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Archive for 14 November 2009
Tennessee RINO Dance
While perusing our little weekly fish wrap, I came across an interesting little tidbit.
House Speaker wants to return to the GOP
House Speaker Kent Williams wants to be reinstated into the Republican Party before the beginning of the next legislative session in January.
Williams told The Associated Press at a fundraiser for his political action committee in Knoxville that he has several colleagues working toward a decision as soon as possible.
In the Elizabethton restaurateur’s woods: “I just want to know where I stand.”
Williams was stripped of his Republican credentials earlier this year for banding together with all of the chamber’s Democrats to be elected speaker.
State Republican Party Chairman Chris Devaney said he’s not aware of of any plans to reinstate Williams. The next state executive committee meeting is Dec. 5.
Williams’ fundraiser was attended by U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and Knoxville mayor and gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam. It was co-hosted by 32 Republican lawmakers.
Why there is even an “R” behind Alexander’s name is beyond me. RINO should be there instead. I’d seriously like to know who those 32 “Republicans” were that co-hosted this shindig. Do they really have such short memories? I sure don’t, and I’m fairly sure that many others in the state that remember Williams’ shenanigans.
Saturday Afternoon – At The Gun Show – No Laundry Time
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Bravo LeBron *Shakes Head*… - Ick’s Corner
Naval Academy Changed Color Guard to Appear More Diverse at World Series – Texas Fred’s
The Sea Of Red Ink Swells – The underground Conservative
Judicial Watch Sues Daley: Obama Jarrett Ethics Waiver: Valerie Jarret Olympic Info Withheld – Maggie’s Notebook
AP assigns 11 “factcheckers” to Sarah Palin’s book – and they still get it wrong – Sister Toldja
LA Congressman Cao Loses Financial Support After Health Care Vote – Blue Collar Muse
They’re Going to Need Bigger Prisons – No Runny Eggs
LIBTARD OF THE WEEK: BOW-RACK OBAMA – Angry White Dude
The Scariest Jobs Chart Ever, FIXED – The Cutting Edge
Drag Queens Against the War – This Ain’t Hell
Clownifying education reform again – Michelle Malkin
What is the President Hiding? – The Liberty Sphere
Enjoy Your Islamic Visitors New York – Jammie Wearing Fool
Is Tiger Woods an Eco-Terrorist? – Grandpa John’s
Friday Afternoon Roundup – The Hassan Show and Political Correctness Kills – Sultan Knish
Who Changed the Change? – The Immoderate Blog
Friday Op/Ed: Explaining Away Mass Murder – silent E speaks
I guess Darleen isn’t a feminist superstarlet – The Other McCain
Obama Rejects ALL Afghanistan Options - Traction Control
Newsweak Hits Palin – Holy Coast
Weekend Box Office: Islamopandering, Obama-esque “2012? Has Lots Of Action, Heavy-handed Moralizing – Debbie Schlussel
Jim Cooper: Talking right and voting wrong. – A Disgruntled Republican
The Demands of Political Correctness’ – Big Hollywood (Adam Baldwin)
All Hail Barack, Our Savior – Feed Your ADHD
My two cents; for what its worth – Tired N Retired
Another Trade Show Dumps Chicago Over Union Ripoffs – The Union Label
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION ON THE ECONOMY – The Shot and Beer Joint
Bow-Mau – Christmas Ghost
ZoNation – Gubmint’s Boob Job
Globe Trotting POTUS
Obama seeks equal partnership in Asia
President Barack Obama pressed on with his mission to repair America’s global standing, telling Asians he was determined to engage them as equal partners in the economy, diplomacy and security.
In a 40-minute speech Saturday that ranged across the multitude of issues, the president declared the United States a “nation of the Pacific. Asia and the United States are not separated by this great ocean; we are bound by it.”
Is there no one he won’t suck up to? In our history, there was no one equal to the United States. We had innovation and a spirit of independence.
While he offered few specifics on the key issues of trade, Obama reached out warmly to China—soon expected to overtake Japan as the world’s No. 2 economy—applauding Beijing’s robust strides as a burgeoning economic engine.
Until one of his minions tells him what the ‘specifics’ are, he won’t know, so no surprise that he’s vague.
“We welcome China’s efforts to play a greater role on the world stage, a role in which their growing economy is joined by growing responsibility,” Obama said in the speech to 1,500 prominent Japanese in a soaring downtown Tokyo concert hall.
Oh, I just bet he does, considering he sold the U.S. to the Chinese. I’m curious why he would be telling the Japanese this though?
Obama reached out through several personal notes that delighted his audience, including calling himself “America’s first Pacific president,” referring to his time in Indonesia, birth in Hawaii and travels in Asia as a boy.
Do you ever get the feeling he suffers from multiple personality disorder?
“I want every American to know that we have a stake in the future of this region, because what happens here has a direct effect on our lives at home,” Obama said. “The fortunes of America and the Asia Pacific have become more closely linked than ever before.”
Americans have more concern about their own future, thanks to 10 months of economic decline due to the actions of this administration and current Congress.
While most Asian analysts praised the president’s speech, Takehiko Yamamoto, professor at Tokyo’s Waseda University, warned that Obama should not forget the challenges China “poses to U.S. and Japanese security.”
“The United States has high expectations for closer ties with China,” he said. “But when it comes to national security, China is a major concern and a destabilizing factor for the Japan-U.S. alliance.”
Mr Yamamoto should remember how attached Oblahblah’s handlers are to Mao, and his policies. He cares nothing about the security of this country, or Japan for that matter.
Medvedev and Obama were expected to continue work on a treaty to replace the START II nuclear agreement that expires Dec. 5. Both leaders have pledge to reach a new pact before year’s end. Administration officials said the two men also would be discussing attempts to curb not only North Korea’s nuclear program but blunting Iran’s perceived ambitions to build an atomic bomb.
Obama would do well to remember that the Russian president is nothing more than a puppet. But then again, so is Obama. The odds of BHO being able to make a decision about anything are fairly slim, unless, of course, it involves destroy the U.S. To say the current occupant of the Oval Office is an embarrassment, is an understatement.
Pic via Telegragh.
