September 13, 2012
— DrewM Clearly, the timing of Mitt Romney's statement on the Mideast is to blame.
The Office of the Special Counsel on Wednesday announced it was citing Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius for illegally making political comments at an official event, which is a violation of the federal Hatch Act.The counsel found that she made the comments when delivering the keynote speech at the Human Rights Campaign Gala in February.
After the apparent Hatch Act violation emerged, her office reclassified the trip from official to political and she reimbursed the government for associated expenses.
Wait. She retroactively reclassified the event and that makes it ok?
Man, I'm so old I remember when breaking federal law was enough to get you sent to jail. It's almost as if the same rules don't apply if you're a Democrat.
Even if there were no criminal charges brought you'd think a sense of decency would lead an official to resign for this kind of misconduct. Of course first you'd have to find a Democrat with a sense of decency. Good luck with that.
Update: Here's how the process works from this point forward.
The matter now has been referred to President Obama, who has the statutory responsibility to take “appropriate action” in light of the OSC’s finding that Secretary Sebelius violated the Hatch Act. The presumptive penalty for a Hatch Act violation is termination from government employment, which, if challenged, can be reduced to a suspension of no less than 30 days without pay. Notably, a former U.S. attorney was suspended last year for 100 days for a violation that was considerably more nuanced than the violation by Secretary Sebelius.
Oh, I'm sure Obama will be really tough on her.
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Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at September 13, 2012 07:07 AM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Countrysquire at September 13, 2012 07:08 AM (1hLHC)
Posted by: Lauren at September 13, 2012 07:09 AM (wsGWu)
Posted by: ChampionCapua at September 13, 2012 07:09 AM (KZi9D)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 13, 2012 07:10 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at September 13, 2012 07:10 AM (CA2NO)
Posted by: teh Wind at September 13, 2012 07:10 AM (HBU8E)
Posted by: Yip at September 13, 2012 07:11 AM (FLFli)
President Bush firing political appointees for (alleged) political reasons: "Constitutional Crisis!"
President TFG not censuring (firing) a political appointee for violating US Law? "This is not the scandal you're looking for. Move along."
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 13, 2012 07:11 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: steevy at September 13, 2012 07:11 AM (6o4Fb)
Hey, this is consitent with her ideology. She just performed a late term abortion on her official event. It was too inconvenient for her and would have caused her emotional trama she let it live.
Posted by: lyn at September 13, 2012 07:12 AM (8QrIO)
Posted by: Rich C at September 13, 2012 07:12 AM (isjJy)
Posted by: steevy at September 13, 2012 07:12 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 13, 2012 07:12 AM (05RcU)
And I'd be willing to bet you'll find, by the end of the day, it wasn't cynical enough.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 13, 2012 07:12 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at September 13, 2012 07:12 AM (71LDo)
Posted by: White House Office Supply at September 13, 2012 07:13 AM (b1g/X)
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at September 13, 2012 07:13 AM (SDkq3)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, still angry at September 13, 2012 07:14 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 13, 2012 07:14 AM (TIIx5)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at September 13, 2012 07:15 AM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Hotspur at September 13, 2012 07:15 AM (5cgIv)
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 13, 2012 07:16 AM (L7hol)
But my real question is why is she being singled out when it appears with the Choom admin violations of the Hatch Act and hosts of other laws are routine?
Posted by: Vic at September 13, 2012 07:16 AM (YdQQY)
This administration is so transparently the most transparent administration ever, I can't even make out its transparence!
Posted by: logprof at September 13, 2012 07:16 AM (CE2wR)
>>matter now has been referred to President Obama, who has the statutory responsibility to take “appropriate action”
I am sure Obama is eager to to take that statutory responsibility real hard.
Incidentally, 'Appropriate Action' is the name of the First Klingon's Strap-on. So, he's even looking forward to it.
Posted by: garrett at September 13, 2012 07:16 AM (6uCLh)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 13, 2012 07:17 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, still angry at September 13, 2012 07:17 AM (Ho2rs)
*trying really hard to keep a straight face*
Posted by: Dang at September 13, 2012 07:17 AM (R18D0)
Awesome. Let's appease these cretins some more and send them more money.
Posted by: © Sponge at September 13, 2012 07:17 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Jon Corzine at September 13, 2012 07:18 AM (z9HTb)
I dunno. If it were Janet N, I'd say "No Ho-Hos for a week." I don't think that would work as well with Kathleen Sebelius.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 13, 2012 07:18 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, still angry at September 13, 2012 07:18 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: Countrysquire at September 13, 2012 07:19 AM (1hLHC)
Posted by: DaveA at September 13, 2012 07:19 AM (nKOL2)
Posted by: Jon Corzine at September 13, 2012 11:18 AM (z9HTb)
Early contender for Thread Winner.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 13, 2012 07:19 AM (8y9MW)
Wait Sebelius has any non-political visits at all? Really?
Personally I think she should return her Salary for that day as well (and any travel days. Assume she makes a paltry $160,000/year (lowball to make the math easy.) That's $640/8 hour work day we're paying her to shill for Obama. Every day she campagins she should return that.
Posted by: tsrblke (Work) at September 13, 2012 07:19 AM (eqnXx)
Posted by: Truman North from the desktop PC at September 13, 2012 07:20 AM (I2LwF)
In her letter, Sebelius took issue with the special counsel pursuing the "minor" issue to this point, rather than considering it rectified when the trip was reclassified and expense repaid.
"I believe that you should have concluded that any violation was corrected when the event was reclassified as political," she wrote. "I believe that you should have concluded that the consequence of my going 'off script' at an official event was to change the nature of my appearance for cost reimbursement purposes only."
See Article III of the United States Constitution under Do Overs and Cootie Inoculations.....
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 13, 2012 07:20 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: t-bird at September 13, 2012 07:21 AM (b1g/X)
Posted by: MFM at September 13, 2012 07:21 AM (7vSU0)
Posted by: MrScribbler at September 13, 2012 07:22 AM (ZgX/g)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at September 13, 2012 07:23 AM (CA2NO)
Posted by: DaveA at September 13, 2012 07:23 AM (nKOL2)
Posted by: t-bird at September 13, 2012 07:24 AM (b1g/X)
Posted by: the pink not panicking about one poll formerly known as the hobbit Donna at September 13, 2012 07:24 AM (W2Z3C)
Posted by: steevy at September 13, 2012 07:24 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Tami at September 13, 2012 07:24 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: © Sponge"
I wish I didn't know that.
Posted by: Hobbitopoly at September 13, 2012 07:24 AM (msdmg)
My fucking head exploded when I read that.
Wait she broke Federal Law and hoped nobody would notice.
She got caught and was found in violation of the law by a judge.
But she reimbursed the taxpayers when she got caught- so it's...OK?
Are you kidding? That's like a thief robbing the till, getting caught and then saying "sorry, here's your money back" and walking away.
Posted by: Exile at September 13, 2012 07:25 AM (GGCsk)
They sodomize a Westerner in retaliation.
These people really don't get self-reflection do they?
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 45% more DOOM! at September 13, 2012 07:25 AM (xAtAj)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 45% more DOOM! at September 13, 2012 07:26 AM (xAtAj)
your lack of cultural sensitivity has been duly noted by the #scoamf
Posted by: phoenixgirl, still angry at September 13, 2012 11:18 AM (Ho2rs)
You know, at this point, that's an ass whippin I'm willing to take.
Posted by: © Sponge at September 13, 2012 07:26 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: The Muslim Brotherhood's Man's World at September 13, 2012 07:26 AM (b1g/X)
Posted by: Peregrine Took, Hobbit S.O.B. at September 13, 2012 07:27 AM (Mwakv)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 13, 2012 07:28 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Adam at September 13, 2012 07:28 AM (V6aL5)
Posted by: Kathleen 'leona helmsley' Cerberus at September 13, 2012 07:28 AM (RhoGG)
Posted by: AJP at September 13, 2012 07:29 AM (KHo8t)
That includes Nixon.
Anyone up for going after Choom Boy? I didn't think so.
Posted by: MrScribbler at September 13, 2012 07:29 AM (ZgX/g)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 13, 2012 07:30 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Sandy Berger at September 13, 2012 07:30 AM (6uCLh)
Gateway Pundit is reporting that the US Ambassador was sodomized before being killed.
Posted by: © Sponge"
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It was a medical checkup.
Posted by: SCoaMF at September 13, 2012 07:30 AM (kzFo5)
"Thank you Maam, May I have another?"
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 13, 2012 11:12 AM (05RcU)
FIFY
Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 13, 2012 07:31 AM (da5Wo)
They sodomize a Westerner in retaliation.
These people really don't get self-reflection do they?
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 45% more DOOM! at September 13, 2012 11:25 AM (xAtAj)
I watched the movie. It doesn't really depict he's gay. Two guys are talking and one says "is he gay?" and the other says something like "I think so" and he asks again "Is the master gay?"......
The movie is really non eventful, but not far off in accuracy.
The fact that they're using it as an excuse for this is quite pathetic.
Posted by: © Sponge at September 13, 2012 07:31 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Please? at September 13, 2012 07:31 AM (VtjlW)
translation: 5-minute phone call, after which ROMNEY GAFFE SHINY THING
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 13, 2012 07:33 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: steevy at September 13, 2012 07:33 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at September 13, 2012 07:34 AM (5H6zj)
28 >>matter now has been referred to President Obama, who has the statutory responsibility to take “appropriate action”
The MFM and Democrats (birm) will have trouble understanding the words "statutory", "responsibility", "appropriate", and "action" in that sentence. Other than that it's fine.
Posted by: sherlock at September 13, 2012 07:34 AM (s0hlt)
So was this before or after the Libyan First-Responders Mob dragged him through the streets to the hospital?
And does Governor Romney regret that his statement made those poor people rape the Ambassador?
Posted by: GalosGann at September 13, 2012 07:34 AM (T3KlW)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Please? at September 13, 2012 11:31 AM (VtjlW)
Close fam member going through a divorce. We had background checks done on soon to be ex and his father. The father was arrested for embezzlement. Money paid back. Charges dropped or dismissed. RECORDS SEALED.
Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 13, 2012 07:35 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Heralder at September 13, 2012 07:35 AM (+xmn4)
Posted by: Y-not on the phone at September 13, 2012 07:35 AM (5H6zj)
Muslims upset that movie depicts Muhammed as gay.
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At least the movie aknowleges that he (the gay one) even existed. It seems that in writing every day of his life story, verbatim, they forgot to add all of the leap months. http://scoamf.us/zy
Posted by: Up with people! at September 13, 2012 07:36 AM (kzFo5)
Assholes. The lot of em.
Posted by: © Sponge at September 13, 2012 07:37 AM (UK9cE)
Posted by: Barack Obama, Preezy In Chief at September 13, 2012 07:37 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Butt-Rapin' Islamic Rage Boys at September 13, 2012 07:37 AM (KZi9D)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 13, 2012 07:39 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: RioBravo at September 13, 2012 07:39 AM (eEfYn)
Posted by: An Observation at September 13, 2012 07:40 AM (ylhEn)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 13, 2012 07:40 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Anachronda at September 13, 2012 07:40 AM (xGZ+b)
****
Will this do? A story both sad and encouraging.
Not all youth is lost and some employ their fame in the name of a good cause.
http://huff.to/SfKOHR
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 13, 2012 07:40 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: mediumheadboy at September 13, 2012 07:41 AM (aHR5E)
Clearly, the timing of Mitt Romney's statement on the Mideast is to blame.
No shit? For once I'm off the hook?
Posted by: George Bush at September 13, 2012 07:41 AM (oX7vY)
Gateway Pundit is reporting that the US Ambassador was sodomized before being killed.
But was it "rape-rape?"
Posted by: Whoopi "Dipshit" Goldberg at September 13, 2012 07:42 AM (oX7vY)
I reclassified those freezer packages as ham sammaches and the bastards didn't listen to me. Racists!!!
Posted by: Billy J Jefferson at September 13, 2012 07:42 AM (PcoXF)
Posted by: t-bird at September 13, 2012 07:42 AM (b1g/X)
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 13, 2012 07:42 AM (XUKZU)
Posted by: George Bush at September 13, 2012 11:41 AM (oX7vY)
No. Romney is just parroting the policies that you started.
Posted by: MSM at September 13, 2012 07:43 AM (da5Wo)
65Oh, and by the way: how many federal laws has Osama Obama broken? Even leaving aside his earlier drug abuse -- statute of limitations, and all that -- I suspect his list of federal crimes would be longer than the total of presidents 1-43.
If he passed a joint on to someone else (big if--intercept!!) wouldn't he be guilty of trafficing in narcotics, not just abusing drugs. I don't know what the difference would be to statutory limits but distributing is different from possession.
Posted by: Dirks Strewn at September 13, 2012 07:43 AM (VLifP)
http://bit.ly/Osxnc6
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 13, 2012 07:43 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Up with people! at September 13, 2012 11:36 AM (kzFo5)
Unless the evidence is really strong, I wouldn't put too much stock in it.
During the 20th century the cool thing to claim was that Jesus didn't exist. It was a laughable argument due to all the recorded eyewitness testimony.
Scholars have finally gotten around to agreeing with common sense.
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 45% more DOOM! at September 13, 2012 07:44 AM (xAtAj)
Posted by: Heralder at September 13, 2012 11:35 AM (+xmn4)
Watch a dog save a puppy from drowning in the pool
http://tinyurl.com/9bcm3kc
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 13, 2012 07:44 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: The Liberal Media Dweebs at September 13, 2012 07:44 AM (48wze)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at September 13, 2012 07:44 AM (f77uo)
While you're printing money and food stamps, how about a bunch of free passes, too? We're going thru them really fast.
Posted by: White House Office Supply at September 13, 2012 11:13 AM (b1g/X)
Good idea. Get cracking on them, right after you finish printing up a few reams of pardon forms.
Posted by: Barack Hussein Soetoro Ilyich Obama at September 13, 2012 07:45 AM (oX7vY)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Please? at September 13, 2012 07:45 AM (VtjlW)
Oh and BIG surprise Hatch authored a law with no teeth to it.
Posted by: Y-not
The Hatch Act was enacted in 1939, so don't that Hatch, ancient as he is, was involved.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at September 13, 2012 07:46 AM (kdS6q)
What the fuckity fuck is this?
Instapundit has a link to a Freebeacon story saying that Marines at the Cairo embassy are NOT permitted to carry live ammo!!!
WTF?!?!
I said it yesterday. Those 50 Marines are as good as dead if they don't have a serious reconsideration in their ROE.
Posted by: EC at September 13, 2012 07:47 AM (GQ8sn)
Gateway Pundit is reporting that the US Ambassador was sodomized before being killed.
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Thanks to Obama and the Democrats, if he gets pregnant, he can get a taxpayer funded abortion.
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 13, 2012 07:47 AM (XUKZU)
Al Wa-Po OpEd Obama Skipped Intel Brief YESTERDAY
The president was scheduled to hold the intelligence meeting at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday, the day after the attacks, but it was canceled so that he could comfort grieving employees at the State Department — as well he should. But instead of rescheduling the intelligence briefing for later in the day, Obama apparently chose to skip it altogether and attend a Las Vegas fundraiser for his re-election campaign. One day after a terrorist attack.
"GutsyCall 4"
Posted by: Sven10077@svenJolafson at September 13, 2012 07:47 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Alex at September 13, 2012 07:47 AM (3x3F6)
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 13, 2012 07:47 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: steevy at September 13, 2012 07:48 AM (6o4Fb)
http://tinyurl.com/9sy85hl
Posted by: Heralder at September 13, 2012 07:49 AM (+xmn4)
Dammit. Now my industrial grade rage meter broke.
Anyone got a good suggestion for a new one?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 13, 2012 07:49 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 13, 2012 07:50 AM (FP2oA)
Posted by: steevy at September 13, 2012 11:48 AM (6o4Fb)
Pardon? We see your lips moving but we're only getting a clicking sound...
Posted by: The Palace Guard at September 13, 2012 07:50 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: Roy at September 13, 2012 07:50 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 13, 2012 07:50 AM (05RcU)
OT: NYC board has passed nanny Bloomberg's soda ban.
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One of our local convenience stores advertizes that "This is not NYC. 32 oz drinks $2.95."
Speaking of local signs, I saw a bum at an intrsection begging for cash with a sign that read"Out of vodka."
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 13, 2012 07:51 AM (XUKZU)
The majority of those restricted by the Hatch Act were freed from its strictures, with a great deal of ballyhoo about rural letter carriers now being able to run for school board, and such-like.
It was in 1996, I guess, when I was working for a federal department, and our "house organ" came out with a cover picture of Hillary saying "no employees will be laid off if my husband is elected." I bitched a blue streak, wrote a letter and got a head-pat response, forwarded the contents to the GOP house leadership, etc. Three years later, the moved-on editor of that newsletter was on the committee choosing the site of the next DNC.
Sebelius' maiden name is Gilligan. Her father, after doing his best to fuck up Ohio, was agency chief of USAID. No way she didn't know better.
Posted by: comatus at September 13, 2012 07:51 AM (qaVK+)
Posted by: thunderb at September 13, 2012 07:51 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 13, 2012 07:51 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Please? at September 13, 2012 11:31 AM (VtjlW)
I'm sorry to hear it. If you have time off take a break stare at trees, water, or a playground from afar whatever calms you. My late father-in-law put up with watching a woman get away with stealing 16,000 bucks in checks at his Civil Service job and get promoted to move her away from handling accounts.
There is little justice at times.
regards,
sven
Posted by: Sven10077@svenJolafson at September 13, 2012 07:51 AM (LRFds)
The president was scheduled to hold the intelligence meeting at 10:50
a.m. Wednesday, the day after the attacks, but it was canceled so that
he could comfort grieving employees at the State Department — as well he
should.
"As well he should"? The President is not a therapist, or your mommy, or your bestest fried and confidant. He has fifteen things more important at any moment than comforting some State Department dweebs, and number one is making sure he has the best situational awareness to make decisions. He should not have rescheduled the intel brief, period.
Posted by: Alex at September 13, 2012 07:52 AM (3x3F6)
Anyone got a good suggestion for a new one?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 13, 2012 11:49 AM (8y9MW)
http://tinyurl.com/8cjyt4g
Posted by: MSM at September 13, 2012 07:52 AM (da5Wo)
****
Have you seen Stossel's report on "Freeloading"?
He dresses as a bum and begs with a sign that says he needs beer. People fork it over.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 13, 2012 07:52 AM (piMMO)
if they just availed themselves of booze and vaginas on a regular basis, they probably would calm down quite a bit
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 13, 2012 07:52 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: soothsayer at September 13, 2012 07:52 AM (b8TXQ)
Let's just replace all the people in the middle east with baby sloths.
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Ot those new blue assed monkeys they discovered.
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 13, 2012 07:52 AM (XUKZU)
That's because Republicans and Democrats try to shut down or minimize most investigations. They never see the light of day. If they do, the pentalties are so toothless (Charlie Rangel) that there is no real fear of the law. They are above it. All of them.
Yup.
Posted by: Alex at September 13, 2012 07:52 AM (3x3F6)
Anyone got a good suggestion for a new one?
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 13, 2012 11:49 AM (8y9MW)
MittRomney.com donate button?
*wink*
Posted by: Sven10077@svenJolafson at September 13, 2012 07:53 AM (LRFds)
>>>>Gateway Pundit is reporting that the US Ambassador was sodomized before being killed.
How do we know for sure it was "before" , since it's OK to do that even after a person is dead for a certain period of time, according to one of their imams.
Posted by: Roy at September 13, 2012 07:53 AM (VndSC)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Please? at September 13, 2012 07:53 AM (VtjlW)
****
It's all about feelings, right?
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 13, 2012 07:53 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: navycopjoe (yo packers..your asskicking is coming on Thursday) at September 13, 2012 07:54 AM (3gUvw)
****
I haven't seen the show but I would agree that she hasn't done anything, to my knowledge, that would classify her as a whore.
As for talent, I think she is very talented.
Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at September 13, 2012 07:54 AM (piMMO)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 13, 2012 07:55 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 13, 2012 07:56 AM (05RcU)
character is clearly meant to be Taylor Swift and no matter if you think
she's a talentless autotuned hack who can only write about her
breakups, I don't know of anyone who thinks she's succeeded because she
whored her way to the top. It's viciously cruel to portray her
otherwise.
Will watch for Connie Britton.
Posted by: EC at September 13, 2012 07:56 AM (GQ8sn)
Ot those new blue assed monkeys they discovered.
Posted by: WalrusRex at September 13, 2012 11:52 AM (XUKZU)
Blue-assed monkey's aren't too far removed from what we've got now.
Baby sloths won't climb embassy walls, and if they ever do, it'll take months, and when they get inside they'll just hug all your teddy bears.
Posted by: Heralder at September 13, 2012 07:56 AM (+xmn4)
CBS News Boss- "what bias?"
Rhodes acknowledged that there is a concern about bias in the mainstream media that has resulted in the creation of competing news networks.
Posted by: Sven10077@svenJolafson at September 13, 2012 07:57 AM (LRFds)
Yeah, but you're just a Republican in denial.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at September 13, 2012 07:57 AM (8y9MW)
Isn't it time to go after the Capo di Tutti Capi?
Yeah, I'd love to see Sibelius held accountable, just as I'd like to see "Nappy" Napolitano, Holder and the rest of the thugs in Choom Boy's administration take the responsibility for their illegal acts.
But eliminating the power of a major crime "family" means going after the Big Boss.
Posted by: MrScribbler at September 13, 2012 07:57 AM (ZgX/g)
Victims of our own success in many ways. Life has been comfortable and the Fed has grown large. Insulated by the media, the Fed has grown to the point where lawbreaking by bureaucrats or pols doesn't register with the average citizen.
Which is why, at this point, only a GOP who lies about his intentions to shrink government would be able to do much about it. It is 'wishcasting' to think Romney is that deceptive iconoclast that is needed, but at this point in the game, wishcasting is all we have.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 13, 2012 07:57 AM (NRwWP)
Posted by: Ian S. at September 13, 2012 07:57 AM (B/VB5)
>>Speaking of local signs, I saw a bum at an intrsection begging for cash with a sign that read"Out of vodka."
Things have really spiraled out of control for Ace since he gave up the pron.
Posted by: garrett at September 13, 2012 07:58 AM (6uCLh)
Posted by: steevy at September 13, 2012 07:58 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: thunderb at September 13, 2012 07:58 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 13, 2012 07:59 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO supporter at September 13, 2012 08:00 AM (CA2NO)
The matter now has been referred to President Obama, who has the statutory responsibility to take “appropriate action” in light of the OSC’s finding that Secretary Sebelius violated the Hatch Act."
"Uh, throw that on the pile of statutory responsibilities I've farted off, willya? Thanks." /Barry
Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 13, 2012 08:00 AM (oX7vY)
Cross-posting myself. Maybe if AllenG got off his ass and started a blog or something, he could also make note of this:
12 September 2012.
Mark it on your calendar, boys and girls. And...you...whatever you are...
This is the day that All Bad Things went from "Bush's Fault" to "Romney's Fault."
Posted by: reason at September 13, 2012 08:00 AM (XiVKO)
Posted by: dogfish at September 13, 2012 08:01 AM (N2yhW)
Posted by: Drider at September 13, 2012 08:01 AM (HaJD9)
The president was scheduled to hold the intelligence meeting at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday, the day after the attacks, but it was canceled so that he could comfort grieving employees at the State Department — as well he should.
His job is to kill America's enemies. Overseas ones, at any rate.
Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 13, 2012 08:01 AM (oX7vY)
Posted by: Ian S. at September 13, 2012 08:01 AM (B/VB5)
Posted by: Bubba Clinton at September 13, 2012 08:02 AM (XiVKO)
Posted by: Countrysquire at September 13, 2012 08:03 AM (1hLHC)
Posted by: Bring on the meat hooks for that sack of shit in the oval office at September 13, 2012 08:03 AM (w9Sm8)
Posted by: kawfytawk at September 13, 2012 08:04 AM (JWLqy)
Posted by: thunderb at September 13, 2012 08:04 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 13, 2012 08:05 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: SpongeBob Saget at September 13, 2012 08:05 AM (SDkq3)
"The president was scheduled to hold the intelligence meeting at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday, the day after the attacks, but it was canceled so that he could comfort grieving employees at the State Department "
Hey, seriously, can we do this from the plane? We've gotta get to Vegas by noon, latest.
Posted by: Axlhole at September 13, 2012 08:05 AM (XiVKO)
Posted by: thunderb at September 13, 2012 08:05 AM (Dnbau)
Posted by: RINO Pundits. at September 13, 2012 08:06 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 13, 2012 08:06 AM (05RcU)
this rogue Administration has been soaking the taxpayers for over three years now by calling all their travel 'offical' when clearly it is not
and
is anyone surprised?
Posted by: chuck in st paul at September 13, 2012 08:06 AM (EhYdw)
Posted by: reason at September 13, 2012 08:06 AM (XiVKO)
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Go on.....
Posted by: Reggie Love at September 13, 2012 08:07 AM (C8hzL)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at September 13, 2012 08:07 AM (+yYvY)
Posted by: chuck in st paul at September 13, 2012 08:08 AM (EhYdw)
Posted by: kawfytawk at September 13, 2012 08:08 AM (JWLqy)
Posted by: reason at September 13, 2012 12:06 PM (XiVKO)
What's he gonna do? Start flinging his panties and crying?
Posted by: MSM at September 13, 2012 08:08 AM (da5Wo)
116 Al Wa-Po OpEd Obama Skipped Intel Brief YESTERDAY
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Once again, I ask: should I hold my breath waiting for the press to agitate for the release of the Presidential Daily Briefs that Obama has been skipping, like they agitated for the "Al Qaede Determined to Attack U.S." PDB?
Posted by: Anachronda at September 13, 2012 08:08 AM (xGZ+b)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at September 13, 2012 08:08 AM (da5Wo)
Sharmine Narwani, who is also a correspondent for Al Jezeera and an associate at St Antony's College, Oxford University, took to her Twitter account on Wednesday after it was reported that Ambassador Stevens was murdered by a rioting Islamist crowd in Benghazi, Libya.
"100s of 1,000s of Arabs & Muslims slaughtered by American troops. Tell me again why I should care about whatshisname-plus-three?"
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at September 13, 2012 08:09 AM (NRwWP)
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at September 13, 2012 08:09 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: steevy at September 13, 2012 08:10 AM (6o4Fb)
“NYC’s new sugary drink policy is the single biggest step any gov’t has taken to curb #obesity,” he wrote. “It will help save lives.”
The measure, unless blocked by a judge, will take effect in six months. The health board vote was the only regulatory approval needed to become binding in the city, but the American soft-drink industry has strongly opposed the plan and vowed this week to try to fight the measure by other means, possibly in the courts.
Posted by: Baron Münchhausen at September 13, 2012 08:10 AM (e8kgV)
"What's he gonna do? Start flinging his panties and crying?"
He's gonna be a real bitch to the lady who does his manicures. I mean, calling her names to her face, instead of behind her back to the makeup department...
Posted by: reason at September 13, 2012 08:10 AM (XiVKO)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 13, 2012 08:10 AM (05RcU)
the reply was, 'unlike your old boss (bush) the President can read the briefing instead and get the same information'
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 13, 2012 08:11 AM (8sCoq)
Posted by: steevy at September 13, 2012 08:11 AM (6o4Fb)
Well, Armageddon is in Israel. Spelled "Megiddo" there. Site of the first recorded cavalry battle in history, 15th cent BC, and the last, 1918 AD. Also where the composite bow was first used. A long bow.
So, there have been at least three Armageddons already, and the Palis lost every time. And yet they want another.
Posted by: comatus at September 13, 2012 08:11 AM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 13, 2012 08:12 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: The littl shyning man at September 13, 2012 08:12 AM (f77uo)
"Gateway Pundit is reporting that the US Ambassador was sodomized before being killed."
See? There you go. They weren't Muslims then.
Because Muslims totally aren't into that sort of gay shit.
So, when will Romney retract his obvious gaffe of calling these murderers Muslims? WHEN?
Posted by: MSNBC at September 13, 2012 08:13 AM (XiVKO)
Allison Pill, from The Newsroom, (nope, I've never heard of it...or her), accidentally tweeted a topless picture of herself. She's a starlet, so of course I looked.
NSFW
http://preview.tinyurl.com/99n4qpp
Posted by: Sticky Wicket at September 13, 2012 08:13 AM (L7hol)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 13, 2012 08:13 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 13, 2012 08:14 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: Darth Prissypants at September 13, 2012 08:14 AM (WujO7)
Posted by: Countrysquire at September 13, 2012 08:15 AM (1hLHC)
Posted by: Bring on the meat hooks for that sack of shit in the oval office at September 13, 2012 08:15 AM (w9Sm8)
Posted by: t-bird at September 13, 2012 08:15 AM (b1g/X)
Posted by: Sven10077@svenJolafson at September 13, 2012 08:16 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at September 13, 2012 08:17 AM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 13, 2012 08:18 AM (9TTOe)
@198 - you don't actually depict Brigham Young in this movie do you?
Because if you do, watch out. You're gonna seriously piss off some fundamentalist sects aligned with al-Quichea. Potlucks will never be the same.
Posted by: reason at September 13, 2012 08:18 AM (F26eZ)
Again with the "State Department folks." It's all the folks and the guys. Just a little attempted world war between us kids. President Unserious. 'Cuz who'd want to spoil the fun? The Fun!
Posted by: comatus at September 13, 2012 08:19 AM (qaVK+)
Posted by: Jones in CO at September 13, 2012 12:11 PM (8sCoq)
I hope Rove asked, "Well, when your boss (Obama) asks a question, does the briefing paper answer back?"
Posted by: somebody else, not me at September 13, 2012 08:19 AM (nZvGM)
Posted by: Joe Biden, The Foreign Policy Expert at September 13, 2012 08:19 AM (b1g/X)
@200 - wow, so between her and Anthony Weiner, you know what you've got?
Yeah, that's right. One fully-clothed person.
Posted by: reason at September 13, 2012 08:19 AM (F26eZ)
This is quite literally a lawless administration that simply does as it pleases whenever it pleases, to whoever it pleases.
That should disturb Obama supporters just a little but it doesn't. They see lawless thuggery as a feature not a bug.
Posted by: @PurpAv at September 13, 2012 08:20 AM (d0zpm)
Posted by: t-bird at September 13, 2012 08:21 AM (b1g/X)
That should disturb Obama supporters just a little but it doesn't. They see lawless thuggery as a feature not a bug.
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Doesn't matter , as long as people on our side are unhappy. It's a sports team to a lot of them.
Posted by: USS Diversity at September 13, 2012 08:21 AM (0CiTm)
Meh.
She was the girlfriend in that movie Ace reviewd, "Goon".
Posted by: EC at September 13, 2012 08:21 AM (GQ8sn)
remember when the espoused Palin was to blame for Gifford because she used targets on Giffords district?
so here we are again, blaming anyone but the actual perps.
they mke stuff up out of thin air.
If they actually believed this shit, why are they tagging middle america, or conservatives with the messags of racism and hate, hate women, kids, etc?
if republicans were to ever react , would it be the same message?
of course not. we would actually be responsible for any agregious behavior as we should be. (although they sure keep trying to pin anything and everything on us)
and as actual perpertrators of any grevious insult against their victims should actually be held accountable.
why does this seem different for some groups?
it's all phoney baloney outrage and smoke and mirrors. and deceit crazy deceit of the population.
hands alex her tea, givers her a (hug)
Posted by: willow at September 13, 2012 08:21 AM (TomZ9)
As far as we know, that has never happened.
Posted by: t-bird at September 13, 2012 12:21 PM (b1g/X)
Only after time spent with the choom gang.
Posted by: Long Island at September 13, 2012 08:22 AM (kzp9t)
but it was canceled so that he could comfort grieving employees at the State Department
And he comforted them with, "it's a damned shame that happened before my re-election. Now, how many of you have entered for a chance at 'Dinner With Barack'?"
"Cheer up, everybody, I'm fine!"
Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 13, 2012 08:22 AM (oX7vY)
"but it was canceled so that he could comfort grieving employees at the State Department "
You know, for a donation of even just $3, you could enter for a chance for me to give you a hug...
Posted by: Grieving State Department Employees for Obama at September 13, 2012 08:22 AM (F26eZ)
The paper doesn't get offended and clear it's throat in a stern tone when My Boss falls asleep after reading halfway through...
Posted by: smart-ass Obama staffer at September 13, 2012 08:24 AM (F26eZ)
Posted by: Daybrother at September 13, 2012 08:25 AM (1FkrP)
Posted by: steevy at September 13, 2012 08:25 AM (6o4Fb)
Posted by: thunderb at September 13, 2012 08:25 AM (EVW58)
No I know who you were directing it to. I was just restating my opinion. I think "politically" it might have been better for Romney himself to hold fire until the debates and let his surrogates rip the shit out of obama. Leaves the MSM with no place to go. But in the end they will go after Romney anyway, so I guess it doesn't matter. Posted by: Nevergiveup at September 13, 2012 08:28 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: willow at September 13, 2012 08:28 AM (TomZ9)
Posted by: Barack at September 13, 2012 08:29 AM (V6aL5)
Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at September 13, 2012 08:31 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: kawfytawk at September 13, 2012 08:33 AM (JWLqy)
"Sharmine Narwani"
I might know her, but I thought her name was spelled Sharmaine. If it's the same girl, I know her father Kailash, an Indian national who lives and works in Tehran.
Posted by: jwest at September 13, 2012 08:35 AM (ZDsRL)
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What does it matter? Would it lessen the vileness?
Posted by: Lady in Black at September 13, 2012 08:37 AM (lTVJy)
Posted by: ErikW on the damned phone at September 13, 2012 08:37 AM (XdCaT)
You know, for a donation of even just $3, you could enter for a chance for me to give you a hug...
Posted by: Grieving State Department Employees for Obama at September 13, 2012 12:22 PM (F26eZ)
And in lieu of flowers ...
Posted by: Jay Guevara at September 13, 2012 08:46 AM (oX7vY)
Phil
Posted by: Phil at September 13, 2012 09:16 AM (gai33)
Posted by: occam at September 13, 2012 09:17 AM (hgDJr)
Posted by: Fritz at September 13, 2012 09:34 AM (/ZZCn)
Just take it out of my account and we'll call it even.
Posted by: gekkobear at September 13, 2012 09:38 AM (X0NX1)
Opps, looks like comment #246 come to the same conclusion.
They are sorely in need of being hauled out of their offices by their asses into the streets and driven out of town.
Posted by: avagreen at September 13, 2012 10:16 AM (WR2rX)
I'm not a great intellect, researcher, or writer so I'm tossing this idea out to the readers of this blog in the hopes that someone more capable will run with it.
Is the mainstream media itself responsible for the destruction of the modern Democratic Party? Are they like the dysfunctional parents that protect their child from every boo-boo and make sure that their child doesn't have to face the consequences of their mistakes? Now the spoiled kid has grown up to be an irresponsible adult that feels free to lie, cheat, and steal while knowing that Mom and Dad will cover for them.
Posted by: jcrawford at September 14, 2012 04:39 AM (eJgng)
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