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Monday, July 26, 2010

I love this area

We ended up popping into the "mini-aquarium" where my son got to watch the sharks and the lion fish get fed. Then into the American History museum where I got to watch my daughter extract DNA from a strawberry. AWESOME.

Gone Museuming

Heading into the city to spend some time at the "dinosaur museum" aka Natural History Museum. Lite to nil blogging today. I wish I could say I was "educating" the children but we've been so often the kids could give a tour guide.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Amazing Photo, Amusing Point

This is an amazing photo and I am so grateful to God that the pilot ejected safely...

But has anyone noticed the humor in the sign I've circled?

The sign says "Entering Vehicle Control Zone"

Random Round-Up 07-25

President Obama Job Approval

Note to Progressives: It's Worse Than You Relize

Fiscal Evasion in State Budgeting

Stupak Voting Bloc Struggles Going Into Midterms

Carville Slams Obama Again, Now on Moratorium

Inspector General investigating Department of Interior report falsely claiming experts endorsed offshore drilling ban

Michael “Hockey Stick” Mann hides atop the climate change ivory tower

Veto likely on bills blocking EPA regs

Desperate days for the warmists Warmists may be winning the big grants, but they're not winning the argument, says Christopher Booker

Battle Looms in Washington Over Expiring Tax Cuts

The Blame Stream Media and the Sherrod Charade

Immigrant ’sanctuaries’ rouse opponents’ wrath

Business undermined by greedy politicians

The Young and Jobless : New evidence that the minimum wage has hurt teenage workers.

Presidency By the Script

GOP lawmakers call for investigation into alleged racial politics of justice dept.

Why Eric Holder Will Not Last

No Summer Fling: Rallying Against Rangel

White House sends 2012 rescue team to Florida

Well, he is definately a tool - Keith Olbermann: A useful “tool” for conservatives

Liberal activists say good riddance to Kerry-Lieberman climate legislation

Stay classy CNN - CNN Anchors Call For Crackdown on Bloggers (Video)

Video - On Nightline, Andrew Breitbart on Matt Drudge, Arianna Huffington and ‘the Beginning of the Beginning’

Demoralized Democrats Confront Specter of Big Losses

Uncertain future for Reid despite rebound in Nev.

More Deficit Damage Ahead

German Giants Flee Wall Street

An Ugly Preview of ObamaCare

Aka Rationing - Axe falls on NHS services. NHS bosses have drawn up secret plans for sweeping cuts to services, with restrictions on the most basic treatments for the sick and injured.

Gee ya think? - Stronger children's coverage rules may raise insurance costs

Reid to Netroots: "We're Going To Have a Public Option"

A Misguided Decision

Faltering Economy, Senate Revolt on Bush Tax Cuts Don't Faze Obama

Fascism… Yes, It Can Happen Here

GOP Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Alleged Racial Politics of Justice Dept

Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) Rides The Racialist Mobius Loop

Of, by and from the people, for the politicians

100 Days to Decide: Republicans Bank on Anti-Dem Strategy, Platform Unclear

Litmus Test for President Obama is Black Farmer Settlement (Video)

The 'unravelling relationship' between Russia and Iran

It’s the Uncertainty, Stupid Big Ben Bernanke publicly acknowledges what so many of us have known for over two years

Politics: The Art of the Unbelievable

Only if it happens - The Liberal Tax Revolt: Is it a Game-Changer?

'Call Them Racists' How "journolists" tried to suppress the news

Video - Ann Coulter vs. Ricardo Leon Sanchez de Reinaldo

Saturday, July 24, 2010

'William Tell Overture' Mom

Still one of my favs

Mommy Rhapsody

And here's the mom's version!

It's A Dad's Life

PURE AWESOMENESS!

Hat Tip Jonah at NRO!

Random Round-Up 07-24

Opinion Piece by my husband and published in the Washington Examiner - A moratorium we need

President Obama Job Approval

Raising the Stakes in the New Black Panther Case

GOP Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Alleged Racial Politics of Justice Dept.

Revealed: The Obama Donor List

Video: Journolist’s success in setting the message

Obama Journolist Operative Invited Other Journolistas to White House

Obama Commission Will Call for Trillions in Tax Hikes

Coburn Aiding in Justice Investigation of Ensign

Charlie Rangel Is Toast AND Charlie's fading friends AND House Democrat calls on Rep. Rangel to resign AND The Rangel Standard A public ethics trial will be instructive.

Can Charles Rangel Be Saved? Rangel's ethical woes have cast doubt on the 40-year veteran's future in the House.

Democrats worry Rangel's ethics trial will hurt party in midterm elections

Rangel Speaks, and Asks for Time

PJTV Video - Kruiser In Brief(s): Nachos, Hugs, Polaroids & Chimpanzees

Name and Shame - Known Journolisters

White House predicts record $1.47 trillion deficit

Healthcare (July 2010)

It’s Not Health Care ‘Reform’; It’s Exploitation To stop health care exploitation we must address the root issue: the nature of rights and the purpose of government.

Bill that would offer free malpractice coverage faces hurdles

The Drawbacks of Dutch-Style Health Care Rules: Lessons for Americans

'A Commandeering of the People' One of America's leading libertarian legal scholars handicaps whether the Supreme Court will find ObamaCare's insurance mandate constitutional.

Britain Plans to 'Decentralize' National Health Service

Mama Can't Find a Doctor, and Other Fallout From New Democratic Legislation

Public Option Redux

PJTV Video - THE WEEK IN BLOGS: Blunt Talk & Raptor Goodness. Plus, Unemployed? You're Not Alone

Taxes Are for the Little People, not John Kerry AND Sen. John Kerry Skips Town on Sails Tax

Stonewalling at the House Oversight Information Policy Subcommittee

John Galt in Skirts in Connecticut

An Open Conspiracy To Slant the News JournoList is a symptom, not the disease, of liberal media bias.

Hey, something I have in common with the JournoListers! - Journolisters offended by Keith Olbermann’s ‘misogynistic,’ ‘predictable,’ and ‘pompous’ show

I don't think you can be a journalist and carry water for a politician, and that's what they were doing: 'Here's the line on Palin.'"

Put Up or Shut Up, Ezra: Why Is JournoList Founder Klein Whining About Tucker Carlson?

Where the JournoLists Roam (and Moan) Liberal bloggers sulk at this year's Netroots Nation gathering.

Swing Districts Are Spending $13.5 Million More of Stimulus Than Non-Swing Districts

Breaking News: Two Days Post-Finreg, Banks Still Too Big to Fail

New Deficit Numbers

“Read my lips” all over again

Will Liz Warren be nominated/confirmed to head consumer financial agency? Does it Matter?

The Economic Case Against the Death Tax

Teachers Unions Fail to Secure Pork for Public Employees

The Lottery Makes a Strong Statement About Charter Schools

Cultural Defense Accepted as to Nonconsensual Sex in New Jersey Trial Court, Rejected on Appeal

WSJ: The Liberal Tax Revolt

From Adam Baldwin (he's even dreamier than VodkaPundit) - ‘Cry Racism!’: The Art of Mis-Communication

Bozell: Full Sherrod Tape Is Worse!

Congress Spent $604,000 on Bottled Water, $397,000 on Catering

The CLASS Act: Repeal Now, or Face Permanent Taxpayer Bailout Later

CNN Host Calls for Crackdown on 'Bloggers' in Wake of Sherrod Incident: 'Something’s Going to Have to be Done Legally'

The Arrogance of the Poltical Class, Cont'd

U.S. Chamber Applauds Congressional Inquiry Into Treasury's Consideration of $1.6 Billion Trial Lawyer Tax Break

New Blood for Social Security

Our national debt would horrify the Founders

Romer & Romer: Tax Increases Significantly Contract the Economy

Breitbart: Why No Politico, Or Bloomberg Firings?

Government decides Sustainable Development Commission is unsustainable

It's time to end the excessive subsidies for corn ethanol

Kerry Eyes Lame Duck Climate Fight

Obama’s Solar Energy Fantasy In true postmodern fashion, objective facts have vanished in the mist of a progressive wish.

Cap and Trade only Mostly Dead

Still Waiting For Apologies

Obama's Soft-Core Socialism

Sharia Creeps

Breaking: Anita MonCrief to File FEC Charges Against Obama Administration

Do Public Sector Unions Drive States Into Bankruptcy?

Class of 2009 Employment Data: Jobs Down, Salaries Flat

California Roundup: $8 Billion Rail Project Results In Fewer People Riding Public Transportation

The Dark at the End of the Tunnel

Consent of the governed - and the lack thereof

Dodd-Frank Forum: Proxy Access and Judging Success

Hollywood Babylon—For Ugly People

A Paler Shade Of White – The Journolist Conspirators

Sherrod: Breitbart Wants Blacks to Be Slaves Again
If you’re impatient, fireworks being at about 1:50:

The Great Divide

The Fully Fettered Matt Yglesias (Or Not...)

Andy Stern Joins Georgetown University as Research Fellow

$30,000 Birthday Wishes for Obama

I witnessed Obama worshipping at Jeremiah Wright’s church

Put an end to affirmative action

Catholic sex scandal as undercover reporter 'films priests at gay clubs and having casual flings' AND Church blasts gay priests leading 'double life'

Democrats wary of motivation problem with liberals

In Economic Woes

The Middle Class in America Is Radically Shrinking. Here Are the Stats to Prove it

Latest Obamacare News

Some insurers stop writing new coverage for kids

So much for the keep the insurance you have line.

Friday, July 23, 2010

Heat Index Today - 110

It's too hot. I'm going back to bed and thanking God for the invention of Air Conditioning, Electricity, and Television.

God bless this modern age!

Power To The People Round-Up

Calif. council accepts resignations of 3 managers a good step but their pensions are obscenely large and will continue for the entirety of their lives.

Ford posts another quarterly profit as sales climb. People are picking Ford over Government Motors, gee I wonder why?

Ariz. judge raises the realities of porous border. She sounds sympatico to the people of Arizona and their reality.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Daily Round-Up 07-22

Top Ten Racist Incidents of the Week

My husbands article in National Review - Preferred Risk

GENERAL BAD BEHAVIOR

The Nation’s Worst State Attorneys General

A must-read - Elena Kagan, Barack Obama, and the American Establishment

Feds dismiss post-Enron tips of fraud

Workers on Doomed Rig Voiced Concern About Safety

No charges against Bush DOJers on fired DAs, no apologies expected AND Prosecutor firing was politics, not crime

There's no defense - Feds defend response to Tennessee flooding

Whatever happened to "Don't Be Evil"? 37 states join probe into Google Wi-Fi data collection

First came Climategate, now it’s JournoList; Who’s next for an email scandal?

Not sure what to make of this except it is a little hypocritical of the left to claim the right are religious fanatics when polls like this come out. One-fourth of Democrats think Jesus will ‘definitely return’ in 40 years

The Humanitarian Crisis of the Gaza Mall

Who? Hey, remember Al Gore?

Black racism: a real problem, or pure politics?

Shirley Sherrod, unfairly dismissed

Ms. Sherrod's Speech Was Most Certainly Not About Transcending Racism

RACISM, RACISM, RACISM,

BIG UNION/ACORN/LEFTIE GROUPS

OBAMACARE

Why the ObamaCare Tax Penalty Is Unconstitutional The federal power to tax is not unlimited, as the Supreme Court recognized when it struck down the first national income tax.

It’s Not Health Care ‘Reform’; It’s Exploitation. To stop health care exploitation we must address the root issue: the nature of rights and the purpose of government.

Obamacare Mandate Much Worse than a Tax

Repeal Obamacare?

JUNK SCIENCE

Taxpayers Sue Governor to Invalidate Washington State Climate Change Executive Order

As U.S. suspends deep-water oil drilling, other nations move ahead

Study: Cap and Trade Could Cost 1.9 Million Jobs

Childhood Obesity and Lunchbox Privacy The food police go to school — with counterproductive results

How a long-ago Secretary of Agriculture became the demon of industrial food critics; and how those critics get the last half-century of agricultural history wrong.

Will the Party of No Foil the Half-Baked Greenhouse Machiavellis?

Greens fracture over Obama

Hey, remember Al Gore?

Good news, right? Gulf boats having trouble finding any oil

FIGHTING CORRUPTION

Cedra Crenshaw, Candidate Mom, Escapes Clutches of Chicago Machine

Wooden 'Stonehenge' Emerges From Prehistoric Ohio

Boehner: 'Read the Bill'

Computers to translate world's 'lost' languages after program deciphers ancient text

Wise Words For Us All

I was led to this article by my husband and I agree the author makes an excellent point that is well worth reading. Homo stramineus

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Daily Round-Up 07-21

President Obama Job Approval

Obama hits low in Quinnipiac approval rating

Obama's lack of faith

Bunker Time

Obama: It's All About the Perks

Corruption Watch: First Dodd, Now His Wife?

An interview with the pastor who has a plan to beat Charlie Rangel

Blago: Government "Proved My Innocence"

PJTV Video (Trifecta) - Shouting at the Galaxy: Jessi Slaughter, the Cyber Police & a Brain Slushie for All the Haters AND Why Are the Smartest People So Dumb When It Comes to Obama?

Breitbart Didn’t Hide Sherrod’s Redemption and Other Things the Media’s Gotten Wrong So Far I'm still concerned about this but am inclined to gove Mr. Breitbart a fair hearing.

New Black Panther Case Should Not Have Been Dismissed

From Desmond Tutu - Obama’s Overdue AIDS Bill

I said it before and I'll say it again, Ken Blackwell should have been RNC Chair. RNC Treasurer Accuses Steele of Hiding GOP's $7 Million Debt

Kagan Promoted Shariah Law at Harvard

Killing Jews For Fun and For Profit: The Continuing American Adventures of Arab Bank

PJTV Video (AlfonZo!) - The Life & Times of AlfonZo Rachel, Part 1: The Birth of Macho Sauce

A Word of Thanks to Four Black Men and A Gun

Arizona Fights Obama's Immigration Suit, Blames Feds for 'Crushing Burden'

Why was this in the Obamacare bill to begin with? Gold Coin Sellers Angered by New Tax Law. Amendment Slipped Into Health Care Legislation Would Track, Tax Coin and Bullion Transactions

Mandate mendacity: The Obamacare tax

Florida doctors to consider splitting ties with AMA over healthcare reform

Making Americans Sick

And the worst record on timely access to primary care goes to …

Abortion, Third-Party Payer, and the Cost of Health Care

The Boundless Beneficence of Big Brother

Eek! Thankfully, we're all paid up. Homeowners Associations: The New Foreclosure

Gov't watchdogs: mortgage program is not working

I have to say as a conservative blogger, it gives me no end of satisfication to say "I told you so" regarding Media Bias and Journolist. Deep, deep satisfaction.

Steering the press. Proof that it's a game for the left

Obama wins! And Journolisters rejoice

'Call Them Racists' How "journolists" tried to suppress the news.

It Begins: Journolistas Start Preemptive Confessions

The Manchurian Listserv

Liberal journalists suggest government shut down Fox News

Tales From The Crypt - The Journolist Archives

Did MSNBC Adjust Website in Response to Diversity Criticism?

VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD CASE: ACORN finances leave questions

Son Of CRA: The Scandal Lives On

Dodd-Frank Already Having Unintended Consequences? You Don't Say!

Excluded from invitation list for Obama's signing of Wall Street reform: Wall Street titans

Goldman Sachs in $nub of Dems. Finance-bill fallout

GOP Lawmaker Blasts White House for $23M Spent on Kenya Constitution Vote

Washington bureaucrats can't run the auto industry

The Economic Case against the Death Tax

The Scariest Unemployment Graph I've Seen Yet

Bernanke Sees No Quick End to High Rate of Joblessness

How Financial Reform Discriminates -- Unless Your Daughter Goes to Wellesley

US financial system support up $700 bln in past year-watchdog

Groups line up against fiscal commission

Obama's Economic Fish Stories On unemployment, the president claims that the stimulus bill was several times more potent than his chief economic adviser estimates. Such statements hurt his credibility.

Unions Stifle Education Reform

California Official's $800,000 Salary in City of 38,000 Triggers Protests

Why Would 80 Police Officers Cost Oakland $100 Million?

ACORN Missouri Assaults Bank As President Obama Signs Bank Bailout Bill

Universities and Government Bureaucracies: The Left’s ‘Chokepoint Charlies’. The communists had their checkpoints. Leftists have their chokepoints. At the nation's universities and in government bureaucracies, they have the power to end careers and control people's lives — and they do abuse it.

Cap-and-Trade Bill Would Make Housing Less Affordable

Climate bill on the ropes

AL GORE SEX SCANDAL SHOCKER POLICE INVESTIGATE TWO MORE! AND Gore faces new sexual assault accusations

Green Dreams Die Ugly On Capitol Hill

Beware the Lame Duck, Looming Cap & Tax

Large China oil spill threatens sea life, water

Meet Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia’s outspoken attorney general

Obama's Reading Material

You know, the man can read any damn book he pleases but the last thing I want the President of the United States Of America to do is walk around in public flashing a book titled "The Post American World”.

What the hell kind of message does that tell the American people? What does that say about how he feels about the country he is leading, the government policies he is responsible for, and the future of the American people?

Sure, maybe he's reading it to get the "other perspective" but given this man's track record, I'm far more likely to consider this book a re-enforcement of his personal belief system than a study of what-not-to-do.

Photo emailed to me via my husband who got it from a colleague.