◼ More evidence of Obama fatuous fabrications of his 'work' experience
◼ Barack Obama Embellishes His Resume written by people who worked in the cubicle next to him
Wednesday, September 30
GOOD! Glenn Back is covering Grove Parc and Rezko and Valerie Jarrett's Olympic Gold
Slums, abominable conditions, enrichment schemes and all...
◼ Grim proving ground for Obama's housing policy
The squat brick buildings of Grove Parc Plaza, in a dense neighborhood that Barack Obama represented for eight years as a state senator, hold 504 apartments subsidized by the federal government for people who can't afford to live anywhere else....
Grove Parc and several other prominent failures were developed and managed by Obama's close friends and political supporters. Those people profited from the subsidies even as many of Obama's constituents suffered. Tenants lost their homes; surrounding neighborhoods were blighted....
Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to Obama's presidential campaign and a member of his finance committee. Jarrett is the chief executive of Habitat Co., which managed Grove Parc Plaza from 2001 until this winter and co-managed an even larger subsidized complex in Chicago that was seized by the federal government in 2006, after city inspectors found widespread problems.... boston.com/news
And, yeah, there's more, lots more.
◼ Grim proving ground for Obama's housing policy
The squat brick buildings of Grove Parc Plaza, in a dense neighborhood that Barack Obama represented for eight years as a state senator, hold 504 apartments subsidized by the federal government for people who can't afford to live anywhere else....
Grove Parc and several other prominent failures were developed and managed by Obama's close friends and political supporters. Those people profited from the subsidies even as many of Obama's constituents suffered. Tenants lost their homes; surrounding neighborhoods were blighted....
Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to Obama's presidential campaign and a member of his finance committee. Jarrett is the chief executive of Habitat Co., which managed Grove Parc Plaza from 2001 until this winter and co-managed an even larger subsidized complex in Chicago that was seized by the federal government in 2006, after city inspectors found widespread problems.... boston.com/news
And, yeah, there's more, lots more.
UPDATED "AFPO also plans to build a 24-bed homeless shelter, an animal shelter and a state-of-the-art forensic lab..."
in Hardin, Montana "The company will also help the town's schools with computers, provide access to CAT scans and give food to the hungry."
"The state of Montana says it's not sending inmates to the jail, and neither are federal officials in the state."
"Government contract databases show no record of the company. Security industry representatives and federal officials have never heard of it. On its Web site, the company lists as its headquarters a building in Washington near the White House that holds "virtual offices." A spokeswoman for the building said American Police Force never completed its application to use the address."
What the hell? Look at the logo - why is a American Police Force using a Serbian death squad crest?
◼ APF IN HARDIN kulr 8
"BILLINGS - American Police Force officials showed up in Mercedes SUV's that had "Hardin Police" stenciled on the vehicles. The twist, the city of Hardin doesn't have a police department. Two Rivers Authority officials say having APF patrol the streets was never part of their agenda. "I have no idea. I really don't because that's not been a part of any of the discussions we've had with any of them," said Two Rivers Authority's Al Peterson."
◼ Hardin jail inks contract with California company for inmates, other services Billings Gazette
Two Rivers Authority, which owns the idle jail in Hardin, has signed a 10-year contract with American Private Police Force Organization Inc. which hopes to house prisoners there and plans to build a training center for national and international police and security forces.
◼ What’s happening in Hardin, Montana? Michelle Malkin
The secrecy has led to speculation that the deal is tied to President Obama’s search for Gitmo detainee housing alternatives in the U.S. Hardin jail officials expressed interest in accepting released Gitmo enemy combatants last spring.
◼ Montana lawmakers want info on secretive California company Billings Gazette
Screenshots are from the "American Police Force" site - whoever they are.
UPDATE:
◼ APF head Hilton has history of legal trouble SERVED TIME IN PRISON FOR THEFT
Michael Hilton of American Police Force arrived in Hardin with promises of Mercedes police cars and expertise in operating prisons. He delivered the cars last week, but may have learned about prisons following a 1993 conviction for grand theft.
Public records from police and state and federal courts in California show that Michael Anthony Hilton, using that name and more than a dozen aliases over several years, is cited in multiple criminal, civil and bankruptcy cases, and was sentenced in 1993 to two years in state prison in California....
Hilton, who speaks heavily accented English, has told reporters that he is a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Montenegro, a country bordering Serbia, and once part of the former Republic of Yugoslavia.
The same aliases and other similar ones, all with slightly different spellings, show up in many other court documents citing Hilton, including a May 2003 Orange County case in which Hilton pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol....
This article includes
Related Documents
Voluntary Petition, Bankruptcy Court (1 of 2)
Voluntary Petition, Bankruptcy Court (2 of 2)
Michael Hilton, Theft Case Summary
Michael Hilton, DUI Case Summary
Thomas Crawford vs Worldwide Collectibles, Inc.
Thomas Crawford vs Worldwide Collectibles, Inc., Judgment
◼ Hilton has history of moneymaking schemes
An Associated Press investigation concurrent with Gazette reporter Ruffin Prevost's research into Michael Hilton's past revealed a long reputation for deals gone bad.
"Such schemes you cannot believe," said Joseph Carella, an Orange County, Calif., doctor and co-defendant with Hilton in a real estate fraud case that resulted in a civil judgment against Hilton and several others.
"The guy's brilliant. If he had been able to do honest work, he probably would have been a gazillionaire," Carella said....
Of Hilton's military expertise, including his claim to have advised forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, those interviewed knew of no such feats. Instead, Hilton was described alternately by those who know him as an arts dealer, cook, restaurant owner, land developer, loan broker and car salesman - always with a moneymaking scheme in the works.
One attorney who dealt with Hilton in a fraud lawsuit referred to him as a "chameleon" with a reputation for winning people over with his charm....
Related stories here include:
Related
◼ Montana lawmakers want info on secretive California company
◼ Job applicants overwhelm American Police Force Web site
◼ Hardin jail operators detail plans for training facility, expansion
◼ California company preps to take over MT jail
◼ Web sites offer hints about jail company
Separate research efforts by The Billings Gazette and others turned up connections and similarities between the APF Web site and sites for other little-known defense procurement companies.
All of the Web sites share similarities in design, and some include exactly the same phrases, a red flag to Kevin Flaherty, an American blogger living in New Zealand who writes about private military contractors.
Flaherty, owner of the Cryptogon blog, said that plans by APF to provide Hardin with a homeless shelter, computers for schools, free meals for the needy and an animal shelter "read like something out of The Onion," a satirical newspaper.
Flaherty said his online research revealed "a lot of weirdness to chase down."
Public records show that the APF Web site, Americanpolicegroup.com, was first registered on May 15, about two weeks after an effort by the Two Rivers Authority to pursue prisoners from Guantanamo Bay made national headlines.
A section of text on the APF site refers to the company's "U.S. Training Center," and matches word for word text from the Web site for Xe, formerly Blackwater. That company's U.S. Training Center is touted as the largest facility of its kind.
APF representatives have said that their company is a subsidiary of an undisclosed parent corporation founded in 1984. Blackwater was started in 1997.
Public Internet records show that the APF Web site is one of six hosted on a single Web server, including a site for Defense Product Solutions.
Both share the same double-eagle logo, and the same company, Purepoint Design, developed both Web sites. No one answered a call to Purepoint's office in Newport Beach, Calif.
A section of text on the Defense Product Solutions Web site matches word for word text found on Web sites for Allied Defense Systems and Defense Logistic Services, all promising a similarly exhaustive range of military products and services.
Public records for those companies and others with similar Web sites - including Defense Contracting and Consulting, and Worldwide Military Exchange - all show connections to Edward Angelino, a government contractor in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Angelino said that he is not an owner of APF and has had not met with anyone from Hardin, but added that he has been in discussions with APF over the past four months about supplying police and prison gear for use at the Hardin facility.
◼ Hardin jail contract worth $2.6M a year
◼ Questions swirling around jail deal
◼ Hardin jail inks contract with California company for inmates, other services
◼ APF arrives with cop car prototype for Hardin
◼ Hardin betting on mystery company
SO - is it a super scammer? Or a front for some sort of Government operation related to Guantanamo Inmates? Suspected Terrorists.
"The state of Montana says it's not sending inmates to the jail, and neither are federal officials in the state."
"Government contract databases show no record of the company. Security industry representatives and federal officials have never heard of it. On its Web site, the company lists as its headquarters a building in Washington near the White House that holds "virtual offices." A spokeswoman for the building said American Police Force never completed its application to use the address."
What the hell? Look at the logo - why is a American Police Force using a Serbian death squad crest?
◼ APF IN HARDIN kulr 8
"BILLINGS - American Police Force officials showed up in Mercedes SUV's that had "Hardin Police" stenciled on the vehicles. The twist, the city of Hardin doesn't have a police department. Two Rivers Authority officials say having APF patrol the streets was never part of their agenda. "I have no idea. I really don't because that's not been a part of any of the discussions we've had with any of them," said Two Rivers Authority's Al Peterson."
◼ Hardin jail inks contract with California company for inmates, other services Billings Gazette
Two Rivers Authority, which owns the idle jail in Hardin, has signed a 10-year contract with American Private Police Force Organization Inc. which hopes to house prisoners there and plans to build a training center for national and international police and security forces.
◼ What’s happening in Hardin, Montana? Michelle Malkin
The secrecy has led to speculation that the deal is tied to President Obama’s search for Gitmo detainee housing alternatives in the U.S. Hardin jail officials expressed interest in accepting released Gitmo enemy combatants last spring.
◼ Montana lawmakers want info on secretive California company Billings Gazette
Screenshots are from the "American Police Force" site - whoever they are.
UPDATE:
◼ APF head Hilton has history of legal trouble SERVED TIME IN PRISON FOR THEFT
Michael Hilton of American Police Force arrived in Hardin with promises of Mercedes police cars and expertise in operating prisons. He delivered the cars last week, but may have learned about prisons following a 1993 conviction for grand theft.
Public records from police and state and federal courts in California show that Michael Anthony Hilton, using that name and more than a dozen aliases over several years, is cited in multiple criminal, civil and bankruptcy cases, and was sentenced in 1993 to two years in state prison in California....
Hilton, who speaks heavily accented English, has told reporters that he is a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Montenegro, a country bordering Serbia, and once part of the former Republic of Yugoslavia.
The same aliases and other similar ones, all with slightly different spellings, show up in many other court documents citing Hilton, including a May 2003 Orange County case in which Hilton pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol....
This article includes
Related Documents
Voluntary Petition, Bankruptcy Court (1 of 2)
Voluntary Petition, Bankruptcy Court (2 of 2)
Michael Hilton, Theft Case Summary
Michael Hilton, DUI Case Summary
Thomas Crawford vs Worldwide Collectibles, Inc.
Thomas Crawford vs Worldwide Collectibles, Inc., Judgment
◼ Hilton has history of moneymaking schemes
An Associated Press investigation concurrent with Gazette reporter Ruffin Prevost's research into Michael Hilton's past revealed a long reputation for deals gone bad.
"Such schemes you cannot believe," said Joseph Carella, an Orange County, Calif., doctor and co-defendant with Hilton in a real estate fraud case that resulted in a civil judgment against Hilton and several others.
"The guy's brilliant. If he had been able to do honest work, he probably would have been a gazillionaire," Carella said....
Of Hilton's military expertise, including his claim to have advised forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, those interviewed knew of no such feats. Instead, Hilton was described alternately by those who know him as an arts dealer, cook, restaurant owner, land developer, loan broker and car salesman - always with a moneymaking scheme in the works.
One attorney who dealt with Hilton in a fraud lawsuit referred to him as a "chameleon" with a reputation for winning people over with his charm....
Related stories here include:
Related
◼ Montana lawmakers want info on secretive California company
◼ Job applicants overwhelm American Police Force Web site
◼ Hardin jail operators detail plans for training facility, expansion
◼ California company preps to take over MT jail
◼ Web sites offer hints about jail company
Separate research efforts by The Billings Gazette and others turned up connections and similarities between the APF Web site and sites for other little-known defense procurement companies.
All of the Web sites share similarities in design, and some include exactly the same phrases, a red flag to Kevin Flaherty, an American blogger living in New Zealand who writes about private military contractors.
Flaherty, owner of the Cryptogon blog, said that plans by APF to provide Hardin with a homeless shelter, computers for schools, free meals for the needy and an animal shelter "read like something out of The Onion," a satirical newspaper.
Flaherty said his online research revealed "a lot of weirdness to chase down."
Public records show that the APF Web site, Americanpolicegroup.com, was first registered on May 15, about two weeks after an effort by the Two Rivers Authority to pursue prisoners from Guantanamo Bay made national headlines.
A section of text on the APF site refers to the company's "U.S. Training Center," and matches word for word text from the Web site for Xe, formerly Blackwater. That company's U.S. Training Center is touted as the largest facility of its kind.
APF representatives have said that their company is a subsidiary of an undisclosed parent corporation founded in 1984. Blackwater was started in 1997.
Public Internet records show that the APF Web site is one of six hosted on a single Web server, including a site for Defense Product Solutions.
Both share the same double-eagle logo, and the same company, Purepoint Design, developed both Web sites. No one answered a call to Purepoint's office in Newport Beach, Calif.
A section of text on the Defense Product Solutions Web site matches word for word text found on Web sites for Allied Defense Systems and Defense Logistic Services, all promising a similarly exhaustive range of military products and services.
Public records for those companies and others with similar Web sites - including Defense Contracting and Consulting, and Worldwide Military Exchange - all show connections to Edward Angelino, a government contractor in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Angelino said that he is not an owner of APF and has had not met with anyone from Hardin, but added that he has been in discussions with APF over the past four months about supplying police and prison gear for use at the Hardin facility.
◼ Hardin jail contract worth $2.6M a year
◼ Questions swirling around jail deal
◼ Hardin jail inks contract with California company for inmates, other services
◼ APF arrives with cop car prototype for Hardin
◼ Hardin betting on mystery company
SO - is it a super scammer? Or a front for some sort of Government operation related to Guantanamo Inmates? Suspected Terrorists.
Not sure what to make of this.
Wow, Nancy. Are you listening to this rhetoric? Gore Vidal's rhetoric against Republicans is, well, Nancy, extreme at best.
But, wow, his assessment of Obama, who he SUPPORTED, is pretty damn interesting. ◼ Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the US’
But I'm not sure he meant it the way people are taking it - for example he thinks Obama "doesn't lie" - and we know that assessment is patently false... and despite all evidence to the contrary, he is applying the Hitler Youth analogy to the REPUBLICANS, ignoring or unaware of, I guess, the Obama youth videos, the prayers to Obama, the fascistic attempts to shut down dissent, things we NEVER SAW under Republicans.
So, either Gore Vidal is unaware, which is possible, or he is now senile. He surely hates on a partisan level, but I'm sure we won't hear any tears from Pelosi over that.
Either way, people will take what he says about Obama at face value. I'm not sure you should.
Other takes:
◼ Okay, Y’all are just Creeping me out here!!! Riverdaughter
But, wow, his assessment of Obama, who he SUPPORTED, is pretty damn interesting. ◼ Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the US’
Last year he famously switched allegiance from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama during the Democratic nomination process for president. Now, he reveals, he regrets his change of heart. How’s Obama doing? “Dreadfully. I was hopeful. He was the most intelligent person we’ve had in that position for a long time. But he’s inexperienced. He has a total inability to understand military matters.
But I'm not sure he meant it the way people are taking it - for example he thinks Obama "doesn't lie" - and we know that assessment is patently false... and despite all evidence to the contrary, he is applying the Hitler Youth analogy to the REPUBLICANS, ignoring or unaware of, I guess, the Obama youth videos, the prayers to Obama, the fascistic attempts to shut down dissent, things we NEVER SAW under Republicans.
So, either Gore Vidal is unaware, which is possible, or he is now senile. He surely hates on a partisan level, but I'm sure we won't hear any tears from Pelosi over that.
Either way, people will take what he says about Obama at face value. I'm not sure you should.
Other takes:
◼ Okay, Y’all are just Creeping me out here!!! Riverdaughter
Tuesday, September 29
incredibly naive and grossly egotistical, so egotistical that no one can dent his naiveté.
◼ Sarkozy's Opinion of Barack Obama wizbang
◼ French President Sarkozy – Obama “Is Incredibly Naive & Grossly Egotiscal” Flopping Aces
◼ Sarkozy Sees Obama As Incredibly Naive & Grossly Egotistical
◼ Nicolas Sarkozy TIME
Regulations on small businesses in California have cost the state's economy $492 billion and 3.8 million jobs,
◼ Report says regulations hurt state's economy
(09-25) 04:00 PDT Sacramento - -- Regulations on small businesses in California have cost the state's economy $492 billion and 3.8 million jobs, according to a report quietly released by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office this week. Republicans in the Legislature have pounced on the findings and on Thursday called the report the "smoking gun" that proves lawmakers are killing the state's economy through burdensome government mandates. But Democrats and at least one capital think tank are highly skeptical of the accuracy of the findings.
The 84-page report does not specify which regulations were studied and relies on data collected largely by Forbes.
Citing the report, Republicans said the state should suspend implementation of Assembly Bill 32, California's greenhouse gas reduction plan championed by the governor, along with all other new regulations.
"We are protecting ourselves literally to death," said Assemblyman Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks (Sacramento County), at a Capitol news conference held by Republicans to call for action, including legislative hearings and further study to determine costs, or benefits of specific regulations
(09-25) 04:00 PDT Sacramento - -- Regulations on small businesses in California have cost the state's economy $492 billion and 3.8 million jobs, according to a report quietly released by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office this week. Republicans in the Legislature have pounced on the findings and on Thursday called the report the "smoking gun" that proves lawmakers are killing the state's economy through burdensome government mandates. But Democrats and at least one capital think tank are highly skeptical of the accuracy of the findings.
The 84-page report does not specify which regulations were studied and relies on data collected largely by Forbes.
Citing the report, Republicans said the state should suspend implementation of Assembly Bill 32, California's greenhouse gas reduction plan championed by the governor, along with all other new regulations.
"We are protecting ourselves literally to death," said Assemblyman Roger Niello, R-Fair Oaks (Sacramento County), at a Capitol news conference held by Republicans to call for action, including legislative hearings and further study to determine costs, or benefits of specific regulations
7.9 8.3
◼ Magnitude 7.9 - SAMOA ISLANDS REGION Upgraded to 8.3, with Tsunami
◼
Indonesia quake kills 75, thousands trapped Breitbart
◼ Villages 'wiped out' by tsunami after Samoa quake: report Yahoo News
◼ LA County beaches reopen following tsunami fears Breitbart
◼
Indonesia quake kills 75, thousands trapped Breitbart
◼ Villages 'wiped out' by tsunami after Samoa quake: report Yahoo News
◼ LA County beaches reopen following tsunami fears Breitbart
"Deliver Us, Obama"
◼ NEWLY DISCOVERED: COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS APPEAR TO ‘PRAY’ TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA Breitbart-TV
◼ Stunner. Community Organizers Pray to Obama (Video) Gateway Pundit
"Hear our cry Obama!... Deliver us Obama!"
Or, in other words, take money from someone who earned it and give it to us, Obama.
Symptoms of KoolAid poisoning.
He's got headaches no speechwriter can cure.
A teleprompter won't be much protection against an incoming nuclear missile.
◼ PRUDEN: Reality bites Obama's 'West Wing' Washington Times
Who can blame the Iranians for thinking they have Mr. Obama's number? The more that soft diplomacy doesn't work, the softer diplomacy becomes.
Reality is an unforgiving teacher, and inevitably grades on a steep curve. Mr. Obama imagined last year that he was auditioning to replace Martin Sheen on the television serial "West Wing." He's learning better now.
◼ PRUDEN: Reality bites Obama's 'West Wing' Washington Times
Who can blame the Iranians for thinking they have Mr. Obama's number? The more that soft diplomacy doesn't work, the softer diplomacy becomes.
Reality is an unforgiving teacher, and inevitably grades on a steep curve. Mr. Obama imagined last year that he was auditioning to replace Martin Sheen on the television serial "West Wing." He's learning better now.
Roman Polanski and Phillip Garrido
The talking heads defending Polanski yesterday were interesting - it was a long time ago, the victim has forgiven him... well, what if he hadn't managed to delay it all these years? What if it was just last week? Should he pay the price? Or not, because he is a big-wig?
And, if that's is the argument then why prosecute Phillip Garrido, after all, he kidnapped Jaycee Lee Dugard 18 years ago, and he is the father of her children... let him off the hook, too.
◼ Does this tune sound familiar? THE OTHER MCCAIN
◼ Hollywood Unites To Defend Polanski
◼ Roman Polanski arrest: Hollywood unites in his defence
• Some commenters have simply used the term "rape" in relation to Roman Polanski's 1977 conviction. The offence he pleaded guilty to is often described as "statutory rape" but more precisely as "unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor".
Ummm, about that...◼ Wake up, this was no rape-lite
...Even at the level of witless celebrity small talk, it's hard to believe that any of these people are talking about a 44-year-old man who was alleged to have groomed a 13-year-old girl for sex, got her drunk, fed her a drug and raped her vaginally and anally. The child testified to a grand jury that during a photographic session in 1977 at the Los Angeles house of the actor Jack Nicholson (who wasn't there at the time), Polanski encouraged the girl to drink champagne, got into a jacuzzi with her and persuaded her to take a sedative.
Then Polanski sent her to a bedroom where he performed cunnilingus on her before putting his penis in her vagina. Drunk and terrified, she protested that she didn't want to have sex, but Polanski took no notice and asked when her last period was. She couldn't remember and he asked if she was on the contraceptive pill. When she said she wasn't, he turned her over and penetrated her anally. He performed further sex acts before the weeping girl got into his car and was driven home.
Would that be rape? Or would it be "rape-rape"? Whoopi Goldberg doesn't know what happened between those two people, but prosecutors in California thought they did, and Polanski was arrested on suspicion of rape, sodomy, child molestation and furnishing dangerous drugs to a minor. The charges were dropped only when the child "expressed in no uncertain terms that she wished to maintain her anonymity and avoid the further trauma" of a rape trial. Polanski agreed to plead guilty to the lesser offence of unlawful sex with a minor – statutory rape – but fled to France rather than risk facing a judge for sentencing....
Added: ◼ Polanski The Predator - Recently unsealed grand jury minutes detail 1977 sex assault From The Smoking Gun, h/t: sunj
Now, if that was your thirteen year old daughter...
◼ photo source
And, if that's is the argument then why prosecute Phillip Garrido, after all, he kidnapped Jaycee Lee Dugard 18 years ago, and he is the father of her children... let him off the hook, too.
◼ Does this tune sound familiar? THE OTHER MCCAIN
◼ Hollywood Unites To Defend Polanski
◼ Roman Polanski arrest: Hollywood unites in his defence
• Some commenters have simply used the term "rape" in relation to Roman Polanski's 1977 conviction. The offence he pleaded guilty to is often described as "statutory rape" but more precisely as "unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor".
Ummm, about that...◼ Wake up, this was no rape-lite
...Even at the level of witless celebrity small talk, it's hard to believe that any of these people are talking about a 44-year-old man who was alleged to have groomed a 13-year-old girl for sex, got her drunk, fed her a drug and raped her vaginally and anally. The child testified to a grand jury that during a photographic session in 1977 at the Los Angeles house of the actor Jack Nicholson (who wasn't there at the time), Polanski encouraged the girl to drink champagne, got into a jacuzzi with her and persuaded her to take a sedative.
Then Polanski sent her to a bedroom where he performed cunnilingus on her before putting his penis in her vagina. Drunk and terrified, she protested that she didn't want to have sex, but Polanski took no notice and asked when her last period was. She couldn't remember and he asked if she was on the contraceptive pill. When she said she wasn't, he turned her over and penetrated her anally. He performed further sex acts before the weeping girl got into his car and was driven home.
Would that be rape? Or would it be "rape-rape"? Whoopi Goldberg doesn't know what happened between those two people, but prosecutors in California thought they did, and Polanski was arrested on suspicion of rape, sodomy, child molestation and furnishing dangerous drugs to a minor. The charges were dropped only when the child "expressed in no uncertain terms that she wished to maintain her anonymity and avoid the further trauma" of a rape trial. Polanski agreed to plead guilty to the lesser offence of unlawful sex with a minor – statutory rape – but fled to France rather than risk facing a judge for sentencing....
Added: ◼ Polanski The Predator - Recently unsealed grand jury minutes detail 1977 sex assault From The Smoking Gun, h/t: sunj
Now, if that was your thirteen year old daughter...
◼ photo source
Monday, September 28
Who IS Obama talking to if not his General?
“I’ve talked to the president, since I’ve been here, once on a VTC [video teleconferece],” General Stanley McChrystal told CBS reporter David Martin in a television interview that aired Sunday.
“You’ve talked to him once in 70 days?” Mr. Martin followed up.
“That is correct,” the general replied.
This revelation comes amid the explosive publication of an classified report written by the general that said the war in Afghanistan “will likely result in failure” of more troops are not added next year. Yet, the debate over health care reform continues to dominate Washington’s political discussions.
ONCE. IN. 70. DAYS.
◼ Why has Obama only talked General McChrystal once in 70 days? Sister Toldja
◼ U.S. commander in Afghanistan talked with Obama only once Washington Times
C'mon, man, you wanted the job. And people's lives depend on you doing your job. Not on your going on Letterman, and date nights to Broadway and Chicago.
◼ Who is doing the governing? H/t: R and jewels
In effect, the president is back to his old Illinois State Senate habit of voting "present" when it comes to issue after issue. He has dithered on Afghanistan and avoided a hard decision. On health care, he has outsourced political leadership to Senate and House pols. There is still no written health care plan from the White House. Sometimes it looks like nobody is in charge.
Is Mr. Obama only a figurehead who is paraded out in front of the people to call for their support of ... what? Well it can't be his ideas because he is not clear on what those specific plans may be, and he certainly never provides any serious detail.
Obama seems to spend most of his time giving speeches for the purpose of making people want to like him. Any person who delivers prepared remarks, and I do so regularly, will tell you that it takes time to prepare, even if you have speech writers. Considering all the speeches, interviews and preparation time, Mr. Obama hardly has time enough to go to gym or to schedule a his-and-her "date night." ...same thing i was thinking, he has time for date night and talking to school kids and going on TV... quit it, do your job.
“You’ve talked to him once in 70 days?” Mr. Martin followed up.
“That is correct,” the general replied.
This revelation comes amid the explosive publication of an classified report written by the general that said the war in Afghanistan “will likely result in failure” of more troops are not added next year. Yet, the debate over health care reform continues to dominate Washington’s political discussions.
ONCE. IN. 70. DAYS.
◼ Why has Obama only talked General McChrystal once in 70 days? Sister Toldja
◼ U.S. commander in Afghanistan talked with Obama only once Washington Times
C'mon, man, you wanted the job. And people's lives depend on you doing your job. Not on your going on Letterman, and date nights to Broadway and Chicago.
◼ Who is doing the governing? H/t: R and jewels
In effect, the president is back to his old Illinois State Senate habit of voting "present" when it comes to issue after issue. He has dithered on Afghanistan and avoided a hard decision. On health care, he has outsourced political leadership to Senate and House pols. There is still no written health care plan from the White House. Sometimes it looks like nobody is in charge.
Is Mr. Obama only a figurehead who is paraded out in front of the people to call for their support of ... what? Well it can't be his ideas because he is not clear on what those specific plans may be, and he certainly never provides any serious detail.
Obama seems to spend most of his time giving speeches for the purpose of making people want to like him. Any person who delivers prepared remarks, and I do so regularly, will tell you that it takes time to prepare, even if you have speech writers. Considering all the speeches, interviews and preparation time, Mr. Obama hardly has time enough to go to gym or to schedule a his-and-her "date night." ...same thing i was thinking, he has time for date night and talking to school kids and going on TV... quit it, do your job.
He is completely out of his depth and will probably leave behind a dangerous and unsure legacy. India could have done without this neophyte.
◼ Obama is ruining India’s security climate
He may not relish the comparison but it is now becoming increasingly obvious that Mr Barack Obama is the most hostile American President for India since Richard Nixon. ◼ Nightmare Presidency Lucianne
He may not relish the comparison but it is now becoming increasingly obvious that Mr Barack Obama is the most hostile American President for India since Richard Nixon. ◼ Nightmare Presidency Lucianne
Sunday, September 27
The Butt-Bomber - and you thought the Shoe-Bomber was bad
It's annoying to have to take your shoes off before you can get on the plane - but now? OMG!
◼ Video: The implications of the “body bomb” h/t: Trep
This bomb made it past several security points, presumably including the ubiquitous metal detectors. It took another person to trigger it with a cell-phone call... Yes, this one was stuffed a particular orifice... prepare to bend over.
◼ Video: The implications of the “body bomb” h/t: Trep
This bomb made it past several security points, presumably including the ubiquitous metal detectors. It took another person to trigger it with a cell-phone call... Yes, this one was stuffed a particular orifice... prepare to bend over.
IF Bill Clinton were honest...
he would be telling you the truth about Soros' involvement in election politics. He would tell you the truth about ACORN. He would tell you the truth about what happened to Hillary.
But he won't.
In fact, he's carrying water for Soros today. Which shows just how craven he and Hillary are. They are working hard to put out the meme, Nancy's tears didn't do it and Rachel Maddow doesn't get enough viewers, so they've pulled out the big gun.
◼ Bill Clinton speaks of vast, right-wing conspiracy
Never mind that it was the TRUTH that got ol' Bill. Pesky evidence he couldn't lie away. And it is the TRUTH that is getting ACORN. And it is the TRUTH that is getting Obama. It's the DISHONESTY, Stupid.
But he won't.
In fact, he's carrying water for Soros today. Which shows just how craven he and Hillary are. They are working hard to put out the meme, Nancy's tears didn't do it and Rachel Maddow doesn't get enough viewers, so they've pulled out the big gun.
◼ Bill Clinton speaks of vast, right-wing conspiracy
Never mind that it was the TRUTH that got ol' Bill. Pesky evidence he couldn't lie away. And it is the TRUTH that is getting ACORN. And it is the TRUTH that is getting Obama. It's the DISHONESTY, Stupid.
Saturday, September 26
Iranian Women Protest the Regime Outside the United Nations
Bless The Women of Iran!
◼ Iranian Women Speak Out Against Killer Regime at UN Anti-Ahmadinejad Protest (Video) Gateway Pundit
◼ Negotiate without preconditions? Carl in Jerusalem
◼ Evil leading the blind Infidel Bloggers Alliance
You want to help the Women of Iran?take our country back in 2010. "Wake up and Smell the Blood." she says. It's a different reality than we know here. And our President not only didn't stand up for them when they stood up for themselves and were being slaughtered in the streets, hi is "not interested in victory." Worse, he only now seems to be waking up to the fact that Iran lies through its teeth - yet he has KNOWN the truth since before he took office - and any thinking person knew it long before that. Anyone who had risen to the level of Senator ought to have known it - it's tragic to think that they knew and yet did not care, because of their party politics and hatreds.
Once again, the slogans that were slewn at Bush, are now being shown in their rightful place, square in the hands of the people who hurled the insults.
CNN finally covers ACORN...
sets the record straight... errr, explains it all... ACORN is actually G-O-O-D, ya see? Get it? It's all a Republican attempt to discredit this fine upstanding organization that is so vital to ... well... listen for yourself. h/t: Eric, who believes her
Notice how much more favorable coverage this event got than the nationwide ‘Tea Parties’ just a few days ago.
◼ At Capitol, a Day of Muslim Prayer and Unity
Also notice how the detail that one of the organizers was “part of the legal team that represented one of the men convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing” — was discreetly buried at the bottom of the article.
Imagine if such a thing would have come up about any of the 9/12 organizers.
◼ WP: 3K Muslims Pray, Despite Christians
Maybe they'll get Rachel Maddow right on it. (CNN did finally cover the ACORN thing after all.)
"Some of the guys Chuck [Robb] and I have campaigned for are turkeys. "
Democrats are 'girding their loins' as speculation grows as to who he is talking about. Gotta love it.
What's your favorite Biden-ism?
Buy Insurance or Go To Jail
◼ Ensign receives handwritten confirmation Politico
Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff Tom Barthold confirming the penalty for failing to pay the up to $1,900 fee for not buying health insurance.
Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor and could face up to a year in jail or a $25,000 penalty, Barthold wrote on JCT letterhead. He signed it "Sincerely, Thomas A. Barthold."
The note was a follow-up to Ensign's questioning at the markup.
Obama can say "That isn't in the bill" when he does his Chavez-hour pitches, but the fact is things are being added, and your Legislators are preapraing to vote on a bill that hasn't even been written yet.
Friday, September 25
Check these out:
Jay at Stop The ACLU recommends stopping by these blogs...
◼ Maggie's Farm
◼ the Rhetorican
◼ Piece of Work In Progress
◼ Ric's Rulez
◼ Leaning Straight Up
◼ Maggie's Farm
◼ the Rhetorican
◼ Piece of Work In Progress
◼ Ric's Rulez
◼ Leaning Straight Up
Just to reiterate
We've heard ALOT these last two months about the EVIL Tea Partiers who dared to question the grand poobahs. 'Nazis!' squealed Pelosi before bursting into uncharacteristic tears at her fears of VIOLENCE on the part of the protestors.
Guess she has forgotten the real violent protestors of recent times. Guess she has forgotten ALF and ELF, and Earth First!
Now, Earth First!'s Rodney Coronado had Earth First!ers staked out outside a Eureka tree-Climber's house, threatening the man and his wife and family - and Nancy Pelosi and ALL other California Representatives turned a COMPLETELY BLIND EYE.
Only when people - the very people Pelosi and company are elected and PAID to represent - dared to question Nancy's plans did she suddenly develop all this CONCERN about ACTIVISTS.
You want to say - Nancy - look long and hard at this video. Think long and hard before you get up and pull another little stunt like that. Any violence is far more likely to be coming from your side of the aisle, much as you may be trying to frame the right.
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Who are the people in the video above? Der Schwarze Block. The Black Block, G8 protestors in Rostock, Germany. The Black Block Anarchists have now shown up in Pittsburg G20. And not a word from Homeland Security Secreatary or Czar, or Pelsoi and her cronies.
Black blocs are differentiated from other anti-globalist groups by their routine use of vandalism and property destruction to bring attention to their opposition to multi-national corporations and the support perceived to be enjoyed by these companies from Western governments. An example of this activity is the destruction of storefronts of GAP, Starbucks, Old Navy, and other retail locations in downtown Seattle during the 1999 anti-WTO demonstrations. link
Are these the most dangerous protestors? Are they paid? I'm reading up on them. More t/k.
Seattle:
Again, contrast this with Tea Party/9/12, and remember the lack of outrage on the part of your Representatives.
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Lie #__ - What number are we up to anyway? I'm completely losing count.
◼ Obama Knew Iranians Lied About Nuclear Facility & Still Wanted To Help Them
...So let me get this straight. Obama changed our country’s philosophy on Iran when he came into office. He did nothing to support the uprising and said it’s all a-ok for Iran to want nuclear power. We can trust them.
But HE KNEW they could not be trusted and still set on this course.... Flopping Aces
...So let me get this straight. Obama changed our country’s philosophy on Iran when he came into office. He did nothing to support the uprising and said it’s all a-ok for Iran to want nuclear power. We can trust them.
But HE KNEW they could not be trusted and still set on this course.... Flopping Aces
"His interpreter just collapsed – this is the first time I have seen this in 25 years," another U.N. Arabic interpreter told The Post.
Translator collapsed during Khadafy's rambling diatribe
"I just can’t take it any more," Khadafy’s interpreter shouted into the live microphone – in Arabic....
Those who have translated for Khadafy in the past said they could empathize with his interpretator’s exasperation.
It’s not just the zany conspiracy theories about the Kennedy assassination and swine flu that are a challenge, but the loony Libyan’s strange mannerisms.
"He’s not exactly the most lucid speaker," another Arabic interpreter said. "It’s not just that what he’s saying is illogical, but the way he’s saying it is bizarre. However, I think I could have made him sound a lot better."...
The madmen have the floor, and the eyes and ears of our President.
It's like a bad comic book plot.
"I just can’t take it any more," Khadafy’s interpreter shouted into the live microphone – in Arabic....
Those who have translated for Khadafy in the past said they could empathize with his interpretator’s exasperation.
It’s not just the zany conspiracy theories about the Kennedy assassination and swine flu that are a challenge, but the loony Libyan’s strange mannerisms.
"He’s not exactly the most lucid speaker," another Arabic interpreter said. "It’s not just that what he’s saying is illogical, but the way he’s saying it is bizarre. However, I think I could have made him sound a lot better."...
The madmen have the floor, and the eyes and ears of our President.
It's like a bad comic book plot.
The 15 most corrupt members of Gongress
Stiff competition, I imagine.
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL)
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA)
Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA)
Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL)
Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV)
Rep. John P. Murtha (D-PA)
Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-NY)
Rep. Laura Richardson (D-CA)
Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-IN)
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
h/t: Fred
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Corruption
Thursday, September 24
CONTRAST THIS, NANCY!
◼ Police, protesters clash in Pittsburgh
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE LEFT SHOWS UP.
Contrast that with the 9/12 Tea Parties.
Fooking witch, you won't hear a peep about these guys. Or is you do it will be about the evil riot police.
Being sued for getting the truth
◼ Dig deep: Hannah Giles defense fund launches
◼ Hannah Giles’ Legal Defense Fund
◼ DONATE HERE!
Still waiting for a defense fund link for James O’Keefe. Stay Tuned.
"...perhaps they threaten only the Jews."
◼ NETANYAHU SLAMS U.N. FOR GIVING AHMADINEJAD FORUM: ‘HAVE YOU NO SHAME?’
◼ netanyahu speech in new york city
Benjamin Netanyahu. The real leader of the FREE world.
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The Democrats have by fiat created a shell corporation that forces union dues out of private babysitters to fill union coffers
that will then be used to elect more puppet Democrats, rinse, repeat, etc....
◼ Michigan tries to unionize private babysitters to bilk taxpayers out of $millions to fill union coffers. Power grab challenged in court
◼ Michigan tries to unionize private babysitters to bilk taxpayers out of $millions to fill union coffers. Power grab challenged in court
How pathetic is this?
A request for 72 hours to read proposed legislation is voted down, by Democrats.
◼ Dems block GOP demand for more time washingtontimes.com
Not just a request for TIME TO READ it but a to have a full cost-estimate before they vote on it, turned down.
"The American people are angry that Speaker Pelosi didn't allow the public and their elected representatives to read the trillion-dollar 'stimulus' bill or the national energy tax before they were rammed through the House," Minority Leader John Boehner, Ohio Republican, said Wednesday. "Congress can, and must, do better."
In the Senate Finance Committee debate, Democrats argued that the amendment, offered by Sen. Jim Bunning, Kentucky Republican, was merely an attempt to stall President Obama's top legislative priority.
And there you have it.
Your legislators are not working for you.
◼ Dems block GOP demand for more time washingtontimes.com
Not just a request for TIME TO READ it but a to have a full cost-estimate before they vote on it, turned down.
"The American people are angry that Speaker Pelosi didn't allow the public and their elected representatives to read the trillion-dollar 'stimulus' bill or the national energy tax before they were rammed through the House," Minority Leader John Boehner, Ohio Republican, said Wednesday. "Congress can, and must, do better."
In the Senate Finance Committee debate, Democrats argued that the amendment, offered by Sen. Jim Bunning, Kentucky Republican, was merely an attempt to stall President Obama's top legislative priority.
And there you have it.
Your legislators are not working for you.
Wednesday, September 23
Obama’s problems... hinge on his administration’s inability to judge public opinion, its own self-righteous sense of self, its non-stop sermonizing
◼ Barack Obama, College Administrator - Our commander-in-chief seems to think he’s president of the University of America. Victor Davis Hanson
Note how baffled the administration is by sinking polls, tea parties, town halls, and, in general, “them” — the vast middle class, which, as we learned during the campaign, clings to guns and Bibles, and which has now been written off as blinkered, racist, and xenophobic. The earlier characterization of rural Pennsylvania has been expanded to include all of Middle America.
Note how baffled the administration is by sinking polls, tea parties, town halls, and, in general, “them” — the vast middle class, which, as we learned during the campaign, clings to guns and Bibles, and which has now been written off as blinkered, racist, and xenophobic. The earlier characterization of rural Pennsylvania has been expanded to include all of Middle America.
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were this picture a tree, the trunk would be the Working Families Party. Roger Stone has suggested the Working Families Party is ACORN
◼ Inside The ACORN Rolodex: ACORN Has Its Own Political Party Other Than the Democrats
...following ACORN’s pattern of practice, the WFP set up Data & Field Services to skirt around election laws as a for-profit entity. Unfortunately for them, the New York Campaign Finance Board ruled Data & Field Services is part and parcel WFP. That means it has to comply with campaign finance rules.
If it were shown that ACORN is joined at the hip to WFP in the same way Data & Field Services is, then ACORN might also have to comply and disclose — something it does not have to do now.
As it stands now, with the close association between the two, a candidate can get on both the Democratic ballot in New York and the WFP ballot and signal that they are the ACORN approved candidate. With ACORN’s growing negative reputation, it is only a matter of time before it spills over to the Working Families Party....
◼ ACORN's Decision Tree
STOP ACORN NOW. Stop this hideous dishonest corrupt hydra now.
Tuesday, September 22
Fox? Henhouse?
..."He was a fundraiser for former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards' 2008 presidential campaign, and donated $2,800 to Obama's campaign after Edwards left the race."...
...Harshbarger was Massachusetts attorney general in the 1990s. He later ran unsuccessfully for governor before becoming head of the government watchdog group Common Cause, where he pushed for tougher campaign finance laws.
◼ ACORN names former Mass AG its investigator
WASHINGTON (AP) - The community activist group ACORN said Tuesday it has selected a former Massachusetts attorney general to investigate its housing program and other public service projects after employees were caught on video giving advice to a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp and Congress moved to cut off its federal funding.
Democrat Scott Harshbarger, a lawyer whose specialties include corporate governance, will conduct the internal investigation. ACORN said the review would be "aggressive, thorough and far-reaching...."
Uh huh.
Whaddya say? - You can take ACORN out of the corruption business. But you can't take the corruption out of ACORN. He's got a tough job if he is an honest man.
Is he? ◼ Scott Harshbarger ‘Bad Choice’ to Investigate ACORN The National Legal and Policy Center
Everything you need to know. Common Cause/Soros - Soros - Soros.
...Harshbarger was Massachusetts attorney general in the 1990s. He later ran unsuccessfully for governor before becoming head of the government watchdog group Common Cause, where he pushed for tougher campaign finance laws.
◼ ACORN names former Mass AG its investigator
WASHINGTON (AP) - The community activist group ACORN said Tuesday it has selected a former Massachusetts attorney general to investigate its housing program and other public service projects after employees were caught on video giving advice to a couple posing as a prostitute and pimp and Congress moved to cut off its federal funding.
Democrat Scott Harshbarger, a lawyer whose specialties include corporate governance, will conduct the internal investigation. ACORN said the review would be "aggressive, thorough and far-reaching...."
Uh huh.
Whaddya say? - You can take ACORN out of the corruption business. But you can't take the corruption out of ACORN. He's got a tough job if he is an honest man.
Is he? ◼ Scott Harshbarger ‘Bad Choice’ to Investigate ACORN The National Legal and Policy Center
Common Cause, whose foundation is funded in part by leftist billionaire George Soros
Everything you need to know. Common Cause/Soros - Soros - Soros.
"When our youngest daughter, Sasha, was diagnosed with meningitis"
◼ Obama fudging another health-care horror story?
He says his daughter was DIAGNOSED with meningitis. His wife says the Doctor said she MAY have meningitis, you better bring her in, and of course, she DID NOT have meningitis.
A routine encounter with a pediatrician's office. We've all faced it - all us Moms Michelle Obama is bemoaning, we who take the kids to the doctor, as if Obama himself is now going to take over that duty too...
This is the man who says pediatricians prescribe tonsillectomies to make money, and this is the man who has no clue about anything to do with healthcare who makes sweeping pronouncements about a huge CRISIS, we must act now or we are all going to die, and this is the clueless man who wants to dictate health care policy for all.
It would be funny if it were not so serious. (note the links to whitehouse.gov)
◼ Obama misrepresents his own daughter's illness to peddle health care hype
◼ Tale of Two Obamas: Who's Telling the Truth About Sasha's Meningitis?
He says his daughter was DIAGNOSED with meningitis. His wife says the Doctor said she MAY have meningitis, you better bring her in, and of course, she DID NOT have meningitis.
A routine encounter with a pediatrician's office. We've all faced it - all us Moms Michelle Obama is bemoaning, we who take the kids to the doctor, as if Obama himself is now going to take over that duty too...
This is the man who says pediatricians prescribe tonsillectomies to make money, and this is the man who has no clue about anything to do with healthcare who makes sweeping pronouncements about a huge CRISIS, we must act now or we are all going to die, and this is the clueless man who wants to dictate health care policy for all.
It would be funny if it were not so serious. (note the links to whitehouse.gov)
◼ Obama misrepresents his own daughter's illness to peddle health care hype
◼ Tale of Two Obamas: Who's Telling the Truth About Sasha's Meningitis?
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No WONDER Harry Reid is so desperate to pass Zerocare before you can read it - or know what is in it
It's all about the earmarks, the pork...
Oh, but those cursed Tea-Party-Glenn-Beck-driven-Nazis, they just wouldn't let it happen...
◼ Known in Congressional parlance as a “rifle shot” — the narrowly focused tax or policy equivalent of a spending earmark — the proposal would provide more favorable Medicare payment rates to just a handful of specific medical facilities.
That's reform for ya.
Oh, but those cursed Tea-Party-Glenn-Beck-driven-Nazis, they just wouldn't let it happen...
◼ Known in Congressional parlance as a “rifle shot” — the narrowly focused tax or policy equivalent of a spending earmark — the proposal would provide more favorable Medicare payment rates to just a handful of specific medical facilities.
That's reform for ya.
Links of the day
◼ Neurasthenic geek decides Glenn Beck is 'harmful to the conservative movement' rsmccain
◼ Pray for the Inspector Generals probing ACORN michelle malkin
◼ Obama plays dumb on ACORN michelle malkin
◼ Gov't investigates health insurance company mailer breitbart
◼ Breitbart Promises New Bombshell from “Left Field” patterico
◼ President Barack Goebbels strata-sphere
◼ ON-THE-AIR PREZ SEEMS LIKE ENDLESS 'INFOMERCIAL' nypost.com
◼ 'He's Turning the Presidency Into an Infomercial' jammiewearingfool
◼ U.S. charges Obama fund-raiser in $290 million fraud reuters
◼ Pray for the Inspector Generals probing ACORN michelle malkin
◼ Obama plays dumb on ACORN michelle malkin
◼ Gov't investigates health insurance company mailer breitbart
◼ Breitbart Promises New Bombshell from “Left Field” patterico
◼ President Barack Goebbels strata-sphere
◼ ON-THE-AIR PREZ SEEMS LIKE ENDLESS 'INFOMERCIAL' nypost.com
◼ 'He's Turning the Presidency Into an Infomercial' jammiewearingfool
In his five major appearances yesterday, Obama voiced skepticism about adding troops to Afghanistan, denied making a deal with Russia over missile defenses in Europe, and continued to push his government-run health-insurance program.
As of mid-August, Obama submitted to a total of 66 television interviews, dramatically outstripping his two predecessors, according to Martha Joynt Kumar, director of the White House Transition Project at Towson University in Maryland.
None of seems to working since his approval ratings continue to slide.
◼ U.S. charges Obama fund-raiser in $290 million fraud reuters
Monday, September 21
What'd Olberman cover this week?
racist/racism/racial: 83
palin: 67
beck: 43
acorn: 7
iraq: 2
afghanistan: 1
Notes: The references to ACORN were part of attacks on O'Reilly, Fox, etc. None represented any actual reporting on the ACORN scandals.
◼ The Olbermann Week That Was: By the Numbers
Gotta love it. Epic FAIL.
“tell our country and our young people sort of what to do and what to be in to; and what’s cool and what’s not cool.”
◼ NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS: Pimping for Obama Dr. Sanity
◼ EXPLOSIVE NEW AUDIO Reveals White House Using NEA to Push Partisan Agenda bighollywood
...Three days after the conference call a coalition of arts groups, led by Americans for the Arts, a participant on the conference call per the meeting contact list and recipient of NEA grants, sent out a press release with the heading “Urgent Call to Congress for Healthcare Reform,” which called for the creation of “a health care reform bill that will create a public health insurance option.” Eleven days after the conference call, Rock the Vote, another participant on the call, announced a health care design contest....
This practice has never been the historical role of the NEA. The NEA’s role is to support excellence in the arts, to increase access to the arts, and to be a leader in arts education. Using the arts to address contentiously debated issues is political subversion. And the fact that the White House played a role in encouraging the arts to address contentious issues should also be considered a government overreach....
With each passing day, the National Endowment for the Arts’ credibility is tragically deteriorating. The only action that can restore its credibility is a full disclosure and accounting of the events that led to the launch of this arts effort, the rationale behind this new NEA function, and a clear explanation of the obvious contradictions in their statements related to this conference call....
◼ Andrew Breitbart’s Zingers Continue to Fly
...Is this what Barack Obama meant when he spoke about changing the way business was done in Washington? It will be interesting to see (1) if any mainstream media pick up the story (so far none has) and (2) what the White House’s response will be in the event they do....
When it comes to Obama, nothing is sacred. Everything is a tool and a weapon. Everything is corrupted. Against his own people.
Another case of using public money as if it was his private PAC.
◼ EXPLOSIVE NEW AUDIO Reveals White House Using NEA to Push Partisan Agenda bighollywood
...Three days after the conference call a coalition of arts groups, led by Americans for the Arts, a participant on the conference call per the meeting contact list and recipient of NEA grants, sent out a press release with the heading “Urgent Call to Congress for Healthcare Reform,” which called for the creation of “a health care reform bill that will create a public health insurance option.” Eleven days after the conference call, Rock the Vote, another participant on the call, announced a health care design contest....
This practice has never been the historical role of the NEA. The NEA’s role is to support excellence in the arts, to increase access to the arts, and to be a leader in arts education. Using the arts to address contentiously debated issues is political subversion. And the fact that the White House played a role in encouraging the arts to address contentious issues should also be considered a government overreach....
With each passing day, the National Endowment for the Arts’ credibility is tragically deteriorating. The only action that can restore its credibility is a full disclosure and accounting of the events that led to the launch of this arts effort, the rationale behind this new NEA function, and a clear explanation of the obvious contradictions in their statements related to this conference call....
◼ Andrew Breitbart’s Zingers Continue to Fly
...Is this what Barack Obama meant when he spoke about changing the way business was done in Washington? It will be interesting to see (1) if any mainstream media pick up the story (so far none has) and (2) what the White House’s response will be in the event they do....
When it comes to Obama, nothing is sacred. Everything is a tool and a weapon. Everything is corrupted. Against his own people.
Another case of using public money as if it was his private PAC.
Sunday, September 20
Kudos to Andrew Breitbart. He’s making it fun to be a conservative again.
◼ Patterico thinks Breitbart’s overarching target is even bigger than that: the national media as a whole. Just as the media was caught flatfooted by the ACORN scandal, so too will they be rocked back on their heels by the next bombshell.
Breitbart says When the next big scandal hits – and it will, and it most certainly won’t come from traditional journalism – all eyes will be on “Pinch” Sulzberger to see if he does his job.
And the ACORN scandal has shown in no uncertain terms just how badly the media has failed.
Breitbart says When the next big scandal hits – and it will, and it most certainly won’t come from traditional journalism – all eyes will be on “Pinch” Sulzberger to see if he does his job.
And the ACORN scandal has shown in no uncertain terms just how badly the media has failed.
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"I didn’t even know that ACORN was getting a whole lot of federal money."
Uh huh.
"I didn’t even know that ACORN was getting a whole lot of federal money."
Wow. Do you BELIEVE that?
◼ I guess I can’t call President Obama a liar on this, because it would be racist of me…
"I didn’t even know that ACORN was getting a whole lot of federal money."
Wow. Do you BELIEVE that?
◼ I guess I can’t call President Obama a liar on this, because it would be racist of me…
Friday, September 18
Obama's gonna CHANGE it all
Don't ya know?
◼ Michelle Obama said women are being “crushed by the current structure of our health care” because they often are responsible for taking care of family illnesses, arranging checkups and monitoring follow-up care.
A-N-D..... her husband's "healthcare plan" is going to CHANGE that HOW?
Are they going to make your kid's appointments for you? Are they going to stay home with your sick kids? Oh, maybe your kids just won't get sick anymore, because the Obamas will work miracles.
Nope. This is another Piece of SHIT speech written by their 23-year old male speechwriter - the same dunce who wrote that doctors prescribe tonsillectomies for money, a young unmarried male without kids who gets to make these great sweeping pronouncements that sound so good while he's passing the doobie in the college basement and have absolutely no basis in reality. At least you better hope it is just the speechwriter. Because they can get rid of him. We're stuck with the Obamas.
And the press will print these words like they are manna from heaven.
It's stupid! Wake up!
◼ Michelle Obama said women are being “crushed by the current structure of our health care” because they often are responsible for taking care of family illnesses, arranging checkups and monitoring follow-up care.
A-N-D..... her husband's "healthcare plan" is going to CHANGE that HOW?
Are they going to make your kid's appointments for you? Are they going to stay home with your sick kids? Oh, maybe your kids just won't get sick anymore, because the Obamas will work miracles.
Nope. This is another Piece of SHIT speech written by their 23-year old male speechwriter - the same dunce who wrote that doctors prescribe tonsillectomies for money, a young unmarried male without kids who gets to make these great sweeping pronouncements that sound so good while he's passing the doobie in the college basement and have absolutely no basis in reality. At least you better hope it is just the speechwriter. Because they can get rid of him. We're stuck with the Obamas.
And the press will print these words like they are manna from heaven.
It's stupid! Wake up!
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GOOD! Michelle Obama is stumping for Zerocare
Perfect time to bring up her history of "Patient Dumping."
◼ One woman Michelle Obama will not mention
Again, in their own words, and by their own deeds.
Yes, First Lady Michelle Obama is now aggressively crusading for her husband’s health care takeover under the guise of championing woman who have been “crushed” by the system.
One woman Mrs. Obama won’t be spotlighting?
The mother of Dontae Adams.
...In February 2009, outrage in the Obamas’ community exploded after a young boy covered by Medicaid was turned away from the University of Chicago Medical Center. Dontae Adams’ mother, Angela, had sought emergency treatment for him after a pit bull tore off his upper lip. Mrs. Obama’s hospital gave the boy a tetanus shot, antibiotics, and Tylenol and shoved him out the door. The mother and son took an hour-long bus ride to another hospital for surgery.
◼ One woman Michelle Obama will not mention
Again, in their own words, and by their own deeds.
More to the lie than you ever imagined
Those of you who defended Obama, who adamantly maintained that he DID NOT LIE when he said illegal aliens would not be covered under "his" health care plan... you know I have told you that the way these guys lie they take a nugget of truth and use it to parse the lie... here it is:
Today Obama made a speech where he basically said, while illegals would not be covered in the Obamacare bill, he will be working to grant the illegals amnesty so they will be legally covered.
◼ Obama: Make Illegals Legal to give them ObamaCare
◼ A backdoor way for healthcare for illegals?
See? They won't be illegal anymore. So, he was telling the TRUTH. Only, NOT. get it?
Today Obama made a speech where he basically said, while illegals would not be covered in the Obamacare bill, he will be working to grant the illegals amnesty so they will be legally covered.
◼ Obama: Make Illegals Legal to give them ObamaCare
◼ A backdoor way for healthcare for illegals?
See? They won't be illegal anymore. So, he was telling the TRUTH. Only, NOT. get it?
CORRUPTION at the top - Serve.gov Filtering Activists to ACORN
◼ Taxpayer Funded Serve.gov Filtering Activists to ACORN
The Obama Administration has placed a large premium on what it calls “national service.” It has launched a website, www.Serve.gov, that is reported to act as a clearing house for Americans eager to “give back” to their communities. Unfortunately, Americans looking for an opportunity to volunteer may get something they weren’t expecting.
By typing “ACORN” into the search field entitled “What interests you” at Serve.gov, you’re transported to allforgood.org where you can choose from a list of volunteer opportunities, including “healthcare activist.”...
...If health care isn’t your bag, ACORN has other opportunities available via Serve.gov, opportunities like a “community organizing internship,” a “neighborhood canvasser,” or a “tax preparer.” Here’s an opportunity to get out the vote in Ohio. Unlike some listings, this one is directly on the Serve.gov site
Thursday, September 17
"I did not have political relations with that organization, Miss ACORN"
◼ Triple-snort-worthy: White House “distances” itself from ACORN
This is not the ACORN I knew.
◼ What’s missing from the New York Times coverage of ACORN
◼ “I don’t even know what they passed,” Pelosi told The Post yesterday. “What did they do? They defunded it?”
◼ Another pipeline closed off: House cuts ACORN funding, 345-75
◼ And another pipeline closed off: Jindal halts ACORN funds
◼ A tale of two protection rackets: ACORN’s — and the media’s
Undercover journalism is only acceptable when it fits a liberal agenda. That is the message from “professional” reporters and left-wing activists outraged about three successful video stings targeting President Obama’s old friends at the left-wing, tax-subsidized outfit ACORN.
Today in History
The United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787, by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and ratified by conventions in each U.S. state in the name of "The People". The Constitution has been amended twenty-seven times; the first ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights. ◼ The United States Constitution is the shortest and oldest written constitution in the world. and the most enduring.
Nancy Pelosi is crying because she failed to get her way
How else can you interpret this? It is not that she is realizing her role in this. It is not that she is sorry for abdicating her role as a statesman in favor of EXTREME PARTISAN thuggery. It's not that she is sorry for trying to ram huge spending through Congress before ANY people had any chance to even read it. It's not that she realizes that people are fed up with her brand of political depravity.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw ... I saw this myself in the late '70s in San Francisco," Pelosi said, choking up and with tears forming in her eyes. "This kind of rhetoric is just, is really frightening and it created a climate in which we, violence took place and ... I wish that we would all, again, curb our enthusiasm in some of the statements that are made."
She may well be THE SINGLE MOST DESPICABLE POLITICIAN in this country today. She should be crying. And she should be totally changing her ways. But she won't.
◼ Is Pelosi Cracking From The Pressure? riehlworldview
Best response yet: Glenn Beck: "Oh, the 70s. You mean when Jim Jones had all those people drinking the Kool-Aid? Or do you mean the Weather Underground you're so fond of?" Not an exact quote but close enough.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi: "I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw ... I saw this myself in the late '70s in San Francisco," Pelosi said, choking up and with tears forming in her eyes. "This kind of rhetoric is just, is really frightening and it created a climate in which we, violence took place and ... I wish that we would all, again, curb our enthusiasm in some of the statements that are made."
She may well be THE SINGLE MOST DESPICABLE POLITICIAN in this country today. She should be crying. And she should be totally changing her ways. But she won't.
◼ Is Pelosi Cracking From The Pressure? riehlworldview
Best response yet: Glenn Beck: "Oh, the 70s. You mean when Jim Jones had all those people drinking the Kool-Aid? Or do you mean the Weather Underground you're so fond of?" Not an exact quote but close enough.
Wednesday, September 16
Parsing the Czar
◼ Czar is a word that has negative connotations - and we're meeting with resistance. so from now on we are going to call them "Point Person..." just like the garbageman is now a "Sanitation Engineer."
An ACORN's not a nut!!
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Yeah. If we disapprove of Obama, we must be racist.
It couldn’t be because of his Chicago-style politics (which we hate no matter the color of the man involved).
It couldn’t be his lack of legislative experience, the fact that he really was a do-nothing junior Senator.
It couldn’t be that his voting record was the most liberal in the Senate, or that he voted “present” too many times.
It couldn’t be his approval of killing botched babies, who managed not to die in an abortion.
It couldn’t be his dishonesty.
It couldn’t be his ties with Rezko. Ayres, Wright… that list is endless.
It couldn’t be his cynical use of piety, and churchgoing in order to appear to be something he is not.
It couldn’t be his appointing extreme radical leftists and tax cheats.
That’s only part of the picture… we could add a hundred more to this list, and at the end, yeah, one in a million people might actually not like him because he is black, just like some may not like Hillary just because she is a woman… but Jimmy Carter demeans his fellow citizens, his people, the ones he was supposed to be a representative for. We’re smarter than that, kinder than that, more tolerant that that, and more discerning that that.
Jimmy Carter is disgraceful beyond belief.... maybe he is the racist:
◼ “In 1965, when Carter was a state senator, his church decided to make an official policy of barring blacks–physically if necessary–from attending Sunday worship services. Carter was a deacon in the church, but [conveniently] missed the meeting at which the vote was taken.”
"In 1956 Carter offered the motion to delay construction of a new school for blacks after white parents complained that black and white students would be taking the same roads to their respective schools. On another occasion, Carter supported buying new typewriters for white schools but used typewriters for black schools.”
◼ A brief thought about Jimmy Carter Hot Air
◼ Holy Cow, The Liberals are Correct, I AM A RACIST ! Yid With Lid
◼ An Open Letter to the Democratic Party
◼ Our paranoid, race-baiting media Patterico
For Carter to be correct, we would have to assume that a large portion of the population was unaware in late 2008 and early 2009 that Barack Obama is a person of color, or that an increasing portion of the public is turning racist. Occam’s Razor suggests the correct answer is that Carter is an unhinged, race-baiting demagogue.
It couldn’t be because of his Chicago-style politics (which we hate no matter the color of the man involved).
It couldn’t be his lack of legislative experience, the fact that he really was a do-nothing junior Senator.
It couldn’t be that his voting record was the most liberal in the Senate, or that he voted “present” too many times.
It couldn’t be his approval of killing botched babies, who managed not to die in an abortion.
It couldn’t be his dishonesty.
It couldn’t be his ties with Rezko. Ayres, Wright… that list is endless.
It couldn’t be his cynical use of piety, and churchgoing in order to appear to be something he is not.
It couldn’t be his appointing extreme radical leftists and tax cheats.
That’s only part of the picture… we could add a hundred more to this list, and at the end, yeah, one in a million people might actually not like him because he is black, just like some may not like Hillary just because she is a woman… but Jimmy Carter demeans his fellow citizens, his people, the ones he was supposed to be a representative for. We’re smarter than that, kinder than that, more tolerant that that, and more discerning that that.
Jimmy Carter is disgraceful beyond belief.... maybe he is the racist:
◼ “In 1965, when Carter was a state senator, his church decided to make an official policy of barring blacks–physically if necessary–from attending Sunday worship services. Carter was a deacon in the church, but [conveniently] missed the meeting at which the vote was taken.”
"In 1956 Carter offered the motion to delay construction of a new school for blacks after white parents complained that black and white students would be taking the same roads to their respective schools. On another occasion, Carter supported buying new typewriters for white schools but used typewriters for black schools.”
◼ A brief thought about Jimmy Carter Hot Air
◼ Holy Cow, The Liberals are Correct, I AM A RACIST ! Yid With Lid
◼ An Open Letter to the Democratic Party
◼ Our paranoid, race-baiting media Patterico
For Carter to be correct, we would have to assume that a large portion of the population was unaware in late 2008 and early 2009 that Barack Obama is a person of color, or that an increasing portion of the public is turning racist. Occam’s Razor suggests the correct answer is that Carter is an unhinged, race-baiting demagogue.
Theatre of the absurd
◼ House guidelines for presidential put-downs
Good God! They waste time sanctioning a fellow member who used the word "LIAR!" while the economy melts down around them, while unemployment hits all time highs, banks are failing, companies closing, foreign nations are building bombs intended for US soil...
What a bunch of worthless culls our Representatives are.
"Disgrace" and "nitwits" -- okay.
"Liar" or "sexual misconduct" -- ixnay.
Rules Committee Approved “Decorum” Guidelines for House
Washington, DC – The House Rules Committee today provided a summary of approved guidelines for all members to follow during floor debate. The Rules are approved by the entire House and are posted on the committee website. read the rest
Good God! They waste time sanctioning a fellow member who used the word "LIAR!" while the economy melts down around them, while unemployment hits all time highs, banks are failing, companies closing, foreign nations are building bombs intended for US soil...
What a bunch of worthless culls our Representatives are.
Tuesday, September 15
45% Of Doctors Would Consider Quitting If Congress Passes Health Care Overhaul
◼ Two of every three practicing physicians oppose the medical overhaul plan under consideration in Washington, and hundreds of thousands would think about shutting down their practices or retiring early if it were adopted, a new IBD/TIPP Poll has found.... The poll contradicts the claims of not only the White House, but also doctors' own lobby — the powerful American Medical Association — both of which suggest the medical profession is behind the proposed overhaul. h/t: avid
◼ US DOCTORS RALLY IN WASHINGTON-- Protest Obamacare (Video) and no one paid any attention.
◼ Obama’s Plot Against the Doctors – revisited ROGER L. SIMON
◼ Obama's Plot Against The Doctors ROGER L. SIMON video
◼ US DOCTORS RALLY IN WASHINGTON-- Protest Obamacare (Video) and no one paid any attention.
◼ Obama’s Plot Against the Doctors – revisited ROGER L. SIMON
◼ Obama's Plot Against The Doctors ROGER L. SIMON video
Interesting site
◼ Angry Journalist #9277:
Why I’m angry today:
Me: What about a story about what goes on in the local office of that outfit that keeps getting pwned in the child prostitution sting stories? You know, the one that mainly specializes in voter registration fraud? They’re right here in our city, too.
Editor: Nope. There’s no story there.
I want to scream.
Why I’m angry today:
Me: What about a story about what goes on in the local office of that outfit that keeps getting pwned in the child prostitution sting stories? You know, the one that mainly specializes in voter registration fraud? They’re right here in our city, too.
Editor: Nope. There’s no story there.
I want to scream.
As a result of the O'Keefe, Giles, Breitbart, Beck, Hannity and Fox reporting
◼ Media Malpractice
As a result of true investigative journalism - though NOT by the established Obama-media - As a result of the O'Keefe, Giles, Breitbart, Beck, Hannity and Fox reporting, the U.S. Bureau of the Census has now severed its connection with ACORN, and four ACORN employees have been fired. Yet, the silence from the mainstream media is deafening: As reported by Glenn Beck a full two days after the story broke on Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com, here's the record of reports on this story:
NO reporting on a story that involved advising applicants to cover up importing 13 year old sex slaves by describing them as "exchange students." A story that involved an organization being handed gazillions of taxpayer dollars. An organization under indictment all over the country, being investigated for voter-fraud. An organization about to be handed the keys to government.
Same with the Van Jones story, completely ignoring, not allegations, but the man's OWN words, on tape, and on the record.
It is impossible to have any shred of respect for ANY of the reporters at CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC. Katie Couric, Tom Brokaw - the word that comes to mind is ... worthless.
◼ rottenacorn
As a result of true investigative journalism - though NOT by the established Obama-media - As a result of the O'Keefe, Giles, Breitbart, Beck, Hannity and Fox reporting, the U.S. Bureau of the Census has now severed its connection with ACORN, and four ACORN employees have been fired. Yet, the silence from the mainstream media is deafening: As reported by Glenn Beck a full two days after the story broke on Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com, here's the record of reports on this story:
Fox News -- 19
CNN -- 3
MSNBC -- 0
ABC -- 0
CBS - 0
NBC -- 0
New York Times -- 1 (an AP story)
Washington Post -- 1 (an AP story)
NO reporting on a story that involved advising applicants to cover up importing 13 year old sex slaves by describing them as "exchange students." A story that involved an organization being handed gazillions of taxpayer dollars. An organization under indictment all over the country, being investigated for voter-fraud. An organization about to be handed the keys to government.
Same with the Van Jones story, completely ignoring, not allegations, but the man's OWN words, on tape, and on the record.
It is impossible to have any shred of respect for ANY of the reporters at CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and NBC. Katie Couric, Tom Brokaw - the word that comes to mind is ... worthless.
◼ rottenacorn
The Latest LGF vid
h/t: PG
◼ Charles Johnson's Quantum Physics
◼ Did Mad King Charles just call Jim Hoft a 'borderline illiterate bigot'?
◼ BAN CHARLES JOHNSON: Don't Read or Link to "Little Green Footballs"
◼ Oh Shit, Excitable Chucky is at the Receiving End of Blogageddon
◼ Blog Wars Update: Hot Air Moves Little Green Footballs From ‘War Blog’ To ‘Lefty Blog’ foundingbloggers
◼ BAN CHARLES JOHNSON: Don't Read or Link to "Little Green Footballs" saberpoint
◼ Your Unofficial ‘Ongoing Self-Destruction of LGF’s Charles Johnson’ Thread hotair
Monday, September 14
Polls Not Turning Towards ZEROcare
◼ (Even a CNN Poll says "A majority of Americans over the age of 65 continue to oppose his plan, and 44 percent of seniors say that Medicare recipients would be worse off under the Obama plan.” Obama’s approval rating also remains below 50 percent among senior" strata-sphere
DC is over-engineering this because they are not trying to solve problems but implement fringe ideology. America’s core ideology is just fine – and government needs to get out of our lives, not intertwined in all our decisions and choices.
DC is over-engineering this because they are not trying to solve problems but implement fringe ideology. America’s core ideology is just fine – and government needs to get out of our lives, not intertwined in all our decisions and choices.
Win 10 Million Bucks
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Sunday, September 13
The public’s assessment of the accuracy of news stories is now at its lowest level in more than two decades
◼ Public Trust in Media Accuracy & Fairness Plunges, Liberal v Conservative Bias Gap at 28 Points
...The survey, of 1,506 adults conducted in late July, found “nearly three-quarters (74%) say news organizations tend to favor one side in dealing with political and social issues,” up 21 points from 53 percent 24 years ago, “while just 18% say they deal fairly with all sides.” The percent who perceive the media as liberal versus conservative remains very lopsided, though rising by 7 points -- from 40 percent vs. 19 percent in 1985 to 50 percent vs. 22 percent now, a 28 point split.....
...The survey, of 1,506 adults conducted in late July, found “nearly three-quarters (74%) say news organizations tend to favor one side in dealing with political and social issues,” up 21 points from 53 percent 24 years ago, “while just 18% say they deal fairly with all sides.” The percent who perceive the media as liberal versus conservative remains very lopsided, though rising by 7 points -- from 40 percent vs. 19 percent in 1985 to 50 percent vs. 22 percent now, a 28 point split.....
What were the lessons to be learned from Van Jones?
◼ THE B-CAST B-SIDE: NEW ZEALAND BLOGGER EXPLAINS HIS EXPOSURE OF VAN JONES
You may have to listen to it a couple of times, and it is a bit glitchy, but wow! Everything we have been seeing, encapsulated.
You may have to listen to it a couple of times, and it is a bit glitchy, but wow! Everything we have been seeing, encapsulated.
Links of the day
◼ CLEAN Conservatives vs FILTHY Liberals-- A Photographic Essay Gateway Pundit
◼ 9/12 demonstration a record DC turnout: National Park Service
◼ Axelrod Says 'Tea Party' Protesters Are 'Wrong'
◼ The Goldstone Show-Trial
◼ 9/12/09 Tea Party Was Obamacare Game Changer
◼ The New American Reality
◼ THE B-CAST B-SIDE: NEW ZEALAND BLOGGER EXPLAINS HIS EXPOSURE OF VAN JONES
◼ Czarist Washington
◼ Neville Chamberlain Was A Far-Sighted Hero Compared To This
◼ The End Of The World Takes Second Place To A Photo-Opportunity For President Obama
◼ The Second Tier Of Influence Goes Under The Bus At Midnight
◼ 9/12 demonstration a record DC turnout: National Park Service
◼ Axelrod Says 'Tea Party' Protesters Are 'Wrong'
◼ The Goldstone Show-Trial
In the wake of Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza at the turn of this year, the UN’s satirically named ‘Human Rights Council’ set up what purported to be an objective, fact-finding commission of inquiry...A profoundly biased commission having reached its conclusion before it even started finding out the ‘facts’...
◼ 9/12/09 Tea Party Was Obamacare Game Changer
The New York Times is one of many left leaning ‘news’ outlets starting to question the need for a ‘public option’. The media is running from the cause.
There have been a few Democrat Senators who have said many times a public option will not pass the Senate. But this weekend something very different happened. Two centrist GOP senators came out today and also basically declared the public option dead.
◼ The New American Reality
◼ THE B-CAST B-SIDE: NEW ZEALAND BLOGGER EXPLAINS HIS EXPOSURE OF VAN JONES
What were the lessons to be learned from Van Jones?
◼ Czarist Washington
Under the Obama administration, we have an unprecedented 32 czar posts
◼ Neville Chamberlain Was A Far-Sighted Hero Compared To This
◼ The End Of The World Takes Second Place To A Photo-Opportunity For President Obama
◼ The Second Tier Of Influence Goes Under The Bus At Midnight
What Rally?
◼ Tea Party Express Takes Washington By Storm
The White House on Friday claimed it was unaware of the planned rally.
"I don't know who the group is," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters with a shrug.
But a House leadership aide warned fellow Democrats that up to 2 million demonstrators could turn out.
Poor Fibb-sy - ◼ Amazing Photos: 9/12 march on Washington vs. USA Today National Mall schematic
New Rules
◼ Four Marines Dead: Who Changed the Rules of Engagement?
◼ 'We're pinned down:' 4 U.S. Marines die in Afghan ambush
And, you have reached the real quagmire. Stupid decisions in Washington that result in deaths in the field.
A friend of mine who was in Vietnam described the madness - "We would take the hill. And then we would be ordered to pull back. The next day we would be ordered to take it again. Rinse. Repeat. Every day people died needlessly. You became numb."
Now our forces in Afghanistan are hamstrung by stupid and deadly "new rules." And those who spent the last eight years professing to care about these things show that they really didn't and don't.
U.S. commanders, citing new rules to avoid civilian casualties, rejected repeated calls to unleash artillery rounds at attackers dug into the slopes and tree lines — despite being told repeatedly that they weren't near the village.
"We are pinned down. We are running low on ammo. We have no air. We've lost today," Marine Maj. Kevin Williams, 37, said through his translator to his Afghan counterpart, responding to the latter's repeated demands for helicopters.
◼ 'We're pinned down:' 4 U.S. Marines die in Afghan ambush
And, you have reached the real quagmire. Stupid decisions in Washington that result in deaths in the field.
A friend of mine who was in Vietnam described the madness - "We would take the hill. And then we would be ordered to pull back. The next day we would be ordered to take it again. Rinse. Repeat. Every day people died needlessly. You became numb."
Now our forces in Afghanistan are hamstrung by stupid and deadly "new rules." And those who spent the last eight years professing to care about these things show that they really didn't and don't.
U.S. commanders, citing new rules to avoid civilian casualties, rejected repeated calls to unleash artillery rounds at attackers dug into the slopes and tree lines — despite being told repeatedly that they weren't near the village.
"We are pinned down. We are running low on ammo. We have no air. We've lost today," Marine Maj. Kevin Williams, 37, said through his translator to his Afghan counterpart, responding to the latter's repeated demands for helicopters.
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