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Archive for March 2009
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Swiped from Stix.
EU: Obama Plans A Way to Hell
Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, whose country currently holds the EU presidency, told the European Parliament that President Barack Obama’s massive stimulus package and banking bailout “will undermine the stability of the global financial market.”
Most European leaders favor tighter financial regulation, while the U.S. has been pushing for larger economic stimulus plans.
Topolanek’s comments are the strongest criticism so far from a European leader as the 27-nation bloc bristles from recent U.S. criticism that it is not spending enough to stimulate demand.
They also pave the way for a stormy summit next week in London between leaders of the Group of 20 industrialized countries.
He slammed the U.S.’ widening budget deficit and protectionist trade measures — such as the “Buy America” — and said that “all of these steps, these combinations and permanency is the way to hell.”
“We need to read the history books and the lessons of history and the biggest success of the (EU) is the refusal to go this way,” he said.
“Americans will need liquidity to finance all their measures and they will balance this with the sale of their bonds but this will undermine the stability of the global financial market,” said Topolanek.
Obama insisted Tuesday that his massive budget proposal is moving the nation down the right path and will help the ailing economy grow again. “This budget is inseparable from this recovery,” he said, “because it is what lays the foundation for a secure and lasting prosperity.”
Obama also claimed early progress in his aggressive campaign to lead the United States out of its worst economic crisis in 70 years and declared that despite obstacles ahead, the U.S. is “moving in the right direction.”
A way to hell? We’re already there.
Just In Case….
….you had something more entertaining to do, like watch paint dry, and missed the second droning conference of the POTUS, you can go here to get the highlights.
Update: As I snoop around the blogosphere, I’m going to add links to others take on that snooze fest last night. It’s raining, so what else have I got to do? Well, besides scrape the bathroom walls. 
Obama Still Selling – You Scared? – The Black Sphere
POTUS and TOTUS meet the press – Michelle Malkin
Press Conference # 2—Obama’s Most Egregious Whoppers – YID with LID
Any Thoughts On Obama’s Press Conference? – Badger Blogger
Obama’s Prime Time Speech -Teleprompter In Chief – The Political Jungle
WEDNESDAY HOT READ: FACT-CHECKING THE PREZ - Charlie Sykes
Heh!
A New TOTUS?
I thought he was pretending to actually LOOK at the camera. Turns out…yup. TOTUS planted himself right under it.
Lifted from The Foundry.
Heh!
You’ve probably seen this before, but it still holds true…
A Republican walked into a bar and asked the bartender, “Isn’t that Jesus over there?” When the bartender said “Yes,” the Republican sent over a drink. “Put it on my tab,” he said.
A little later a Libertarian walked in. “Say,” he said, “Isn’t that Jesus sitting over there?” The barman said, “Yes,” so the Libertarian sent over a hamburger.
Presently a Democrat showed up, noticed Jesus and sent over a plate of french fries.
Jesus soon left. On his way out he stopped to talk to the Republican. “Thanks for the drink,” he said; “It was really good. Is there anything I can do for you?” “Well,” said the Republican, “I’m facing knee surgery…” “Don’t say another word,” said Jesus as he laid a hand on the man’s knee. “You are healed.”
Jesus came to the Libertarian and said, “Thanks for the hamburger. It was really good. Is there anything I can do for you?” “Well,” said the Libertarian, “I have cataracts…” Jesus placed his fingers on the man’s eyes and said, “You are healed.”
Finally, Jesus came to the Democrat. He thanked him for the fries and offered him any help he needed. “Don’t touch me!” shouted the Democrat, “I’m on Disability!!”
H/T Sykes
Cross Posted at Silent E Speaks
STOP BREATHING!!!!
Morning Bell: Regulations of Mass Job Destruction
Do you eat, sleep, or pray? If so, then the Obama Administration wants to monitor, regulate, and tax you. According to federal records only published yesterday, this past Friday the Environmental Protection Agency submitted a proposed rule to the White House that finds carbon dioxide to be a danger to public health pursuant to the Clean Air Act. One might wonder how a substance so natural that it is passing through your lungs and out your nose right now could be declared a threat to “the public’s health and welfare,” but such is the logic of the modern environmental left.
As the Washington Post notes today, the 1970 Clean Air Act “was never intended to deal with greenhouse gases and is not suited to that task” but the enviro left has been undeterred. According to internal documents presented by the EPA to the White House earlier this month, the EPA believes that global warming caused by elevated levels of carbon dioxide emissions could cause “severe heat waves…with likely increases in mortality and morbidity, especially among the elderly, young and frail.” The agency also claims carbon emissions could result in more severe storms and more suffering related to “floods, storms, droughts and fires.”
If the evidence the EPA is using to support these claims today is anything like the claims made in the EPA’s last blueprint for carbon regulation, then the scientific basis for the EPA’s findings are extremely weak. CATO scholar Patrick Michaels has detailed the shortcomings of the EPA’s Technical Support Document (TSD) concluding: “The TSD suffers from a failure to incorporate the best available science, misapplied logic, and the inability to recognize that observed trends in measures of human health and welfare run counter to those anticipated – despite on-going climate changes. As such, the TSD does not serve as an adequate basis for which to base an endangerment finding.”
More here.
Truly, the lunatics have taken over the asylum!
That’s About Right!
I’m SO Cool!
Wrong gender, but hey….it’s the spirit, right? 
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Ok, so I got tired of scraping wallpaper, and decided to snoop around. Found this at Cutting Edge.
Frank Needs To Zip It
Rep. Frank Calls Justice Scalia a ‘Homophobe’
Masscahusetts Rep. Barney Frank called Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia a “homophobe” in an interview released Monday on a gay online news site, and said he hoped a challenge to a federal law widely disliked in the gay community will not be heard before the high court until new justices are seated on the bench.
Frank, who is gay, made the remark in responding to a question about legal challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act. The 1996 law says the federal government and states have no obligation to recognize same-sex marriages even if other states allow them.
“At some point, [the Defense of Marriage Act] is going to have to go to the United States Supreme Court,” the congressman, a Democrat, said. “I wouldn’t want it to go to the United States Supreme Court now because that homophobe Antonin Scalia has got too many votes on this current court.”
As always, Frank shows his class. /snark
It’s extremely sad when an elected official pushes an agenda that a LARGE number of Americans sees as a sin. The nation was founded on Judeo-Christian principles, and ‘people’ like Frank has done everything in their power to destroy that foundation.
The idea that the people of Massachusetts keep electing this slime ball just amazes me. Sure does say a LOT about them, doesn’t it.
Leviticus 18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Frank is an abomination!
The Presidential Teleprompter
In a total 180° turnaround from depressing news, go have a laugh over at a new blog, The Presidential Teleprompter.
The Commander in What?
I honestly don’t know whether to laugh of cry.
Shall we discuss Special Olympics gaffe, or perhaps the wondrous gift of the DVDs , which, by the way, only work in North American DVD players? Neither of those? How about the 60 Minutes debacle, or not knowing the identity of the current French President?
You can’t make this stuff up.
We are in the midst of an economic crisis. People are losing their life’s savings, their jobs and their homes. And I’m not talking about those idjits who bought a house that they knew darned well they couldn’t afford; I’m talking about everyday people who are losing everything they have. And yet…AND YET…this imbecile is yukking it up on Leno, and serving up “gallow humor” on 60 minutes. Seriously? Is BHO that out of touch with everyday people? There aren’t many folks I know who would appreciate that humor.
There are times that I’m actually speechless with the ignorance being displayed by the President, and in case you hadn’t noticed, that is not easy to do. Does he not have advisors? Do they not know how to google?
The arrogance or ignorance of this man is unprecedented. And you know what galls me? Can you just IMAGINE if this had been Bush, or Palin, or McCain? Hell – let the lynching begin! Yet somehow, since it’s BHO, it’s okay? Well, I’ll tell you one thing right now – it’s NOT okay with me. He is making a mockery of the presidential office, and of this country. It makes me fear where we will be four years from now.
Selling Snake Oil
S 3577
Update: The Senate bill number may be S277
Do you ever wonder if the Senate changes the number of a bill to confuse us moronic masses out here in the real world? Evidently, they really do think we’re stupid, and will never figure out what they are up to. Psst! Hey Harry! BITE ME!
NATIONAL SERVICE REAUTHORIZATION ACT–MOTION TO PROCEED — (Senate – March 19, 2009)<p><center><pre>[Page: S. 3577]
Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV]: 
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that it be in order to proceed to Calendar No. 35, H.R. 1388, the National Service Reauthorization Act.
Chair: Without objection, it is so ordered.
Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV]: Mr. President, I now move to proceed to Calendar No. 35, H.R. 1388, and I send a cloture motion to the desk.
Chair: The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.
Chair: The bill clerk read as follows:
Chair: Cloture Motion
Chair: We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move to bring to a close debate on the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 35, H.R. 1388, a bill to reauthorize and reform the national service laws.
Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV]: Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the cloture vote occur on Monday, March 23 at 6 p.m.; and that if cloture is invoked, then postcloture time count as if cloture had been invoked at 3 p.m. that day; further, that the mandatory quorum be waived.
Chair: Without objection, it is so ordered.
You can call it whatever you want, it’s still a piece of crap, and IMHO, anyone who votes FOR this violation of decency, and the U.S. Constitution, should be tried for treason! But, that’s just me.
The Libs Were Right
I have to admit it. My democratic/liberal friends were right. They told me if I voted for McCain, the nation’s Hope would deteriorate, and sure enough there has been a 20 point drop in the Consumer Confidence Index since the election, reaching a lower point than any time during the Bush administration.
They told me if I voted for McCain, the US would become more deeply embroiled in the Middle East, and sure enough tens of thousands of additional troops are scheduled to be deployed into Afghanistan.
They told me if I voted for McCain, that the economy would get worse and sure enough unemployment is approaching 8.8% and the new stimulus packages implemented recently have sent the stock market lower than at any time since 9-11.
They told me if I voted for McCain, we would see more “crooks” in high ranking positions in Federal government and sure enough, several recent cabinet nominees and Senate appointments revealed resumes of bribery and
tax fraud.
Well I ignored my Democrat friends in November and voted for McCain. And they were right… all of their predictions have come true.
Courtesy of Sharon.
