In Economic Woes 10-22

Stimulus Failure: 48 Out of 50 States Lost Jobs Since Democrats Trillion Dollar Stimulus Plan

U.S. Debt Is Child Abuse

The Employee Coercion Act

Obama’s Tax Cut for Rich Oil Companies

The Inequality Delusion. Americans think the U.S. has far more income equality than it has. They want it to be even fairer. Yet they hate the policies that would make it so

New Study Shows Arizona Tax Credits Serve Low- and Moderate-Income Families

The Global Poverty Paradox

Bad Guys of the Foreclosure Crisis

Obama Has No Job-Creation Imagination

Video - Activists Uncover Foreclosure Scandal. Shattered Dreams: Regular folks discover irregularities



An Unthinkable Tax Code

The Myth of TARP's "Profit"

State Overspends, Gets Less for More.

Democrats’ Financial Hypocrisy

Broken California

Can Obama match Britain's guts on budget cuts?

Britain's 'Austerity' Lessons. What Margaret Thatcher can teach David Cameron—and the Republican Party.

France goes on strike while Britain remains silent

Fools Rush in Where Europe Rushes Out

Shamed By What America Owes, Payback Will Begin November 2

Big Union/ACORN/Leftie Groups 10-22

The Democrats and the Union Label

Stifling Steyn

Leftist Group Finds 3,000 Suspect Hispanic Voters to Register & Vote on Last Day of Early Voting in Ruth McClung’s District …Update: 65% Are Invalid

AZ Group Accused of Massive Voter Fraud Is Offshoot of SEIU

Support for Prop 19 Declining

Public-Sector Unions Choke Taxpayers

IATSE Union Member Fired for Wearing Bush Hat and Shirt

Wonder of Wonders

NYC Teachers Union to Transparency: Drop Dead

Juan Williams And The Preference Cascade

Campaign's Big Spender. Public-Employees Union Now Leads All Groups in Independent Election Outlays.

Public Sector Unions Try to Impact November Elections

Chicken Hawk Environmentalists

Great article by my husband's friend Ken Green over at AEI's The American blog titled,
Don’t Call Them Environmentalists Here's the article but follow the above link to the original article which is full of juicy connections to damning articles. YUM.

Over at uber-environmentalist, green, treehugging something-or-other website Grist, Dave Roberts is NOT, repeat NOT, engaging in an effort to rebrand environmentalism. Nor is he running away from it. He is just… going in a different direction. Dave’s desire to extract the climate change agenda from the general environmental movement has nothing to do with its steadily declining popularity, and its complete ineffectiveness in moving the regulatory agenda in the last Congress. Or, at least, that’s his story. “The point is not, emphatically not, to ‘rebrand environmentalism.’ Please kill me if I ever have to listen to another discussion about rebranding environmentalism.”

Dave’s not alone: other, environmentalist, green, treehugging, um, whatever groups, are also chucking Al Gore under the bus, and distancing themselves from the excesses of environmentalism. A few are even honest about it. As the New York Times recently reported about one such group, people in the heartland really don’t want to hear about all that conventional green stuff, so…

“Don’t mention global warming,” warned Nancy Jackson, chairwoman of the Climate and Energy Project, a small nonprofit group that aims to get people to rein in the fossil fuel emissions that contribute to climate change. “And don’t mention Al Gore. People out here just hate him.”

After a discussion with 226 of his green friends people formerly known as environmentalists, Dave has come up with a new name for his team: They’re not greens anymore, though green is good. They’re not environmentalist anymore, because while that’s mostly good, those darned local environmentalists keep opposing climate change boondoggles like wind turbine farms, solar farms, corn ethanol, and so on. And besides, the brand is tainted, and when Lisa Jackson gets done wreaking havoc on the economy under the banner of the Environmental Protection Agency, it’ll be more tainted yet. So the new term of art, Dave argues, is climate hawk.

Dave likes the way it sounds all conservative-like, and macho:

“Yes, I’m well aware that “hawk” has militaristic overtones. Trust me, when it comes to matters military I’m a DFH of the old school. But lefties shouldn’t be precious. The health of Mother Earth just doesn’t move that many people. For better or worse, more Americans respond to evocations of toughness in the face of a threat.

In foreign policy a hawk is someone who, as Donald Rumsfeld used to put it, “leans forward,” someone who’s not afraid to flex America’s considerable muscle, someone who takes a proactive attitude toward gathering dangers. Whatever you think about foreign policy, is that not the appropriate attitude to take toward the climate threat? Does it not evoke a visceral sense of both peril and resolve, the crucial missing elements in America’s climate response?”

Now, I’m sure that since Dave knows that the opposite of a “hawk” in such a context is a “dove,” he’ll take to calling those who oppose his policy desires “climate doves,” right? I like the sound of that, since that’s what I am, a climate dove. I don’t deny the reality of climate change, I just don’t believe assumption-laden computer models that are designed to project Climageddon, and I don’t believe we need to reinvent humanity to prevent the Climapocalypse.

So will I get the sobriquet of “climate dove?” Er, no. In the same article, explaining why he rejected the team name of climate “realist,” Dave trots out the old “climate denialist” language for those who might stand in his way: “climate denialists have tried to claim ‘climate realists,’ but to my ears they just sound defensive and pathetic.”

I’d have to say that given the fact that so many climate change policy-mongers (especially the wealthy ones, like James Cameron and Al Gore) fundamentally live lives of hypocrisy in which they refuse to give up the very things they’re telling others to give up, and refuse to show others the respect that they demand for themselves, a more appropriate term for Dave’s new team might be “chicken hawks,” which the unassailable Wikipedia defines as: “a politician, bureaucrat, or commentator who strongly supports a war or other military action, yet who actively avoided military service when of age.”

Random Round-Up 10-21 (Part 1)

I've been ill but am getting better. Hopefully, I'll be back on track by next week. In the meantime, please enjoy this random round-up...

President Obama Job Approval

Obama's Approval Rating at New Low in Most Recent Quarter

PJTV Video - Breaking Away? GOP Takes Lead In Polls
Search for Your Favorite State Salaries Here's the database.

Insurance officials defy industry pushback, finalize key part of healthcare

Stanley Kurtz's irresistible book

A Soros Connection to Juan Williams Firing?

Vaclav Klaus: An anti-human ideology I love this guy. Met him once too!



Election 2010 mandate: Tackle the debt

Your Government: Nice Work If You Can Get It

Lobbying revenue for 2010 3rd quarter

An Interview with One of ObamaCare’s Strongest Foes

How low will he go? Obama approval hits yet another bottom and 54% now say, 'No second term'

Re: Re: Palin



As Greenpeace sets sail, Indonesia stands its ground

Condescension won't prove a very effective campaign tool

Revenge of the Right

The NYT, the Soft Sciences, and the Slow, Stupid Return to Reason. Lefty sociologists finally look past “oppression,” and accept that a culture’s commitment to prosperity affects that culture’s … prosperity.

Three Charts that Will Infuriate Taxpayers



NPR: Where “Teabag” Videos Are Defended But Blaming 9-11 on Muslims Will Get You Fired

Healthcare (October 2010)

GOP seizes early voting edge in key states

Killing our choices. ObamaCare starts to kick in

The Only Victims in the Foreclosure Mess Will Be Taxpayers. There are no heroes or good guys in this story. Only villains.

AP-GfK Poll: Likely voters ready to embrace GOP



Psst! A majority of Americans sees too much political correctness; even more say it's a problem

Angle Hones in on Reid's Personal Finances

Obama Says He Should Have Sold His Policies Better

Getting Out The Vote, the Chicago Way


Leftists, Progressives and Socialists

The Widening Gyre

What the Media Forgot to Tell You About the Bush Tax Cuts

Obama Admin Touts Jobs Created Under Bush



Bono Can't Save The World

Will the 2011 Congress Have the Backbone to Deregulate?

The Myth of Paying One’s ‘Fair Share’



Rasmussen: GOP’s Raese Widens Lead for Senate

Is Barney Frank?

Everyone's disintermediating the gateway media now



A government debt is a government claim against personal income and private property – an unpaid tax bill.

DeMint Threatens To Leave GOP If Agenda Is Not Limited Government

Soros Gives $1 Million to Target Fox News

Random Round-Up 10-21 (Part 2)

Tides Foundation Grantee Was Founded by Convicted Terrorist

Obama Promises of Change Hid His Real Agenda

PJTV Video - MONEY HONEY! Will Corporate Cash Corrupt or Clean-Up the 2010 Midterm Elections?

Obama ads on YouTube draw overwhelmingly negative response



A Purposeful Misunderstanding of the Movement

Fannie, Freddie bailout could nearly double in size



Think Progress Discovers Conservative Philanthropy Is a Lot Like Progressive Philanthropy I love the last line - "Next thing Think Progress will tell us there’s gambling in Atlantic City."

The Obama administration doesn’t have a plan for part two of the mortgage meltdown



Google 2.4% Rate Shows How $60 Billion Lost to Tax Loopholes

Don’t Ask Me about the NAACP’s Desperate ‘Report’ on the Tea Party

Liberal CEOs are the Next Target for Tea Party Activists, says National Center for Public Policy Research

Hubris, Nemesis, and Partying Like It’s 1773

Halloween Scare: Evil Rich People


Is Geithner the next to leave Obamaland?

ObamaCare's Incentive to Drop Insurance. My state of Tennessee could reduce costs by over $146 million using the legislated mechanics of health reform to transfer coverage to the federal government..

Video - Eyeblast Hits The Street: Reactions To Obamacare And The Individual Mandate



HHS Giving States Millions of Taxpayer Dollars to ‘Help Consumers File Complaints’ Against Their Health Plans

Wall St. mogul picked for State Department post

CWA Union Boss Says Tea Party Advocates ‘Slavery’



Al Gore urges California to vote no on climate initiative

Barney Not-So-Frank The Massachusetts congressman implausibly denies his role in the mortgage meltdown.



Tea Party revels in Barney Frank’s money woes

Steve Rattner, canceled

Social Media To Produce More Entrepreneurs?

The Extremists Are Coming!


Facts prove troublesome for Obamo. They always have.

Avoiding the Stalemate State

Every email and website to be stored. Every email, phone call and website visit is to be recorded and stored after the Coalition Government revived controversial Big Brother snooping plans

Majority says no 'change' under Obama, or change for the worse



Soros Gives Media Matters $1 Million to Fight Beck and Fox News

Obama Costs $43K per Person

Volt Fraud At Government Motors

WaPo/AP Caught Revising the O’Donnell Story Without Issuing a Correction



Ground War More Intense Than 2006, Early Voting More Prevalent. Democrats Stirring But Are No Match for Energized Republicans

Juan Williams Commits the Ultimate Kinsleyesque Gaffe

Audit: NJ Turnpike Wasted Millions On Perks

Media comes to the rescue for Democrats

Where Is Gloria Allred?

Schilling: ‘Let the Private Sector Fix This’


At The Blue Curtain Cafe. The joy is in the comments section!

$100 Billion Difference in PA Senate Race

Muslims speak out against NPR’s political correctness

The Hill's 2010 Midterm Poll: Media has gotten more partisan, likely voters say



Nothing to Fear but More Government

Majority of independent voters say Dem leadership is more left wing than they are

On Climate Change, Most Tea Partiers Get It



Soros-Funded Documentary Embraces Left-Wing Terrorists Who Plotted To Kill Republicans

Obama Administration's Priority Is Public Relations

Fannie, Freddie bailout could hit $363 billion

Spain's Solar Deals on Edge of Bankruptcy as Subsidies Founder



Year after year, our culture of dependence grows

Would the Supreme Court Dare Undo the Mandate?

We’re Getting Cap, No Trade

The False Choice Between a VAT and Impossible Spending Cuts
Personally, I'd accept a national VAT on two conditions. 1) No more income or corporate taxes. And 2) All tax rates are transparent and added on at POS and not folded into the price like the taxes on gas is.

George Soros’ Millions Buying ‘Political Reporters’ for NPR

Video - "Today Show" Profiles Gov. Chris Christie

Two Numbers Behind Voters' Sour Mood

Just Say Yes — Or Else!



In wake of NPR controversy, Fox News gives Juan Williams an expanded role. The cable news network signs the analyst to a new three-year contract for nearly $2 million. Meanwhile, conservative figures blast the public radio network for its response to Williams' comments about Muslims.

The best defense against bigoted cultural tribalism...

Labor increases spending on ads in midterm campaign home stretch

Government Intervention in Health Care Increases Costs

Fairfax County Renews Lease for Saudi Wahhabi School



GOP Is Poised to Reap a Redistricting Bonus

Top 10 ways government kills jobs in America



Dude, show some respect

Schumer cutting monster checks to help out fellow Senate Democrats

NAACP Kicks Cameras Out of Presser, Lies, Refuses to Repudiate Gladney Incident

So Much For Smart Diplomacy

White House cancels Obama trip to Sikh temple over Muslim rumor concerns

Mini Round-Up 10-19

I'm sick. So I'll be brief.

President Obama Job Approval

I like him - Jimmy ‘Rent Is Too Damn High’ McMillan Speaks

BWAHAHAHAHA - Early vote a bad omen for Harry Reid. Please Dear Lord, let this trend continue.

A link-loaded and awesome post - Globe Columnist Dares to Question Barney Frank's Credibility

Fannie, Freddie, Frank, and fiction

Republicans Kind of Suck … Which Is Why They Will Win Huge in November. Because in the Democratic land of epic, mega, ultra, apocalyptic levels of sucking, those who kinda suck are king.

ObamaCare, for Some Step right up and get your waiver..

NY Fed, Pimco, BlackRock and Others Suing BofA Over Foreclosure Mess

Big Government’s Government Union Firewall

Moe Tucker of the Velvet Underground Sets the Record Straight

The Cult of Multiculturalism. This modern obsession has created problems so obvious that only the intelligentsia could fail to see them.

Day 5 Of NY Times Cone of Silence On Maurice Hinchey Assault

First, Kill All the Pensions

The Overseas Profits Elephant in the Room There's a trillion dollars waiting to be repatriated if tax policy is right..

The Playboy of the Green Hypocrisy

Volt Fraud At Government Motors

I love it when the Left demonstrates it's intelligence - Leftist dullards mock Palin for correctly referencing Boston Tea Party

The left's condescension won't help Dems in November

Pelosi’s Favorable Rating Drops to New Low

Boxer Staff Stonewalls Military Mom on Code Pink ‘Fallujah Aid’ Letter

‘Don’t tread on me’: At least one Tea Partier denied the right to vote in Texas

Poll Watchers Claim Harassment And Intimidation At Houston, Texas Voting Places

Illinois Soldiers Wait for Ballots. Prisoners Get Hand Delivery.

Obama putting himself above party on political spending?
Unions are desperate for a tax-paid pension bailout

VFW's election betrayal. Veterans' PAC gives aid and comfort to enemy politicians

More Enviro Idiocy

Want to Green Your Home? It’s Not for the Faint of Heart This is the summary.

Here is the article - After two years of eco-living, what works and what doesn't. After experimenting with solar panels, gray-water systems and chickens for two years, a budget-minded consumer takes stock of what worked and what didn't.

What she claims are her successes are handily debunked in the first article.

More WaPo Idiocy

Democrats suffer from Americans' unwillingness to accept economic reality

Please somebody Fisk this idiocy hard and good. He is basically saying Americans are too stupid to understand how "great" everything is. What a moron! What an Obamabot tool!

Mini Morning Round-Up 10-18

Just back from our trip to see King Tut in NYC (meh) and visit with family and friends (Fantastic!). So here is a mini-morning round-up of things I'm seeing on the internet. Please bear in mind this is being done before I've finished my coffee and since I need to make something like four dozen cupcakes and one small birthday cake before end of day today, I may not get around to a proper Round-Up. But I will do my best. Hope ya'll had as good a weekend as I did.

The delusion-factor in this article is awesome. The liberal media is actually trying to make the reader believe this Congress and its accomplishments are a good thing. Bwahahaha. I'm pointing and laughing at this rather sad attempt to change the tide. A productive Congress gets no respect from voters The article even clumsily brings up historic legislation that democrats passed 50 years ago that we are paying for now as good things. It's very sad, really.

This is easy, it's all bullS$#t - Food label lies: how to sort truth from hype. Just shut up and eat your veggies. No dessert until your protein and veg are eaten. And no snacking. There. You have a healthy diet.

Basically, he's staying with the friendlies hoping they will outnumber the disillusioned. Does Obama even look at polls? Obama targets key groups in election's homestretch

She right you know. Merkel says German multi-cultural society has failed But it is not the local Germans' fault. "When in Rome do as the Romans do" works for a reason. If you immigrate to another country, it is your responsibility to adapt to their customs. Many here in America from two very different areas of the world are failing to adapt to America. As a result, America's "Melting Pot" is fracturing and losing it's vibrancy. New cultures which blend in and use American values as their foundation are successful. Those which do not blend in, become isolated pockets with little chance of mainstream success. That's just a sad historical fact. If you don't want to be an American, then what the hell are you doing here except free-riding?

Bastards. Pentagon braces for huge WikiLeaks dump on Iraq war WikiLeaks, not the folks fighting to keep us safe and free.

I wonder if this has anything to do with Government Motors? Oil change reignites debate over GPS trackers

Win Another Date With Obama

This time he's springing for Dinner!

From the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee -
Providence Dinner Sweepstakes

Prize: 1-night trip for two from within the continental United States to Providence, RI, on October 25, 2010; includes dinner and attendance at a reception with President Barack Obama (ARV $1,250).

It might be me but when is putting dinner with the President into sweepstakes form presidential?

King Tut

I'll be at the King Tut exhibit this weekend so posting will be at a minimum. Don't worry, I'll tell you all about it when we get back.

Queen Cancels Christmas

But that's a good thing.

Queen cancels Christmas party, citing economic climate

And though the royal gesture is largely symbolic, the Windsors are nonetheless feeling the pinch lately. The "civil list," which covers Her Majesty's expenses and those of her husband, was frozen this year, and has not been raised since 1990, when it was set at 7.9 million pounds. The Queen has also reduced her cash outlays recently by reducing the number of chartered flights she's taken, and selling off one her helicopters, and refunding the proceeds to the British government. Royal watchers have long noted Her Majesty's personal frugality as well, such as shutting off the lights in empty Palace rooms and recycling wardrobe items from her couture collection.

She's a good Queen.

Random Round-Up 10-13

Pragmatic Obama?

Bullying banks. Foreclosure-freeze menace

Arizona Rep. Grijalva latest incumbent in tough reelection race

Court Denies Access to Fannie/Freddie Political Records

Massachusetts soon in a different column (!)

Barney Frank: Tea Partiers have tied me to the railroad tracks!

NRCC money to retire Barney Frank?

Rival blasts Barney Frank’s swanky free jet ride

Obama administration appeals gay marriage ruling

Republicans Turn Outsourcing Attack Against Dems

The Tea Party As Money Machine

I imagine the EPA couldn't care less that ethonal reduces gas mileage, making us use more gas to go the same distance. EPA expected to OK more ethanol in gas

Barack Obama and the Chamber of secrets

Viguerie warns GOP; Tea Party began as reaction to Republican failures

Jan Schakowsky Faces Joel Pollak – Full Report


Tight budgets lead to more civilians used for policing

New Survey Confirms that Regime Uncertainty Is Spooking Investors

Re: Losing the Kids Poll Numbers here.

Turnout, Not Polling, Will Determine 2010 Outcome

Putting the Tax Cuts in Perspective

Keeping the Poor in Poverty School choice, lower taxes, job creation: These, and not welfare payments, are what would really help the poor.

Yes, Spending Has Steeply Increased

Obama's Long and Evolving Enemies List

Invisible Victims

Gloves off: Vets hammer Blumenthal for Vietnam lies in new McMahon ad



Freer Is Better

NASA boss ignores world’s big polluters to pick on little ol’ Canada

PJTV Video - MINORITY REPORT: Race Over Reform, Punishing Success and Improvements in Our Worst Public Schools

The White House Bunker So Soon?

The White House Isn't Sure What's In the Health Care Bill

ObamaCare blowback

Perhaps Democrats regret using strong-arm tactics

What's Fair in Education Aid?

‘Spirit of Political Disclosure’? White House Press Sec once part of group that refused to disclose donors

Ginni Thomas’s Threat to Ordered Liberty

Obama's Outsized Ego

A Growth Agenda for America An economy grows through increased production, which is financed by capital or savings. Congress can encourage this process with the right tax reform.

Library help irks union pros

When It Comes to Government, Less is More

School cafeterias to try psychology in lunch line

Regulating the College Dream

Look Who's Nativist Now

Another Round-Up WHILE AMERICA WAS SLEEPING

Not a massacre but a mistake Sort of like the British soldiers at the "Boston Massacre"

Obama’s Radical Past And his connection to socialism isn’t all ancient history, either.

Labor of Love

Look at this beautiful labor of love, my sister made.

It is a Day of the Dead shrine to our recently deceased father.

I have to go cry now.

Pictures With Michelle Obama Worth $50

Yet another "sweepstakes" from the Democrats. This time from

DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE "RECEPTION WITH MICHELLE OBAMA"

One winner will receive the following prize package (the "Trip"):
* Two round-trip coach-class airplane tickets from an airport within the continental United States to and from Los Angeles, CA (approximate retail value $1,000) for the reception with Michelle Obama (described below). Sponsor has sole discretion as to the choice of airline, flight times, and other flight logistics and details.
* One night's stay for winner and winner's at a hotel in Los Angeles, CA the night of October 27, 2010 in a double-occupancy room or room of equivalent value (approximate retail value $300). Sponsor has sole discretion as to the choice of hotel and other hotel logistics and details.
* Admission to the Reception with Michelle Obama in Los Angeles, CA and a meeting for winner and winner's guest with First Lady Michelle Obama at the reception on October 27, 2010 (approximate retail value $2,000). Winner will also have the opportunity to have his/her photo taken with the First Lady (approximate retail value $50.00).
Approximate value of Trip package: $3,350.

Contest rules here. At least this time, you can take a guest but unlike the "Win A Date With Obama" Sweepstakes, only one winner instead of three.

Again, my stance is this is a desperate act on the part of the democrats to boost donations and mailing lists.

Random Round-Up 10-12

President Obama Job Approval

No black hole for Black Panthers. Attorney General Holder can't hide testimony forever

ObamaCare's first victims

A Read-the-Bill Rule for Congress



Public employee benefits should be cut

Attn MSM: Here’s Evidence of Foreign Campaign Donations

Child Abuse Investigations Didn’t Reduce Risk, a Study Finds



SEIU Solicited Contributions from ‘Foreign Nationals’

It's nice to see an honest politician - Sean Bielat blames Barney Frank for crisis

It’s on: Sean Bielat vs. Barney Frank Follow the link for good details and connections to other sites.





What Alexi knew. His damning non-denial about loans to criminals

Deficit in FY 2010 Nearly $1.3 Trillion

The 2010 Spending Record



MTV and Obama Astroturf a Townhall

Will the ‘Ruling Class Right’ Rescue Vulnerable Dems?

The Paranoid Style in Liberal Politics

Jan Schakowsky on Latest Bank Bailout Passed by Congress: ‘I Don’t Know What It Is’


Dem Governor: Obamacare a ‘Stunning Disappointment’

The Left’s Power of Self-Delusion

Shutting Up Business Democrats unleash the IRS and Justice on donors to their political opponents.



Well, I like it so much, I've made it part of my daily routine - Is Procrastination Rational?

Profligate Congress needs to read its own bills

California’s Green Nightmare



Republicans Prove Unpopular With Voters Against Obama in Poll "even as many Americans give a thumbs-down to the party and some of its specific ideas, a Bloomberg National Poll shows."

Mayor’s Soda Plan and His Company’s Policy Differ

Obama: Republicans Counting On Blacks Staying Home


The Repeal Amendment

Job Creation: Bush vs. Obama



The Muslim Brotherhood’s Declaration of War

TARP Redux: Voters Cry Foul as Banks Rake It in

If Obama is so Gung-Ho About Fixing Education, Why the Hell Won't He do the Smallest Goddamn Thing to Change the Status Quo?

Internal Email Reveals MTV Pressuring Employees to Attend Jon Stewart’s Political Rally



Just another Obama backyard chat with ordinary Americans at Alonzo Mourning's Miami estate

Whore-Gate: Who’s in Bed With Jerry Brown? Why would the union that represents LAPD officers even think of endorsing liberal Jerry Brown to reprise his disastrous turn as California's governor? Because politics is full of compromising positions.

Boehner's 'Plan B' for ObamaCare Hearings can be used to sell market-friendly fixes.

Golly Sharron Angle raised $14 million in 3rd quarter



Karl Rove on Disclosing Donors: Obama Is 'Hypocritical'

Federal Employees Union Releases ‘Teabagger’ Ad

Obama Loses Support in Poll as Joblessness Prompts Growing U.S. Discontent

Lawmaker Vows to Outlaw Insider Trading on the Hill

Obama has an 'enemies list'



The 2010 Spending Record In two years, a 21.4% increase.

US Cities Face Half a Trillion Dollars of Pension Deficits

Capitol Hill’s Stock Trading: What the Academic Research Concludes

Carl takes pop-shot at Andy

For Democrats, Even ‘Safe’ Seats Are Shaky

We Don't Do Numbahs


Loaded Dice: Boxer Moved Tribal Legislation Benefiting Her Non-Native American Son

Democrats' desperation tactics on campaign finance



Your Household Owes $14,165 To Pay For Your City's Employees Retirements

McDonald’s ObamaCare Deal Violates Rule of Law




Foreign Money? Really?

From watchdog to doormat

Jan Schakowsky Forced to Defend Obamacare


If This Were the Private Sector, Those Congressional Staffers Would End Up in Jail

Board of Elections gaffe may nullify New York soldiers' overseas absentee ballots

Media Quits Obama



Obama’s Radical Past

GOP prods Justice on military vote

Win A Date With Obama?

Below is a description of a sweepstakes being offered by the DNC from www.online-sweepstakes.com The sweepstake I'm talking about here is part of the site's "premium membership" but I'm providing a link below and for the record, yes people win stuff. I, myself, have won lots of things from a TV to a family trip to Disney World to $25K. The important thing to note here, however, is just how lame this DNC sweepstakes is.

Democratic National Committee - Backstage With the President Sweepstakes
Prizes (3): 1-night trip for one from within the continental United States to Las Vegas, NV including airfare, hotel accommodations, ground transportation to/from airport, Admission to the Moving America Forward rally in Las Vegas, NV and meeting with the President of the United States backstage at the rally on October 22, 2010 (ARV $1,200).

This is the description from the entry form:

Go backstage with the President
Too much is at stake in the November elections for any of us to sit on the sidelines. The President is fired up -- traveling the country to make the case to voters. On October 22nd, he'll be meeting three supporters backstage at a rally in Las Vegas.

Fill out the form to the right to be registered for a chance to meet the President backstage in Las Vegas.

The lame tagline at the bottom is just priceless, "Powered by hope and supporters like you."

All this begs the question, is the DNC so desperate that they are willing to run a sweepstakes in order to collect the names and addresses of the folks who enter in order to build a mailing list for 2012? I mean, even if I liked Obama, I wouldn't risk the thousands of phone and mail solicitations that would inevitably result. Remember, politicians exempted themselves from the National Do Not Call List.

Plus, I imagine the three rubes who win will have to go through a security background check. That sounds like fun.

Ugh

Shutting Up Business Democrats unleash the IRS and Justice on donors to their political opponents.

Foreclosure Mess Continues

Obama administration knew about foreclosure irregularities

From The Washington Post - Foreclosure alarms rang months ago

Someone Threw A Book At Obama!

BOOK HURLED AT OBAMA IN PHILADELPHIA


And only the British press wrote about it!
Obama has the book thrown at him: Moment a missile narrowly misses U.S. President's head (and what's with the naked man?)

Terrific Political Ad

Honest Reporting

NAH. This will never happen.