Via Memeorandum:
Breitbart.TV has uncovered a tape shot in 2007 when candidate Obama was singing a different tune on healthcare then he is now. Oh, he was in favor of a government take over of healthcare back then too, but unlike now, he admitted that a government run system was going to expensive and that it would require higher taxes.
What has changed in the last two years? Obama backed in to healthcare from the wrong direction. After stimulus, omnibus and cap and trade, people are in no mood for another government spending spree. Had he started with healthcare people still would not be happy but the outpouring would not be what we are seeing now. Honesty is the policy is no longer an option for the president and instead he is trying the "spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down" approach. The president doesn't seem to understand that all the sugar-coating in the world won't take the bitter taste out of the ObamaCare pill.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
The List of 75 Crap Weasels Who Voted Against De-Funding ACORN
Via Memeorandum:
Earlier I saw the list of the seventy-five disgusting pukes who voted against de-funding ACORN at both Big Government and Michelle Malkin. The following list, found at the Washington Examiner, gives each "representatives" some state. Check out the list for the morally deficit lizards in your own state and pass those names on to every single person you know. These homo-sapien wanna bes do not deserve to be in office where they decide how your hard earned tax dollars are spent.
ACORN's defenders:
Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc.Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.Robert Brady D-Pa.Corrine Brown, D-Fla.G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C.Mike Capuano, D-Mass.Andre Carson, D-Ind.Kathy Castor, D-Fla.Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo.James Clyburn, D-S.C.Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y.Elijah Cummings, D-Md.Danny Davis, D-Ill.Diane DeGette, D-Colo.Bill Delahunt, D-Mass.Mike Doyle, D-Pa.Donna Edwards, D-Md.Keith Ellison, D-Minn.Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.Chaka Fattah, D-Pa.Bob Filner, D-Calif.Marcia Fudge, D-OhioAl Green, D-Tex.Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz.Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y.Mazie Hirono, D-HawaiiRush Holt, D-N.J.Mike Honda, D-Calif.Jesse Jackson, Jr. D-Ill.Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Tex.Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Tex.Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich.Dennis Kucinich, D-OhioRick Larsen, D-Wash.Barbara Lee, D-Calif.John Lewis, D-Ga.Stephen Lynch, D-Mass.Markey, D-Mass.Betty McCollum, D-Minn.McDermott, D-Wash. McGovern, D-Mass.Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y.Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va.Gwen Moore, D-Wisc.Jim Moran, D-Va.Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.Richard Neal, D-Mass.John Olver, D-Mass.Frank Pallone, D-N.J.Bill Pascrell, D-N.J.Donald Payne, D-N.J.Jared Polis, D-Colo.David Price, D-N.C.Nick Rahall, D-W.Va.Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y.Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif.Bobby Rush, D-Ill.Linda Sánchez, D-Calif.Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.David Scott D-Ga.Bobby Scott, D-Va.Jose Serrano, D-N.Y.Brad Sherman, D-Calif.Albio Sires, D-N.J.Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y.Pete Stark, D-Calif.Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y.Niki Tsongas, D-Mass.Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.Maxine Waters, D-Calif.Diane Watson, D-Calif.Henry Waxman, D-Calif.Robert Wexler, D-Fla.Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif.
On the list is my representative, Kathy Castor. I'm calling her out. If your rep is on the list, call them out.
Earlier I saw the list of the seventy-five disgusting pukes who voted against de-funding ACORN at both Big Government and Michelle Malkin. The following list, found at the Washington Examiner, gives each "representatives" some state. Check out the list for the morally deficit lizards in your own state and pass those names on to every single person you know. These homo-sapien wanna bes do not deserve to be in office where they decide how your hard earned tax dollars are spent.
ACORN's defenders:
Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc.Xavier Becerra, D-Calif.Robert Brady D-Pa.Corrine Brown, D-Fla.G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C.Mike Capuano, D-Mass.Andre Carson, D-Ind.Kathy Castor, D-Fla.Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo.James Clyburn, D-S.C.Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y.Elijah Cummings, D-Md.Danny Davis, D-Ill.Diane DeGette, D-Colo.Bill Delahunt, D-Mass.Mike Doyle, D-Pa.Donna Edwards, D-Md.Keith Ellison, D-Minn.Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.Chaka Fattah, D-Pa.Bob Filner, D-Calif.Marcia Fudge, D-OhioAl Green, D-Tex.Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz.Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y.Mazie Hirono, D-HawaiiRush Holt, D-N.J.Mike Honda, D-Calif.Jesse Jackson, Jr. D-Ill.Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Tex.Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Tex.Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich.Dennis Kucinich, D-OhioRick Larsen, D-Wash.Barbara Lee, D-Calif.John Lewis, D-Ga.Stephen Lynch, D-Mass.Markey, D-Mass.Betty McCollum, D-Minn.McDermott, D-Wash. McGovern, D-Mass.Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y.Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va.Gwen Moore, D-Wisc.Jim Moran, D-Va.Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.Richard Neal, D-Mass.John Olver, D-Mass.Frank Pallone, D-N.J.Bill Pascrell, D-N.J.Donald Payne, D-N.J.Jared Polis, D-Colo.David Price, D-N.C.Nick Rahall, D-W.Va.Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y.Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif.Bobby Rush, D-Ill.Linda Sánchez, D-Calif.Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.David Scott D-Ga.Bobby Scott, D-Va.Jose Serrano, D-N.Y.Brad Sherman, D-Calif.Albio Sires, D-N.J.Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y.Pete Stark, D-Calif.Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y.Niki Tsongas, D-Mass.Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y.Maxine Waters, D-Calif.Diane Watson, D-Calif.Henry Waxman, D-Calif.Robert Wexler, D-Fla.Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif.
On the list is my representative, Kathy Castor. I'm calling her out. If your rep is on the list, call them out.
Oh, Nancy
Via Memorandum:
Oh Nancy, we're not a violent people. We are nothing more or less than a population who has grown weary of an unresponsive government. We're sick of you. Want to know why? Let's start with your own words:
“I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw … I saw this myself in the late '70s in San Francisco,” Pelosi said, choking up and with tears forming in her eyes. “This kind of rhetoric is just, is really frightening and it created a climate in which we, violence took place and … I wish that we would all, again, curb our enthusiasm in some of the statements that are made.”
To which I say:
"You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. Matthew 7:5
Or to paraphrase, cut the crap on your own ugly rhetoric before you get all exercised about the rhetoric of others.
Madam Speaker, we have been called thugs, mobs, racists, white supremacists, teabaggers, lunatics, ad nauseum, simply because we think that this country is heading in the wrong direction and have stood up across this great country and said so.
We love this country. We are going to stand up for what we believe is right. But dry those crocodile tears because we are not violent. We do however, resent the hell out of you implying that we are.
Oh Nancy, we're not a violent people. We are nothing more or less than a population who has grown weary of an unresponsive government. We're sick of you. Want to know why? Let's start with your own words:
“I have concerns about some of the language that is being used because I saw … I saw this myself in the late '70s in San Francisco,” Pelosi said, choking up and with tears forming in her eyes. “This kind of rhetoric is just, is really frightening and it created a climate in which we, violence took place and … I wish that we would all, again, curb our enthusiasm in some of the statements that are made.”
To which I say:
"You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. Matthew 7:5
Or to paraphrase, cut the crap on your own ugly rhetoric before you get all exercised about the rhetoric of others.
Madam Speaker, we have been called thugs, mobs, racists, white supremacists, teabaggers, lunatics, ad nauseum, simply because we think that this country is heading in the wrong direction and have stood up across this great country and said so.
We love this country. We are going to stand up for what we believe is right. But dry those crocodile tears because we are not violent. We do however, resent the hell out of you implying that we are.
Rep Kathy Castor is an Embarrassment to Her Constituents-UPDATED
UPDATE II:
What flippin planet to these progressive freaks live on? From Smitty at The Other McCain:
Joe Conason at Salon:
The right-wing crusade against ACORN is a far bigger fraud than any misdeeds a few employees might have committed...
Pointing out fraud committed on the taxpayer dollar is worse, WORSE than committing the fraud? It is worse than being nonchalant about child prostitution? Am I dab smack in some unbelievable ParodyWorld? Have these people never heard of evil?
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UPDATE I:
Here's the email response I received from Rep. Kathy Castor:
***This is an automatically generated response to let you know that your message has been received***
I appreciate your email regarding your concerns and views. It is important for me to learn of issues that are so important to you and our entire community.
Please know that I am committed to serving all of the constituents of District 11. I am working hard to reduce the costs of health care, increase access to education, and bring more accountability to the halls of Congress.
Thank you again for sharing your thoughts, your input is timely and appreciated.
Sincerely,
Kathy CastorUnited States RepresentativeFlorida, District 11
"...bring more accountability to the halls of Congress..." Who are you kidding Rep. Castor? Don't talk to me about bringing more accountability to the halls of Congress when in reality, what you are bringing is MY tax dollars to ACORN to benefit YOUR next 'get out the vote' program.
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My excitement over the House's 345 -75 vote to de-fund ACORN has been short lived. My first thought upon hearing the news was, "so who are the seventy-five bone heads who voted against de-funding ACORN?" Number eight on the list of "nays" turns out to be Rep. Kathy Castor, my representative.
I immediately got the phone and email to spread the word of Castor's betrayal of her local constituents. After calling friends and family I called Castor's local office. A young man answered the phone and let me say my piece. At the end of my lengthy vent, the bored sounding young man said he would pass my concerns along. I immediately felt that nothing was going to be "passed along" so I emailed Castor to ensure that she was informed of the depth of my disgust and shame towards her.
Kathy Castor held a disastrous townhall in Tampa early in August. It was clear at the townhall that Castor was holding the meeting for her union contributors, not her constituents. This should not have surprised me, Castor's single largest campaign donors are Labor unions according to OpenSecrets.Org. In second place on the list of donors-Lawyers & Lobbyists.
ACORN has been shown engaging in and encouraging illegal activities at five separate locations. Most disturbing, not one employee at any of those offices raised any objection to underage girls being brought in to the country illegally to be used as prostitutes. The actions of the ACORN employees has been morally reprehensible and indefensible, yet Kathy Castor would rather side with these criminals than her own taxpaying constituents.
To continue to fund ACORN is to tacitly approve of their illegal acts and this is exactly what Castor did when she cast her "nay" vote. Thankfully, the vast majority of the House understood this and voted for the measure. Castor on the other hand, has shown herself to be cut of the same morally deficient cloth as the ACORN that she supports. Kathy Castor is unfit to serve the people in my district.
More at:
Memeorandum
Michelle Malkin
RedState
What flippin planet to these progressive freaks live on? From Smitty at The Other McCain:
Joe Conason at Salon:
The right-wing crusade against ACORN is a far bigger fraud than any misdeeds a few employees might have committed...
Pointing out fraud committed on the taxpayer dollar is worse, WORSE than committing the fraud? It is worse than being nonchalant about child prostitution? Am I dab smack in some unbelievable ParodyWorld? Have these people never heard of evil?
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UPDATE I:
Here's the email response I received from Rep. Kathy Castor:
***This is an automatically generated response to let you know that your message has been received***
I appreciate your email regarding your concerns and views. It is important for me to learn of issues that are so important to you and our entire community.
Please know that I am committed to serving all of the constituents of District 11. I am working hard to reduce the costs of health care, increase access to education, and bring more accountability to the halls of Congress.
Thank you again for sharing your thoughts, your input is timely and appreciated.
Sincerely,
Kathy CastorUnited States RepresentativeFlorida, District 11
"...bring more accountability to the halls of Congress..." Who are you kidding Rep. Castor? Don't talk to me about bringing more accountability to the halls of Congress when in reality, what you are bringing is MY tax dollars to ACORN to benefit YOUR next 'get out the vote' program.
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My excitement over the House's 345 -75 vote to de-fund ACORN has been short lived. My first thought upon hearing the news was, "so who are the seventy-five bone heads who voted against de-funding ACORN?" Number eight on the list of "nays" turns out to be Rep. Kathy Castor, my representative.
I immediately got the phone and email to spread the word of Castor's betrayal of her local constituents. After calling friends and family I called Castor's local office. A young man answered the phone and let me say my piece. At the end of my lengthy vent, the bored sounding young man said he would pass my concerns along. I immediately felt that nothing was going to be "passed along" so I emailed Castor to ensure that she was informed of the depth of my disgust and shame towards her.
Kathy Castor held a disastrous townhall in Tampa early in August. It was clear at the townhall that Castor was holding the meeting for her union contributors, not her constituents. This should not have surprised me, Castor's single largest campaign donors are Labor unions according to OpenSecrets.Org. In second place on the list of donors-Lawyers & Lobbyists.
ACORN has been shown engaging in and encouraging illegal activities at five separate locations. Most disturbing, not one employee at any of those offices raised any objection to underage girls being brought in to the country illegally to be used as prostitutes. The actions of the ACORN employees has been morally reprehensible and indefensible, yet Kathy Castor would rather side with these criminals than her own taxpaying constituents.
To continue to fund ACORN is to tacitly approve of their illegal acts and this is exactly what Castor did when she cast her "nay" vote. Thankfully, the vast majority of the House understood this and voted for the measure. Castor on the other hand, has shown herself to be cut of the same morally deficient cloth as the ACORN that she supports. Kathy Castor is unfit to serve the people in my district.
More at:
Memeorandum
Michelle Malkin
RedState
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
ACCORN: The Left Shrugs and Spins
Via Memeorandum:
How has the Left responded to the ACORN scandal?
The Daily Kos uses the story to attack Sen. David Vitter.
Think Progress uses the story to attack Sen. David Vitter.
The Political Carnival uses the story to attack Sen. David Vitter
No outrage that an organization is committing fraud on the taxpayer’s dime. Child prostitution? Not worth mentioning. Has the entire Left taken complete leave of their morals as well as their minds? Are we to understand that the Left is okay with the numerous instances of lawlessness depicted on the tapes?
Apparently the Left has ‘evolved’ beyond the lowly concepts of right and wrong. In Progressiveville, has shame become passé.
Those of us who still exists on a more earthly plain are shocked by the behavior we’ve seen on the ACCORN tapes. In our little corner, crime and punishment still exists. So, let the Left ignore or spin the ACCORN story. We won’t and I promise you, we will push this story wherever it leads.
How has the Left responded to the ACORN scandal?
The Daily Kos uses the story to attack Sen. David Vitter.
Think Progress uses the story to attack Sen. David Vitter.
The Political Carnival uses the story to attack Sen. David Vitter
No outrage that an organization is committing fraud on the taxpayer’s dime. Child prostitution? Not worth mentioning. Has the entire Left taken complete leave of their morals as well as their minds? Are we to understand that the Left is okay with the numerous instances of lawlessness depicted on the tapes?
Apparently the Left has ‘evolved’ beyond the lowly concepts of right and wrong. In Progressiveville, has shame become passé.
Those of us who still exists on a more earthly plain are shocked by the behavior we’ve seen on the ACCORN tapes. In our little corner, crime and punishment still exists. So, let the Left ignore or spin the ACCORN story. We won’t and I promise you, we will push this story wherever it leads.
Charles Johnson: There's Some Things You Can't Take Back
Not that Johnson appears inclined but even if he were, there are some lines you just don't cross. If you take aim at a man's reputation, as Johnson has taken aim at Stacy McCain's, you better know what you're talking about and who you're dealing with. Sadly, Johnson put fingers to keyboard without being very well informed on either point.
Stacy:
"Never tell a lie, nor take what is not your own, nor sue anybody for slander, assault and battery. Always settle them cases yourself."-- Andrew Jackson, recalling his mother's advice
Go after Stacy and he is going to settle the case.
Bandying about the "R" word has become the preferred end game of the rabid Left. In fact, it has been so over used as to render a once powerful word almost meaningless. At some point, if everyone is a racist, then nobody is. In the end, it is the user who is abased and looks foolish. This is the fate that Johnson has assigned to himself.
If Johnson has a problem with Stacy on substance, fine, address it. I enjoy well reasoned disagreement. Instead, Johnson has launched a personal attack. The conclusion is that Johnson is not up to an honest debate.
More at:
Memeorandum
The Daley Gator
American Power
Atlas Shrugs
Stacy:
"Never tell a lie, nor take what is not your own, nor sue anybody for slander, assault and battery. Always settle them cases yourself."-- Andrew Jackson, recalling his mother's advice
Go after Stacy and he is going to settle the case.
Bandying about the "R" word has become the preferred end game of the rabid Left. In fact, it has been so over used as to render a once powerful word almost meaningless. At some point, if everyone is a racist, then nobody is. In the end, it is the user who is abased and looks foolish. This is the fate that Johnson has assigned to himself.
If Johnson has a problem with Stacy on substance, fine, address it. I enjoy well reasoned disagreement. Instead, Johnson has launched a personal attack. The conclusion is that Johnson is not up to an honest debate.
More at:
Memeorandum
The Daley Gator
American Power
Atlas Shrugs
Jon Stewart on the ACORN Scandal
Via Memeorandum:
Ed Morrissey at Hot Air:
Kudos to Jon Stewart, who doesn’t sugar-coat the embarrassment at all — to the apparent delight of his audience, who get kudos of their own. How can the national news media ignore the many allegations of corruption at ACORN, which gets millions of dollars in federal funding, and allow a couple of independents with $3,000 and a bad wardrobe scoop them on the undercover story of the year? It’s easy when newsrooms are more concerned with political direction than truth. Stick around to the end, when Stewart zings Michelle Malkin haters.
This is why recent poll respondents named Jon Stewart more trustworthy than Katie Couric, Charles Gibson and Brian Williams. Mainstream news is dead.
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Treasury Dept. Admits That Cap and Trade is Going to Cost Families Big Bucks
Via Memeorandum:
The Obama administration has privately concluded that a cap and trade law would cost American taxpayers up to $200 billion a year, the equivalent of hiking personal income taxes by about 15 percent.
Not exactly breaking news; I said the same thing back in June. The US Treasury is putting the cost per family at around $147.00 a month in direct energy costs. Of course, everyone who pays taxes will also see increases due to indirect energy costs. After all, who pays the electric bill at the school down the road? The taxpayer. The same applies to every public and municipal building. What other indirect energy costs are there? Who pays the electric bill at the grocery store? Is it paid out of the store’s profits or are operational costs built into the price of goods that consumer’s purchase? The Treasury’s estimate is beginning to sound a little low isn’t it?
Consumer’s will pay for Cap and Trade (and a host of other progressive programs) in increased costs not in increased federal income taxes. It is a twofer for the President; he gets taxpayers to pay for his agenda while claiming that he hasn’t raised taxes.
Beware the hidden cost of seemingly “free”, feel good programs.
The Obama administration has privately concluded that a cap and trade law would cost American taxpayers up to $200 billion a year, the equivalent of hiking personal income taxes by about 15 percent.
Not exactly breaking news; I said the same thing back in June. The US Treasury is putting the cost per family at around $147.00 a month in direct energy costs. Of course, everyone who pays taxes will also see increases due to indirect energy costs. After all, who pays the electric bill at the school down the road? The taxpayer. The same applies to every public and municipal building. What other indirect energy costs are there? Who pays the electric bill at the grocery store? Is it paid out of the store’s profits or are operational costs built into the price of goods that consumer’s purchase? The Treasury’s estimate is beginning to sound a little low isn’t it?
Consumer’s will pay for Cap and Trade (and a host of other progressive programs) in increased costs not in increased federal income taxes. It is a twofer for the President; he gets taxpayers to pay for his agenda while claiming that he hasn’t raised taxes.
Beware the hidden cost of seemingly “free”, feel good programs.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The Sun Is Going To Come Out Tomorrow
Rule 2 is coming in the middle of the week. I had my follow-up with my doctor today and the news was unbelievably good. STAGE ONE!!!
I have a lot of people to thank, some of them are you people. I have been the recipient of the kindness of strangers. It is much appreciated. I don’t know what else to say except, “thank you.” I wish that I could express it better.
Smitty:
Hey: if she's a tax cheat, then she could be Napolitano's special Veteran Outreach Czar, or something. However, her non-approach to literacy may make her a great candidate for Congress.
That deserves a Heh.
I've despised Patrick J. Buchanan for years. His veiled calls for racial divisiveness. His underhanded attempts to market holocaust denial on his website. His ludicrous claim that Hitler was really a misunderstood pacifist.
Buchanan can call himself a conservative or a banana as far as I’m concerned. He’s a bigoted, anti-Semite ass.
There's lots of good analysis on crowd size from bloggers, and the numbers are way more the 30,000 (or 70,000). For one of the better analyses I've seen, check Transterrestrial Musings, "An Impression of the Protest."
Honestly, I don’t care how many where there, I am proud of each person who was in DC, Wilshire, Quincy, Lakeland and all over this country.
I am right beside you.Paco:
I suppose a rough Western equivalent would be the chastity belt (which a quick Google search reveals to be of interest only to a small group of people who are given to, er, rather outré fantasies).
“Outré fantasies.” Expand, please.
1) I haven’t heard Johnson’s name in an awfully long time. Is he still blogging?2) Charles Johnson is about to find himself in an entirely new dimension of pain once Stacy’s friends jump in on this.
Whatcha saying, Jimmie? That we’re a bunch of ass kicking rebels? I know I am…
The issue of early discovery means Obama’s lawyers must produce documents, including his hospital records, birth certificate, name of doctor, and all of the signatures, proving his natural born status within 30 days.
I’m not sure where I stand on this, my position changes day by day, but I want it settled.
"The right wing blogosphere is receding away from me at the speed of light, and all I can say is good riddance."-- Charles Johnson, LGF
Hey, act like crap weasel, suffer the fate of a crap weasel.
Pat:
And the mainstream media is all over this, right? Because everyone loves a story with sex, prostitutes, tax evasion, murder...what's next? What? You mean the mainstream media isn't covering this? Golly gee.
Who is this “mainstream media” you speak of?
Come Thanksgiving I'll break out It's a Marshmallow World and start driving my kids crazy again. But then I'll make it up to them by buying them an adorable puppy.
Shhhh. Don’t tell a soul! The man is my total Rule 5 dream come true.
JENNIFER RUBIN: Why Did Holder’s Justice Department Dismiss the Black Panther Case?
Another attorney familiar with the inner workings of the Civil Rights Division agrees with this take. He observes that Department staff “openly and proudly advocate for a different standard” depending on the race of the alleged civil rights violator. He contends that this view extends now up to the attorney general and to staff attorneys who “say it openly at the Justice Department when the topic of ‘reverse’ discrimination comes up.”
See my comment under “Pat” but substitute “equal justice” for “mainstream media.”
Bob:
Who's the head of OSHA is very important as the department has enormous regulatory power. In other words, they have the power to intervene in a lot of areas by issuing directives that have the force of law without having to be voted on by elected legislators. As someone who has worked in government for over twenty-five years, I fear regulatory power more than I fear judicial power because its reach and effect flys so under the radar, out of the sight of the public. Much mischief has been created by regulations and the Left knows full well the benefits of this kind of power.
OSHA no longer fulfills its original purpose. Currently, it serves as labor union’s ‘big stick.
Ya’ll know the sign of a good doctor? He’s the one who will look at you and say, “You’re lucky. You’ve been given another chance. You’re fifty-one years old, pull your head out of your ass.” That loud pop you just heard….
To Be Continued…
Did He Call Obama 'Ordinary'?
Via Memeorandum:
Unless I missed something, I think at Politico, Jeremy Lott called President Obama 'ordinary.' So, so. Run of the mill. Actually, he said that Obama is "failing miserably," but I'm glad his policies are failing so I'm going to skip over that for a moment.
Lott is comparing Obama to pre-9/11 President Bush. I have the feeling that Lott considers Bush a talentless schmuck who stumbled in to the presidency and "got lucky" when the planes came in. Yep, Pres. "somewhere a village is missing an idiot" Bush, did a pretty darn good job of getting his agenda through. On the other hand, we have The One, the Way and the Light, and he's falling flat. It just doesn't make sense, does it?
It makes perfect sense. I never understood it but for some reason, candidate Obama made an emotional connection with many voters. Part of it, I believe, is that his candidacy gave a bunch of white non-racists a tangible means to show that they were non-racists. That is not to say that whites who voted against Obama were racists, it is just they were more secure in their non-racism. Further, Obama is young, not hard to look at and when he doesn't appear to be suffering from a massive nicotine fit, fairly well spoken. Compare that to John McCain.
So what happened? Reality. Back during the campaign, those of us on the Right kept saying that Obama had no experience doing anything. Those roosters have now come home. He simply doesn't have enough experience to be good, let alone great. Or in Peter Principal speak, "cream raises to the top and clabbers." Obama has been promoted beyond his ability.
Secondly, and now we're back to his policy failures, he is pushing bad policy. Really bad policy. So bad that even people who initially supported him and voted for him have been smacked back to reality. He talks about "change" but his ideas are no newer today than they were in 1917 when Lenin had them.
Yes, Obama is failing miserably. Thank God.
Unless I missed something, I think at Politico, Jeremy Lott called President Obama 'ordinary.' So, so. Run of the mill. Actually, he said that Obama is "failing miserably," but I'm glad his policies are failing so I'm going to skip over that for a moment.
Lott is comparing Obama to pre-9/11 President Bush. I have the feeling that Lott considers Bush a talentless schmuck who stumbled in to the presidency and "got lucky" when the planes came in. Yep, Pres. "somewhere a village is missing an idiot" Bush, did a pretty darn good job of getting his agenda through. On the other hand, we have The One, the Way and the Light, and he's falling flat. It just doesn't make sense, does it?
It makes perfect sense. I never understood it but for some reason, candidate Obama made an emotional connection with many voters. Part of it, I believe, is that his candidacy gave a bunch of white non-racists a tangible means to show that they were non-racists. That is not to say that whites who voted against Obama were racists, it is just they were more secure in their non-racism. Further, Obama is young, not hard to look at and when he doesn't appear to be suffering from a massive nicotine fit, fairly well spoken. Compare that to John McCain.
So what happened? Reality. Back during the campaign, those of us on the Right kept saying that Obama had no experience doing anything. Those roosters have now come home. He simply doesn't have enough experience to be good, let alone great. Or in Peter Principal speak, "cream raises to the top and clabbers." Obama has been promoted beyond his ability.
Secondly, and now we're back to his policy failures, he is pushing bad policy. Really bad policy. So bad that even people who initially supported him and voted for him have been smacked back to reality. He talks about "change" but his ideas are no newer today than they were in 1917 when Lenin had them.
Yes, Obama is failing miserably. Thank God.
ACORN: The Never Ending Story
Via Memeorandum:
Oh my, where to start? Prostitution, child prostitution, illegal alien child prostitution. Fraud, tax fraud, mortgage fraud. Murder? Why am I not surprised?
In less than a week, the Census Bureau has severed its ties with ACORN and the Senate has voted 83-7 to cut off their housing funds. That is a start, but it is only a start. No one with a shred of decency could possible defend ACORN or allow them to receive one more penny of taxpayer money.* Congress should completely de-fund ACORN and any organization tied to it and permanently ban them from receiving taxpayer funds in the future.
There should immediately be investigations in to how deep in to our government this scandal is is seeded. How was this group and its affiliates allowed to become so entrenched in this administration and more importantly, who in our government aided and abetted this group and vice versa?
Sadly, Attorney Holder seems too busy with the Left wing vendetta against the previous administration to concern itself with actual wrongdoing.
Speaker Pelosi spoke of "draining the swamp." Since then the swamp as overflowed its banks and is currently flooding 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
*We know there are seven senators without a shred of decency. They are: Dick Durbin (D-IL) Roland Burris (D-IL) Robert Casey (D-PA) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
More at:
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The Daley Gator
Oh my, where to start? Prostitution, child prostitution, illegal alien child prostitution. Fraud, tax fraud, mortgage fraud. Murder? Why am I not surprised?
In less than a week, the Census Bureau has severed its ties with ACORN and the Senate has voted 83-7 to cut off their housing funds. That is a start, but it is only a start. No one with a shred of decency could possible defend ACORN or allow them to receive one more penny of taxpayer money.* Congress should completely de-fund ACORN and any organization tied to it and permanently ban them from receiving taxpayer funds in the future.
There should immediately be investigations in to how deep in to our government this scandal is is seeded. How was this group and its affiliates allowed to become so entrenched in this administration and more importantly, who in our government aided and abetted this group and vice versa?
Sadly, Attorney Holder seems too busy with the Left wing vendetta against the previous administration to concern itself with actual wrongdoing.
Speaker Pelosi spoke of "draining the swamp." Since then the swamp as overflowed its banks and is currently flooding 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
*We know there are seven senators without a shred of decency. They are: Dick Durbin (D-IL) Roland Burris (D-IL) Robert Casey (D-PA) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
More at:
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Gateway Pundit
Another Black Conservative
Troglopundit
Pundit & Pundette
The Other McCain
The Daley Gator
Monday, September 14, 2009
Obama Calls Kayne West a "Jackass"-Off Record
Via Memeorandum:
Politico is reporting that ABC’s Moran removes tweet with Obama swipe at Kayne:
ABC News reporter Terry Moran caused quite a commotion tonight on Twitter after writing the following: "Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a "jackass" for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT'S presidential."
Although it wasn't long before Moran removed it, with over a million followers, the tweet quickly bounced around Twitter through various users. (And it can still be found here).
Now, an ABC spokesperson explains to POLITICO what happened:
In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion of those remarks that turned out to be from an off-the-record portion of the interview. This was done before our editorial process had been completed. That was wrong. We apologize to the White House and CNBC and are taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again.
So why would the President want his calling a “jackass” a “jackass” off the record? There is no excuse for the immature outburst of the ego obese but emotionally challenged West. Is Obama more concerned about his undeserved image as one of the “cool” guys than he is about pointing that certain behavior is unacceptable regardless of the popularity of the jackass in question?
Obama either means what he said or he doesn’t. He got the term right the first time. He should stand by it.
Politico is reporting that ABC’s Moran removes tweet with Obama swipe at Kayne:
ABC News reporter Terry Moran caused quite a commotion tonight on Twitter after writing the following: "Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a "jackass" for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT'S presidential."
Although it wasn't long before Moran removed it, with over a million followers, the tweet quickly bounced around Twitter through various users. (And it can still be found here).
Now, an ABC spokesperson explains to POLITICO what happened:
In the process of reporting on remarks by President Obama that were made during a CNBC interview, ABC News employees prematurely tweeted a portion of those remarks that turned out to be from an off-the-record portion of the interview. This was done before our editorial process had been completed. That was wrong. We apologize to the White House and CNBC and are taking steps to ensure that it will not happen again.
So why would the President want his calling a “jackass” a “jackass” off the record? There is no excuse for the immature outburst of the ego obese but emotionally challenged West. Is Obama more concerned about his undeserved image as one of the “cool” guys than he is about pointing that certain behavior is unacceptable regardless of the popularity of the jackass in question?
Obama either means what he said or he doesn’t. He got the term right the first time. He should stand by it.
Rep. Peter Stark (D) LaLa Land Shows His Ass-Again
You just gotta be touched by the way that some politicians treat the taxpayers, who employ them and pay them out of their own pockets, with such honor and respect. Rep. Pete Stark ain't one of them.
From my buddy Doug at The Daley Gator:
Party of the working man? Not so much!
I know an island just off the coast of Florida that a pissy tyrant like Stark would fit it nicely.
From my buddy Doug at The Daley Gator:
Party of the working man? Not so much!
Nothing like another Pete Stark Raving Mad moment to show us all how
Democrats conduct themselves with the utmost civility and dignity.
Add this one to his Greatest Unhinged Hits.
Stark attended a town hall meeting on health care in Fremont, Calif. over the
weekend. A senior citizen lit into various Obamacare talking points and told
Rep. Stark: “Don’t pee on my leg and then tell me it’s raining.”
At 1:38 of the video clip, Stark grabbed the microphone and lashed
back: “I wouldn’t dignify you by peeing on your leg. It wouldn’t be worth
wasting the urine.”
I know an island just off the coast of Florida that a pissy tyrant like Stark would fit it nicely.
There's an Upset Brewing in Florida
From the September 13th addition of the St. Petersburg Times:
"It's rare that I talk to anyone that's got a good thing to say about the governor right now. It's hard to find a real Charlie Crist ally," said former state Republican chairman Tom Slade. "Charlie Crist is a marvelous politician, but rarely do you use the word statesman with Charlie Crist. That's his vulnerability, getting branded as another self-centered politician, and he doesn't have many more opportunities to muff up before that happens." ...
His state is losing population for the first time in 60 years. Unemployment and foreclosures are soaring. Taxes haven't dropped like a rock as he promised, and Florida remains one hurricane away from bankruptcy. County Republican parties are openly revolting against Crist, while a charismatic young rival, Marco Rubio, is being hailed on the cover of William F. Buckley's National Review magazine as the future of the GOP. ...
The polls don't show it yet, but warning signs abound for Crist. Local Republican executive committees and clubs in every corner of the state are holding symbolic "straw poll" votes where Rubio doesn't just beat Crist, but consistently trounces him 8- or 9-to-1.
Three things have brought the Florida Republican Senate race to this point.
First, Charlie Crist, generally considered a (very) liberal Republican, angered the base by embracing President Obama and the president’s highly unpopular Stimulus Bill. Bad has gone to worse for the governor as unemployment has risen in the state and Crist broke his promise not raise taxes on already cash strapped Floridians.
Second, Marco Rubio showed up on the scene as Crist’s polar opposite Rubio, the former Speaker of the Florida House is a staunch conservative who fires up the base at every event he attends. In addition to his conservative credentials, he is young, photogenic and unbelievably well spoken. He connects with “the people” because he intuitively knows how to talk to people without talking down to them-a refreshing quality in a politician.
Third, in a huge miscalculation, the NRSC came out in favor of Crist right out of the gate. Sadly, many in the Republican party leadership do not seem to understand how unhappy the base is with them. By backing a candidate prior to the primary, the NRSC cemented the feeling among the base that the ‘street level’ Republican doesn’t count.
This is being played as an ‘upset in the making’ but as a member of the base, I don’t know anybody who is upset by the notion of ‘Senator Rubio.’
"It's rare that I talk to anyone that's got a good thing to say about the governor right now. It's hard to find a real Charlie Crist ally," said former state Republican chairman Tom Slade. "Charlie Crist is a marvelous politician, but rarely do you use the word statesman with Charlie Crist. That's his vulnerability, getting branded as another self-centered politician, and he doesn't have many more opportunities to muff up before that happens." ...
His state is losing population for the first time in 60 years. Unemployment and foreclosures are soaring. Taxes haven't dropped like a rock as he promised, and Florida remains one hurricane away from bankruptcy. County Republican parties are openly revolting against Crist, while a charismatic young rival, Marco Rubio, is being hailed on the cover of William F. Buckley's National Review magazine as the future of the GOP. ...
The polls don't show it yet, but warning signs abound for Crist. Local Republican executive committees and clubs in every corner of the state are holding symbolic "straw poll" votes where Rubio doesn't just beat Crist, but consistently trounces him 8- or 9-to-1.
Three things have brought the Florida Republican Senate race to this point.
First, Charlie Crist, generally considered a (very) liberal Republican, angered the base by embracing President Obama and the president’s highly unpopular Stimulus Bill. Bad has gone to worse for the governor as unemployment has risen in the state and Crist broke his promise not raise taxes on already cash strapped Floridians.
Second, Marco Rubio showed up on the scene as Crist’s polar opposite Rubio, the former Speaker of the Florida House is a staunch conservative who fires up the base at every event he attends. In addition to his conservative credentials, he is young, photogenic and unbelievably well spoken. He connects with “the people” because he intuitively knows how to talk to people without talking down to them-a refreshing quality in a politician.
Third, in a huge miscalculation, the NRSC came out in favor of Crist right out of the gate. Sadly, many in the Republican party leadership do not seem to understand how unhappy the base is with them. By backing a candidate prior to the primary, the NRSC cemented the feeling among the base that the ‘street level’ Republican doesn’t count.
This is being played as an ‘upset in the making’ but as a member of the base, I don’t know anybody who is upset by the notion of ‘Senator Rubio.’
BREAKING NEWS! Senate Does Something Right: Votes Against Givng ACCORN Housing Dollars UPDATED!
Via Memeorandum:
Michelle Malkin is reporting that the Senate has voted to cut off ACORN’s housing funds 83-7. Who the hell would have thunk it?
By now everyone knows that in (at least) three ACORN offices employees were filmed advising a “prostitute” and her “pimp” how to falsify tax returns, falsify loan documents, hide income (money laundering?) and oh yeah, claim underage illegal girls brought in to the country as sex workers as “dependents.” Politico is reporting that ACORN is considering a lawsuit against Fox News, who aired the videos, though they were not involved in the filming in any way. Good luck with that. Might I suggest that the “guilty dog” approach might be more appropriate. ACORN should tuck its tail between its legs and hang its head in shame.
Malkin:
Just watched GOP Sen. Mike Johanns introduce his amendment on the Senate floor banning federal funds in the current transportation and housing appropriations bill from going to ACORN. Currently, ACORN is eligible to receive millions more in taxpayer funds through mortgage counseling, Community Development Block Grants, and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program — in addition to the tens of millions ACORN Housing Corp. has already received.
Ed Morrissey has the list of the seven fine, upstanding Senators who have no problem with child prostitution and fraud at the taxpayer’s expense and following their, um, ‘conscientious’ voted against the bill:
Dick Durbin (D-IL) Roland Burris (D-IL) Robert Casey (D-PA) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
I’m sure their Mommas would be proud.
UPDATE:
At this point it feels like breaking news is comeing out on ACORN way faster than the poor fingers can type. Over at Director Blue, Doug Ross has the definative "latest." Bless him, I can't keep up!
Michelle Malkin is reporting that the Senate has voted to cut off ACORN’s housing funds 83-7. Who the hell would have thunk it?
By now everyone knows that in (at least) three ACORN offices employees were filmed advising a “prostitute” and her “pimp” how to falsify tax returns, falsify loan documents, hide income (money laundering?) and oh yeah, claim underage illegal girls brought in to the country as sex workers as “dependents.” Politico is reporting that ACORN is considering a lawsuit against Fox News, who aired the videos, though they were not involved in the filming in any way. Good luck with that. Might I suggest that the “guilty dog” approach might be more appropriate. ACORN should tuck its tail between its legs and hang its head in shame.
Malkin:
Just watched GOP Sen. Mike Johanns introduce his amendment on the Senate floor banning federal funds in the current transportation and housing appropriations bill from going to ACORN. Currently, ACORN is eligible to receive millions more in taxpayer funds through mortgage counseling, Community Development Block Grants, and the Neighborhood Stabilization Program — in addition to the tens of millions ACORN Housing Corp. has already received.
Ed Morrissey has the list of the seven fine, upstanding Senators who have no problem with child prostitution and fraud at the taxpayer’s expense and following their, um, ‘conscientious’ voted against the bill:
Dick Durbin (D-IL) Roland Burris (D-IL) Robert Casey (D-PA) Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
I’m sure their Mommas would be proud.
UPDATE:
At this point it feels like breaking news is comeing out on ACORN way faster than the poor fingers can type. Over at Director Blue, Doug Ross has the definative "latest." Bless him, I can't keep up!
Does The GOP 'Elite" Think That We Are Extremists, Or Are We Just Too Uppity?
Via Memeorandum:
The L.A. Times article Some fear GOP is being carried to the extreme made me think of a woman who was at the Lakeland Tea Party this past Saturday. At fifty-one years old she had just been told that she suffers from a serious, chronic medical condition. Combine that with the fact that her elderly parents both also have medical conditions, she was partly there because of her personal investment in the future of healthcare. She also has two young grandchildren and worries about the effects the government’s reckless spending will have on their lives. Yes, I am talking about myself.
What would make anyone, particularly someone from my own political party, think that I am radical or extremist? Yes, I believe that my country has taken a very wrong turn, and yes, I have become an “activist.” But, and the powers that be in the Republican party need to understand this, I am your base.
I talked to people Saturday and to the last man and woman, they were just like me, unremarkable. We are simply ‘concerned citizens’ who have become more concerned as we see government intrusion in to our markets, our healthcare, our lives, spiral out of control. Some of us are angry and some are scared. None are resigned.
We want our children and our grandchildren to have a better life than we have had. We see that hope being taken away by a government who no longer holds itself accountable to “we the people.” We are not extremists, but we are determined. We are the voters.
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Related: United We Stand
The L.A. Times article Some fear GOP is being carried to the extreme made me think of a woman who was at the Lakeland Tea Party this past Saturday. At fifty-one years old she had just been told that she suffers from a serious, chronic medical condition. Combine that with the fact that her elderly parents both also have medical conditions, she was partly there because of her personal investment in the future of healthcare. She also has two young grandchildren and worries about the effects the government’s reckless spending will have on their lives. Yes, I am talking about myself.
What would make anyone, particularly someone from my own political party, think that I am radical or extremist? Yes, I believe that my country has taken a very wrong turn, and yes, I have become an “activist.” But, and the powers that be in the Republican party need to understand this, I am your base.
I talked to people Saturday and to the last man and woman, they were just like me, unremarkable. We are simply ‘concerned citizens’ who have become more concerned as we see government intrusion in to our markets, our healthcare, our lives, spiral out of control. Some of us are angry and some are scared. None are resigned.
We want our children and our grandchildren to have a better life than we have had. We see that hope being taken away by a government who no longer holds itself accountable to “we the people.” We are not extremists, but we are determined. We are the voters.
More at:
The Sundries Shack
Related: United We Stand
Sunday, September 13, 2009
TWAS ACCOUNTABILITTY THAT KILLED THE MSM. Who Knew?
Via Instapundit:
Ed Driscoll says "T'was Accountabilty That Killed The MSM." That's kind of like saying "watching paint dry is boring", even if you've never done it, intuitively you know it's true. I stopped watching the MSM newscasts when anchors decided that a smirk was essential when reporting on anything even vaguely conservative. I dropped my local Tampa Tribune when they decided that local Tea Party events weren't worth their time to report (although Steve Otto did have a really snotty opinion piece on our Tax Day Tea Party). Hasta la vista, baby, we just no longer "relate."
Ed quotes John Nolte at Big Hollywood:
Mainstream news outlets have been caught off guard before, but they used to
play catch up. Today they play “hide the ball.” For as long as I’ve been
politically aware the media’s been biased, but willfully ignoring a major
national news story at great cost to their credibility and relevance is a new
low. So what changed?
Ironically enough, scrutiny and accountability is the cause of much of
the media’s increasingly disgraceful behavior.
Once trailblazer media watchdogs like talk radio, The Media Research Center and Bernard Goldberg were joined with the awesome power of the Internet and Fox News, the media’s sins of omission and commission could no longer be hidden from the general public, or denied. This gave the Fourth Estate two options. They could
either: A) Clean up their act and do their jobs honorably … or B) Surrender
their fig leafs of objectivity and run amok as the ideologues they really are.
Doing their jobs honorably would mean a setback for the Leftist cause,
and so they chose B.
The good news is that this appears to be a suicide run.
In other words, they've chosen ideology over sanity. It happens. The labor unions have done the same thing. Th union bosses may be liberal but the average worker trends toward conservative. Still, they follow the Democratic Party like sheep to the slaughter and now while the workers are "sitting on the bench" and losing everything they own while unemployed, the bosses are still collecting their paychecks like clockwork. Only the SEIU, who has done a marvelous job of recruiting illegal aliens and prostitutes has a growing membership.
But back to the MSM:
The rise of those who watch the Watchmen forced smart, savvy individuals to
consciously choose between being tenacious, curious journalists who will hold
the powerful accountable, or to finally come out of the closet and declare
themselves the ideological warriors they really are. They have chosen to
become the Palace Guards.
They are also cornered, scared and armed with the mighty weapons of the
unethical: lies and the inability to feel shame.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, we must continue to do our best as they let loose their worst.
Ed concludes:
Count on them doing just that, as the vote for healthcare “reform” and (especially) the midterms get closer. As we wrote below, at the moment, they have but one card they seem determined to pile drive into the ground, to Cuisinart metaphors.
A Photographic Essay Chronically The Difference Between Conservatives and Liberals
Via Memeorandum:
Gateway Pundit has posted an article titled CLEAN Conservatives vs FILTHY Liberals-A Photographic Essay. Somehow, the results are not even somewhat surprising.
After the 2 million strong conservative freedom rally on 9-12:
And, here is the filth left for someone else to clean up after the Inauguration of Barack Obama:
Gateway Pundit has posted an article titled CLEAN Conservatives vs FILTHY Liberals-A Photographic Essay. Somehow, the results are not even somewhat surprising.
After the 2 million strong conservative freedom rally on 9-12:
And, here is the filth left for someone else to clean up after the Inauguration of Barack Obama:
We just have a fundamentally different way of looking at the world and of taking personal responsibility.
Gateway has several more illustrations.
HuffPo Does Tasteless Better Than Anyone Else
Passing this on from And So it Goes in Shreveport:
It is beyond the pale that anyone would use the death of bright young student to yuck it up. If anything, you would think that fellow students would have a higher sensitivity to the passing of one of their own. But if you read further, it becomes apparent where the "talented" Mr. Estes gets his appalling lack of taste.
Well, that rather explains it, doesn't it.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and campus community of Warren Schor and to Cornell Professor William A. Jacobson. Professor, please look after yourself, so many of us look forward to you posts at Legal Insurrection.
Friday, September 11, 2009, a 20 year old student at Cornell University,
Warren Schor, pictured left, died of complications from the swine flu. IvyGate
Blog chose the tragedy as an
occasion for mockery and silliness.
IvyGate is a blog that purports itself to be a "news and gossip blog that
covers the Ivy League" and is written by current and former students. In the
past they've covered stories such as the Princeton class president who set
a squirrel on fire and more recently, mocking the distribution at Harvard of a pamphlet instructing students not to defecate in the shower.
When Warren Schor died last week, IvyGate published this article, originally
under the byline of Molly Fitzpatrick, now under the byline of Adam Clark Estes. The article mocks Schor's death and the administration attempts to encourage students to stay healthy by practicing good hygiene. So intent was IvyGate on its mission of mockery that they couldn't even get the dead student's name right in the original article, first
identifying him as "William" Schor, until offended commenters called out the
error.
It is beyond the pale that anyone would use the death of bright young student to yuck it up. If anything, you would think that fellow students would have a higher sensitivity to the passing of one of their own. But if you read further, it becomes apparent where the "talented" Mr. Estes gets his appalling lack of taste.
In addition to his responsibilities as editor of IvyGate, Estes is also Associate Editor of Huffington Post Investigative Fund, described by Arianna Huffington this
way: "This nonprofit Fund will produce a wide-range of investigative
journalism created by both staff reporters and freelance writers." The site
considers itself a "watchdog" of sorts, reporting on fraud, abuse, and waste in
government.
In June, Estes announced the formation of the Investigative Fund's Health
Unit whose purpose is to track the progress of ObamaCare. So why is a
Huffington Post editor and one in charge of the Health Unit, mocking the death
of a young man with H1N1?
Well, that rather explains it, doesn't it.
My thoughts and prayers go out to the family, friends and campus community of Warren Schor and to Cornell Professor William A. Jacobson. Professor, please look after yourself, so many of us look forward to you posts at Legal Insurrection.
Babalu Blog Has Issued A Wallet Alert!
Congress to America: Shut up and hand over your cash.
In case you missed it because it was released late Friday, House Democrats announced that they will seek a massive $540 billion tax increase to help pay for Obama's healthcare plan.
Honestly, I did miss it. But I can't say I am surprised. For weeks the Congress has been trying to play off the idea that they could come up with a TRILLION DOLLARS out of thin air. The only way that Obama can keep his promise that ObamaCare will be deficit neutral is to hit us, and hit us hard, in the pocket. Even then, I don't think the promise was made to be kept.
Good time to remember Margaret Thatcher's famous words:
"The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."
Damn shame that wisdom is not the Left's forte.
In case you missed it because it was released late Friday, House Democrats announced that they will seek a massive $540 billion tax increase to help pay for Obama's healthcare plan.
Honestly, I did miss it. But I can't say I am surprised. For weeks the Congress has been trying to play off the idea that they could come up with a TRILLION DOLLARS out of thin air. The only way that Obama can keep his promise that ObamaCare will be deficit neutral is to hit us, and hit us hard, in the pocket. Even then, I don't think the promise was made to be kept.
Good time to remember Margaret Thatcher's famous words:
"The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."
Damn shame that wisdom is not the Left's forte.
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