It is a measure of how frustrated the press has become with the perpetual stonewalling and outright contempt this president has shown the media that the Times and other outlets are now aligned with a conservative Republican in demanding that one of the most liberal Democrats on the ballot come clean.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Sestak’s Stall Not Working
The longer this goes on the more the people smell a rat.
Obama to Deploy 1,200 National Guard Troops to the US-Mexico Border - Political Punch
Does this mean that Obama now agrees with Arizona that we have a problem on our southern border?
Isn't this exactly what Bush did years ago?
President Obama has authorized the call-up of 1,200 National Guard troops to the US Mexico border, an administration official confirms, requesting $500 million in supplemental funds.
The enhanced border protection and law enforcement will, “provide intelligence; surveillance and reconnaissance support; intelligence analysis; immediate support to counternarcotics enforcement; and training capacity until Customs and Border Patrol can recruit and train additional officers and agents to serve on the border,” an administration official says.
Isn't this exactly what Bush did years ago?
Calling out Joe Sestak
If Sestak was a Republican...
Sestak is making a big deal about his integrity in answering questions about the offer honestly. If he truly believes that, he can't hide behind the, it's up to the other side to comment, defense. Sestak is alleging someone in the Obama administration committed a felony. He needs to come clean.
The first is that if indeed this offer was made by one or more members of the Obama administration, it was corruption, a felony. The second is that it was Joe Sestak's legal obligation as an American, and more importantly his duty as a retired Admiral, to report it to the authorities as soon as it happened.
The third observation -- and most important -- is that Joe Sestak did no such thing.
Sestak is making a big deal about his integrity in answering questions about the offer honestly. If he truly believes that, he can't hide behind the, it's up to the other side to comment, defense. Sestak is alleging someone in the Obama administration committed a felony. He needs to come clean.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Massachusetts Mess Previews ObamaCare Woes
Mass. health meltdown is your future
The future of US medicine under ObamaCare is already on display in Massachusetts. The top four health insurers there just posted first-quarter losses of more than $150 million. Most of them blamed the state's decision to keep premiums at last year's levels for individual and small-business policies, when they'd proposed double-digit hikes to match the soaring costs they've seen under the state's universal-coverage law.
Public School Teachers Organize Against Tea Party
Is it a crime to use public funds in this manner?
A Minnesota teacher e-mailed the entire school district to organize a counter-protest against the local tea party rally planned for Thursday. The Post-Bulletin reported:
An e-mail sent out by a Rochester public school teacher calling on others to protest the Rochester Tea Party Patriots’ rally on Thursday is drawing sharp criticism from Tea Party members.
The e-mail was sent out to all teachers in the school district and states that “if you are interested in combating the lies and ignorance of the Tea Party movement” to meet for a counter-rally at 5:30 p.m. at Soldiers Field. The teacher who sent out the e-mail says he will have an air horn and some signs. Rochester Tea Party Patriot Chairwoman Cindy Maves contacted School Board Chairman Jim Pittenger to protest the teacher’s use of district e-mail for the political message.
“I am not surprised that there would be a counter-protest. I am just surprised they used the district e-mail,” Maves said.
As Gulf of Mexico oil disaster wears on, blame is finding its way to the White House
How much longer is the left wing media going to give Obama a pass.
Instead, he said, "the finger-pointer in chief" had been "ceding power to BP."
A little earlier, it was much the same sentiment from a very different source: Chris Matthews on MSNBC, suggesting that the Obama administration had been issuing hollow threats to the oil company.
"To this very minute the administration has been watching BP and saying, 'you better do this' ... or what?" Matthews said.
"Just plug it up and then we'll stop blame-gaming," Matthews promised, issuing a general appeal for help from the person or persons who, in the movie version of this disaster film, would ride to the rescue with a plan to seal the leaking well. "There must be some smart kid out there, or geologist," he said.
Obama clueless on oil spill
Listen to this.
This comes 34 days after the spill
COVINGTON, La. (AP) — The Obama administration's environmental chief dipped a small cup into the oily mess at the mouth of the Mississippi and was surprised by what came out.
"Oh my God — it's so thick!" exclaimed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson who toured delicate coastal wetlands that have been invaded by the black and orange crude.
This comes 34 days after the spill
Withering critique of Islamic misogyny in … “Sex and the City 2″?
Have liberals and feminists come to their senses?
I'm betting liberals will simply ignore it. How else will they square their love of Islam with Islams hate for women?
Soon, however, their Arab sojourn takes unexpected turns. First of all, Carrie encounters her old flame, Aidan (John Corbett), at the spice market, but even more importantly, she and her friends run up against the puritanical and misogynistic culture of the Middle East. The rather scathing portrayal of Muslim society no doubt will stir controversy, especially in a frothy summer entertainment, but there’s something bracing about the film’s saucy political incorrectness. Or is it politically correct? “SATC 2″ is at once proudly feminist and blatantly anti-Muslim, which means that it might confound liberal viewers.
I'm betting liberals will simply ignore it. How else will they square their love of Islam with Islams hate for women?
Britons’ Fears Turn to Doubts About Climate Change
You can't fool all the people all the time.
So it was the skeptics who convinced the public and not all the facts showing how the warmists had faked the data.
Nowhere has this shift in public opinion been more striking than in Britain, where climate change was until this year such a popular priority that in 2008 Parliament enshrined targets for emissions cuts as national law. But since then, the country has evolved into a home base for a thriving group of climate skeptics who have dominated news reports in recent months, apparently convincing many that the threat of warming is vastly exaggerated.
A survey in February by the BBC found that only 26 percent of Britons believed that “climate change is happening and is now established as largely manmade,” down from 41 percent in November 2009. A poll conducted for the German magazine Der Spiegel found that 42 percent of Germans feared global warming, down from 62 percent four years earlier.
So it was the skeptics who convinced the public and not all the facts showing how the warmists had faked the data.
Fees Coming for Firms Earning Income From Twitter
Not sure how this will affect bloggers.
Twitter isn’t just booting other ad networks out of its stream. It now plans to tax some start-ups and publishers that are making money from the service.
That’s a pretty significant change for the company, which has previously allowed anyone to do just about anything with its data, without asking for a cent.
But that’s over, based on the new terms of service the company released today. The relevant excerpt:
In cases where Twitter content is the basis (in whole or in part) of the advertising sale, we require you to compensate us (recoupable against any fees payable to Twitter for data licensing).
Congress rebukes FCC on Net neutrality rules
Stopping more Obama power grab.
The Federal Communications Commission's plan to impose Net neutrality regulations just became much more difficult to pull off.
A bipartisan group of politicians on Monday told FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, in no uncertain terms, to abandon his plans to impose controversial new rules on broadband providers until the U.S. Congress changes the law.
Seventy-four House Democrats sent Genachowski, an Obama appointee and fellow Democrat, a letter saying his ideas will "jeopardize jobs" and "should not be done without additional direction from Congress."
A separate letter from 37 Senate Republicans, also sent Monday, was more pointed. It accused Genachowski of pushing "heavy-handed 19th century regulations" that are "inconceivable" as well as illegal.
Beware Beach Babes Bearing Viruses on Facebook
Be warned.
Thousands of Facebook users are being suckered by a virus masquerading as a slideshow of beach babes, reports security software firm Sophos.
The malware comes from a post on user's walls that advertises a video of "Distracting Beach Babes," and includes a picture of a young woman in a bikini. And clicking on the video link takes you to a rogue Facebook application, warns the security firm, which will display a bogus message leading you to download adware to your computer.
Meanwhile, the application has just forwarded the video in your name to all of your Facebook pals.
Smartphones to be used as hotel room keys
What could go wrong?
The technology, to be trialled at two hotels next month, would mean that guests could choose to avoid the hassle of checking in at the front desk.
Instead, they would download an application to their mobile device that would enable them to open their door simply by holding their phone to a sensor.
The Next Bailout: $165B for Unions
Obama buying votes with our money.
A Democratic senator is introducing legislation for a bailout of troubled union pension funds. If passed, the bill could put another $165 billion in liabilities on the shoulders of American taxpayers.
The bill, which would put the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation behind struggling pensions for union workers, is being introduced by Senator Bob Casey, (D-Pa.), who says it will save jobs and help people.
Report: Healthcare law tax credits encourage small businesses to stay small, not hire
Great, just great.
A study by the National Center for Policy Analysis shows that tax credits in the new healthcare law could negatively impact small-business hiring decisions.
The new law provides a 50 percent tax credit to companies offering health coverage that have fewer than 10 workers who, on average, earn $25,000 a year. The tax credit is reduced as more employees are added to the payroll.
Libtalker Pleads With Obama To Take Action On Oil Spill
It took them 30 days to say anything. They went after Bush in 30 minutes.
America will pay a huge cost for the silence from the left. Obama's election is showing the world that the left really are a bunch of empty suits.
The real question: why the left waited 30 days to challenge the White House on its chronic laziness when it's clear Bush wouldn't have been given 30 minutes before being subjected to a full-scale partisan attack. Is protecting Obama really worth the cost?
America will pay a huge cost for the silence from the left. Obama's election is showing the world that the left really are a bunch of empty suits.
Monday, May 24, 2010
This will knock your socks off! Look at the DATE and who signed it
She was before it before she was against it.
Date: March 11, 2008
"[r]eal solutions to fix our broken borders cannot wait that long. Human and drug smuggling rings continue to thrive in Arizona, crossing our border and using our cities as major hubs to transport crosser throughout the country. While we wait for real progress on the "virtual fence," border communities in Arizona will continue to be strained by the millions of dollars in costs they must absorb due to the state of border security."
....
Yours very truly,
Janet Napolitano
Governor
Obama White House probe of Obama White House finds no Obama White House impropriety on Sestak
But of course.
The way modern American politics operates, it is now no longer in Sestak's interests to fight with Obama. And Obama's call was an implicit peace offering designed to keep him quiet, if not happy.
Because it sure isn't in the interests of a president who promised to change the way Washington works to have a smoldering quid pro quo Navy-gate scandal traced back to a smoke-filled Oval Office.
Hence, Gibbs' artful dodge, in the hopes that this week the rest of the media will drop this line of questioning as quickly as Schieffer did.
Sestak Repeats Job Offer Allegation, Issa Seeks Details of Alleged 'Bribe'
Can you say cover up?
A top-ranking Republican over the weekend accused the White House of handing a "bribe" to Rep. Joe Sestak, as the Pennsylvania congressman held firm to his claim that the Obama administration offered him a job to sit out the Senate primary race against Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is threatening to file an ethics complaint if Sestak doesn't provide more details about the alleged job offer, including the name of the person who offered it.
Sestak repeatedly dodged questions about the incident in an interview Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press," but was willing to repeat the allegation.
"I was offered a job. I answered that," he said.
Remember Obama's emergency Gulf Oil 'SWAT' team inspections?
What did they find?
Actually, what they found on the 29 rigs was a single violation on one rig and three violations on another. That's it. None of the four violations was serious, though one involved flammable materials left in a safe welding area. The other violations included a testing procedure flaw, an uncovered six-inch by 12-inch hole, and expired eyewash bottles in a first aid kit.
Anybody want to guess why these results have gotten no coverage? At a time when lots of people naturally wonder how safe are the rest of the drilling rigs in the Gulf, wouldn't it be useful to know the results of those emergency SWAT team investigations? You can read the full report of the inspections here.
South Korea: North 'Will Pay' for Torpedo Attack
No, they won't.
If this weren't so serious, I'd be rolling on the floor laughing. Obama won't do anything either. Instead, he sent Hillary to China to beg for help. How pathetic is that? This is why North Korea sank the South Korean boat. The North knows it can do whatever it wants, including sinking another country's warship and murdering 47 innocent people.
This breeds the greater danger of emboldening other rouge states.
President Lee Myung-bak vowed to take Pyongyang to the U.N. Security Council for punishment over the March 26 sinking of the warship, suspend inter-Korean exchanges and ban North Korean ships from passing through its waters.
If this weren't so serious, I'd be rolling on the floor laughing. Obama won't do anything either. Instead, he sent Hillary to China to beg for help. How pathetic is that? This is why North Korea sank the South Korean boat. The North knows it can do whatever it wants, including sinking another country's warship and murdering 47 innocent people.
This breeds the greater danger of emboldening other rouge states.
So, Mr. President, how's that Guantanamo closing promise coming along?
Like all of Obama's promises, not so good.
Back to Guantanamo: The controversial alternate plan was to transfer these bad guys onto the U.S. mainland and put them in another prison facility that just happened to be in the president's adopted home state of Illinois and would cost $350 million from somewhere to fix it up while abandoning the still functional though unpopular-abroad Guantanamo prison.
This week the Armed Services Committee, which is controlled by Democrats who overwhelmingly control the House of Representatives, voted to prohibit such a detention facility within the United States.
Finally, some bipartisanship. The vote to prohibit was unanimous.
Other than that, President Obama's promise to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility by the end of 2009 is moving along swimmingly.
This Stuff Is Not Supposed to Happen in America
Obama sends his goons to intimidate a private citizen.
In Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe or Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela or in Thailand or in former Eastern Bloc countries it would not be unheard of for union goons to show up on a man’s doorstep to intimidate the man into submitting to the thugocracy’s will. It is not supposed to happen here.
A couple of weeks ago, Barack Obama told Wall Street that he, personally *he*, was all that stood between them and pitchforks. Well, Obama’s SEIU buddies decided to break out the pitchforks.
500 SEIU goons showed up on the front porch of a house belonging to a Bank of America Executive. The man’s 14 year old son was home alone and, fearing for his life, barricaded himself into a bathroom.
The New International Order
or how Obama is selling out America.
It is precisely this bankrupt system that Obama has set out to emulate with his giant public health care, cap and trade and immigration “reform” programs. Having imitated Europe at home, his new international order appears to emulate it abroad. The ends of his security policy — environmentalism, development and humanitarian assistance — as well as the means — diplomacy and multilateralism — are strikingly European. What the President left out of the speech was a description of how the West, once it has collectively purged itself of hard power, will can wield soft power effectively. It is like one of those scenes in a movie where two men in a shack, watching the bandidos approach with murderous intent, prepare their defense.
“Slim,” said one, “hand me the gun.”
“Curtis, I thought you brought the gun.”
“Now what did you forget a thing like that for?”
If the welfare state was predicated on Other People’s Money (OPM), internationally it depended on Other People’s Security (OPS) for its existence. Now that it has finally run out of OPM it might want to notice that it may also run out of OPS.
Must-Read Of the Day: The Times Discovers That European Socialism Sucks
Sadly, this is just what Obama, Pelosi and Reid have planned for America.
There are many reasons but here is a big one:
In reality, they never could afford it, they were just deluding themselves.
There are many reasons but here is a big one:
According to the European Commission, by 2050 the percentage of Europeans older than 65 will nearly double. In the 1950s there were seven workers for every retiree in advanced economies. By 2050, the ratio in the European Union will drop to 1.3 to 1.
“The easy days are over for countries like Greece, Portugal and Spain, but for us, too,” said Laurent Cohen-Tanugi, a French lawyer who did a study of Europe in the global economy for the French government. “A lot of Europeans would not like the issue cast in these terms, but that is the storm we’re facing. We can no longer afford the old social model, and there is a real need for structural reform.”
In reality, they never could afford it, they were just deluding themselves.
Feds step up role in battle against oil leak
Why wasn't Obama leading from the start?
Frustration with the pace of recovery from the Deepwater Horizon disaster spiked Sunday as oil continued washing into sensitive marshlands and the schedule for the next attempt at stopping the spill slipped to midweek.
“We are 33 days into this effort and deadline after deadline has been missed,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said in front of BP's U.S. headquarters in Houston on Sunday.
He said he had no doubt the company was “throwing everything at the problem to try and resolve it,” but added:
“Do I have confidence they know exactly what they're doing? No, not completely.”
Federal officials have been part of the spill response and well-capping efforts from its earliest days, but the pace of involvement is stepping up.
America's new culture war: Free enterprise vs. government control
America's fate hangs in the balance.
It will if Obama, Pelosi and Reid have their way. It's up to you America, do you want freedom of slavery under the Democrats?
This is not the culture war of the 1990s. It is not a fight over guns, gays or abortion. Those old battles have been eclipsed by a new struggle between two competing visions of the country's future. In one, America will continue to be an exceptional nation organized around the principles of free enterprise -- limited government, a reliance on entrepreneurship and rewards determined by market forces. In the other, America will move toward European-style statism grounded in expanding bureaucracies, a managed economy and large-scale income redistribution. These visions are not reconcilable. We must choose.
It is not at all clear which side will prevail. The forces of big government are entrenched and enjoy the full arsenal of the administration's money and influence. Our leaders in Washington, aided by the unprecedented economic crisis of recent years and the panic it induced, have seized the moment to introduce breathtaking expansions of state power in huge swaths of the economy, from the health-care takeover to the financial regulatory bill that the Senate approved Thursday. If these forces continue to prevail, America will cease to be a free enterprise nation.
It will if Obama, Pelosi and Reid have their way. It's up to you America, do you want freedom of slavery under the Democrats?
Still Waiting For Keith Olbermann To Condemn Obama’s Assassination Program
You'll have a long time to wait.
Ah but you see, it was never about the rights of American citizens, it was about playing politics with our security in order to oust Bush and the Republicans. Those on the left need to wake up to the fact that the Democrats are all about power and they'll will do anything to get it and keep it - including murdering American citizens without a trial.
Over to you Olby.
What’s most striking to me about all of this is that — as I noted yesterday (and as Olbermann stressed) — George Bush’s decision merely to eavesdrop on American citizens without oversight, or to detain without due process Americans such as Jose Padilla and Yaser Hamdi, provoked years of vehement, vocal and intense complaints from Democrats and progressives. All of that was disparaged as Bush claiming the powers of a King, a vicious attack on the Constitution, a violation of Our Values, the trampling on the Rule of Law. Yet here you have Barack Obama not merely eavesdropping on or detaining Americans without oversight, but ordering them killed with no oversight and no due process of any kind. And the reaction among leading Democrats and progressives is largely non-existent, which is why Olbermann’s extensive coverage of it is important. Just imagine what the reaction would have been among progressive editorial pages, liberal opinion-makers and Democratic politicians if this story had been about George Bush and Dick Cheney targeting American citizens for due-process-free and oversight-less CIA assassinations.
Ah but you see, it was never about the rights of American citizens, it was about playing politics with our security in order to oust Bush and the Republicans. Those on the left need to wake up to the fact that the Democrats are all about power and they'll will do anything to get it and keep it - including murdering American citizens without a trial.
Over to you Olby.
Senators: Administration keeps Congress in dark on intel - Washington Times
If Bush had done this...
The country is in the best of hands.
The Obama administration has failed to keep congressional intelligence officials in the loop on the investigation into the botched Times Square bombing, as required by law, the top Democrat and Republican on the Senate intelligence committee charged in a letter this week.
"Having to fight over access to counterterrorism information is not productive and ultimately makes us less secure," wrote Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein and Vice Chairman Christopher S. "Kit" Bond in a letter to President Obama on Thursday.
The country is in the best of hands.
Sestak confirms WH job offer to get out of Senate race
Notice how silent the lame stream media is on this scandal.
Yet Sestak confirmed to NBC's David Gregory that the incident did take place.
"I was offered a job, and I answered that," Sestak said. "Anything that goes beyond that is for others to talk about."
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Republican Djou wins special election for Congress
First Republican in 20 years.
Can't wait to see how the Democrats spin this.
Republican Charles Djou emerged victorious tonight in the special election to fill Hawaii's vacancy in Congress, giving Hawaii its first GOP member of Congress in 20 years.
Can't wait to see how the Democrats spin this.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Obama wins right to hold detainees indefinately
Yep, you read that correctly - Obama and not Bush.
Where is the ACLU? Where is Amnesty International? Where's the anti war crowd? Where are all those thousands of protesters who called Bush, Hitler? Now the world can see what we knew all along; the left are a bunch of lying hypocrites. The left care nothing for their so called "victims". Where are you know you f***ing cowards?!
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court ruled Friday that three men who had been detained by the United States military for years without trial in Afghanistan had no recourse to American courts. The decision was a broad victory for the Obama administration in its efforts to hold terrorism suspects overseas for indefinite periods without judicial oversight.
Where is the ACLU? Where is Amnesty International? Where's the anti war crowd? Where are all those thousands of protesters who called Bush, Hitler? Now the world can see what we knew all along; the left are a bunch of lying hypocrites. The left care nothing for their so called "victims". Where are you know you f***ing cowards?!
Friday, May 21, 2010
Let’s adopt Mexico’s ‘fair’ and ‘respectful’ immigration policy
I'd love to see a state do that. It would drive the left nuts. What could they say then? If they call the law racist they would be calling Mexico racist.
National Enquirer: Edwards hopes for plea deal to avoid prison
If Sandy Berger can go free after stuffing highly classified documents down his pants, Edwards will walk.
Two-time presidential candidate John Edwards is hoping to work out a plea deal in a federal investigation involving possible misuse of campaign funds, the National Enquirer reported. Edwards, whose political action committee paid more than $100,000 to his mistress' company, is being investigated by the feds for possible improper use of campaign money.
As Sestak Repeats Charge of Job Offer, White House Still Ducks Detailed Answer
Don't expect many in the media to follow up on this.
Sanchez asked, “There is even a lot of talk that you were offered a job as secretary of the Navy. Let me stop there. Did the president of the United States, did the White House approach you and offer you the secretary of the Navy position?”
“I was asked the question about two months ago about something that happened last July. No one ever had asked me the question, ‘Did someone offer you something to get out?’ I answered it honestly, yes,” Sestak said.
Ariz. Governor to Obama, Napolitano: 'Do Your Job!'
That's not likely to happen.
I'd like to see her sue Obama for not doing his job. That would be great.
BREWER: They haven't, Greta. It is really frustrating. We are on the battlefield getting the impact of all this illegal immigration and all the crime that comes with it.
No one -- I have repeatedly sent letters to the administration and to the president of the United States with absolutely no response. I'm hopeful when I'm in Washington, D.C. in about a week I will be able to at least touch base with the secretary of Homeland Security and the president of the United States.
We need help. They need to do their job. They need to step up and secure our borders!
I'd like to see her sue Obama for not doing his job. That would be great.
WARNING: Facebook Clickjacking Attack Spreading Through News Feed
These people never give up.
They will be back.
Update: the domain from which the attack originates, fbhole.com, is now offline, which means the attack is over.
A new malware attack is spreading via Facebook’s news feed, according to reports from users on Twitter.
The attack consists of a message starting with the phrase “try not to laugh xD,” followed by this link: “http://www.fbhole.com/omg/allow.php?s=a&r=72306″ (don’t open it).
They will be back.
As SEIU Terrorizes Bank Employee’s Son, HuffPo and MediaMatters Omit Deadbeat Union’s $90 Million Debt
Time to fight back.
Time to fight back Andrew. Get 28 buses with 1,000 protesters and protest on the porch of the SEIU president and see how she likes it.
Of all of the responses, not a single one of the posts actually addresses any of the issues. None will account for the fact that the protesters were on the private property of a private citizen, though Vandeventer tries to rationalize their actions as acceptable because the police supposedly followed the crowd to the location. Then, he paints the picture that Baer is lurking in the crowd trying to blend in; rather, the man was trying to get to his front door without creating a scene so that he could get to his frightened son inside as quickly as possible.
Perhaps the most important piece of information of all that was left out of the posts from SEIU, the Huffington Post, and Media Matters is the fact that Bank of America is one of SEIU’s major creditors.
Time to fight back Andrew. Get 28 buses with 1,000 protesters and protest on the porch of the SEIU president and see how she likes it.
Obama is "Rudderless"
More like clueless Richard.
Oh, it's coming and big time. There will be another 9/11 and it will be Obama's fault.
Maybe Sullivan has a better grasp of the President’s hidden thoughts, but the situation he described would be outwardly indistinguishable from Hoekstra’s claim that “the Obama admnistration’s national security apparatus is broken, dysfunction and in disarray”. Maybe it’s not true, maybe it’s just Hoekstra’s political posturing, but it’s not entirely implausible that he’s right and the Obama administration has simply lost it. That in place of rational strategies there are only competing political agendas that have advanced, with a mad and narrow rationality to a kind the grotesque success exemplified by the increase in drone attacks to compensate for the closure of Guantanamo. ‘We killed them so that we would not be accused of violating their human rights’. If so the next few months promise to be even more exciting than the last, but not in a way that inspires optimism. There are a lot of smoldering fires lit everywhere and the potential for a cascading crisis is manifestly present.
Oh, it's coming and big time. There will be another 9/11 and it will be Obama's fault.
First Amendment - Veronique de Rugy
Sad to see Facebook become cowards and not stand up for the First Amendment.
Her incredible life is an inspiring example of courage and commitment to free speech. I wish I had that type of courage, and I'm grateful that I've never had to live in a place where one could be put to death for one's beliefs.
For more on this topic, you can read the very thoughtful posts of Reason’s Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch here and here.
Facing a Rift, U.S. Spy Chief to Step Down
Is there anything Obama hasn't screwed up?
How many more Obama epic fails will we endure before Al Qaeda makes a major hit?
WASHINGTON — Dennis C. Blair, whose often tumultuous tenure as director of national intelligence was marked by frequent clashes with White House officials and other spy chiefs in America’s still fractured intelligence apparatus, announced Thursday that he was resigning.
How many more Obama epic fails will we endure before Al Qaeda makes a major hit?
Congress about to limit political speech of bloggers?
Free speech isn't for the little guy it would seem.
The same sloppy legislative writing that created so many unintended consequences in ObamaCare also plagues the DISCLOSE Act, the effort in Congress to tighten spending rules in the wake of the Citizens United decision — and that’s the generous take on the situation. Reason’s Bradley Smith and Jeff Patch warn that the perhaps-unintended consequences of legislative language will allow the FEC to regulate political speech online. The fact that media entities like the New York Times have specific exemptions built into the bill makes the intent, or lack thereof, rather murky:
The Real Blumenthal Scandal Is the Media
If a Republican had lied about serving in Vietnam...
In the wake of revelations by the New York Times that Connecticut attorney general Richard Blumenthal lied about serving in Vietnam, the Beltway media has already gone into its protective crouch:
Multiculturalism Reaches Its Dead End
Britain needs to learn this lesson.
And what exactly is it that keeps a nation together? Conservatives like me argue that it is shared history, values, and language – the things multiculturalists resent and oppose.
No matter, I think we’ve turned an important corner.
Americans were outraged when they recently saw thousands of leftists, anarchists, and supporters of illegal immigrants marching to demand unconditional citizenship for those who’ve broken the law in Arizona and other places.
And all across the country, folks carefully watched events unfold in California, where five high school students were sent home on Cinco de Mayo for wearing “incendiary” red, white, and blue T-shirts.
Americans may be confused about a lot of things — but they’re clear on one thing. Damn it, if you make the journey to America there’s one thing you’d better be prepared to accept … the notion of E pluribus unum: out of many, one.
If not, don’t let the door hit ‘cha on the way out.
The New Free Speech Movement
and why it's important.
This is not an argument over the right to be “provocative” or “offensive”; rather, it is something much more significant — an argument over who gets to determine what counts as provocative or offensive in the first place. The Western world dragged itself out of the church-dominated Dark Ages and into the Enlightenment in part over this precise issue: the freedom to engage in speech and actions which formerly had been classified as the crime known as “blasphemy.” It seems such a trivial and quaint issue in retrospect, and hardly worthy of note from our hyper-secularized 21st-century perspective, but tell that to the millions of people who for centuries lived under the yoke of governments which used accusations of blasphemy and other religious misbehaviors as a primary tool of tyranny and oppression. The modern world dawned with the American and French Revolutions and the emergence of the explicitly secular state — the Americans rejecting the Church of England as Britain’s legally enforced national religion, and the French shrugging off centuries of acquiescence to domination by the Catholic Church in civil affairs. In both cases, new governmental paradigms were established in which there was an inviolable separation of church and state, which in practice meant no civil laws enforcing religious doctrines and (most importantly for our discussion) no laws against blasphemy.
The Ghosts of Martyrs Square: An Eyewitness Account of Lebanon's Life Struggle
Michael Young's new book is out.
Lebanon was once the outstanding example of an (almost) democratic society in an inhospitable, dangerous region—a laboratory both for modernity and violence, as a Lebanese intellectual who was later assassinated once put it.Young relates the growing tension between a domineering Syria and a Lebanese opposition in which charismatic leader and politician Rafiq al-Hariri was assassinated and the Independence Intifada—the Cedar Revolution—broke out. His searing account of his country’s confrontation with its domestic and regional demons is one of hope found and possibly lost. In this stunning narrative, Young tells us what might have been his country’s history, and what it may yet be.
The New Term for the War on Terror
Doesn't include jihad, Islam or Muslim.
Ok, so what brilliant mind came up with that politically correct term?
So how did that work out for you Blair? Dennis Blair resigns as Obama's intelligence chief
Do tell. The country is in the best of hands.
If you blinked, you might have missed it. The Obama administration has unofficially rebranded "war on terror" phrase that dominated public discourse throughout the Bush administration. The replacement phrase, carefully chosen, is "CVE" -- Countering Violent Extremism.
Ok, so what brilliant mind came up with that politically correct term?
The phrase first appears to have been used in public by the director of national intelligence, Adm. Dennis Blair (Ret.), and its utterance was picked up by Newsweek.
So how did that work out for you Blair? Dennis Blair resigns as Obama's intelligence chief
US President Barack Obama's national intelligence director has resigned after a 16-month tenure marked by a series of security failures.
Do tell. The country is in the best of hands.
Can we really not send terrorist suspects home?
Nope, it's against their human rights. Never mind your human right to life.
Many readers of this newspaper must have looked at yesterday's front page and scratched their heads in bewilderment. There was Nick Clegg asking people to nominate the laws they would like to see repealed and right next door was a story that said we were unable to deport two suspected al-Qaeda terrorists because we were bound by human-rights legislation.
The Fruits of Obama's Weakness
Never in our history has a President ruined America so quickly.
It will take decades to undo all the damage Obama has done.
That picture -- a defiant, triumphant take-that-Uncle-Sam -- is a crushing verdict on the Obama foreign policy. It demonstrates how rising powers, traditional American allies, having watched this administration in action, have decided that there's no cost in lining up with America's enemies and no profit in lining up with a U.S. president given to apologies and appeasement.
They've watched President Obama's humiliating attempts to appease Iran, as every rejected overture is met with abjectly renewed U.S. negotiating offers. American acquiescence reached such a point that the president was late, hesitant and flaccid in expressing even rhetorical support for democracy demonstrators who were being brutally suppressed and whose call for regime change offered the potential for the most significant U.S. strategic advance in the region in 30 years.
It will take decades to undo all the damage Obama has done.
Facebook may remove contentious page in Pakistan
They are cowards if they do.
Well then, what about the "rights and feelings" of those who believe in freedom of speech to "express their views"? This is bullshit. It's always us who are supposed to give in to Muslims. Their "rights" and their "feelings" always come before ours. Why?
By giving in, Facebook is making things worse. The idea of draw Muhammad day, was so we could freely express our views and show Muslims we stand up for our rights.
This bullshit too: "Depictions of Prophet Mohammed is strictly restricted under Islam religion and us considered as blasphemous by Muslims around the world."
No it is not. History is replete with Muslim depictions of Mohammaed. The Danish cartoons that sparked all this had extra and more outlandish cartoons added to them - by Muslims. Further, these same cartoons were published in an Egyptian newspaper first!
"We want Facebook to be a place where people can openly discuss issues and express their views, while respecting the rights and feelings of others," the spokesperson said.
The statement from Facebook came after Pakistan blocked access this popular social networking site following a court order over a competition created by a Face Book user who set up a page called "Draw Mohammed Day," inviting people to send in caricatures of the Muslim prophet on May 20.
Well then, what about the "rights and feelings" of those who believe in freedom of speech to "express their views"? This is bullshit. It's always us who are supposed to give in to Muslims. Their "rights" and their "feelings" always come before ours. Why?
By giving in, Facebook is making things worse. The idea of draw Muhammad day, was so we could freely express our views and show Muslims we stand up for our rights.
This bullshit too: "Depictions of Prophet Mohammed is strictly restricted under Islam religion and us considered as blasphemous by Muslims around the world."
No it is not. History is replete with Muslim depictions of Mohammaed. The Danish cartoons that sparked all this had extra and more outlandish cartoons added to them - by Muslims. Further, these same cartoons were published in an Egyptian newspaper first!
Rape suspect deported 4 times
Obama's first duty is to protect American citizens. He's failing badly.
EDMONDS, Wash. – The man accused of raping a woman behind an Edmonds grocery store has been deported at least four times in the past 15 years, reports KIRO Radio.
Rodent scurries by as Obama lauds Wall Street vote
The rats are abandoning Obama's sinking ship - literally!
In related news, Dennis Blair resigns as Obama's intelligence chief
WASHINGTON – In his battle with the titans of Wall Street, President Barack Obama almost got upstaged by a rat.
But he didn't even seem to notice. Assuming that's what it was, scurrying in front of his podium Thursday in a sun-drenched Rose Garden.
Obama had just begun an afternoon statement to reporters lauding the end of a Senate filibuster on his financial overhaul plan when some kind of rodent — opinions differ on which — dashed out of the bushes to his right, just outside the Oval Office.
In related news, Dennis Blair resigns as Obama's intelligence chief
How America can fight the SEIU
Remember the other day when Obama's SEIU thugs protested at a lawyer's house? Five hundred showed up in 14 buses and terrorized the man's son in his own home. So, here's a plan to fight back.
Let's take 28 buses and 1,000 protesters and protest on the pourch of the SEIU's president and see how she likes it.
Obama said get in their faces and puch back twice as hard. Let's take his advice this time.
Let's take 28 buses and 1,000 protesters and protest on the pourch of the SEIU's president and see how she likes it.
Obama said get in their faces and puch back twice as hard. Let's take his advice this time.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Health care small biz tax cut elusive
Obama lied.
Is this how it's suppose to work?
Lost in the fine print: The credit drops off sharply once a company gets above 10 workers and $25,000 average annual wages.
To get the most out of the new federal credit, Hoffman said he’d have to cut his work force to 10 employees and slash their wages.
Is this how it's suppose to work?
Jobless claims rise by largest amount in 3 months
So much for Obama's stimulus plan.
New claims for US unemployment benefits have risen for the first time in five weeks, official data showed Thursday.
The Labor Department said initial jobless claims totaled 471,000 in the week ending May 15, up 25,000 or 5.6 percent from the prior week's revised figure of 446,000.
Is the left finally reckoning with Rush?
Hey, Limbaugh gets some respect from the left.
With Democrats controlling Congress, Mr. Limbaugh saw that there was no way to stop the president's agenda. He dismissed the moderates' notion that compromising with the president would make Republicans look good to independents. Instead he decreed that the Republicans must become the party of no, and force Democratic candidates - especially centrists - to go into 2010 with sole responsibility for the Obama program and the state of the economy. And that is what has happened.
Manga in Scotland
Seems Manga, (see here if you're not familiar with this art form) crosses many cultural boundries. My son, who is American by birth but has dual British citizenship due to his mother, is a great fan of the art and wants a career in the field. Living in a small town in Scotland makes this a challenging career choice. But thanks to the Internet there are many ways to get your art out to the public.
Here is one website where he posts some of his art under the name of Ray Kanen. Followers of Manga, Manga videos and games will no doubt know who that is. I do not, but heh, I'm old. Or so he tells me.
Anyway, he, and I, would appreciate a visit and any comments you would care to leave. Here's a direct link to his gallery.
Here is one website where he posts some of his art under the name of Ray Kanen. Followers of Manga, Manga videos and games will no doubt know who that is. I do not, but heh, I'm old. Or so he tells me.
Anyway, he, and I, would appreciate a visit and any comments you would care to leave. Here's a direct link to his gallery.
Only morons, cheats and liars still believe in Man-Made Global Warming
Sounds about right.
“Scepticism implies doubts about a plausible proposition,” he said. “Current global warming alarmism hardly represents a plausible proposition.” Not least, he pointed out, because the various activist scientists, greenies and government institutions pushing AGW theory have failed to “improve their case over 20 years.” So paper thin are the AGW movement’s arguments that pretty much the only defences left to them are desperate techniques like the appeal to authority (“the Royal Society believes in AGW and the Royal Society is, like, really old and distinguished, so AGW must be true”) and cheap slurs.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
AP: Obama Doesn’t Seem To Help Dems
Obama is 0-4!
It's not a case of "despite" so much as a case of because.
Obama endorsements don’t seem to help Democrats
By Charles Babington, Associated Press Writer Wed May 19, 2010
WASHINGTON – The role of endorser in chief isn’t working so well for President Barack Obama.
Sen. Arlen Specter became the fourth Democrat in seven months to lose a high-profile race despite the president’s active involvement, raising doubts about Obama’s ability to help fellow Democrats in this November’s elections.
The first three candidates fell to Republicans. But Specter’s loss Tuesday to Rep. Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania’s Democratic senatorial primary cast doubts on Obama’s influence and popularity even within his own party — and in a battleground state, no less.
It's not a case of "despite" so much as a case of because.
Fans asked to remove pro-Arizona immigration law shirts during NBA game
But someone finally came to their senses.
Two fans at a Phoenix Suns basketball game were ejected from their first row seats and removed from the arena last week after refusing orders from security guards to take off their shirts in support of Arizona’s recently passed law against illegal immigration.
One of the fans, businessman Jim Clark, said he and a friend, who were wearing orange shirts that read “Viva Los 1070,” eventually were allowed to return to their seats during last Wednesday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs after speaking with a security director.
DOJ Voting Rights attorney J. Christian Adams resigns over New Black Panthers scandal
I've never see the wheels come off a bus as fast as Obama's.
A trial attorney with the Department of Justice’s Voting Rights Section named J. Christian Adams has resigned! The reason? Adams cites concerns about the government’s refusal to prosecute a case involving voter intimidation by the New Black Panther Party during the Presidential election in 2008 in Philadelphia. A letter of resignation obtained by The Washington Examiner from a former Justice Department employee makes clear DOJ has refused to allow attorneys in the Voting Rights Section to testify before the congressionally-chartered bipartisan U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, despite subpoenas that could result in their being held in contempt. In his letter of resignation, J. Christian Adams said:
What Will Health Care Reform Do to Medical Billing?
With the addition of over 30 million new patients one thing is for sure, the medical billing profession is set to explode.
That's putting it mildly! Some companies are planning on doubling their capacity to cope.
This is a golden opportunity for you to start your own Medical Billing small business from home. Someone has to process all these bills and it might as well be you. Don't have any experience? Don't worry, here's what you get:
This is a great opportunity to start your own small business. This is just one of 10 new small businesses you start now!
Now that the Health Care Reform bill has passed, it is time to stop debating it and start figuring out exactly how it is going to work and who will be affected by it. As a professional billing and coding company, MD Alliance Billing is obviously concerned about what the upcoming changes will mean for the medical billing and coding business. At the outset it would appear like the need for billing and coding professionals is going to increase because of the increased numbers of people who will be submitting claims to insurance as well as expanded Medicare and Medicaid coverage.
That's putting it mildly! Some companies are planning on doubling their capacity to cope.
According to Nitin Thakor, President and Chief Executive Officer, GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, “Obama's recent Healthcare reform plan will expand Insurance coverage to 32 million Americans who are currently uninsured. The entire population of the US is 300 million so this is a huge increase in the number of covered patients. This will significantly increase the amount of medical billing work that needs to be done and our new center will allow us to capitalize on this growth.
This is a golden opportunity for you to start your own Medical Billing small business from home. Someone has to process all these bills and it might as well be you. Don't have any experience? Don't worry, here's what you get:
1) First you'll learn what medical billing is,
2) How it's done professionally in an office and from a home based environment,
3) You'll learn how to break down of all the business start up steps and their costs,
4) You'll combined what you've learned with the wisdom/experiences of successful medical billers and,
5) Lastly you'll learn with the use of printable medical billing contracts, MB business agreements, fee and payment structures, marketing fliers, face-to-face and phone interview scripts, and other forms you must become familiar with so you can achieve results quickly!
This is a great opportunity to start your own small business. This is just one of 10 new small businesses you start now!
New drug reverses even 'untreatable' cancers
Faster please.
Reovirus, which lives in human respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts without causing any symptoms, can help magnify the effects of radiotherapy in treating even the most advanced cancers, laboratory tests have shown.
Tumours shrank or stopped growing in every patient who underwent radiotherapy coupled with a new drug, Reolysin, which contains particles of reovirus.
Nick Clegg: tell us the laws that you want scrapped
Looks like Britain beat America to a teaparty government. A government of the people, by the people and for the people.
Let's reestablish Britain's right to deport terrorists.
In an attempt to protect freedom of speech, ministers will review libel laws, while limits on peaceful protest will be removed.
Mr Clegg said the Government wanted to establish “a fundamental resettlement of the relationship between state and citizen that puts you in charge”.
In a speech in London he will say: “This Government is going to transform our politics so the state has far less control over you, and you have far more control over the state. This Government is going to break up concentrations of power and hand power back to people, because that is how we build a society that is fair.”
He will describe the plans as “the biggest shake-up of our democracy since 1832, when the Great Reform Act redrew the boundaries of British democracy, for the first time extending the franchise beyond the landed classes”.
Let's reestablish Britain's right to deport terrorists.
Climategate 2010: The Inconvenient Facts About Global Warming
Again this has nothing to do with saving the planet and everything to do with grabbing power.
The conference opened with a Sunday evening dinner at which Canadian statistical analyst Stephen McIntyre presented a meticulous history of the hugely influential “hockey stick” graph — which found an alarming rise of global temperatures since 1979 and led to the IPPC conclusion that AGW is causing a global crisis that requires drastic measures. McIntyre had begun publicly questioning the data several years ago, setting off an effort which ultimately led to the recent Climategate scandal, in which it was shown that the people behind the hockey stick graph knowingly altered the temperature record in a way that expanded a relatively common global temperature change into a shocking heat spike.
The scientists’ own words show them as phonying up temperature data “in order to trick you,” as McIntyre noted repeatedly in his presentation, quoting comedian Jon Stewart’s scathing mockery of the alarmists’ attempted evasions. McIntyre quoted extensively from the various parties that perpetrated this massive fraud, but he avoided using such emotionally charged words. Fellow keynote speaker Harrison Schmitt — a Ph.D. scientist and former NASA astronaut — by contrast, embraced the characterization of the Climategate events as a fraud, in response to audience comments in a lively Q&A session after McIntyre’s speech. The questioners strongly criticized McIntyre’s reticence and his argument supporting a central role for government in pressing a climate agenda.
Massachusetts Insurers Post Big Losses
Is this how it's suppose to work?
This is what Obama has given America.
When MassCare passed, it was supposed to lower the average cost of health care by getting relatively cheap young people into the system, and ending the inefficiencies of caring for the uninsured. Unfortunately, it hasn't quite worked out that way. The bill for the uninsured only dropped by about 40%; the young, cheap people turned out to almost all need subsidies, and worse, some of them figured out how to game the system by buying insurance, getting a bunch of expensive procedures, and then dropping the insurance again. There was a brief improvement in insurance prices for the individual market, because Massachusetts, with its community rating and guaranteed issue, had had a pretty sizable problem with adverse selection. But after a few years, insurance costs were still marching briskly upward, rates were among the highest in the country, and the system was putting heavy pressure on a budget that was already strained to the limit by the recession.
This is what Obama has given America.
AZ utility threatens to cut off power to LA over SB1070
Ooo, this is getting good.
Damn, that's good!
If an economic boycott is truly what you desire, I will be happy to encourage Arizona utilities to renegotiate your power agreements so Los Angeles no longer receives any power from Arizona-based generation. I am confident that Arizona’s utilities would be happy to take those electrons off your hands. If, however, you find that the City Council lacks the strength of its convictions to turn off the lights in Los Angeles and boycott Arizona power, please reconsider the wisdom of attempting to harm Arizona’s economy.
Damn, that's good!
Leaked Doc Proves Spain’s ‘Green’ Policies — the Basis for Obama’s — an Economic Disaster
It's not about saving the plantet, it's about grabbing power.
Most recently, U.S. senators have introduced the vehicle for replicating Spain’s unfolding economic meltdown here, in the form of the “American Power Act.” For reasons that are obvious upon scrutiny, it should instead be called the American Power Grab Act.
But today’s leaked document reveals that even the socialist Spanish government now acknowledges the ruinous effects of green economic policy.
Unsurprisingly for a governmental take on a flagship program, the report takes pains to minimize the extent of the economic harm. Yet despite the soft-pedaling, the document reveals exactly why electricity rates “necessarily skyrocketed” in Spain, as did the public debt needed to underwrite the disaster. This internal assessment preceded the Zapatero administration’s recent acknowledgement that the “green economy” stunt must be abandoned, lest the experiment risk Spain becoming Greece.
Al-Qaeda operative is security risk but cannot be deported, judge rules
because it would violate their human rights.
Cameron has got to stop this nonsense.
Two men who plotted to kill thousands of Britons in a terrorist atrocity cannot be deported because it would infringe their human rights, a court ruled yesterday.
Al Qaeda operative Abid Naseer and his accomplice Ahmad Faraz Khan were planning a 'mass casualty attack', probably against shoppers at the Arndale Centre in Manchester over the Easter holiday last year.
But judges said Naseer, 24, and 26-year-old Faraz Khan - who came to Britain as students - should not be sent back to Pakistan because of the risk they could be tortured.
The result is a major blow for Home Secretary Theresa May, who said she was ' disappointed' with the ruling and pledged to take 'all possible measures' to stop the men from returning to terror.
That is likely to mean they are placed on control orders dictating where they can live and restricting their movements.
Cameron has got to stop this nonsense.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Iraq Arrests Al-Qaeda Terrorist in Plot to Blow Up World Cup
I'm sure this isn't the only plot out there.
The 30-year-old suspect, Abdullah Azam Saleh al-Qahtani, 30, entered Iraq from Saudi Arabia in 2004 and was in charge of the terrorist network’s security in Baghdad. He was in contact with Al-Qaeda’s number two terrorist, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a plot to attack the World Cup, which begins June 11 and features a match between England and the United States the following day.
Al-Qaeda earlier this year threatened that hundreds of spectators at the soccer championship match would be killed.
Obama and the Dems ready to pass a union bailout bill attached to Afghanistan war funding – GOP balks
Democrats as usual playing politics with our troops.
House Democratic leaders are planning to take up the package funding President Barack Obama’s troop increase in Afghanistan after it passes the Senate. Senior Democrats in the upper chamber and the Obama administration are looking to attach to the war bill a $23 billion fund to help state and local governments stave off teacher layoffs.
House Republicans have strongly criticized the effort to tack on the education funding, suggesting that they could oppose a war-spending bill for the second year in a row. Some Republicans have called the education funding another “bailout” that will add to the country’s $13 trillion debt.
Arizona in Boycott Battle With Immigration Law Opponents
Buy from or visit Arizona.
Supporters of Arizona's controversial immigration law are trying to turn the tables on people calling for boycotts of their state, threatening to target opponents of the law with boycotts of their own.
A group called BUYcottArizona has launched a website calling on supporters not only to ignore the anti-Arizona rhetoric, but to make those cities leading the charge pay for their political opposition. The group names close to a dozen cities -- in addition to individual organizations -- that have backed boycotts on employee travel or future contracts with Arizona businesses, and it is calling on people to "boycott the boycotters."
Pittance of Time - great video for Memorial Day
Here's a great video to play on Memorial Day. It always brings a tear to my eye.
How to hide your tool bars and free up screen space
Here's a short video I put together to show you how to free up some screen space in your browser. This is heaven sent for laptop users. I'm always amazed when I show pople how to do it and they've never heard of it. F11 is your friend!
Scott Gottlieb: No, You Can't Keep Your Health Plan
Has Obama kept any of his promises? Oh yeah, to "fundamentally transform America" into a socialist state.
President Obama guaranteed Americans that after health reform became law they could keep their insurance plans and their doctors. It's clear that this promise cannot be kept. Insurers and physicians are already reshaping their businesses as a result of Mr. Obama's plan.
The health-reform law caps how much insurers can spend on expenses and take for profits. Starting next year, health plans will have a regulated "floor" on their medical-loss ratios, which is the amount of revenue they spend on medical claims. Insurers can only spend 20% of their premiums on running their plans if they offer policies directly to consumers or to small employers. The spending cap is 15% for policies sold to large employers.
Texas doctors fleeing Medicare in droves
Thanks Obama.
Texas doctors are opting out of Medicare at alarming rates, frustrated by reimbursement cuts they say make participation in government-funded care of seniors unaffordable.
Two years after a survey found nearly half of Texas doctors weren't taking some new Medicare patients, new data shows 100 to 200 a year are now ending all involvement with the program. Before 2007, the number of doctors opting out averaged less than a handful a year.
“This new data shows the Medicare system is beginning to implode,” said Dr. Susan Bailey, president of the Texas Medical Association. “If Congress doesn't fix Medicare soon, there'll be more and more doctors dropping out and Congress' promise to provide medical care to seniors will be broken.”
Anonymous Donors, Liberal Foundations and Labor Unions Fuel Renamed ACORN affiliates
Don't be fooled, these groups are not going away.
Remember that name, Affordable Housing Centers for America.
In fact, donors may find it easier to channel funds in the direction of liberal activists who describe themselves as community organizers now that the sullied name has been dropped, they suggest.
Shortly after ACORN’s leadership announced that it was dissolving on April 1, national and state affiliates repackaged themselves under generic sounding descriptions. ACORN Housing, for example, became known as the Affordable Housing Centers of America.
“Anyone who celebrates the demise of ACORN has celebrated prematurely because they are not going away,” Anita MonCrief, a former Project Vote/ACORN employee, said in an interview. “The network is repositioning itself so it can receive new donations.”
Remember that name, Affordable Housing Centers for America.
Rev. Wright: 'Obama Threw Me Under the Bus'
Awful crowded under that bus, eh Rev?
NEW YORK — The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, said in a letter obtained by The Associated Press that he is "toxic" to the Obama administration and that the president "threw me under the bus."
In his strongest language to date about the administration's 2-year-old rift with the Chicago pastor, Wright told a group raising money for African relief that his pleas to release frozen funds for use in earthquake-ravaged Haiti would likely be ignored.
"No one in the Obama administration will respond to me, listen to me, talk to me or read anything that I write to them. I am 'toxic' in terms of the Obama administration," Wright wrote the president of Africa 6000 International earlier this year.
"I am 'radioactive,' Sir. When Obama threw me under the bus, he threw me under the bus literally!" he wrote. "Any advice that I offer is going to be taken as something to be avoided. Please understand that!"
You Thought They Were In Bed Together — They Are In Bed Together
More reasons why Obama gets a pass from the media.
Read on.
Really, can it get any worse? Can once-proud media organizations sully themselves any more? Andrea “NBC News, Washington” Mitchell married to Alan Greenspan. Christiane Amanpour married to former Clinton Administration mouthpiece Jamie Rubin. Speaking of Clinton hacks, James Carville and Paul Begala, shacking up together at CNN. And now this. From Newsbusters:
Read on.
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