“The Rasmussen Reports
"June 30, 2009
“The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 31% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President.
Thirty-three percent (33%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -2. That matches the lowest level yet recorded.”
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Canada's Single-Prayer Health Care
Canada's Single-Prayer Health Care
"Ava Isabella Stinson was born last Thursday at St. Joseph's hospital in Hamilton, Ontario. Weighing only two pounds, she was born 13 weeks premature and needed some very special care. Unfortunately, there were no open neonatal intensive care beds for her at St. Joseph's — or anywhere else in the entire province of Ontario, it seems.
Canada's perfectly planned and cost-effective system had no room at the inn for Ava, who of necessity had to be sent across the border to a Buffalo, N.Y., hospital to suffer under our chaotic and costly system. She had no time to be put on a Canadian waiting list. She got the care she needed at an American hospital under a system President Obama has labeled 'unsustainable.'"
"Ava Isabella Stinson was born last Thursday at St. Joseph's hospital in Hamilton, Ontario. Weighing only two pounds, she was born 13 weeks premature and needed some very special care. Unfortunately, there were no open neonatal intensive care beds for her at St. Joseph's — or anywhere else in the entire province of Ontario, it seems.
Canada's perfectly planned and cost-effective system had no room at the inn for Ava, who of necessity had to be sent across the border to a Buffalo, N.Y., hospital to suffer under our chaotic and costly system. She had no time to be put on a Canadian waiting list. She got the care she needed at an American hospital under a system President Obama has labeled 'unsustainable.'"
The 'Absentee' Senator
The 'Absentee' Senator
"The unfortunate lesson is that you don't need to win the vote on Election Day as long as your lawyers are creative enough to have enough new or disqualified ballots counted after the fact. "
"The unfortunate lesson is that you don't need to win the vote on Election Day as long as your lawyers are creative enough to have enough new or disqualified ballots counted after the fact. "
CARPE DIEM: Banking Fact of the Day
Banking Fact of the Day
"Number of bank failures this year so far:
45 (FDIC data here, click on 'Produce Report').
Total Assets of the 45 failed banks: $36.965 billion
Total Bank Assets of All 8,246 FDIC-insured banks: $13.542 trillion (data here)
Failed Bank Assets as a Percent of Total Bank Assets: .27% (or about 1/4 of 1%)
Bottom Line: The worst of the banking crisis is behind us, the percent last year was 2.69%."
"Number of bank failures this year so far:
45 (FDIC data here, click on 'Produce Report').
Total Assets of the 45 failed banks: $36.965 billion
Total Bank Assets of All 8,246 FDIC-insured banks: $13.542 trillion (data here)
Failed Bank Assets as a Percent of Total Bank Assets: .27% (or about 1/4 of 1%)
Bottom Line: The worst of the banking crisis is behind us, the percent last year was 2.69%."
Gunfire wounds 7 Detroit teens; 3 critical
Gunfire wounds 7 Detroit teens; 3 critical
"Seven teenagers were shot near Cody Ninth Grade Academy this afternoon, leaving three in critical condition."
"Seven teenagers were shot near Cody Ninth Grade Academy this afternoon, leaving three in critical condition."
June Federal Receipts: The Dive Continues, As Does Media Near Silence
June Federal Receipts: The Dive Continues, As Does Media Near Silence
"Media coverage of the ongoing receipts dive has been minimal at best. A Google News search on 'federal receipts' (typed in quotes) returns on seven items, two of them originating from yours truly."
"Media coverage of the ongoing receipts dive has been minimal at best. A Google News search on 'federal receipts' (typed in quotes) returns on seven items, two of them originating from yours truly."
June Federal Receipts: The Dive Continues, As Does Media Near Silence
June Federal Receipts: The Dive Continues, As Does Media Near Silence
"Estimating on what I believe is the high side, it looks like total June 2009 receipts will come in at about $230 billion, consisting of about $198 billion in the line items identified above (i.e., another $13.2 billion will come in during the final two days) plus $32 billion in other receipts. That would be a 12% drop from last year's official total, but a 20% drop from last year's $287.8 billion in total receipts from economic activity."
"Estimating on what I believe is the high side, it looks like total June 2009 receipts will come in at about $230 billion, consisting of about $198 billion in the line items identified above (i.e., another $13.2 billion will come in during the final two days) plus $32 billion in other receipts. That would be a 12% drop from last year's official total, but a 20% drop from last year's $287.8 billion in total receipts from economic activity."
U.K. First-Quarter GDP Drops 2.4%, Most Since 1958
U.K. First-Quarter GDP Drops 2.4%, Most Since 1958
"Gross domestic product fell 2.4 percent from the final three months of 2008,"
"Gross domestic product fell 2.4 percent from the final three months of 2008,"
Obama’s Census to castrate American Caucasians
Obama’s Census to castrate American Caucasians:
"But infinitely more telling is what the new census form doesn’t ask.
It doesn’t ask if you are a citizen of the U.S.A., if you are an immigrant, or if you are a Muslim.
Naturally, the questions are in English and Spanish, lest anyone think that America is an Anglo nation. Many stand in violation of the Constitution which states that a national census should concern itself solely the number of individuals in a household.
For this reason, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is refusing to answer the “very intricate” and “very personal” questions.
But there are problems with the Obama census beyond the intrusive nature of the comprehensive survey.
To assist in the hiring of census takers, the Obama Administration has opted to partner with the following special interest groups (not one of which represents the despised race of whites who settled this country):
ACORN
100 Black Men of America
African American Women’s House of Imagene (sic) Shelter
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Arab American Institute
Asian American Federation
Asian American Justice Center
Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS
Association of Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage
Boat People SOS
Hispanic Alliance for Prosperity Institute
Hispanic Federation
Fundacion Azteca
Latino Justice PDLDEF
Mas New Mexico
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Minority Access
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
National Alliance of Black School Educators
National American Indian Housing Council
NAACP National Voter Fund
NAACP (National Association of Colored People)
National Association for Black Social Workers
National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs
National association of Hispanic Federal Executives
National Association of Hispanic Publications
National Association of Latino Elected Officials
National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs National Black Chamber of Commerce
National Black Child Development Institute
National Black Justice Coalition
National Black Leadership Forum
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
National Congress of Black Women
National Federation of Filipino American Associations
National Hispanic Leadership Institute
National Hispanic Business Information Clearinghouse
National Latino Research Center
National Minority AIDS Council
National Puerto Rican Coalition
National Puerto Rican Day Parade
Rainbow Push Coalition
U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Voto Latino
Get the picture? Notice a racial bias?
These agencies will be paid millions in taxpayers’ dollars to assist the President in conducting the census and to make sure that all minorities are included in the official count.
Not one of the groups represents the despised race of white Europeans who settled this country and gave their sweat and blood to make it the most prosperous nation on earth.
Excluded from the list of census partners are such groups, as the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Elks Clubs, the Rotary Clubs, the Moose Lodge, and, of course, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick."
"But infinitely more telling is what the new census form doesn’t ask.
It doesn’t ask if you are a citizen of the U.S.A., if you are an immigrant, or if you are a Muslim.
Naturally, the questions are in English and Spanish, lest anyone think that America is an Anglo nation. Many stand in violation of the Constitution which states that a national census should concern itself solely the number of individuals in a household.
For this reason, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann is refusing to answer the “very intricate” and “very personal” questions.
But there are problems with the Obama census beyond the intrusive nature of the comprehensive survey.
To assist in the hiring of census takers, the Obama Administration has opted to partner with the following special interest groups (not one of which represents the despised race of whites who settled this country):
ACORN
100 Black Men of America
African American Women’s House of Imagene (sic) Shelter
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
Arab American Institute
Asian American Federation
Asian American Justice Center
Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS
Association of Professors and Scholars of Iranian Heritage
Boat People SOS
Hispanic Alliance for Prosperity Institute
Hispanic Federation
Fundacion Azteca
Latino Justice PDLDEF
Mas New Mexico
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Minority Access
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
National Alliance of Black School Educators
National American Indian Housing Council
NAACP National Voter Fund
NAACP (National Association of Colored People)
National Association for Black Social Workers
National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs
National association of Hispanic Federal Executives
National Association of Hispanic Publications
National Association of Latino Elected Officials
National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs National Black Chamber of Commerce
National Black Child Development Institute
National Black Justice Coalition
National Black Leadership Forum
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
National Congress of Black Women
National Federation of Filipino American Associations
National Hispanic Leadership Institute
National Hispanic Business Information Clearinghouse
National Latino Research Center
National Minority AIDS Council
National Puerto Rican Coalition
National Puerto Rican Day Parade
Rainbow Push Coalition
U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Voto Latino
Get the picture? Notice a racial bias?
These agencies will be paid millions in taxpayers’ dollars to assist the President in conducting the census and to make sure that all minorities are included in the official count.
Not one of the groups represents the despised race of white Europeans who settled this country and gave their sweat and blood to make it the most prosperous nation on earth.
Excluded from the list of census partners are such groups, as the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Elks Clubs, the Rotary Clubs, the Moose Lodge, and, of course, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick."
Monday, June 29, 2009
ADVICE TO REPUBLICANS, FROM DAN RIEHL: “Any real change has to start from the ground up.
ADVICE TO REPUBLICANS
“Any real change has to start from the ground up.
Ranting about witholding money might make you feel good. And there’s nothing wrong with doing it, provided you’re sending the right message as to what will be required to motivate you to support the GOP, again. You’d actually be better off to raise money yourself and give it to more conservative candidates, just as the Left did to some degree with politicians they liked.
I believe RedState already has that type of initiative. They’re even raising money specifically for a more conservative candidate to take on Boxer - Chuck Devore. That’s the way to get what you want by channeling money, not simply withholding it because one is angry.”"
“Any real change has to start from the ground up.
Ranting about witholding money might make you feel good. And there’s nothing wrong with doing it, provided you’re sending the right message as to what will be required to motivate you to support the GOP, again. You’d actually be better off to raise money yourself and give it to more conservative candidates, just as the Left did to some degree with politicians they liked.
I believe RedState already has that type of initiative. They’re even raising money specifically for a more conservative candidate to take on Boxer - Chuck Devore. That’s the way to get what you want by channeling money, not simply withholding it because one is angry.”"
6 Shot Dead In City This Past Weekend; Several Others Shot Or Stabbed And Wounded
6 Shot Dead In City This Past Weekend; Several Others Shot Or Stabbed And Wounded
"Shootings claimed the lives of six men in the city in a bloody and violent 24 hours over the weekend"
What is Obama's exit strategy to extricate American police and citizens from this quagmire?
"Shootings claimed the lives of six men in the city in a bloody and violent 24 hours over the weekend"
What is Obama's exit strategy to extricate American police and citizens from this quagmire?
Waxman-Markey promotes ‘Shower Nazi’
Waxman-Markey promotes ‘Shower Nazi’
"Section 217 of the bill provides for a “water efficient product incentive program” that would provide rebates, vouchers, direct installs and other forms of financial assistance for the installation of water-saving products.
During my radio interview last Friday with Bob Jamison (Kern Valley News, KNCQ 102.5 FM / Bakersfield, CA), Jamison, a motel owner, told me that he had been solicited by the seller of the “Shower Manager,” a water-saving device. Curious, I went to the Shower manager web site.
Here’s how the Shower Manager works:
The Shower Manager not only puts time limits on the shower, it also cuts the water flow when the time has expired. Our unique shower timer is a patented two-phase flow controller that permits a full-flow of water for a time period you select, (5, 8 or 11 minutes) and then restricts the water flow by two-thirds when that time limit expires. You set the full-flow Interval that best fits your lifestyle and lock it in using a special magnetic sensor."
Ya just know the Gorebal Warmists and their democrat comrades want this to be required in every home and hotel.
"Section 217 of the bill provides for a “water efficient product incentive program” that would provide rebates, vouchers, direct installs and other forms of financial assistance for the installation of water-saving products.
During my radio interview last Friday with Bob Jamison (Kern Valley News, KNCQ 102.5 FM / Bakersfield, CA), Jamison, a motel owner, told me that he had been solicited by the seller of the “Shower Manager,” a water-saving device. Curious, I went to the Shower manager web site.
Here’s how the Shower Manager works:
The Shower Manager not only puts time limits on the shower, it also cuts the water flow when the time has expired. Our unique shower timer is a patented two-phase flow controller that permits a full-flow of water for a time period you select, (5, 8 or 11 minutes) and then restricts the water flow by two-thirds when that time limit expires. You set the full-flow Interval that best fits your lifestyle and lock it in using a special magnetic sensor."
Ya just know the Gorebal Warmists and their democrat comrades want this to be required in every home and hotel.
theblogprof: DPS to cut 1,900 jobs, still in deficit. To Robert Bobb: "MR. MANAGER - TEAR DOWN THIS DISTRICT!"
theblogprof: DPS to cut 1,900 jobs, still in deficit. To Robert Bobb: "MR. MANAGER - TEAR DOWN THIS DISTRICT!": "Can't they just scrap DPS and start all over again? Such would be the case if the children's education really were the central goal. It's not. Politics takes precedence. From The Detroit Free Press: Cuts can't erase Detroit Public Schools' deficits. The subline is: Goal is to avoid a complete shutdown. Thus my question: 'why?' I'd go farther and say shutter the entire absurdity already! A graduation rate of 1 in 4?"
The Debt Tsunami - washingtonpost.com
"Now comes the CBO with yet more news of the sort that neither Capitol Hill nor the White House is likely to welcome: its freshly released report on the federal government's long-term financial situation.
To put it bluntly, the fiscal policy of the United States is unsustainable.
Debt is growing faster than gross domestic product.
Under the CBO's most realistic scenario, the publicly held debt of the U.S. government will reach 82 percent of GDP by 2019 -- roughly double what it was in 2008. By 2026, spiraling interest payments would push the debt above its all-time peak (set just after World War II) of 113 percent of GDP. It would reach 200 percent of GDP in 2038."
This is the Washington Post?!!!!
Is there a tiny bit of light at the end of the Obam-edia tunnel?
Why stagflation is coming
Why stagflation is coming
"The policy decisions made by the Federal Reserve Board and Congress virtually assure we will enter a period of 1970s-like stagflation."
"The policy decisions made by the Federal Reserve Board and Congress virtually assure we will enter a period of 1970s-like stagflation."
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Runaway Spending = Runaway Debt
Runaway Spending = Runaway Debt
"'Under current law,' said the Congressional Budget Office in its long-term budget outlook, released late last week, 'the federal budget is on an unsustainable path — meaning that federal debt will continue to grow much faster than the economy over the long run.'"
"'Under current law,' said the Congressional Budget Office in its long-term budget outlook, released late last week, 'the federal budget is on an unsustainable path — meaning that federal debt will continue to grow much faster than the economy over the long run.'"
The forbidding arithmetic of healthcare reform
The forbidding arithmetic of healthcare reform
"THE FUZZY math behind the Massachusetts universal healthcare law is starting to add up - just as Washington studies the law as a possible model for the nation.
Because of a recession-related drop in state revenues and a surge in enrollment by the recently unemployed, the truth is emerging at an inconvenient time. Massachusetts doesn’t have enough money to pay for the coverage envisioned by the law. "
"THE FUZZY math behind the Massachusetts universal healthcare law is starting to add up - just as Washington studies the law as a possible model for the nation.
Because of a recession-related drop in state revenues and a surge in enrollment by the recently unemployed, the truth is emerging at an inconvenient time. Massachusetts doesn’t have enough money to pay for the coverage envisioned by the law. "
Axelrod: Obama Won't Rule Out Middle-Class Tax Hike
Axelrod: Obama Won't Rule Out Middle-Class Tax Hike
"White House senior adviser David Axelrod said the president won't rule out a health care reform bill that includes a middle-class tax hike."
"White House senior adviser David Axelrod said the president won't rule out a health care reform bill that includes a middle-class tax hike."
Recipe for Detroit's political corruption
Recipe for Detroit's political corruption
"Conyers very early in her council career learned that her vote had value far beyond making the city work.
She could make some people a lot of money depending on how she cast her vote. That became even more true once she got on the city's cash-rich pension board.
Why shouldn't she be rewarded for her service?
So she started to think about how to make politics a bit more lucrative."
"Conyers very early in her council career learned that her vote had value far beyond making the city work.
She could make some people a lot of money depending on how she cast her vote. That became even more true once she got on the city's cash-rich pension board.
Why shouldn't she be rewarded for her service?
So she started to think about how to make politics a bit more lucrative."
American Thinker: Breakthrough on the Authorship of Obama's 'Dreams'
American Thinker: Breakthrough on the Authorship of Obama's 'Dreams': "Their collective contribution should dispel the doubts of all but the willfully blind that Ayers played a substantial role, likely the primary role, in the writing of Dreams."
TheHill.com - Chambliss blocks regulatory pick over animal lawsuits
TheHill.com - Chambliss blocks regulatory pick over animal lawsuits: "Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) has blocked President Obama’s candidate for regulation czar, Harvard law professor Cass Sunstein, because Sunstein has argued that animals should have the right to sue humans in court."
The four-pronged attack on our future prosperity
The four-pronged attack on our future prosperity
"Death by a thousand cuts. Or in the case of the efficiency of the American economy, by at least four — energy policy, healthcare policy, trade-union resurgence, and fiscal madness."
"Death by a thousand cuts. Or in the case of the efficiency of the American economy, by at least four — energy policy, healthcare policy, trade-union resurgence, and fiscal madness."
The Volokh Conspiracy - -
The Volokh Conspiracy - -: "A few months ago, if someone had to figure out a way to spend as much money and create as few jobs as possible, the Stimulus Bill would be pretty much the ideal piece of legislation."
The Worst Emerging Disease of All
The Worst Emerging Disease of All
"I have had the misfortune to work with UN officials for many years, most recently at the meetings of the task force on biotechnology-derived foods of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, a creature of the UN's WHO and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) that sets international food standards. The group established standards that were unscientific and excessively stringent and ensure that new, innovative foods will be so expensive to develop that they will remain largely unavailable to the poorest of the poor, who need them most.
During a meeting of the task force, Jorgen Schlundt, the director of the WHO department concerned with food safety, zoonoses [diseases that spread from animals to humans] and food-borne diseases, repeatedly exhorted the group to add ethical concerns about biotech foods to the regulatory barriers that already impede their adoption. He was more like a witless Monty Python character than an official entrusted with serious international responsibilities - including issues pertaining to swine flu, avian flu, West Nile Virus and SARS ."
"I have had the misfortune to work with UN officials for many years, most recently at the meetings of the task force on biotechnology-derived foods of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, a creature of the UN's WHO and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) that sets international food standards. The group established standards that were unscientific and excessively stringent and ensure that new, innovative foods will be so expensive to develop that they will remain largely unavailable to the poorest of the poor, who need them most.
During a meeting of the task force, Jorgen Schlundt, the director of the WHO department concerned with food safety, zoonoses [diseases that spread from animals to humans] and food-borne diseases, repeatedly exhorted the group to add ethical concerns about biotech foods to the regulatory barriers that already impede their adoption. He was more like a witless Monty Python character than an official entrusted with serious international responsibilities - including issues pertaining to swine flu, avian flu, West Nile Virus and SARS ."
Saving Phantom Jobs
Saving Phantom Jobs
"Of course, Mr. McGurn knows that a lot is explained by the journalists' sentiments toward President Obama. With Bush the younger many expressed their contempt by pouncing on any slip or error as evidence that he was a malicious liar. By contrast, these same journalists are highly sympathetic to the Obama administration and eager to see it enjoy success."
"Of course, Mr. McGurn knows that a lot is explained by the journalists' sentiments toward President Obama. With Bush the younger many expressed their contempt by pouncing on any slip or error as evidence that he was a malicious liar. By contrast, these same journalists are highly sympathetic to the Obama administration and eager to see it enjoy success."
Chemical Ban Will Not Help Kids
Chemical Ban Will Not Help Kids
"Periodically, activists with an anti-chemical agenda pick up on these issues and start pressuring politicians at various levels of government to ban or restrict consumer products, based on nothing more than hypothetical dangers like this one."
"Periodically, activists with an anti-chemical agenda pick up on these issues and start pressuring politicians at various levels of government to ban or restrict consumer products, based on nothing more than hypothetical dangers like this one."
TBO.com - News From AP
TBO.com - News From AP: "Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50"
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