1 first!!!

2 See the problem, no, Be the problem.

3 Whats goinh on with Terr Jones and the Dearbornistan judge having h go to a jury trial for refusing to post a 100k bond? Seriuos 1st amend ussue here/

4 Sorry for the misspells stupid iphone and fat figerw dont mix

5

On this day in the year 2000 - THIS

6

A couple of Senators try to block eco-tard commies from trying to ban lead in ammo

It seems that despite repeated evidence that there has been no problem with lead in ammunition demonstrated the eco-assholes have sued the EPA to get lead ammunition banned. The EPA has pulled the same useless and stupid argument that they did back in the Bush days with CO2; we donÂ’t have the authority.  How about the real argument you SOBs, there is no freaking evidence of a problem attributed to lead in ammunition!  When they use the “authority” argument it simply means they want the court to order it because they know the down public will be outraged.

As for the Senators, I have another freakinÂ’ cluebat.  Eco-tards suing EPA for some more GD regulation on lead is not the real issue.  How about fixing the real problem which is it is far too damn easy for eco-tards to sue anybody for anything and do it without consequence. How about we level the playing field in these environmental civil suits.

But these Senators are lawyers so it will never freakin happen. Just one more reason for an Article V convention.

7 I want a politician who unabashedly smokes a pipe.

8

Interesting story in the Charleston paper about local and State politicians coming together to decry the union thuggary being done by the Obamanite assholes in the labor union board. I will not link to it, the point of the story is Dems and Repubs coming together to battle unions in SC. They only mention one Dem, the mayor of Charleston and the StateÂ’s most powerful Dem, 6^th District congressman James Clyburn, is notably missing even though the damn Boeing factory is located in his district!.  Of course the paper doesnÂ’t mention that, being a big Democommie booster.  But that isnÂ’t the point  of my post. It is this little gem included from a SC labor professor:

The state's animosity toward unions dates back at least to the aftermath of the Civil War, said Hoyt Wheeler, a retired professor of labor relations in Columbia and a labor arbitrator for 35 years.

I hope that is a misquote. This ranks up there with GolerÂ’s Great Pyramid statement. Yes, the nation of awash in unions at the end of the Civil War and SC got all those textile factories from the North because the unions had taken over the factories in the North in 1865.

As I recall what turned the South off to unions in the textile industry was in the 20s(?) when union bargainers came down and took a pile of money from workers and then skipped out and left. Union tactics since then havenÂ’t endeared themselves to Southerners either.

Link if interested

9 Vic - I was at SRP and after SC was one of the few states to go for Dole, they lost a $100M project. Coincidence? This stuff about the Space Shuttle and Houston? Democrats use government to help favored constituencies, and punish the unfavored. I was taught a class by the #3 in Clinton's FEMA - he said they were the first to use FEMA (read Federal) dollars for "snow emergencies." Right, they used Federal dollars to clear city streets. And, by the way, Republican areas that requested Federal funds were not approved.

10

Scenes we like to see:

Norquist, in an interview with National Review Online this afternoon, called on Coburn to drop out of the “Gang of Six,” a bipartisan group of senators working on deficit reduction. “Coburn is negotiating with President Obama’s best friend in the Senate, Dick Durbin,” he said. “They are playing Coburn like a Stradivarius. Durbin is walking him down into an alley where he is going to get mugged.”

Link to NRO

Take note Coburn. This is a fast damn way to get labeled as a RINO even when you have a good ACU rating. Crossing the aisle to "compromise" with commies on a tax hike is not holding to conservative principles. This is a major "fk you" to conservatives reminicent of John McCain exploits.

11 Democrats use government to help favored constituencies, and punish the unfavored.

They will say it is a "coincidence", but it is a long time tradition of the "American System" which took off at an exponential rate in the 1860s.

What it is is corruption and bribery at its highest but with congress policing itself and nobody ever holding a Democrat adm accountable it runs amuck.

12 Just here to say that Screwtape is sadly underquoted.

13 Screwtape Letters,  by C.S. Lewis

NYT has a poll up which is very encouraging.  70% say country headed in wrong direction, 55% approve Ryan's plan, only 39% approve of Libya intervention, 13% increase in number of Americans who think economy is getting worse in ONE MONTH.

That last figure, I believe,  is directly attributable to Trump.  So whatever you think of him,  he is definitely having an effect on Obama's numbers.

14

Krautman once again pushing "moderates" for Republican Primary (read RINOs)

15 Take note Coburn. This is a fast damn way to get labeled as a RINO even when you have a good ACU rating. Crossing the aisle to "compromise" with commies on a tax hike is not holding to conservative principles. This is a major "fk you" to conservatives reminicent of John McCain exploits.

Posted by: Vic
-------------
Yeah.. because Boehner did such a great job dealing directly with Obama?

You seem reluctant to realize we still have a Dem President and a Dem controlled Senate, Vic.  Bravado, at this point - especially considering we don't even have the ability to shut down the government for this budget fight - seems a bit pointless.  A compromise is the only way we will get a budget done for 2012.  Unless you can lay out some other strategy.

16 Arrrrrrrrrg... "Whats goinh on with Terr Jones and the Dearbornistan judge having h go to a jury trial for refusing to post a 100k bond? Seriuos 1st amend ussue here/"

Wow. that was pretty bad. Try #2... What's going on the Terry Jones and the Dearbornistan Judge having him go to a JURY TRIAL this morning to see if he needs to post a 100k bond to protest?

This should have everyone's attention and as this is such a breach of his 1st Amendment rights. I believe Ace touched on this yesterday but I don't think he mentioned the 100K bond or this Judge. A Judge for heaven sakes! Don't Judges take an oath to defend the constitution. Am I missing something here?

17 Here's a q - what happened to the Ground Zero mosque thing? Did Jones end it, or did we all just forget about it and they are building it anyway?

18 A compromise is the only way we will get a budget done for 2012.  Unless you can lay out some other strategy.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 22, 2011 07:38 AM (Do52

You keep refusing to see the power of the House IF they grow balls. The House can control the budget.

And fuck compromise with the commies. That is what got us here to begin with.

19

Beaten, why for ?
Can't take much more 
One!
Nothing wrong with me
Two!
Nothing wrong with me
Three!
Nothing wrong with me
Four!
Nothing wrong with me! 

One!
Something's got to give
Two!
Something's got to give
Three!
Something's got to give
NOW!

20

over on Yahoo:

"U.S. Sen. John McCain, one of the strongest proponents in Congress of the American military intervention in Libya, said Friday that Libyan rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi's troops are his heroes."

Sheesh...

21 The title of this story itself is sorta wow, as it pulls no punches --
 
Mississippi Shows How You Handle Westboro Freaks (FoxNation)
 
A couple of days before, one of them (Westboro protestors) ran his mouth at a Brandon gas station and got his arse waxed. Police were called and the beaten man could not give much of a description of who beat him. When they canvassed the station and spoke to the large crowd that had gathered around, no one seemed to remember anything about what had happened.
 
Makes me kinda proud to live in MS. Today. Oh, and RIP USMC Staff Sgt. Jason Rogers.

22 3.79 3.80 3.81 3.82 3.83 3.84 3.85 3.86 3.87 3.88 3.89 3.90 3.91 3.92 3.93 3.94 3.95 3.96 3.97 3.98 3.99

Answer: The price of gasoline for the next three weeks.

Funny you should say that.

Yesterday morning gas at our local station was $3.74.

About 10:00 AM it went up to $3.99. It did the same thing at all the other stations up Old Route 66, even miles away.

Then, suddenly around 2:30 that afternoon, it dropped to $3.89.

I'm used to big swings, but not in the space of hours.

23 Unless you can lay out some other strategy. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 22, 2011 07:38 AM (Do52 The House GOP, without cooperation from anyone else, can refuse to increase the debt ceiling. Will they do it? No. And you'll be ready with an excuse for them.

24 Good Lord, Trump took a blackjack to Obama on Greta VS last night. Then he turned his blackjack on Karl Rove and pounded him into mush. I still have no idea what Trump proposes to do about O'care and DOOM generally, but I'm enjoying the beatdowns

25 I didn't see the actual footage but local tv had a teaser about some guy who was in mid-pumping when the price went up.

Posted by: Downscaled Upscale

somehow THAT seems illegal. I mean he was basing his decision to purchase there based on the price. Somehow, I bet they adjusted the sign price but not the pump price. I've had that happen to me.

26 #26  I am enjoying the beat-downs too.   I don't think he will end up running,  but the more that he trashes Obama and the more the pundits and establishment people get all pissy about him,  the better I like his style.

Cheers me right up!  And please note in that NYT poll that the number of people who think the economy is getting worse has risen 13% in ONE MONTH.  That has to be Trump.

27 " And please note in that NYT poll that the number of people who think the economy is getting worse has risen 13% in ONE MONTH. That has to be Trump." It could also be that consumers are realizing that inflation is kicking up while our government denies it. Prices are rising, and it's not just on gasoline.

28

Saw the JEF on the telescreen this morning talking about investigations and cracking down on 'speculators'. He's so utterly clueless.

Yeah.  They even admitted (Holder did) that there isn't any evidence of wrong doing either.  I wrote about it last night here.

29 A compromise is the only way we will get a budget done for 2012.  Unless you can lay out some other strategy. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 22, 2011 07:38 AM (Do52 A "deal" that includes tax hikes is a big step backwards Jerry. If that's the best your guys can do they should resign and go home.

30 I haven't trusted Coburn since he was repeatedly called (and as far as I know sought to make no clarification) possibly Obama's best friend in the senate, just before and after the '08 election.

If he couldn't recognize an incompetent, affirmative action, community agitating Chicago commie then, how perceptive can he be?

31 I'm wondering if Coburn is a "budget hawk" in the same mold as McCain was. Remember him opposing the Bush tax cuts?

As many other smart people have noted, we do not have a revenue problem. We have a spending problem.

And more GD "compromise" is not the answer.

32 Obama talks about successes and continuing challenges at final L.A. fundraiser

President Obama arrived at his final fundraiser of the evening about 8:20 p.m. Thursday after traveling along the 405 Freeway, which had been shut down for the motorcade ride from Culver City to Brentwood.

The dinner was at Tavern, in a private room that held about 50 people. There was major celebrity wattage at the event: Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown and his wife; George Clooney; Steven Spielberg; Tom Hanks and wife, Rita Wilson; and Will Ferrell.

Obama was introduced by Jeffrey Katzenberg, DreamWorks Animation SKG's chief executive. Katzenberg noted that about three years ago, most “everyone in this room embarked on a great journey and adventure with you,” he said, directing his remarks to the president.

“I think we all would agree that nobody has ever inherited a set of challenges -- and nobody I think could possibly be better in tackling them. So we all feel very lucky to have you as our president for four more years,”  Katzenberg said to the audience's applause.

“Four more years,” Obama said, taking the microphone. He added: “Technically it’s actually 5 1/2 more years,” which got a round of laughter.

“A lot of you got involved at a time when the prospect of electing Barack Hussein Obama to the Oval Office was slim. None of you asked for my birth certificate. It was complete leap of faith,” he said to more laughter.




Well, why don't we just redefine the calendar epoch to start with your accension to the predency, or if you prefer -- your birth, you pompus jackanape.

Also, how about you stop refering to yourself in the third person. Getting really weird, dude.

33 I find that I have inadvertently assumed the form of a large centipede. This has been done. The story was written by Kafka and called the metamorphosis. Only it wasn't a centipede, it was a dung Beatle. I also enjoyed Trumps beatdown of Obama, rove and everything else that is wrong with this country. West saying Obama was behaving like a third world dictator was also special. It's about time our side took the gloves off. Fuck em, beat em down, beat em hard, Play to win

34 A bunch of us posted things around the country we had noted with huge increases on the afternoon "on thread" yesterday.

It turns out there are a LOT of things shooting through the roof. The bottom line conclusion is that anyone who believes a single thing this adm says about the economy is a damn idiot.

35

Boeing is a shit company that uses politicians to get their way, legal or not.

Unions are just full of shit and use politicians to get their way, legal or not.

Politicians are just piles of shit trying to get re-elected to their cush jobs.

Good luck, South Carolina!  (you're going to need it)

36 If interest rates start to go stratospheric we will have returned to full Jimmy Carter. Posted by: Downscaled Upscale at April 22, 2011 08:10 AM (IhHdM) Yes. Realistically, there seems to be no avoiding it now.

37 On Google today if you mouse over the pandas they will play and the lion will roar and the penguin will jump and the fish will swim.

38 And more GD "compromise" is not the answer.
Posted by: Vic at April 22, 2011 08:06 AM (M9Ie6)

I'm starting to think that the meaning of compromise to the RINOs is akin to:
"Yes Senator we think that your political future will be compromised when we release these photos and tapes of you and those tranny hookers".

39 hi all
god I hate liberals

40

Good luck, South Carolina!  (you're going to need it)

Posted by: Case at April 22, 2011 08:13 AM (0K+Kw)

As I said when this case first broke. SC's labor secretary is a union bashing lawyer. Part of this case will be held in SC because the damn fools sued SC as well.

The unions will get their asses handed to them here and then it will go to the Supremes. By the time the case makes it to the upper appeals courts we will have Republicans in charge of everything except the courts and that communist union thug in charge of the labor board will no longer be around.

41 Seven years ago, Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham threw himself on a grenade covering it with his helmet and body to save the lives of his squadmates.

He was the first Marine to be awarded the MoH since Viet Nam for his actions in Iraq.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

42

oh great, i've always wanted to live through the 70s. I was a kid the first time, and got to miss out on all the "fun".

Do I get my own leisure suit?

43 Morning.

I filled up for 3.89 at the pump this morning. There was a news crew there interviewing people on their opinion on gas prices. The news gal asked if I wanted to share my thoughts on air. I said sure but I told her I'd be saying that B. Obama could eat a bag of dicks.

Needless to say, I didn't make the news this morning.

44 A "deal" that includes tax hikes is a big step backwards Jerry. If that's the best your guys can do they should resign and go home.
Posted by: Random Sock

"Your guys"?  Not MY guys.

Listen - all this talk about the power of the House is just bullshit.  They already passed a budget.  So fucking what?  Obama laughed at them.. so did Harry Reid, who basically told them to shove Ryan's budget up their ass because it would never see the light of day on the floor of the Senate.

Oh yeah.. the House rules!  Fuckking.. Ayyyyy!

2010 elections were big for us.. but we only got one third of the way there.  We can't do jack shit until we can get the White House and Senate back.

45 If interest rates start to go stratospheric we will have returned to full Jimmy Carter.
Posted by: Downscaled Upscale at April 22, 2011 08:10 AM (IhHdM)

Yes. Realistically, there seems to be no avoiding it now.

Posted by: Bugler at April 22, 2011 08:14 AM (VXBR1)

If interest rates start to rise the U.S. will default. Which is why interest rates will not rise and we will have runaway inflation, which is what this adm wants.

46 So will Obama then form Task Forces for all the other commodities that are through the roof this year?  Like cotton, corn, etc.?

47 Whoops...Terry Jones = Barney Fife.....

Police were called Thursday night after Koran-burning pastor Terry Jones accidentally discharged his firearm in the parking lot of a television station, where he had just conducted an interview, MyFoxDetroit.com reported.
"He claims it was fired by accident. The shot went into the floorboard of his car. No one was hurt. Police on scene."

Southfield Police confirmed the gun accidentally discharged. No charges were filed, and police gave the gun back to Jones before sending him on his way.

http://tinyurl.com/4xfnlet

48 "Yes Senator we think that your political future will be compromised when we release these photos and tapes of you and those tranny hookers".

Posted by: ontherocks

I think it depends on the quality of the tranny. Some are hard to tell at a quick look and could get a pass.

Janet Reno not so much.

49 I want a politician who unabashedly smokes a pipe. Posted by: Alex at April 22, 2011 07:10 AM

I want a girlfriend who does that.

50 46, Coffe spit on the keyboard. "bag of dicks," priceless.

51 Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 22, 2011 08:18 AM (7dkEj)



/wipes tear from eye

so proud, so very proud.

52 I said sure but I told her I'd be saying that B. Obama could eat a bag of dicks.
Needless to say, I didn't make the news this morning.
Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 22, 2011 08:18 AM (7dkEj)

Sounds more like FLOTUS' idea of proper nutrition.

53 I'm starting to think that the meaning of compromise to the RINOs is akin to:......

To a Dem compromise in Congress means Republicans do what we want or we call them racists.

To A Republican it means "thank you sir can I have another".

To a RINO it means "can I get away with one more cross-over".

To a real conservative it means surrender; and to quote a good movie "surrender is not in our creed".

54 Anyone else here also completely freaken tired of McCain and his tired act

55 Anyone else here also completely freaken tired of McCain and his tired act

I was tied of that RINO SOB decades ago.

56 Anyone else here also completely freaken tired of McCain and his tired act

Posted by: nevergiveup at April 22, 2011 08:24 AM (0GFWk)

Yeah....years ago.

57

35--West saying Obama was behaving like a third world dictator was also special. It's about time our side took the gloves off.

I loved that, too. Greta tried to make him apologize and put his remarks "into context" in the way that has become customary for cowardly Republicans of the Rove stripe. West would have none of it, politely but firmly insisting that he was speaking the truth. He's a good man, but most of the GOP is unworthy of him.

58 West should be SOH, now.

59 57, John McCain is a hero, you have no right to say anything negative about him because he was tortured in a POW camp. Who the fuck are you? What have you done for this country? John is a great man, a great Senator and his judgement is beyond contestation.

60 To a real conservative it means surrender; and to quote a good movie "surrender is not in our creed".
Posted by: Vic at April 22, 2011 08:23 AM (M9Ie6)

....and with this group of dhim/commies it's like selling your soul to fucking Lucifer, short term pocket money, long term heating solution.

61 Chris Christie munches ass: NJ Transit worker fired for burning Quran near Ground Zero will get his job back

62 McCain being reelected is why I don't have a lot of confidence in AZ as a "strong Red" in CAC's map.

63 ....runaway inflation. With hardly any pay increases. STAGFLATION. Welcome back, Carter. ugh!!!!

64 39 If interest rates start to go stratospheric we will have returned to full Jimmy Carter.
Posted by: Downscaled Upscale at April 22, 2011 08:10 AM (IhHdM) Yes. Realistically, there seems to be no avoiding it now.   I'm an old moron, and I lived through Jimmy Carter and recall it vividly. Obama has indeed brought back the glory days of the Democrat Party. Economic failure and international weakness are features, not bugs, to this gang. (Reviled by the public as a failure, Jimmy Carter is nonetheless the father of the modern Socialist Democrat Party).  But Chairman Barack brings one massive adder to the history books that Carter did not have--$15 trillion of Debt DOOM hanging over us.   As much as I am enjoying Trump, until he tells us how HE deals with DOOM (and Ocare) I couldn't consider voting for him.

65 McCain said the Libyan Rebels are his hero. Maybe someone should tell the senile old fool they are Al Quada and our enemies.

66 I'm starting to really like this Koran-burning thing. I hope it takes off.

67 64, If you look at the Donald strictly as a Business man you see a pattern. He savages those that could get in his way. Those he may need in the future, he is kind to. Sometimes the Donald impresses the hell out of me, other times it's like, "what a fucking nut job".

68 OOOPs, sock off dammit.

69 OOOPs, sock off dammit. Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at April 22, 2011 08:36 AM (cDRYC) McCain should just go away. I am so sick and tired of his act. His is partially to blame for this bastard in the White House. My patience with him because he served his country is gone. He should just shut the fuck up, the senile old fool

70

47We can't do jack shit until we can get the White House and Senate back.Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at April 22, 2011 08:18 AM (Do52

What do you mean, "we?" I have no interest in sending more John Boners and Mush McConnells to the Senate, House or WH. Won't be wasting my dollars or votes on that effort. "Give us full power and then we'll do your bidding." Sure, right Jerry....

71
Just checked out the sidebar article about the humungous whirlpools (that's where my priorities are at this morning), and I noticed that it keeps mentioning the "World Ocean". Huh? Is that some new term? I've literally never heard of it until just now, and I've never heard anyone else use it. Everyone I know just calls it "the ocean" or "the sea". There's also a variation ("Global Ocean") that I've never heard of either. Must be some U.N. thing, or else I woke up in the wrong universe this morning.

(exits muttering)

72

Southfield Police confirmed the gun accidentally discharged. No charges were filed, and police gave the gun back to Jones before sending him on his way. http://tinyurl.com/4xfnlet

Posted by: Tami at April 22, 2011 08:18 AM (VuLos)

Seems like there may be a method to the madness of both Jones air conditioning the floorboards of his car and the cops returning his gun and releasing him. 

73 Have no fear about the economy or state of the country. Barry is busy at work doing Hollywood fundraisers and Facebook bullshit to make everything all better. And our precious MFM just keeps giving him a pass on everything 

74 75, Yep, thank you Arid zone Ahhh!

75 Take note Coburn. This is a fast damn way to get labeled as a RINO even when you have a good ACU rating. Crossing the aisle to "compromise" with commies on a tax hike is not holding to conservative principles. Posted by: Vic at April 22, 2011 07:26 AM (M9Ie6) Testify, Brother Vic! Tell it, brother!

76 That thread that Warden posted  yesterday on what  made people conservative was one of the more interesting threads we've had here. I can't stop reading it - it brought out a *ton* of lurkers.

Good stuff.

77 Perpetual war.  I can't imagine how we never thought of this earlier.

78 Dear Ms. Underalls, I've just recently received word of your "bag of dicks" policy initiative. I'm intrigued by your ideas, and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter. On the down-low, of course.

79 National GOP support benefits Lugar

WASHINGTON -- Senate GOP leaders are backing Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana against his 2012 primary challenger, helping him raise significantly more campaign funds than state Treasurer Richard Mourdock this year.

The nearly $1 million that Lugar raised in the first three months of 2011 was six times what Mourdock has collected since announcing his campaign in late February with the backing of many county GOP leaders.

Lugar, who has been raising money since his easy 2006 re-election to a sixth term, ended March with about $3 million in the bank compared with Mourdock's $121,732.

Lugar got $34,000 from his GOP colleagues, including $5,000 from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and $10,000 from Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, who heads the campaign arm for Senate Republicans.

In addition, GOP leaders hosted a March 16 fundraiser for Lugar at the National Republican Senatorial Committee, according to a copy of the invitation obtained by the nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation.

The NRSC did not respond to a request for comment. But McConnell said in December that Lugar is one of the greatest senators in U.S. history and would have his backing in a primary challenge.



The PRI (Partido Republicano Institucional) defending their own once again.

80 I would bet that global ocean is UN code for we should control the waters everywhere--all your coastal waters are belong to us.

81 Breathes there a man among us whose "gun" has not "accidentally discharged" at one time or another?

82

IÂ’m pretty careful about saying that somebody hates this country, but nobody could say this without absolutely loathing this country.

83 Terry Jones needs to start selling T-shirts with some catchy slogan. That would help him pay for security and better weapons.

84 Speaking of new oceans, I did a Web search and discovered that the waters surrounding Antarctica were officially designated an ocean (the Southern Ocean) back in 2000. And I never knew it... It's like waking up to find people referring to North America as "Northwest Pangea".

I'm going back to bed.

85 Posted by: Oldsailor's poet's liberal sock puppet so your not confused and get mad at him for tricking you at April 22, 2011 08:28 AM (cDRYC) Now you're just overcompensating ...

86

These are the animals that Obama is supporting on your behalf!

87 Looking at those gas prices I thought they were GPAs (looked at too many applications this week). I wish a journalist would ask Mr. Harvard Law when gas prices eclipsed his GPA. I think maybe it was in the Reagan administration.

88

Needless to say, I didn't make the news this morning.

Lacey, I wish there were more just like you.

89 4 Sorry for the misspells stupid iphone and fat figerw dont mix

Posted by: Odel Roo at April 22, 2011 07:03 AM (tRPEj)

We know where you are. We know where you been. We are tracking your every move. Warming up for your orwellian future....

90 April 22, 2011
Huckabee, Trump, Romney Pace GOP Field for 2012
Trump leads among liberal and moderate Republicans

PRINCETON, NJ -- Donald Trump debuts in a first-place tie in Gallup's latest update of Republicans' preferences for the party's 2012 presidential nomination among potential contenders. Trump ties Mike Huckabee at 16%, with Mitt Romney close behind at 13%. Sarah Palin is the only other potential Republican candidate to earn double-digit support.

The April 15-20 Gallup poll finds Trump leading the field among moderate and liberal Republicans, with 21% supporting him. Huckabee is the leader among conservative Republicans. Huckabee's support and Trump's support differ between ideological groups, while Romney and Palin get similar support from both ideological wings of the party.

Among the lower-ranked candidates, Newt Gingrich's support and Michele Bachmann's support tilt decidedly conservative. Trump is the only potential candidate who shows notably stronger appeal to liberals and moderates than to conservatives within the GOP.

To stay competitive, Trump would need to maintain a decent level of support among conservatives, since they outnumber moderates and liberals by about 2 to 1 among rank-and-file Republicans and Republican leaners. For the same reason, Huckabee's smaller support among moderates and liberals is less of an issue if he maintains his top standing among conservatives.



So Huckabee is the great conservative hope.

Just dandy.

91  But McConnell said in December that Lugar is one of the greatest senators in U.S. history and would have his backing in a primary challenge.

That should be used against McConnell in his next election.
_{....that and any possible photos with tranny hookers.}

92

Morning, all!

So the NH Senate approved our Right to Work legislation (HB 474) this week, with amendments.  Now it goes back to the NH house to agree to those amendments, at which point it would go to the governor.  Our governor has vowed to veto it (he's a Dem), and overturning a veto would require a 2/3 majority vote in both the NH House and NH Senate.  Provided the Repubs have no defectors, that shouldn't be terribly hard to obtain.

Naturally my lovely union, SEIU (*gag, spaz*) is throwing a freaking hissy fit/temper tantrum.  They're planning a series of "HB 474 Actions" for tomorrow (Saturday) at various places in the state.  I'd go just to laugh at the hysteria, but I honestly have better things to do with my time than listen to a bunch of union pantywaists whine about a bill that just says, "People don't have to join a union, and if they don't join a union they don't have to pay dues."  Seriously, that's about the extent of it.  Nowhere does the bill PROHIBIT unions from operating in the state.  It doesn't abolish public sector unions like SEIU either, which I'm not too happy about.  But if you listen to the union dumbasses moan and groan you'd think we were trying to tie people to looms in 19th century sweatshops all over again. 

Here are SEIU's reasons for why RTW legislation is a bad idea for NH.  Mind you, they call it "Right to Work (for Less)," because they're so smart: 

> Do we want jobs with low wages? The average worker in states with “right to work” (for less) laws makes $5,538 a year less than workers in other states ($39,169, compared with $44,707). HB 474 would leave workers with less money to spend in local stores – which will hurt the economic recovery.

How much of that additional $5500 goes out of the unionized employee paycheck and into the Union's coffers?  Because I'm thinking it's, um, ALL OF IT.

> Do we want jobs without health insurance? Families in “right to work” (for less) states are about 25% more likely to be uninsured. HB 474 would force many families to turn to state assistance programs and municipal welfare offices for help.

Being uninsured does not mean you are being victimized.  Plenty of people choose not to buy health insurance because they don't think they need it.  Their employer might choose to provide health insurance and take a portion of the employee's salary to pay toward it, or they might not.  And the employee, in the absence of an employer-provided health insurance policy, may choose to use the money that would otherwise have been taken out of their paycheck to purchase their own plan, or they might not.  Live with it.

Besides, since when did health insurance become mandatory for businesses to provide?  Most larger businesses I know offer insurance as part of a benefits package to attract employees, but there are still plenty of employers who don't have benefits to offer because it's too expensive.  One of my jobs a few years ago was like that.  Basically the unions here are admitting to extorting businesses with union labor into providing health insurance regardless of how cost prohibitive it may be.

>Do we want unsafe workplaces? The rate of workplace deaths is 52.9% higher in states with “right to work” (for less) laws. Is this what we want for New Hampshire?

Gosh, there are over 50% more workplace deaths in non RTW(FL) states?  Gee, that's a big difference!  Oh wow!

Of course, they don't mention in what industries these deaths occur, which states they happen to be in, how many states are RTW(FL) states vs. not, nor what the workplace death rate is for each individual state, RTW(FL) or otherwise.  In fact, I'd like to point out that they provide absolutely no references for any of their statistics whatsoever, which is convenient.

Here's the Declaration of Policy statement from the bill in question.  Please note the bolded and highlighted statements:

273-D:2 Declaration of Public Policy. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state in order to maximize individual freedom of choice in the pursuit of employment and to encourage an employment climate conducive to economic growth, that all persons shall have, and shall be protected in the exercise of, the right freely, and without fear of penalty or reprise, to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from any such activity.

In other words, "If you want to join a union, fine.  If you don't, fine.  Your employer can't stop you, nor can your employer force you, and nor can any other employee tell you what to do." 

Unions seriously make me sick.

93 "These are the animals that Obama is supporting on your behalf!" Lies! All lies! They're Freedom Fighters! And John McCain's heroes!

94
Barkey and Cartah Vie for Worst President Ever Contest!

95 Kudos, MWR, for using purple to bold your SEIU quotes.  _{*golf clap*}

96 O'Reilly ought to move to MSNBC, where he belongs ... though, to be fair, much of Fox is veering to the retarded left along with him.

Posted by: iknowtheleft at April 22, 2011 08:50 AM (G/MYk)

Judge Napolitano's show is good.  He has some pretty good rants and I'm getting to be pretty ok with the libertarian guests and slant.

97 94, It's not their fault, They have not translated the Geneva Convention captured soldier rules into Whatever fucking gibberish retard language they speak over there. Beheading seems so natural, good and right.

98

Unions seriously make me sick.

Posted by: MWR at April 22, 2011 08:55 AM (4df7R)

So if this bill passes are you going to ditch your union membership?

99 The NRSC did not respond to a request for comment. But McConnell said in December that Lugar is one of the greatest senators in U.S. history and would have his backing in a primary challenge. You know what else has become inflated past all understanding? The definition of "greatest Senator". To wit, which of these does not belong in this list? John Calhoun, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, Harry Truman, Robert Taft, Arthur Vandenberg, Richard Lugar ...

100 Senate GOP leaders are backing Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana against his 2012 primary challenger, helping him raise significantly more campaign funds than state Treasurer Richard Mourdock this year.

Yes, it is MooKow all over again. The NSRC will support another damn RINO in a primary. Keep in mind that the RNC is forbidden by rules in supporting either candidate in a contested primary, but not so the NSRC.

The NSRC is the Senate good old boys club and they get their money out of the campaign coffers of the individual Senators. We have to find some way of defunding the NSRC.

BTW, I don't think there is anyone who would not consider Lugar a RINO.

101 Wait, did we seriously get 100+ comments without someone mentioning 4/22?

Happy Earth Day Light Some Shit on Fire and Run All Your Appliances Simultaneously Day!

Here's an oldie but a goodie!

102
Judge Napolitano, no relation to Janet the Jerk, is a true Constitutional scholar unlike Barkey the Magnificent who stayed at a Holiday Inn and scammed the public by claiming to be a professor of law. 

103

So if this bill passes are you going to ditch your union membership?

Posted by: maddogg at April 22, 2011 08:58 AM (OlN4e)

IN. A. HEARTBEAT.

Mind you, there's a very good chance I'm going to get laid off due to federal budget cuts.  I've already started job hunting (in the private sector, thank you very much!) to be proactive.  I figure, if I DO get laid off, at least it means there really ARE cuts going on in Washington.  It ain't much, but it's the least I can do to try and restore some fiscal sanity to this country.

104 Kudos, MWR, for using purple to bold your SEIU quotes.  _{*golf clap*}

Posted by: Y-not is easily impressed, apparently at April 22, 2011 08:57 AM (pW2o

*bow*  Thank you, thank you.  I was wondering if anyone would notice.

104
Greatest Senator of all times:  Ted Kennedy, Lion of the Senate!

105 My kids asked me about 4-22 this morning, Earth Day. Mrs. Sailor told them it was a communist holiday that will not be celebrated in our house. We do not celebrate or positivly aknowledge our enemies under any circumstance.

106 46 Morning.

I filled up for 3.89 at the pump this morning. There was a news crew there interviewing people on their opinion on gas prices. The news gal asked if I wanted to share my thoughts on air. I said sure but I told her I'd be saying that B. Obama could eat a bag of dicks.

Needless to say, I didn't make the news this morning.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 22, 2011 08:18 AM (7dkEj)

YOU'RE MY HERO.

...

Can I be you when I grow up?

107

Happy Earth Day Light Some Shit on Fire and Run All Your Appliances Simultaneously Day!

Now I'm thrilled to be using my gas powered lawn mower today. Thrilled. Oh, and I have lots of laundry to do. Yea!!

(How much energy gets used up by extra exclamation marks??!! We should use as many as possible!!!!!)

108

Posted by: MWR at April 22, 2011 09:03 AM (4df7R)

Well, I hope you don't get laid off. There is plenty of dead weight in the system that should go before someone with a brain is released. Good luck.

109 IT. IS. SNOWING. 

110 All unions' take on employment practices in non-right-to-work states (an analogy): "You do not wish to have sex with our tranny hooker? Tough beans - pay her anyway!"

111 Here are SEIU's reasons for why RTW legislation is a bad idea for NH.  Mind you, they call it "Right to Work (for Less)," because they're so smart:

That is the same crock of shit they rolled out in WI. Everyone of those points was thoroughly debunked by Morons here with just minor research on the web.

Gee why can't the press do the same?

112 To wit, which of these does not belong in this list?
John Calhoun, Daniel Webster, Thomas Hart Benton, Harry Truman, Robert Taft, Arthur Vandenberg, Richard Lugar ...
Posted by: ya2daup, an iPhone iMpeded iPosting at April 22, 2011 08:58 AM (spjXw)
 
_{Eli Manning is one of the 3 best Mannings to ever play quarterback in the NFL.}

113 118 IT. IS. SNOWING. 

Posted by: Y-not is not amused at April 22, 2011 09:07 AM (pW2o

Is Algore in the area?

114 I filled up for 3.89 at the pump this morning. There was a news crew there interviewing people on their opinion on gas prices. The news gal asked if I wanted to share my thoughts on air. I said sure but I told her I'd be saying that B. Obama could eat a bag of dicks.

Needless to say, I didn't make the news this morning.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 22, 2011 08:18 AM (7dkEj)

 

It's $4.50 in the People's Republic of Chicago. Funny how 3 years ago it was all Bush's fault and he was personally raising gas prices but now there's hardly a word about it

115 Is Algore in the area?

I srsly doubt Algore has ever been in Utah.  Perhaps he's using the power of the Internet he invented to email us global warming. 

116 Funny how 3 years ago it was all Bush's fault and he was personally raising gas prices but now there's hardly a word about it

Except to tell us it's a good thing. 

117

It's $4.50 in the People's Republic of Chicago. Funny how 3 years ago it was all Bush's fault and he was personally raising gas prices but now there's hardly a word about it

Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 22, 2011 09:10 AM (1Jaio)

Oh, but don't worry.  Our exalted Preznit has decided to form A WORK GROUP to study the problem.  Jiminy Sainted Christmas on a cracker.

118 CNS News reorts Obama's face book page goes down for 39 minutes during Townhall as GOP floods it with repeal Obamacare votes.

119

Key tipping point.  Eh – thatÂ’s not so bad.  I knew that doom was exaggerating the problem.

120

It's $4.50 in the People's Republic of Chicago. Funny how 3 years ago it was all Bush's fault and he was personally raising gas prices but now there's hardly a word about it

Oh there are some words about high gas prices now in MFM, but they are words that tout what a "benefit" it is, much like they redefined "unemployment" as "funemployment". 

Fuck Earth Day.  Happy Good Friday, everyone!

121 IT. IS. SNOWING. 

Posted by: Y-not is not amused at April 22, 2011 09:07 AM (pW2o

My daughter is in NH and she said it was snowing there yesterday.

122 Good luck, MWR. Megaditttos to everything maddogg said.

123 I saw where they are calling Apple the most green unfriendly tech company.  Algore is on the board.  Ya know - you just can't argue with convictions like that.

124 Happy Good Friday, everyone!

Perhaps you're a little unclear on the concept, Kratos... ?

125 Perhaps you're a little unclear on the concept, Kratos... ?

Oops, a poor adjective choice.

126

RENO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said on Thursday the U.S. attorney general was assembling a team to root out any fraud and manipulation in the oil markets that might be contributing to higher U.S. gasoline prices.

"The truth is, there's no silver bullet that can bring down gas prices right away," Obama said in prepared remarks for his opening statement at a townhall-style meeting in Nevada.

 

So then why put together the phony team to root out the problems? Aren't they supposed to get to the bottom of it and do something. Oh wait, what I am thinking. Barry just has to announce it to the MFM and they will run with it for him while gas goes to $6 a gallon

127 And while I'm a heretical Protestant Y-not, I'm not a bit unclear about this subject, . 

128 I love Earth Day. It was created to halt the scourge of global cooling. Of course the cause and remedies were exactly the same, but we aren't supposed to notice that.

129 Well, fellow 'Rons and 'Ronettes, in about one hour the tear down phase of this week's major project to rehabilitate our leaking storage shed will have run its course. Let the rebuilding begin! Oh, I have to do that part, too? That wasn't spelled out in the contract! No Just Teas! No Peas! L8er, h8ers!

130 Has anyone seen sabato's map for 2012? He basically takes 2008 and dashes a little red. He even takes indiana and calls it "toss up" (ha). Concern trolls at tepidair are talking about texas going blue soon and saying nc might be out of reach for 2012 (ha x2)

131 @136 And while I'm a heretical Protestant Y-not, I'm not a bit unclear about this subject, .

lol. 

Good Friday is one of those 'holidays' (or Holy Days) for which it is hard to come up with a greeting. 

132 Fun headline of the day --

Earth Day Co-Founder Killed, Composted Girlfriend

133

oh great, i've always wanted to live through the 70s. I was a kid the first time, and got to miss out on all the "fun".

Do I get my own leisure suit?

Noooooo!

Mom has school pictures of me and my brother wearing suits that look like they came from bad curtains.  Now it'd take sliding door size drapes, the hair for the cowlicks has fallen out and crepe rubber platform shoes would be attempted suicide.

134 Hasn't McCain been officially declared a zombie?   Doesn't the Obama Administration have a Blue Ribbon Commission that deliberates on these matters?

135 @138
Good luck!  'Hope the weather holds out for you wherever you are.  We're expecting rain (or, apparently, SNOW) for the next several days. bleh.  Plus we've been having microbursts.  'Took out a couple of trees a week or two ago and took out another one, knocking down a section of fencing, yesterday afternoon. 

I've been looking at houses and keep gravitating toward the ones with woodsy lots... maybe I should reconsider that. 

136 Sabato is primary evidence that social science is total crap. That dildo brain doesn't know squat.

137 I am really enjoying the "How You Became Conservative" thread. I'd like to see it continue.

So many people I know ARE conservative. They just don't know it. They believe the Lie. The truth behind it is why I changed and the key to many others, I feel.

I will be linking several others to it that I normally don't bother with trying to convert.

138 Fun headline of the day --

Earth Day Co-Founder Killed, Composted Girlfriend

Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 22, 2011 09:22 AM (7dkEj)

LOL!  Ya can't make this crap up....

When Philadelphia police questioned Einhorn about her mysterious disappearance several weeks later, he claimed that she had gone out to the neighborhood co-op to buy some tofu and sprouts and never returned.

139 148 I am really enjoying the "How You Became Conservative" thread. I'd like to see it continue.

I enjoyed it, too.

I'd like to hear from our morons/ettes who are in mixed marriages and hear how they make that work.  When I was younger, I kind of assumed I'd wind up with a lib b/c all of my close friends were libs (this was in MD), but I honestly don't think I could marry - or even get serious with - a lib now. 

140 Today it's supposed to get up to 90 for the first time this year. 90 and windy. I hate hot winds...

141 Study group recommendation: 'Excess' profit tax on oil companies. Use revenue to fund some pet project which will go over budget by billions of dollars.

Posted by: Winston Smith at April 22, 2011 09:22 AM (IhHdM)

 

You're right. Barry will force them to pay him to go away because to business he's nothing but a shake down artists like Jesse 

142 I hate hot winds...

No wonder you don't like Obama.

143 Are any of our morons near the TX wildfires?  Looks pretty bad on the news. 

144 Earth Day Co-Founder Killed, Composted Girlfriend

Posted by: laceyunderalls

Well, at least he was climatically responsible

/s

145

I honestly don't think I could marry - or even get serious with - a lib now. 

Good to know.

146 You want to know what's at the end of my rainbow?

Clue:  It's not a pot of gold.

147 I didn't see the actual footage but local tv had a teaser about some guy who was in mid-pumping when the price went up.

Posted by: Downscaled Upscale at April 22, 2011 07:52 AM (IhHdM)

I've read through 139 comments and no one came back with this:

Why the hell is that weirdo masturbating in the middle of the gas station pumps?!

Barry is in office.  It couldn't have been that good a price!

_{It's Friday morons.  Where's the snark?! Go commando! Let the kittens hang free! If anyone asks, just tell them there is a Dem in the White House and you can no longer afford duct tape or underbunders}

148

momma, why wait for Friday to go commando? I do it every day, saves on washing costs.

And the cool breeze is refreshing.

149 Indidnt get to post on the how you became a conservative but I'd like to repost one of my favorite excerpts that explain the differences. Conservatives are courageous but not bold. NLiberals are bold but not courageous. Boldness is impatient. Courage is long-suffering. Boldness cannot endure hardship or delay; it is ravenous,it must feed on victory or it dies. Courage plants it s feet upon earth and draws strength from God's holy fundament. The bold man is prideful,brazen, ambitious. The brave man calm, God fearing, steady. The bold man seeks to divide; he wants his own and will shoulder his brother aside to loot it. The brave man unites. He succors his fellow, knowing that what belongs to the commonwealth belongs to him as well. The bold man covets; he sues his neighbor in the law court, he intrigues, he dissembles. The brave man is content with his lot; he respects the portion the gods have granted and husband it, comporting himself with humility. In troubled times the bold man flails about in effeminate anguish, seeking to draw his neighbors into his misfortune, for he has no stengtj of character to fall back upon other to drag others down to his own state of wickedness. Now the brave man. In the dark hours he endures silently, uncomplying. Reverencing the round of heavan's seasons, he does what must be done, sustaing himself with the certainty that to endure injustice with patience is the mark of piety and wisdom.

150 136 And while I'm a heretical Protestant Y-not, I'm not a bit unclear about this subject, . Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 22, 2011 09:18 AM (9hSKh)

"[H]eretical Protestant?" Isn't that an oxymoron?

151 How did I become a conservative? Two names: Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.

152 "[H]eretical Protestant?" Isn't that an oxymoron?

Posted by: Josef K., Roman Catholic Troll at April 22, 2011 09:44 AM (7+pP9)

 

It's more redundant than an oxymoron. Like dumb liberal

153 46 Morning.

I filled up for 3.89 at the pump this morning. There was a news crew there interviewing people on their opinion on gas prices. The news gal asked if I wanted to share my thoughts on air. I said sure but I told her I'd be saying that B. Obama could eat a bag of dicks.

Needless to say, I didn't make the news this morning.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 22, 2011 08:18 AM (7dkEj)

Bravo Good Lady!

154 'd like to hear from our morons/ettes who are in mixed marriages and hear how they make that work.



My hubby comes from a long line of always-vote-D-don't -trust-the-Rs-Union-men.  Seriously, he used to walk out of the room when I claimed bias in the media (while watching the news.)  He hated Bush the first year, grew to respect him the second year, and then began defending him.  All the while hating every other R.

He hates politics because he figures they are all liars.

Then came watching me bawl my eyes out for three straight days after the election. I didn't do anything but cry.  I knew how destructive O was going to be.  I knew he wanted to take our freedoms and amass his power.  My hubby couldn't understand this.  At.  All.

Then I started listening to talk radio in the car.  I started talking back louder to the news.  I started leaving great articles up on my laptop.

He no longer trusts the news (but won't admit it) and even argues with his union-card-liberal-IGNORANT-brother now. 

Now that we have children (that was the KEY) he sees their life being stolen.  He sees their freedoms being taken.  He sees their potential being dampened.

He still won't talk politics with me, but I know he now agrees with me.  Now, it is just a matter of him being wrong. 

PS - He did help me put up Palin signs before the election and he did vote for her

155 My teacher friends are up in arms because Alabama is voting to reform tenure for public school teachers.  I pointed out that they have both Union and Civil Service protection, so they would not likely be persecuted for anything but incompetence.

Wait until their pensions take the coming haircut.   The wails will be heartbreaking.

156 There has NEVER been a valid reason of any kind for tenure in teachers below college level. There wasn't much of a reason for tenure in college professors either.

157 Mom has school pictures of me and my brother wearing suits that look like they came from bad curtains.


That is nothing. For my 8th grade class photo, dad (used to drink beer and help the elderly in our area fix up their houses) got drunk and took me to JCPenny's hair salon.  He gave them a picture of Farrah Fawcett (I didn't here him) and told them I wanted a hair cut just like hers (feathered bangs, etc.)

Only one small problem, I had long, loosed curled hair. 

I walked out with huge feathered hair on both sides of my head, and these tight fucking curls because they layered the back/sides of my hair.

OY.

158
If interest rates start to go stratospheric we will have returned to full Jimmy Carter. No job growth, high unemployment, gasoline prices through the roof, stagnant economy,  inflation, and high interest rates.

Posted by: Downscaled Upscale at April 22, 2011 08:10 AM (IhHdM)

It's been about a year since I predicted gas was gonna skyrocket along with consumer staples. Remember me talking about the generics of the Carter years? Nobody wants to see them again, but they're coming. Especially if Ebola gets reelected.

159 “Four more years,” Obama said, taking the microphone. He added: “Technically it’s actually 5 1/2 more years,” which got a round of laughter.


I need someone to explain that number to me, because I just don't get it. 

160 169, I have pictures of me wearing Green Toughskin Jeans. Husky size. Everyone else had Levis, I had Toughskins. I have never forgiven my parents for that.

161 I pointed out that they have both Union and Civil Service protection, so they would not likely be persecuted for anything but incompetence.

Don't fuck the kids = job for life.  Hell of a deal. 

162 Florida balcony fall baby saved by British tourist



...


Watch: New motorized wheelchair!

Dude has a lawnmower in front of him that makes it 'motorized'

...

DOOM?! At least you aren't this chick.


...
Police: 20-25 teens storm Georgia train, attack and mug riders A group of 20 to 25 youths jumped aboard a commuter train bound for Atlanta�s airport and viciously attacked the passengers, police said.

163 I'd like to hear from our morons/ettes who are in mixed marriages and hear how they make that work.

Pretty much by not talking politics with Mrs Hate.  She watches those fuckheads on NBC and believes their bullshit so there's pretty much not a goddamn thing I can do.  I'll occasionally request her to vote a certain way so as to not counteract my vote and she'll usually agree to it if I present it convincingly enough ie, not call her a brainwashed idiot lacking in critical thinking.  For example, I believe I talked her into voting for Kasich over Twitch Strickland by pointing out what a complete failure the cocksucker from some glorified crossroad in Southeast Ohio had been and that the state would continue going down the shitter with another term for that dumbass.  I think she's having second thoughts now because all her MFM buds have been slamming Kasich but I'll tell her to evaluate how the state is at the end of his term, which should be the sole criterion.

It was pretty funny a few years ago at my daughter's wedding.  Usually I'm immersed in her moonbat friends where I pretty much kick all their asses rhetorically speaking while convincing none of the fuckheads to change their dumbshit ways.  At my daughter's wedding my conservative cousins came and obliterated one of Mrs. H's fairly mild dumbfuck lib statement.  I was pretty amused until I waded in and saved her when she was looking shellshocked.  My cousins are used to dealing with dumbasses in Maryland and throwing their shit back in their faces,.

164 So why isn't the beating by two black girls of a white girl in the McDonalds a hate crime?

 http://tinyurl.com/3pdnu57

Cause we make the rules, Eric.

165
  Fascinating reading the post about becoming a conservative, some great stories there. Not going to add mine,just note something that a lot of you didn't touch on.

 That being the co-opting of the definition liberal by these secular progressives. They've managed quite successfully to do that, to the discomfiture of true liberals. I'm not sure why no one makes a huge point of this.

  Just sticking my two cents in here.

166 Kemp; where was that McDonald's at?

167 Feds Made $125 Billion in 'Improper Payments' in 2010--Enough To Fund State Department 11 Times Over

The $125 billion in improper payments was also more than 7 times the total spending by the Justice Department or by NASA, which runs the U.S. space program, which is preparing to launch its last-ever shuttle flights.

Federal agencies reported improper payments estimated at $125.4 billion in fiscal year 2010, an increase of $16.2 billion from the $109.2 billion estimate in fiscal 2009, the Government Accountability Office said. Ninety-four percent of those payments came from social spending programs, including Medicare and Medicaid,

...

After Security Lapses at Newark Airport, TSA Official in Charge Promoted to HQ Post

Barbara Powell, who served as TSA’s security director at the New Jersey airport since July 2007, has been promoted to the post of “senior adviser in the Office of Human Capital,” TSA said in a statement this week.

Before she left the Newark post, Powell was reportedly the subject of a blistering internal critique that found “inconsistent leadership” under her watch and “a work environment that is often fueled by fear of reprisal and retaliation.”

... there had been five security breaches at EWR within 30 days. The included a case in which a dead dog did not undergo screening, a knife passed through security, and two individuals were allowed to go through screening despite problems with their full-body scans.

Following Powell’s resignation, the paper reported Wednesday that an analysis of security operations, conducted by her own team, found that under her leadership there had been “poor communication, inconsistent leadership, substandard hiring and promotions, lack of guidance and direction” that affected work performance.

The analysis described “a work environment that is often fueled by fear of reprisal and retaliation.”

168 Posted by: Captain Hate at April 22, 2011 10:28 AM

So was Mrs. Hate always liberal?  Has she gotten worse over the years? 

I grew up in liberal MD so I'm used to that crowd, but I think that the ramifications of the Progressives' policies are so dramatic, that you simply can't hide from it.  You don't have to talk about politics to be confronted with the damage they're doing - at the gas pump, in the housing market, hell , even in the light bulb aisle. 

Anyway, good for you for hanging in there.  Maybe she'll see the light. 

169 PS - He did help me put up Palin signs before the election and he did vote for her

Cool, momma!

170 The news gal asked if I wanted to share my thoughts on air. I said sure but I told her I'd be saying that B. Obama could eat a bag of dicks. Needless to say, I didn't make the news this morning. That's awesome, Lacey!

171 167 There has NEVER been a valid reason of any kind for tenure in teachers below college level. There wasn't much of a reason for tenure in college professors either.

I complete agree.

Sometimes I think the purpose of tenure at the college level is/was to sort of reward people for the amount of time they've invested attaining a "scholarly status" (as it were; I mean developing new thought, making discoveries, etc; something a school teacher or instructor doesn't do).  Done properly that's a lot of years of being poor and really unable to get your life started, especially in the sciences where there's a long postdoc period.  But I actually prefer the idea of 5-year contracts, pegged to performance. 

Also, "academic freedom" is the most misused concept on the planet.  Althouse was using it to defend the WI prof who was (quite clearly, imho) doing his political organizing using his state university computing resources. 

172 Yesterday a colleague circulated an email telling us she had a box in her office for used pens and she encouraged us to help fill it. Pens, she said, can be recycled and this would do good in the name of sustainability. Email deleted. Mumbled curse issued.

173 I wanted to leave a comment at the LA Times on the death of Michael Sarrazin, wondering if he was a victim of the Canadian healthcare system, which also refused to life-flight Natasha Richardson after her accident because it was too expensive.  When I refused to share info from my log-in acct with their comment program, it refused me.

174 So was Mrs. Hate always liberal?  Has she gotten worse over the years? 

I grew up in liberal MD so I'm used to that crowd, but I think that the ramifications of the Progressives' policies are so dramatic, that you simply can't hide from it.   

Posted by: Y-not at April 22, 2011 10:43 AM (pW2o

Hard to say where it all comes from.  She grew up on a farm in Iowa and her mother, who was a pretty common sense person in a lot of ways, had a reflexive hatred of Republicans (which I can at times get behind).  Plus she took journalism in college which definitely doesn't encourage critical thinking although, to her credit, she always tried when working in that field to get to the underlying truth of the matter.  The problem is, imo, that she attributes the same motives to others in the field which I don't think is warrented.

I love Maryland in a lot of ways but I could never go back to live there.

175 If you haven't been to Drudge and seen that beating video yet, DO IT.

176 I love Maryland in a lot of ways but I could never go back to live there

The man was in the running for a job in what would have been Charles Lollar's district (still Hoyer's, regrettably).  I was sorely tempted, but I think it would have been very frustrating to be in a gerrymandered district.  Plus, the organization he was looking at is left-leaning, I think. 

Utah is working out.  But, man, I have got to rig up a trick to MD during crab season. 

177 or trip to MD... bleh

178 A group of 20 to 25 youths jumped aboard a commuter train bound for Atlanta�s airport and viciously attacked the passengers, police said.

The suspect is 5' 10" wearing a pink shirt. WAS he Black, White. Hispanic, Asian...WHICH? Or are we just supposed to assume it's Atlanta so of course he's black?

179 The Kraut at NRO posts his RINO Boy Band poster on his bedroom door.

180 By the way if you are black go ahead and feel free to beat the living crap out of a white person in a McDonald's. It won't hurt your "Toilet bias" case.

Three African-American Men Slap McDonald’s With “Toilet Bias” Lawsuit

In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, African-Americans Christopher White, Abdul Rasuul and Leroy Johnson say they were told they had to buy food if they wanted to use the restroom at the 480 Third Ave. outlet, while a nonpaying white woman didnÂ’t have to buy anything.

They say they suffered “shock, pain, emotional, psychiatric, psychological and mental injuries” as a result of the incident last year.

181 Utah is working out.  But, man, I have got to rig up a trick to MD during crab season. 

Posted by: Y-not at April 22, 2011 11:07 AM (pW2o

I miss the crabs (not crab lice, morons), Terp basketball, the ocean and the accents of waitresses that call you "hon".

182 The suspect is 5' 10" wearing a pink shirt. WAS he Black, White. Hispanic, Asian...WHICH? Or are we just supposed to assume it's Atlanta so of course he's black?

That's actually an old story and those were black yoots. And 2 of the injured were airline employees.

183 I miss the crabs (not crab lice, morons), Terp basketball, the ocean and the accents of waitresses that call you "hon"

At this time of year, I miss the wild flowering dogwoods, which are obviously not limited to MD, but don't seem to be found out West. 

While growing up I liked how plugged in people were to national politics, although I suppose that could be irritating these days.  Moving to other parts of the country was somewhat jarring in that regard.  I still don't get local politics. 

And I miss access to the museums and monuments in D.C.

184 #178 Vic,
The Liveleak video does not give location, which I find strange.  I searched web and can not find location of McDonalds.  You have any luck?

185 You have any luck?

i HAVEN'T SEARCHED THE NET YET, i WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD.

I'll give it a shot and piss on caps lock.

186 The worst part about that is the video was posted on some HipHop site like some friggin trophy.

187 I'm only finding 2 stories so far and neither mention the location.

188 The hiphop site is out of Arizona.

189 Whaaaaat!?! This Is Fxcked Up: Girl Gets The Beats In McDonalds & Starts To Have A Seizure


That's the headline it's under on the HipHop site. At least most of the comments note how outrageous it is.

190 I'm only finding 2 stories so far and neither mention the location.

Hell, I had thousands of hits for assault McDonald's and assault McDonald's video.  It looks like that is a dangerous place to eat.

191 Hell, I had thousands of hits for assault McDonald's and assault McDonald's video.  It looks like that is a dangerous place to eat.

Posted by: Vic at April 22, 2011 11:47 AM (M9Ie6)

was it for that assault?

192 was it for that assault?

No, there were enumerable assault hits at different places.

193 #197, Vic

Found it.  Hannity radio show say it happen in Texas between Dallas and Lubbock don't have an account at his site, if you do maybe there are more details.

This won't go well for the Black muggers. Texas will have their asses in jail before the sun goes down.

God willing.

194 Texas? And it's not even Houston? No way!

195 Here is some more shit. Posted at "above top secret".  Maybe if this is true, the gheys will get involved.  I think it is bullshit.

Just so everyone knows, The white girl getting beat, isn't exactly a Girl, she's a transsexual who went into the womans restroom, and when asked to leave got smart with the two other girls, which well you see what happened.


reply posted on 22-4-2011 @ 09:46 AM by darrylss

196 An update on the Terry Jones situation- it's the lead story in the Detroit area.

They are still in court. Prosecution is arguing that he shouldn't be allowed to protest because there could be violence. To me, that's not a valid argument, since there could potentially be violence at any protest. Also, they seem to be saying that if Jones holds protests, it could cause the koranimals to go apeshit in crapistan, and people will die.

[rolls eyes]

The liberal media is in full force here. I don't doubt that Jones will not be allowed to protest, will protest any ways, and will go to jail. If that happens, I hope he sues Dearborn for everything they are worth.

197 Posted by: Kemp at April 22, 2011 12:03 PM (JpFM9)

I think BS. if this was a Tranny getting beat for using a bathroom it would have been the lead on every nightly new cast.

At one point it does seem like the white girl is saying "Where should I go then?" and they are calling her a sick bitch. But why would they keep calling her a bitch and not say anything to the black guys present?

198 Alright. at one point the girl does have a wig come off and some guy says "That's a man.". I was wondering why there was so much hair everywhere, it's from a wig.

199 Drudge has moved the story to the headlines.  That will insure it has legs.  They are even writing about it on The View website. 

Rocks, I agree the tranny shit is just that random stupid.  No one else but Hannity has any information on location, so his information might be BS too.

A bet, we'll know by this evening and McDonalds will be interviewed as will the DOJ.

200 Rocks, I agree the tranny shit is just that random stupid.  No one else but Hannity has any information on location, so his information might be BS too.
Posted by: Kemp at April 22, 2011 12:18 PM (JpFM9)

It may not be. Watch the video and be sure to listen carefully.

201 I can't watch it again.  I did note the tramp stamp on her back.  Not many trannies do that.  Women wear wigs, so seeing one doesn't add to the case.  If she was a man, he was a mighty small dude. 

If he is ghey, then it WILL become a hate crime for sure! 

202 At around 1:00 there is an exchange where the white girl asks "Where am I supposed to fucking go then?" and they call her a sick bitch.

At 1:07 they return to beat her and that is when the white girl loses the long brown wig and has shorter blond hair.

At 1:25 some guy clearly says "That's a man."

Through the rest of the video there is hair across the restaurant towards the door and that is from the black girl's weave.

203 If she was a man, he was a mighty small dude. 

If he is ghey, then it WILL become a hate crime for sure! 

Posted by: Kemp at April 22, 2011 12:22 PM (JpFM9)

Skinny yeah but not small. The black girls are clearly short but the white girl is at least 6-8 inches taller than them even hunched a bit. the black manager is taller than the black girls but he is still a good 4-6 inches shorter than the white girl.

204 Another odd thing is at the Liveleak site the white girl is described as a patron and victim while the blacks are called females. Only the "she has a seizure" is the only reference to the white person as female. There is even mention of black males and an older white female. EVERYONE is identified by their sex except the victim.

205 At :28 seconds the black girls are screaming about how "That's some fucked up shit". I'm pretty much convinced. That's a man baby.

206 McDonald's confirmed this happened in Baltimore.

207 Baltimore!  McDonalds admits it was in Baltimore, makes more sense than TX.

208 Regarding the woman who had 52 plastic surgeries.

The woman in the 'after ' picture looks like a woman who would get 52 plastic surgeries. She looks like some one who doesn't have what she wants.

The woman in the 'before' picture looks natural.  But she also looks like some one who doesn't have what she wants.

The sweet, delicious, horrible, and hideous irony.  God you tricky bastard.

209 Prezdent'ns hard. Looked up leader in the dictionary, the perfect definition of Obama: LEADER - short strip of nonfunctioning material at each end of a reel of film or recording tape for connection to the spool.

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