Louis Prima - Hey Marie

A little something for my Dad.

Obama's House of Czars

"How many czars in the White House are, if the White House are full of czars?"

Obama has about 30 tucked in cubby holes around the White House.

Bailout czar.

Climate czar.

Education czar.

Latin America czar.

Cybersecurity czar.

Guantanamo Closure czar.

Afghan-Iraq war czar.

Stimulus Accountability czar.

Green-Jobs czar.

Radio-Internet Fairness czar.

Great Lakes czar.

Drug czar.

Energy czar.

Health-care czar.

AIDS czar.

Weapons czar.

Intelligence czar.

Technology Czar.

Terrorism Czar.

Border Czar.

TARP Czar.

Performance Czar.

Czars have been around since the grand daddy of all nanny-state Leftists, FDR, appointed his hand picked few. But, back then, FDR called them 'dictators'.

Too obvious even for today's gub'mint edjucated electorate, so the language is manipulated into 'czars'.

These president appointed 'czars' are unaccountable to Congress, and it's unknown what this current crop is costing the tax payers. our grand children.

Glenn Reynolds explains:

How Big is the Carbon Footprint on that Leftist Astroturf Express??

Or do the hypocrites not care about the environment...

"Organizing For America held a rally in support of Obama's Health Control Bill tonight at the IBEW Hall in St. Louis. (Of course, it was at the union hall.) The IBEW Rally is part of a bus tour organized by OFA, which will hit 12 major cities/states, one of which was St. Louis."

The Dead Kennedys Reunion Tour Epic Fail

Dr. Zero posts his Disagreement With the Kennedy Narrative.

"I don’t think a man who lied to the police, and dispatched henchmen to destroy the reputation of the victim, to help his nephew beat sexual assault charges is any sort of feminist hero. Let me know when the feminists think it’s okay for a Republican to be one of the slices of bread in a waitress sandwich. The idea that political positions convey a supreme virtue, trumping abhorrent personal behavior, should be buried with Kennedy.

I disagree that someone’s party affiliation, position in the government, or last name should put them above the law. I disagree that four decades of squatting in a safe Senate seat is admirable, for anyone of any political party. I don’t see anything to applaud about a notorious womanizer with a spotless record of abortion extremism. I don’t find anything noble about a man born to wealth and privilege seeking moral authority by socking struggling middle-class businessmen with the bill for his high-minded social programs… especially when he took every opportunity to shelter his own income from taxes."

I concur with Dr. Zero.

TY to this malcontent for the graphic.

The Undead Ballot

This explains a lot.



Ty to this guy.

The Unintended Consequences of Gub'mint Entitlements

Politics and Blacks by the erudite Dr. Walter E. Williams.

"Most of the major problems that many black people face are not amendable to political solutions and government anti-poverty programs. Let's look at some. In 1940, 86 percent of black children were born inside marriage, and the illegitimacy rate among blacks was about 15 percent. Today, only 35 percent of black children are born inside marriage, and the illegitimacy rate hovers around 70 percent.

Today's breakdown of the black family is unprecedented. It began in the 1960s with the War on Poverty and the harebrained ideas of the welfare state. In the mid-1960s, Daniel Moynihan sounded the alarm about the breakdown in the black family in his book "The Negro Family: The Case for National Action." At that time black illegitimacy was 26 percent. Moynihan said, "(A)t the heart of the deterioration of the fabric of the Negro society is the deterioration of the Negro family." He added, "The steady expansion of welfare programs can be taken as a measure of the steady disintegration of the Negro family structure over the past generation in the United States." Moynihan's observations were greeted with charges of racism and blaming the victim.

By the way, the welfare state is an equal opportunity family destroyer. Today's illegitimacy rate among whites, at nearly 30 percent, is higher than it was among blacks in the 1960s when Moynihan sounded the alarm. In Sweden, the mother of the welfare state, illegitimacy is 54 percent."

Evolution Finds Promiscuous Women Less Productive for the Species

I'm sure this clamor for fetus killing figures in there, somewhere.

A commenter notes, "Next you will be telling me that those who understand natural selection fair poorest by their own metric."

Heh.

Nutball 'Pastor' Preaches Sermon for Obama's Death

Freekin' idiot

"Anderson gave the sermon on Aug. 16 while Obama and his family were visiting Arizona.

"I'd like to see Barack Obama melt like a snail tonight," Anderson said in the sermon, referencing the practice of pouring salt on slugs. "He ought to be aborted."

An expert on CNN said Secret Service agents had likely visited Anderson because of the content of his sermons.

Anderson, who ministers at Faithful Word Baptist Church, did not return a call or e-mail for comment."

Now, if we could only get Muslims to denounce their hate mongering nutballs.

Drop Kick Me, Jesus, Thru the Goal Posts of Life

Just in time for pre-season. Bill Clinton's favorite country song (seriously!). By Bobby Bare.

Did Humans Evolve From Aquatic Apes?

"What do scientists do when a paradym fails? They carry on as if nothing happened!"

The speaker acknowledges this a 'lunatic fringe' idea of evolution, but that it has promise as a viable path to explain our uniquely odd, naked, bi-pedal frames - if only entrenched academia would loose their dogmatic blinders.

She says that without a hint of irony.

And that's what I find so sad about this lil video. A fair amount of time, attention and money was spent to give this lecturer her 15 minutes to ramble on about water primates loosing their fur, finger webs, and hold the attention of otherwise intelligent people.

Yet, these Darwinists say the Creationists are a nut ball outfit.

GW Bush Volunteered To Go To Vietnam

Hey. It's a slow day.

Ten Most Beautiful Women in Dallas Contest

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but with one young lady name 'Charity Beaver' (really, really), my guess is this field of 20 is smokin' hawt.

TY to dees ruthless rogues.

Banks 'Too Big to Fail' Have Grown Even Bigger

Behemoths Born of the Bailout Reduce Consumer Choice, Tempt Corporate Moral Hazard.

"To favor one class of financial institutions over another class skews the market. You don't have a free market; you have a government-favored market," (Camden Fine, president of the Independent Community Bankers of America) said. "We will never have free markets again if you have the government picking winners and losers...

The federal bailouts only reinforced the thought that government would save big banks, no matter how horrible their decisions."

That's the 'moral hazard' part - playing fast n loose with other people's money because Uncle will bail 'em out.

That's fine, if the rest of the foundation is otherwise sound. But, right now, there are too many cracks to maintain integrity. The unicorn forest is mostly sand.

Bank Losses Drain Deposit Fund, F.D.I.C. Reports.

"So far, 81 banks have failed this year, including 45 in the second quarter. That, in turn, has put enormous stress on the government’s deposit insurance fund, which is supported by fees charged to the banks regulated by the F.D.I.C. Its second-quarter reserve of $10.4 billion compares with $45.2 billion a year earlier.

Most of the decline comes from money that the agency has set aside to cover the cost of bank failures, and Ms. Bair said the fund had ample resources to cover all insured depositors.

But the levels are so low that F.D.I.C. officials said Thursday that they would consider imposing a special assessment on the banks, on top of elevated insurance fees, toward the end of the third quarter. Through similar actions, it added about $9.1 billion. It also will begin to recover some money by selling the assets of banks that it seized."

Meanwhile, the U.S. Gub'mint is actually $14 TRILLION dollars in debt??

The behemouth banks maybe too big to fail, but we should seriously consider that our gargantuan federal gub'mint is too big to succeed.

God save the Republic.

The Good Scythe

Versatile;

effective;

beneficial to the operator & the environment.

Reason Number 228 Kalifornia Needs to Slide Off into the Pacific

Elected race pimp buffoon(D) spews cranial diarrhea for Castro, Che, & curb kicking "the wealthy."

With mental midgets like Rep. Diane Watson, no wonder Kalifornia has a $26 billion budget deficit, hands out IOUs to vendors, and lopped state worker's pay by 14%.

But not to fear. Capitalism is here!

California Resorts to Statewide Rummage Sale to Ease Deficit.

"State officials estimate the giant two-day yard sale being held at a state warehouse will bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars. In addition to clearing out office products, the state is also selling unclaimed property from state parks and items confiscated by law enforcement, said California Department of General Services spokesman Eric Lamoureux."

How progressive.

Economic Stimulus Down on Main Street

Strange Bedfellows: Frank Agrees w/ Paul to Audit the Fed?

Barney Frank says Ron Paul bill will pass.

"Rep. Paul's, Texas Republican, bill if added to Mr. Frank's other proposed reforms could give a boost to a financial regulation package the Obama Administration wanted to pass last spring. The Fed bill has 282 co-sponsors, including every Republican member of the House and a considerable number of Democrats.

The Senate's lead sponsor of the bill is Sen. Bernard Sanders, a Vermont independent and self-described socialist.

Today, the Government Accountability Office has no power to audit the Federal Reserve. Mr. Paul's bill would empower the government watchdog to do so and make their findings available to the public."

A Socialist, homosexual and Libertarian walk into a bar...

Transparency from the strangest places.

A little background, Maestro:

History Proves That Anarchists & Leftists Are Frequent Perpetrators of Violence & Destruction

"During a period of less than four months in the summer and fall of 1969, eight bombings rocked major institutions in New York City. While no one was killed, the bombings caused several injuries, jolted the city, damaged property and became symbols of the radical movements that were challenging the foundations of American society."

And the Lefties wax nostalgic:

“It’s the nature of young people,” he said. “They will always be inspired by people of intense principles. The bombers represent the extreme edge of the commitment. They will for a long time be regarded for their generational mobilization. It’s impressive to most people.”

Conveniently omitted from the article were the names 'Ayers & Dohrn'.

Related: History Proves That Anarchists & Leftists Are Frequent Presidential Assassins.

Update: Didja ever wonder why 'peace activists' are so violent, hateful & intolerant?

I'll Take "What Obama Knows Nothing About" for 500, Alex

Competition.

"In place of the variety of products that competition would generate, we would be forced "choose" among virtually identical insurance plans. Government would define these plans down to the last detail. Every one would have at least the same "basic" coverage, including physical exams, maternity benefits, well-baby care, alcoholism treatment and mental-health services. Consumers could not buy a cheap, high-deductible catastrophic policy. Every insurance company would have to use an identical government-designed pricing structure. Prices would be the same for sick and healthy.

In this respect, it wouldn't matter whether or not Congress created a "public option," a government insurance plan. In either case, bureaucrats would dictate virtually every aspect of the health-insurance business."

We've seen evidence of this 'one size fits all' pricing structure with medicaid & medicare. They're such a penny pinching poor fit that many physicians are refusing to participate in these bureaucratic nightmares which costs the doctors more money than they are worth.

Private companies are legion, and provide the most responsive option for consumers and the highest return for physician involvement.

According to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), in 2007 (the latest available report), there were 125 major insurance companies operating in the U.S. of A. The top ten were:
1) UNITEDHEALTH GRP
2) WELLPOINT INC GRP
3) KAISER FOUNDATION GRP
4) HUMANA GRP
5) AETNA GRP
6) HCSC GRP
7) AMERICAN FAMILY CORP GRP
8) HIGHMARK GRP
9) INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS GRP
10)CIGNA HLTH GRP

One hundred and twenty-five major insurance companies. Does any thinking adult really believe that introducing the federal gub'mint as the 126th company will make these global, multi-billion dollar companies wee-wee on their balance sheets and change their business model??

Pres. Obama is disingenuous, at best, or lying, at worst.

Or he is simply ignorant of the subject.

But power grabs are made of such things.

And one never wants to p*ss off the new priesthood, baby.

The Final Numbers on ‘Clunkers’

Winners & losers.

"In a very telling news release, the Transportation Department revealed that the Ford Explorer topped the list of most traded-in clunkers, while the Toyota Corolla was the most popular car purchased through the program, followed by the Honda Civic.

The top 10 traded-in vehicles were American brands and 8 of the top 10 purchased vehicles were foreign brands."

Both Toyota & Honda manufacture here in the U.S. of A., which is a tax base & employment plus, but the profits go back to the country of origin, and are used to globally compete against North American based companies.

The state requesting the highest voucher dollar amount was CALIFORNIA, looting cashing in at $$326,822,000; followed by TEXAS ($183,776,500) & NEW YORK ($156,292,000).

The state requesting the lowest voucher dollar amount was WYOMING with $2,513,000; followed by ALASKA ($4,868,500) & MONTANA ($6,461,000).

The biggest losers, once again - Our grandchildren who have to pay the bill for this looting to incentivize debt for instant gratification.

Up next: Cash for Appliances.

"Beginning late this fall, the program authorizes rebates of $50 to $200 for purchases of high-efficiency household appliances. The money is part of the broader economic stimulus bill passed earlier this year. Program details will vary by state, and the Energy Dept. has set a deadline of Oct. 15 for states to file formal applications. The Energy Dept. expects the bulk of the $300 million to be awarded by the end of November. (Unlike the clunkers auto program, consumers won't have to trade in their old appliances.)"

Rebates? Like the 8 to 12 week wait rebates private companies make their customers jump through hoops for now? Gub'mint can obviously do that more efficiently.

Oops. Holy feckless federal fiduciary foul up! Cash for convicts! (I'm sure those nice folks will give it back real soon.)

Universal School Lunch Reform

Apparently, Papa Barack doesn't like how this will effect him and his family. (Click click to enlarge)

Ted Kennedy, Senate's Liberal Lion, Dead at 77

So, if he was 'The Liberal Lion', were we his prey?

He died at his home in Hyannis Port last night after a year long battle with brain cancer.

Our condolences to his family.

Gub'mint supplied, single payer health care was Ted's life long political passion. Simply put, he wanted Medicare for everyone. Exactly what he didn't choose for his own treatment for brain cancer:

Just weeks after his diagnosis, Kennedy tapped the vast array of health care specialists he’s come to know through his Senate service or personal experiences to convene an extraordinary brainstorming session about his own treatment.

According to a New York Times account, Kennedy summoned more than a dozen experts from at least six academic centers, some of whom flew to Boston while others joined in by telephone. The upshot of the meeting appears to be a vigorous, proactive shift in his treatment.

His Massachusetts doctors initially said he’d receive radiation and chemotherapy to combat the tumor. But, after the Boston consultation session, he wound up flying to Duke University Medical Center, another top brain cancer center, to undergo complex and risky surgery to remove parts of the tumor. The surgery was done by Dr. Allan H. Friedman, a renowned leader in the field.

Since then, he’s undergone proton-beam radiation at Massachusetts General Hospital and multiple rounds of chemotherapy, he said in his Newsweek account. The senator offered no insight into the pharmaceuticals he is taking — though cancer drugs are some of the most expensive in medicine, some of which can cost as much as $50,000 a dose, according to medical reports.

Kennedy’s care is being paid for by his Senate health insurance policy and his own money, according to his essay.

I cannot blame the man for marshaling all the resources at his command, but any thinking adult knows that is not, and will not be, available under a 'medicare for all' gub'mint program championed by this liberal lion.

But that's not hypocritical.

A fitting hagiography of the man can be found here.

John Kerry is now the senior senator of Massachusetts. I can't decide if that's an improvement or detriment.

Kamp Obama

Indoctrinating Kids Today, For Useful Idiots Tomorrow.

Fall enrollment open now!



Graphic courtesy of the awesome People's Cube. Go there. Now!

Beck Boycott Organized by Obama's 'Environmental Advisor'

Beck. Schmeck. I'm not much of a fan. I put him in the same bomb throw political theatre troupe as Herr Ubermann, over at MSNBZzzzzz, albeit on the far right side.

But, at least, FOX news comes by its revenue through free market success, and not gub'mint subsidies. Or advocating boycotts of competitors.

Moving on...

From the why am I not surprised by this administration's sheenanigans? PT 1,422.

Glenn Beck Boycott Organized by Obama's 'Environmental Advisor', Van Johnson, From Inside the White House??!



Surber sums it up best: This would be front-page news with Matt Drudge siren if Karl Rove had tried to pull a stunt like this.

A little background on this kerfuffle, from our petulant Lefty friends over at the oddly named "Think Progress."

So, who is this 'Environmental Advisor', commie wacko to our Dear Leader? (videos)

Rhode Island Governor to Close State Gov. 12 days / Yr.

Apparently, the state is having a budget crisis.

Its Governor maybe a Republican, but the state legislature is Democrat controlled, both U.S. Congressional Reps are Democrats, both U.S. Senators are Democrats, and Rhode Island has some of the highest taxes in the country, particularly its property taxes, ranking seventh in local and state taxes, and sixth in real estate taxes.

Of course, that has nothing to do with Rhode Island's current business crushing, lack of tax revenue problems. Just ask any Democrat.

Naturally, none of this stuff happens rapidly or in a vacuum, as witnessed by the Governor's call for drastic action back in November 2008 when Rhode Island's unemployment rate was the highest in the country, at 8.8 percent, just ahead of Michigan's, and the state lost close to 16,000 payroll jobs since the first quarter of 2007.

But, judging from the current action, my guess is the Republican governor didn't get much cooperation from the Democratic legislature.

Red Alert! "Fishy Email"

The Top 10 Indicators Your Employer Has Switched To The “Public Option”.

The black helicopters know where you live, mister.

When Community Organizers Govern...

Obama’s Team Is Lacking Most of Its Top Players.

"Of more than 500 senior policymaking positions requiring Senate confirmation, just 43 percent have been filled — a reflection of a White House that grew more cautious after several nominations blew up last spring, a Senate that is intensively investigating nominees and a legislative agenda that has consumed both.

While career employees or holdovers fill many posts on a temporary basis, Mr. Obama does not have his own people enacting programs central to his mission. He is trying to fix the financial markets but does not have an assistant treasury secretary for financial markets. He is spending more money on transportation than anyone since Dwight D. Eisenhower but does not have his own inspector general watching how the dollars are used. He is fighting two wars but does not have an Army secretary.

He sent Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to Africa to talk about international development but does not have anyone running the Agency for International Development. He has invited major powers to a summit on nuclear nonproliferation but does not have an assistant secretary of state for nonproliferation.

“If you’re running G.M. without half your senior executives in place, are you worried? I’d say your stockholders would be going nuts,” said Terry Sullivan, a professor at the University of North Carolina and executive director of the White House Transition Project, a scholarly program that tracks appointments. “The notion of the American will — it’s not being thwarted, but it’s slow to come to fruition.”

Culture of corruption: Daschle edition.

"Chapter 1 of Culture of Corruption provides a full sketch of Daschle’s tax-cheating, influence-peddling ways — and exposes Barack Obama’s refusal to throw his wheeler-dealer Beltway buddy off the bus. Limousine liberal Daschle’s tax evasions were the least of his problems. Tom Daschle is the personification of all that Obama professed to detest during his campaign of Hope and Change— – a consummate Beltway insider who parlayed his public service (where he earned a $158,000 yearly salary) into a $5.2 million personal fortune as one of Washington’s biggest influence peddlers along with his lobbyist wife."

A "profanity-laced screaming match" at the White House.

"According to intelligence officials, Panetta erupted in a tirade last month during a meeting with a senior White House staff member. Panetta was reportedly upset over plans by Attorney General Eric Holder to open a criminal investigation of allegations that CIA officers broke the law in carrying out certain interrogation techniques that President Obama has termed "torture."

A CIA spokesman quoted Panetta as saying "it is absolutely untrue" that he has any plans to leave the CIA. As to the reported White House tirade, the spokesman said Panetta is known to use "salty language." CIA spokesman George Little said the report was "wrong, inaccurate, bogus and false."

It's entirely plausible that the only purpose of your life
is to serve as a warning for others.

Cuba Faces Toilet Paper Shortage

"Cuban officials said they were reducing the prices on a range of basic goods, but may not receive more toilet paper supplies until later in the year.

Cuba does not currently have the raw resources to produce its own supplies of toilet paper, says Reuters.

The Cuban economy has been seriously affected by last summer's hurricanes alongside the global recession. "

Later in the year?!

Michael Moore assures us that Cuba has the bestest medical care, though. Just bring a phone book or corn cob.

Still, it makes me wonder why a dying man doesn't rush down there for cancer treatment. Hypocrite, much?

After all, the overwhelming evidence on nationalized health care speaks volumes:
1) Thousands of surgeries may be cut in Metro Vancouver due to government underfunding;
2)Canadian Doctors Agree Canadian Health System Imploding;
3)Canadians visit U.S. to get health care

Finally, from 2005, CBS News warns Canadian Health Care In Crisis:
Free And First-Class — If You Can Wait.

"The patient wasn't dead, according to the doctor who showed the letter to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. But there are many Canadians who claim the long wait for the test and the frigid formality of the letter are indicative of a health system badly in need of emergency care.

Americans who flock to Canada for cheap flu shots often come away impressed at the free and first-class medical care available to Canadians, rich or poor. But tell that to hospital administrators constantly having to cut staff for lack of funds, or to the mother whose teenager was advised she would have to wait up to three years for surgery to repair a torn knee ligament."

Ah, the joys of gub'mint rationed health care.

The Used Toy Police?

"The initiative, which targets toys and other products for children, enforces a new provision that makes it a crime to resell anything that’s been recalled by its manufacturer."

Fresh nanny state h3ll from the Obama nation.

Are You Educated or Indoctrinated?

The Global Warming Test.

Test your knowledge and common sense in this simple 10-question test.

I Am Sorry I Voted For Obama

No. Not me.

Website of the day next three and a half years.

Selective Outrage

When the news of the most recent desecration of a Koran — which was hollowed out and used to smuggle heroin — reached the Muslim street, believers all over the world reacted by…

…doing absolutely nothing.

MY LIVING WILL

Last night, my kid and I were sitting in the living room and I said to them, 'I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just pull the plug.'

They got up, unplugged the Computer, and threw out my wine.

Heh.

Ty to dees slackers.

Asteroid Impact Craters on Earth as Seen From Space

"One well-known example is our own Barringer crater, also known as Meteor Crater, in Arizona. The images here show some of the biggest, oldest and most interesting impact craters on the planet."

It's Not One World...

Taliban Chops Off Voting Fingers of Afghanis.

Is This the Treason Part or the Sedition Part?

ACLU lawyers exposed CIA agent identities to GITMO terrorists.

Privacy for thee, but not for we?

It’s almost as if they have an agenda.

Clunkers Fuster-Cluck Ends After Fueling Sales & Angering Dealers

Bloomberg explains:

"The deadline will give car dealers and buyers time to complete purchases and apply for rebates from the remainder of the $3 billion provided by Congress, the department said. Dealers have complained of difficulty running their businesses while awaiting program payments, and the agency said it’s adding workers to help process claims faster.

“Obviously there was a lot more latent demand than many thought,” said Michael Robinet, an analyst at CSM Worldwide Inc. in Northville, Michigan. “That bodes well for the market. But we are past the honeymoon now and we have to see what the market looks like in the post-clunker environment.”

Applications for rebates won’t be accepted after 8 p.m. New York time on Aug. 24, the agency said.

The Transportation Department said it has handled 167,000, or 37 percent, of the 457,476 dealer requests submitted. The agency didn’t say how many of the processed transactions have been paid out and how many were rejected or sent back for further information.

Some $145 million, or less than 8 percent, has been paid out so far to dealers, a senior administration official said on a call with reporters yesterday.

Wind-Down Plan

Officials from the National Automobile Dealers Association trade group met two days ago with the Transportation Department to discuss concerns that payment delays add to the burden on retailers of trying to recover from a sales slump. The association also urged the agency to outline a plan to wind down the effort so retailers know when to stop accepting trade-ins.

Representative Joe Sestak, a Pennsylvania Democrat, said last week the effort had paid retailers for only 2 percent of their claims.

The program is formally known as the Car Allowance Rebate System, or CARS.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, asked Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in a letter yesterday to speed up payments, saying “dealers have been forced to effectively finance the CARS vouchers for buyers until the dealers are reimbursed by the federal government, placing a strain on dealers’ balance sheets that, if prolonged, could eventually offset some of the benefits of the program.”

"Obviously there was a lot more latent demand than many thought...??" Well, of course, when one is stealing from our grandchildren and passing out the cash to incentivize debt for instant gratification.

Except the gub'mint has left the participating dealers holding the bag on millions of dollars of debt while awaiting reimbursement, or as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said "placing a strain on dealers’ balance sheets that, if prolonged, could eventually offset some of the benefits of the program."

Placing a strain? Offset some of the benefits of the program? Oh. That's gub'mint-ese for going belly-up and laying off all your employees cause you're bankrupt!

These are the same morons who want to run our health care, so let's switch Ol' Harry's words, shall we?

"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, asked HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in a letter yesterday to speed up payments, saying “hospitals have been forced to effectively finance medical procedure vouchers for patients until the hospitals are reimbursed by the federal government, placing a strain on hospitals’ balance sheets that, if prolonged, could eventually contribute to the deaths of patients."

Car Dealers Survey Says Cash for Clunkers is a Failure.

A shameless TY to this guy for stealing his idea.

WJDND - What Jesus Did Not Do

Jesus did not say, "The poor in our society can be middle class with more gub'mint funding."

Jesus did not approach the Sanhedrin to demand a tithe on Temple goers to clothe the naked & feed the hungry.

Jesus did not petition the Senate in Rome to levy a tax on all subjects in order to do medical research and heal the sick.

Jesus did not end the parable of The Good Samaritan with a guilt trip to goad the townspeople to pay for the expenses of others with confiscated wealth.

Jesus did not promise an earthly utopia through political solutions or judicial fiat.

All the miracles that Jesus performed were designed to point to His divine nature and the truth of His Word of Heavenly salvation - not to solve the earthly dilemmas of sickness, hunger & poverty.

In short, these incendiary, health-care reform ideologues pontificating about WWJD seem to be outright ignorant of Biblical knowledge and down right bereft of wisdom in their h3ll bent rush for power.

~End of sermon. Go back to your lives, citizens.

Mourners pay respects to former Missouri Gov. Warren Hearnes

"Gov. Hearnes died shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 16, 2009) surrounded by family. He had been in declining health for about two years and was injured in a fall a few months ago. "We were all with him holding his hands," said Lynn Hearnes of Clayton, one of his three daughters.

Gov. Hearnes held elective office in Missouri for 22 years, as governor, secretary of state and state representative from his native Charleston. He was the state's first governor to serve two full consecutive terms, from 1965 to 1973. He was a candidate for U.S. Senate in 1976 and for state auditor in 1978, and later served briefly as a circuit court judge."

R.I.P.

25 Awesome Homeless Guy Signs

Foreclosures are on this rise and set to surpass last year's default, as unemployment soars through the roof.

Obama-villes are popping up like mushrooms on cow pies, and the homeless are feeling the newbie competition for street coin.

So, they're getting creative.

Hot Waitress Economic Index

Beats the heck out of the Overeducated Cabbie Index, or the Squeegee Man Apparition Index.

"To be actually useful, of course, the Hot Waitress Index must be a leading indicator, and there is good reason to believe that it is. Employment is generally thought to lag behind economic recovery, which is to say that jobless rates remain elevated, and even climb, after a recession has technically ended. But hotness occupies a privileged place in the employment picture. As a commodity that’s fairly cheap, historically effective as a marketing tool, and available on a freelance basis, hotness will likely be back in demand long before your average Michigan autoworker is. Or the rest of us, for that matter."

Then again, it's economic analysis from the flippin' NY Magazine!

Missouri Unemployment Holds at 9.3% in July

Obama Administration Withdraws $133M in Stimulus for Missouri Unemployed.

But I'm pretty sure Dear Leader will pay their mortgage and buy 'em gasoline.

Swastika Bearer Protests... Michael Jackson's Death

"And the worst part is, I never even got the chance to go to Neverland."



Yup. It's stupid (but funny, like thousands of these Hitler bunker spoofs), and relies on too many cuss words (nsfw), but it ain't half as dumb @ass as this:

Michael Jackson to be buried on August 29th.

The dude died on June 25th!! That's over 2 months.

"Other Jackson plans have moved sluggishly. Monday, a judge delayed his approval of the exhibition agreement between concert promoter AEG Live and the Jackson estate until Friday, when he will hear testimony about why Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, thinks it should be renegotiated."

He's still above ground as a circus performer for this freak-a-zoid family!!

How pathetic.

"Keep Your Laws Off My Body"

Remember when Lefties used march in the streets demanding the gub'mint retract its claws from the private recesses of our lives?



But that was only when the prurient pursuit of abortion, open borders, sex-capades & getting high was in demand.

Now, the loon toon lefties berate the 'fetus lovers' for co-opting Lefty slogans.


And congressional bigwigs call them "evil" and "Swastika Bearing Protesters".

They simply can't wait to get their laws on your body. And their hands on hundreds of billions of health care dollars from this economy.

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Whose Medical Decisions?

"At one time, it would have been none of Dr. Emanuel's business if your physician prescribed the latest medications for you, rather than the cheaper and obsolete medications they replaced. It would have been none of his business if you preferred to have a nice hospital room with "amenities" rather than being in an unsanitary ward with inadequate nursing care, as under the National Health Service in Britain.

The involvement of government gives Dr. Emanuel the leverage to condemn other Americans' choices-- and a larger involvement of government will give him the power to force both doctors and patients to change their choices."

See? Lefties are pro-choice. Their choice for your private decisions.

Unless your teen wants to get an abortion. Then it's nobody's bizzness.

Iffen You Can't Dazzle 'Em With Brilliance, Baffle 'Em With Bvllsh*t

The White House is deploying an array of tactics to promote ObamaCare. Here's the list to date.

Barack Obama’s Health Care Editorial

Published in that dead tree rag of a mouth organ for the democratic party, in its continued race to the bottom.

"However, and again despite Barack Obama’s rhetoric to the contrary (”But let’s make sure that we talk with one another, and not over one another.“), this op/ed is an attempt to talk over the opposition, not with it. And it is beginning of an attempt by the left to ramp up an effort to talk over the townhall protesters and lessen their obvious impact which has been negative for the administration. Again, if you don’t believe that, simply read where Obama contradicts his high sounding rhetoric by doing precisely what he condemns:"

Old Man Shows Young Punks Door to Kingdom Come

It sux to be them.

Cheeky Locals Always Screwing Up Vacation Pictures

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Is Faith Delusional?

Sunday Silly

The Studley Tool Chest

A little weekend distraction.

Brother Henry O. Studley (1838-1925) was a master carpenter and stonemason.

He didn't buy this at Sears & Roebuck.

History Proves That Anarchists & Leftists Are Frequent Presidential Assassins

John Hinckley, Jr. (failure to launch, leftwing nut ball) attempts to kill Pres. Ronald Reagan(R) with a pistol, but fails. Many others injured in attack, including James Brady (the Brady Bill). Hinckley is currently imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital.

Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme (anarchist nutball, a follower of the Devil's 2nd cousin, Charles Manson) brandishes a loaded .45 cal. pistol at Pres. Gerald Ford(R), but no shots were fired. As of today, she is out on parole.

Sara Jane Moore (serial divorcee` & Leftist revolutionary) fires a pistol at Pres. Gerald Ford(R) - just 17 days after Squeaky's failed attempt. A by stander subdued her. She was later paroled in 2007, from a federal prison after serving more than 30 years.

Lee Harvey Oswald (communist sympathizer who defected to the Soviet Union, and later returned to USA) kills Pres. John Kennedy(D) in his motorcade with a sniper shot. Oswald was later suspiciously killed by saloon keeper Jack Ruby during a custody transfer.

Leon Czolgosz (anarchist & anti-theist) kills Pres. William McKinley(R) with 2 shots from a pistol at the Pan-American Exposition. Czolgosz was electrocuted in the electric chair.

Charles Guiteau (Republican,religious nutball & political hack) shoots Pres. James A. Garfield(R) in the back. The Pres. dies 11 weeks later from infection. Guiteau was hanged for his crime.

John Wilkes Booth (Confederate sympathizer & failed actor, who I'm pretty sure never voted Republican) kills Pres. Abraham Lincoln(R) with a shot to the back of the Pres.' head. Booth was shot & killed during his manhunt.

(source)

Oh. And let's not forget the Left's frenzied love of assassination chic.

The overwhelming conclusion is that many Republican Presidents are frequently and violently targeted by Democrats, Communists & Anarchists.

~Not that facts & evidence matter to Leftists...

Update: Uh, oh. Shameless Protesters Advocate Killing the President.

Organized Effort by Organized Lobbyists to Organize $15/Hr "Grassroots" Volunteers So They Can Sell Obamacare

But it's not astroturf 'cause I saw it on 'Craig's List'.

"The ad links to the Boston-based Fund for the Public Interest, an umbrella organization that rounds up people to round up support, money and signatures for all kinds of campaigns, including healthcarDemocrat president Barack Obama speaks at his healthcare town hall in Portsmouth New Hampshire August 11 2008e reform and the environment.

It's hiring and assigning canvassers to work in at least 28 states, including California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Oregon, Massachusetts, Minnesota and New Jersey."

Well, at least it's not right wingnuts doing it, or that would be bad.

TY V

Meanwhile, congressional race pimp clown (known as 'Sleepy'), time warps about a nazi's civil right to be a snarling dog. Or something.

Ed Schultz: World Class @sshole

This clown has a radio show though not much of an audience, so that naturally means Ed is a liberal.

On today's show, Ed proudly proclaimed his belief that "Conservative Broadcasters Want Obama Shot." (video)

Check yer watch, Eddie. Jerry Springer is a lib, too. And check the history of assassination chic. Just like race pimpin', it's whipped to a constant frenzy by all you Lefties!

Eff you, @sshole!, and the Randi that you Rhodes in on.

Building a Religion: Redux

Uncomfortable eagle.

Obama's healthcare horror

Opaque, corrupt, and clueless in D.C. All this from an avowed Obamatron:

"But who would have thought that the sober, deliberative Barack Obama would have nothing to propose but vague and slippery promises -- or that he would so easily cede the leadership clout of the executive branch to a chaotic, rapacious, solipsistic Congress? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whom I used to admire for her smooth aplomb under pressure, has clearly gone off the deep end with her bizarre rants about legitimate town-hall protests by American citizens. She is doing grievous damage to the party and should immediately step down.

There is plenty of blame to go around. Obama's aggressive endorsement of a healthcare plan that does not even exist yet, except in five competing, fluctuating drafts, makes Washington seem like Cloud Cuckoo Land. The president is promoting the most colossal, brazen bait-and-switch operation since the Bush administration snookered the country into invading Iraq with apocalyptic visions of mushroom clouds over American cities.

You can keep your doctor; you can keep your insurance, if you're happy with it, Obama keeps assuring us in soothing, lullaby tones. Oh, really? And what if my doctor is not the one appointed by the new government medical boards for ruling on my access to tests and specialists? And what if my insurance company goes belly up because of undercutting by its government-bankrolled competitor? Face it: Virtually all nationalized health systems, neither nourished nor updated by profit-driven private investment, eventually lead to rationing.

I just don't get it. Why the insane rush to pass a bill, any bill, in three weeks? And why such an abject failure by the Obama administration to present the issues to the public in a rational, detailed, informational way? The U.S. is gigantic; many of our states are bigger than whole European nations. The bureaucracy required to institute and manage a nationalized health system here would be Byzantine beyond belief and would vampirically absorb whatever savings Obama thinks could be made. And the transition period would be a nightmare of red tape and mammoth screw-ups, which we can ill afford with a faltering economy.

As with the massive boondoggle of the stimulus package, which Obama foolishly let Congress turn into a pork rut, too much has been attempted all at once; focused, targeted initiatives would, instead, have won wide public support. How is it possible that Democrats, through their own clumsiness and arrogance, have sabotaged healthcare reform yet again? Blaming obstructionist Republicans is nonsensical because Democrats control all three branches of government. It isn't conservative rumors or lies that are stopping healthcare legislation; it's the justifiable alarm of an electorate that has been cut out of the loop and is watching its representatives construct a tangled labyrinth for others but not for themselves. No, the airheads of Congress will keep their own plush healthcare plan -- it's the rest of us guinea pigs who will be thrown to the wolves."

Camille Paglia is not demanding our Dear Leader's head on a plate, but she sure sounds like she wants it.

TY to dees guys.

Update: Uh, oh.
Dissent from the myrmidon herd incites the Left to eat their own.

Organized Effort by Organized Labor to Organize Opposition Against 'Astro Turf' Conveniently Gives Community Organizer a Pass

Progressive dissonance at its finest.

During the last election, Hillary's townhall 'potted plants' were a great embarrassment to her campaign, and the Obamatron media reported it with glee.

Pres. Obama's scripted press conferences in the East Wing have been little more than political theatre, but the sycophant media virtually ignores that lil nugget.

We now have the 'Obamacare arm twisting dis-information tour' which continues the theatre meme:

"Little Julia Hall is just the latest in-the-tank questioner with Obama campaign/Democrat ties to turn up “randomly” at presidential health care forums.

Here’s your illustrated guide to Obamacare human props."

The SEIU, HCAN, O for A, ACORN - Hey! It's all just spontaneous, without a hint of astroturf.

How Low Can California's Bond Rating Go?

The once golden, and now bankrupt, state issues payment to businesses which provided services with worthless IOUs, then demands the businesses pay taxes on those payments.

In other words, lower than a slugs belly in rut on a muddy road.

But at least, it's a 'progressive' state.

What's In Your Wallet?

Let's ask Dear Leader, shall we?

Opaque & Clueless in D.C.

Where is the bailout money?

"Members of Congress have said that ten months into the Troubled Asset Relief Program or TARP, the oversight of the money has been lacking so much so that it is worthless.

"TARP has become a program in which taxpayers are not being told what most of the TARP recipients are doing with their money, have still not been told how much their substantial investments are worth, and will not be told the full details of how their money is being invested," a special inspector general over the program reported last month. The "very credibility" of the program is at stake, it said."

This might have something to do with the dubious body's abysmal approval number of just 14%. I long ago dismissed Congress' credibility.

TY to this guy.

Update: Oh, goody. Deficit grows by $181 billion in July, hits $1,300,000,000,000.

"Tax receipts declined by 17% in July, but spending went up by 21%. Shouldn’t spending decrease when less money gets received? For American families, that’s certainly how it works. At the very least, one would expect Congress to hold the line on spending and stop any increases when it expects less revenue. That would be the fiscally responsible path to take in an economic crisis."

Like I said, I long ago dismissed Congress' credibility.

Ailing Americans Eagerly Await Summer Organ Harvest

Dateline: Kansas City, Kansas??!

"All signs seem to indicate this will be a truly bountiful year for hearts and small intestines," said third-generation heart surgeon Dr. Thomas Menard, who presides over a five-acre hospital outside Lawrence, KS. "If these intermittent rain showers are sustained through the high-school prom and graduation months, we're likely to see a windfall of perennial car crashes."

"I've already got a large number of vegetables in the intensive-care unit that could be ready for harvesting in as little as two weeks," Menard added. "It's a really good yield this year."

One more thing Obamacare will mess up.

SEIU Political Donations: 96% Democrat VS 4% Republican

"Where your treasure is, there will be your heart."

Since 1990, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has donated more than $27,500,000 to politicians. $26,300,455 has gone to democrat politicians.

The union has affiliations with the corrupt, and sometimes violent, tax payer funded ACORN:

"ACORN is the lead player in Health Care for America Now (HCAN), which is pressing Congress to enact President Obama's ambitious health redistribution scheme.

ACORN is also listed as a "partner" in the Apollo Alliance, along with SEIU, and Center for American Progress president John Podesta. The "green jobs" group has significant pull in Congress and helped to write the February stimulus bill. It is a major player in the debate over economy-crippling cap-and-trade legislation. "

Meanwhile, SEIU thugs turn violent at town hall meetings across the nation, and in one case, send one man to the hospital. Welcome to the Obama Nation.

The Revolution Will Be Video Streamed

Prairie-Fire Anger by Victor Davis Hanson:

"Voters are beginning to sense a certain edge to the Obama revolution, a meanness in its class-driven rhetoric aimed at the more successful. Even the middling classes do not necessary like this constant bashing of their bosses and lawyers, doctors, dentists, contractors, brokers, and real estate agents. The constant harangue about taxing only those who make over $250,000 (or is it now $200,000?, or $150,000) accentuates the notion that those who run successful businesses, who create profitable medical practices, and who are accomplished professionals are somehow culpable—greedy, conniving, or worse.

If well over 40% of the population pays no federal income tax, and the demonized 1% pay more federal income tax than does the bottom 95%, and still we are to hear whining about Bush-era greed, what is next? What does the Left ultimately want—confiscation of 90% of all income? Tax exemptions for 99% of the electorate? Continual Barney Frank show-trial congressional hearings to grandstand the bullying of the now satanic CEOs and investors?"

Graphic courtesy of dis guy.

"Swastika Bearing Protesters"

Surber says, "I do not recall their congresswoman, Nancy Pelosi, ever protesting these protests."

Of course not. They were her peeps demonizing the hated boooshitler.

And speaking of nazi symbolism... (forgive me Godwin!)

Update: By golly. Here's even more swastika bearing protesters.

Yes We Cannabis

One more and it's officially a movement.



Dissent is patriotic. Do you think NORML will even notice?

TY to dees guys

I'm Not Sick, But I'm Not Well

Although that's before the obamacare bureaucracy does its damage.

(one cuss word - nsfw)

Obama voters, anyone?

My Email Address is "flag (at) whitehouse.gov"

You know, for when I sign up for all those spam sites I visit.

(Looks around)

Just When You Thought the Duke (fake) Rape Case was Lost Down the Memory Hole..

"Russ, doesn't the world need another book written by a self promoting skank* with mental health issues?"

Kindle, anyone?

My guess is this won't be on Mike Nifong's summer reading list.

Record Low July Temps for Continental U.S. of A.

I blame glow bull warming.

'Hope n Change' Smells A Lot Like Bullsh*t

Just remember, when the micro-manager in chief starts a speech with “Let me be clear”, he really means bend over and let Dear Leader finish his work. (video)

~~Krykee. All that 'stimulus money' and still no anal lube for the tax payers.

Slap Me Silly, 'Cause He's a Joke

Eerie Obama Socialism Posters Pop Up In LA

Update: Oops. Selective outrage = intellectual consistency?

Not that there's bias, or anything...

Tax Burden of Top 1% Now Exceeds That of Bottom 95%

Hmm. I thought attainders were unconstitutional. But, when one is dealing with group think collectivists - like democrats - the constitution doesn't mean much...