In remembrance, September 11...

Thought of the day...

Those who are not compelled to take responsibility for their failures are ultimately prevented from taking responsibility for their achievements as well.

Dancing with the stars...

Boy Debbie Wasserman Schultz sure can dance! Watch these video clips. The first of the vote and the second of Debbie's follow up with the MSM after the DNC chair forced the acceptance of the "God and Israel" amendment to the DNC platform.

"It was a technical oversight", right...

"There wasn't any discord ", right...

"It was absolutely two thirds", right...

The vote was taken 3 (THREE) different times and the booing was at least as prevalent as the support. You can see that Villaraigosa is not getting the outcome he wants and does not know how to proceed. Eventually he gets help and is told to just do it. There was no way it was 2/3s in favor. The chair pushed it through in order to try and avoid further embarrassment. They can't even do a honest vote in their own convention.

Even after this was seen with everyone's own eyes, not everyone on the MSM panel can call it like it is and one member tried to cover for the delegates. What a big steaming pile of horse ****! This is the current, inclusive DNC. No room for God, no room for Israel, no room for voters.

The party of inclusion

Some examples of the Democratic party's big-tent inclusiveness...

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Feels like Déjà vu

Voter Fraud

In Minnesota’s 2008 disputed US Senate election, won by Al Franken — who proceeded to cast the deciding vote in favor of ObamaCare — the margin of victory was 312, but it turned out that 1,099 votes were cast by felons who were ineligible to vote. Many of them have gone to jail, but Franken has remained in the Senate.

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When I grow up...

Voter fraud in Minnesota

Comparing criminal records with voting rolls, the group identified 1,099 felons -- all ineligible to vote -- who had voted in the Franken-Coleman race.

243 people either convicted of voter fraud or awaiting trial in an election that was decided by 312 votes...

Don't tell me that voter fraud is inconsequential or is too small to matter or does not exist. It is PAST time for voter ID laws for all.

Exec Bullies Chick-fil-A Worker, Then Promptly Gets Fired For It

As a CFO, Mr. Smith should most definitely have known better than to berate an employee of a company he has issues with. What was he thinking? Well I hope he is satisfied with the results of his smug attitude and behavior.

Don't forget to watch the video. He can't seem to contain his glee while hoping that a near by group of collage(?) kids is planning to hold a sit in. Maybe now he has more time to attend sit ins himself...

Pres. Obama, the gift that keeps on giving...

"Solyndra LLC officially released it bankruptcy plan this week. The official word from it is that taxpayers will recover only $24 million of the about $527 million that the failed solar panel company drew from its $535 million federal loan guarantee"


On top of that, the loan was structured so that private equity would have a higher standing during bankruptcy than the tax payers in direct violation of standard Energy Department policy. Do you think it had anything to do with the fact that one of them has close ties to the WH?


The Obama WH is setting a new standard in sleaze and back office deals. So much for all of that transparency we were promised...


http://washingtonexaminer.com/taxpayers-to-recover-only-24-million-from-solyndra/article/2503861

Have they no shame?

Obama campaign sues to restrict military voting

The article hypes the military voting angle (which has some merit) but I think the bigger issue is the suits to get the law reversed on the control and verification angle. Specifically the ACLU is part of the suite due to the restrictions placed on poll workers, restrictions placed on vote counters and the stronger voter ID requirements. The ACLU suite opposes the law's limits on poll worker assistance to voters.

They oppose the restriction of "assistance" (i.e. helping a voter complete their ballot). Sorry but if you can not figure out how to complete the ballot maybe you should not be there. I want your vote to be your vote, not that of the poll worker who "helped" you complete it.

I also don't want vote counters trying to determine voter "intent". Sorry, if you could not take the time and care to only fill in one circle or punch (completely) one chad, your vote is invalid and should be set aside. I would like to see some statistics of how many "unclear" ballots wind up breaking Democrat.

Lastly, if you do not have a valid photo ID, no vote for you! It is that simple. You have to have valid ID to get cigarettes, buy beer, travel by plane, drive a car, cash a check, and about 100 other things. Most states offer free or reduced cost photo IDs for people that don't drive.

Any improper vote is one vote too many. In some cases, a few hundred votes in a swing state can make all the difference. Each vote is precious and should be protected. Too many good people died to make sure we could.

Pretty good Romney ad response to Pres. OBama's "you didn't build this" speech

As other commenters have noted, it takes a special kind of ignorance to say (and he DID say it) that people that build businesses, did not do it. I know that what he meant to say is that they did not do it on their own but even that is a long stretch. Everyone that pays taxes pays for the infrastructure that makes America possible. That is a given. You get no credit for that but you should also not be put down for that either. It takes a lot of extra effort, will, drive, time and sweat to start up a business and as is said in the ad, most business owners do it on their own. No one helps them make payroll, no one hands them a location, startup money and a winning idea. Each owner has to take their business from nothing to something and make it work every day, day in and day out. Sorry Pres. Obama, they DID do that.

The Surprising Moral Case for Free Enterprise.

A good video to watch and share to answer those that say "it is only fair to redistribute"...

Happy birthday to the U.S. Army!

Happy 237th birthday to the Army!

Memorial Day

Memorial Day History

Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that Decoration Day should be observed on May 30. It is believed that date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country.

The first large observance was held that year at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

The ceremonies centered around the mourning-draped veranda of the Arlington mansion, once the home of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Various Washington officials, including Gen. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, presided over the ceremonies. After speeches, children from the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphan Home and members of the GAR made their way through the cemetery, strewing flowers on both Union and Confederate graves, reciting prayers and singing hymns.

Local observances claim to be first local springtime tributes to the Civil War dead already had been held in various places. One of the first occurred in Columbus, Miss., April 25, 1866, when a group of women visited a cemetery to decorate the graves of Confederate soldiers who had fallen in battle at Shiloh. Nearby were the graves of Union soldiers, neglected because they were the enemy. Disturbed at the sight of the bare graves, the women placed some of their flowers on those graves, as well.

Today, cities in the North and the South claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day in 1866. Both Macon and Columbus, Ga., claim the title, as well as Richmond, Va. The village of Boalsburg, Pa., claims it began there two years earlier. A stone in a Carbondale, Ill., cemetery carries the statement that the first Decoration Day ceremony took place there on April 29, 1866. Carbondale was the wartime home of Gen. Logan. Approximately 25 places have been named in connection with the origin of Memorial Day, many of them in the South where most of the war dead were buried.

Official birthplace declared in 1966. Congress and President Lyndon Johnson declared Waterloo, N.Y., the “birthplace” of Memorial Day. There, a ceremony on May 5, 1866, honored local veterans who had fought in the Civil War. Businesses closed and residents flew flags at half-staff. Supporters of Waterloo’s claim say earlier observances in other places were either informal, not community-wide or one-time events.

By the end of the 19th century, Memorial Day ceremonies were being held on May 30 throughout the nation. State legislatures passed proclamations designating the day, and the Army and Navy adopted regulations for proper observance at their facilities.

It was not until after World War I, however, that the day was expanded to honor those who have died in all American wars. In 1971, Memorial Day was declared a national holiday by an act of Congress, though it is still often called Decoration Day. It was then also placed on the last Monday in May, as were some other federal holidays.

Some states have confederate observances. Many southern states also have their own days for honoring the Confederate dead. Mississippi celebrates Confederate Memorial Day on the last Monday of April, Alabama on the fourth Monday of April, and Georgia on April 26. North and South Carolina observe it on May 10, Louisiana on June 3 and Tennessee calls that date Confederate Decoration Day. Texas celebrates Confederate Heroes Day January 19 and Virginia calls the last Monday in May Confederate Memorial Day.

Gen. Logan’s order for his posts to decorate graves in 1868 “with the choicest flowers of springtime” urged: “We should guard their graves with sacred vigilance. ... Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.”

The crowd attending the first Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery was approximately the same size as those that attend today’s observance, about 5,000 people. Then, as now, small American flags were placed on each grave — a tradition followed at many national cemeteries today. In recent years, the custom has grown in many families to decorate the graves of all departed loved ones.

The origins of special services to honor those who die in war can be found in antiquity. The Athenian leader Pericles offered a tribute to the fallen heroes of the Peloponnesian War over 24 centuries ago that could be applied today to the 1.1 million Americans who have died in the nation’s wars: “Not only are they commemorated by columns and inscriptions, but there dwells also an unwritten memorial of them, graven not on stone but in the hearts of men.”

To ensure the sacrifices of America ’s fallen heroes are never forgotten, in December 2000, the U.S. Congress passed and the president signed into law “The National Moment of Remembrance Act,” P.L. 106-579, creating the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance. The commission’s charter is to “encourage the people of the United States to give something back to their country, which provides them so much freedom and opportunity” by encouraging and coordinating commemorations in the United States of Memorial Day and the National Moment of Remembrance.

The National Moment of Remembrance encourages all Americans to pause wherever they are at 3 p.m. local time on Memorial Day for a minute of silence to remember and honor those who have died in service to the nation. As Moment of Remembrance founder Carmella LaSpada states: “It’s a way we can all help put the memorial back in Memorial Day.”

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Senate Democrats are Sexist!

A news report in the Washington Free Bacon reports that many Senate Democrats including:

• Patty Murray (D., Wash.)
• Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.)
• Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.)

Here are additional Senators that follow Boxer's lead:

• Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.)—47.6 percent
• Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D., N.M.)—40 percent
• Sen. Jon Tester (D., Mont.)—34.2 percent
• Sen. Ben Cardin (D., Md.)—31.5 percent
• Sen. Tom Carper (D., Del.)—30.4 percent
• Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.)–29.7 percent
• Sen. Kent Conrad (D., N.D.)–29.2 percent
• Sen. Bill Nelson (D., Fla.)—26.5 percent
• Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore)—26.4 percent
• Sen. Tom Harkin (D., Iowa)—23.2 percent

Some of these Senators pay their female staffers as much as 46.7% less than their male staffers.

My personal belief is that any gender pay gap that exists is more a result of group experience and behavior than discrimination but these Senators listed above do not hold those views. In fact they go so far as to pass laws forcing others to pay woman as much as men regardless of level of experience, productivity, education, etc. So, it is only fair to hold them to their own standards.


Call and ask them, "Why do you hate women?"

Why does it always seem that to lefties with causes, no sacrifice is too great for other people to make?

Obama is a birther!

Obama is apparently a birther too!

Home of the free

The lesson here (especially for natural-born citizens) is this: simply by accident of birth, you are born with a lifelong obligation that you never signed up for to finance the corrupt misdealings of the political class. And if you choose to abandon this obligation, they will bar you from ever entering your homeland again.

Regardless of what the propaganda says, this is not how a free society treats people. It might look and feel like a representative democracy on the surface, but under the hood it’s the modern day equivalent of feudal serfdom.

The land of the free has certainly fallen a long way

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The modern feminist...

You've come a long way baby!

A Few of the 23 Million

Over 23 million people have given up looking for work. The current administration does not count these people in the unemployment figures. The actual, reported unemployment rate would be at least 2% higher otherwise. The MSM supports this accounting fraud because it helps "their team". If this were a GOP administration, is there any doubt that each story on the unemployment situation would also include mention of the number of people / percentage of people who have dropped out of the work force?

Occupy Angels

Please, won't you become an "Occupy Angel"? So little can go so far...

Milton Friedman on Donahue (1980)

Just as viewable today as it was then and just as worthwhile.

Korans found in Smelly Sewage, where is the outrage?

Thousands of Korans have been found in the bottom of a sewage canal. Where is the outrage? Where are the riots? Where is the world wide condemnation?

What? You did not know about this? Have not heard about it on the nightly news? No mention in the paper? AP did not cover it?

Wonder why... Oh, there it is, this is all taking place in Pakistan. The perpetrators are not Westerners. Hence no need for outrage and all the rest of the hand wringing that goes along with it.

This is just another example of why I do not want to hear a darn thing about their religious sensibilities and how we need to understand. No. What we need to understand is that radical Islamists will use whatever tools are available to bring down the west. If a bunch of mock rage at a perceived religious slight is what is takes to get the ball rolling, so be it but when you look behind the curtain, you see them doing all and far worst than what they are getting mad at us for.

More "PETA Kills Animals"

Apparently PETA is still at it, killing animals that is. Documents obtained from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services show that PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) killed more than 95 percent of the pets in its care in 2011.

And don't forget here...

Voter fraud in New Hampshire

James O’Keefe strikes again. This time in New Hampshire, documenting how easy it is to commit voter fraud when the state does not require a photo ID to vote.

Barney Frank, so long and good bye!

Barney Frank is one of those politicians that could serve as a poster boy for term limits. I don't believe in them myself, I believe that we deserve the government we have and if his constituents are dumb enough to keep voting for him, then he is exactly what they deserve. It is just a shame that the rest of the country has to put up with him too. Well no more and about time. Bye bye Barney.

Follow the link to a set of headlines about Barney. They are both good for a laugh and a testament to the quality of the elected class.

OWS movement now a terrorist organization

Why isn't the OWS movement listed as a terrorist organization?

Imagine if a Tea Party gathering included one or more individuals with an explosive device like that. It would be 24 / 7 coverage on all major news networks.

I would be shocked if the Government pursued this though I would expect the opposite reaction if this occurred at a Tea Party.

And NO, this is not at all the same as Tea Party participants legally carrying firearms. That was 100% legal, this is 100% NOT. This is in addition to all of the Tea Party gatherings being orderly, peaceful and following all legal requirements. Again, the exact opposite of OWS.

Veterans Day

History of Veterans Day

World War I – known at the time as “The Great War” - officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, in the Palace of Versailles outside the town of Versailles, France. However, fighting ceased seven months earlier when an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, November 11, 1918, is generally regarded as the end of “the war to end all wars.”

In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: "To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…"

The original concept for the celebration was for a day observed with parades and public meetings and a brief suspension of business beginning at 11:00 a.m.

The United States Congress officially recognized the end of World War I when it passed a concurrent resolution on June 4, 1926, with these words:

Whereas the 11th of November 1918, marked the cessation of the most destructive, sanguinary, and far reaching war in human annals and the resumption by the people of the United States of peaceful relations with other nations, which we hope may never again be severed, and

Whereas it is fitting that the recurring anniversary of this date should be commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations; and

Whereas the legislatures of twenty-seven of our States have already declared November 11 to be a legal holiday: Therefore be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that the President of the United States is requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the officials to display the flag of the United States on all Government buildings on November 11 and inviting the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches, or other suitable places, with appropriate ceremonies of friendly relations with all other peoples.

An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U. S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday—a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as "Armistice Day." Armistice Day was primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I, but in 1954, after World War II had required the greatest mobilization of soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen in the Nation’s history; after American forces had fought aggression in Korea, the 83rd Congress, at the urging of the veterans service organizations, amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting in its place the word "Veterans." With the approval of this legislation (Public Law 380) on June 1, 1954, November 11th became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.

Later that same year, on October 8th, President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued the first "Veterans Day Proclamation" which stated: "In order to insure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans' organizations, and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose. Toward this end, I am designating the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs as Chairman of a Veterans Day National Committee, which shall include such other persons as the Chairman may select, and which will coordinate at the national level necessary planning for the observance. I am also requesting the heads of all departments and agencies of the Executive branch of the Government to assist the National Committee in every way possible."

On that same day, President Eisenhower sent a letter to the Honorable Harvey V. Higley, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs (VA), designating him as Chairman of the Veterans Day National Committee.

In 1958, the White House advised VA's General Counsel that the 1954 designation of the VA Administrator as Chairman of the Veterans Day National Committee applied to all subsequent VA Administrators. Since March 1989 when VA was elevated to a cabinet level department, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has served as the committee's chairman.

The Uniform Holiday Bill (Public Law 90-363 (82 Stat. 250)) was signed on June 28, 1968, and was intended to ensure three-day weekends for Federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays: Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day. It was thought that these extended weekends would encourage travel, recreational and cultural activities and stimulate greater industrial and commercial production. Many states did not agree with this decision and continued to celebrate the holidays on their original dates.

The first Veterans Day under the new law was observed with much confusion on October 25, 1971. It was quite apparent that the commemoration of this day was a matter of historic and patriotic significance to a great number of our citizens, and so on September 20th, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed Public Law 94-97 (89 Stat. 479), which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of November 11, beginning in 1978. This action supported the desires of the overwhelming majority of state legislatures, all major veterans service organizations and the American people.

Veterans Day continues to be observed on November 11, regardless of what day of the week on which it falls. The restoration of the observance of Veterans Day to November 11 not only preserves the historical significance of the date, but helps focus attention on the important purpose of Veterans Day: A celebration to honor America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the common good.

Marine Corps celebrates 236th birthday today!

Happy Birthday Marine Corps!

Government involvement in the housing crisis

Once again, the MSM was either lazily or willfully asleep instead of doing their jobs.

As the minority of thinking adults knew, the Government played a major roll in the housing bubble. They accomplished this using a three pronged strategy.

1) They (Clinton and Co.) put pressure on the loan industry to improve their sub-prime portfolios using things like the document outlined at the link (give it a read).

When these missing data were factored in, it became clear that the rejection rates were based on legitimate business decisions, not racism.

Still, the study was used to support a wholesale abandonment of traditional underwriting standards — the root cause of the mortgage crisis.

For the first time, Washington's bank regulators put racial lending at the top of their checklist. Banks that failed to throw open their lending windows to credit-poor minorities were denied expansion plans by the Fed in an era of frenzied financial mergers and acquisitions. HUD threatened to deny them access to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which it controlled. And the Justice Department sued them for lending discrimination and branded them as racists in the press.

and

The regulatory missive, which had the effect of law, advised lenders to bend "customary" underwriting standards for minority homebuyers with poor credit.

and

It warned lenders who rejected minority applicants with high debt ratios and low credit scores to "be prepared" to prove to federal regulators and prosecutors they weren't racist. "The Department of Justice is authorized to use the full range of its enforcement authority."

2) Harry Reid and others (along with being involved in #1 above) used Freddy and Fanny as the carrot to help mitigate lender risk associated with these sub-prime loans that the Government was pushing them to make.

3) Either as a coincidence (really?) or through (at least) tack coordination, citizen groups like the ones (not yet) President Obama was involved in (along with Jessie Jackson and other civil rights groups) put social pressure on these same lenders "from the streets" to improve their minority lending.

Were some bankers greedy, sure. If I was told that I needed to make more loans and that I would not be at all responsible for any bad loans, that in fact they were all going to be guaranteed by the Government and the Government wanted me to make the loans, why would I not? Because it was not the right thing to do? If the Government says do it or else, it is the right thing to do, from a corporate perspective.

Yet another reason why the Government should not be as big an influence in the market as they are. When the Government tries to pick winners and losers, the only thing you can be sure of is that nearly everyone will lose.

Exposing Occupy Wall Street

The complete [ongoing] story of the OWS movement.

Putting the plan into action

I noticed this last night. One of the news stations commented in their story about the economy and about the Republican Congress stalling the President's initiatives. I guess they got the talking points memo...

Obama 2012 bumper sticker ideas

Here are some bumper sticker ideas for the Obama 2012 election cycle:

Obama 2012 cause I'm stupid

Obama 2012 cause now he has some experience!

Obama 2012 cause I need a refill of that "hope and change"

Obama 2012 cause the unions say so!

Obama 2012, its the Chicago way!

Obama 2012 cause Michael needs the frequent flyer miles

Obama 2012 cause I know people that still own their own homes

Obama 2012, you don't want to be called a racist do you?

Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?! (CROWDER CALLS THE SEC!)

File under "tone deaf"

This has got to be one of the most serious unforced errors of the Obama presidency. I do not believe it got much air play, go figure. A Presidential Proclamation for National Grandparents Day.

What day has the President of the United States of American, in all of his infinite wisdom and brilliance chosen as the day to honor our grandparents? Why September 11th, of course. Details at link...

ATF Death Watch

Round up on the ATF Operation Fast & Furious and ATF Operation Gunwalker...

Thank you Governor Rick Scott!

It is a happy day, these days when common sense overcomes and prevails. Such is the case in Florida when Governor Rick Scott signed into law the "Penalties for Violating Firearms Preemption Law" which takes affect October 1st. In part, any public official who passes or enforces gun regulations below the state level faces a $5,000 personal fine and could even be removed from office by the governor for enacting or enforcing local gun laws.

Thank you, Governor Rick Scott!

I can't say that Hell has actually frozen over but it must be getting pretty cold down there!

"A HuffPost story on an exchange between Norah O'Donnell and Jay Carney incorrectly raised the possibility that Andrew Breitbart had "doctored" a video clip from a White House briefing to make O'Donnell look like she was "distraught over the debt compromise." A viewing of the clip in question clearly shows that he did not. We regret the error, have removed the story, and apologize to Mr. Breitbart." - Editor, Huffington Post

That HAD to hurt!

Debt ceiling and the end of the world

It seems that if we exceed the debt limit, life as we know it will end, at least according to the President and most of the pundits on TV. So why is it that the President seems to be doing everything in his power to make sure this happens? Well that might be because the U.S. has exceeded the debt limit before and the world did not end. Didn't know that? Do you think it might have something to do with what political party was in power at that time? Both houses of Congress were controlled by Democrats then and as such there were no Republicans or "tea baggers" to blame so it was treated as no big deal. Funny how that little tidbit has not made it into the current discussions nor been mentioned on the nightly news.

Spenditol

President "misspoke" about mother's healthcare issues

It seems that President Obama "misspoke" about his mother's healthcare situation and issues during the last months of her life. On the campaign trail and in debates, he made statements like:

"I remember in the last month of her life, she wasn't thinking about how to get well, she wasn't thinking about coming to terms with her own mortality, she was thinking about whether or not insurance was going to cover the medical bills and whether our family would be bankrupt as a consequence"

Well, it seems that his month had health insurance and her issues were with disability coverage, not with health insurance. Her issue was over her out of pocket expenses, not her health insurance coverage. This is much more different than you would think and the President (as smart as he is reported to be) should have known the difference.

I guess the real story did not play as well as he needed it to...

"This is as bad as standing up at your friend's wedding and calling the bride by the ex-girlfriend's name."

Actually this is worse.

The President gives a speech to the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum and completely mixes up two solders. One who was killed in action and another who was the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor from the Iraq/Afghanistan engagements.

Does he not have a staff that checks this sort of thing for accuracy? Heck, he even was personally involved with these two events! If this were done by Duba or Palin it would be on the news 24/7 for the next 2 weeks. Since this blunder was committed by "the one", crickets...

Barbara Walters’ theory "It’s the Viagra"

So it was not Weiner's fault he tweeted young girls inappropriate photos and such, the Viagra made him do it!

This is a media icon? Really?

Would she be covering for a politician this way if he had an 'R' after his name, instead of a 'D'?

Oh no he didn't!

Chris Matthews did not just say on TV that he believes Rep. Anthony Weiner's wife may be "partly responsible" for his sexual misconduct "because the Congressman said she was aware of his behavior before they were married".

Is there no lengths that the MSM won't go to, to cover for a Democrat? Where are the howls of outrage from NOW and other woman's rights groups?

Just unbelievable!

President Obama, Master Dignitary

Imagine the air play these sorts of protocol gaffs would get if they were done by former President Bush? Each would have resulted in at least 24 hours of constant coverage and hand-wringing as to how our "cowboy in chief" was sullying America in the eyes of the world and that he is/was not sophisticated enough for the job. Oh the hypocrisy!

And so it begins...

I do not doubt that there will be much of this going on this election. Those in office are running scared and are pulling out all of the stops to hold on to "their seats", forgetting that those seats belong to US, not them.

Voter reports problem with ballot machine

Nevada Voters Complain Of Problems At Polls

These are just a sample of the actual voting issues that are being reported. It does not include the registration issues. Dead people, felons, non-citizens, and the like. The "ruling class" will do everything in their power to hold on to power and at the same time trash a system that has worked fairly well for over 200 years.

Update 2010.10.28

Here is an incident that is currently in the local news involving a prior election. It involved voter registration fraud in Florida.

Here is another one in Pennsylvania.

But we don't need any voter ID laws!

"You'd think they would be saying 'Thank you'"...

Give the video at the link a watch! It speaks for its self far better than I could.

Balance the budget without tax increases

Watch this video, it clearly shows that it is possible to balance the Federal budget without any tax increases and without the typical Washington "smoke and mirrors" tricks.

$27.6M for Lowercase Street Signs in NYC

Due to new DOT regulations, localities have until 2018 to replace all of their street signs with new ones that use a mix of upper and lower case letters and a new font, all in the name of improved driver safety. In NYC alone, it is expected to cost $27.6 million.

I wonder, is the expected savings in reduced fatalities and physical damage going to exceed $27 million in NYC? The article does not link to the study that is used to justify this expense and change. If this change is expected to cost $27 million, will the insurance rates for New Yorkers go down by that amount? If not, why is it being done? Why not just release the new standard and mandate that all new or replaced signs follow the new standard? Why force a wide-scale swap-out?