WND’s Joseph Farah’s Tea Party speech

February 7, 2010

Birth certificate posts

Tea Party Convention: WND’s Joseph Farah talks about barry’s birth certificate and religion.

C-Span video Farah starts (12:00)

Re birth certificate:

It’s a simple question but it hasn’t been answered it’s one of the most important questions that we can be asking.

Bizarre medical joke:

We recently took a guy with no birth certificate and no brain and now half the country is looking for work.

About his speech:

This is the first time American is going to hear about this stuff – it’s going to be shocking.

Seems he’s forgotten Orly Taitz’s appearances, as well as the Lou Dobbs mess. I heard nothing knew as relates the birth certificate as far as I listened – approx 15 minutes.

Snippet of his 40 minute speech from Media Matters.

Text from Farah’s Feb 5th column:

I have a dream. My dream is that IF Barack Obama even seeks re-election as president in 2012, he won’t be able to go to any city, any town, any hamlet in America without seeing signs that ask, “Where’s the birth certificate?

It’s a simple question and it has not been answered despite what Bill O’Reilly will tell you.

The rest of the media think it’s ridiculous, which makes me certain it’s one of the most important questions we can be asking. It really hits the target. Polls now show 33 percent of Californians either believe Obama was born outside the country or have doubts about his alleged Hawaiian birth. Nationwide it’s closer to 50 percent. Even significant numbers of Democrats have doubts.

But the media and the politicians keep pretending it’s all been settled.

I say if it’s been settled, show us the birth certificate.

[...]

Some people say it’s not important where Barack Obama was born. Some think the Constitution is just an archaic old document – or worse, that it’s a “living document,” one that changes meaning over time.

To those people I say there is a process for amending the Constitution. But the Constitution is the basis for all our laws. It’s the glue that holds us together, that binds us as a people, as a nation-state, and we abrogate it and abuse it at our great peril.

[...]

Today he is the Community Organizer in Chief.

He’s still creating crises as a means of empowerment.

Think about it: With Obama, everything is a crisis – carbon dioxide levels, the banking industry, the automobile industry, the health-care system and especially the economy.

He’s going to fix them all, he promises.

How?

By turning make-believe crises into real crises.

Can’t argue with that. H1N1 was a perfect example. barry declared a state of emergency when there was no worsening or change in H1N1 just so he would have precedence for the power. When was the last time you heard about H1N1? It was clearly a manmade virus – the only question is whether it was the “generated crisis” Biden talked about or a legitimate assassination attempt.

After Farah’s speech, he reportedly got into a verbal altercation with Andrew Breitbart [video clip of his speech].

And who was conveniently standing by?

Birther lover Dave Weigel. Another post.

POTUS re: Rep Murtha’s passing

February 8, 2010

WH statement

Michelle and I were deeply saddened today to hear about the passing of Congressman John Murtha. Jack was a devoted husband, a loving father and a steadfast advocate for the people of Pennsylvania for nearly 40 years. His passion for service was born during his decorated career in the United States Marine Corps, and he went on to earn the distinction of being the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress. Jack’s tough-as-nails reputation carried over to Congress, where he became a respected voice on issues of national security. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife of nearly 55 years, Joyce, their three children, and the entire Murtha family.

CNN on Rep Murtha

barry: “She insisted she is going to be buried in an Obama t-shirt”

February 7, 2010

updated

Right when you think barry can’t get any more narcissistic he out does himself. Chatting up the DNC with the same old litany of all the problems he walked into and all? the things he’s accomplished, he gave an example of why healthcare needs to be passed. He mentioned a “woman in St Louis” who didn’t have healthcare and succumbed to breast cancer. He didn’t bother mentioning her name – probably because he didn’t know it – but made sure to mention “She insisted she is going to be buried in an Obama t-shirt.”

What did that sentence have to do with anything other than proving – once again – that it is all about him?

I read the transcript of his speech and this little fairy tale wasn’t in it.

martysoffice

Without TOTUS, he didn’t know what those “kind of exams” were that she needed. The audience reaction is interesting…especially the women. Don’t think he was expecting laughter. He better get used to it.

I got a letter, I-I-I got a note, uh, today, from one of my staff – they forwarded it to me – from a-a woman in St. Louis who had been part of our campaign, very active, who had passed away from breast cancer. Uh, she didn’t have insurance – she couldn’t afford it, so she had put off having uh, having uh, the kind of exams that she needed. And, uh, she had fought a tough battle for four years – all through the campaign she was fighting it – but finally she succumbed.

And-and she insisted she’s going to be buried in uh, an Obama t-shirt.

She was fighting not just to get MEMEMEMEMEME elected….

*Excellent comprehensive discussion of the woman whose name is Melanie Shouse by TOM MAGUIRE at Just One Minute. You’ll see she did have insurance and the means to pay for it but ended up on Medicaid. She also admitted she was aware of the lump in her breast but chose to “deny it”. Healthcare reform and being buried in a barry t-shirt (she was cremated) are not the morals of this story. Early detection, breast self-exams and routine screening are.

Just a note for women out there. In every state a woman can get a mammogram even if she does not have funds. Women’s organizations, family planning centers, breast cancer groups/websites, clinics and even hospitals can help if approached – especially if you feel a lump like Ms Shouse did. A good example of why the new guidelines recommending women stop breast self-exams are dangerous.

The Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 allows for use of Medicaid funds for treatment of women who started their screening through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP), which was started by the CDC to provide free or low cost testing for women unable to pay. There are programs in every state.

Here is another site that has other links for free mammograms.

Bottom line: every woman in America can get a mammogram if the effort is made. Free mammograms, however, do nothing to cure denial.

Palin: “we need a commander in chief not a professor of law standing at the lectern”

February 8, 2010

updated

Whoever wrote Sarah Palin’s Tea Party Convention speech put in some good lines. The teleprompter line was good but I think this was better.

Her quotes start at (1:00)

The events surrounding the Christmas day plot reflect the kind of thinking that led to September 11….It was treated like an international crime spree not like an act of war…treating this like a mere law enforcement issue places out country at great risk because that’s not how radical islamic extremists are looking at this. They know we’re at war.

And to win that war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern.

Gibbs: barry’s illegal alien auntie

February 6, 2010

Robert Gibbs questioned about barry’s illegal alien auntie. He says multiple times that barry has had nothing to do with her. The president has no legal ability to interfere anyway. Gibbs also says the family has not helped auntie out. Where was the question about auntie’s appearance at the inauguration? We are to believe his aunt was there and he never spoke to her?

Transcript [emphasis added]

Q    Robert, do you know if the President has submitted a statement on behalf of his aunt, who’s in a deportation hearing for the second time today in a Boston courtroom?

MR. GIBBS:  The President learned of this information, as you probably know, on the campaign trail I think in early November of 2008 when it came out.  We said then and we would continue to say that everybody in this country should and must follow the law.  We have not been involved at all in that hearing, and we’ll let the law play out as it should.  And I would refer you to ICE for any other comments on what happens with the hearing.

Q    On that question, though, he did not submit a statement to –

MR. GIBBS:  No, no.  He has not — this information came to light, again, I believe — I don’t have the exact date — early November of 2008 — he has not spoken with her.

Q    Did he help at all with the — with her legal representation or did anyone in his family help with –

MR. GIBBS:  He did not.

Q    Mrs. Obama or –

MR. GIBBS:  He has — he has not, the family has not.  This is an issue — this is a legal issue and the President strongly believes that the law must be followed by everyone.

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Why hasn’t the media investigated themselves how she is able to afford a lawyer instead of a court appointed lawyer.

And where are the questions about her still ripping off the American taxpayers?

All US military facilities to stock morning after pill

February 6, 2010

All US military installations around the world will now stock the “morning after pill” – Plan B One-Step (levonorgestrel) in addition to oral contraception and condoms. The pill has been available in the US without a prescription. The Pentagon order follows a recommendation by the Pentagon’s Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, an advisory panel made up of military medical professionals. The Pentagon said the decision was a matter of uniformity and not prompted by the secretary of defense or the administration. The panel recommended the same back in 2002 and it was re-visited in 2006.

So why now?

Because of the rape epidemic?

Because they had to drop Maj Gen Cucolo’s crazy policy of punishing women who become pregnant?

He said he wanted his soldiers to think first before they act – and Wendy Wright of Concerned Women for America feels the same way. She told CBN News the pill is “a political tool for abortion advocates” and that “the military needs to focus on discipline and proper behavior, because lives depend on it, not promoting risky behavior.”

How is carrying the morning after pill promoting risky behavior?

Where is this Wendy Wright’s comments on women being raped at a rate twice the civilian population (1 in 3)?

And who is she to talk about what the military needs to focus on and “lives depending on it”?

As a side note, that Tim Tebow Super Bowl commercial – had there been no mention of what it was about before it was aired – you wouldn’t have known what it was about. Did CBS make them tone it down?

Haitian man rescued after 27 days? (video)

February 8, 2010

CNN’s Dr Sanjay Gupta reports on Haitian Evan Muncie, 28, who was rescued from under the rubble after 27 days. The people who brought him to the hospital said they found him while digging out the marketplace. That must have been a shock.

He was still confused at the time of Dr Gupta’s report due to severe dehydration and malnutrition. He also had festering wounds on his legs. It is hard to believe that in 2010 people are contracting and dying of tetanus. He said that a “man in white” had brought him water periodically.

CNN Video of survivor

Woman begins to sing after extrication from rubble (video)

Jay Leno Super Bowl jokes

February 08, 2010

A few jokes from Leno about the Super Bowl – bonus Sarah Palin. Here’s the story of how the Super Bowl ad came to be and Leno’s thanks to Letterman.

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JAY LENO:

The Saints won the Super Bowl 31-17 and there was a huge blizzard in Washington – 2 feet of snow…so it’s true what people said: ‘the Saints would win when hell froze over’!

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As you know, I watched the game with Oprah and Letterman. Letterman and I hadn’t seen each other for 18 years. We lost touch. He found me on Facebook. He made a friend request – I accepted and we hooked up and watched the game.

In fact, the commercial went so well, Dave and I have decide to go to Vancouver to compete in the two man luge.

It was really a great time.

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What’s with the Roman numerals? Why can’t it just be Super Bowl 44? Why does it have to be XLIV?

I feel like I’m getting a text from a 13 y/o girls. BFF…XLI…OMG.

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The winners got $83k and a Super Bowl ring…the losers got a Toyota.

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Showed a pix of the scribble on Palin’s hand.

“Lather, Rinse, repeat, left hand” [and on the right palm] “right hand”.

Cartoon: Tea Party Convention

February 8, 2010

This is the problem. The Democrats and the MSM still don’t get it. All this does is feed the anger.

Politcal humor

To the right are Massachusetts voters and Senator Scott Brown…to the left is the movement who got him elected after barry and the barrymedia made his election possible.

Video: Ross the intern at the Super Bowl

February 8, 2010

Ross chats with Colts and Saints players.

Hulu

Jay Leno thanks Letterman

February 8, 2010

Jay’s Super Bowl jokes

Jay Leno told the story of how the Super Bowl ad came about – just how Rob Burnett, The Late Show producer, explained.

Then he talked about seeing Letterman.

I walk in, I see Dave, he puts out his hand and I shake hands. Whatever happened the last 18 years, disappeared. It was great to see my old friend again. It was wonderful. He was very gracious. We talked about the old days and told some jokes.

You know, it was good to see him.

I want to thank Dave for making me part of his promo. Glad to promote his show. I did his show in the 80′s – I promoted it every night of the week. It was fun to do it.

So, Dave, thank you very much.

“How’s that hopey-changey think workin’ for ya?”

February 8, 2010

Hardball

Matthews, Andrea Mitchell, Gibbs, McKinnon mock Palin

The media still doesn’t get it. They spent all day trashing Sarah Palin for talking about the “charismatic man with a teleprompter” while she had stuff written on the palm of her hand. Hello. She is not the president of the US. She’s just a hired speaker. And the teapartiers couldn’t be happier because the MSM keeps talking about them.

And why does the MSM think Sarah Palin is interested in running for president?

She is maintaining a high profile to make as much cash as she can before she ends up on the radio or TV. That’s where she will be in 2012.

Chris Matthews was apoplectic and blueblood Richard Wolffe was stuttering. It’s hysterical. Then psychotalk Ed goes beyond pink-faced to code red and the ever snarky lefty Stephanie Miller (dad was Goldwater’s running mate) couldn’t help herself. In response to Palin’s: “How’s that hopey-changey thing working for ya?” Miller said: “How’s the quitter from twitter?”

And Matthews spit:

And how are those private emails going, Governor?

Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah

She is out of office and the Alaska DNC spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to get those emails. In July 2009, they had already spent $600k. What do they matter now? The Alaska state ethics committee investigated and cleared her. They want blood and are willing to waste money and Democratic voters and candidates in Alaska and elsewhere should be pist.

Other barama quotes:

Is she a balloon head?

Does she know what’s she saying?

What is this the opening scene to Gone With the Wind?

Calling for a revolution.

When fascism comes to America it will call itself anti-fascism.

How many colleges did she go to?

Mark McKinnon: “Sarah Palin is catnip laced with crack”

February 8, 2010

Hardball

Matthews, et al,  Andrea Mitchell, Gibbs mock Palin

Talking about Sarah Palin’s speech at the Tea Party conference.

MARK MCKINNON -

Sarah Palin is catnip laced with crack for all of us.

What would we do without Sarah Palin to entertain us?

Imagine this: Michelle Obama is catnip laced with crack.

Think Matthews would be laughing?

And then about the scribble on Palin’s palm:

MCKINNON: I thought it was charming. I’m glad she had some notes to read and some ideas to express.

This is Sarah Palin 2.0 – the new version. She was Elvis in the campaign and now she’s Frank Sinatra and she’s doing it her way.

Not sure if the use of “catnip” has any connection to a derogatory term used in reference to women’s anatomy. Tina Brown brought it up before on Hardball: “she’s kept herself as catnip for cable” and that time barama didn’t find it funny.

Maybe it’s a Daily Beast thing – McKinnon’s a contributor and Brown started the site.

Cartoon: #41′s plan for healthcare?

February 8, 2010

Cagel Cartoons

WH Super Bowl Party guest list

February 8, 2010

Here’s the Super Bowl Party guest list.

Wonder if the women actually wanted to be there or showed up because they were the designated females.

The sole Republican: Rep Ahn “Joseph” Cao is from New Orleans and surprise was the only Republican to vote for healthcare. Wonder if he wanted to be there instead of with his fellow New Orleans. The Vietnamese community was steadfast in remaining in NO to rebuild after Katrina.

Rep Cao has a much more interesting history than barry. He emigrated to the US in 1975 when he was 8. He studied physics and philosophy and then spent 8 years in a Jesuit seminary until he realized that wasn’t his calling. (He’s now married and has two daughters.) He then went to law school and became an immigration lawyer for Vietnam’s “boat people”. He won his seat on his first foray into politics, defeating Rep William Jefferson, who has since been convicted on bribery charges and sentenced to 13 years. Jefferson, as you might recall, was caught hiding $90K in his freezer.

Cao’s father was in the South Vietnam Army and was captured by the NVA and imprisoned for seven years. He was able to join his family after his release, but has serious health problems stemming from his confinement (and no doubt torture). I wonder if he’s ever spoken with Sen McCain. Imagine dad’s incredible pride as he watched his son be sworn-in as the first Vietnamese-American to serve in Congress.

Members of Congress:
Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)
Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA)
Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN)
Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN)
Rep. Baron Hill (D-IN)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT)

Cabinet Members:
Secretary Shaun Donovan
Secretary Arne Duncan
Attorney General Eric Holder
Administrator Lisa Jackson
Secretary Janet Napolitano
Ambassador Susan Rice
Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Secretary Eric Shinseki
Secretary Tom Vilsack

Rep Cao stating why he voted yes to healthcare. Wonder if it was coincidence he was interviewed by CNN’s Betty Nguyen, who was also born in Vietnam and who also emigrated in 1975.

BangTheNews

CAO: I’ve always been focusing on making the right decision for the people of my district whether or not it will cost me my political future.

Super Bowl ad: Jay, Oprah & Dave

February 8, 2010

Jay Leno’s Super Bowl jokes and his thanks to Letterman.

Congrats to Super Bowl champs New Orleans Saints!

The oddest moment…besides the updated Super Bowl Shuffle?

The couch threesome: Jay – Oprah – Dave.

My first impression was Oprah must have been behind it since she went out to LA to interview Jay Leno. But it started with CBS telling The Late Show they could have a free 10 seconds.

Late Show producer, Rob Burnett talked it over with David Letterman who came up with the actual idea. Burnett called Oprah first who was all for it. He then called CBS Chairman Les Moonves to see if it would be ok for Leno to be on CBS. He got the ok and then called Leno’s producer, Debbie Vickers, who laughed and said she’d tell Jay. A couple of minutes later, Jay called Burnett and said: “This is the way show business should be.” Vickers cleared it with NBC Entertainment Chairman Jeff Gaspin and NBC-Universal CEO Jeff Zucker and it was on.

Logistics

Feb 2: Jay flew on NBC jet to Teterboro. He donned a disguise – hooded sweatshirt, dark sunglasses and a mustache and was snuck into the theater. An undisguised Oprah arrived 15 minutes later and they shot it in the balcony of the Ed Sullivan Theater. Took 25 minutes.

Reportedly there was no awkwardness – though no report of what was actually said between them. Dave’s ratings tonight should be pretty high. He’s no dummy. He wants Leno fans to tune into his show during the Olympics.

Excerpt of Entertainment Weekly’s interview with Rob Burnett.

Entertainment Weekly: What was it like when Leno and Letterman first saw each other?

Burnett: It was great, very professional, very cordial.

We shot it in 25 minutes, and it went really, really well. It felt like one of those things where you wake up and say, “I had the strangest dream.” There was no frostiness. We were focused on trying to execute the joke. It would have been a more taxing event had it been us all going out to dinner. If anything was awkward, it was how it wasn’t awkward.

It’s interesting… there was a lot of internal conversation about whether this was a good thing to be doing from a PR standpoint. Are we rehabilitating Jay’s image?

Dave has a simple edict: If it’s funny, we do it. When CBS says it needs 10 seconds, it’s incumbent upon you to do the funniest bit you can do. Then we learned we had another five seconds. That may not sound like a really big deal but let’s face it … that’s someone’s college education [given how much the typical per-second spot goes for during the Super Bowl], so we were really thrilled about that.

Entertainment Weekly: You and Dave must have realized you had the potential to upstage the Super Bowl.

Burnett: Well, that’s not our problem! [He laughs].

I’ve been asked the question more than once about all these advertisers who spent millions of dollars on their ads. My response is: They had a year, millions of dollars, and 30 seconds! We had one week, no money, and 15 seconds. The bottom line is, if you’re a comedian and you have the chance to do something funny in front of 100 million people, you should do it.

The unasked question?

What did Coco think?

CBS

2007 Super Bowl ad with Dave and Oprah when it made sense – it was Bears vs Colts.

Candy Crowley: Secy Hillary Clinton (video/text)

February 7, 2010

Congratulations to Ms Crowley for a great start. Wonder if she chose Secy Clinton to be her first guest.

CROWLEY to Anderson Cooper:

She is our exclusive guest. So we like that. That’s a good way to come out of the box.

Just compare this interview with any of barry’s – both the interviewer who keeps pushing for an answer and the interviewee who answers the questions.

Discussed how the “unclenched fist” diplomacy is going, al Qaeda, Iran, Russia, China, North Korea, healthcare, Haiti, Mr Bill, Chelsea’s wedding “MOTB” and Super Bowl choice (none).

Video/full transcript follow

IL Lt Gov candidate Cohen finally quits

February 8, 2010

Alleged steroid rage, violence against women, emotional abuse of his children, $54K unpaid child support, unpaid taxes, sex scandals and $2M campaign money got him elected…and fired before he even got the job.

Pawnbroker and former? drug abuser, Scott Lee Cohen, finally stepped down. And he did so with a resounding fu to the media who were rightfully trashing him – he did it during Super Bowl halftime.

But he should not have subjected his crying 11 y/o son to that. Imagine the bullying he got all week and previously because of his weight and there he was forced to sit next to dad while dad faked tears. The kid’s sobs could be heard and he had to hold up his hand so the disgusting media wouldn’t show his face. It gives good insight into who Cohen really is…and the media. Where was the media before the election? And they could have done a tight shot only of Cohen. It’s like the last interview Peterson did – he forced his kids to say what a great dad he was.

COHEN [selected quotes]:

I’m somebody who made mistakes in his life and look where I am today.

For the good of the people of the state of Illinois and for the Democratic Party, I will resign. All I ever wanted to do…was to run for office and to help the people, not to cause chaos. That was never my intention.

There is uncertainty that if I continue to run that the Democrats will win in November. Many people came out to support me when I announced. The Democratic Party didn’t, but many people did. This is the hardest thing that I’ve ever had to do in my life.

The last thing I ever, ever wanted to do was to put the people of Illinois in jeopardy in any way.

Speaker of the House/IL Democrat Party Chairman Michael Madigan talked with Cohen on Friday “to step aside before he tainted the entire Democratic ticket”.

Tad late ain’t it?

I imagine police surveillance of his pawnshop and random urine drug tests might have been included in the discussion.

Madigan spokesman Steve Brown:

The speaker is prepared to work with the members of the (Democratic) State Central Committee, Gov. Quinn and Senate President (John) Cullerton to work on selecting a replacement. We’ll start with members of the central committee and work on ideas.

The 38-member Democratic State Central Committee will make the decision.

Gov Pat Quinn:

Tonight he has made the right decision for the Democratic Party and the people of Illinois. Now we can continue to focus our efforts on putting our economy back on track and working to bring good jobs to Illinois.

All this proves is the Democrats have no clue what is going on. Of all places one would expect the Dems to be alert would be Chicago = where the DNC is now housed. With Blago going on trial and barry floundering in Washington – how did they even allow Cohen to get on the ticket?

It’s a sign of what happens to a party that has no leader at its very top.

Unfortunately, that leader is allegedly running the country.

Somebody else crying…because he’s laughing so hard?

Blago.

Source: Chicago Breaking News, WGN TV

barry’s Defense budget = $2B a day

February 7, 2010

barry’s new budget.

Largest Pentagon budget since WWII

Military spending = over $2 BILLION a day

Plus $160B for Iraq/Afghanistan

$744B + $160B = $904B

As if that proposed government spending freeze is voluntary.

Source

Malawi: Man arrested for gay rights posters

February 7, 2010

What makes heterosexual people afraid of non-heterosexuals?

Why is it folks believe homosexuals choose their sexual orientation when no one says the same thing about heterosexuals?

Take just a second and think – really think:

Why would a person willingly choose to be discriminated against, willing choose to be ostracized by their own family members and willingly accept less rights under the law – if they had a “choice”?

Source: CNN

Peter Sawali (21) was arrested in Malawi for putting up posters that read: “Gay rights are human rights”.

Why?

He was ‘promoting a criminal act’ – homosexuality is illegal.

If convicted, he would face up to five months of hard labor and a fine of approx $14.

The police are investigating whether he is associated with Steven Monjeza (26) and Tiwonge Chimbalanga (20) who were arrested, detained and charged with ‘public indecency’ in late December 2009 because they got engaged. They have pled not guilty and are awaiting trial.

Penalty in Malawi if found guilty of homosexuality = maximum of 14 years in prison.

Not as bad as Uganda where they want to execute homosexuals – even if the Ugandan is not living in Uganda at the time of the act.

Wiki: Consensual homosexual acts between adults are illegal in 70 out of the 195 countries. In 40/7o only male-male sex is outlawed. Not so in Malaysia where they have a”tomboy fatwa” which includes no short hair and no dressing, walking or acting “like boys”.

In 2003, Laws in the last 14 states were struck down by the US Supreme Court.

Consensual male-male sodomy is still illegal in the military and even saying the words: “I am gay” gets one discharged, as in Lt Choi’s case.

However, non-consensual male-female sodomy doesn’t get mentioned and it doesn’t get prosecuted and it doesn’t result in the man’s discharge. It’s why 1 in 3 women in the military are being raped and it’s why it will continue until the non-rapists actually become men of honor.

Ms Boyle: Week 10 CD sales

February 5, 2010

“H1N1 Vaccine Here” stickers?

February 7, 2010

Is messing with products in stores a new fad?

(Pix left & right)

Don’t know what city the H1N1 stickers were found (on all sorts of different products in the store) but the altered Tiger Woods Gatorade bottles were found in Denver, Colorado,

Jason Kay, 38, was arrested and charged with violating three federal codes that prohibit product tampering. He said he altered the labels using supplies at Kinkos but did nothing to the contents.

He allegedly emailed PepsiCo, inquiring as to whether the company would want to pay an ‘artist’ to travel around and switch the bottles dressed as a Gatorade employee as an interesting means of advertising. He was tracked down via an email address that he left in the small print on the label.  Kay, unemployed, said it was just ‘pop art’ and that he only wanted to ‘create conversation but “didn’t think his actions would attract so much attention.”

National Prayer Breakfast: Secy Clinton (video/text)

February 5, 2010

Secretary Clinton keynote address at the National Prayer Breakfast. Good joke about lobbyists.

It’s nice to listen to a speech given by someone familiar with the words, showing conviction in the concepts they are conveying. Compare this speech with barry’s Fort Hood remarks.

FULL TRANSCRIPT FOLLOWS

Ms Boyle: Week 9 CD sales

January 30, 2010

Susan Boyle posts

Week 9 = 86K

Billboard 200 #2

#1 Hope for Haiti Now

#2 Susan Boyle (2 9 1)

#8 K$sha (who knocked Ms Boyle out of #1)

#10 Taylor Swift

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Canadian Albums #2

#1 Hope for Haiti

#2 Susan Boyle (4 9 1)

#3 Grammy Nominees

# 5 Ke$ha

# 14 Taylor Swift

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European Albums #5

(1-4) Lady Gaga, Black-eyed Peas, Alicia Keyes, Michael Buble

#5 Susan Boyle (4 9 -)

Sen Menendez congratulates Giannoulias

February 5, 2010

DSCC CHAIRMAN ROBERT MENENDEZ STATEMENT ON ILLINOIS PRIMARY RESULTS

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, released the following statement on the results of the Illinois primary election:

Congratulations to Alexi Giannoulias on today’s hard-fought victory. Each of the Democrats waged spirited, aggressive campaigns – the same approach it will take to keep this seat blue. I look forward to doing whatever I can to help the State Treasurer transition into the general election and of course win in November.

We know that in this environment, Democrats cannot take anything for granted, and that is why Alexi’s campaign is already working hard to frame the race. Voters in Illinois will face a stark choice in this election: moving forward with a candidate who has a record of saving Illinois jobs, or moving backwards with a Washington insider who wants to return to the failed policies that created the economic mess we now face.

Mathematically impossible to pay off debt?

February 5, 2010

updated

Finally found something I could follow as far as the national debt, how exactly money is counted and how much money the US has. I don’t grasp much numerically because of dyslexia, but this article is worth reading. I won’t even pretend to be able to summarize it.

MICHAEL SNYDER at The Economic Collapse explains point by point why the national debt is now mathematically impossible to pay off. Along the way, he describes the process of lending, which makes sense of why lenders had a responsibility not to lend to people they knew could not ever repay the loan.

Had no idea the Federal Reserve Bank is a “private bank owned and operated for profit by a very powerful group of elite international bankers”. I wish he would have said who the bankers are. It makes what barry is doing even more frightening.

And who’s running the Treasury Department?

A guy who hadn’t paid his taxes, was audited, and when caught for the second time blamed it on Turbo Tax.

And why do people never mention that he was head of the New York Federal Reserve when Madoff was ripping charities of? And that he was fully aware of the AIG bonuses when the deal was made – as in before the money exchanged hands. barry knew about it as well as did Sen Dodd, who lost his seat over it.

Anyone know how much of the pledged return of AIG bonuses were actually given back?

*Bill Burton: “AIG got some of their employees to voluntarily give back $20 million of those bonuses”.

Consider how much money the crew of Flight 1549 saved AIG.

*Found an update.

No one could trust barry’s numbers before but this is crazy.

Snyder is referring to the discrepancy in the actual and the reported budget deficits.

For example, according to the report (which remember is an official U.S. government report) the real U.S. budget deficit for 2008 was not 455 billion dollars. It was actually 5.1 trillion dollars.

So why the difference?

The CBO’s 455 billion figure is based on cash accounting, while the 5.1 trillion figure in the 2008 Financial Report of the United States Government is based on GAAP accounting. GAAP accounting is what is used by all the major firms on Wall Street and it is regarded as a much more accurate reflection of financial reality.

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Harper’s Bazaar video: Katie Couric

February 6, 2010

Short video of photo shoot and Ms Couric’s thoughts.

(Right photo: Francois Dischinger)

Here’s the article

Cartoon: Who needs NASA?

February 6, 2010

Cagle Cartoons

barry’s illegal alien auntie allowed to continue defrauding taxpayers until May 25

February 5, 2010

WANTED: ZEITUNI ONYANGO

DOCUMENTED ILLEGAL ALIEN, TAXPAYER FUNDED ENTITLEMENT DEFRAUDER, TAXPAYER SUBSIDIZED HOUSING DEFRAUDER, ABUSE OF TAXPAYER-FUNDED FEDERAL PROTECTION, CONTINUED USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER AS A DOCUMENTED ILLEGAL ALIEN AND FOREIGN NATIONAL WHO DONATED TO POTUS WHILE DEFRAUDING TAXPAYERS.

(John Wilcox)

WANTED by the law?

Nope.

Protected by it and by taxpayer-funded federal agents.

How many illegal aliens, six years after they were ordered deported, get to stay in public housing, have access to extensive free medical care and are afforded federal protection?

barry’s auntie is a classic example of illegal aliens playing the system. Any wonder he never mentions illegal immigration?

And what’s the MSM coverning?

Not auntie.

If it were Sarah Palin’s auntie, we would know down to the last penny how much she has scammed The American People and how much she is costing taxpayers per second.

barry’s?

Not even a peep as to why an illegal alien, who can afford a private lawyer, continues to be allowed to live in taxpayer subsidized housing.

So why the charade?

To show the world the system works for illegal aliens as well as terrorists from Africa?

To show the world how easy it is to hide out in the US and how easy it is to scam the system?

The system barry says in unsustainable is unsustainable because of millions of conscienceless scammers.

Illegal alien auntie aka Zeituni Onyango, 57, will be allowed to hang out in the US at least until May 25th (indefinitely) while Americans without jobs or rich influential nephews pay her way.

As her nephew says, in no other country would her story be possible.

The reason she got in the country was barry. Bill Burton said barry sponsored her and allegedly “lost track” of her until right before the election when she was outed. The way he treated his typical white person family and the way he allows his alleged half-brother in Africa to live in squalor – it’s easy to understand why he would lose track.

But it doesn’t change the fact he was her original sponsor or the fact that she has been living in the US as an illegal alien since Oct-Nov 2004 after she lost her initial bid for asylum.

How did auntie respond to the judge’s decision?

Went to see barry be sworn in as US Senator in Washington. Who knows, maybe she even voted for him. He admitted he knew she was there, which means he admitted she visited him while she was an illegal alien and Mr Intelligence didn’t have an inkling?

How did she get past the Secret Service or Senate Sargeant at Arms?

And even prior to her deportation order, she had lived off American citizens’ hard-earned money: public housing and medical care, even as she donated to barry’s campaign in her own name.

It’s a federal offense that seems to have been wiped from the FEC pages.

Only after she was outed did they return the money.

USA TODAY: Obama’s campaign said in October it was returning $260 that Onyango had contributed in small increments to Obama’s presidential bid over several months. Federal election law prohibits most foreigners from making political donations. Onyango listed her employer as the Boston Housing Authority [lie] and last gave $5 on Sept. 19.

And barry’s people didn’t know when she used her own extremely unique name?

If they didn’t, then how can they possibly know where the other donations originated from?

How about the media asking Ben LaBolt how much money they have had to return.

This whole thing is a disgusting show. An illegal alien was allowed into the Inaugural Ball and no one seemed to care about that or the third crasher who happened to be black. Just the two whiteys.

And into court shuffled illegal alien auntie, wearing designer clothing and shades surrounded by federal agents providing her protection that she has not earned and not ever paid for.

Like auntie like nephew.

And once again, she was allowed to testify behind closed doors. Once again, the decision was delayed. Once again, she will be allowed to stay in the US subsidized by real American citizens.

And, once again, the media looks the other way.

And barry people and barrymedia wonder the anger?

It is an outrage that no one has investigated how much she has scammed the American people. If it were Sarah Palin’s auntie, we’d know every expenditure since her first illegal day in the US.

What exactly is auntie’s claim other than “violence”?

People who seek asylum must demonstrate that they will face persecution and/or harm if they return as regards political opinion, race, religion, nationality, and social group

Why is an illegal alien – no matter who they are related to – afforded federal protection?

Why is an illegal alien still allowed to scam Americans while retaining a private lawyer?

And why is that same illegal alien still allowed access to medical care and subsidized housing?

It’s absolutely ludicrous.

She has had extensive medical problems – I’m sure costing way more to taxpayers than his typical white person grandmother’s hip surgery and auntie is only 58.

What legal American senior citizen, who paid her taxes and followed the law was refused housing because auntie is living there?

What other legal American taxpayer was bumped from physical therapy treatments because of auntie?

What legal American citizen was redirected from the ER because auntie had taken the last ICU bed?

These are no exaggerations and if the media was interested they could find out. They seem to have no idea what their job used to consist of.

Most of all, how many young women in actual need of asylum from an actual immediate threat have not been able to have their cases heard because of illegal alien auntie’s 8 year odyssey?

If auntie did not qualify for asylum in 2002 – the only reason she would be afforded it now is because of barry. And that’s why she loves President Bush.

Pretty much stuck it to nephew who stuck it to President Bush.

And what does auntie’s case say of a system that takes from October 2008 until May of 2010 to decide one deportation appeal that would never have been needed had people followed through initially and made sure she was deported in 2004?

Has the media looked into whether barry made a call or two back then?

And if auntie requires federal protection here, what are the chances she will be going back to Kenya?

It’s time to drop the charade and it’s time to stop wasting the Court’s time and taxpayers’ money. Make illegal alien auntie pay taxes, pay for her own housing and insurance and pay back every cent she stole from taxpayers and then forget about her like barry allegedly has.

HARD-EARNED AMERICAN TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT WORK

(Arthur Pollock)

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES’ ILLEGAL ALIEN AUNTIE CHILLING OUT COURTESY OF MILLIONS OF NOW-UNEMPLOYED AMERICANS

Videos: Reality show host sexual harassment?

February 5, 2010

These two videos struck me.

What do you think of them?

American Idol via TV Guide

RebelBubba

[No could not find Part 2]

Funny? Pay back? Sexual harassment? Sexism? Cougar?

Double standard?

Are the women in a position of authority?

Is there such a thing as game show/reality show host harassment?

Cougarism?