debt

Dollar index hits 3-year low after U.S. ISM services data

Seven Reasons to Oppose Higher Taxes


Sleepwalking through America’s Unemployment Crisis

From 'just-in-time' to 'just-in-case?'

An Embarrassment of Riches

Benefits of temporary jobs

51% of Households Pay No Income Tax; Share of Taxes Paid by Rich Growing Faster Than Income

Reason-Rupe Poll: 96% Fear Federal Debt, 74% Want Spending Cap, 80% Would Consider Independent in ‘12

More from the Annals of Government Jobs

Energy Prices and US Recessions

Daily Round-Up 05-04



'Before we give you that contract, we'll just need to see how much you've spent to re-elect the President'


AND THE GOOD GUYS ARE...


Ryan’s tax plan trumps his spending plan

Senator pitches tax-free gas accounts

Canada's Conservatives win coveted majority


PLANNED PARENTHOOD/ABORTION SCANDAL


An Important Pro-Life Vote Today


FIGHTING CORRUPTION/TEA PARTY NEWS


GOP Lacks Experienced Conservative Leaders

Let The Sun Shine In On Public Pensions, Benefits

Go Breitbart Go! Crazy Uncles and the Propagandists at Think Progress AND Breitbart vs. the Narrative

The Good News Is 05-04



Supreme Court Says OK to Anti-Religion Speech

Both Parties Ready for Corporate Tax Reform

Actually, we can drill our way to energy security

An IP Address Does Not Point To a Person, Judge Rules

Senate Republicans Release Jobs Plan

A Proposal to End the Practice of Gerrymandering. Using a precise mathematical formula, it is possible to redraw district lines fairly and bring competitiveness back to congressional races.

To get bin Laden, Obama relied on policies he decried

How the Fed triggered the Arab Spring uprisings in two easy graphs

EU considers revamping open-border continent

General Bad Behavior 05-04



Israel’s increasing vulnerability

Holder on gun smuggling scandal: ‘I frankly don’t know’ what really happened

20-year-old Woman Dead; Stepfather Charged with Murder

Subversion Inc.: The Real Story of ACORN

Groups File Lawsuit to Block Utah Immigration Law

Critics’ Pervasive Distortion of Recusal Issue in Prop 8 Case



How to Ruin a Moment of National Triumph

Rio de Janeiro's Corruption-Fighting Blogger Is Gunned Down in Copacabana

Big Union/Leftie Groups 05-04


President Obama Job Approval

Latest Election Polls

2012 Republican Presidential Nomination

Poll: Obama gets big bounce, but handling of economy at all-time low

For Obama, Big Rise in Poll Numbers After Bin Laden Raid

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll

Obama’s Improved but Mixed Poll Numbers

Quinnipiac Tests Voters’ Enthusiasm for GOP Candidates

Visitor Logs Hearing in Energy and Commerce Committee

A Proposal to End the Practice of Gerrymandering. Using a precise mathematical formula, it is possible to redraw district lines fairly and bring competitiveness back to congressional races.

Obama’s hand was forced by WikiLeaks

'Before we give you that contract, we'll just need to see how much you've spent to re-elect the President'



Under Obama, Running Out of Money Is a Success

Obama’s Hispanic problem: President blames Congress in immigration debate

Presidency at a Crossroads

2012 Election is All About Obama and His Failed Policies

President punts immigration reform issue to Congress

White House asked California paper to take out unflattering remark about first lady

Outsider hired for Obama speeches. 7 other writers on staff payroll

Obamacare 05-04



Obamacare Overreaches Again

Reforming Medicare and saving the budget

A Plan That Leads Health Care To Nowhere

Why Society Is Running Out of Vital Medications

How Safe Are Medicines Sold In the U.S.?

Study: Eating Less Salt Doesn't Reduce Heart Risks

GOP introduces House, Senate legislation to unravel unfunded Medicaid mandates to states

Further Confusion in Defense of Obamacare

Another Effort to Defund Obamacare

Asthma Rates Rise Despite Cleaner Air

Support for Repeal of Health Care Law Falls to New Low at 47%. I suspect that will change as more info comes out.

Like this - A Tale of Two Drugs and Health Care Rationing

N.Y. Law Would Ban Docs From Wearing Ties to Reduce Germs

Junk Science 05-04



Actually, we can drill our way to energy security

Guess What? New Government-Standard Light Bulbs Emit 'Poisonous Materials'

Breaking News: The Climate Actually Changes!

The folly of linking tornado outbreaks to climate change

Top Green Admits: “We Are Lost!”

Moonbat is earning a little of my respect - Let's face it: none of our environmental fixes break the planet-wrecking project. All of us in the green movement are lost before the planet's real nightmare: not too little fossil fuel – but too much

The Case for Human Ingenuity

The Forgotten Fan

Will Obama take on the sand dune lizards?

Media Bias 05-04



The Washington Post’s junky rant against Princess Catherine’s entrepreneurial family

NY Times De-Gays Murdered Ex-Pinochet Assassin

Crazy Uncles and the Propagandists at Think Progress

Why AOL’s exodus is worrying, and time is running out

Media Credit to Bush?

Is the media CW already turning against Obama’s handling of the OBL raid?

White House asked California paper to take out unflattering remark about first lady

New rules don't stop newspaper circulation fall

Sen. Wyden: Let's hope Hillary Clinton, and not DHS, prevails on Web issues

Big Union/Leftie Groups 05-04



Let The Sun Shine In On Public Pensions, Benefits

Obama Cabinet officials denounce 'cheap shots' at federal workers

Why the Left Needs Racism--II It fulfills a psychological need.

Wisconsin Teachers Union Official Challenges GOP Senator

Scott Walker vs. Public Employee Unions

Blue-Collar Wisconsin and the Left

Crazy Uncles and the Propagandists at Think Progress

Groups File Lawsuit to Block Utah Immigration Law

Subversion Inc.: The Real Story of ACORN

Yes. And with good reason. Trumka to union members: We're being targeted