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So Dr. Rob Johnson, former Soros employee and millionaire has started a new movement.  From Hotair:

The “Patriotic Millionaires” penned a letter to Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and House Speaker John Boehner, urging them to “increase taxes on incomes over $1,000,000.”

The Millionaires—a group that includes producer and director Doug Liman, actress Edie Falco, the founder of Ask.com, and top Google engineers—wrote that the United States has helped them succeed financially, and they are willing to help the country do the same.

“Our country has been good to us. It provided a foundation through which we could succeed,” the group wrote. “Now, we want to do our part to keep that foundation strong so that others can succeed as we have.”

According to Alison Goldberg of the group Wealth for the Common Good, raising tax rates on millionaires could raise $60 billion to $80 billion a year in revenue

 

So I clicked on the website, and they made a 33 second ad and are asking people to donate money so they can put it on tv.  Somehow the disconnect and schadenfraude seem particularly jarring.  Useful idiots.  They're soliciting donations between 25 bucks and 1000. 

I really hate the left.

3 heh

4 So, burning cities within 3 years?

5 Heh!  So if the scantily clad women had been beating up the hobos in a Jello pit, I think it would have been ok.  Because at least if it was in a jello pit, the hobos could enjoy some nice, tasty jello between rounds.  Because everyone knows that hobos only panhandle to feed themselves. 

I'm sorry but if these men took the 50 dollars to get beat up, they deserve to be beaten up.  If they were truly hungry, they could have gotten a free meal at a rescue mission or a soup kitchen. 

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From the "Shefights" website:

 

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7 The fact of the matter is that we have been on this road for a long time, we were just to busy with our own life to pay attention or didn't care.
We are so far down that road that fixing it may be tricky. We need honest men in government to be able to fix it and honesty seems to be a virtue that we have lost.
We have to keep trying to fix it and not give up, but I would prepare yourself and your family for tough times the best you can.

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Jesse Jackson is being sued before the Chicago Civil Rights Commission for discrimination and harassment against a gay man.

You REALLY need to read this.

http://tinyurl.com/3uxv9oh

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In Cybersspace no one can hear you type.

 

Thank God that can't see me right now either!

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From a story in the sidebar:

A Long Island man shot two burglars, killing one of them, after they broke into his East Islip home,  police said Wednesday.

Three men, one armed with a .22 caliber rifle, forcibly entered the house just after midnight, police said.   One of the men shot the resident's pit bull dog, police said.

That's when the resident, armed with a shotgun, opened fire on the burglars.  One suspect, who has yet to be identified, was pronounced dead at the scene. 

 

That there is a poignant, feel good story.  The dog is going to be ok, and the one burglar is not (he dead) and the second one was wounded.  (Wipes tear from eye.)

11 Not as much news today. Everyone is concentrating on the phony savings in the CR. But there is this:

Ah the subtle lies of the MFM and their asskissing Dem PR machine

The link:

 Left's angst grows over president's 'shift to center'...

 The headline:

 LeftÂ’s angst grows over ObamaÂ’s shift

 Second paragraph

 As Obama prepares Wednesday to outline his deficit reduction strategy, liberals worry heÂ’ll embrace Medicare and Medicaid cuts as an olive branch to Republicans in advance of larger fights over the nationÂ’s debt.

So there is no shift at all as they admit.

The truth:

The only shift to the center that Obama has made is in rhetoric. He is, and always has been, a hard core communist of the social justice variety. There has been no change there.

12 So if the scantily clad women had been beating up the hobos in a Jello pit, I think it would have been ok.  Because at least if it was in a jello pit, the hobos could enjoy some nice, tasty jello between rounds.  Because everyone knows that hobos only panhandle to feed themselves. 

Posted by: runningrn at April 14, 2011 07:10 AM (ihSHD)

You make a compelling arguement.  Though it seems like a waste of jello - better to just have two girls fighting each other in the jello (and maybe kissing...).  Besides - the way girls punch, it couldn't have been too horrible a beating.  Of course, if punches/kicks to the tender region were involved, all bets are off.

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Heh! Heh! Heh!  From Miss Marple's link:

Bennett also claims that he had to escort women to Jackson’s room and “clean up his room after sexual intercourse with women. Mr. Bennett believes he was forced to do these tasks due to his sexual orientation,” adding that he had to escort women to such places as the Sheraton Hotel in New York and the Wynn Hotel and Resort in Las Vegas. Bennett claims that he let Jackson know that he “was uncomfortable cleaning up his hotel rooms, escorting women to his hotel room, being summoned to his hotel room after hours or packing his clothes.”

Things reached an apex later in 2008, when Bennett says he “was summoned to Rev. Jackson’s hotel room” at the Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport Hotel. Bennett claims that he was eventually instructed to apply cream to Jackson, who “had a rash between his legs.” Bennett says that he refused, resulting in Jackson allegedly calling Bennett a “little motherfucker.”

Bennett then states that another time at the same hotel, Jackson summoned him at 1 a.m. to take notes. The complaint states, “When Mr. Bennett arrived, Rev. Jackson was dressed only in his briefs and a v-neck t-shirt.” Bennett alleges Jackson was sexually excited. Asked by Windy City Times how he came to this conclusion, Bennett said, “I could tell by his look. His whole demeanor had changed. His breathing pattern had changed.”

The comments are hysterical!

14 Vic,  a lot of people in this country have never heard that old Victorian admonition:

"Deeds not words."

He has pulled this trick since he first appeared on the national scene.  He says soothing words and then proceeds to do whatever he pleases.  And what he pleases to do is destroy this country.

He isn't stupid,  naive,  or incompetent.  He is very good at what he does. A great many people do not want to believe what he is doing,  and for those on the left who DO know what he's doing,  they make every effort to conceal it with crap like "we are upset because he is moving to the center."

I am buying more canned goods and silver.  Ammo too.

15 Jello wrestling came this close to being in the Constitution.

16 Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has been making the case to his Conference to hold off on threatening a filibuster, which would set a 60-vote threshold for passage, arguing that Republicans could later find it strategically advantageous to allow a debt ceiling increase to pass with a simple majority of Democratic votes, according to several GOP sources with direct knowledge of the discussions.

Rollcall




It is strategically advantageous to raise the debt ceiling now, so the Democrats can raise it unilaterally later.

This we call strategy? Oy...

17 So, burning cities within 3 years?

Posted by: eman: Japanese Babe Rescue Team at April 14, 2011 07:05 AM (dT+/n)

The cities will first riot, then raid the stores with big screen TVs, and then raid the available food stores, and then start burning. 

After a few more days they will then raid the immediate suburbs for food, money, and "entertainment". 

In a few more days everyone in the near vicinity of the cities will be eating stray dogs and cats.

When those are all gone the primary meal will be rats and "long pig". 

That is when the great die-off will begin.

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Posted by: runningrn at April 14, 2011 07:24 AM (ihSHD)

Merciful heavens.  I'd say the man has a case.  The day my boss expects me to salve his groin rash is the day I walk off the job.  Of course, the first signal that it's time to move on is when the boss wants you to clean up his mess from, err... you know.  Yikes.

Of course, the escorting women part wouldn't be a big deal - sounds like an easy gig, and having that kind of insider knowledge can often provide job security.  It's good to know where the bodies are buried, so to speak.

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From CNBC:

 

The world's banks face a $3.6 trillion "wall of maturing debt" in the next two years and must compete with debt-laden governments to secure financing, the IMF warned on Wednesday.

 

We are Dooooooomed!!1111!!

20 My solution to the entire debt thing is to give up,  tell everyone that there is no money,  and everyone has to start over.  We can barter for food and goods for a while until someone figures out a new system.

21

Heh.  You have hidden text on your post!  Something about a warning about adult content!  I went to cut and paste your post and the hidden text showed up when highlighted!

 

D'oh!  This is what happens when you wake up at 3:45 and you have nothing to do!  (Plus I am a complete dolt when it comes to any kind of the even the lamest technical skilz--I can barely copy and paste!)

It's raining really hard here, so glad I'm skipping my 5:30  run.  How are you CDR M?

22 Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has been making the case to his Conference to hold off on threatening a filibuster,.....

We have been bitching about weepy Boner a lot in the last few days, but Bitch McConnell is worse.

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After a few more days they will then raid the immediate suburbs for food, money, and "entertainment". 

Posted by: Vic at April 14, 2011 07:27 AM (M9Ie6)

Heh heh.  Let's hope it goes that well.  I still think that if doom comes it will be more like Soviet Russia - gray misery and subsistence.  But if they do as you describe, they'll be in for a surprise if they try raiding my suburb.  I'm not the only reactionary "gun nut" in the area - not by a long shot.  I think we'll see a lot of those "spontaneous voluntary associations" spring up litterally over night, banding together for active defense. 

However, in the name of peace, I'm willing to tie the local libtards to stakes at the edge of the slums, to serve as a placating food offering to the natives.  It's only reasonable.

24 Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has been making the case to his Conference to hold off on threatening a filibuster,..... We have been bitching about weepy Boner a lot in the last few days, but Bitch McConnell is worse. Posted by: Vic at April 14, 2011 07:32 AM (M9Ie6) Politicians live on another planet. I sense powerful desperation to avoid truth and consequences at all costs. A few are starting to speak the truth. Not many.

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Of course, the escorting women part wouldn't be a big deal - sounds like an easy gig, and having that kind of insider knowledge can often provide job security.  It's good to know where the bodies are buried, so to speak.

 

Maybe he tried to Blackmale (heh! heh!) Rev. Jesse first and that didn't work, so he's doing the old litigation route.  I would think Jesse would want to quietly settle this out of court.  (Especially since it involves allegations of being on the down low).  If it was just about bedding the hookers, I think he'd think that was some kind of embellishment to his street cred.

Mrs. Jackson stays married to him, obviously for the money, IMHO.  If I were her, I certainly wouldn't be sleeping with my husband.  Who knows what kinds of rashes and disease you'd get!

26 My solution to the entire debt thing is to give up,  tell everyone that there is no money,  and everyone has to start over.  We can barter for food and goods for a while until someone figures out a new system.

Posted by: Miss Marple at April 14, 2011 07:31 AM (Fo83G)

Err... no thanks.  Even Weimar Germany figured out a better solution.  Let's not get carried away.

27

Boehner and McConnell star in:

"Teh Gang Who Couldn't Shoot Straight"

 

I'm starting to hate them now too. 

28 Acquire a skill required by the wealthy.

29 I still think that if doom comes it will be more like Soviet Russia - gray misery and subsistence.

That will be after the great die-off.

Also, keep in mind that the immediate suburbs surrounding the real big cities are as "blue" as the inner city itself and in the Northern States most of them will have no guns.

Those will be the first "long pig".

30

Not bad.  Getting ready to head out with my daughter and play chaperone for a field trip to a petting zoo.  Gorgeous day here.  Clear with temps forecast into the 60's.

 

Awesome!  You are such a good dad!  Have fun with the kids and the animals!

31 Even Weimar Germany figured out a better solution.

Hitler?

32

So I clicked on the website, and they made a 33 second ad and are asking people to donate money so they can put it on tv.  Somehow the disconnect and schadenfraude seem particularly jarring.  Useful idiots.  They're soliciting donations between 25 bucks and 1000. 

Posted by: runningrn at April 14, 2011 07:04 AM (ihSHD)

 

Thank you!  The left is always so generous with other people's money.

33 Vic,  I think a lot of people are aware of the danger which you describe.

I remember the earthquake out in California back in the 90's.  Maxine Waters was on TV with constituents who were completely bewildered as to what to do.  They kept asking her, "How will I get my check?"  They had no idea how to do without disposable diapers.  I have never forgotten it,  because it was one of the saddest examples of what the welfare state has done to people.

Many of these people will be the first victims within their own neighborhoods. 

I hope that there are enough people in authority (police,  for example) that there is some sort of contingency plan.  Because if there are not food kitchens and such,  a lot of people are going to die.

34 Hey I'm a Republican RINO, capitulating in advance to my Democrat friends across the aisle is what I do, even when presented with a once in a lifetime opportunity to stand up and act on principles.

My friends Eric and John and I are having a party, but we aren't going to be serving tea.

Boy am I glad I can't be primaried next time out.

35

I tried to explain to my wife last night why I was so mad. 

The numbers literally put her to sleep.

Nobody's gonna "get" what Boehner did.

36 Ugh, Michelle Malkin's cousin Marizela is still missing.  She's been gone since March 5.  The family has hired a K-nine unit to look for her in Seattle parks.  I really have a bad feeling about all of this.  So sad.

37 Let's see: The US gov't (3+ million employees) managed to cut costs by $300+ million from 2010-2011 Ford (164k employees) managed to cut costs by $1.7 BILLION from 2008-2009, thus staving off bankruptcy Good fucking job, US Government. One company managed to cut several times the cost of the entire federal apparatus. The US government's expenditures are almost as big as China's whole economy, yet they managed to cut less that 1% of the cost of the GM bailout. Good grief!

38 I hope that there are enough people in authority (police,  for example) that there is some sort of contingency plan.

Keep in mind that in most of these big cities the police are the first to get cut to save money. When the riots start there will not be enough police to raise a pimple on the riot's butt. The smart ones will recognize what is happening and pack their shit and leave for the hills as fast as they can go.

I remember the riots in the 60s. In the end they had to call in the national guard to put down the riots so that the fires could be put out.

39 Jack Crabb: Do you hate them? Do you hate the RINOs now?
Old Lodge Skins: Do you see this spending proposal? Do you admire the humanity of it? Because the Tea Party, my son, they believe everyone is free and the money belongs to the people.... But the politicians and bureaucrats,  they believe EVERYTHING is theirs. Stone, earth, animals. And people! Even their own people! If things keep trying to live, bureaucrats will rub them out. That is the difference.

40

  The dog is going to be ok, and the one burglar is not (he dead) and the second one was wounded.  (Wipes tear from eye.)

Posted by: runningrn at April 14, 2011 07:19 AM (ihSHD)

If the healthcare opportunities dry up n your area, you might consider writing children's crime novels. You have a simple yet unique style that would hold the chilluns butterfly-like attention.

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Even Weimar Germany figured out a better solution.

Hitler?

 

Wheelbarrows!

1.  Adopt ruinous financial policies and regulations.

2.  Increase debt, inflation and joblessness

3.  Wheelbarrows

4.  Profit!!!1111!!

42 Did I mention that I am I find the Republican leadership disappointing? How much to watch scantily clad girls beat up Boehner and McConnell?

43 In exile,  that is a good way to explain this to people who are number illiterate.

44

If the healthcare opportunities dry up n your area, you might consider writing children's crime novels. You have a simple yet unique style that would hold the chilluns butterfly-like attention.

 

LOL!  Children's crime novels--heh! 

I really did want to be an English major, though.  (Either that or history, but my dad wouldn't let me!) 

45 Craptastic sock!

46 Posted by: In Exile at April 14, 2011 07:45 AM (NEw45)
Yes but Ford is run by those evil rich capitalists pigs that exist only to exploit the worker.  The gummint is funded by caring generous taxpayers with funding that is administered by bureaucrats that can't find jobs in the private sector (until they retire then they double dip using their previous gummint credentials) . 

47
46....How much to watch scantily clad girls beat up Boehner and McConnell?

I think some of the Moronettes here would do it for free, and totally naked.

48

How much to watch scantily clad girls beat up Boehner and McConnell?

 

Throw the bums out--into a jello pit!

49 In exile??  I tried to explain to her that we owe about 100T, which is like one dollar a second for 3200 years.  I think that's when she started snoring.

50 Vic,  I remember those riots as well.

The thing is,  in the 1960's they were (dare I say it) unprecedented.

Now,  anyone who has watched an NBA victory "celebration" knows what's likely to happen.  Smart governors and mayors will have plans.  Stupid ones will not,  and those cities will implode.

This is why I am glad I live in Indiana,  and not Illinois.

51

I think some of the Moronettes here would do it for free, and totally naked.

 

I'd prefer to wear a bra and panties, please.

52

So I clicked on the website, and they made a 33 second ad and are asking people to donate money so they can put it on tv.  Somehow the disconnect and schadenfraude seem particularly jarring.  Useful idiots.  They're soliciting donations between 25 bucks and 1000. 

Posted by: runningrn at April 14, 2011 07:04 AM (ihSHD)

"Raise our taxes, but don't expect us to actually pay them.  Or pay for the ad."  That's not useful idiotism, that's just plain idiotic of the non-useful variety.

53 We will find out today how everyone votes on the "deal". My congressman, and his three freshman partners, have all said they intend to vote no.

Remember, a "no vote" is a vote for shutdown.

54 Scantily Cad it is!

55 The Senate will conduct data mining of the Internet to identify potential threats against lawmakers, as well as offer Secret Service-led security training sessions for congressional staff.

“After the shooting of Congresswoman Giffords, [the] media did a very good job of saying, 'They found this, they found this, they found this,'” Senate Sergeant at Arms Terry Gainer said. “I and others have been saying, ‘Are we missing something that would be a pointer as to people who are in need of intervention?’”

He said his office will issue a contract by July to perform data mining of the Internet and social networking sites in an effort to identify and assess threats before they become an issue.

The data mining will be driven by keywords, including lawmakersÂ’ names, and also by threatening terms such as "kill," "slash" and "shoot." Asked at what point comments would require further attention, Gainer said it would be depend on the situation.

“It is not illegal to say, ‘I wish he was dead.’ It’s not illegal to say, per se, ‘I wish someone would put a bullet through his head,’” he said. But “we do have ongoing threats against members, so I might say, ‘OK, if there’s a couple of threats against this member and the member’s going to go a particular area and have a large public forum on a controversial subject, maybe I’ll data mine that and see who’s saying what.'”

Flagged comments would then be assessed by forensic psychologists or experienced staff to determine if intervention is required.

“I can knock on the door and the person could say, ‘I don’t want to talk to you,’ or wherever it might lead in a normal police conversation. But I believe our obligation is to try to connect the dots … before something happens rather than after it happens,” Gainer said.

TheHill



Next moron meet-up at the Magnitogorsk Gulag Applebee's...

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Acquire a skill required by the wealthy.

 

We will be the USSA.  The only wealthy will be those cronied/connected to the gubamint. 

57 Truman North,  you need to get diagrams and pictures (like the one with skids of money).

I showed my daughter the pie diagram which shows the cuts as an almost invisible hair on a beachball.  That got her attention.

Then I emailed her the "What will happen if the US goes bankrupt" article which described things like Vic is talking about.

I run a re-education camp here,  trying to deprogram 4 years of art school politics and liberal friends opinions.

58

"Raise our taxes, but don't expect us to actually pay them.  Or pay for the ad."  That's not useful idiotism, that's just plain idiotic of the non-useful variety.

Posted by: Tom In Korea at April 14, 2011 07:50 AM (ZV0gR)

Ah, but we need our money to stoke our artistic muses. 

You proles don't have anything better to do than watch Charley Sheen's show (in reruns), so why shouldn't you step up and be a patriot and contribute all your money to the givernment?

59 The thing is,  in the 1960's they were (dare I say it) unprecedented.

Keep in mind that in the early to late 60s when these were ongoing the "Great Society" had not yet taken hold and they were not used to "free government cheese" yet.

Their primary occupation at that time was still dealing drugs for the males and prostitution for the females. Now the primary occupation is dealing drugs, using drugs, and having babies to collect payments.

60

In a month or so things may have everyone's attention off the budget.

And if the future is so grim, what with the massive die offs, riots, and cannabilism -- well, why are you not taking to the streets and really starting your revolt?  Or why don't you take some steps to head that dystopic possibility off (and share your ideas with others, so maybe somebody else doesn't cave into the dystopic visions or whatever).

This all may be in jest, but sometimes I think some of you half mean it...well, quit.  You solve nothing and maybe you actually make things worse for yourselves.

61 Jesse can just pay the guy off out of PUSH petty cash.  I mean, that's what it's there for, right?

That fucking 'charity' needs an audit.  Or the O'Keefe treatment.

62 Posted by: unknown jane at April 14, 2011 07:56 AM (5/yRG)

Two words:  Gallows Humor.

63 Posted by: unknown jane at April 14, 2011 07:56 AM (5/yRG)

I have "taken steps".

64 PA state Rep. Margo Davidson, D-Delco demonstrates the new civility once again during a floor debate over implementing the Castle Doctrine:
 
In rendering scenarios in which the new law might excuse the killing of a person perceived as a threat, Davidson stood on the House floor and asked a question that included a reference to the chamber's most conservative member and maybe strongest pro-gun advocate, Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, R-Butler County.

"If the gentleman from Butler County stood yelling, knowing that he's a gun-toter, and I felt threatened, would I be protected under court law if I blew his brains out?"

Amid audible gasps, she then giggled.
 
Cute, huh.

65 BTW, I also do not live near any large urban area. The closest town with a population of over 30K (my standard) is over 30 miles away.

66 well, why are you not taking to the streets and really starting your revolt?

Because most conservative folks have a sliver of self-enforced morality and reject the use of force to achieve political goals.

67

Jesse can just pay the guy off out of PUSH petty cash.  I mean, that's what it's there for, right?

 

Jesse and family live pretty high off the hog.  I'm thinking that the PUSH funds are probably pretty depleted.  In this economy, industry can't fork over the big wads of cash he was able to get in previous shakedowns. 

Unfortunately, for Jesse, he might have to go get an actual job.  Maybe he could do some kind of endorsement for a rash cream. 

"I had an itchy, burning rash..."

68 unknown jane,  I have called,  written, complained, spoken to neighbors,  donated to campaigns, spoken to total strangers, posted things on Facebook and Twitter, and done just about everything a 62-year old woman can do without access to the high and mighty.

I am also stocking up on food, buying silver at auctions when I can get it cheap (and hoarding it) and am generally doing everything I can to protect my grandchildren.

So excuse me if Vic and I sound a little pessimistic.  No one is listening,  and the media is all in happy land about Obama. 

69

I really hate the left.

Posted by: runningrn at April 14, 2011 07:04 AM (ihSHD)

They will never understand that it is a spending problem not a taxation problem.

 

70

I'd prefer to wear a bra and panties, please.

Ugh.  Buzz kill

I hear Jello clings well.  Could that be a substitute?

71

“Excessively inaccurate.”  This is a good takedown, imo.  But I just wish that instead of coming up with nice ways to call a spade a spade with ruffles that someone would spend this much time excoriating the president for being lying freaking liar that he is. 

HotAir

72

So excuse me if Vic and I sound a little pessimistic.  No one is listening,  and the media is all in happy land about Obama. 

Posted by: Miss Marple at April 14, 2011 08:04 AM (Fo83G)

A glimmer of hope...some at the WSJ get it.

http://tinyurl.com/3p7b3ej

 

73 So I clicked on the website, and they made a 33 second ad and are asking people to donate money so they can put it on tv. Somehow the disconnect and schadenfraude seem particularly jarring. Useful idiots. They're soliciting donations between 25 bucks and 1000. So they blew their budget on the website and the ad.. *** Call me a Glenn Beck or something but a gut feeling it's a little bit coordinated with the "pay the fair share speech" from yesterday..

74 dananjcon,  I read that yesterday.

I could have sworn that yesterday the headline read "The Presidential Destroyer" rather than "The Presidential Divider."

I am going to go check.

75 Now this is the kind of thing that keeps me up at night:

WikiLeaks: Syria aimed chemical weapons at Israel

76 from Fox News:
 
Japan's Nuclear Safety Agency was set Thursday to view safety measures at nuclear plants across the country, as a report revealed that more than 100 designated evacuation centers were destroyed by the March 11 tsunami triggered by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake.

Following the tremor, countless residents sought refuge in evacuation sites designated safe by local government authorities, but were swept to their deaths, Kyodo News reported.
 
Put your trust in government. What could go wrong?

77

Call me a Glenn Beck or something but a gut feeling it's a little bit coordinated with the "pay the fair share speech" from yesterday..

 

Oh, totally!  Nothing these people do isn't calculated and coordinated.  I like how they are soliciting smaller donations to tap into that populist rage--I think that's where they think the bulk of the donations will come from too, certainly not from their own pockets. 

78 dananjcon,  The WSJ changed the title.

Yesterday I posted that on another site and the title then was "The Presidential Destroyer."

I wonder what or who made them change the title?

79 69 Vic,

yup.....I live 13 miles south of Indy metro....

I would be leaving to get to rural Louisiana or Ohio the minute I saw the end on the tube.

The end is near by the way.....

this "tax me I am a guilty millionaire" thing is funny....

you could tax according to the IRS in 2008 everyone making 100,000 or more and get....

about 1.6 trillion.

http://tinyurl.com/3p7b3ej

the scavengers are gonna get their way and burn the whole system down.

80 Posted by: Dave C at April 14, 2011 08:12 AM (CbAFk)
Ever notice that the libs will never define what fair is, but they maintain that whatever we have now (with about 50% of the population on the dole receiving free money forcibly taken from the other 50%) is unfair.
Hannity (whom I don't usually watch) called Faux News liberal mistake Juan W on this and said he (Sean) was paying about 55% of his net in taxes, and asked if that were fair.  Juan's brilliant answer was an Obama iike "Maybe you should move out of Nassau County!"

81 Hey sven10077,  you can't be too far from me!

Small world, etc.

I am heading for Appalachia,  myself,  should things fail.

82

Hillary Freaking Clinton.  A little over two years ago she was the smartest woman in the world.  Now what is she?  The crap that she has had to justify under this administration - shit.  She's a joke.  I even hear people on the right try to buoy her up.  Bullshit.  She's a ghost and not even a scary one.

Hillary "Goofy Ghost" Clinton. 

When this is over, she'll be a stain of a footnote having been an incompetent accomplice to taking this country down.

83 Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at April 14, 2011 08:20 AM (jx2j9)

Did you ever think that any Clinton had the best interests of this country at heart?

84 86 Miss marple,

well I have people in louisiana and they have two and a half farms....

I don't have a lot of skills besides some infantry training and some hazmat skills, but they know I work my ass off and can shoot....

it'll all work out in the end.

85

Even Weimar Germany figured out a better solution.

Hitler?

-------

 Wheelbarrows!

Posted by: Barry, Ben and Timmy at April 14, 2011 07:46 AM (ihSHD)

Hyperinflation did not skip instantly to Hitler.  And no, he's not the solution I'm talking about.  Once the inflation got silly they ended up having to do what was basically a currency swap.  A bunch of old marks for 1 new mark.  This, of course, was accompanied by changes to fiscal policy, etc.  I'm just saying let's not scrap the idea of using currency because we have a near-term political problem.  The massive deflationary forces at work during the great recession made possible a significant amount of "money printing" because there was a lot of excess capacity for the government to use, and because people were (and are) desperate to hoard dollars to drive their personal net worth up, either to compensate for losses, or to prepare for hard times to come.  If it weren't for increasing demand for, and falling supplies of, oil and food, inflation would still be negligible. 

The Germans had hyperinflation because their debt to the Allies was denominated in gold, and there wasn't enough gold to pay.  Thus, they had to buy up all the gold they could, using currency.  That created a spiraling devaluation. 

Happily we're not so stupid as to denominate our debt in anything other than dollars.  Deficits that are too large will cause inflation, maybe even unhappy levels of it, but it need not be the death spiral that Weimar and Zimbabwe had.

 

86 78 dananjcon,  I read that yesterday.

I could have sworn that yesterday the headline read "The Presidential Destroyer" rather than "The Presidential Divider."

I am going to go check.

Posted by: Miss Marple at April 14, 2011 08:13 AM (Fo83G)

Well with the revelations in post 59 we'll all have to be very mindfull of what we say!

As the great philosopher Butthead always said..."This sucks, Beavis."     

87 This is why I am glad I live in Indiana,  and not Illinois." The Illinois hoards, esp from Chi & environs could be frightening. We're thinking about moving over the river to Iowa, so that we have a natural boundary between. Choke points on the bridges, good views from the river bluffs eastward.

88 Both Bill and Hillary had their own best interest to guide everything they ever did.  I can almost respect that.  They wanted to be "historical figures".  Now she'll be infamous.  I hope this goes through her mind every day. 

89 I am heading for Appalachia,  myself,  should things fail.

Posted by: Miss Marple at April 14, 2011 08:18 AM (Fo83G)

Yikes.  You're a survivor, that's for sure.

I lived in Appalachia for a year.  I'd rather just let the mob kill and eat me than go back there.

90 92 Lizbth,

I am guessing that you need to be at least 75 miles from cities of over 100,000 to be 'safe' enough to shelter in place.....

the scavenger hordes will probably spend a month devouring the cities like locust then they will use cars and vans to start moving out....

farmers will need garrison forces to safeguard their food generation.....

get some EMT training, learn to reload ammo and there'll be a place for you somewhere.

91

I don't have a lot of skills besides some infantry training and some hazmat skills, but they know I work my ass off and can shoot....

it'll all work out in the end.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 14, 2011 08:22 AM (kq1lG)

Dude.  That's plenty.  Cavemen learned to live off the land after all.

92 Posted by: dananjcon at April 14, 2011 08:09 AM (pr+up)
 
That WSJ article brings up one of his phantom savings of 'cutting fraud and abuse'. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't OCare include $500 billion in savings as part of the CBO scoring process?
 
OCare has been in effect for well over a year now, and projected savings of $50 billion per year were promised in reduced fraud/abuse. So why aren't the DC Dems showing us all these savings? It should be about $60-70 billion by now in reduced Medicare/Medicaid spending.
 
Just more smoke and mirrors and they are even counting the mirrors twice.

93

So excuse me if Vic and I sound a little pessimistic.""

Anyone who is NOT pessimistic, short-term, is living in a dream world.

94 FAP**FAP**FAP**FAP**

95 hi runningrn, can i ask you a running question? i love my aasics, but someone sent me this book excerpt, is it totally nuts or does it have a point?

"Running shoes may be the most destructive force to ever hit the human foot. ... Consider these words by Dr. Daniel Lieberman, a professor of biological anthropology at Harvard University: 'A lot of foot and knee injuries that are currently plaguing us are actually caused by people running with shoes that actually make our feet weak, cause us to over-pronate, give us knee problems. Until 1972, when the modem athletic shoe was invented by Nike, people
ran in very thin-soled shoes, had strong feet, and had much lower incidence of knee injuries.' ..."

it goes on from there but that's the gist of it

96 Hey no worries. Another day another win for me. And Gabe's still got my back. Right Gabe-o? Gabe? Hello?

97 A text message from my sister arrived overnight. It appears the middle one of we three brothers is getting let go from his job as a (life) insurance underwriter. Second time this has happened in about a dozen years. Not good at all: he's in his mid-50s with two daughters, aged 13 and 16. My youngest brother works in sales for a manufacturer of windows and doors and has been working at reduced salary for over two years now.

Meanwhile, those lying, conniving sacks o' shit in Congress haven't got the stones to cut squat while the country goes down the fiscal toilet and a dishonest-to-the-core President (double)speaks of "reducing spending in the tax code." I loathe every last one of those thieving, spineless bastards.

98 Sven: that's the other thing we're thinking, guards/lookouts for our farmer friends. There are some mighty nice calves and cows right across the road from us. Stand guard for meat. Hell yeah. Lots of weaponry out here in the hinterlands, let me tell you. But not much man-power to guard all the food wealth.

99 98 Gnubreed,

when history looks back on the early 21st century they will see codified theft, and corruption on a scale that will make prohibition a footnote.

there literally is not enough wealth in the United States to fund Ogabeworld.....

the perverse thing is there may well be if we were still in the business of resource exploitation but the malthusian death cult known informally as the Sierra Club wing of the democrat party so desires a self-fufilling prophecy on energy and wealth that you will be thrown in jail for mining your own coal even if you own the land.....

after the implosion anyone who denies another man the right to earn a living that is not theft needs to be hung.

100

I wouldnÂ’t exactly call it glowing praise.

WSJ via Drudge

101 Both Bill and Hillary had their own best interest to guide everything they ever did.  I can almost respect that.  They wanted to be rich "historical figures".  Now she'll be infamous.  I hope this goes through her mind every day. 

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at April 14, 2011 08:24 AM (jx2j9)

Agree with a minor tweak.

Ruthless ambition is a character trait that can be understood, but not necessarily appreciated.

102 "LI man kills one armed burglar, wounds another." 

Heh.  I initially misread this and thought we had a story straight out of "The Fugitive."

103 Of course, Shrillary was always an idiot.  I don't know how she got a reputation for anything else .... Maybe the same way she got a reputation for supporting Israel when she was busy tonguing Suha Arafat while the terrorist Yasser was the most frequent guest at her shithead husband's White House.

Posted by: iknowtheleft at April 14, 2011 08:26 AM (G/MYk)

Muffer Stalin-Rodham and her red-nosed predator husband are the reason we have the Indonesian Imbecile in office.  Those two grifters got us used to the concept of having anti-American human garbage occupying the White House and GWB's witless excuse for a RINO father doesn't help matters by going on world tours with Clenis, cluelessly trying to "do good" while bent Willy tries to snag some local cooch.

104 412,000 jobless claims were filed last week and increase of 28,000

105 17 Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has been making the case to his Conference to hold off on threatening a filibuster, which would set a 60-vote threshold for passage, arguing that Republicans could later find it strategically advantageous to allow a debt ceiling increase to pass with a simple majority of Democratic votes, according to several GOP sources with direct knowledge of the discussions. Damn, that's good, that's really really good. Pardon me, I'm getting a little verklempt. Snif snif

106 Hey now I live in the coal fields of WV and while some of the people here are down right scary looking ,they also know the trick to staying alive with little or nothing so it's a trade off.

107 104 Lizbeth,

it won't be pretty....

I am thinking we need a moron nation code....

something like an ace of spades card and dollar bill in the hatband or something....

essentially the best case scenario the US can face is a retraction of the welfare state which will lead to mild riots and general seething discontent from the scavengers....

the worst case is the PotUS turning WMD on the parts of the nation he is pissed at....

I dunno which is more likely and I can only wargame survival to a certain point for the family....

anyone who thinks that the scavengers and their enablers will not be twelve times more ruthless with us than they ever let us get with AQ are fools.

108 Their on votes on the budget today right?  What are the odds that some of the freshman Congresscritters have the stones and enough votes to keep it from passing?

109 Posted by: Hrothgar at April 14, 2011 08:18 AM (Qp5Ml) I've found that when a liberal says, "Fair", they really mean anyone making more than them.

110 Their on = There are   (geesch)

111 Ok, a very unnerved Steve Liesman, CNBC just conceded to Joe Kernen, that everything he's been saying about the speech is true.  And Joe's response is "we're getting no where, this is what elections are for".

112

#110

412,000 jobless claims were filed last week and increase of 28,000

Was it unexpected?

113 Hey now I live in the coal fields of WV and while some of the people here are down right scary looking ,they also know the trick to staying alive with little or nothing so it's a trade off.

Posted by: TEE866 at April 14, 2011 08:35 AM (EZDve)

You're probably in a better area than I was.  I lived just outside of Hazard Kentucky in a place called Viper.  I distinctly remember a very thin phone book, with pages and pages of the same last name.

114

I'm still waiting for the link to a photograph of runningrn in something revealing.

So I can know what I would pay for, if I had to pay for it.

115 anyone who thinks that the scavengers and their enablers will not be twelve times more ruthless with us than they ever let us get with AQ are fools.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 14, 2011 08:36 AM (kq1lG)

Too true!  Should the time ever come, ruthlessness would be the best policy for our side. 

116 anyone who thinks that the scavengers and their enablers will not be twelve times more ruthless with us than they ever let us get with AQ are fools.

Posted by: sven10077 at April 14, 2011 08:36 AM (kq1lG)

Rational people cannot understand the mentality of true psychopaths, because rational people just cannot think like that.  This puts rational people at a severe disadvantage, hopefully not for long.

Remember the Watts riots.  How much democracy in action did you approve of there? If the sh*t hits the fan in the US, and the next generation of rioters appears (after a generation or two on serious givernment welfare), do you think we will be having calm discussions about the best allocation of limited resources?

The correct discussion for now is whether 00 buckshot or slugs are best for home defense!

117 Reactionary,  I am from generations of survivors.  My ancestors left Scotland after Culloden and settled in the Appalachian hills,  moving north in the late 19th century.  The other side of the family came from France and settled in Corydon,  which is pretty much Appalachia with lace curtains.

Best to be around people who know how to hut and grow things,  and still have a Christian ethic.

118

New claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, bouncing back above the key 400,000 level, while core producer prices clumbed faster than expected in March, government reports showed on Thursday.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 27,000 to a seasonally adjusted 412,000, the Labor Department said.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims slipping to 380,000.

The prior weeks figure was revised up to 385,000 from the previously reported 382,000.

 

Oh my how can all of this be happening during the Obozo economic golden age?

119 2

So Dr. Rob Johnson, former Soros employee and millionaire has started a new movement. From Hotair:

The “Patriotic Millionaires” penned a letter to Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and House Speaker John Boehner, urging them to “increase taxes on incomes over $1,000,000.”

Why use a middle man ? Just donate directly to the government ...

Gifts to the United States
U.S. Department of the Treasury
Credit Accounting Branch
3700 East-West Highway, Room 622D
Hyattsville, MD 20782

It's for the Children ... although I've never seen any kids with checks

120 I've found that when a liberal says, "Fair", they really mean anyone making more than them.

Posted by: Dave C at April 14, 2011 08:38 AM (CbAFk) 

That's where they start.  And anyone making $100 more than they do is an evil rich person.   Makes you appreciate the term "lowest common denominator).

121 Just think about Ace and poor old Curious. They live in "the city" (that is what everyone in upstate NY used to call NYC when I lived there in the early 70s)

When the collapse starts millions of escapees will have to go across a few bridges and tunnels at once.

Not going to be pretty.

122

Hey, I've  missed the past couple of days over here at the HQ.  Are there still a significant number of People In The Know™ that are advising us to sit tight, unwad our panties, and observe the political masters in the Republican party play The Long Game™?

If these people are still around, do they honestly believe that bullshit?

123 How many, to the nearest 10,000, do you think they overlooked?

124

April 14 (Bloomberg) -- Les Coney, an executive vice president at Chicago-based Mesirow Financial, will take a seat at two of three hometown events Barack Obama is scheduled to headline today as the president kicks off fundraising for a re- election bid that might cost as much as $1 billion.

“I see more energy from the CEO community and the business-leader community than I have ever seen,” said John Rogers, 53, chairman of Chicago-based Ariel Investments LLC and someone who raised more than $500,000 for Obama’s 2008 campaign. “The support here is really, really deep.”

Ariel, which provided Obama with office space the first three days after his election, employs another Obama friend and fundraiser, Mellody Hobson. She’s the company’s president, a personal finance contributor on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and filmmaker George Lucas’s girlfriend.

 

Ah yes, the Democrat Party the party of the "working people" and not those corporate fat cats. Oh and joy for people in Chicago today because Odouchebag is coming in at 5pm and will have the Kennedy expressway shut down. Good thing there is so little traffic at that time./sarc

125

I've found that when a liberal says, "Fair", they really mean anyone making more than them.

Posted by: Dave C at April 14, 2011 08:38 AM (CbAFk) 

 

When libturds say fair they mean everyone BUT them

126 Reactionary, Hrothgar

I am not thinking "democracy in action" will be the proper response to the new Mugabe Horde

and I am drifting to the darker corners of my nature that Ace personally warned me of.

I hope we walk away from the brink, I think cooler heads will prevail.....

I fear mad max will be looked on as 'the good old days" if we keep on this path

127

Oh....this is special.

“Our current tax system perpetuates inequality,” states Elspeth Gilmore. “Wealthy people can really change that narrative.”

Gilmore is the co-director of Resource Generation, a national nonprofit organization that supports and challenges young, progressive people with wealth to leverage their privilege and resources for social change.

Wait a second, these rich folks formed at tax exempt corporation (“nonprofit organization” to use the lefty term) to protest the fact that rich people can evade taxes?

A tax exempt organization, formed to protest the fact that rich people should be paying more taxes.

I tell ya, you can't make this stuff up.

128 Bush Sr. was the jerkoff who was responsible for empowering the UN as a reaction to the fall of the USSR (WTF?) in an attempt to push that insane Bush family love of globalism

Preaching to the congregation, my man.  The perfidy of the witless cocksucker was illustrated in the excellent Revolution 1989:  The Fall of the Soviet Empire by Victor Sebestyen where he accurately points out how he, and his bed of quislings, confused the people yearning for freedom in Eastern Europe by urging them to "proceed cautiously" after they had the bit in their mouths and were running with it having been given the green light by Ronnie.  Another worthless Repuke brought on to "balance the ticket" by the fucking squishes like Rove who hated Reagan.

129 >>Why use a middle man ? Just donate directly to the government A vivid example of the hypocrisy of liberals from deep in the heart of moonbat land. They aren't interested in giving their money, they are interested in giving your money. http://tinyurl.com/424qfye

130 Monty doom is up

131 Posted by: Truman North at April 14, 2011 08:50 AM (8ay4x)

But are they dead-dead?

132

About fucking time:  World's first 3D porn film

133 LOL, "Resource Generation"

Look at their "partners", a bunch of socialist Soros groups.

134

Hoooooeeee, ya'all. Them Spanish Moosedicks are 'similattin' just like we knew they would.

135 I'm conflicted;

Should I order my new flying car equipped with a standard hyperdrive, or an automatic warpdrive?

136 39 I tried to explain to my wife last night why I was so mad. 

The numbers literally put her to sleep.

Nobody's gonna "get" what Boehner did.

From what I read at Roll Call, Rogers cut $39.9B in obligations but the deficit is only being reduced by $352M this year. So he failed to pick programs that actually were affected this fiscal year.

137 Government accounting is just something else.

138 According to The Hill, Governor Walker is in DC today to testify before Issa's Oversight Comm. about his struggle against unions.

Also, today's House schedule is still a bit confusing as to order but the GOP 2012 budget is coming to a vote later today. The alternative budget's will also be presented during these 4hrs and the Budget Comm. controls 3 of those 4 hrs.

139 Hey, (from ONT) Johnny Clem is my hometown hero.  Too bad they never spent time on him in school.

My classmates could have used the lesson.

140 Government accounting is just something else.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 14, 2011 09:08 AM (uVLrI)

Sort of oxymoronic: the phrases Military Intelligence and Jumbo Shrimp also come to mind, except neither of those is criminal.

141 Politico is running a story about Rep. Jim Jordan, head of the Republican Study Committee. The RSC is essentially the conservative caucus inside Congress, with a mix of fiscal and social conservative members. Jordan is offering his alternative budget before the House today, so look for a majority of his members to vote for it. The measure won't pass, as they never do, but that's part of the point.

Anyway, if there is going to be a take-over of the leadership from the inside, it always was going to be Jordan leading it and I'm wondering if this piece is a warning shot. I have my misgivings about him because he is so dedicated to causing trouble (among other things) but if he actually has a plan, then maybe it's doable. Maybe.

142 William Kristol tells you to shut your damned mouth:

Even if the savings from the CR are a "pittance," and the deal is "shot through with gimmicks and one-time savings;" even if it's "a dog’s breakfast of budgetary legerdemain" that was "oversold and dependent on classic Washington budget trickery" and that embodies “business as usual"--even so, NR is wrong, I think, to conclude, "We’d vote 'no,' even if we understand the impulse to move on to more important matters and to avoid a leap into the dark that might include a politically damaging shutdown."

IÂ’d vote yes.
...

So don't let the CR make a difference. Pass it. Don't risk a shutdown for a trifle. Forget about sniping at John Boehner. Help defeat Barack Obama in the major struggle that's now been joined on the budget--and the future. Focus on Obama's unbelievable irresponsibility, not Boehner's alleged negotiating deficiencies. Figure out what big things (Medicaid reform?) can be added to the upcoming debt limit vote. Educate the public so as to improve the current only slightly better than even split in public opinion on the GOP budget.

Conservatives who seek to govern this country will have a better chance of success if we behave as adults working towards victory in an important cause, rather than reveling in our incorruptible purity over on stage right, while neglecting whatÂ’s happening at center stage.


My response: Eat Me. Sideways.

143 141 Monty doom is up
Posted by: Vic at April 14, 2011 08:52 AM (M9Ie6)

Yeah, that'll be a nice change of pace, cuz this has been all sunshine and lollipops.

_{...he says while stacking ammo...}

144 154 I should add I'll honestly be shocked if Rep. Ryan (an RSC member) doesn't vote for the RSC budget. My recollection is that it would be the first time.

145 Behar Says Poor Whites & Blacks Are “Oppressed by the Right Wing”

On Tuesday’s Joy Behar Show on HLN, host Behar claimed that “poor white people, poor black people are the ones who are oppressed by the right wing in this country,” during a discussion of a poll finding that 42 percent of Americans believe the American Civil War was fought over states rights instead of slavery.

Panel member and comedian Baratunde Thurston had just cited the Mississippi state secession charter as evidence that slavery really was the primary cause of the war, and then suggested that the Republican Party oppresses the poor in modern times. Thurston:

These were rich Southern men who not only oppressed black people, they oppressed poor white people who made up most of the population. And so the idea that weÂ’re empowering the people represented today want to go back to this time where they were more oppressed is a perfect representation of the Republican Party agenda today.

Behar responded:

ItÂ’s ironic, though, because poor white people, poor black people are the ones who are oppressed by the right wing in this country, but they donÂ’t seem to get that. They vote against their own interests all the time.

146 The Weekly Standard is reporting that outlays are being reduced by $8.2B this yr with the budget deal from Hell.

$39.9B in spending authority reductions
$8.2B in outlay reductions
$352M in FY '11 deficit reductions

See, this is where everyone gets a headache, is the differences between all those things + the low amount of deficit reductions for this fiscal year. Even if that money is completely gone and more of the obligation reductions won't appear til later due to the fiscal yr being finished in 5.5mos, it still looks bad.

147 Sort of oxymoronic: the phrases Military Intelligence and Jumbo Shrimp also come to mind, except neither of those is criminal.
You left out "liberal intellectual".

And don't ask me how I know, but there have been plenty of 3-d porn flicks even going back to the '70s. Unless none of those were shown on the big screen (e.g. all video) it would appear the Hong Kong claim is untrue.

148 Great, another fire weather watch for Houston. Does it ever rain here?

149 Another example of the media actively supporting the Administration.  Wonder if they mention that BO refused to pay the troops in the event of a gov't shut down?

Patriotic Parade

150 First 3D porn? Hardly. I saw Emanuelle in 3D at the Blue Mouse in Salt Lake City way back in the '80s. Red/Blue glasses, which was odd in the traffic scenes when brake lights came on (only one eye saw the brake lights).

151 Thousands rally at Cal State campuses against higher education cuts

Cal State is set to lose $500 million in state funding, and annual tuition will increase by 10% in the fall.

At Cal State Long Beach, several hundred students and faculty gathered in front of the student union, where they joined a gospel choir to sing civil rights songs, including "We Shall Overcome."

Donald Bessom, a political science graduate student, energized the crowd with a message to Cal State administrators and state legislators. "The harder you hit us, the louder we get," Bessom said, as the crowd cheered.

152
When the collapse starts millions of escapees will have to go across a few bridges and tunnels at once.

Not going to be pretty.

Posted by: Vic at April 14, 2011 08:49 AM (M9Ie6)

About 25 years ago there were some very strident organized "militia" type groups in eastern PA with plans to blow all the bridges across the Delaware if the SHTF. I don't know if any of them still exist.

153 See I always thought apocalyptic times would have been caused by Skynet and not some silly government debt. I guess all my prep in learning how to fight against machines was for naught.

154 Screw Doom, here is a little inspiration for the morons.  It was sent to me by an 81 year old retired Methodist minister. Good Stuff!

http://tinyurl.com/4jsz2uf

155 "Well, officer, I was just rubbing my stick and..."

He had apparently been watching videos in a private booth when the fire ignited.

156 I see on Politico that, while every other prominent conservative is bashing Obama's passive-aggressive attack on The Path to Prosperity yesterday, John McCain is shrugging and saying it's typical election-year politics. Where to begin with that statement?

157 Where to begin with that statement?
In 2012.

158 I see on Politico that, while every other prominent conservative is bashing Obama's passive-aggressive attack on The Path to Prosperity yesterday, John McCain is shrugging and saying it's typical election-year politics. Where to begin with that statement?

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 14, 2011 10:04 AM (uVLrI)

It's typical McCain "I'm gonna say whatever will get a camera pointed at me." stuff.

Attention whores are tedious.

159 166. Ed, I know people in Roxborough (a northwestern neighborhood of Philadelphia) who have similar plans. Take out (or block) three small bridges, and Roxy is isolated from the rest of the city. They were half-kidding, but only half.

160
  Apocalypse all you wish, (I sincerely doubt it will happen) we finally solved the last problem, there WILL be medical attention available.  If by chance all DOES go South, we stand a great chance of survival.

 Not moving one damn inch from my property, we'll be right here,20 rounds and 3 claymores up the drive.  I still conclude that anything remotely close to what's been scenarioed is highly unlikely.   But.........

161 My husband goes for his follow up exam with his doctor today.  Please pray it's good news.

162 My husband goes for his follow up exam with his doctor today.  Please pray it's good news.

Posted by: jewells45 at April 14, 2011 10:18 AM (l/N7H)

Will do! 

163 I don't think so based on what I observe.

The ones I am talking about trying to escape are the ones like Ace and Curious. The ones you are talking about will be involved in the looting and burning.

164 My husband goes for his follow up exam with his doctor today.  Please pray it's good news. Posted by: jewells45 at April 14, 2011 10:18 AM (l/N7H)



You are both in my prayers.

165 Praying! Will keep doing so, Jewell.

166 New DNC chief: GOP budget endangers senior citizens' lives

Republicans' budget plan would put seniors' lives at risk, the incoming chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) said Thursday.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida congresswoman tapped by President Obama to lead the DNC, said she stood by her characterization of Republicans' 2012 budget as a "death trap" for seniors.

When pressed on whether she intended to say that the GOP budget put seniors' lives at risk, Wasserman Schultz doubled down.

"That's exactly what I'm suggesting," she said during an appearance on CNN.

167 Check out these freaking signs.

168 Legal Insurrection:

Update:  Charles Krauthammer's reaction:
“I thought it was a disgrace,” he said. “I rarely heard a speech by a president so shallow, so hyper-partisan and so intellectually dishonest, outside the last couple of weeks of a presidential election where you are allowed to call your opponent anything short of a traitor. But, we’re a year-and-a-half away from Election Day and it was supposed to be a speech about policy. He didn’t even get to his own alternative until more than halfway through the speech. And when he did, he threw out numbers suspended in mid-air with nothing under them with all kinds of goals and guidelines and triggers that mean nothing. The speech was really about and entirely an attack on the [Rep. Paul] Ryan plan.”And Clive Crook (who does not like the Ryan plan) in The Atlantic:
The speech was more notable for its militant--though ineffectual--hostility to Republican proposals than for any fresh thinking of its own. It was a waste of breath.

169

"Running shoes may be the most destructive force to ever hit the human foot. ... Consider these words by Dr. Daniel Lieberman, a professor of biological anthropology at Harvard University: 'A lot of foot and knee injuries that are currently plaguing us are actually caused by people running with shoes that actually make our feet weak, cause us to over-pronate, give us knee problems. Until 1972, when the modem athletic shoe was invented by Nike, people
ran in very thin-soled shoes, had strong feet, and had much lower incidence of knee injuries.' ..."

 

Is that a quote from Born To Run by Christopher McDougall?  I know the whole barefoot running thing is really booming right now.  I read that book and I thought it was really well written, but I don't agree totally with the whole premise that we should all be running barefoot.  I think some people do well with minimalist shoes (those five finger things), Newtons, and the Nike free, etc. if they have a neutral foot.  I however have really flat feet, and I need to wear orthotics and a stability shoe.  I too run in ASICS (The Kayanos), and I love them.  The modern world also has a lot of pavement (which the Tarahumaras and other barefoot runners from previous times do not).  I think barefoot running is best done on soft surfaces.

That being said, those Tarahumara Indians really are amazing.  I hope you enjoy that book.  It is really interesting. 

I did the Chicago Marathon in 2005.  At about mile 25, the crowd just started to go nuts.  I couldn't figure out why.  Then this guy, who was barefoot, came up and ran alongside of me.  He was raising his hands, palms up, up and down in the air.  I was so crabby and depleted at that point, I thought "Just pass me, dude!"  Which he did after a couple of minutes (very annoying he didn't just do it right away).  I had to keep myself from stomping on his bare feet.  It was fricking 30 something degrees with a brisk wind off the Lake. 

170 CNS News:

 Obama's Increasing Federal Debt $1,148 Per Month Per Household—Enough to Buy a Car or Pay Tuition at State College

The pic to go along with it is so perfect

Overall, according to the U.S. Treasury, the federal debt increased by $3,646,116,554,704.36 between Jan. 20, 2009, when Obama was inaugurated, and April 13, 2011, when he gave a major speech announcing a plan to deal with the debt.

Given that the Census Bureau estimated in March that there are 117,538,000 households in the United States, the $3.6461 trillion increase in the debt under Obama works out to $31,020 per household.

Obama has now been in office 27 months. The $31,020 per household increase in the federal debt under his watch thus equals a per-household increase of $1,148 per month.

That $1,148 per month per household is more than a household would need to finance the monthly payments on a new domestically manufactured automobile

171

My husband goes for his follow up exam with his doctor today.  Please pray it's good news.

 

Jewells, I hope all is well.  I will be praying for you guys today.

172 context for @1 for those not in the know

My fav is Kenya. 

173 Best wishes for your hubby, jewells. 

174

Posted by: Y-not is pissed at April 14, 2011 11:02 AM (pW2o

If you want to see Lions, go to Kenya.

If you want to see a Lyin Kenyan...

175 The Lyin' King?

176 Beck was just talking about this.

YouTube Comedian Gets Two Months In Prison After Appearing To Sing Dirty Sex Song To Kids

“The footage of the children was recorded in January when Emory performed a clean song for the class. It was only later that Emory returned to the empty classroom to record a vulgar song, which he edited with clips of the children and posted to YouTube in mid-February.

On Tuesday, Judge William C. Marietti of the Muskegon County 14th Circuit Court sentenced Emory under a previously arranged plea deal to 60 days in jail, two years probation, 200 hours of community service, mandatory counseling and fines and costs. And when he emerges from jail, Emory can’t be within 500 feet of children under the age of 17. All for a comedy attempt gone awry.”

177 Obama: Parties must 'come together' to solve debt problem

"At some point, we're going to have to come together as Americans," Obama said before meeting with the co-chairmen of the fiscal commission he appointed last year, Democrat Erskine Bowles and Republican Alan Simpson.

"As they pointed out in their bipartisan effort, it is important to put everything on the table," Obama said.

Obama did not adopt the fiscal commission's recommendations, but said its work "helped shape my thinking on these issues."

At the White House today, Obama echoed some of the themes of his speech. He said debt reduction should not sacrifice essential programs like education and energy, and that wealthier Americans should bear a higher percentage of the tax burden.

"We've got to look at everything, including our security spending, in order to achieve the goals that we need," Obama said.

178 DeMint: If vote to raise debt ceiling is GOP's Waterloo, 'let it be'

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said on the conservative Laura Ingraham Show he is considering filibustering an upcoming vote to raise the nation's $14.3 trillion debt limit, if it doesn't contain other fiscal reforms.

Asked if that would serve as the GOP's "Waterloo" in the 2012 elections, the senator replied, "If it is, then let it be."

179 My local newspaper summarizes the Obama speech with the headline ..

OBAMA SEEKS CUTS IN MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, HIGHER TAXES

... great headline for the day before taxes are due

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