1 According to that NYT link in the sidebar, Loughner was a nihilist that loved chaos and had been practicing with a 9mm since high school.  And no mention of political ties.

Even the NYT's been starting to unravel the narrative now.

2 Stuck in a Boston hotel room....

3 We got about 6 inches here. I'm debating whether to burn a sick day and go back to bed. Well, not actually debating so much as just going ahead and doing it.

4
Even the NYT's been starting to unravel the narrative now.

Posted by: nickless at January 12, 2011 08:37 AM (MMC8r)

Yeah, now that the damage is done.

5 Yeah, now that the damage is done.

And they're certainly not printing retractions, even in small print in an interior section.

6 first impressions the ideas are already planted in people's heads Crazy anti-govt nut = Tea Party Tea Partiers are assassins.

7 Yeah nickless, typical MSM behavior.  Throw a bunch of shit out there, the 52%'ers hear it and believe it and then the MSM quietly backs away from the wrong statements but the damage is done.  The 52%'ers don't keep up with the updates.  Hell, some of them are shocked to now learn that Democrats were a majority for half the time Bush was in office.

8 Oh noes, the connections to the violence, they are everywhere! Barack Obama's Shocking Link ToTucson Shooter Jared Loughner Requires His Removal From Office!

9 Yeah, now that the damage is done. Posted by: Tami at January 12, 2011 08:39 AM (VuLos) Precisely. Now that they have planted the idea in the mind of the sheeple that this horrific crime was caused by Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin they need to rebuild their credibility for the next bit of propaganda that the DNC will have them ram down the public's throat.

10 You should always burn the sick day if the drive is going to be crazy.

11 #1  Even the NYT's been starting to unravel the narrative now.

Of course, now that the damage has been done and that the "Sarah Palin incited the shooter" thought has been thrown out into the public discourse. 

This is why Rush coined the term "Drive-by Media".  Haven't heard him use it recently though.

12 Looks like Arizona governor Brewer is trying to head off the Westboro "Baptist" Law Firm from protesting at the shooting victim's funerals Hope it works.

13

Yeah.  I'm thinking of moving to Texas, maybe around New Braunfels.  This business of a couple of feet of snow and temps in the minus column are getting old after 70 years.

Of course, this is flyover country, so no one with their face on a TV screen talks about what those pussy New Yorkers bitch about.

14 Speaking of twos and ones, it's 21 friggin degrees here this morning. And I heard Bloomberg has another opportunity to demonstrate amazing leadership today.

LOL, I checked the NYC temps and they are about the same as the temps here in SC. I need some groceries but the damn roads are still shit and not likely to get any better today.

It is 26.2 here now an hour and a half after sunrise.

15

Morning, Morons and fellow Moronettes!  Tis wintery and windy here in NH this morning.  The actual roads aren't too bad (yet) since it's a nice, fluffy snow and not sludgy and slick, but the wind kicks up the snow and makes it impossible to see the car directly in front of you.  Not fun.  My father refused to let me drive myself and my mom to work today, and insisted on driving us in himself.  Fine by me!  We followed a plow on the highway most of the way, so it was a surprisingly decent commute, even in a little Hyundai Accent.  I hope everyone else in the Northeast corridor is safe and sound and wherever they need to be!

Now, let's get down to the hateful vitriol for the day.  *cracks knuckles*

16 Silly Rabbit, Bloomie will expound on how before Climate Change, NYC would have gotten a blizzard, like Boston.

17 Whadya know, its 21 degrees here too!  Another sure sign of global warming!

Only got 4 inches here in Central PA.  Wasn't too much of a bitch to snow-blow off the driveway.

18 Yeah, now that the damage is done. Posted by: Tami at January 12, 2011 08:39 AM (VuLos) That's one of Clinton's legacies - his (wait for it) War Room They learned during the election that if they got out there early, no matter what bullshit they were spouting, the MSM would cover them for a news cycle or two or three. That's how they keep the troops in line. By the time, reality intrudes it's old news and time to move on. We're in the move on phase now sliding into gun control nonsense.

19 A repost of a story I linked early this am on the ONT:
 
Hows about a feel good story then? Mug a jogger, get a free one way trip to the cemetery.
 
One sad note: he only hit his target 4 out of 8 tries, with laser sighting. More range time needed imho.
 
This will help to keep your bp down for a few minutes, anyway.

20 Hope it works.

Posted by: Nighthawk at January 12, 2011 08:49 AM (02uN6)

It will in the short run, but I think one other State has already tried that an lost it in a court case. 

Since a number of people in AZ have said that they are not going to allow the Westborow people near the funeral I think they could make a good case that there is a potential for violence and get the protests stopped.

21 24 degrees here. I blame the Tea Party for the fact that I live somewhere where it gets up to 105 and humid in the summer and this freaking cold in the winter.

22 10 You should always burn the sick day if the drive is going to be crazy.

Posted by: Zakn at January 12, 2011 08:48 AM (zyaZ1)

Yeah, it takes me 45 minutes in summer, an hour during the school year, and an hour and a half with snow on the ground. It's a dead period at work, I've got tons of sick leave, and I'm just not in the mood. It's a done deal.

23 You guys mean 21-22 degress CELSIUS right?

24 it's 21 friggin degrees here this morning

Man up, Nancy.

25 Now they are kvetching about the right using the term Blood Libel.... sigh

26 Oops.

My sockpuppet froze.

27 So any thoughts on that deal BofA cut with Fannie and Freddie on those Countrywide mortgages?

28 Good morning, Illinois!:


SPRINGFIELD — Closing out a contentious lame-duck legislative session, Illinois Democrats handed Gov. Quinn a major political victory early Wednesday by voting to raise the state income tax by 66 percent and buy him some financial stability for his first full term in office.

The state Senate voted 30-29 at 1:20 a.m. to send the tax-hike package to the governor about 10 minutes after paramedics carried state Rep. David Miller (D-Lynwood) off the Senate floor on a stretcher.

Miller was taken to St. JohnÂ’s Hospital, but as of 6 a.m., he had been released, according to hospital spokeswoman Sherry Puccetti. Puccetti said she believed he was treated for dizziness.

Miller, the Democratic candidate for state comptroller in the November elections, collapsed at about 12:45 a.m. while watching the Senate debate. The 48-year-old lawmakerÂ’s sudden illness cast a pall over the tax vote.

The boost in the amount the state withholds from workers paychecks from 3 percent to 5 percent would drain $800 from the household budget of a family earning $40,000 a year and take effect immediately if the governor signs off.

After the Senate vote on the income-tax hike, senators approved a $4 billion borrowing plan already approved by the House that would cover what the state owes this year to its five pension systems.

In the House, the budget vote followed roughly 90 minutes of debate in which ruling Democrats argued there was no other alternative but to raise the income tax to fund vital state-funded human services and education programs afloat.

“Illinois is in crisis, absolute financial crisis, and there is no way we can dig ourselves out of the crisis without increased revenues,” said House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie (D-Chicago), the bill’s chief House sponsor.

The full increase in the individual income tax would last four years before dropping to 4 percent; in 2025, the rate would drop to 3.5 percent. Spending caps would limit future spending growth to 2 percent annually. If spending overshot that limit, the tax rates would revert to their current levels.

The House roll call on the tax vote, which boosted the corporate income tax from 4.8 percent to 7 percent, fell strictly along party lines with no Republicans supporting the plan in either chamber.

After the House vote, a jubilant Quinn showed up briefly on the chamberÂ’s floor, shaking hands with Democratic House members and patting them on the back. He left through the back exit of the House chamber, avoiding any questions from reporters.

GOP critics said the legislation would harm middle-class families and was the byproduct of eight-years of overspending by the Blagojevich and Quinn administrations.

“I’ve been here eight years, and we stand up every time one of these bloated budgets are presented, and we consistently have warned that this day is coming,” said Rep. Roger Eddy (R-Hutsonville), who opposed the tax increase.

“The time to be adults was eight years ago, when we were adding programs, expanding spending to a point we couldn’t pay for it, and we knew very well we couldn’t pay for it,” Eddy said.

29

Taranto pulls no punches:

(As an aside, it is no credit to our colleagues at Fox News Channel that Sharpton is a frequent guest on their programs.)

30 Of course, this is flyover country, so no one with their face on a TV screen talks about what those pussy New Yorkers bitch about.

To be fair, your mayor's probably not sipping mai tais in Bermuda while your snowplow drivers' union goes on a slow-down.  Heh. 

Tea Partiers are assassins.

Alan Grayson is still breathing, which should be pretty good proof we're not violent, even when justified.

31 Arizona shooting: 9/11 flag to be shown at girl's funeral
Child slain in attack was born on Sept. 11, 2001

The Arizona Republic

In a fitting tribute to the birth date and life of 9-year-old Christina Green, the National 9/11 flag, which was nearly destroyed in the attacks on the World Trade Center, will be displayed at her funeral on Thursday in Tucson.

The 20- by 30-foot Stars and Stripes was the largest to survive the collapse of the Twin Towers. Images that day showed it shredded and hanging by a corner.

Christina was born on Sept. 11, 2001, and had always been proud of her birth date and interested in the events of that day. She was one of six people killed in a shooting spree Saturday that also wounded U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

The flag was being brought to the funeral by New York Firefighter Jimmy Sands, who on Tuesday evening was at John F. Kennedy International Airport awaiting a flight to Arizona, said Jeff Parnell, spokesman for the New York Says Thank You Foundation, which displays the flag at events across the country.

Parnell heard Christina's mother talking on a news program about how "Christina looked at 9/11 as a holiday . . . and looked for all the hopeful things that came out of it."

The foundation called the St. Odilia Catholic Church, where Christina received her First Communion, to get in touch with the family. The funeral is at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church.

The family is "delighted," said Theresa Bier, 74, a parish administrator.

"They feel honored to have this because it was special to Christina: 'I was born on this day, I was something good that came into the world.'

32

Haley takes office today and the eco-tards are not happy

(Yes we have those loons here as well)

Haley said little during the election about environmental issues, instead pushing a jobs and lean government agenda. Her only lengthy comments resulted from an interview with The State newspaper during her campaign.

In the interview, she said South Carolina needs to be more business-friendly and its environmental protection agency should be more prompt with permit decisions for industries. The comments rankled conservationists, who say businesses have it too easy when seeking environmental permits.

So Haley is still looking good. She has already put the unions on notice and it looks like the eco-tards are going to have a rough 4 years as well.

And yes, they say she doesn't know about "green" issues. It looks to me like she knows all about them. They are scams.

33 It's 24 degrees here, which is actually kinda warm for early morning this time of year.

I'm not complaining; I like being able to leave the beer on the porch.

34 What a disaster in IL for sure. Can't cure stupid

35

 *cracks knuckles*

<Faints in horror at the violent rhetoric>

36 TRENTON -- N.J. Gov. Chris Christie called former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani and fellow Republican "wrong" to criticize him for having "a heart" and keeping a promise to his family to take them to Disneyworld while the snow piled up in New Jersey after Christmas.

Red-on-red, looks like Giuli is afraid of the big man joining the band for the 2012 race.

37 The flag was being brought to the funeral by New York Firefighter Jimmy Sands, who on Tuesday evening was at John F. Kennedy International Airport awaiting a flight to Arizona, said Jeff Parnell, spokesman for the New York Says Thank You Foundation, which displays the flag at events across the country.

Parnell heard Christina's mother talking on a news program about how "Christina looked at 9/11 as a holiday . . . and looked for all the hopeful things that came out of it."

The foundation called the St. Odilia Catholic Church, where Christina received her First Communion, to get in touch with the family. The funeral is at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church.

The family is "delighted," said Theresa Bier, 74, a parish administrator.

"They feel honored to have this because it was special to Christina: 'I was born on this day, I was something good that came into the world.'


That brought a tear.

38 And yes, they say she doesn't know about "green" issues. It looks to me like she knows all about them. They are scams.

We will take care of the Greens. BWAHAhahahahaha!

39 I'm not complaining; I like being able to leave the beer on the porch.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 12, 2011 09:01 AM (4ucxv)

LOL, reminds me of North Chicago and "A" school. We put six packs of beer on the ledges outside the windows of the barracks. But if you left it out there too long it would freeze.

40 Darn a new thread just when I was hoping that JEA was going to give me links on which corporations were controlling Rush, Hannity, and Fox.

41 Raddish, there's a great post on The Corner addressing your exact point (and should be added to the side bar)

http://tinyurl.com/4bm9hdk

42 So the next time this happens, what's the first thought that will cross people's minds? Yep...Tea Party-Sarah Palin-Republican Hate Radio.

43 27 CDR,
 
I've read your write up and have left the tab open to follow some of the links, but one thing really stuck out:
 
Frank and Dodd had big influence on the new Financial Regs bill, which excludes Fannie & Freddie. Add in the blank check Dear Reader has given same entities, and you are right -- they've hidden a huge taxpayer theft in plain sight.

44 N.J. Gov. Chris Christie called former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani and fellow Republican "wrong" to criticize him for having "a heart" and keeping a promise to his family to take them to Disneyworld while the snow piled up in New Jersey after Christmas.

The only thing I think was stupid about that whole situation is having the Gov. AND the Lt. Gov. gone at the same time.  Some serious lack of coordination there.

45 "They feel honored to have this because it was special to Christina: 'I was born on this day, I was something good that came into the world.'

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at January 12, 2011 08:59 AM (o2L+O)

That right there just started me bawling.  That sweet little girl.  What a tragic, tragic loss.

46

Bloomberg has another opportunity to demonstrate amazing leadership today,

Speaking of which and to Purple's yellow journo post; this morning the local NYC TV news networks were all about how great a job the city is doing this time around with the snow. At least 3 news shows had NYC Sanitaion and city reps praising the jobs well done. You could cut the PR BS with a knife, Pravda would have been proud.

 

47 DIT...it's 21 effin degrees here in my neck of Kahleeforneeha for 5 months straight. Shoveling globull warming is a weekly activity and a frozen windshield is daily. Fun, isn't it.

48

SC lawyer plans suit against Voting Rights Act

Kobrovsky says things have changed, noting the election of Barack Obama and black congressman Tim Scott.

The Charleston County elections board refuses to join any suit.

Board chairman Dan Martin says thereÂ’s little expense in working with the Justice Department and the law makes officials think twice before they make a voting change.

Keep in mind that ALL the lower tier elected offices in SC are held my Democrats. Section V of the VRA plainly benefits Dems and they will not allow it to be challenged. Especially when redistricting is coming.

I have always said Section V is blatantly unconstitutional but so far Kennedy has gotten up on the left side of the bed for that one.

49 JEA? Hello? Where are you? You know which corporations are controlling the right and you should tell us! C'mon give us a link! I'm waaaaaaiting.

50 So any thoughts on that deal BofA cut with Fannie and Freddie on those Countrywide mortgages?

You mean the backdoor bailout?

51

politically tinged schizophrenia

(From the ONT)

So we can just totally make up self-contridicting shit now?? Cool.

52 Posted this comment on Geoff's excellent post: But you don't understand. Conservatives aren't human or even lower animal life. We're more like plants or algae. So it's okay to kill us. Who ever protested against killing moss? Not even PETA. So move along, no hypocrisy to see here.

53 Gnubreed, supposedly Obama is supposed to offer up some kind of plan for Fannie and Freddie early this year, possibly tied to that new Financial Director thingee job that was part of the financial reg bill.  I'm not holding my breath though.

54

Only got 4 inches here in Central PA.  Wasn't too much of a bitch to snow-blow off the driveway.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at January 12, 2011 08:50 AM (9hSKh)

You're lucky. Here in NEPA (closer to the coast) we got 8 - 10". Forecast was 3 - 5". Dumshit forecasters,

55 You're lucky. Here in NEPA (closer to the coast) we got 8 - 10". Forecast was 3 - 5". Dumshit forecasters,

Posted by: Ed Anger at January 12, 2011 09:14 AM (7+pP9)

I'm in SW CT. We're over a ft. and counting.

56 Re: the Hillary video

Are we really finding entertainment in an old lady tripping?  I don't care who she is or how much I don't like her, that's pretty classless.

57

NYT lie:

Now, having seen first hand the horror of political violence

I'd love to take a look at their stories from the 60s. Wanna bet they were talking about how terrible it was that people were being driven to violence?

58 Good morning, morons and moronettes! 

I'm not sure what the temp is here in Utah, but at least there's no wind coming down the canyon this morning so it doesn't feel that bad. 

'Hoping for no snow for the next few days.  Fingers crossed!  We are going to Park City to see Condi Rice play the piano (yes, true - it's a benefit concert) this weekend and then a couple of days later will (re)attempt our getaway in the mountains east of here (rescheduled from Christmas week). 

Other than that, just trying to keep my blood pressure down today as we're going out with neighbors we don't know well... don't want to scare them off with my "rhetoric" - ha ha!

59

Palin offered a pointed defense of herself

Ah, she's waving it near my eyes!!

60 >>>Are we really finding entertainment in an old lady tripping? Ouch, did she land on her 4 testicles?

61 Any Illinois Morons here? If so, how do you like yer new 66% personal income tax increase? Bet that's gonna help them keep businesser in Chicago.

62

About the Taranto article -- he writes:

He provides exactly one example: Rep. Michele Bachmann, a Minnesota Republican, "urging constituents to be 'armed and dangerous.' " Such a statement does seem problematic, although in the absence of context, and given what former Times public editor Daniel Okrent has described as Krugman's "disturbing habit of shaping, slicing and selectively citing numbers in a fashion that pleases his acolytes but leaves him open to substantive assaults"--an observation that surely applies to nonnumeric facts as well--we are disinclined to trust Krugman's interpretation of Bachmann's statement.

From PowerLine (linked by Instapundit) we get the context:

My guess is that Krugman has no idea when Michele referred to being "armed and dangerous," or why, or what the rest of the sentence was. Krugman's biggest problem isn't that he is stupid. His biggest problem is that he is lazy. He is incapable of doing even the most rudimentary research, which is why his columns rarely contain many facts, and when they do, his "facts" are often wrong.

As it happens, I--unlike Krugman--know all about Michele's "armed and dangerous" quote, because she said it in an interview with Brian Ward and me, on our radio show. It was on March 21, 2009. The subject was the Obama administration's cap and trade proposal. Michele organized a couple of informational meetings in her district with an expert on global warming and cap and trade, and she came on our show to promote those meetings. She wanted her constituents to be armed with information on cap and trade so that they would understand how unnecessary, and how damaging to our economy, the Obama administration's proposal was. That would make them dangerous to the administration's left-wing plans.

63 The only thing I think was stupid about that whole situation is having the Gov. AND the Lt. Gov. gone at the same time.  Some serious lack of coordination there

Yeah, but even that was kind of a big "meh."  When you read the Lt. Gov's. job/role, it really has little to do with being in charge in the Gov's absence -- the purpose of the position is to make sure there's a proper line of succession.  Apparently, prior to this post being created, NJ had situations where there was no Governor for extended periods after one left office prematurely.

The real sign that it was nothing was that the Democrat legislator who was in charge in Christie's absence found nothing wrong and did not use the opportunity to criticize Christie.  The one shooting his mouth off was some other Dem. 


I denounce myself as a RINO of the First Order for defending the gun-grabbing fat man!

64 ooh what's this? MA 'green' company EVERGREEN SOLAR is closing up shop after only two years and a $58M taxpayer investment. Laying off 800. Guess where they're going where?

65 Fucking China.

66 64
ooh what's this?

MA 'green' company EVERGREEN SOLAR is closing up shop after only two years and a $58M taxpayer investment.

Laying off 800.

Guess where they're going where?

China - Tom Friedman's Valhalla. 

67 Gove Shithead Patrick's office said they're 'disappointed' but the investment wasn't a total waste.

68

The full increase in the individual income tax would last four years before dropping to 4 percent; in 2025, the rate would drop to 3.5 percent. Spending caps would limit future spending growth to 2 percent annually. If spending overshot that limit, the tax rates would revert to their current levels.

I don't care who you are, that's some funny shit right there.

69

"Are we really finding entertainment in an old lady tripping?"

I didn't find it funny, I found it boring. I give her  -2 pts for not being a cat playing a keyboard.

70 when Leftists ship jobs overseas it's okay because we're all 'world citizens.'

71 Yeah, but even that was kind of a big "meh."  When you read the Lt. Gov's. job/role, it really has little to do with being in charge in the Gov's absence -- the purpose of the position is to make sure there's a proper line of succession.  Apparently, prior to this post being created, NJ had situations where there was no Governor for extended periods after one left office prematurely.

I completely agree.  But both of them being gone at the same time gave the media something to bitch about.  Not that they wouldn't have found something anyway but....

72 61 Any Illinois Morons here? If so, how do you like yer new 66% personal income tax increase? Bet that's gonna help them keep businesser in Chicago. Posted by: maddogg at January 12, 2011 09:24 AM (OlN4e) 66% Sheesh! no wonder the state government there wants to abolish the death penalty. They're afraid it'll be used on them!

73 Hillary was actually dodging incoming sniper fire once again, as she remembers so vividly from her trip to Bosnia. That was no fall but instead her patented duck, fall and weave move.
 
To all remaining IL morons -- I left in '95, but back then it was a pestilent fiscal black hole from Hell; I'm sure it's much better there now.

74 After all, the Chinese, like everyone else, are undocumented Americans.

75 I don't know if anyone's linked Sarah Palin's reply directly yet, but here it is (again). Go here instead of to the bullshit The Hill link in the sidebar unless you get off on reading more "Palin did it" bullshit along with the indirect link to her statement.

76 Heh, nice to know Arianna Huffington acts like an elitist bitch even when she's not on the clock.  I appreciate her consistency. (Link to NY Post)

77

Spammer @ 75

Please note that the surest way to NEVER get any business from the Morons on this blog is to spam the threads with your unwanted ads.

And a hearty and heartfelt fuck you to you and yours.

78

About the USS John P. Murtha:

On one side of the issue is Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who by tradition actually gets to pick the names. "Both in uniform and in the halls of Congress, Chairman Murtha dedicated his life to serving his country both in the Marine Corps and Congress," he said last spring, 11 weeks after Murtha, who won two Purple Hearts in Vietnam as a Marine, died. "His unwavering support of our sailors and Marines, and in particular of our wounded warriors, was well known and deeply appreciated."

But Mabus' decision has unleashed a continuing torrent of opposition from many former sailors and Marines. They say that naming a vessel for Murtha rewards a lawmaker who called for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq in late 2005 during the war's toughest days, and one who was implicated in bribery and pork-barrel politics. On Friday, a former Murtha aide-turned-lobbyist was sentenced to 27 months in prison for evading limits on campaign donations; Murtha also was an "unindicted co-conspirator" in 1980's FBI-run Abscam sting.

And that isn't the worst of it, according to sailors and Marines: putting Murtha's name on an amphibious warship designed to carry 700 Marines is outrageous, they maintain, given Murtha's 2006 charge that Marines in the Iraqi city of Haditha "killed innocent civilians in cold blood." (One of the eight Marines charged in the case still faces trial; six have had their charges dismissed and one was acquitted.) "Name a ship after a congressman who disgraced himself by rushing to judge that fellow Marines had committed murder in Iraq?"  Thomas Wilkerson, a retired Marine major general who now heads the non-profit U.S. Naval Institute, which advocates for the military's maritime services, said Sunday. "Can you be serious?"

(from NY Times, so I won't link)

79

NYT lie:

Now, having seen first hand the horror of political violence

I'd love to take a look at their stories from the 60s. Wanna bet they were talking about how terrible it was that people were being driven to violence?

Yeah this isn't exactly the world in 1968

80

Please note that the surest way to NEVER get any business from the Morons on this blog is to spam the threads with your unwanted ads.

It's more about search engine rankings.

81 The publishers of 1984 are looking to revive that the way Huck Finn was revised recently (with all references to N***** Jim being removed as well as Injun) Emmanuel Goldstein is going to be replaced with Sarah Palin. http://t.co/1TiDTNn

82  Thomas Wilkerson, a retired Marine major general who now heads the non-profit U.S. Naval Institute, which advocates for the military's maritime services, said Sunday. "Can you be serious?"

(from NY Times, so I won't link)

Posted by: Ed Anger at January 12, 2011 09:42 AM (7+pP9)

There are only two ex marines. Lee Harvey Oswald and John P. Murtha.

83 Have any prospective '12 candidates (aside from Palin) spoken about the media's recent behavior?  I admit I've been somewhere between too busy to check and simply ignoring the issue (hey, the low 20s are unnatural in south central Alabama, puts me straight to sleep).

Sad.  Palin is better used elsewhere, and Christie's gun stance is unacceptable...and yet these are still the best two the GOP have.  (I don't have a good feel for Cain yet.  Must be that skittishness about relative newcomers with vague records.)

84 USS John P. Murtha

That makes me physically ill, and I've been a civilian my whole life. 

85 I read Sarah Palin's statement. Damn she's good sometimes. It hit just the right balance between sorrow and defiance.

86

Fidel Castro: Giffords Shot to Hurt Illegal Immigrants; Tea Party Will Take America ‘Into the Abyss’ (link to Big Peace)

Because really, a story isn't a story until El Jefe has weighed in.  Or should I say, until his cryogenically-preserved, artificially-animated cadaver weighs in.  I'm pretty sure he's dead.

87 Evergreen Solarlost $54 million through the first nine months of 2010, and has, since its founding in 1994, accumulated a total deficit of more than $630 million. Last month, it engineered a reverse stock split to maintain capital requirements for the main Nasdaq stock exchange. Before the split, Evergreen's stock had been trading at about 50 cents.

But it was just a few short years ago the company was a darling in the eyes of the Patrick administration, which offered Evergreen a rich package of grants, land, loans, and other aid - some $76 million in all-to build a new facility at Devens. The company eventually accepted $58.5 million, one of the largest investments Massachusetts has made in a private company. The aid packages includes a $1-per-year lease for 23 acres at Devens that would otherwise cost $2.3 million.

Patrick came under fire during his re-election campaign for giving so much support for Evergreen. But the administration had repeatedly defended the deal, saying Evergreen has created far more than the 350 jobs it promised in exchange for the public money.



Put aside the stupidity of giving hundreds of thousands of dollar worth of incentives per job created, how dumb is it to pour money into a company that had to be half a billions dollars in the red at the time.

88 WOW a 66% increase to 5%. Our "small tax State" has been at 7% for decades. And no we don't make out on sales tax, that is at 8.5% for most items and 10.5% for prepared food.

And property tax? Not so cheap either if you consider the differences in assessed value.

89 Put aside the stupidity of giving hundreds of thousands of dollar worth of incentives per job created, how dumb is it to pour money into a company that had to be half a billions dollars in the red at the time.

Just a common thing as part of the green scam.

90 I wouldn't put Murtha's name on a garbage scow.

91  I read Sarah Palin's statement. Damn she's good sometimes. It hit just the right balance between sorrow and defiance.

Posted by: joncelli at January 12, 2011 09:49 AM (MLQL2)

Yeah she is, the left is whining about her accusing them of manufacturing a blood libel but that is exactly what they are doing. They are blaming her for the blood of that little girl as an excuse to attack her and her family.

92 U-Oh

Somebody has gotten to the Chamber Of Commerce:

We know 10% of Americans can't find a job, but we support more Visas and comp immigration reform!  More people, less jobs! Go business!

Chamber of Commerce Supports 'Comprehensive Immigration Reform' for Illegal Aliens While Touting Need for Jobs in U.S

93 Any Illinois Morons here? If so, how do you like yer new 66% personal income tax increase? Bet that's gonna help them keep businesser in Chicago.

Posted by: maddogg at January 12, 2011 09:24 AM (OlN4e)

 

The governors of Wisconsin and Indiana are already saying their states will profit from this. They were practically laughing at how stupid Illinois is. And I agree with them. This state is totally in run by corrupt politicians and unions

94

Have any prospective '12 candidates (aside from Palin) spoken about the media's recent behavior? 

Do you count Pawlenty saying he wouldn't have used cross hairs (and by cross hairs I mean not-exactly cross hairs)?

Asked whether he would have created a similar map, the former governor of Minnesota and author of the autobiography "Courage to Stand" was unequivocal: "I wouldn't have done it," he said.

95 85 USS John P. Murtha

That makes me physically ill, and I've been a civilian my whole life. 

Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 12, 2011 09:48 AM (4ucxv)

Just wait for the USS Barack H. Obama.

96 WBBM Newsradio 780 has learned that the cooler at the Cook County morgue is so crowded right now, bodies are doubled-up on some of the trays.

Anyone seen Rahm lately?

97

So the maniacs in Illinois have built some sort of Rube Goldberg device that says if spending exceeds a certain level, then tax rates will decrease? But the reason for this better mousetrap is because of a "need for increased revenues" to cover increased spending?

 

So in two-three years, when they spend like drunken sailors (actually this is an unfair analogy, since sailors spend their own money), they can say, "you caught us, no go ahead an cut tax rates, which will make the problem even worse"!?!

98 85 USS John P. Murtha That makes me physically ill, and I've been a civilian my whole life. Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 12, 2011 09:48 AM (4ucxv) Personally I think it's a fine name- for a sanitary barge.

99 Politico is reporting (yeah, I know) that Holder and Justice Kennedy will join Obama in Tucson.  A SC justice going?  I realize a federal judge was killed but isn't it still kinda odd?

100 Geraghty has this whole "Blood Libel" kerfuffle on lock down. http://tinyurl.com/4dy38s7

Oh and to the moron that asked whens the last time Rush called out the MFM as Drive-By? IIRC it was yesterday, but it could have been mondays show. I work nights and it all runs together for me sometimes

101 Pawlenty strikes me as a milksop politician who will reach across the aisle at every opportunity in his effort at "bipartisanship". He can smooch my caboose.

102 Gun sales skyrocket 60 percent in Arizona(On Monday) and (In several other states)

103 Barak will get a Coast Guard Cutter at best. It took Jimmah Carter 30 years to get a Sub and he was a Nuke Officer

104 Somebody has gotten to the Chamber Of Commerce

They have always been for things that keep wages low.

105 Palin seemed to stay classy to me.  What do you think?

106

104 Barak will get a Coast Guard Cutter at best. It took Jimmah Carter 30 years to get a Sub and he was a Nuke Officer

They should have named a dud torpedo after Jimmah. Much more fitting.

107 First Latina Governor's Historic Inauguration Gets Little National News Coverage
Because she's a Pub . . .

108 Posted by: momma at January 12, 2011 09:53 AM

Isn't the Wall Street Journal, that bastion of conservatism, singing the same tune? After all, cheaper labor will result in more profits for the paper-shufflers in the stock-market game....

I love that 12-14 million "estimate." Hell, that's probably the illegal count in Los Angeles County, never mind the rest of the country. The "estimate" was probably cooked up by the same goons responsible for the current "hey, the economy's recovering!!11!!" bogus jobs numbers. Try 20+ million.

109 he was a Nuke Officer

Myth, he never finished Nuke School.

110 They were practically laughing at how stupid Illinois is.

Nothing new there, at least for Wisconsin.

111 You know what would make a good movie? The Journolist. On second thought who wants to watch cockroaches scurrying when the light turns on - never mind.

112

Have any prospective '12 candidates (aside from Palin) spoken about the media's recent behavior? 

Do you count Pawlenty saying he wouldn't have used cross hairs (and by cross hairs I mean not-exactly cross hairs)?

Asked whether he would have created a similar map, the former governor of Minnesota and author of the autobiography "Courage to Stand" was unequivocal: "I wouldn't have done it," he said.

Posted by: Mama AJ

 

Cross this asshole off of the short list for 2012. He's yet another guy who just proved that he wouldn't last a week after the Republican convention against the MFM.

Suggested response: "Would I have made this map? Why are you asking me a hypothetical about only this map and not : the demands that the Governor-elect of Florida be put against the wall and shot? Or that the President of the United States refers to political opponents as enemies?"

Instead, he went down the cattle chute and they were nice enough to let him live, in exchange for him being milked.

113 They have always been for things that keep wages low.

Posted by: Vic at January 12, 2011 10:00 AM (M9Ie6)

I thought they had backed off this stance the last few years.  Not sure why I thought that, but I guess I was wrong.  You'd think they'd be in favor of illegals (not amnesty) because legal citizens can sue, join unions, demand raises, etc.

114

USS John P. Murtha

It would be fitting if it was a complete lemon and turned into a never ending money pit for repairs and refits

115 103 Gun sales skyrocket 60 percent in Arizona(On Monday) and (In several other states)

Posted by: momma at January 12, 2011 09:58 AM (penCf)

Surprised the Red Media hasn't alerted everyone to this as saturday must have been a go code

116 115 USS John P. Murtha It would be fitting if it was a complete lemon and turned into a never ending money pit for repairs and refits Posted by: Flammenwerfer at January 12, 2011 10:03 AM (FIDMq) Having seen first hand what shipyard workers are capable of I'm sure that could be arranged :-)

117 Palin seemed to stay classy to me.  What do you think?
Posted by: watcher at January 12, 2011 10:00 AM

It was a realistic and reasonable statement.

Though it wasn't the combination of the Sermon on the Mount, Gettysburg Address and Declaration of Independence the commenters over at TepidAir are making it out to be, it was sensible.

Sadly, it may be the best statement from our side yet, and was a welcome change from the bombastic stridency of Limbaugh and Hannity, and the overheated emotionalism of Beck.

118 First Latina Governor's Historic Inauguration Gets Little National News Coverage

I wonder if she's even being mentioned in Latino/a Studies courses this week or whenever school resumes.

119 Myth, he never finished Nuke school.

How could you not finish Nuke School? Did he not finish Prototype (ie get certed EOOW?) That was the hardest part. Power School was pretty cake compared to Prototype where you had to apply theory.

120

Cross this asshole off of the short list for 2012. He's yet another guy who just proved that he wouldn't last a week after the Republican convention against the MFM.

Suggested response: "Would I have made this map? Why are you asking me a hypothetical about only this map and not : the demands that the Governor-elect of Florida be put against the wall and shot? Or that the President of the United States refers to political opponents as enemies?"

Instead, he went down the cattle chute and they were nice enough to let him live, in exchange for him being milked.

Posted by: Blue Hen at January 12, 2011 10:01 AM (R2fpr)

Bingo; he's worthless to me and just another Repuke completely deserving of the abuse that Tammy Bruce heaps on him.

121 Oh, kids.

122 2012 presidential hopefuls to address annual House Republican retreat (The Hill)
Here are the list of people you must support.  You will pick one from this list (love, RNC and MFM)

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) are among a handful of Republicans set to address House GOP lawmakers at their annual retreat this weekend.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and Texas Gov. Rick Perry also are included on the list of speakers scheduled for the three-day retreat in Baltimore, Md., set to begin Jan. 13.

Gingrich, Barbour and Perry have all been mentioned as a possible 2012 presidential candidates.

Last year, when Democrats were in control of the House, Obama addressed the retreat but, according to a source close to the House GOP Conference, he wasn't invited to do so this year. At last year's retreat, Obama's remarks and subsequent back-and-forth with GOP lawmakers was televised, with most observers agreeing the president won the debate.

123

>> Spammer @ 75

 

deleted (noting here so andy knows you ain't pickin on him)

124

Posted by: momma at January 12, 2011 09:53 AM (penCf)

Never understood why the unions would support illegals when it undercuts American workers.

125 I could see naming a waste treatment plant after Murtha, but that is about it. After all, Dave Barry has one named after him.
 
JugEars already has 7 schools named after him on the last count I saw.

126 Suggested response: "Would I have made this map? Why are you asking me a hypothetical about only this map and not : the demands that the Governor-elect of Florida be put against the wall and shot? Or that the President of the United States refers to political opponents as enemies?"... Posted by: Blue Hen at January 12, 2011 10:01 AM (R2fpr) I can't even begin to express my frustration with the fact that so many GOP politician have been unable to figure out that WHENEVER a member of the MSM asks them a question he/she is trying to paint them as: 1) Stupid 2) Racist 3) Homophobic 4) Hateful 5) "Out Of Touch" and they need to formulate an answer that: A) Reveals the media agenda (as above) and B) MAKES THE QUESTIONER LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT!! These are not nice people, they are not on our side, and THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO HELP US! WHEN will our people GET THAT THROUGH THEIR THICK SKULLS?!! Sorry for the rant, but this is a real pet peeve of mine...

127 I have never seen another man cry as much as Boehner. It's not a good thing.

128 I have never seen another man cry as much as Boehner. It's not a good thing.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2011 10:15 AM (TMB3S)

Is he crying again now?  (I don't watch the 'news')

129 and they need to formulate an answer that: A) Reveals the media agenda (as above) and B) MAKES THE QUESTIONER LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT!!

These are not nice people, they are not on our side, and THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO HELP US!

WHEN will our people GET THAT THROUGH THEIR THICK SKULLS?!!

Sorry for the rant, but this is a real pet peeve of mine...

Posted by: Nighthawk

 

Suggested short form: What would Chris Christie do if some slug presented this deep fried piece of crap to him? Once you have thought of it, add poison quills and return to sender.

130 >>Is he crying again now? Yes. And he's scheduled to cry again at noon, 2 and 6 this evening.

131

First Latina Governor's Historic Inauguration Gets Little National News Coverage

 

The MFM has totally ignored her. You would think the MFM would consider her "historic". I guess historic is reserved for Democrats only.

132 Stay classy, Philly.

133 Love the video of Clinton falling on Air Force One.

Take that Hillary. The Tea Party is everywhere.

134
Yes. And he's scheduled to cry again at noon, 2 and 6 this evening.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 12, 2011 10:19 AM (TMB3S)

I literally LOL'd.

135 China Demands The US Make Statement Promising Its Dollar Assets Will Be Held Safe

Joe Weisenthal | Jan. 12


Obama Hu Jintao ChinaThis headline is getting a little bit of attention this morning: Ahead of a state visit from Hu Jintao, Chinese Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai says his country is looking for some kind of "positive statement" about the safety of US dollar holdings.



Back of the line, Hu.  We were here first...

136 Just what we needed, a crying speaker of the house. Buck up Goddammit! We need a strong speaker, not a hand wringing pussy.

137 I think that Boehner has painted a bright red target on his chest that says "crybaby." As much as I would like for the nation to believe in his sincerity and take his emotions to heart, it is not going to happen. His overly emotional demeanor is now a trademark of the speaker, and television personalities like Jimmy Fallon have taken full advantage of it. In one of his sketches, for example, Fallon portrayed an overly emotional Boehner who could not discuss the "Tron" movie or say his own name without crying. It was hilarious, but things like that make it hard for people who would only see something like Jimmy Fallon to take Boehner seriously.

Mary Chase Breedlove



If Jimmy Fallon is busting your balls, there's no hope for you.

138 56 Re: the Hillary video

Are we really finding entertainment in an old lady tripping?  I don't care who she is or how much I don't like her, that's pretty classless.

Posted by: ef at January 12, 2011 09:20 AM (c7Pp2)

Lighten up sparky, she ain't Mother Theresa.

 

139 Is that fucker crying again?  OMG, he really needs to have his estrogen levels checked.

And Pantywaist dashing off to Arizona for the sole purpose of putting his face in front of the cameras?  I am already in pre-irked mode about this, since the slobber factor will be off the charts and no one will point out that this is the guy who couldn't be bothered going to his own grandmother's funeral.

140 Boehner Shows Emotion in House Remarks on Tucson Violence
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

WASHINGTON — With tears falling and his throat choked with emotion, Representative John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, addressed a barely-filled chamber in the House of Representatives Wednesday, denouncing the violence in Tucson, Ariz., on Saturday that left six people dead and Representative Gabrielle Giffords, Democrat of Arizona, critically wounded.

“These are difficult hours for our country,” Mr. Boehner said, in some of his first official remarks as the new speaker of the House. “Our hearts are broken,” he said later, “but our spirit is not.”

“We feel a litany of unwanted emotions that no resolution could possibly capture,” Mr. Boehner said, sniffling and blowing his nose with a handkerchief. “We know that we gather here without distinction of party, the needs of this institution have always risen above partisanship.”

NYT



You know, we all sad and all that, but I don't recall FDR breaking down sobbing after Pearl Harbor.  Leadership reqiures you to be stronger, to reassure and inspire others.

This Estrogen Republican act ain't helping.

141 Absolutely unreal, this statement made in an article at ABCNEWS:  BOTTOM LINE: Sarah Palin, once again, has found a way to become part of the story.

I don't think she asked for it!?!?!?!  WTF!!

142 You know, we all sad and all that, but I don't recall FDR breaking down sobbing after Pearl Harbor.  Leadership reqiures you to be stronger, to reassure and inspire others.

This Estrogen Republican act ain't helping.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix

 

Alternate headline: "Republican leaders issue statement; appear cold and aloof"

If it ain't there, they make shit up. That's what we've been seeing since that bastard opened fire.

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