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!
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
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.)"
"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."
"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".
This a great thread on SpartanTailgate.com
Check out "Rule Britannia".
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
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."
"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."
"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.
"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."
"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."
Monday, October 18, 2010
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"
"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"
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."
"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
"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."
"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."
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.”"
"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)."
"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)."
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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
How new GOP Congress can repeal, replace Obamacare
Examiner Editorial: How new GOP Congress can repeal, replace Obamacare Washington Examiner
"Repealing and replacing Obamacare must be done carefully and without undue haste.
These recommendations are only the first steps, but they are the essential elements for all that follows."
This is how the GOPers can do it.
It's up to us to make sure they do do it!
"Repealing and replacing Obamacare must be done carefully and without undue haste.
These recommendations are only the first steps, but they are the essential elements for all that follows."
This is how the GOPers can do it.
It's up to us to make sure they do do it!
Mama Grizzlies!
Concerned Women for America
"I used to be a soccer mom. But something happened along the way while I was raising my kids and balancing the many demands facing women in America today.
I became Mama Grizzly."
"I used to be a soccer mom. But something happened along the way while I was raising my kids and balancing the many demands facing women in America today.
I became Mama Grizzly."
Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf, Electric Car Batteries
Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf, Electric Car Batteries [Mackinac Center]
"'Today's Chevy Volt is well designed, but will cost about twice as much as a similar gas vehicle,' Wright said in what was the keynote speech to the gathering.
'Gas prices will have to soar above $10 per gallon to make such consumer EVs economical even at the lower battery costs.'"
Well, if $10/gal gasoline is what it takes to keep democrat unions and leftist greeniacs happy, what do you think democrat politicians will make happen if they can?
"'Today's Chevy Volt is well designed, but will cost about twice as much as a similar gas vehicle,' Wright said in what was the keynote speech to the gathering.
'Gas prices will have to soar above $10 per gallon to make such consumer EVs economical even at the lower battery costs.'"
Well, if $10/gal gasoline is what it takes to keep democrat unions and leftist greeniacs happy, what do you think democrat politicians will make happen if they can?
It's Logical to Be 'Islamophobic'
American Thinker: It's Logical to Be 'Islamophobic'
"From a utilitarian perspective, it's simple.
The average person faces greater danger from radicalized Muslims than from other dangers that we also fear, such as sharks or lightning."
"From a utilitarian perspective, it's simple.
The average person faces greater danger from radicalized Muslims than from other dangers that we also fear, such as sharks or lightning."
A savage display of conservative intellectual firepower
NUGENT BOOK REVIEW: A savage display of conservative intellectual firepower - Washington Times
"While relaxing in my deer blind waiting to put an arrow through the pump station of an ultra-alert Texas whitetail deer, I read Mr. Savage's new book.
Instead of my predator eyes scanning the Texas brush for the slightest hint of movement, I found myself focused instead on Mr. Savage's dead-eye truth and common-sense words.
This may have been the very first time in my hunting life that my predator attention was focused completely on something other than grocery shopping for a whitetail deer."
"While relaxing in my deer blind waiting to put an arrow through the pump station of an ultra-alert Texas whitetail deer, I read Mr. Savage's new book.
Instead of my predator eyes scanning the Texas brush for the slightest hint of movement, I found myself focused instead on Mr. Savage's dead-eye truth and common-sense words.
This may have been the very first time in my hunting life that my predator attention was focused completely on something other than grocery shopping for a whitetail deer."
Turning a Blind Eye to Terror
Turning a Blind Eye to Terror - HUMAN EVENTS
"federal agencies charged with protecting America’s citizens (Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Office of the Director of National Intelligence) only do “outreach” to organizations which are known members of the Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) Islamic Movement in the United States, many of them Hamas—all of them hostile to America."
We are so "blessed" to have such "leaders" to "protect" us....
"federal agencies charged with protecting America’s citizens (Department of Homeland Security, FBI, Office of the Director of National Intelligence) only do “outreach” to organizations which are known members of the Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) Islamic Movement in the United States, many of them Hamas—all of them hostile to America."
We are so "blessed" to have such "leaders" to "protect" us....
Obama Administration Uses Taxpayer Funding to Encourage ‘Sustainable Communities’
Obama Administration Uses Taxpayer Funding to Encourage ‘Sustainable Communities’ CNSnews.com
"The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last week announced nearly $100 million in new grants 'to support more livable and sustainable communities across the country.'"
So much money, so little time....
"The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last week announced nearly $100 million in new grants 'to support more livable and sustainable communities across the country.'"
So much money, so little time....
VFW moves to dissolve PAC's board
VFW moves to dissolve PAC's board - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
"The National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Richard Eubank, has moved to amend his organization's bylaws to dissolve its PAC, which is run independently."
"The National Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Richard Eubank, has moved to amend his organization's bylaws to dissolve its PAC, which is run independently."
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