The brilliant black economist/author the liberals call an "oreo"-----Random Thoughts - Thomas Sowell

Random Thoughts - Thomas Sowell - Page 1:
"One of the best peace speeches I ever read was one delivered back in the 1930s -- by Adolf Hitler!
He knew that peace speeches would keep the Western democracies from matching his military buildup with their own, or attacking him to prevent his buildup from continuing.
Peace speeches by Iran today serve the same purpose of buying time -- until they can create a nuclear bomb."

Don't you love it when a politicians says, "I take full responsibility"? 
Translated into plain English, that says, "Now that I have admitted it, there is nothing more for me to do (such as resign) and nothing for anyone else to do (such as fire me)." 
Saying "I take full responsibility" is like a get-out-of-jail-free card in the Monopoly game.

Think I read about media cover-ups when Jews were beaten and killed back in the day-----The Knockout Game -- NYT/NPR Say No Big Deal

Little seems to have changed with today's American liberal media.
We expect it with NYT/CNN/MSNBC/CBS/NBC/ABC.
But it is especially galling to see American tax dollars supporting the cover-up at the government funded NPR and PBS.
Pravda by any other name.
The Knockout Game -- NYT/NPR Say No Big Deal | RealClearPolitics:
"The "knockout game" -- and the media underreporting of it -- combines the breakdown of the family with the media's condescending determination to serve as a public relations bureau for blacks.
The "game" is a dare in which a young man -- all the perps appear to be male people of color, mostly blacks -- tries to literally knock out an innocent bystander with one blow.
Both National Public Radio and The New York Times say these reports of the "knockout game" being widespread are overblown and do not represent a trend. 
Really?
According to Colin Flaherty, author of "White Girl Bleed A Lot: The Return of Racial Violence to America and How the Media Ignore It," the knockout game has gone national. He describes "knockouts" in Philadelphia, Atlantic City, St. Louis, Birmingham, Chicago, Charlotte, Milwaukee, Denver, Minneapolis, Georgetown, New York City, Greensboro, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Miami, Cleveland, Nashville, Peoria, Seattle, Saratoga Springs, Atlanta and a host of others towns and cities."

No mention of "race" in the story......you know what that means......Hamden High School student arrested for playing 'knockout game'

Hamden High School student arrested for playing 'knockout game' - KFVS12 News & Weather Cape Girardeau, Carbondale, Poplar Bluff:
 "HAMDEN, CT (WFSB) -A Hamden High School student has become a victim of a brutal trend known as the "knockout game."
A male senior was walking in the halls of Hamden High School on Friday when police said a student "ran toward him and punched him under the eye."
Because of the assault, the senior suffered an eye injury."

The reason the GOP loses-act like the democrat thugs. Just do it stupider----Tea party critics blast 'incumbent protection act' approved by Republican-led Michigan Senate

The ruling republicans see balanced budget and Tea Party as the enemy.
We see the GOPer leadership as "democrats without any social skills".
Tea party critics blast 'incumbent protection act' approved by Republican-led Michigan Senate | MLive.com
"But what's largely gone unreported is that the bill also would lift a longstanding prohibition against primary spending by political party caucuses.
That would allow committees run by current lawmakers to back state House or Senate candidates of their choosing - including themselves or their colleagues.

Tea party activists say that the proposed change would protect "establishment" candidates from grassroots challengers. Some are derisively referring to the bill as the "incumbent protection act."

"The intent is to keep the ruling political class the ruling political class," said Joan Fabiano, founder of Grassroots in Michigan. "Whoever is going to be the team player, according to the powers that be, will have considerably more financial resources at their disposal."

Thank you kids. We get to spend the moolah. You get to pay. Keep voting democrat!!! -----N.Y. Leads With $66.5 Billion Unfunded Retiree Cost, S&P Says

N.Y. Leads With $66.5 Billion Unfunded Retiree Cost, S&P Says - Bloomberg:
 "New York’s $66.5 billion unfunded obligation for costs such as retiree health care is the largest among U.S. states as the governments’ combined liability fell about 3 percent from a 2011 survey, Standard & Poor’s said.
The liability of the third-most-populous state surpassed that of California, which has a $65 billion unfinanced burden, according to an S&P report released today.
New Jersey was third with $64 billion in other post-employment benefits.
Oklahoma had the lowest.
States’ collective burden was about $529 billion. "

Taxes to bureaucrats are like chocolate for fat people. They know they are long term bad. But it feels so good in the short run------"'Tax on tax' keeps Illinois gas prices among nation's highest

'Tax on tax' keeps Illinois gas prices among nation's highest - News - The State Journal-Register - Springfield, IL:
"The state’s share of the sales tax is 5 percent, while local governments receive 1.25 percent.
Some municipalities pile their own sales taxes on fuel in addition – ranging from 0.25 percent in some small communities to 3.5 percent in the city of Chicago.
The city of Springfield has no municipal motor-fuel tax.
California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan and New York are among the handful of other states that charge a motor-fuel sales tax."

Phony "non-partisan" group gets rich--Families USA Received $1 Million to Promote Obamacare

Million to Promote ObamacareCapitol City Project:

‘Non-partisan’ group paid $1 million to produce positive Obamacare

 stories

November 25, 2013 | Joe Schoffstall

With the roll out of Obamacare being as disastrous as possible for the Obama administration, one group was given a $1 million grant to help lead a rebranding effort with hopes of salvaging the law in the eyes of the American people.

Families USA (FUSA) — an organization that describes itself as a “national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans” — was given a $1.1 million grant by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on October 4, 2013, to gather “success stories” of Americans dealing with Obamacare and distribute them to the media who often refer to them as an “independent” group. This is part of a greater upcoming effort to bolster the perception of the lowly health care law.

However, the organization is a far cry from “non-partisan” and is extremely close to the Obama Administration and Enroll America – the group leading the efforts to sign people up for Obamacare.

Philippe Villers, the president of Families USA, serves as the Secretary and Treasurer of Board of a little-known group called the Herndon Alliance. The Herndon Alliance originated in Herndon, VA in 2005 and produced research the left used to sell the overhaul of the United States health care system and counteract opposition as the president was making a push for Obamacare.

As Lachlan Markay of the Washington Free Beacon noted, they are credited with crafting President Obama’s, “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it” message, and are even backed with money from George Soros’ Open Society Institute.

....some are just more equal than others......

Thankful for so much. But 5-7" is the cherry on top of the sundae! Accumulating snow on the way to much of Michigan for Thanksgiving, but just how much?

Snowshoes are ready!

Accumulating snow on the way to much of Michigan for Thanksgiving, but just how much? | MLive.com

Heck, if yer brought up to hate America yer gonna hate America. No matter how "smart" the libs tell you you are----Ronan Farrow links Thanksgiving to genocide

Ronan Farrow links Thanksgiving to genocide | The Daily Caller:
"Ronan Farrow, alleged genius and MSNBC’s newest host, took to Twitter to share some thoughts about Thanksgiving on Wednesday:
Farrow is the 25-year-old son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, though there is some speculation that his father may actually be Frank Sinatra. He has impressive professional and academic credentials, graduating from college at 15 and Yale Law School at 21 before being named a Rhodes Scholar at 23. He also allegedly worked for Hillary Clinton and the late Richard Holbrooke at the State Department.

But Farrow’s public comments have not lent weight to his genius reputation. Appearing on MSNBC in October, he declared – to much ridicule — that Bill and Hillary Clinton “represent a style of honesty that the public craves.” With his Thanksgiving tweets, he gives off the impression he is nothing more than a run-of-the-mill leftwing hack.

Farrow’s MSNBC show is set to premier sometime in 2014."

Before Chainsaws - America's Logging Industry

Before Chainsaws - America's Logging Industry « Log Home bLog:
"Before chainsaws were invented, the logging industry in the United States & Canada was a seriously challenging occupation and we are only talking about 125 years ago.
In the Pacific Northwest there were forests full of monster trees and cutting them down was done by hand.
A friend sent me these photos and I had to share them with you."

War drums! ----Argentina declares war on falkland island oil reserves las malvinas exploration

The Argentine economy is collapsing.
England has almost eliminated their navy.
Barack "Peace-in-our-time" Obama has shown his true colors.
NATO is an environmental club.
The perfect mix for WW3
Argentina declares war on falkland island oil reserves las malvinas exploration | World | News | Daily Express:
"ARGENTINA has declared war on the Falkland Islands’ oil reserves after the country’s Congress today passed a law imposing criminal sanctions on any “illegal exploration around Las Malvinas”."

FLASH-BBC News - China sends warplanes to newly declared air zone

They are NOT our friends!
BBC News - China sends warplanes to newly declared air zone

The vast zone, announced last week, covers territory claimed by China, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.

China has said all planes transiting the zone must file flight plans and identify themselves, or face "defensive emergency measures".

But Japan, South Korea and the US have all since flown military aircraft through the area.

Continue reading the main story

“sThe new dispute in an already tense region has raised concerns it could escalate into an unplanned military incident.

China's state news agency Xinhua quoted air force spokesman Col Shen Jinke as saying several fighter jets and an early warning aircraft had been deployed to carry out routine patrols as "a defensive measure and in line with international common practices".
He said the country's air force would remain on high alert and would take measures to deal with all air threats to protect national security.

They'd NEVER lie like this if they knew the media would call them on it. But they know their comrades in the media........ The Next ObamaCare Mirage

Thomas Miller and Abby McCloskey: The Next ObamaCare Mirage - WSJ.com:
"The president jumped on this theme in his press conference on Nov. 14.
"I'm not going to walk away from something that has helped the cost of health care grow at its slowest rate in 50 years," he said. On Wednesday, the White House Council of Economic Advisers published a report claiming that "the ACA is contributing to the recent slow growth in health care prices and spending."
These assertions border on nonsense.
National spending on health care is projected to reach a record $2.9 trillion in 2013, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 
This is more than 25% above pre-recession spending levels in 2007. 
Health-care expenditures per capita and as a percentage of GDP are also at record highs, expected to top out this year at $9,216 and 18% respectively."

Sure sounds like a democrat to me.

10 classic American brands that are foreign-owned

10 classic American brands that are foreign-owned | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"These are ten great American brands that are foreign-owned.

4. Good Humor

• Founding date: 1923

• Category: Ice cream

• Current parent company: Unilever

• Currently headquartered: England

• In 1923, Harry B. Burt of Youngstown, Ohio, patented his new method of making frozen confections — freezing ice cream bars to wooden handles and coating them in a hard chocolate layer. According to Burt, the value of the new process was in its sanitation and cleanliness. Instead of opening a store to sell his new Good Humor bars, Burt organized a fleet of ice-cream trucks with bells and carefully trained white-clad salesmen. When its founder died in 1926, the company went public and successfully expanded across much of the U.S. Unilever subsidiary Lipton purchased Good Humor in 1961.

Hey, maybe the sky really is falling--------Dad: Son struck by meteorites while playing outside

Dad: Son struck by meteorites while playing outside | News - Home:
 "LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. -The family of a 7-year-old boy says their son was hurt after small meteorites fell from the sky while he was playing outside."

They are NOT our friends--U.S. Sent B-52s Into China Air Zone, Official Says

U.S. Sent B-52s Into China Air Zone, Official Says - Bloomberg:
"The U.S. flew two unarmed B-52 bombers into a disputed air-defense zone claimed by China, the first test of China’s response amid escalating tensions in the region that have implications for international air travel."

"Obama" becoming a synonym for "turkey"?

And everyone thinks it's Walmart's fault-------When Roosevelt (he was a democrat...OMG!) replaced "Thanks" with commerce.

Pilgrims and Indians and the First Thanksgiving:
"In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt departed from tradition by declaring November 23, the next to the last Thursday that year, as Thanksgiving.
All of Lincoln's successors had proclaimed Thanksgiving for the final Thursday in November.
But in 1939, the National Dry Goods Association had requested Roosevelt move Thanksgiving back one week to allow for a longer Christmas season. 
This caused considerable controversy, with 23 states celebrating Thanksgiving on the 23rd, and 23 states waiting until the 30th.
This Thanksgiving was called "Franksgiving" by many who considered Roosevelt's proclamation an outrage.
In 1941, Roosevelt announced that the extending of the Christmas season had caused no increase in retail sales, and on November 26, 1941, he signed a bill that established the fourth Thursday in November as the national Thanksgiving holiday, which it has been ever since."