D.C. toilet shortage is Keeping Fear Alive

D.C. toilet shortage is Keeping Fear Alive - wtop.com
"Comedy Central organizers are having a hard time finding port-o-potties for their rallies to take place in a week and a half, after the Marine Corps Marathon planners snatched up about 800 of them for the same weekend."

Shit happens!

What is really great about this "snatch" is the US Marines outsmarted the "we're-smarter-than-you" libs once again.

Pa. Democrat admits helping Tea Party candidate

Pa. Democrat admits helping Tea Party candidate - The Hill's Ballot Box
"Bryan Lentz, the Democratic nominee running for the seat being vacated by Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.), said he knew that volunteers from his campaign helped Tea Party candidate Jim Schneller."

Imagine if this was a GOPer!

Our major media is soooo trustworthy.....

'Double standard' in White House leak probes?

'Double standard' in White House leak probes? - U.S. news - Security - msnbc.com
"The issue: How can they credibly prosecute mid-level bureaucrats and junior military officers for leaking classified information to the press when so many high-level officials have dished far more sensitive secrets to Woodward?"

MSNBC?

At $262,797 a year, retiring Coopersville superintendent is by far highest paid school chief in West Michigan

At $262,797 a year, retiring Coopersville superintendent is by far highest paid school chief in West Michigan MLive.com
"'The board worried that it looked like they were hiding money,' he said then.

'They wanted something they believed to be more transparent.

So now I do not get fringe benefits -- no car allowance or insurance.

But they give me money so I can buy those things if I want.'"

This scam ought to infuriate EVERY citizen in our state.

These frauds are making more money than most CEOs in our country!

'Smart' liberals get snared in Sarah Palin's '1773' trap (Updated)

Texas for Sarah Palin: 'Smart' liberals get snared in Sarah Palin's '1773' trap (Updated)
"Sarah Palin at Monday's Tea Party rally in Reno, Nevada, told attendees, 'Don't be thinking that we've got victory for America in the bag yet...We can't party like it's 1773.'

Clearly not understanding that was the year of the famed Boston Tea Party, history challenged media members, including PBS's Gwen Ifill and Daily Kos's Markos Moulitsas, mocked Palin via their twitter accounts..."

Niggardly idiots!

Shovel-ready white elephants

Shovel-ready white elephants - latimes.com
"And to be sure, not all environmental regulations are overkill.

One reason we couldn't build a Hoover Dam today is that such projects do incredible violence to the natural environment.

(I'm always amused by the stylish environmentalism of many Southern Californians who don't realize that Mother Nature intended for SoCal to be a desert where snakes outnumber hybrid cars.)"

Audit: Excessive Perks for NJ Turnpike Employees

Audit: Excessive Perks for NJ Turnpike Employees
"Auditors say the New Jersey Turnpike Authority wasted $43 million on unneeded perks and bonuses.
In one case, an employee with a base salary of $73,469 earned $321,985 when all payouts and bonuses were included."

What's your favorite patriotic song?

What's your favorite patriotic song?

This a great thread on SpartanTailgate.com
Check out "Rule Britannia".

National Debt Up $3 Trillion on Obama's Watch

National Debt Up $3 Trillion on Obama's Watch - Political Hotsheet - CBS News
"New numbers posted today on the Treasury Department website show the National Debt has increased by more than $3 trillion since President Obama took office."

The Real Cost Equation

Views: The Real Cost Equation - Inside Higher Ed
"Since 1981, the list price tuition and fees charged by American four-year colleges and universities (public and private together) has risen at an annual rate of 7.1 percent.

Room and board has gone up 5.3 percent per year.

Overall inflation has averaged only 3.2 percent.

These differences have fueled an increasingly acrimonious public debate over the causes and consequences of the rising cost of college attendance."

Editorial: Endorsements begin

Editorial: Endorsements begin MLive.com#comments
"While Berman’s marketing skills and experiences in other communities would be an asset on the county board, we are endorsing incumbent Mahoney."

Given The Chronicle's past love for the unionista leaders who have destroyed our county, this ought to be a MAJOR plus for Ken Berman.

Lawsuit: CPS pushing Democrats

Lawsuit: CPS pushing Democrats cincinnati.com Cincinnati.Com
"Three van loads of Hughes High students were taken last week – during school hours – to vote and given sample ballots only for Democratic candidates and then taken for ice cream, a Monday lawsuit alleges."

Navy aircraft carrier will be sold after three years - and never carry jets

Navy aircraft carrier will be sold after three years - and never carry jets - Telegraph
"The Government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review will also confirm that Britain will not have an effective “carrier strike” capability – a working aircraft carrier equipped with fighter jets – until 2020"

GVSU LipDub 2010 *OFFICIAL*

Canada-US pipeline on hold amid oil's recent woes

Canada-US pipeline on hold amid oil's recent woes MLive.com
"Yet final U.S. government approval for the massive project, once assumed to be on a fast track, is now delayed indefinitely, with little official explanation."

Another Sign That the American Empire Is In Its "Decadent Decline" Phase

The Faculty Lounge: Another Sign That the American Empire Is In Its "Decadent Decline" Phase

"At the North Carolina State Fair: A Krispy Kreme bacon cheeseburger."

Anti-piracy lawyers caught pirating each other’s work

Anti-piracy lawyers caught pirating each other’s work MyCE – My Consumer Electronics
"Is it really that hard to draft an original letter nowadays that even the copyright lawyers need to steal from each other?

And yet they still go out day after day and prosecute others for doing the same thing.

What a sad state of affairs indeed."

Video: OLD " 666"

Theo Spark: Video: OLD " 666"

"Old 666", a Courageous B-17 Mission to Bougainville, And Two Medals of Honors

Over half of all new jobs created in the last year were created in Texas

Over half of all new jobs created in the last year were created in Texas Washington Examiner

"What does Austin know that Washington doesn’t?

At its simplest:
Don’t overtax and -spend, keep regulations to a minimum, avoid letting unions and trial lawyers run riot, and display an enormous neon sign saying, “Open for Business.”"

Lisa Murkowksi funded by 'rent-an-Eskimo' racket

Lisa Murkowksi funded by 'rent-an-Eskimo' racket Washington Examiner
"Sen. Lisa Murkowski's write-in candidacy is being funded by $100,000 contributions from a handful of Alaska corporations that have been handsomely subsidized by the federal government.

These six-figure donors have pulled in billions of taxpayer dollars thanks to special legislative favors from Murkowski and her mentors -- the late Sen. Ted Stevens (R), and Lisa's father, former senator and governor, Frank Murkowski (R)."

What zip codes donate the most to political campaigns?

What zip codes donate the most to political campaigns? The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Nashville teacher's fit ignites debate about classroom control

Nashville teacher's fit ignites debate about classroom control tennessean.com The Tennessean
"A McGavock High algebra teacher's wild-eyed blow-up at his unruly class, captured on a cell phone, drew thousands of YouTube views and prompted a Facebook page supporting him.

But while that meltdown was extreme, Metro Nashville educators say his laughing, talking, mocking class isn't unusual; even students who curse their teachers escape punishment."

Papering the Debt Over

Papering the Debt Over NetRight Daily
"If the Fed props up the national debt to the point of being the Treasury’s lender of first and last resort, confidence will shaken — that the U.S. can even honor its obligations.

Printing money to pay debts will be the “pretended payment” Adam Smith warned against in his final chapter of The Wealth of Nations."

The Closing of the Muslim Mind

The Closing of the Muslim Mind FrontPage Magazine
"My general thesis is that Islamism is a spiritual pathology based on a deformed theology that has produced a dysfunctional culture.

I know this is a mouthful, and I take some 200 pages to explain it.

In short, the source of the problem is a profound misconception as to who God is."