The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
The now-finished climate change summit in Copenhagen marks the "arrogance of man," former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said this weekend. ...
She's absolutely correct! We didn't create this world. To think that we somehow have any control over its natural cycles is the height of human hubris!
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Congressional Candidate Lieutenant Colonel Allen West
Absolutely amazing! This man is truly inspiring to listen to.
Shenanigans: Schumer has a flight to forget
ANNE SCHROEDER MULLINS | POLITICO CLICK
According to a House Republican aide who happened to be seated nearby, the notoriously chatty New York Democrat referred to a flight attendant as a “bitch” after she ordered him to turn off his phone before takeoff. ...
Typical arrogant, elitist, condescending, whollier-then-thou Democrat who thinks he's above the rules because he's a member of Congress. Problem is, the people of New York are too stupid to see that! I can't wait till the thinking portion of the country make he and others, like Pelosi, irrelevant next November!
According to a House Republican aide who happened to be seated nearby, the notoriously chatty New York Democrat referred to a flight attendant as a “bitch” after she ordered him to turn off his phone before takeoff. ...
Typical arrogant, elitist, condescending, whollier-then-thou Democrat who thinks he's above the rules because he's a member of Congress. Problem is, the people of New York are too stupid to see that! I can't wait till the thinking portion of the country make he and others, like Pelosi, irrelevant next November!
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Big Ten set to explore possibility of expansion
espn.com - Adam Rittenberg
The Big Ten Conference will explore the possibility of expansion in the next 12 to 18 months, according to a statement the league will release at 4 p.m. ET Tuesday. There will be no press conference to make the announcement. ...
If I had a pick for the 12th member, it'd be either Syracuse, Nebraska or Missouri.
Posted using ShareThis
The Big Ten Conference will explore the possibility of expansion in the next 12 to 18 months, according to a statement the league will release at 4 p.m. ET Tuesday. There will be no press conference to make the announcement. ...
If I had a pick for the 12th member, it'd be either Syracuse, Nebraska or Missouri.
Posted using ShareThis
Friday, December 11, 2009
Fast-Growing Christian Churches Crushed in China
International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News - FOXNews.com
Fast-Growing Christian Churches Crushed in China, Towering eight stories over wheat fields, the Golden Lamp Church was built to serve nearly 50,000 worshippers in the gritty heart of China's coal country. ...
My prayers go out to these people. I pray that God gives them strength to carry on and not lose faith. Christians in the US are facing bigotry, but nothing like they are elsewhere in the world. All you have to do is read Fox's Book of Martyrs and you can see what Christians have faced from the very beginning.
Posted using ShareThis
Fast-Growing Christian Churches Crushed in China, Towering eight stories over wheat fields, the Golden Lamp Church was built to serve nearly 50,000 worshippers in the gritty heart of China's coal country. ...
My prayers go out to these people. I pray that God gives them strength to carry on and not lose faith. Christians in the US are facing bigotry, but nothing like they are elsewhere in the world. All you have to do is read Fox's Book of Martyrs and you can see what Christians have faced from the very beginning.
Posted using ShareThis
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Capping Emissions, Trading On The Future - Forbes.com
The West's goals in Copenhagen are tantamount to suicide.
Whatever the results of the Copenhagen conference on climate change, one thing is for sure: Draconian reductions on carbon emissions will be tacitly accepted by the most developed economies and sloughed off by many developing ones. In essence, emerging economies get to cut their "carbon" intensity--a natural product of their economic evolution--while we get to cut our throats. ...
We are being sold a bill of goods by the likes of Al Gore, the "scientists" at East Anglia University, NASA and else where. Now upon finally being able to closely examine what we are being asked to buy we find out it's totally worthless and that Al Gore and his ilk are nothing more than modern day snake-oil salesmen. Yet, when we refuse to buy their garbage we are labeled "deniers" and called stupid for not wanting their crap. Well, thanks to a few thousand emails that were pilfered last week, we now know that they are the ones that deserve a moniker. So, hence forth, using their own methods, I label them WARMERS. A warmer being, one who tries to, knowingly, force the false premise of man-made global warming on others in an attempt to enrich themselves and enlarge their own power base for their own self-serving interests. Feel free to expand than definition. I know I didn't get the entire area encompassed.
Whatever the results of the Copenhagen conference on climate change, one thing is for sure: Draconian reductions on carbon emissions will be tacitly accepted by the most developed economies and sloughed off by many developing ones. In essence, emerging economies get to cut their "carbon" intensity--a natural product of their economic evolution--while we get to cut our throats. ...
We are being sold a bill of goods by the likes of Al Gore, the "scientists" at East Anglia University, NASA and else where. Now upon finally being able to closely examine what we are being asked to buy we find out it's totally worthless and that Al Gore and his ilk are nothing more than modern day snake-oil salesmen. Yet, when we refuse to buy their garbage we are labeled "deniers" and called stupid for not wanting their crap. Well, thanks to a few thousand emails that were pilfered last week, we now know that they are the ones that deserve a moniker. So, hence forth, using their own methods, I label them WARMERS. A warmer being, one who tries to, knowingly, force the false premise of man-made global warming on others in an attempt to enrich themselves and enlarge their own power base for their own self-serving interests. Feel free to expand than definition. I know I didn't get the entire area encompassed.
Rants - Autoextremist.com ~ the bare-knuckled, unvarnished, high octane truth...
Autoextremist.com - an Internet magazine devoted to news, commentary and analysis of the auto industry - a weekly
Some of my colleagues in the media have been quick to canonize Ed Whitacre, characterizing the new “interim” GM CEO as some sort of visionary for his latest management shake-up this week. And judging from what I’ve been reading, “Big Ed” seems to be getting a huge pat on the back for making the most rudimentary executive moves he could have possibly made - some of which are highly suspect, at best – and for using the words “accountability” and “responsibility” and phrases like “taking risks” as examples of GM’s new mantra. ...
GM needs a true "car guy" running the show. "Big Ed" has publicly stated he doesn't know anything about cars. That, to me, is astounding! Other than the fact that he's an Obamao disciple, and got the job due to Obamao's fascist take over of GM, why would anyone hire someone to run a company in which they have no experience?! It makes absolutely no sense what so ever. It would appear that this same inept line of thinking has now cost several thousand more people in the auto industry their jobs due to the failure of the deal for the Penske Group to take over Saturn. Well, maybe they can get the Chinese company that bought Hummer to save the deal.
Some of my colleagues in the media have been quick to canonize Ed Whitacre, characterizing the new “interim” GM CEO as some sort of visionary for his latest management shake-up this week. And judging from what I’ve been reading, “Big Ed” seems to be getting a huge pat on the back for making the most rudimentary executive moves he could have possibly made - some of which are highly suspect, at best – and for using the words “accountability” and “responsibility” and phrases like “taking risks” as examples of GM’s new mantra. ...
GM needs a true "car guy" running the show. "Big Ed" has publicly stated he doesn't know anything about cars. That, to me, is astounding! Other than the fact that he's an Obamao disciple, and got the job due to Obamao's fascist take over of GM, why would anyone hire someone to run a company in which they have no experience?! It makes absolutely no sense what so ever. It would appear that this same inept line of thinking has now cost several thousand more people in the auto industry their jobs due to the failure of the deal for the Penske Group to take over Saturn. Well, maybe they can get the Chinese company that bought Hummer to save the deal.
Jobs or Snow Jobs?
RealClearPolitics.com
President Obama keeps talking about the jobs his administration is "creating" but there are more people unemployed now than before he took office. How can there be more unemployment after so many jobs have been "created"? ...
As usual Dr. Sowell hits the nail squarely on the head. It has been shown that the supposed job growth, especially that attributed to the "stimulus," just like the evidence for global warming, has been fabricated! To believe anything coming from this administration takes a willing suspension of disbelief. Other than employing more bureaucrats, please name for me an instance where government has "created" jobs. As Dr. Sowell points out in this article, government doesn't have the ability to create jobs. Jobs must come from created wealth, or in other words, the wealthy. Unfortunately, we have an administration and leaders in Congress that are more interested in facilitating class warfare and the marxist notion of "spreading the wealth."
President Obama keeps talking about the jobs his administration is "creating" but there are more people unemployed now than before he took office. How can there be more unemployment after so many jobs have been "created"? ...
As usual Dr. Sowell hits the nail squarely on the head. It has been shown that the supposed job growth, especially that attributed to the "stimulus," just like the evidence for global warming, has been fabricated! To believe anything coming from this administration takes a willing suspension of disbelief. Other than employing more bureaucrats, please name for me an instance where government has "created" jobs. As Dr. Sowell points out in this article, government doesn't have the ability to create jobs. Jobs must come from created wealth, or in other words, the wealthy. Unfortunately, we have an administration and leaders in Congress that are more interested in facilitating class warfare and the marxist notion of "spreading the wealth."
Friday, December 04, 2009
Constitutional Contempt
A MINORITY VIEW
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009
At Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Oct. 29th press conference, a CNS News reporter asked, "Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?" Speaker Pelosi responded, "Are you serious? Are you serious?" The reporter said, "Yes, yes, I am." Not responding further, Pelosi shook her head and took a question from another reporter. Later on, Pelosi's press spokesman Nadeam Elshami told CNSNews.com about its question regarding constitutional authority mandating that individual Americans buy health insurance. "You can put this on the record. That is not a serious question. That is not a serious question." ...
When you have no answer to a question or know that you've been had you belittle the questioner and call the question irrelevant!
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009
At Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Oct. 29th press conference, a CNS News reporter asked, "Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?" Speaker Pelosi responded, "Are you serious? Are you serious?" The reporter said, "Yes, yes, I am." Not responding further, Pelosi shook her head and took a question from another reporter. Later on, Pelosi's press spokesman Nadeam Elshami told CNSNews.com about its question regarding constitutional authority mandating that individual Americans buy health insurance. "You can put this on the record. That is not a serious question. That is not a serious question." ...
When you have no answer to a question or know that you've been had you belittle the questioner and call the question irrelevant!
Monday, November 30, 2009
America as Texas vs. California
The Enterprise Blog
New Geography, the online magazine created by Joel Kotkin and others with a special focus on demographics and trends, has been tracking the implosion of California in an interesting way: by comparing it to Texas. ...
This is a very interesting and eye opening read. Clearly Texas is doing it right and is the model for the rest of the country. I would love to see Ohio follow this model next year when John Kasich is elected governor and the State House is redone.
New Geography, the online magazine created by Joel Kotkin and others with a special focus on demographics and trends, has been tracking the implosion of California in an interesting way: by comparing it to Texas. ...
This is a very interesting and eye opening read. Clearly Texas is doing it right and is the model for the rest of the country. I would love to see Ohio follow this model next year when John Kasich is elected governor and the State House is redone.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
November To Remember
Palestra.net -The College Network
During Ohio State's final three games of the season, the Buckeyes beat Penn State, Iowa, and arch rival Michigan to win an outright Big Ten championship. Palestra.net's Gary Orr has more on OSU's November to remember.
During Ohio State's final three games of the season, the Buckeyes beat Penn State, Iowa, and arch rival Michigan to win an outright Big Ten championship. Palestra.net's Gary Orr has more on OSU's November to remember.
The Skeptics Are Vindicated
realclearpolitics.com - Ottawa Citizen
A computer hacker in England has done the world a service by making available a huge quantity of evidence for the way in which "human-induced global warming" claims have been advanced over the years. ...
Global warming has now been shown to be the LIE and FARCE that it is! What's worse is, these "scientists" have put a bad stain on science with their actions.
A computer hacker in England has done the world a service by making available a huge quantity of evidence for the way in which "human-induced global warming" claims have been advanced over the years. ...
Global warming has now been shown to be the LIE and FARCE that it is! What's worse is, these "scientists" have put a bad stain on science with their actions.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Ohio State is Outright Big Ten Champion!
The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Ohio State defeats Michigan, 21-10 in the in the 106th meeting between the schools.
As I said on twitter, it was another ugly, conservative, close to the vest(pardon the pun) offensive performance, but it's a win and that's what counts! Make that 6 in a row of M******n, 5 straight 10 win seasons, 5 straight Big10 Championships with this one being yet another outright championship. GO BUCKS!!!
Ohio State defeats Michigan, 21-10 in the in the 106th meeting between the schools.
As I said on twitter, it was another ugly, conservative, close to the vest(pardon the pun) offensive performance, but it's a win and that's what counts! Make that 6 in a row of M******n, 5 straight 10 win seasons, 5 straight Big10 Championships with this one being yet another outright championship. GO BUCKS!!!
Friday, November 20, 2009
Stefanie Spielman Succumbs To Cancer
Bucknuts.com | Football - Other
Stefanie Spielman, wife of former Buckeye Chris Spielman, has lost her long battle with cancer.
Stefanie Spielman, wife of former Ohio State and National Football League star Chris Spielman, passed away this evening after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. The following is the official statement from the family followed by a special request from the family. ...
... Stefanie’s husband Chris released this statement a short time ago: “Stefanie has gone home to be with the lord. And for that we celebrate, but with broken hearts. I want to thank everyone for their support over the last 12 years. Together with your help, hopefully we made a difference in this fight.” ...
How truly sad! My prayers go out to Chris and the kids at this time of loss. May The Lord comfort them with the reassuring knowledge that she is with Him now!
Stefanie Spielman, wife of former Buckeye Chris Spielman, has lost her long battle with cancer.
Stefanie Spielman, wife of former Ohio State and National Football League star Chris Spielman, passed away this evening after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. The following is the official statement from the family followed by a special request from the family. ...
... Stefanie’s husband Chris released this statement a short time ago: “Stefanie has gone home to be with the lord. And for that we celebrate, but with broken hearts. I want to thank everyone for their support over the last 12 years. Together with your help, hopefully we made a difference in this fight.” ...
How truly sad! My prayers go out to Chris and the kids at this time of loss. May The Lord comfort them with the reassuring knowledge that she is with Him now!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
With Hurricanes At Thirty Year Low, Gore Turns To Photoshop
Alex Jones’ Prison Planet.com
The King of cap and trade simply airbrushes them in to his new book to create a more scary earth
With the increasingly discredited notion of man-made global warming crashing and burning on a daily basis, climate alarmists are being forced to accelerate their fearmongering to unprecedented levels. With the evidence failing to match up to the doomsday proclamations, Al Gore has turned to photoshop in order to make a CO2-choked earth look scary enough to sell his cap and trade scam. ...
Gore has ozone for brains! I've read his book , Earth in the Lurch, er I mean Balance, and still have it in my library. It's the biggest bunch of suedo-science going. I also find it rather interesting that he will not debate the issue with those who disagree with him. I think it's quite clear that he knows that he will get crushed if he does. Oh, and let's not forget the fact that he's a giant hypocrite! He's making millions off this farce, not to mention the fact that he flies around in the biggest most expensive and fanciest private jets going and lives in a mansion that has a "carbon footprint" 20x's the size of the average US home! To believe anything he says takes a willing suspension of disbelief!
The King of cap and trade simply airbrushes them in to his new book to create a more scary earth
With the increasingly discredited notion of man-made global warming crashing and burning on a daily basis, climate alarmists are being forced to accelerate their fearmongering to unprecedented levels. With the evidence failing to match up to the doomsday proclamations, Al Gore has turned to photoshop in order to make a CO2-choked earth look scary enough to sell his cap and trade scam. ...
Gore has ozone for brains! I've read his book , Earth in the Lurch, er I mean Balance, and still have it in my library. It's the biggest bunch of suedo-science going. I also find it rather interesting that he will not debate the issue with those who disagree with him. I think it's quite clear that he knows that he will get crushed if he does. Oh, and let's not forget the fact that he's a giant hypocrite! He's making millions off this farce, not to mention the fact that he flies around in the biggest most expensive and fanciest private jets going and lives in a mansion that has a "carbon footprint" 20x's the size of the average US home! To believe anything he says takes a willing suspension of disbelief!
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Deadly denial
Fudging the facts on Fort Hood - NYPost.com
We've already learned that Islamist terrorist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan attended the Northern Virginia mosque of Imam Anwar al-Aulaqi, a fiery al Qaeda supporter who later fled the United States. We know that Hasan's peers, subordinates and patients repeatedly raised red flags that his superiors suppressed. We know he was a player on Islamist-extremist Web sites. The FBI's uncovering one extremist link after another. ...
Hasan IS an Islamic Jihadist! The only reason not to say so is political correctness. It's time to purge this Orwellian crap from our country and especially our military! Once again I refer to my favorite Thomas Paine quote, "He who dares not offend cannot be honest."
We've already learned that Islamist terrorist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan attended the Northern Virginia mosque of Imam Anwar al-Aulaqi, a fiery al Qaeda supporter who later fled the United States. We know that Hasan's peers, subordinates and patients repeatedly raised red flags that his superiors suppressed. We know he was a player on Islamist-extremist Web sites. The FBI's uncovering one extremist link after another. ...
Hasan IS an Islamic Jihadist! The only reason not to say so is political correctness. It's time to purge this Orwellian crap from our country and especially our military! Once again I refer to my favorite Thomas Paine quote, "He who dares not offend cannot be honest."
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Buckeyes Win Fifth-Straight Big Ten Title on Devin Barclay's Overtime Field Goal
The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
27-24 overtime win vs. Iowa sends Buckeyes to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl!
Now it's M******n Week! Time to make it 6 in a row and 7 of the last 8 versus The School Up North!!!
27-24 overtime win vs. Iowa sends Buckeyes to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl!
Now it's M******n Week! Time to make it 6 in a row and 7 of the last 8 versus The School Up North!!!
Again?
The FOX Nation
How low will the new American president go for the world's royalty? This photo will get Democrat President Obama a lot of approving nods in Japan this weekend, especially among the older generation of Japanese who still pay attention to the royal family living in its downtown castle. ...
Who the crap is running the Protocol office and what the heck are they doing?! The President of The United States of America DOES NOT bow to ANYONE!!! Nor do other countries leaders bow to him. He just made himself, and by extension the people of this country, equal to peasants. I thought this man was supposed to be a brilliant intellectual?! He's coming across as an absolute fool on the world stage!!!
Posted using ShareThis
How low will the new American president go for the world's royalty? This photo will get Democrat President Obama a lot of approving nods in Japan this weekend, especially among the older generation of Japanese who still pay attention to the royal family living in its downtown castle. ...
Who the crap is running the Protocol office and what the heck are they doing?! The President of The United States of America DOES NOT bow to ANYONE!!! Nor do other countries leaders bow to him. He just made himself, and by extension the people of this country, equal to peasants. I thought this man was supposed to be a brilliant intellectual?! He's coming across as an absolute fool on the world stage!!!
Posted using ShareThis
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
The Ft. Hood Terror Attack!
Col. Ralph Peters on how political correctness can have deadly consequences.
This man is exactly right! Political correctness is a gutless choice and, as seen here, can result in people dying!
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Schieffer: Christianity 'Has Nuts Too'
All you can do is shake your head at the insanity of this statement! Mr. Schieffer is a COWARD, A POLITICALLY CORRECT COWARD!!! It's also sad that Graham didn't have the testicular fortitude to challenge Schieffer on his statement. As I've said before, I DESPISE political correctness. It lacks any honesty or integrity. To quote Thomas Paine, "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." The attack at Ft. Hood was a terrorist act perpetrated by an Islamic jihadist and the first such act on our soil since 9/11. To borrow a comment from the retired Colonel that O'Reily has on his show periodically, "when was the last time a Southern Baptist strapped a bomb on and blew himself and dozens of other up? If Islam is a religion of peace, then let them start acting peacefully!"
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Buckeyes Handle Penn State 24-7
The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Terrelle Pryor threw for two touchdowns and ran for another in his return to his home state and No. 15 Ohio State won a duel of the Big Ten's top two defenses with a 24-7 victory against No. 11 Penn State on Saturday. ...
A dominating performance by the defense and a nice job by the offense, can't complain too much. Would like to see us come off that "play for field position" mindset and bring in some better assistant coaches, especially a QB coach who can truly develop Pryor.
Would like to have seen Iowa win today. I wanted it to be us that knocked them from the ranks of the unbeaten. Oh well, take care of business the next 2 weeks and it's on to the Rose Bowl.
Terrelle Pryor threw for two touchdowns and ran for another in his return to his home state and No. 15 Ohio State won a duel of the Big Ten's top two defenses with a 24-7 victory against No. 11 Penn State on Saturday. ...
A dominating performance by the defense and a nice job by the offense, can't complain too much. Would like to see us come off that "play for field position" mindset and bring in some better assistant coaches, especially a QB coach who can truly develop Pryor.
Would like to have seen Iowa win today. I wanted it to be us that knocked them from the ranks of the unbeaten. Oh well, take care of business the next 2 weeks and it's on to the Rose Bowl.
House Committee on Ways & Means - Republican
Committee On Ways & Means Republicans Ranking Member, Dave Camp
Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land people in jail. The JCT letter makes clear that Americans who do not maintain “acceptable health insurance coverage” and who choose not to pay the bill’s new individual mandate tax (generally 2.5% of income), are subject to numerous civil and criminal penalties, including criminal fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to five years. ...
This is absolutely UNCONSTITUTIONAL! 'We the People' are not the governed! We are not serfs! We are not servants!
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in the Pelosi health care bill (H.R. 3962, as amended) could land people in jail. The JCT letter makes clear that Americans who do not maintain “acceptable health insurance coverage” and who choose not to pay the bill’s new individual mandate tax (generally 2.5% of income), are subject to numerous civil and criminal penalties, including criminal fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of up to five years. ...
This is absolutely UNCONSTITUTIONAL! 'We the People' are not the governed! We are not serfs! We are not servants!
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Friday, November 06, 2009
Cracking the Berlin Wall
realclearpolitics.com
On Nov. 9, 1989, large crowds of German citizens from both East and West Berlin approached the Berlin Wall. At several border crossing points, East Berliners began shouting at the armed communist guards, demanding they open the gates and shove aside barbed wire obstacles. ...
This was the greatest day in the battle against evil since the victory of the allies in WWII! Freedom reigned that day and it was thanks to great leaders like President Ronald Reagan and Lady Thatcher and their unwavering desire to protect freedom and liberty for the those of us blessed to have it and pursue freedom for the oppressed!
On Nov. 9, 1989, large crowds of German citizens from both East and West Berlin approached the Berlin Wall. At several border crossing points, East Berliners began shouting at the armed communist guards, demanding they open the gates and shove aside barbed wire obstacles. ...
This was the greatest day in the battle against evil since the victory of the allies in WWII! Freedom reigned that day and it was thanks to great leaders like President Ronald Reagan and Lady Thatcher and their unwavering desire to protect freedom and liberty for the those of us blessed to have it and pursue freedom for the oppressed!
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Left Lashes Out at ‘V’, Obama-Friendly ABC Purges Showrunner…
BigHollywood.com
Last night a brave and insightful documentary was aired that accurately portrayed the wave of ObamaMania that swept the nation. It was called “V” and aired on ABC to mostly rave reviews and tremendous ratings. ...
Wow, that sure didn't take long! No, the show's not been canceled (it apparently got huge numbers because of the direction it was going), but the guy who was guiding the show is out. I'm now going to be even more interested in seeing what direction the show takes now.
Last night a brave and insightful documentary was aired that accurately portrayed the wave of ObamaMania that swept the nation. It was called “V” and aired on ABC to mostly rave reviews and tremendous ratings. ...
Wow, that sure didn't take long! No, the show's not been canceled (it apparently got huge numbers because of the direction it was going), but the guy who was guiding the show is out. I'm now going to be even more interested in seeing what direction the show takes now.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Pryor Ready For Penn State Challenge
palestra.net/Ohio State
Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor may hail from the Keystone State, but when the Buckeyes travel to State College, PA on Saturday to take on Penn State, Pryor will be in hostile territory. Palestra.net's Jackie Bardosi has more on how Pryor feels about that challenge.
Pryor would be much further along if he had a true QB coach tutoring him. Hopefully that change is made before next season. With that said, I can't wait till Saturday! I think we're gonna sweep our last 3 games of the season and win yet another Big10 Championship.
Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor may hail from the Keystone State, but when the Buckeyes travel to State College, PA on Saturday to take on Penn State, Pryor will be in hostile territory. Palestra.net's Jackie Bardosi has more on how Pryor feels about that challenge.
Pryor would be much further along if he had a true QB coach tutoring him. Hopefully that change is made before next season. With that said, I can't wait till Saturday! I think we're gonna sweep our last 3 games of the season and win yet another Big10 Championship.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
'V' aims at Obamamania
chicagotribune.com
Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care. ...
This is a rather interesting take on the new show. If the "commentary" from this show is being portrayed correctly, I'm surprised that ABC would air it. If it is correct, I'll be interested to see if they keep it on or bow to the inevitable pressure to drop it. I am curious to see how it plays out as compared to the original series.
Posted using ShareThis
Imagine this. At a time of political turmoil, a charismatic, telegenic new leader arrives virtually out of nowhere. He offers a message of hope and reconciliation based on compromise and promises to marshal technology for a better future that will include universal health care. ...
This is a rather interesting take on the new show. If the "commentary" from this show is being portrayed correctly, I'm surprised that ABC would air it. If it is correct, I'll be interested to see if they keep it on or bow to the inevitable pressure to drop it. I am curious to see how it plays out as compared to the original series.
Posted using ShareThis
Monday, November 02, 2009
Buckeyes Blank New Mexico State, 45-0
The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Ohio State treated its fans to a variety of trick plays on a Halloween afternoon, most of them sparking a 28-point second quarter, and the 17th-ranked Buckeyes rolled over New Mexico State, 45-0, Saturday in Ohio Stadium. ...
I really don't have much to say about this game. It was really nothing more than a glorified scrimmage. Thankfully, we came out of it healthy. Now on to State College, PA!
Ohio State treated its fans to a variety of trick plays on a Halloween afternoon, most of them sparking a 28-point second quarter, and the 17th-ranked Buckeyes rolled over New Mexico State, 45-0, Saturday in Ohio Stadium. ...
I really don't have much to say about this game. It was really nothing more than a glorified scrimmage. Thankfully, we came out of it healthy. Now on to State College, PA!
The Vilification of Rush
American Thinker
Liberals would prefer no opposition. Behind the force field of political correctness, there should never be any disagreement once the liberal mind has decided that something is good for society. There can be no opposition to the "correct" way of thinking, and if you don't think "correctly," you are attacked. ...
Here's a little background info on "The Hutch" as he's fondly referred to by Rush. Dr. Kenneth L. Hutcherson is a former NFL linebacker and is the senior Pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Washington. Oh, he also happens to be a black man, and a real man at that. He's not a race hustling pimp with the "moniker" of Rev. in front of his name. He is a true man of God, a patriot and man of intellect. He's the type of man that EVERYONE can look up to!
Liberals would prefer no opposition. Behind the force field of political correctness, there should never be any disagreement once the liberal mind has decided that something is good for society. There can be no opposition to the "correct" way of thinking, and if you don't think "correctly," you are attacked. ...
Here's a little background info on "The Hutch" as he's fondly referred to by Rush. Dr. Kenneth L. Hutcherson is a former NFL linebacker and is the senior Pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Washington. Oh, he also happens to be a black man, and a real man at that. He's not a race hustling pimp with the "moniker" of Rev. in front of his name. He is a true man of God, a patriot and man of intellect. He's the type of man that EVERYONE can look up to!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Scozzafava Drops Out of Congressional Race
The Weekly Standard
As a new Siena Poll released this morning showed Democrat Bill Owens (36 percent) and conservative Doug Hoffman (35 percent) neck and neck--and liberal Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava at 20 percent--Scozzafava withdrew from the race. Josh Kraushaar has the statement: ...
This is terrific news for the Conservative candidate! Now the vote won't be split between the RINO, Scozzafava, and Hoffman. Hoffman should have a clear path to victory now.
As a new Siena Poll released this morning showed Democrat Bill Owens (36 percent) and conservative Doug Hoffman (35 percent) neck and neck--and liberal Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava at 20 percent--Scozzafava withdrew from the race. Josh Kraushaar has the statement: ...
This is terrific news for the Conservative candidate! Now the vote won't be split between the RINO, Scozzafava, and Hoffman. Hoffman should have a clear path to victory now.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Dismantling America
Thomas Sowell - Townhall.com
Just one year ago, would you have believed that an unelected government official, not even a Cabinet member confirmed by the Senate but simply one of the many "czars" appointed by the President, could arbitrarily cut the pay of executives in private businesses by 50 percent or 90 percent? ...
Once again, the brilliance of Mr. Sowell shines through! I highly recommend that everyone read this article. Only a fool would try to argue against what he's saying.
Just one year ago, would you have believed that an unelected government official, not even a Cabinet member confirmed by the Senate but simply one of the many "czars" appointed by the President, could arbitrarily cut the pay of executives in private businesses by 50 percent or 90 percent? ...
Once again, the brilliance of Mr. Sowell shines through! I highly recommend that everyone read this article. Only a fool would try to argue against what he's saying.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
An Amazing Quote
It is a very great mistake to imagine that the object of loyalty is the authority and interest of one individual man, however dignified by the applause or enriched by the success of popular actions.
-- Samuel Adams "Loyalty and Sedition," essay published in The Advertiser(1748), printed in The Life and Public Service of Samuel Adams, Volume 1, by William Vincent Wells; Little, Brown, and Company; Boston, 1865
This quote is amazingly applicable today!
-- Samuel Adams "Loyalty and Sedition," essay published in The Advertiser(1748), printed in The Life and Public Service of Samuel Adams, Volume 1, by William Vincent Wells; Little, Brown, and Company; Boston, 1865
This quote is amazingly applicable today!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Buckeyes' Pryor grows up on, off the field
Big Ten - ESPN
Terrelle Pryor earned a passing grade last week, even if there are still a lot of questions about his, er, passing. ...
The young man has worlds of talent, that goes almost without saying. The problem is that everything he's doing is on talent alone. He is clearly not being properly coached up and developed. Of course when you have a video coordinator acting as a QB coach, what do you expect. I love coach Tressel and and what he's done for this program, but he's allowed his coaching staff to become stale and complacent, as well as filled with friends and family. That MUST be changed after the season is over for the team to develop and progress!
Terrelle Pryor earned a passing grade last week, even if there are still a lot of questions about his, er, passing. ...
The young man has worlds of talent, that goes almost without saying. The problem is that everything he's doing is on talent alone. He is clearly not being properly coached up and developed. Of course when you have a video coordinator acting as a QB coach, what do you expect. I love coach Tressel and and what he's done for this program, but he's allowed his coaching staff to become stale and complacent, as well as filled with friends and family. That MUST be changed after the season is over for the team to develop and progress!
President Obama and American Exceptionalism
RealClearPolitics.com
Several pundits have observed that the rhetoric of candidate Barack Obama has differed considerably from the conduct of President Obama's administration. A major part of Obama's campaign appeal, especially to young voters and Independents who helped propel him to victory, was the promise of ushering in a new politics, an escape from partisan rancor in favor of pragmatic problem-solving. But just nine months into his tenure, the old, bare-knuckle politics seems to have been replaced with the Chicago brass-knuckle variety. ...
The people who believed that crap were naive and had done no research into who the man is and how he had conducted himself, both politically and personally! I understand that many wanted to get away from the baby-boom generation. Clinton and Bush brought out the worst cynic in all of us. It is my firm belief that the baby-boom generation is the worst generation that this country has seen in its history. They have exemplified greed and self-righteousness. In the effort to get away from that the "young" and "independent" voters willingly overlooked the FACTS that this man DOES NOT like this country or its founding principles!
Several pundits have observed that the rhetoric of candidate Barack Obama has differed considerably from the conduct of President Obama's administration. A major part of Obama's campaign appeal, especially to young voters and Independents who helped propel him to victory, was the promise of ushering in a new politics, an escape from partisan rancor in favor of pragmatic problem-solving. But just nine months into his tenure, the old, bare-knuckle politics seems to have been replaced with the Chicago brass-knuckle variety. ...
The people who believed that crap were naive and had done no research into who the man is and how he had conducted himself, both politically and personally! I understand that many wanted to get away from the baby-boom generation. Clinton and Bush brought out the worst cynic in all of us. It is my firm belief that the baby-boom generation is the worst generation that this country has seen in its history. They have exemplified greed and self-righteousness. In the effort to get away from that the "young" and "independent" voters willingly overlooked the FACTS that this man DOES NOT like this country or its founding principles!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
No. 18/17 Ohio State Routs Minnesota, 38-7
The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Sophomore Terrelle Pryor threw for 239 yards, rushed for another 104 yards and accounted for three touchdowns.
That was a much better performance by the Bucks today, but they still need a good deal of improvement and much better consistancy! I am still of the mindset that a whole sale shake up of the assistant coaching staff is needed. Coach Tressel's friends and relatives on the staff need to be let go and top quality and agressive assistants need to be brought in.
Sophomore Terrelle Pryor threw for 239 yards, rushed for another 104 yards and accounted for three touchdowns.
That was a much better performance by the Bucks today, but they still need a good deal of improvement and much better consistancy! I am still of the mindset that a whole sale shake up of the assistant coaching staff is needed. Coach Tressel's friends and relatives on the staff need to be let go and top quality and agressive assistants need to be brought in.
Friday, October 23, 2009
White House Tactics Go Too Far
Charles Krauthammer: WSJ - RealClearPolitics.com
... The White House has declared war on Fox News. White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Fox is "opinion journalism masquerading as news." Patting rival networks on the head for their authenticity (read: docility), senior adviser David Axelrod declared Fox "not really a news station." And Chief of Staff Emanuel told (warned?) the other networks not to "be led (by) and following Fox." ...
Mr. Krauthammer nails it! If you want to hear a TRUE intellectual point of view on the thuggish Chicago style tactics of "the messiah" and his "disciples," read this.
... The White House has declared war on Fox News. White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Fox is "opinion journalism masquerading as news." Patting rival networks on the head for their authenticity (read: docility), senior adviser David Axelrod declared Fox "not really a news station." And Chief of Staff Emanuel told (warned?) the other networks not to "be led (by) and following Fox." ...
Mr. Krauthammer nails it! If you want to hear a TRUE intellectual point of view on the thuggish Chicago style tactics of "the messiah" and his "disciples," read this.
WH Tries to Ban Fox News From 'Pool Interview'
The absolute arrogance of "the messiah" and his "disciples" is galling! They are trying to use Chicago style politics to strong arm their opponents. I'm sure Hugo Chavez is thrilled to see the Bamster use his tactics against a news outlet. I for one am sick of these type of tactics! That type of crap has no place in and will not be accepted in the rest of the country.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Terrelle Pryor of Ohio State Buckeyes getting advice from LeBron James
ESPN.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- LeBron James is helping Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor learn how to handle everything that comes with being a celebrity athlete.
Hopefully this will help him mentally, but what would help him fundemetally is getting a true QB coach, not a film coordinator masked as a QB coach!
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- LeBron James is helping Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor learn how to handle everything that comes with being a celebrity athlete.
Hopefully this will help him mentally, but what would help him fundemetally is getting a true QB coach, not a film coordinator masked as a QB coach!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Little Brother Feelin His Oats
Oh how quaint. So, for the first time in anybody that I know's lifetime little bro can claim to be better. It is rather amusing. We rarely play each other, yet some think there's an actual rivalry there. The Ohio State fans and alumni I know don't consider it a rivalry and actually enjoy watching UC. We root for UC. So, relax UC fan, enjoy your current run and know that you are more than welcome to come enjoy Ohio State football too!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Losing: Helen Thomas, NYT, and The Nation Object to White House Fight With Fox News
The Weekly Standard
Well, it's not the first time the Grande Liberal Dame of the press corps has had words for the Obama White House, but today Helen Thomas is voicing more unlikely sentiments by telling the White House attack dogs to heel in the Fox News fight. ...
Frankly, I'm surprised than anyone in the "state controlled media" is willing to stand up to "the messiah" and his "disciples" and back Foxnews.
Well, it's not the first time the Grande Liberal Dame of the press corps has had words for the Obama White House, but today Helen Thomas is voicing more unlikely sentiments by telling the White House attack dogs to heel in the Fox News fight. ...
Frankly, I'm surprised than anyone in the "state controlled media" is willing to stand up to "the messiah" and his "disciples" and back Foxnews.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Commentary from the Rush Limbaugh Show's Official Obama Criticizer, Bo Snerdley
This is a MUST listen!
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Comeback Falls Short as Buckeyes Drop 26-18 Decision at Purdue
The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
West Lafayette, Ind. - Ohio State made a valiant comeback behind 177 yards of fourth-quarter offense from Terrelle Pryor, but Purdue's defense did just enough to hang on for the 26-18 victory in front of 50,404 fans Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium. ...
The lack of development of Pryor and the offense is astounding. A complete shake up of the assistant coaching staff is needed. A true QB coach needs to be brought in to teach Pryor, a new OC that'll install the Florida offense and who has complete autonomy over the offense is needed, and a new DC that knows how to make game adjustments and doesn't rely solely on the talent of the players is needed.
Shared via AddThis
West Lafayette, Ind. - Ohio State made a valiant comeback behind 177 yards of fourth-quarter offense from Terrelle Pryor, but Purdue's defense did just enough to hang on for the 26-18 victory in front of 50,404 fans Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium. ...
The lack of development of Pryor and the offense is astounding. A complete shake up of the assistant coaching staff is needed. A true QB coach needs to be brought in to teach Pryor, a new OC that'll install the Florida offense and who has complete autonomy over the offense is needed, and a new DC that knows how to make game adjustments and doesn't rely solely on the talent of the players is needed.
Shared via AddThis
The Race Card, Football and Me
Rush Limbaugh - WSJ.com
Rush Limbaugh writes in The Wall Street Journal that his critics used unfounded and unsubstantiated accusations of racism to thwart his bid to be an NFL owner of the St. Louis Rams.
This is a must read, especially for those of you on the left who went along with the race pimps said he shouldn't be part owner the Rams.
Shared via AddThis
Rush Limbaugh writes in The Wall Street Journal that his critics used unfounded and unsubstantiated accusations of racism to thwart his bid to be an NFL owner of the St. Louis Rams.
This is a must read, especially for those of you on the left who went along with the race pimps said he shouldn't be part owner the Rams.
Shared via AddThis
Friday, October 16, 2009
Ballentine's Racist Attack on Juan Williams
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com
How's this for irony: a black radio talk show host goes on national television to argue that Rush Limbaugh is a racist and ends up using a racial slur to attack a fellow African-American for having the temerity to defend Limbaugh. ...
All the while Rush is accused by Ballentine of being a "racist" and a "bigot." The true racism and bigotry came from Ballentine!
Shared via AddThis
How's this for irony: a black radio talk show host goes on national television to argue that Rush Limbaugh is a racist and ends up using a racial slur to attack a fellow African-American for having the temerity to defend Limbaugh. ...
All the while Rush is accused by Ballentine of being a "racist" and a "bigot." The true racism and bigotry came from Ballentine!
Shared via AddThis
Thursday, October 15, 2009
The Rush Limbaugh media lynch mob
The Daily Telegraph
Which public figure can be quoted as having said something bigoted and disgusting and it doesn't matter whether he did or not because he might have? Who can Big Media brand a racist without checking the facts? Who has to prove he did not say something racist, rather than the accuser proving he did? ...
You know, it's quite an indictment on the media in this country that you have to go to a British newspaper in order to read the truth about this situation.
Shared via AddThis
Which public figure can be quoted as having said something bigoted and disgusting and it doesn't matter whether he did or not because he might have? Who can Big Media brand a racist without checking the facts? Who has to prove he did not say something racist, rather than the accuser proving he did? ...
You know, it's quite an indictment on the media in this country that you have to go to a British newspaper in order to read the truth about this situation.
Shared via AddThis
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Limbaugh dropped from group seeking to buy Rams
My Way News
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh was to be a limited partner in a bid led by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts, but Checketts said in a statement Wednesday that Limbaugh's participation had complicated the effort. The group will move forward without him. ...
This is absolutely disgusting! Having been a listener of Rush's since 1991 I can say without equivocation that the things that he is being labeled are TOTALLY without merit. The fact that made up quotes are being falsely attributed to him and people in the media like Chrissy "tingly feelings running up his leg" Matthews, Rick Sanchez(who ran over and killed somebody in his car while drunk), Jason Witlock, and several other "journalists" run them without sourcing them is the greatest show of yellow journalism that I've seen! I hope that Rush now pursues his threat of legal action based on slander and libel against each and every one of them! I'd call them scum, but to paraphrase Bobby Knight, that'd be an insult to scum.
The most egregious thing is that in this and other articles on this topic, Al "Tawan Brawley" Sharpton is quoted as someone of stature on this subject. This is the same man who encouraged people to riot and attack innocent people and loot stores simply because those people where a different skin color.
I don't give a rats rear if you don't like the man's politics, or mine for that matter. To intentionally try to ruin someone personally based on that is unconscionable! These tactics are straight out of the book 1984. They are the lowest form of political correctness to which one can stoop! I thought the left in this country had sunk as low as it could, but it is obvious I was wrong. They have reached new depths and it appears as though their intent is to keep diving deeper in to the muck and swill!
Would you like to see some FACTS about Rush's accusers well here are some articles.:
NYT '87: Jackson and Dr. King's Assassination
S&L: Sharpton's Million Dollar Shakedowns
Red State: CNN's Rick "DUI" Sanchez Ran a Man Down Then Fled the Scene. Hours Later, He Was Still Drunk. The Victim Later Died of His Injuries.
ABC: Jackson Fathers Child, Pays Off Mistress
Jake Tapper: Jackson's Anti-Semitic Quotes
Shared via AddThis
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been dropped from a group seeking to buy the St. Louis Rams. Limbaugh was to be a limited partner in a bid led by St. Louis Blues chairman Dave Checketts, but Checketts said in a statement Wednesday that Limbaugh's participation had complicated the effort. The group will move forward without him. ...
This is absolutely disgusting! Having been a listener of Rush's since 1991 I can say without equivocation that the things that he is being labeled are TOTALLY without merit. The fact that made up quotes are being falsely attributed to him and people in the media like Chrissy "tingly feelings running up his leg" Matthews, Rick Sanchez(who ran over and killed somebody in his car while drunk), Jason Witlock, and several other "journalists" run them without sourcing them is the greatest show of yellow journalism that I've seen! I hope that Rush now pursues his threat of legal action based on slander and libel against each and every one of them! I'd call them scum, but to paraphrase Bobby Knight, that'd be an insult to scum.
The most egregious thing is that in this and other articles on this topic, Al "Tawan Brawley" Sharpton is quoted as someone of stature on this subject. This is the same man who encouraged people to riot and attack innocent people and loot stores simply because those people where a different skin color.
I don't give a rats rear if you don't like the man's politics, or mine for that matter. To intentionally try to ruin someone personally based on that is unconscionable! These tactics are straight out of the book 1984. They are the lowest form of political correctness to which one can stoop! I thought the left in this country had sunk as low as it could, but it is obvious I was wrong. They have reached new depths and it appears as though their intent is to keep diving deeper in to the muck and swill!
Would you like to see some FACTS about Rush's accusers well here are some articles.:
NYT '87: Jackson and Dr. King's Assassination
S&L: Sharpton's Million Dollar Shakedowns
Red State: CNN's Rick "DUI" Sanchez Ran a Man Down Then Fled the Scene. Hours Later, He Was Still Drunk. The Victim Later Died of His Injuries.
ABC: Jackson Fathers Child, Pays Off Mistress
Jake Tapper: Jackson's Anti-Semitic Quotes
Shared via AddThis
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Apartment residents told to take down U.S. flags
KATU.com - News, Weather and Sports - Portland, Oregon | Local & Regional
By Melica Johnson KATU News and KATU.com Staff
ALBANY, Ore. - At the Oaks Apartments in Albany, the management can fly their own flag advertising one and two bedroom apartments - but residents have been told they can't fly any flags at all. ...
This just absolutely floors me!!! I'm actually speechless!
Shared via AddThis
By Melica Johnson KATU News and KATU.com Staff
ALBANY, Ore. - At the Oaks Apartments in Albany, the management can fly their own flag advertising one and two bedroom apartments - but residents have been told they can't fly any flags at all. ...
This just absolutely floors me!!! I'm actually speechless!
Shared via AddThis
Monday, October 12, 2009
The Weak-Dollar Threat to Prosperity - WSJ.com
Measured in euros, U.S. per capita GDP is down 25% since 2000
By DAVID MALPASS
If you want to know why the dollar has been falling this week and gold hit a new high, look no further than the weak jobs numbers last Friday and the weak communique issued over the weekend at the G-7 meeting in Istanbul. Deploring "excess volatility and disorderly movements in exchange rates" isn't exactly a ringing defense of the greenback. And 9.8% unemployment convinced markets that monetary policy will remain loose regardless of dollar weakness. ...
Shared via AddThis
By DAVID MALPASS
If you want to know why the dollar has been falling this week and gold hit a new high, look no further than the weak jobs numbers last Friday and the weak communique issued over the weekend at the G-7 meeting in Istanbul. Deploring "excess volatility and disorderly movements in exchange rates" isn't exactly a ringing defense of the greenback. And 9.8% unemployment convinced markets that monetary policy will remain loose regardless of dollar weakness. ...
Shared via AddThis
Dollar facing 'power-shift': analysts
Breitbart.com
The dollar's position as the world's leading reserve currency faces increased pressure as the financial crisis allows emerging economies greater influence on the world stage, analysts said. ...
All the while "emperor" Berry(that's what Barack went by until it became fashionable to use his current name) gladly fiddles as the US burns. How's that "hope" and "change" workin out for ya folks, hmmm?!
Shared via AddThis
The dollar's position as the world's leading reserve currency faces increased pressure as the financial crisis allows emerging economies greater influence on the world stage, analysts said. ...
All the while "emperor" Berry(that's what Barack went by until it became fashionable to use his current name) gladly fiddles as the US burns. How's that "hope" and "change" workin out for ya folks, hmmm?!
Shared via AddThis
No. 8/9 Ohio State's Defense Leads Buckeyes Over Badgers, 31-13
The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Buckeyes take over top spot in the Big Ten with two interceptions returns for the win...
Shared via AddThis
Buckeyes take over top spot in the Big Ten with two interceptions returns for the win...
Shared via AddThis
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Tax the Rich? How's That Working?
RealClearMarkets.com
When David Paterson became governor of New York after Eliot Spitzer's hooker escapades, the former state senator from Harlem shocked New Yorkers by declaring that taxes were too high and that he had many friends who had left the state because there were better opportunities elsewhere. ...
You could confiscate the entire wealth of the top 50% of tax payers and it still wouldn't come close to paying off the debt of the federal government, let alone that of the states or local governments. Then you still have to worry about how you are going to pay for the current spending. Here's a simple economics lesson for those that may have skipped that part of their education. The more you tax/levy "fees" on/or whatever other term you chose to use on production/investment by an individual the more disincentive there is on that activity. Also, when was the last time you saw a "poor" person create jobs?!
Shared via AddThis
When David Paterson became governor of New York after Eliot Spitzer's hooker escapades, the former state senator from Harlem shocked New Yorkers by declaring that taxes were too high and that he had many friends who had left the state because there were better opportunities elsewhere. ...
You could confiscate the entire wealth of the top 50% of tax payers and it still wouldn't come close to paying off the debt of the federal government, let alone that of the states or local governments. Then you still have to worry about how you are going to pay for the current spending. Here's a simple economics lesson for those that may have skipped that part of their education. The more you tax/levy "fees" on/or whatever other term you chose to use on production/investment by an individual the more disincentive there is on that activity. Also, when was the last time you saw a "poor" person create jobs?!
Shared via AddThis
Obama's French Lesson
RealClearPolitics.com
"President Obama, I support the Americans' outstretched hand. But what did the international community gain from these offers of dialogue? Nothing." -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Sept. 24
You know the world's been turned upside down when a FRENCH President shows more testicular fortitude than the US President!
Shared via AddThis
"President Obama, I support the Americans' outstretched hand. But what did the international community gain from these offers of dialogue? Nothing." -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Sept. 24
You know the world's been turned upside down when a FRENCH President shows more testicular fortitude than the US President!
Shared via AddThis
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
A Letter from a Child
Thomas Sowell : Townhall.com
Recent videos of American children in school singing songs of praise for Barack Obama were a little much, especially for those of us old enough to remember pictures of children singing the praises of dictators like Hitler, Stalin and Mao...
Shared via AddThis
Recent videos of American children in school singing songs of praise for Barack Obama were a little much, especially for those of us old enough to remember pictures of children singing the praises of dictators like Hitler, Stalin and Mao...
Shared via AddThis
Monday, October 05, 2009
Barack Obama cancels meeting with Dalai Lama 'to keep China happy'
UK Telegraph
By Alex Spillius in Washington
Published: 6:20PM BST 05 Oct 2009
President Barack Obama has refused to meet the Dalai Lama in Washington this week in a move to curry favour with the Chinese.
Once again an ally is shunned in favor of an enemy!
By Alex Spillius in Washington
Published: 6:20PM BST 05 Oct 2009
President Barack Obama has refused to meet the Dalai Lama in Washington this week in a move to curry favour with the Chinese.
Once again an ally is shunned in favor of an enemy!
Sunday, October 04, 2009
No. 9 Ohio State Sprints Past Indiana, 33-14
The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
Buckeyes rack up 378 total yards, 219 yards on the ground and 159 through the air; Brandon Saine rushes for career-high 113 yards and Terrelle Pryor threw three touchdown passes.
Shared via AddThis
Buckeyes rack up 378 total yards, 219 yards on the ground and 159 through the air; Brandon Saine rushes for career-high 113 yards and Terrelle Pryor threw three touchdown passes.
Shared via AddThis
Saturday, October 03, 2009
France warns US on deal with Iran
FT.com / Iran - Paris wants to keep threat of sanctions
By James Blitz in London, Daniel Dombey in Washington and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran
Published: October 2 2009 19:44 | Last updated: October 2 2009 19:44
France is anxious about the Obama administration’s pursuit of a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme, warning that the US must not allow Tehran to expand its uranium enrichment without facing fresh sanctions...
I find it astounding that France and its leaders, of all places, is showing more testicular fortitude in dealing with Iran than this country's leaders are!
By James Blitz in London, Daniel Dombey in Washington and Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran
Published: October 2 2009 19:44 | Last updated: October 2 2009 19:44
France is anxious about the Obama administration’s pursuit of a deal on Iran’s nuclear programme, warning that the US must not allow Tehran to expand its uranium enrichment without facing fresh sanctions...
I find it astounding that France and its leaders, of all places, is showing more testicular fortitude in dealing with Iran than this country's leaders are!
Friday, October 02, 2009
Chicago, Tokyo eliminated in early IOC voting
Chicago the first to go in voting
ESPN.com news services
COPENHAGEN -- The race for the 2016 Olympics has come down to just Rio de Janeiro and Madrid, with the International Olympic Committee eliminating Chicago in a stunning first round of voting...
Well, much can be said, but little needs to be about this development.
Posted using ShareThis
ESPN.com news services
COPENHAGEN -- The race for the 2016 Olympics has come down to just Rio de Janeiro and Madrid, with the International Olympic Committee eliminating Chicago in a stunning first round of voting...
Well, much can be said, but little needs to be about this development.
Posted using ShareThis
Is Racial Profiling Racist?
A MINORITY VIEW
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2009
Harvard Professor Henry Gates' arrest has given new life to the issue of racial profiling. We can think of profiling in general as a practice where people use an observable or known physical attribute as a proxy or estimator of some other unobservable or unknown attribute. Race or sex profiling is simply the use of race or sex as that estimator. Profiling represents mankind's attempt to cope with information cost. God would not have to profile since God is all knowing...
If you think the answer to the question is an unequivocal "YES," then maybe after reading this you might think again.
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2009
Harvard Professor Henry Gates' arrest has given new life to the issue of racial profiling. We can think of profiling in general as a practice where people use an observable or known physical attribute as a proxy or estimator of some other unobservable or unknown attribute. Race or sex profiling is simply the use of race or sex as that estimator. Profiling represents mankind's attempt to cope with information cost. God would not have to profile since God is all knowing...
If you think the answer to the question is an unequivocal "YES," then maybe after reading this you might think again.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Federal Government Bans Religious Ornaments for 2009 Capitol Christmas Tree
Arizona schoolchildren chosen to decorate tree told to keep religion out
Wednesday September 30, 2009
PHOENIX, Arizona, September 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) called on Arizona state and federal officials on Monday to stop enforcing a requirement prohibiting ...
Gee, somebody remind me, what are we celebrating at CHRISTMAS?!?!?!
Wednesday September 30, 2009
PHOENIX, Arizona, September 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Attorneys with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) called on Arizona state and federal officials on Monday to stop enforcing a requirement prohibiting ...
Gee, somebody remind me, what are we celebrating at CHRISTMAS?!?!?!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Sarkozy's Contempt for Obama
RealClearPolitics.com
By Jack Kelly
September 29, 2009
The contempt with which the president of France regards the president of the United States was displayed in public last week.
Nicolas Sarkozy was furious with Barack Obama for his adolescent warbling about a world without nuclear weapons at a meeting Mr. Obama chaired of the United Nations Security Council last Thursday (9/24).
"We must never stop until we see the day when nuclear arms have been banished from the face of the earth," President Obama said.
What infuriated President Sarkozy was that at the time Mr. Obama said those words, Mr. Obama knew the mullahs in Iran had a secret nuclear weapons development site, and he didn't call them on it.
‘President Obama dreams of a world without weapons...but right in front of us two countries are doing the exact opposite," Mr. Sarkozy said...
Did you every think you'd see the day when a FRENCH leader showed more 'male anatomy' than our President?!
Shared via AddThis
By Jack Kelly
September 29, 2009
The contempt with which the president of France regards the president of the United States was displayed in public last week.
Nicolas Sarkozy was furious with Barack Obama for his adolescent warbling about a world without nuclear weapons at a meeting Mr. Obama chaired of the United Nations Security Council last Thursday (9/24).
"We must never stop until we see the day when nuclear arms have been banished from the face of the earth," President Obama said.
What infuriated President Sarkozy was that at the time Mr. Obama said those words, Mr. Obama knew the mullahs in Iran had a secret nuclear weapons development site, and he didn't call them on it.
‘President Obama dreams of a world without weapons...but right in front of us two countries are doing the exact opposite," Mr. Sarkozy said...
Did you every think you'd see the day when a FRENCH leader showed more 'male anatomy' than our President?!
Shared via AddThis
Monday, September 28, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Administration Will Cut Border Patrol Deployed on U.S-Mexico Border
CNSNews.com
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
(CNSNews.com) - Even though the Border Patrol now reports that almost 1,300 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border is not under effective control, and the Department of Justice says that vast stretches of the border are “easily breached,” and the Government Accountability Office has revealed that three persons “linked to terrorism” and 530 aliens from “special interest countries” were intercepted at Border Patrol checkpoints last year, the administration is nonetheless now planning to decrease the number of Border Patrol agents deployed on the U.S.-Mexico border...
This is not surprising at all. This administration has no interest in defending this country or its borders. They do not like law enforcement or the military.
Posted using ShareThis
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
(CNSNews.com) - Even though the Border Patrol now reports that almost 1,300 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border is not under effective control, and the Department of Justice says that vast stretches of the border are “easily breached,” and the Government Accountability Office has revealed that three persons “linked to terrorism” and 530 aliens from “special interest countries” were intercepted at Border Patrol checkpoints last year, the administration is nonetheless now planning to decrease the number of Border Patrol agents deployed on the U.S.-Mexico border...
This is not surprising at all. This administration has no interest in defending this country or its borders. They do not like law enforcement or the military.
Posted using ShareThis
Russia Hopes U.S. to Extend Shuttle Operations
ABC News
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hopes the United States will extend the deadline to retire its space shuttles beyond 2011 and has heard unofficially it is possible, the head of Russia's space agency was quoted as saying on Friday...
I hope that they do keep them flying till they can get its replacement up and running.
Shared via AddThis
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hopes the United States will extend the deadline to retire its space shuttles beyond 2011 and has heard unofficially it is possible, the head of Russia's space agency was quoted as saying on Friday...
I hope that they do keep them flying till they can get its replacement up and running.
Shared via AddThis
Listening to a Liar: Part II
Thomas Sowell - Townhall.com
"Hubris-laden charlatans" was the way a recent e-mail from a reader characterized the Obama administration. That phrase seems especially appropriate for the Charlatan-in-Chief, Barack Obama, whose speech to a joint session of Congress was both a masterpiece of rhetoric and a shameless fraud...
Shared via AddThis
"Hubris-laden charlatans" was the way a recent e-mail from a reader characterized the Obama administration. That phrase seems especially appropriate for the Charlatan-in-Chief, Barack Obama, whose speech to a joint session of Congress was both a masterpiece of rhetoric and a shameless fraud...
Shared via AddThis
Poll: Big Majorities Say Objective Journalism Is Dead and that Media Back Obama
CNSNews.com
Friday, September 25, 2009
By Fred Lucas, Staff Writer
– Two-thirds (67.9 percent) of Americans surveyed think that “objective and fair journalism is dead,” while an overwhelming 89.3 percent believe the news media played a role in the election of President Barack Obama...
You can count me among that 68%!
Friday, September 25, 2009
By Fred Lucas, Staff Writer
– Two-thirds (67.9 percent) of Americans surveyed think that “objective and fair journalism is dead,” while an overwhelming 89.3 percent believe the news media played a role in the election of President Barack Obama...
You can count me among that 68%!
Thursday, September 24, 2009
President Obama gives mushy, cliche-filled speech at UN General Assembly
Prez comes across as a gullible sap
Last Updated: 10:25 AM, September 24, 2009
NYPost.com
By Rich Lowery
President Obama yesterday did his best impression of a high-school soph omore participating in his first Model UN meeting, retailing pious clichés he learned from his pony-tailed social studies teacher...
Last Updated: 10:25 AM, September 24, 2009
NYPost.com
By Rich Lowery
President Obama yesterday did his best impression of a high-school soph omore participating in his first Model UN meeting, retailing pious clichés he learned from his pony-tailed social studies teacher...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Listening to a Liar
Thomas Sowell - Townhall.com
The most important thing about what anyone says are not the words themselves but the credibility of the person who says them.
The words of convicted swindler Bernie Madoff were regarded as knowledgeable and sophisticated. If you go by words, you can be led into anything...
Shared via AddThis
The most important thing about what anyone says are not the words themselves but the credibility of the person who says them.
The words of convicted swindler Bernie Madoff were regarded as knowledgeable and sophisticated. If you go by words, you can be led into anything...
Shared via AddThis
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
President Barack Obama is beginning to look out of his depth
Telegraph.co.uk
By Edward Lucas
Published: 8:30AM BST 20 Sep 2009
It is lovely to feature in other people's dreams. The problem comes when they wake up. Barack Obama is an eloquent, brainy and likeable man with a fascinating biography. He is not George Bush. Those are great qualities. But they are not enough to lead America, let alone the world...
By Edward Lucas
Published: 8:30AM BST 20 Sep 2009
It is lovely to feature in other people's dreams. The problem comes when they wake up. Barack Obama is an eloquent, brainy and likeable man with a fascinating biography. He is not George Bush. Those are great qualities. But they are not enough to lead America, let alone the world...
Monday, September 21, 2009
OSU hate, OU love creates double standard
September 21, 2009 2:40 PM
Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg
The Ohio State Buckeyes are victims of a double standard, and they deserve better.
Ohio State has seen its national approval rating steadily decline since the 2007 BCS national title game, the first of six consecutive losses against top 5 opponents. Much of the heat directed toward Columbus is warranted. Ohio State has disappointed the national media on the game's biggest stage several times, and despite a series of strong recruiting classes, the team has underachieved in several areas, namely along the offensive line.
But another national powerhouse deserves the same treatment. Another big-name has been just as disappointing in big games, if not worse. And yet that team continues to escape the hate. Meet the Oklahoma Sooners. They're apparently made out of Teflon...
I've been saying this for some time now! Why we get trashed and Chokelahoma gets a pass is beyond me.
Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg
The Ohio State Buckeyes are victims of a double standard, and they deserve better.
Ohio State has seen its national approval rating steadily decline since the 2007 BCS national title game, the first of six consecutive losses against top 5 opponents. Much of the heat directed toward Columbus is warranted. Ohio State has disappointed the national media on the game's biggest stage several times, and despite a series of strong recruiting classes, the team has underachieved in several areas, namely along the offensive line.
But another national powerhouse deserves the same treatment. Another big-name has been just as disappointing in big games, if not worse. And yet that team continues to escape the hate. Meet the Oklahoma Sooners. They're apparently made out of Teflon...
I've been saying this for some time now! Why we get trashed and Chokelahoma gets a pass is beyond me.
One Last Look
It seems that the Bucks actually held SC out of the endzone on their initial TD. Just to be sure this wasn't "photo shopped," I watched the game again and paused it and used slow motion indexing to view the play in question. This photo is real and means that SC did not score on their first possession which was the result of the interception. Why this wasn't reviewed is a big question in my mind. Why the coaches in the booth didn't holler for a challenge is an even bigger question. At any rate, it's clear SC shouldn't have been credited with their first TD.
A Stab in the Back
Canceling the missile shield betrays our allies.
The Weekly Standard
by Jamie M. Fly
09/28/2009, Volume 015, Issue 02
President Obama's decision to cancel plans for U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic is a knife in the back for those countries. The implications for U.S. security and the transatlantic relationship are profound. Critics rightly note that the sudden announcement Thursday sends a dangerous message to allies, both in Europe and elsewhere, who rely on U.S. security guarantees.
Even those who agree with the administration's approach concede that the rollout was clumsy--middle of the night phone calls and little prior consultation. In July 2007, Senator Obama criticized his predecessor for this very thing. The Bush administration, he said, had "done a poor job of consulting its NATO allies about the deployment of a missile defense system that has major implications for all of them."
In addition to the geopolitical implications of this con-cession to Russia, there are several major problems with the administration's plan...
It seems to me that we have an administration that is more interested in and feels it has more in common with our enemies than it does our allies.
The Weekly Standard
by Jamie M. Fly
09/28/2009, Volume 015, Issue 02
President Obama's decision to cancel plans for U.S. missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic is a knife in the back for those countries. The implications for U.S. security and the transatlantic relationship are profound. Critics rightly note that the sudden announcement Thursday sends a dangerous message to allies, both in Europe and elsewhere, who rely on U.S. security guarantees.
Even those who agree with the administration's approach concede that the rollout was clumsy--middle of the night phone calls and little prior consultation. In July 2007, Senator Obama criticized his predecessor for this very thing. The Bush administration, he said, had "done a poor job of consulting its NATO allies about the deployment of a missile defense system that has major implications for all of them."
In addition to the geopolitical implications of this con-cession to Russia, there are several major problems with the administration's plan...
It seems to me that we have an administration that is more interested in and feels it has more in common with our enemies than it does our allies.
Politics and Blacks
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2009
President Barack Obama won an unprecedented 96 percent of the black vote. That's not much of a news story since blacks typically give their votes to the Democratic candidate. Blacks are probably the most politically loyal people in the nation and it is almost taken as gospel, at least among civil rights organizations and black and white liberals, that the only way black people can make socioeconomic progress is through the politics of race and special government programs. However, such a vision can be subjected to empirical evidence...
This is a very interesting article!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
No. 11 Buckeyes Blank Rockets, 38-0
The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
CLEVELAND (AP) -- When people said No. 11 Ohio State had no offense, quarterback Terrelle Pryor took offense.
The sophomore threw for a career-high 262 yards and ran for 110 yards to help the Buckeyes rebound from disheartening loss and the criticism that went with it and beat Toledo 38-0 on Saturday at Cleveland Browns Stadium...
Shared via AddThis
CLEVELAND (AP) -- When people said No. 11 Ohio State had no offense, quarterback Terrelle Pryor took offense.
The sophomore threw for a career-high 262 yards and ran for 110 yards to help the Buckeyes rebound from disheartening loss and the criticism that went with it and beat Toledo 38-0 on Saturday at Cleveland Browns Stadium...
Shared via AddThis
Friday, September 18, 2009
Obama feeds allies to bear
New York Post
By Ralph Peters
STILL determined to "push the reset button with Russia," President Obama hit the delete key on our allies in Eastern Europe.
It's not a good time to be an ALLY of this country. Can you say Neville Chamberlain?!
By Ralph Peters
STILL determined to "push the reset button with Russia," President Obama hit the delete key on our allies in Eastern Europe.
It's not a good time to be an ALLY of this country. Can you say Neville Chamberlain?!
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Ohio State's Pryor takes blame for loss to USC
ESPN.com
Associated Press
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In one of the biggest games of his young college career, Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor said it was his fault his team lost.
Pryor threw an early interception that led to a Southern California touchdown. Then he failed to rally an offense that mustered just 265 yards against USC's defense as the Buckeyes again lost a high-profile, national television game, 18-15 on Saturday night.
"We should have beat them by two or three touchdowns. Easy, man," Pryor said. "The ball just went the wrong way, like I keep saying. We needed this win. It just hurts right now, but we've got a long season to go. We're going to fight and we'll be back in it. We've got a good chance."
He said it was all the offense's fault.
"We've got to punch it in offensively," he said. "It just comes down to me. I take the whole blame for it."
I'll say this for the young man, he takes losing personally. He wants to win as bad or more than anyone on the team or who follows the team. If things ever fall into place for him he's going to be everything that he was made out to be. Personally, I think he needs a Bill Walsh type to help him with his fundamentals and technique and it would all come together. This is why I remain optimistic about him and the team.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
The Coming Reset in State Government
My fellow governors and I are likely facing a permanent reduction in tax revenues.
Mitch Daniels - WSJ.com
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels writes in The Wall Street Journal that the recession will likely cause a permanent reduction in state tax revenues and force states to trim back the size and scope of government. Unlike the federal government, states can't continue to borrow without limit.
Mitch Daniels - WSJ.com
Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels writes in The Wall Street Journal that the recession will likely cause a permanent reduction in state tax revenues and force states to trim back the size and scope of government. Unlike the federal government, states can't continue to borrow without limit.
Better ways to reform health care
Obama scaremongering ignores real alternatives
EDITORIAL - Washington Times
For a politician who promised to be post-partisan and unifying, President Obama is proving to be awfully ideological and divisive. His speech on Monday at an AFL-CIO picnic in Cincinnati showed that he enters Wednesday's national address on health care in full attack-dog mode. That approach is not likely to bring Americans together to support his unpopular policies.
As so often has been the case, Mr. Obama portrayed these United States as hopelessly misguided until he graced the Oval Office with his presence. "Wealth was valued over work, selfishness over sacrifice, greed over responsibility," he said. Notice how Mr. Obama never seems content with criticizing the choices of others but instead attacks their motives and character...
Shared via AddThis
EDITORIAL - Washington Times
For a politician who promised to be post-partisan and unifying, President Obama is proving to be awfully ideological and divisive. His speech on Monday at an AFL-CIO picnic in Cincinnati showed that he enters Wednesday's national address on health care in full attack-dog mode. That approach is not likely to bring Americans together to support his unpopular policies.
As so often has been the case, Mr. Obama portrayed these United States as hopelessly misguided until he graced the Oval Office with his presence. "Wealth was valued over work, selfishness over sacrifice, greed over responsibility," he said. Notice how Mr. Obama never seems content with criticizing the choices of others but instead attacks their motives and character...
Shared via AddThis
Obama and the Bureaucratization of Health Care
The president's proposals would give unelected officials life-and-death rationing powers.
Sarah Palin - WSJ.com
Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin writes in The Wall Street Journal that the government's attempts to solve large problems often creates even larger new ones. She claims that Democrats' proposals would empower unelected bureaucrats to make decisions affecting life or death health-care matters.
Sarah Palin - WSJ.com
Former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin writes in The Wall Street Journal that the government's attempts to solve large problems often creates even larger new ones. She claims that Democrats' proposals would empower unelected bureaucrats to make decisions affecting life or death health-care matters.
Saturday, September 05, 2009
Who May Harm Whom?
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 2009
"No one has a right to harm another." Just a little thought, along with a few examples, would demonstrate that blanket statement as pure nonsense. Suppose there is a beautiful lady that both Jim and Bob are pursuing. If Jim wins her hand, Bob is harmed. By the same token, if Bob wins her hand, Jim is harmed. Whose harm is more important and should the beautiful lady be permitted to harm either Bob or Jim are nonsense questions...
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Whose medical decisions?, Part IV
Jewish World Review August 21, 2009 1 Elul 5769
Thomas Sowell
The serious, and sometimes chilling, provisions of the medical care legislation that President Obama has been trying to rush through Congress are important enough for all of us to stop and think, even though his political strategy from the outset has been to prevent us from having time to stop and think about it.
What we also should stop to think about is the mindset behind this legislation, which is very consistent with the mindset behind other policies of this administration, whether the particular issue is bailing out General Motors, telling banks who to lend to or appointing "czars" to tell all sorts of people in many walks of life what they can and cannot do.
The idea that government officials can play God from Washington is not a new idea, but it is an idea that is being pushed with new audacity...
"When all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated."
-- Thomas Jefferson to Charles Hammond, 1821. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, (Memorial Edition) Lipscomb and Bergh, editors, ME 15:332
"The greatest [calamity] which could befall [us would be] submission to a government of unlimited powers."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Declaration and Protest of Virginia, 1825. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, (Memorial Edition) Lipscomb and Bergh, editors, ME 17:445
"I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power not longer susceptible of any definition."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, February 15, 1791
It is quite clear that the federal government has no authority to institute a system of nationalized health care. To do so would be a major usurpation of its Constitutional powers. As far as that goes, much of what the Federal government has done, with regards to "welfare" is unconstitutional. Sadly, a great many of the people of this nation would rather be made comfortable rather than have freedom and liberty. As Ben Franklin said, "if you give up liberty for safety, you deserve neither." All you have to do is read what the Founding Fathers wrote and you will see that the federal government was meant to be LIMITED. It was never meant to be this large or have the reach in to our lives it has obtained.
My question to those that read this is quite simple. Are you so helpless that you are incapable of taking care of yourself and need a nanny, in this case the federal government, to do it for you? If your answer is yes, I pity you and your childish mindset. If your answer is no, then maybe it's about time you got off your butt, pay attention to what people are saying and vote people into office that will take their oath to "preserve and protect" The Constitution seriously and be true "citizen legislators" and not act like a ruling elite.
Shared via AddThis
Thomas Sowell
The serious, and sometimes chilling, provisions of the medical care legislation that President Obama has been trying to rush through Congress are important enough for all of us to stop and think, even though his political strategy from the outset has been to prevent us from having time to stop and think about it.
What we also should stop to think about is the mindset behind this legislation, which is very consistent with the mindset behind other policies of this administration, whether the particular issue is bailing out General Motors, telling banks who to lend to or appointing "czars" to tell all sorts of people in many walks of life what they can and cannot do.
The idea that government officials can play God from Washington is not a new idea, but it is an idea that is being pushed with new audacity...
"When all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated."
-- Thomas Jefferson to Charles Hammond, 1821. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, (Memorial Edition) Lipscomb and Bergh, editors, ME 15:332
"The greatest [calamity] which could befall [us would be] submission to a government of unlimited powers."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Declaration and Protest of Virginia, 1825. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, (Memorial Edition) Lipscomb and Bergh, editors, ME 17:445
"I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people.' To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specially drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power not longer susceptible of any definition."
-- Thomas Jefferson, Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, February 15, 1791
It is quite clear that the federal government has no authority to institute a system of nationalized health care. To do so would be a major usurpation of its Constitutional powers. As far as that goes, much of what the Federal government has done, with regards to "welfare" is unconstitutional. Sadly, a great many of the people of this nation would rather be made comfortable rather than have freedom and liberty. As Ben Franklin said, "if you give up liberty for safety, you deserve neither." All you have to do is read what the Founding Fathers wrote and you will see that the federal government was meant to be LIMITED. It was never meant to be this large or have the reach in to our lives it has obtained.
My question to those that read this is quite simple. Are you so helpless that you are incapable of taking care of yourself and need a nanny, in this case the federal government, to do it for you? If your answer is yes, I pity you and your childish mindset. If your answer is no, then maybe it's about time you got off your butt, pay attention to what people are saying and vote people into office that will take their oath to "preserve and protect" The Constitution seriously and be true "citizen legislators" and not act like a ruling elite.
Shared via AddThis
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Whose medical decisions?, Part III
Jewish World Review August 18, 2009 28 Menachem-Av 5769
Thomas Sowell
Amid all the controversies over medical care, no one seems to be asking a very basic question: Why does it take more than 1,000 pages of legislation to insure people who lack medical insurance?
Despite incessant repetition of the fact that millions of Americans do not have medical insurance, hardy souls who have actually read the mammoth medical care legislation being rushed through Congress have discovered all sorts of things there that have nothing whatever to do with insuring the uninsured - and everything to do with taking medical decisions out of the hands of doctors and their patients, and transferring those decisions to Washington bureaucrats...
Shared via AddThis
Thomas Sowell
Amid all the controversies over medical care, no one seems to be asking a very basic question: Why does it take more than 1,000 pages of legislation to insure people who lack medical insurance?
Despite incessant repetition of the fact that millions of Americans do not have medical insurance, hardy souls who have actually read the mammoth medical care legislation being rushed through Congress have discovered all sorts of things there that have nothing whatever to do with insuring the uninsured - and everything to do with taking medical decisions out of the hands of doctors and their patients, and transferring those decisions to Washington bureaucrats...
Shared via AddThis
Monday, August 31, 2009
Enough is enough, Harry
SHERMAN FREDERICK: - Opinion - ReviewJournal.com
We've seen cattle ranches give way to railroads. We chronicled the construction of Hoover Dam. We reported on the first day of legalized gambling. The first hospital. The first school. The first church. ...
Reid is a bully and a jerk! He thinks he is above and better than everyone else. Well, I look forward to him suffering the same fate as his Democrat predecessor, Tom Daschel, and going down in flames in next years election!
We've seen cattle ranches give way to railroads. We chronicled the construction of Hoover Dam. We reported on the first day of legalized gambling. The first hospital. The first school. The first church. ...
Reid is a bully and a jerk! He thinks he is above and better than everyone else. Well, I look forward to him suffering the same fate as his Democrat predecessor, Tom Daschel, and going down in flames in next years election!
Fixing the Health-Care System Requires Market Changes, Not a Government Takeover, Major Economists Say
CNSNews.com
Friday, August 28, 2009
By Pete Winn, Senior Writer/Editor
Friday, August 28, 2009
By Pete Winn, Senior Writer/Editor
(CNSNews.com) – Fixing the main problems with the health-care system should not take a major overhaul or government-run health insurance, or even a 700-page bill. What is needed is some good old-fashioned competition, according to the authors of a new book on the subject -- two economists whose research is highly regarded in the academic world.
“If (some) pro-competitive adjustments are made, you could write a bill probably of 30 pages or less – a very short bill that would make the necessary changes and would accomplish the objective of getting everybody covered with adequate insurance,” said Dr. Earl Grinols, distinguished professor of economics at Baylor University and co-author of the book, “Health Care for Us All: Getting More for Our Investment.”...
Posted using ShareThis
Whose medical decisions?, Part II
Jewish World Review August 18, 2009 28 Menachem-Av 5769
Thomas Sowell
When famed bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he said: "Because that's where the money is."
For the same reason, it is as predictable as the sunrise that medical care for the elderly will be cut back under a government-controlled medical system. Because that's where the money is...
Shared via AddThis
Thomas Sowell
When famed bank robber Willie Sutton was asked why he robbed banks, he said: "Because that's where the money is."
For the same reason, it is as predictable as the sunrise that medical care for the elderly will be cut back under a government-controlled medical system. Because that's where the money is...
Shared via AddThis
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Whose medical decisions?
Jewish World Review August 18, 2009 28 Menachem-Av 5769
Thomas Sowell
There was a time when rushing a thousand-page bill through Congress so fast that no one has time to read it would have provoked public outrage. But now, this has been attempted twice in the first 6 months of a new administration.
The fact that they got away with it before, with the "stimulus" bill, may have led them to believe that they could get away with it again.
But the first bill simply spent hundreds of billions of dollars. The current "health care" bill threatens to take life-and-death decisions out of the hands of individuals and their doctors, transferring those decisions to Washington bureaucrats...
This is the first of a multi-part series. I'll be posting each a day apart and giving my comments at the end of the series. Dr. Sowell is a brilliant economist and is a Fellow at The Hoover Institute at Stanford. I highly recommend his articles and books.
Shared via AddThis
Thomas Sowell
There was a time when rushing a thousand-page bill through Congress so fast that no one has time to read it would have provoked public outrage. But now, this has been attempted twice in the first 6 months of a new administration.
The fact that they got away with it before, with the "stimulus" bill, may have led them to believe that they could get away with it again.
But the first bill simply spent hundreds of billions of dollars. The current "health care" bill threatens to take life-and-death decisions out of the hands of individuals and their doctors, transferring those decisions to Washington bureaucrats...
This is the first of a multi-part series. I'll be posting each a day apart and giving my comments at the end of the series. Dr. Sowell is a brilliant economist and is a Fellow at The Hoover Institute at Stanford. I highly recommend his articles and books.
Shared via AddThis
Exploiting Public Ignorance
BY WALTER WILLIAMS
RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009
How can political commentators, politicians and academics get away with statements like "Reagan budget deficits," "Clinton budget surplus," "Bush budget deficits" or "Obama's tax increases"? The only answer is that they, or the people who believe such statements, are ignorant, conniving or just plain stupid. Article I, Section 7 of the U.S. Constitution reads: "All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills." A president has no power to raise or lower taxes. He can propose tax measures or veto them but since Congress can ignore presidential proposals and override a presidential veto, it has the ultimate taxing power. The same principle applies to spending. A president cannot spend a dime that Congress does not first appropriate. As such, presidents cannot be held responsible for budget deficits or surpluses. That means that credit for a budget surplus or blame for budget deficits rests on the congressional majority at the time...
Sadly, too many people in nation haven't the slightest clue how our government is SUPPOSED to operate!
Lockerbie bomber 'set free for oil'
Times Online
From The Sunday Times
August 30, 2009
By Jason Allardyce
The British government decided it was "in the overwhelming interests of the United Kingdom" to make Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, eligible for return to Libya, leaked ministerial letters reveal.
Gordon Brown's government made the decision after discussions between Libya and BP over a multi-million-pound oil exploration deal had hit difficulties. These were resolved soon afterwards.
The letters were sent two years ago by Jack Straw, the justice secretary, to Kenny MacAskill, his counterpart in Scotland, who has been widely criticised for taking the formal decision to permit Megrahi's release.
The correspondence makes it plain that the key decision to include Megrahi in a deal with Libya to allow prisoners to return home was, in fact, taken in London for British national interests...
Absolutely disgusting, but I'd expect nothing less from a loser like Gordon Brown!!!
Shared via AddThis
From The Sunday Times
August 30, 2009
By Jason Allardyce
The British government decided it was "in the overwhelming interests of the United Kingdom" to make Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, the Lockerbie bomber, eligible for return to Libya, leaked ministerial letters reveal.
Gordon Brown's government made the decision after discussions between Libya and BP over a multi-million-pound oil exploration deal had hit difficulties. These were resolved soon afterwards.
The letters were sent two years ago by Jack Straw, the justice secretary, to Kenny MacAskill, his counterpart in Scotland, who has been widely criticised for taking the formal decision to permit Megrahi's release.
The correspondence makes it plain that the key decision to include Megrahi in a deal with Libya to allow prisoners to return home was, in fact, taken in London for British national interests...
Absolutely disgusting, but I'd expect nothing less from a loser like Gordon Brown!!!
Shared via AddThis
Friday, August 28, 2009
FCC Diversity Chief Says Republican Communications Policies Hurt Civil Rights
CNSNews.com
Friday, August 28, 2009
By Matt Cover
Friday, August 28, 2009
By Matt Cover
(CNSNews.com) – Mark Lloyd, chief diversity officer at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), claimed that communications policies enacted by Republicans negatively impacted the civil rights of minorities.
Lloyd made the claim in a 1998 essay he wrote while working for the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. He said that two decades of Republican communications policies had eroded the gains made by the civil rights movement in minority ownership in communications...
This man does not believe in Freedom of Speech and wants government control of all aspects of the media and especially political speech.
FCC 'Diversity' Chief Asked Liberals to Fight Limbaugh
Newsmax.com
Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:34 PM
By: Dan Weil
Thursday, August 27, 2009 2:34 PM
By: Dan Weil
A top Federal Communications Commission official believes that “progressives” should challenge conservative media moguls like Rush Limbaugh and Rupert Murdoch.
FCC Chief Diversity Officer Mark Lloyd made that argument in a 2007 report he penned for the liberal Center for American Progress, CNS News reports...
This same man heaped praise on Hugo Chavez and his take over of Venezuela.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
