Washington Post journolist Ezra Klein laid several eggs during a gaffe-filled interview on MSNBC earlier today.
Because the cable channel's ratings now trail reruns of Gilligan's Island and hospital sonograms, no one would have known except for the heroes over at NewsBusters.
They took the bullet for the rest of us and transcribed his statements regarding the new House requirement to read the Constitution at the start of the session. Among his remarks were these timeless gems: read the rest
Finally got to use my new electric Snow Joe. It's a winner! Plowed right through almost 10" of fairly wet snow like it was angel fluff. Dear World,
I'm writing to you because it's come to my attention that the current administration is creating false impressions of America, and I thought that you should know that this president is not at all representative of the majority of the American people and that with few exceptions everything this president has done will be revised and/or completely overturned/repealed. This will come as very good news to America's friends and allies, many of whom are quite alarmed by the bizarre choices and decisions America seems to be making right now. read the rest
Nuts. Plain nuts. Nothing logical at all about their ecological ideology.
From the National Catholic Distorter (where else?): Ecopsychology: Healthy Planet, Healthy People [emphases mine] read it all
Peter King of NBC reported on Sunday that President Barack Obama recently called Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, to praise the organization for giving quarterback Michael Vick a second chance.
According to ProFootballTalk, Obama told Lurie that "a level playing field rarely exists for prisoners who have completed their sentences."King also tweeted that Obama "said too many prisoners never get fair 2d chance."
The president of the United States has time to applaud the decision to give Vick a second chance? This person should never have been allowed to pick up a football and continue his life as though his offense was nothing more than running a red light.The Eagles signed Vick after he spent 18 months in prison and two months of home confinement for being convicted of running a dogfighting operation. read the rest
Some commentators have argued that Vick should be allowed to play because he “made a mistake” and has now “paid his debt.” Perhaps these people are under the mistaken impression that all Michael Vick did was fight some Pit Bulls. But dog fighting, as cruel a crime as it is, is the least of what Michael Vick did.
According to the prosecutor's statement of facts in the case, between 2002 and 2007 Michael Vick and his co-conspirators Purnell Peace, Quanis Phillips and Tony Taylor killed thirteen dogs by various methods including wetting one dog down and electrocuting her, hanging, drowning and shooting others and, in at least one case, by slamming a dog’s body to the ground.
Michael Vick didn't make a mistake. He didn't "make a bad choice." Over a period of five years he forced dogs into deadly fights, and he personally killed, or conspired to kill, thirteen dogs. He didn't pick a quick, painless method of killing, but instead chose a variety of means that qualify as torture. Pit Bulls are powerful dogs. Imagine how hard you would have to work to kill a Pit Bull by forcibly drowning him.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also reports, "Sometimes [the dogs] were starved to make them more vicious in the pit."
And Michael Vick didn’t confine the abuse and killing to his own Pit Bulls.
According to a November 2008 ESPN.com news story, a report prepared by the USDA's inspector general-investigations division revealed that Vick, Purnell Peace, Quanis Phillips and Tony Taylor also put family pet dogs into the ring with trained pit bulls.
The report, dated Aug. 28, 2008, says, "Vick, Peace and Phillips thought it was funny to watch the pit bull dogs belonging to [Vick’s] Bad Newz Kennels injure or kill the other dogs."
Did you get that first part about the vacation Jarrett, or were you too busy counting your slum rent money courtesy of the corrupt Chicago machine? Let me help - HE'S ON ANOTHER VACATION! A very expensive vacation that's costing the taxpayers a ton of money, inconveniencing the citizens of Hawaii, and making sure many more Secret Service agents and other staff miss spending Christmas with their families than is necessary."He said right before he left for vacation was, 'When I get back, I really want to figure out a way where I can spend more time outside of Washington listening, learning and engaging with the American people,'" she added. "We're determined in the new year to make sure that his schedule reflects his priority."
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Many businesses close on Christmas as employees and customers spend time at home with their families. But one Post Falls restaurant stayed open and invited everyone to come celebrate the holiday.
GW Hunters had a Christmas celebration that included hundreds of gifts, a feast and an appearance by Mr. and Mrs. Claus. And all of it was free. read the rest
If your adjusted gross income is $33,048 or less you help pay 2.7% of all income taxes collected. That is 50% of all taxpayers.
If your adjusted gross income is $33,048 to $67,280 you help pay 10.96% of all income taxes collected. That is 25% of all taxpayers.
If your adjusted gross income is $67,280 to $113,799 you help pay 16.4% of all income taxes collected. That is 15% of all taxpayers.
If your adjusted gross income is $113,799 to $159,619 you help pay 11.22% of all income taxes collected. That is 5% of all taxpayers.
If your adjusted gross income is $159,619 to $380,354 you help pay 20.7% of all income taxes collected. That is 4% of all taxpayers.
If your adjusted gross income is over $380,354 you help pay 38.02% of all income taxes collected. That is 1% of all taxpayers.
"You ever have one of those days where you've carefully budgeted your money so that you'll be just about able to fix your car, feed your family & have a modest Christmas only to find out that some dingus hit the wrong button in an office somewhere and cleaned out your checking account? I'm having one of those days." read the rest
"But no. President Petulant man child is just so over the whole Presidential thing and ready to enjoy the perks of job for as long as he can ride it.
What a worthless, lazy-assed, whiny little squid." read the entire article for more pithy commentary
Illegal aliens who qualify for the DREAM Act receive legal status for at least 10 years. They are immediately authorized to work in the United States potentially adding up to 2.1 million legal workers to the labor force that currently has 22 unemployed Americans. source
“Homeland security starts with hometown security, and each of us plays a critical role in keeping our country and communities safe,” said Secretary Napolitano. “I applaud Walmart for joining the ‘If You See Something, Say Something’ campaign. This partnership will help millions of shoppers across the nation identify and report indicators of terrorism, crime and other threats to law enforcement authorities.” H/T Drudge
Dear Lord - what have we become?"A group of us taking the name of 'Guardians of Liberty' will lead the charge and ask any and all who will follow to help us do the hard work of the republic. We are packing up right now, making a space for ourselves at the capitol, preparing the way for you to join us. The Guardians will be there, we are making the sacrifices, but we need you, your groups, your voice, your cooperation and most of all your presence on January 21, 2011 to send the strongest possible message. Then the siege begins. We are not proposing a rally or a protest we are designing a full-on siege of DC until our will is done. But, it is not the few of us that will make the difference, it is the people who stand with us and recognize their role as Guardians themselves." T.L. Davis, novelist and activist.
On January 21, 2011 the FIGHT BEGINS!
Reaganite Republican brings us up to date on WikiLeaks - and we thank him.The Bush tax rates are about to expire. Republicans want to extend the Bush rates. Democrats want them to go back up to pre-Bush levels. I say we compromise: let the rates go back up for everyone who makes less than, say, $200,000 per year. read it all
Nearly everywhere I look anymore someone is trumpeting the homosexual agenda, whether it be a moronic reporter, a military general testifying before Congress, an entertainment "artist", or a subtle (or sometimes not so subtle) magazine ad.
In a world where economic collapse of our nation is imminent, Islamic terrorism continues to be a real threat, and international relations and alliances are in a continual phase of conflict and change due to the aforementioned factors, homosexuality shouldn't even be an issue. read the rest
"In her new book, "America by Heart," Palin objects to my uncle's famous 1960 speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, in which he challenged the ministers - and the country - to judge him, a Catholic presidential candidate, by his views rather than his faith. "Contrary to common newspaper usage, I am not the Catholic candidate for president," Kennedy said. "I am the Democratic Party's candidate for president who happens also to be a Catholic."
Palin has really done nothing more than point up the fact that Kennedy chose to diminish his Catholic faith in order to get elected. I can't recall any other election in my lifetime where a candidates religious affiliation was such an issue. People were actually worried that if Kennedy was elected the Pope was going to be running the country."Palin writes that when she was growing up, she was taught that Kennedy's speech had "succeeded in the best possible way: It reconciled public service and religion without compromising either." Now, however, she says she has revisited the speech and changed her mind. She finds it "defensive . . . in tone and content" and is upset that Kennedy, rather than presenting a reconciliation of his private faith and his public role, had instead offered an "unequivocal divorce of the two."
I want to make sure I'm reading that correctly. Ms. Townsend thinks the the hierarchy of the Church is suddenly going to see the light and condone abortion? Obviously she has never heard of the deposit of faith and thinks the doctrines of the Church were cooked up in some smoky back room by a bunch of misogynous old men. The fact is, Ms Townsend, the doctrines of the Church haven't changed since Jesus founded His Church."Teddy Kennedy believed that his stands were at one with his faith. He did disagree with the Roman Catholic hierarchy at times. But as we have seen, the hierarchy's positions can change, and in our church, we have an obligation to help bring about those changes."
No, Ms. Townsend, Palin didn't "presume to judge that he took positions directly at odds with his Catholic faith." It is public record that he most certainly took positions directly against the authentic teachings of the Church."And my uncle Teddy fought for health care for all Americans, even if in her book Palin presumes to judge that he took positions "directly at odds with his Catholic faith."
"For instance, she criticizes Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), a Democrat and a faithful Catholic, for "talking the (God) talk but not walking the walk."
Once again we have that pesky little problem of the teachings of the Catholic Church. Palin's beliefs and actions are more in accord with these teachings then Ms. Pelosi, who refers to herself as an "ardent Catholic" while supporting abortion and same-sex "marriage." Those are not the actions of what would be called a faithful Catholic, Ms. Townsend. Those are actions of someone who could at best be called a "cafeteria" Catholic and at worst a heretic.Who is Palin to say what God's "walk" is? Who anointed her our grand inquisitor?"
"Faith runs as a deep current through my family. Faith inspired my uncles' and my father's dedication to justice."
Which is it, Ms. Townsend? Was JFK a schizophrenic who parked his faith at the door to the oval office, or was he "inspired by his faith?""America's first and only Catholic president referred to God three times in his inaugural address and invoked the Bible's command to care for poor and the sick. Later in his presidency, he said, unequivocally, about civil rights: "We are confronted primarily with a moral issue. It is as old as the Scriptures and is as clear as the American Constitution."
A child nutrition bill on its way to President Barack Obama — and championed by the first lady — gives the government power to limit school bake sales and other fundraisers that health advocates say sometimes replace wholesome meals in the lunchroom.
[...]"This could be a real train wreck for school districts," Lucy Gettman of the National School Boards Association said Friday, a day after the House cleared the bill. "The federal government should not be in the business of regulating this kind of activity at the local level."
As I said yesterday, take the cafeterias out of the schools and let the kids bring their lunches. Anyone want to make a bet that these poor and starving children are carrying around a cell phone way more advanced than my flip phone? I didn't think so...House Republicans on Wednesday scuttled a Democratic bid to pass a child nutrition bill that’s at the center of first lady Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity agenda. read the rest
