1

I had thought Coburn was going to sell us out on that Gang of 6.

But that may have been premature reports.

2

Santorum back tracking on Bush's drug boondoggle

What a difference running for President makes. He is still not in my top 3 even if he did win the SC straw poll (which straw polls are all BS anyway).

3 And good morning to all the Morons. Had to break down and turn on the A/C this morning. Temps were OK but the humidity was awful.

4 Am I the only one up today?

5 Gov. Mitch Daniels will be in Washington on May 4 to accept an award from the Arab American Institute Foundation at its annual Kahlil Gibran Spirit of Humanity Awards Gala.

By then, Hoosiers, along with the rest of the nation, might know whether Daniels is a candidate for the GOP nomination in 2012 or yet another Republican who has looked hard at it but passed it by.

Daniels has said he will make a decision after the legislature adjourns Friday.

If Daniels is running, the fact that he's accepting the award says he's a different kind of candidate. Some politicians might avoid attending because of the group's ethnic background, coming up with some plausible sounding scheduling snafu instead.

In 2006, Daniels, who is of Syrian descent, welcomed more than 150 Muslims to the governor's official residence as they marked the end of Ramadan.

Maya Berry, executive director of the Arab American Institute, told the Talking Points Memo, an online political newsletter, that Daniels was one of the group's earliest supporters.

"We have a community that comes with some unfortunate political baggage in terms of bigots," she said. "It's just nice when folks are proud of their ethnic background and don't allow that kind of politics of exclusion to get in the way."

mydesert.com



Of Syrian descent?  Don't remember seeing that mentioned before.

6
Been up since O five hundred sharpening my Ka-Bar and reviewing the topographical maps of the District of Columbia.

7 A fine warm day for a ride in a convertible limo.

8 Mitch Daniel's parents were Syrian Christians.

9 The latest Bill Whittle.

10 Can we leave McCain in Libya?

11 10 Let him fly the plane, and don't respond when he wrecks it.

12 Anybody happen to notice the price of gold and silver today? The meltdown is picking up speed.

13

Sovereign wealth funds are the new asymmetrical warfare weapons of choice.

All China has to do to fuck us is signal that they're dumping a ton of American jack-- which they're preparing to do.

They don't actually have to dump it all, and therefore devalue their investment in the future of America to screw us.  They only have to show the world they're serious about dumping us.  They will follow, so they don't lose their shirts in any major Chinese short-sale of America.

14

Vic, re: Coburn - I just don't have a warm fuzzy about that report.  I still fear a sell out is coming, and it will be prefaced with "this is the only way we could get Dems to agree to raise the ceiling by 3 trillion, not the 5 trillion they wanted."

I fear we're boned either way

15

What does Obama do when defeated by congress AND the courts?

Why rule by executive decree of course. He thinks elections make him a dictator.

16 And who cares where Bitch Spaniel's parents were born?  His problem is that he's an ugly fuck without fine pants-creases or a lack of a discernible Negro accent.

17 I fear we're boned either way

As I said, that's a "may". As bad as that deal was in the House, the Senate is even squishier.

18

Lawmakers attempt to continue to delegate authority from the legislative to the executive branch.  This time, by cutting down on the number of posts which are subject to Senate confirmation.

Jesus Christ, what the fuck are we paying these schmucks for?

WASHINGTON — Hoping to unclog the Senate and spare scores of presidential appointees from what is often a grueling confirmation process, leading lawmakers in both parties are moving to cut the number of administration posts that are subject to Senate approval.

19

Key quote from the sidebar story of Palin for Fed:

"the value of the dollars that Mr. BernankeÂ’s institution issues as Federal Reserve notes has collapsed to less than a 1,500^th of an ounce of gold"

just so you know, your paper money may be burned because its about to plung to worthlessness.

 

yes it is a bad monday and i am feeling pessimistic, why do you ask doctor?

20 If you look at the 'On The Issues" site for Mitch Daniels he has the ultimate curse. They rate him as a "moderate".

What they don't mention was his first term as governor in which he tried to raise taxes.

21 I expect the dollar to plunge on the announcement by China, but I also expect it to recover, somewhat.

22

Iraq:  BOOOOOOOSH!

Iran:  Snore!

Egypt:  Let's root on the Muslim Bortherhood!

Baharain:  We have our M.E. fleet there, so let's ignore it and hope it goes away.

Lybia:  Let's get in the middle of a civil war!

Syria (Iran's puppet):  Snore!

Syria rounds up opponents after 120 dead

 

23 22 Is it too much to ask that they put up hd cameras before they open fire?

24 MARK KIRK (!!!) attaching entitlement reform to voting to raise the debt ceiling?  Must be a misprint.

25 >>I expect the dollar to plunge on the announcement by China, but I also expect it to recover, somewhat. Er, why? I expect the loss of reserve currency status soon. And some day, I expect we will find Soros' dirty hands all over this nightmare.

26 Avoiding gas taxes by driving electric?  Not so fast, Washington green-weenies!

27 26 Avoiding gas taxes by driving electric?  Not so fast, Washington green-weenies!

Posted by: Truman North

has to be the funniest part. The greenies hoisted by their own petard.

28 Hong Kong blew gold and silver into several holding firms default territory. A major call spurt of owner delivery demands of bullion and the shit will defiantly hit the fan.

29 Avoiding gas taxes by driving electric?

And their "Cars of the Year" can't make it across L.A.

30 Electric cars are not cars.  They are the holy symbols of the Church of Smug.

31 Er, why? I expect the loss of reserve currency status soon.

It is not in China's interest to destroy the dollar. Washington wanted to devalue it, but not destroy it.

I guess we will see by the end of this week.

32 Washington State has been flirting with this for a long time now. First they floated an idea to track vehicle mileage with a GPS device in all cars but they figured out car manufacturers were not happy with that and they would be easily defeated.

They claim they are losing tax money for roads. Well, that is fine. My view would be that if gasoline taxes were no longer viable then replace them. But like all socialists, they never get rid of a tax. They want both taxes.

33 And BTW, there are all kinds of taxes applied to electricity so they are still getting taxes there.

34 Also BTW, I lived in Washington State for 6 months. It is the ONLY place in this country that I truly hated living there and could not wait to leave.

At the time it was worse than CA for idiot libtards. I didn't like Oly beer either.

35 What was the conservative point of view re: civil rights movement? Can anyone point me to a book or two explaining how conservatives helped the cause of civil rights in the 60's? I'm tired of hearing how it was all liberals that gave a damn about blacks in the 60's.

36 Morning 'rons....Damn it's humid! 

37 China's developing their economy to eventually fuck us all over.  At some point they'll take the economic hit to give us a political high colonic.  Our only hope is that we can hold on long enough until their centrally planned economy goes tits up like all of them do.  But B+ Hussein dancing to Soros's puppet strings may accelerate our decline rapidly enough for the end game to actually happen.  Not to mention fuckheads like GE selling technology to the ChiComs that can be used by the military despite the lying cocksuckers claiming otherwise; which started under and with the complicity of Slick.

38 There was no "conservative movement" in the early 60s. Barry Goldwater really started the movement in 1964.

He voted against the 1964 civil rights act because in his opinion it was unconstitutional. He was right.

Of course, the courts and the government no longer follow it anyway.

39 Me and Mishi be up, Vic. She was kind enough to change my bandage for me. Hope11!!1!1 Change!11!1!!1

40 Posted by: Vic at April 25, 2011 08:00 AM (M9Ie6) There were conservatives in the 60's, obviously. National Review debuted in the 60's (I think). I read that Buckley regretted his stance in the 60's. From what I have read on the issue so far, conservatives were against it because they didn't want Big Government forcing southern businesses to allow blacks, and they also weren't happy with Brown v. Board of Education. You know, I get it. I really do, especially with all the bullshit in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, it just looks so damn horrible, does it not? Is this why conservatives are labelled racist so often?

41

Back in the day, when America was an exceptional, capitalist, sovereign country, this would have never happened.  

ItÂ’s hard to remember that far back – one and a half, two years ago.  Might as well be centuries.

42 Removal of forced government segregation was a good thing and probably most real conservatives were OK with that. Forcing private companies to do stuff however was not and that is the unconstitutional part.

The VRA also had some real questionable parts, section V in particular is blatantly unconstitutional. No law can be applied to only some parts of the country.

43 I'm tired of hearing how it was all liberals that gave a damn about blacks in the 60's.
Posted by: Joffen at April 25, 2011 07:57 AM (EPcuy)

Most active were the commies posing as libs, very often northeast secular Jewish marxist types like those that later went on to form underground groups like The Weathermen.

A lot of Ayers buddies were secular Jews with anglo sounding names and abundant self hatred that was easily projected on the US.

44 Another data point in the Taliban 'catch & release' program:
 
The Taliban has staged a jail-break from a high security prison in Afghanistan, freeing 541 prisoners through a network of tunnels that took five months to dig.

In scenes reminiscent of war film The Great Escape, insurgents constructed a 1,050-foot (320m) route into Sarposa Prison, in Kandahar.
 
Around 100 Taliban commanders were freed. Wonderful.

45 And yes, we had some "conservatives" early, but it did not become a force until Goldwater in 1964.

46 I'm not afraid of what the PLA (China) does with the dollar rationally; I'm afraid of what happens if China implodes.

47

why didn't our people in afghanistan know about this prison break?

48 Forcing private companies to do stuff however was not and that is the unconstitutional part. Posted by: Vic at April 25, 2011 08:08 AM (M9Ie6) Yeah, I know. The thing is, it's pretty damn hard to defend that position without sounding like a racist. If you're trying to get someone who is relatively informed on the conservative side, the issue of civil rights is a tough nut to crack, I find.

49 Around 100 Taliban commanders were freed. Wonderful.

Posted by: GnuBreed

Hope they had tracking devices surgically implanted in them.

50 I ran Registry Mechanic for the first time on this computer.  Nice program.  There were about 1500 fixes on the registry and about 5,000 other things it fiddled with.  Computer runs a lot faster.  Also, it had started to crash during idle time.  That's gone.

51 [edit] If you're trying to get someone who is relatively informed onto the conservative side, the issue of civil rights is a tough nut to crack, I find.

52 Congratulations to Andy on making cob logger!

53 If you're trying to get someone who is relatively informed on the conservative side, the issue of civil rights is a tough nut to crack, I find.

Well, what I have found is that you either believe in small government, or you don't. Conservatives believe in small government.

What I find to be hugely ironic is the actual wording of the act "government shall not discriminate on the basis of color, sex, religion, or national origin" and yet the government does it every day now.

54 What I find to be hugely ironic is the actual wording of the act "government shall not discriminate on the basis of color, sex, religion, or national origin" and yet the government does it every day now. Yes! I bring that up as much as I can when I discuss politics. I also mention that conservatives supported the bus boycott because it was "people-powered" and not "government-powered".

55 What I find to be hugely ironic is the actual wording of the act "government shall not discriminate on the basis of color, sex, religion, or national origin" and yet the government does it every day now. Yes! I bring that up as much as I can when I discuss politics. I also mention that conservatives supported the bus boycott because it was "people-powered" and not "government-powered".

56 I'm not afraid of what the PLA (China) does with the dollar rationally; I'm afraid of what happens if China implodes.

Posted by: Jean at April 25, 2011 08:12 AM (7P7Ij)

The two aren't unrelated and it's a "when" not an "if" situation.  Imo the sooner it happens the better but it won't be pretty.  Or painless.

57 I ran Registry Mechanic for the first time on this computer.  Nice program.  There were about 1500 fixes on the registry and about 5,000 other things it fiddled with.  Computer runs a lot faster.  Also, it had started to crash during idle time.  That's gone.
Posted by: rdbrewer

If you are comfortable using regedit, you can also delete the reinstall files. This seems to accelerate the boot as well.

HKEY LOCAL MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows CurrentVersion Reinstall

I am assuming the machine is top notch with hardware settings. you might export these keys first if in doubt.

58 The GOP needs more videos like this to get young voter's attention off of movie vampires and onto the big one in DC.

_{Scroll to the bottom for the video.}

59 30 Electric cars are not cars.  They are the holy symbols of the Church of the Subsidized and Smug. Posted by: Truman North at April 25, 2011 07:44 AM (8ay4x) FIFY

60 Where does oil come from? Nobody actually knows, regardless of the horse shit they pump out. But here is a theory that doesn't make the bullshitometer peg out.

61 ontherocks:  Do kids really respond to that sort of in-your-face obnoxious garbage?  It's been so long since I was a kid, "extreme" was still a bad word then.

62 Er, why? I expect the loss of reserve currency status soon.

It is not in China's interest to destroy the dollar. Washington wanted to devalue it, but not destroy it.

Indeed, you don't want to destroy the buying power of one of your biggest cutomers. Especially when chinese themselves tend to hoard money.

63 maddog:  that makes a lot of sense, actually.  There's places where we find fossil fuels, but no fossils.  I kind of think the term "fossil fuels" is bullshit anyway.

64

Congratulations to Andy on making cob logger!

Indeed, unfortunately what he had to do to get it is totally NSFW

65 I can't wait for the nationwide howl of outrage when President Palin and Speaker Ryan, refuse to allow a Federal subsidy or rebate program for the replacement and disposal of all of those electric car batteries.  In fact, I am looking forward to Sen. Inhofe sponsoring a bill making the electric car owners criminally and financially liable for the toxic waste they are dragging around (just like businesses are today).

66

Indeed, unfortunately what he had to do to get it is totally NSFW

and they say sex doesn't sell

67

LOLz Jean.  You made me think up the phrase "convenient lie" to describe the sort of greeniness that leads to such destructive choices.

And then I thought about "inconvenient truth"

I was simultaneously tickled by the consonance between the two terms and repulsed that I'm thinking along the same lines as The Algore.

68 Truman - if you want to get pissed off - read Pat Moore's book on Greenpeace.

69 Are they really going to spend *all week* on the royal wedding thing? My only hope is that they launch the shuttle at the time, otherwise Mrs. Chronda is going to be glued to the set.

70 consonance?  covalency?  similarity? 

71 Congratulations to Andy on making cob logger!

Posted by: rdbrewer at April 25, 2011 08:18 AM (dMdDQ)

Who the hell is Andy?

72 ontherocks:  Do kids really respond to that sort of in-your-face obnoxious garbage?  It's been so long since I was a kid, "extreme" was still a bad word then.
Posted by: Truman North at April 25, 2011 08:40 AM (8ay4x)

Seems like you answered your own question, but the first thing is to get their attention, and drowning in future debt and linking it to blood suckers could break through their sex and booze fueled haze.

It's worth a try, which the GOP has til now been reticent to do.

73 The Age of America is kaput.

http://tinyurl.com/3wxjw3h

Thanks, Barry.

74 Going on day five of high fever/flu, can't seem to break it. Usually I can shake it in a few days. Anyone been this sick?

Posted by: lowandslow at April 25, 2011 08:53 AM (GZitp)

It's psychosomatic. Stopped reading Monty's DOOM threads.

75 14 Vic, re: Coburn - I just don't have a warm fuzzy about that report. I still fear a sell out is coming, and it will be prefaced with "this is the only way we could get Dems to agree to raise the ceiling by 3 trillion 4.999 trillion, not the 5 trillion they wanted."
__________

FIFY

Not that I'm bitter or anything.

76 low and slow.  I knw you're unlikely to take this advice, but a five day fever is not normal.  You should see a doctor or even go to the emergency room.  You might be sicker than you think.

77 lowandslow - not in the US; you may have reached the point at which you need to go see a doc.  You could have an infection seperate from a seasonal cold.

78

Who the hell is Andy?

 

Goober says hi!

79 >>Indeed, you don't want to destroy the buying power of one of your biggest cutomers. Especially when chinese themselves tend to hoard money. The worth of becoming the preeminent economy in the world is worth incalculably more than a 1 or 2 trillion dollars to the Chinese. China has been making made inroads in some of the fastest growing markets in the world (which does not include us). Whatever hit they take from our lack of buying power they are going to more than make up for it. They are making big steps in India, the middle east (which is very happy to snub us after Barry's smart power moves in Egypt) Latin America, Africa and quietly moving on a bankrupt EU through investments in Spain, Greece, etc.. China has been playing a long game for some time while we have been busily borrowing and spending ourselves into ruin.

80 In addition to the doom thread, we now have lowandslow as an index case ...

81 Runningrn ought to be by any time now to tell you what to do.  Time for me to go screw to my comparative european politics class with Dr. Weiner.  Be well, morons.

82 JackStraw - I bet all of those markets combined, don't equal WalMart.

83 Syria kills it's citizens and closes it's borders and Nato bombs Kaddafi's Compound. Hope and change?

84 Mark Kirk has always been a deficit hawk.. and warning about mortgaging our future to the Chinese for many years now.

Linking the debt ceiling to entitlement reform, however may seem out of character with him.  But, in truth, that's where the money is (or goes, actually).  Any talk of debt without entitlement reform is ludicrous.

85 Ben, strikethru fail in the side bar

86 China just blew 300 Billion on high speed rail and got a cable car system out of it. They also have a Muslim time bomb waiting to go off in the Western part of the country.

87 I've been watching a little Outer Limits and Twilight Zone from the 80's.  What's the deal, was dark unclear, natural lighting the style back then?  All indoor shots in every one of those episodes appear to have natural lighting--in other words, just the normal lights you'd have in a room, a table lamp.  Lights on the ceiling.  Reminds me of sitting my my apartment back in school.  It's not that it's dark; it's just not all that clear sometimes. 

And everything looks wheat colored, cream colored, and brown, but I guess that was just "the look" back then.

88 The headlines today are striking!

89 "88 China just blew 300 Billion on high speed rail and got a cable car system out of it. They also have a Muslim time bomb waiting to go off in the Western part of the country."   Goober says not to worry. China has a history of cleansing itself occassionally. Just count the bodies as they float down the Yalu river and you know the progressives are at work.

90

Barry gets his legacy – from the IMF no less.

Congratulations Barry.  This will go well next to your Nobel.

No one noticed.  Shit.

91

Sorry Fritz. I missed your comment above.

 

92 lowandslow, I'm in agreement with the others.  Five days of fever is definitely not good, especially if you've felt sick enough to be off your feet that whole time.  Get ye to a doctor!

93

Thanks, I'll give it another day, see what happens. I seem a little better today, feel I'm getting a strength back, or just sick of laying around.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 25, 2011 08:58 AM (GZitp)

If you have a fever and Tylenol doesn't make it come down at least a degree, then you need to get to a doctor.  If you get chills that last more than 1/2 hour then you need to get to a doctor.

Those are the two best indicators I know for when you should see a doctor.

Hope you feel better soon.

94 93 Welcome to the gloom.

95 OT, I think we need a clean-up on Aisle 30 in the Facebook spanking thread.

96 Question:  I have a feeling that Obama and crew are going to start taking pics at anti-Obama rallies and to try and figure out if the protesters are on SS, SSi, or unemployment.  That way if he goes after a couple saying, 'see, you're fit to work' that way he can 'stop' some of these protests that are soon to come this summer.

Is it possible that he could do this?

97 Thanks, Barry - gas is now $4.28 at the nearest station.

98 I have a feeling that Obama and crew are going to start taking pics at anti-Obama rallies and to try and figure out if the protesters are on SS, SSi, or unemployment. That way if he goes after a couple saying, 'see, you're fit to work' that way he can 'stop' some of these protests that are soon to come this summer. Is it possible that he could do this? Posted by: momma at April 25, 2011 09:15 AM (penCf) Hum? I doubt it, but people in the Military may want to be careful

99

"I have a feeling that Obama and crew are going to start taking pics at anti-Obama rallies and to try and figure out if the protesters are on SS, SSi, or unemployment.  That way if he goes after a couple saying, 'see, you're fit to work' that way he can 'stop' some of these protests that are soon to come this summer."

 

Why bother? Goober says the media won't get past the fact that they are white and angry. Isn't diversity great?

100

Can you imagine for a moment, the outcry from governments across the world if a Jew were to do something similar to this to say, MachmoodÂ’s Falafel Stand and Drive Up Mosque (offering in-and-out wife beating seminars)?

TheyÂ’d shit themselves with outrage!

101

Morning, all!  I don't know if anyone's been paying attention to the Greg Mortenson/Three Cups of Tea fiasco, but I've been enjoying the opportunity to revel in the schadenfreude.  If you've got a moment click the link -- it goes to RealClearPolitics -- and read the story.  The sheer hubris of the book's introduction should have been enough to make people go, "Huh?" 

"The first tip-off that Greg Mortenson's memoir "Three Cups of Tea" has some credibility issues comes in the book's introduction. Co-author David Oliver Relin writes that as Mortenson is flying over Pakistan, the helicopter pilot marvels to Mortenson, "I've been flying in northern Pakistan for 40 years. How is it you know the terrain better than me?"

The pilot also confides, "Flying with President Musharraf, I've become acquainted with many world leaders, many outstanding gentlemen and ladies. But I think Greg Mortenson is the most remarkable person I've ever met."

People don't talk like that. Books don't lead with that level of self-aggrandizement. Unless they want to induct you into a cult."

102

Thanks, I'll give it another day, see what happens. I seem a little better today, feel I'm getting a strength back, or just sick of laying around.

Posted by: lowandslow at April 25, 2011 08:58 AM (GZitp)

If you've really had a high fever for 5 days you need a wheel man/babe for the trip to the doc. you're probably lowerandslower.

103 BTW:

My three year old daughter just asked Santa for a paint ball gun for Christmas.  'You know santa, until I'm responsible enough to get a real rifle'

My son interrupted her by saying, 'Yeah. My first gun is going to be an AR-15!'


Awesome!

104 The Pelosi Effect: Botox May Deaden Ability to Empathize, New Study Says

105 Botox May Deaden Ability to Empathize, New Study Says Posted by: djohn at April 25, 2011 09:25 AM (Jc8kM) So does 56 years of life. Now get off my freaken lawn or make your self useful and take out the garbage!

106

The Hill: Grand jury floated to probe gas prices

"Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Sunday called for an aggressive federal probe – including a possible grand jury – into whether rising gasoline prices stem from illegal manipulation of energy markets."

107 Dems calling for investigation of the oil companies has become a joke. It is now a cliche. I would like to see one of those companies grow some sack and tell them exactly what is going on.

108

"Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Sunday called for an aggressive federal probe – including a possible grand jury – into whether rising gasoline prices stem from illegal manipulation of energy markets."

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 25, 2011 09:28 AM (170sK)

Suing companies into oblivion is all Dickie has ever been good for. For him the solution to every problem is a class action lawsuit.

109

For a while now I've been saying that working in a fast food restaurant should include hazard pay. 

Dad who split up fight in McDonald's shot dead (South London, UK)

A DAD-of-four who split up a fight in a McDonaldÂ’s was shot dead moments after being told he wouldnÂ’t see the morning.

Raymond Mitchell, 34, had only popped into the restaurant to buy a hot chocolate.

But he apparently caused offence after splitting up two men fighting in the queue.

One of them, who had several gold teeth, shouted at Raymond: “You are gonna die tonight, you are not gonna see the morning.”

The thug then proceeded to call another thug and told him to bring a gun, and the rest is tragic history.  The poor man was pistol-whipped and then shot to death in an alley behind the restaurant.  Nobody, apparently, came to his aid or tried to intervene.

I'd like to remind everyone of the point made by Tony Katz over at the PJ Tatler about this story:

...The United Kingdom has a ban on handguns.  Police do not carry them in their routine business.  The ban, as re-clarified in the 1997 Firearms Act (2) only allowed for antique guns, or historic guns whose ammunition is no longer available.  Yet, as we plainly see, criminals still have access to guns.

As we always say, when it becomes criminal to have a gun, only criminals will have guns.  Not that liberals care, of course.

110 Thanks, Barry - gas is now $4.28 at the nearest station.

Posted by: Chuckit at April 25, 2011 09:17 AM (+KKl+)

Varney & Friends on Fox business just showed a gas station in Orlando, Fl. that's $5.59 regular.  It's near the airport.

111

"Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Sunday called for an aggressive federal probe – including a possible grand jury – into whether rising gasoline prices stem from illegal manipulation of energy markets."

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at April 25, 2011 09:28 AM (170sK)

Oh good grief.  Hasn't that walking corpse with the ill-fitting skinsuit gone into isolation yet?  I find it hard to believe he doesn't give off a constant caustic aroma of formaldehyde.

As for "illegal manipulatio of the energy markets," hey, jackass!  The first person you should be talking to is your own Dear Leader!

112 Amazing: To AP Reporter, Gas Prices Are a Big Problem Because They Hurt Obama's Reelection Chances

113 What the fuck is BO looking at and Can YOU SPot the SS?

114

The Hill: "Left hopes for town-hall rage of its own"

The article mentions the Ds highlighted the breathless media pieces about Rs having difficulty at town halls, which some of those stories are exaggerated. If reporters were honest, they'd be more careful in noting that Rep. Barletta had a Democratic city official causing problems at one of his. Also, having one town hall with skeptical participants is not exactly a sign that your constituents are incredibly angry at you.

115 and Can YOU SPot the SS?

Posted by: momma at April 25, 2011 09:44 AM (penCf)

Hysterical!

116 Gas price map. Zoom in to your area to see local prices.
Gas price map

117 Varney & Friends on Fox business just showed a gas station in Orlando, Fl. that's $5.59 regular.  It's near the airport.

Now that's what I call rape.  My husband reads the Orlando Sentinel (Slantinel) every day online since he is from there.  Apparently, the douchebag that owns this place didn't even put the price of gasoline sign outside the establishment.  So unsuspecting tourists leaving Orlando International Airport in their rental cars would pull in and be suckered.  I think he was just told that he must put the sign outside.  Still....that shows what a slimy bastard he is.

118
Now that's what I call rape.  My husband reads the Orlando Sentinel (Slantinel) every day online since he is from there.  Apparently, the douchebag that owns this place didn't even put the price of gasoline sign outside the establishment.  So unsuspecting tourists leaving Orlando International Airport in their rental cars would pull in and be suckered.  I think he was just told that he must put the sign outside.  Still....that shows what a slimy bastard he is.

Posted by: Lady in Black at April 25, 2011 09:50 AM (usvhr)

Fox must have gotten their footage after he put the sign up because they did show the sign with the price.  It was a Shell station BTW.  The Shell in my town always has the highest price compared to all the others.

119

HuffWatch has released a new report about death threats being posted in HuffPo comments by a serial lefty whackjob:

Our newest special report documents the fact that for the third time in two months, HuffPost has allowed one of its most long-term, threat-spewing, radical leftist Moderators to return to the site, after banning him. These bans occurred almost immediately after our reports on HuffPost's and his actions were published, in December 2010 and February 2011.

So much for new tone.

Disturbingly, this loon appears to have developed a particularly virulent hatred for Paul Ryan, and has intimated several times that he lives near Ryan's district and plans on "infiltrating" a Ryan event.  In light of the Tucson massacre, I think this psycho needs a visit from the police.

H/T PJ Tatler

120 Seven Microeconomic Steps to End Public Unions http://bit.ly/g4z3NO

121 http://bit.ly/g4z3NO AFSCME spent 25k on lobbying per employee, they are willing to pay 45k according to net present value analysis

122 118 What the fuck is BO looking at and Can YOU SPot the SS?
Posted by: momma at April 25, 2011 09:44 AM (penCf)

The two daughters don't even look like distant relatives of each other.

123

The irony, it burns

Need to investigate oil companies for gouging while the EPA denies drilling permits in Alaska.

124 What is it with the sweaters, Michelle? Hire the lady in front of you as a fashion advisor, nice suit AND she remembered to wear a hat.

125

Posted by: Jeff Carter at April 25, 2011 10:02 AM (V59pD)

The table showing difference in contribution by party for the last 20+ years is staggering and needs to go viral.

I knew it was out of whack but that's got to be in the racketeering/RICO type levels.

126 "We have a community that comes with some unfortunate political baggage in terms of bigots,"

Gee, I thought the "unfortunate political baggage" your community has were the terrorists. 

127

Please check out Ben's post in sidebar for fallen Marine Staff Sgt Jason Rogers. May he RIP and may his family and friends be comforted from the "sea of love" they drove into in Brandon, Mississippi. His mother described the ride to the cemetary as "going into the heart of America."

Report has it that 400 Patriot Guard Riders escorted this great Marine home on the day of his funeral. It was also reported that a thousand people lined the roads to the cemetary. The church had 140 acres or so of private property where there could be no protest nearby. My brother was one of PGR on his first escort both from the airport and on the day of the funeral; and we are the proud children of a WWII Peleliu Marine. There was no way this community were going to let the Westboro vermin be heard or seen by the family of Staff Sgt Rogers, whose parents are also in the Patriot Guard. I am not sure if any of the rumors of Westboro are true, but with the numbers of people there protecting them, well, they had no chance to spread their hate (thank God).

Thanks, Ben. And thank you, Brandon, Mississippi. Below is a link to an interview with Staff Sgt. Rogers' mother.

http://tinyurl.com/3hvrezs

128 Re the post on taxing non-profits.  The war on non-profits is not a good thing, imho.  This administration is hostile to philanthropy.  They want to eliminate non-profits while simultaneously grabbing more of your money which they'll direct to the government-run causes that they want funded.  Not good. 

There are certainly non-profits, particularly operating foundations, that appear to do little good and seem to primarily exist as shelters wealth.  That problem can be addressed without eliminating non-profits altogether. 

129

OntheRocks - if you're still around, thank you for the link to Helene Fischer yesterday......her voice is amazing.  

If I was gay, I'd be in love....she's georgous.

130 Ex-governor 'Gay American' Jim McGreevey denied Episcopal priesthood...because he's a 'jackass'

He tried marriage and fatherhood, flirted with being a governor, he accepted being gay and then he finally announced he would be a priest.

But it isn't time to call ex-New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey 'father' just yet - for his bid to join the Episcopal Church has been rejected.

Church sources have said that McGreevey's sexuality has nothing to do with the rebuttal and everything to do with him being a 'jackass'.

131

Posted by: cheri at April 25, 2011 11:23 AM (oiNtH)

She sings the German version of country called schlager. From ethnic Germans born in Siberia.
Besides her voice she an uncommon beauty/dignity thing going on, that I often noticed in some frauleins when I lived there many moons ago.

132 Posted by: Fish the Impaler

Put that down before you cut yourself

Been up since O five hundred sharpening my Ka-Bar and reviewing the topographical maps of the District of Columbia.

ps:  The deer in Rock Creek park are wired.

133 Laughing at the UK bin story. I'm suppose to wash out jars and cans before recycling. I say, fuck no! I do not wash garbage.

134 WH Fails to Release Easter Proclamation

President Obama failed to release a statement or a proclamation recognizing the national observance of Easter Sunday, Christianity's most sacred holiday.

By comparison, the White House has released statements recognizing the observance of major Muslim holidays and released statements in 2010 on Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Hajj, and Eid-ul-Adha.

The White House also failed to release a statement marking Good Friday. However, they did release an eight-paragraph statement heralding Earth Day. Likewise, the president's weekend address mentioned neither Good Friday or Easter.

However, the First Family did attend an Easter Sunday worship service at a Baptist church and last week, the president hosted an Easter breakfast for Christian ministers. In that gathering, the president spoke openly about the Christian faith.

And today, the president and first lady will host 30,000 people for the annual White House Easter Egg Roll. The secular celebration of Easter includes readings, games, and a yoga garden. This year's theme, "Get Up and Go!" is part of the first ladyÂ’s anti-obesity campaign and will also display produce from the White House garden.

135 Thuggery 101: Union Official, Professor Teach College Course in Violent Union Tactics

136 A Republican-led committee in the Colorado House could put this year's attempt at lowering tuition rates for illegal immigrants to a halt.

137 Obama lying about the size of his manhood.

138 Libya, Syria expose Obama's foreign policy incoherence

139 NYC Library Attendance To Skyrocket With Report That Porn Surfing Is Protected

140 Keep going momma, I almost have enough links for a bike chain.

_{....and some of us like 'em.}

141 Keep going momma, I almost have enough links for a bike chain.

_{....and some of us like 'em.}

Posted by: ontherocks at April 25, 2011 01:46 PM (HBqDo)

Thanks.  I felt very shitty all day after reading that one comment.  I didn't mean to bug people.  I reposted cause I usually posted at the end of one thread and a new one would come up.  I won't do it anymore and I'll just have the THC all to myself after Monty's DOOM! post comes up.

142 Kirk: Senate should not have taken a break

The Senate should have stayed in session instead of breaking for the Easter recess, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) said Sunday.

"Ideally, the Senate would have not taken a two-week break, and it would be debating right now the bipartisan commission on deficit reduction, especially following Standard & Poor's saying that we are headed towards losing our AAA credit rating," Kirk said on CBS's "Face the Nation."

Kirk said he was worried the Senate was not getting enough done.

"While the House of Representatives has cast over 200 votes and sent major legislation directly on point to expand the gasoline supply of the United States, lowering prices and cut government spending, the Senate is largely moribund," he said.

143 Revealed: How Al Qaeda high command watched 9/11 unfold on TV (while one was in hospital having his tonsils out)(Daily Mail)

144 Four women, teenage girl found stripped with throats slashed in Acapulco beauty parlor

145 Wikileaks accuses BBC of being part of ‘possible propaganda media network’ for Al Qaeda

The BBC could be part of a ‘propaganda media networkÂ’ for al-Qeada, according  to US files published by Wikileaks.

A phone number of someone at the BBC was found in phone books and programmed  into the mobile phones of a number of militants seized by the Americans.

The number is believed to be based at Bush House, the headquarters of the BBC  World Service.

146

Thanks.  I felt very shitty all day after reading that one comment.  I didn't mean to bug people.  I reposted cause I usually posted at the end of one thread and a new one would come up.  I won't do it anymore and I'll just have the THC all to myself after Monty's DOOM! post comes up.

Posted by: momma at April 25, 2011 04:11 PM (penCf)

Don't let one stupid comment from a stupid comment specialist bother you.

Look at the response for your Easter music request yesterday. Your links are helpful to say the least. Hang in, tougher stuff ahead.

_{Obama's manhood, Heh!}

147 The Age of America ends in 2016: IMF predicts the year China's economy will surpass U.S.

The International Monetary Fund has set 2016 as the year China's economy will surpass the U.S. - effectively ending the 'Age of America'.

It means that whoever wins the 2012 presidential election will have the dubious honour of presiding over the fall of the Uniterd States.

It is the first time the IMF has put a time frame on the inevitable march of the communist country, and forecast has profound implications for the balance of global power.

148 The Priest of the Church BO went to yesterday actually said this during the Easter mass yesterday:

“[Pastor Smith] talked about how his baby grandson’s gurgling is actually “talking” because he is saying ‘I am here … they tried to write me off as 3/5 a person in the Constitution, but I am here right now … and is saying I am not going to let anybody from stopping me from being what God wants me to be.’”

...
During a speech last year at Eastern University, Smith rejected the idea that America is moving past race. In fact, he said racism is alive and rampant in America, especially on the conservative airways. Not only did he insinuate that Fox News hosts are racist, but he also said Rush Limbaugh is a new breed of KKK member: VIDEO

149 33 Ways to Encourage Atlas to Shrug

They are doing it all . . .

150 Energy in America: EPA Rules Force Shell to Abandon Oil Drilling Plans

Shell Oil Company has announced it must scrap efforts to drill for oil this summer in the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Alaska. The decision comes following a ruling by the EPAÂ’s Environmental Appeals Board to withhold critical air permits. The move has angered some in Congress and triggered a flurry of legislation aimed at stripping the EPA of its oil drilling oversight.

Shell has spent five years and nearly $4 billion dollars on plans to explore for oil in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. The leases alone cost $2.2 billion. Shell Vice President Pete Slaiby says obtaining similar air permits for a drilling operation in the Gulf of Mexico would take about 45 days. He’s especially frustrated over the appeal board’s suggestion that the Arctic drill would somehow be hazardous for the people who live in the area. “We think the issues were really not major,” Slaiby said, “and clearly not impactful for the communities we work in.”

The closest village to where Shell proposed to drill is Kaktovik, Alaska. It is one of the most remote places in the United States. According to the latest census, the population is 245 and nearly all of the residents are Alaska natives. The village, which is 1 square mile, sits right along the shores of the Beaufort Sea, 70 miles away from the proposed off-shore drill site.

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