Haneen Zuabi praises Iran's nuke quest

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1238423651844&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Having Israel as the region's sole nuclear power, she said, was "dangerous to the world."

Because, as we all know, in the 40 some years Israel has had nukes, they've used them...
umm...? Wait... I'm thinking.... Oh yeah... Ummmm...... Didn't they drop one on... Ummm...
Well, how about.....?

Dumbass!

Report: Chinese Develop Special "Kill Weapon" to Destroy U.S. Aircraft Carriers

Advanced missile poses substantial new threat for U.S. Navy

http://www.usni.org/forthemedia/ChineseKillWeapon.asp

After years of conjecture, details have begun to emerge of a "kill weapon" developed by the Chinese to target and destroy U.S. aircraft carriers.

First posted on a Chinese blog viewed as credible by military analysts and then translated by the naval affairs blog Information Dissemination, a recent report provides a description of an anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) that can strike carriers and other U.S. vessels at a range of 2000km.

The range of the modified Dong Feng 21 missile is significant in that it covers the areas that are likely hot zones for future confrontations between U.S. and Chinese surface forces.

Take note that this comes from the U.S. Naval Institute, so it seems to be a legitimate threat.

Of Course!

Financial Rescue Nears GDP as Pledges Top $12.8 Trillion!

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=armOzfkwtCA4&refer=home

The U.S. government and the Federal Reserve have spent, lent or committed $12.8 trillion, an amount that approaches the value of everything produced in the country last year, to stem the longest recession since the 1930s.

Think about that for a minute, let it sink in. Got it? Good.

Now take a great big wild guess at the one thing or category that they're cutting back on.

If you said 'Defense', give yourself a cookie.

Senator: Expect painful cuts in Pentagon budget

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9794LL81&show_article=1

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Senate defense committee chairman says Pentagon budget will include large, painful cuts. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said Tuesday that major program cuts will not be pushed off until the 2011 budget, but will be included when Defense Secretary Robert Gates sends his spending plan to the president later this month.

Bill Whittle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bill Whittle has a new column up.

GO READ!

http://pajamasmedia.com/ejectejecteject/2009/03/25/tone-deaf/

HA! If This Is True.......

I couldn't care less!

Except........ let us not forget how the Left ravaged Sarah Palin and her daughter.

And....... George W. Bush's daughters.................

And...... Dick Cheney's daughter.......................


So, it should be entertaining watching the Left and MSM (but I repeat myself) spin this.

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Vice President Biden’s Daughter Caught Up In Cocaine Scandal

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/03/world-exclusive-vice-president-biden’s-daughter-caught-cocaine-scandal

An explosive video being shopped to media outlets has plunged the White House and Vice President Joe Biden into a cocaine scandal, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.

The video shows a woman, who is represented by the seller and his attorneys to be Biden’s daughter Ashley, snorting several lines of cocaine.

The tape has been viewed by a RadarOnline.com freelance reporter who confirms the woman looks identical to Ashley Biden.

DESPICABLE!!!

7 YEARS!

The things that I would want to do to these 'people', I can't put in print.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03272009/news/regionalnews/this_is_not_the_freedom_tower_161568.htm

Once hailed as a beacon of rebirth in the aftermath of Sept. 11, the Freedom Tower has been stripped of its patriotic name -- which has been swapped out for the more marketable "One World Trade Center," Port Authority officials conceded yesterday.

Remember this?

Freedom Tower to rise 1,776 feet from ashes.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Northeast/12/19/wtc.plan/

"We will build it in honor of the memories of the heroes we lost," Pataki said at the unveiling ceremony at historic Federal Hall, just blocks from Ground Zero. "We will build it to show the world that freedom will always triumph over terror and that we will face the 21st century and beyond with tremendous confidence."

Well, I guess that's out the window. Down the toilet.

Marketing my ass! Make no mistake. This is the "powers that be" saying :

'FUCK YOU!'

To the 2974 innocent victims, the 37 Port Authority Police, the 23 NYPD and the 343 Firefighters that were murdered that day.

They have already forgotten their murders, their sacrifice. And pissed on their graves.

7 years.

I WILL NOT!

NEVER FORGIVE!

NEVER!

NEVER!

EVER!

FORGET!

It Just Keeps Getting Worse

Via Sublog over at Ace: http://ace.mu.nu/archives/284989.php

To depressing and unbelievible to quote.

They're going to release some of the residents of Gitmo in the US......

AND put them on WELFARE.

My LTTE

Let's see if they print it.
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I’m tired of everyone, from Attorney General Eric Holder to this Newspaper in it’s editorial of 3/27, of trying to generate support for a new Assault Rifle Ban.

First, assault rifles are full-automatic weapons used by military forces. You can not go down to your neighborhood gun store and buy one. The semi-automatic replicas of AK-47s that civilians can purchase can not be readily converted to full-auto. How do I know? Simple. By law, the BATFE wouldn’t approve them for sale if they were. Currently replicas are selling for over $1000.

Second, let's try to inject a bit of logic into this. I found the following statistics on the Amnesty International’s website.
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=16998
* There are an estimated 100 million AK-47s in the world.
* The Kalashnikov has been produced in at least 14 countries, across four continents.
* AK-47s are found in the state arsenal of at least 82 countries.
* An AK-47 can be bought for as little as US$30 in parts of Africa.

Why would Mexican drug cartels, financed by drug money, be using semi-automatic AKs from the US, when they could get real selective-fire AK-47 assault rifles on the open market for a lot less money?

Maybe It's Just Me......

But this just doesn't sound like a good idea.

http://www.kyw1060.com/Nutter-Budget-Details-Plans-for-Solar-Powered-Tras/4088243

Nutter Budget Details Plans for Solar-Powered Trash Cans

Buried in the fine print of Mayor Nutter's budget are plans to save hundreds of thousands of dollars with solar power trash cans.

At the opening of budget hearings, council members were curious about the mayor's plan to save more than eight hundred thousand dollars through one item in the Street Department.

The answer, provided by Streets Commissioner Clarena Tolson, was a plan to deploy dozens of solar power trash compacting cans:

"It has a solar parasol on the top. And that solar parasol operates the compaction unit. Its not battery operated or plugged into anything. Its operated by the sun."

They are called sustainable litter baskets, and will replace wire baskets throughout the city. Tolson said they'll hold five times the trash through compaction, so they'll be emptied less frequently and that will reduce labor costs.


I don't know. Here's a link to the manfacturer's site:

http://bigbellysolar.com/products/

Investigators Get Government Approval for Fake Medical Product

Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/03/26/investigators-government-approval-fake-medical-product/

The Government Accountability Office was able to register with the Health and Human Services Department a fictitious institutional review board and panel of doctors and scientists that was led by a dog named Trooper.

How Far Will Lefty Liberal Scum Go?

As far as it takes!

We don't dare make comments about Barkey's race or Barney Franks sexual preference.....

Yet Sarah Palin had to endure constant insults and accusations from the Left and even some claiming to be conservatives, including questioning her pregnancy, her daughters pregnancy and even accusing her husband of insest.

Well, it still hasn't stopped.

60 days into Barkey's presidency, and the list of administration nominee rejects could fill a small town phonebook. Tax evasion, insider trading, conflict of interests, and out-right anti-Semitism.

But they're trying to bankrupt Sarah Palin.

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDFlYWQ4MDQzODFkNTA4NDI5MzUzOTQ3ZjRmNDg1ZjE=

Palin owes $500,000 in legal fees, almost four times her annual salary. She says she may be forced to create a legal defense fund.

Raise A Glass.....

to this guy:

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/breaking-news/story/965735.html

Police said a man wearing a ski mask walked into the store at Biscayne Boulevard and 54th Street and demanded money from a clerk.
A customer, who has a concealed weapons permit, pulled a gun, said Officer Jeff Giordano, a Miami police spokesman.
The customer and robber exchanged fire.
The robber was shot dead at the scene.

The End of the Global War on Terror

No Comment.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/03/23/the_end_of_the_global_war_on_t.html?hpid=news-col-blog

The end of the Global War on Terror -- or at least the use of that phrase -- has been codified at the Pentagon. Reports that the phrase was being retired have been circulating for some time amongst senior administration officials, and this morning speechwriters and other staff were notified via this e-mail to use "Overseas Contingency Operation" instead.

Court hears arguments over anti-Hillary movie

Heh, with a little luck maybe this will overturn that un-Constitutional piece of sh-t,
McCain-Feingold. One can only hope.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D974HO0O3&show_article=1

Government lawyers argued that conservative group Citizens United's 90-minute documentary "Hillary: The Movie" is a political ad just like traditional one-minute or 30-second spots and therefore regulated by the McCain-Feingold law, the popular name for 2002 revisions to the nation's campaign finance laws.

Arguing that a movie and a campaign ad are the same could have adverse consequences for the McCain-Feingold law, Justice Anthony Kennedy said. "If we think that the application of this to a 90-minute film is unconstitutional, then the whole statute should fall," Kennedy said.

Citizens United wanted to pay for its documentary "Hillary: The Movie" to be shown on home video-on-demand, and for ads promoting the movie to be shown in key states while the former New York senator was competing with President Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Federal judges, however, said the movie should be regulated by the McCain-Feingold law.

But if the federal government can treat a movie like a political advertisement, then why not books, the justices asked.

Good Thing DHS Is On Top Of This!

National Canal Museum mule drivers lose battle for exemption from security screening.

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1237867539137040.xml&coll=3

The mule drivers who lead boat rides through the Lehigh Canal have lost their battle with federal bureaucrats over anti-terrorism screening.

The National Canal Museum in Easton was holding out hope it would be exempt from a new rule that requires transportation workers to comply with strict security measures.

Here's a pic of the scary, dangerous, security risk:

ABL On The Block

Over at Ace: http://ace.mu.nu/

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20386.html

In an environment where the president and Congress are preparing to shoot down budget-busting defense programs, Boeing’s Airborne Laser is a clear target.

The program — an airplane that fires a speed-of-light laser to intercept ballistic missiles early in flight — is eight years behind schedule and $4 billion over budget, according to Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), a top member of the House Armed Services Committee who’s been tapped by President Barack Obama as the next undersecretary of state for arms control and nonproliferation.

Keep in mind that this is cuting edge technology. It's not like they're building a new car.

As Chad at Ace says:

And why not I say? It's not like we actually want a tool that would protect America while helping control nuclear arms proliferation, and that money could be better spent funding ACORN's fraudulent voter registration scheme and buying condoms for for 5 year olds.
Besides according to Gen. James Cartwright USMC, “Ballistic missiles are about as passé as e-mail – nobody does it anymore. It’s just gone.” Now I don't want to be contrarian here but I could swear that it's been all over the news lately that Iran and North Korea are both developing new ballistic missiles.

And So It Continues

The news just gets worse every day.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/23/AR2009032302830_pf.html

U.S. Seeks Expanded Power to Seize Firms

The Obama administration is considering asking Congress to give the Treasury secretary unprecedented powers to initiate the seizure of non-bank financial companies, such as large insurers, investment firms and hedge funds, whose collapse would damage the broader economy, according to an administration document.

More AIG Opinions

I don't want to nickel and dime you with this, but sometimes things just jump out at me from the screen and I have to share.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=Y2UwYjY5YTVkNzVkYjFmZDU5ODVmNTIxOWQxYzE2YWM=

The Outrage Kabuki

Any sentient being dumb enough to fall for this AIG huffin’ an’ a-puffin’ from Barry, Barney, Doddy, and the gang is a fool who deserves the vaporization of his assets that the national political class is lining up for him. As Charles Krauthammer pointed out, the $165 million in bonuses is less than 1/18,500 of the $3.1 trillion budget. The massive expansion of government the president is planning is forever, and will ensure you that end your days in what Peggy Noonan calls “post-prosperity America.” More immediately, what message do you send to the world when legal contracts can be abrogated by retrospective confiscatory bills of attainder? You think that’s going to get anyone investing in America again?

$165 million.
I love the 1/18,500 figure.

The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Thanks 52 percenters!

Via Ace: http://ace.mu.nu/archives/284755.php

EPA: Global Warming Threatens Public Health, Welfare

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/23/AR2009032301068.html?hpid=topnews

The Environmental Protection Agency sent a proposal to the White House on Friday finding that global warming is endangering the public's health and welfare, according to several sources, a move that could have far-reaching implications for the nation's economy and environment.

"This is historic news," said Frank O'Donnell, who heads the public watchdog group Clean Air Watch. "It will set the stage for the first-ever national limits on global warming pollution. And it is likely to help light a fire under Congress to get moving."

But business groups decried the move as an economic disaster.
"By moving forward with the endangerment finding on greenhouse gases, EPA is putting in motion a set of decisions that may have far-reaching unintended consequences," said Bill Kovacs, vice president of environment, technology and regulatory affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "Specifically, once the finding is made, no matter how limited, some environmental groups will sue to make sure it is applied to all aspects of the Clean Air Act.

"This will mean that all infrastructure projects, including those under the president's stimulus initiative, will be subject to environmental review for greenhouse gases. Since not one of the projects has been subjected to that review, it is possible that the projects under the stimulus initiative will cease. This will be devastating to the economy."

Yep! Higher taxes on energy production.

Higher production costs for EVERYTHING, that will be passed on to consumers.

Combine this with higher taxes on the "rich" so that they can pay their "fair share", and the unprecedented and un-Constitutional actions being taken in the AIG curfluffle.......

Well, I'm sure you can figure out the end result.

It will drive more businesses over-seas and cause many small manufacters to close their doors or go bankrupt.

Way to "STIMULATE" the economy! A-SHOLES!

Good Run Down Of the Pa. Political Scene

http://www.postgazette.com/pg/09082/957621-152.stm

By Ruth Ann Dailey. I never read her before, I guess I should.

Just read this:

Let's savor this rare moment of subtlety in a production that's usually over-the-top: Pennsylvania has had so many corrupt officials that there's an established procedure in place for stripping their pensions. Sigh.

Congress Invites Court Challenge With AIG Taxation Plan, Lawyers Say

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/18/congress-invites-court-challenge-aig-taxation-plan-lawyers-say/

Just go read the article. It's just saying what most of us already know. You can't target specific individuals and retroactively tax their income.

I did find this quote especially snort-worthy:

Connecticut lawmakers slammed AIG for citing the law -- Gov. M. Jodi Rell called it "contemptible"

Today In History......

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
March 23, 1775
By Patrick Henry

No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the house. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The question before the house is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at the truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the numbers of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received?

Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlement assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation.

There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free--if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us! They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength but irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.

It is in vain, sir, to extentuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace--but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!

http://www.law.ou.edu/ushistory/henry.shtml

AIG Bonuses

I've been wanting to post about the AIG mess, but quite frankly, I've just been overwhelmed. So, much is being circulated in the MSM and most of it is wrong.

But one thing I'm sure of:Targeting specific individuals with a special tax, after the fact, because they recieved a certain kind of income is illegal and un-Constitutional.

Article I, Section 9. states: No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed.

Anyway........go read this:

http://freenj.blogspot.com/2009/03/constitution-is-contract-too.html

And they have also apparently forgotten that the document by which they derive their authority over the citizenry is itself a contract. That’s right; the US Constitution is a contract. In the broadest sense, it’s a contract where the government agrees not to be tyrannical, and the citizenry agrees not to kill them all and burn their homes to the ground. The rest of the document is really just the terms and definitions that set up that agreement, and give us a framework for knowing when it’s OK to go get grandpa’s duck hunting gun and break out the maps of greater Baltimore. And if that had occurred to Congress then I can’t believe they’d have gone through with this decision. Contracts protect them from us as well as it protects us from them. Well… at least they used to until last week anyway.

Is Barkey Crazy, Stupid, Or That Incompetent?

Via Ace: http://ace.mu.nu/archives/284732.php

Now Obama has insulted French President Sarkozy!http://www.freerepublic.com/%5Ehttp://europumas.over-blog.com/article-29271371.html
Posted on Sunday, March 22, 2009 6:56:54 PM by DaveinOK54
Help me out here folks Could he really be this stupid????

Barack Obama does not seem to know that in May 2007, French voters elected Nicolas Sarkozy to the French presidency, to succeed Jacques Chirac who had been president for twelve years.

Yesterday, we told you Sarkozy is irritated because Mister O. refuses to tell him if he will accept to meet him personally in the next few months.

Strangely, we have just learnt this surprising piece of news :
Barack Obama wrote a letter to Jacques Chirac to tell him about his desire to "work with him" for the next four years ! In a letter described by Chirac as "very nice," Obama wrote, "I am certain that we will be able to work together, in the coming four years, in a spirit of peace and friendship to build a safer world." The use of the word "peace" was taken to be an indirect reference to Chirac's stance against the US intervention in Iraq, which Obama had also opposed.

Again, what if Bush had done this? Palin?

This is what myself and many others have railed about for almost a year now.
Barack Obama has never been in charge of anything!
A "community organizer".
A lawyer whose career is notable for being void of anything notable.
No notable cases, or published papers.
8 years as a Illinois State Senator with no notable legislation.
4 years as U.S. Senator from Illinois with no notable legislation.
Of course, 2 of those years were spent running for President.

He has never been in charge before, other than his own campaign.
He's always been one voice out of many.

And now he's overwhelmed!

1. Canada: NAFTA fiasco.
2. Poland: missile shield "misunderstanding".
3. UK: Churchhill bust return.
4. Russia: "overcharge" button.
5. UK: insulting gifts to the Browns.
6. France: not realizing that Chirac has been out of power for two years.
7. Brazil: Misspelling the president's name. And St. Patty's Day snub.
8. Mexico: NAFTA
9. India: Thinking Kashmir is Pah-kee-stan.
10. Russia re-arming
11. Iran rebuke

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20339.html

His remarks came in a“60 Minutes” interview in which he was pressed by Steve Kroft for laughing and chuckling several times while discussing the perilous state of the world’s economy.

“You're sitting here. And you're— you are laughing. You are laughing about some of these problems. Are people going to look at this and say, ‘I mean, he's sitting there just making jokes about money—’ How do you deal with— I mean: explain. . .”

Kroft asked at one point. “Are you punch-drunk?”

WTF!!!!!!

We're struggling to get by. Many have lost their jobs, their retirement funds, their nest eggs.

He is running up debt in the trillions! Trillions!

So much that our children's children will be still paying it off.

AND HE IS LAUGHING?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He is floundering, flailing away, trying to keep his head above water.

It brings this commercial to mind:

Keep Your Powder Dry

I found this through the Rottt: http://nicedoggie.net/2009/

And now for your reading enjoyment and without further comment:

http://kendersmusings.blogspot.com/2009/03/keep-your-powder-dry.html


Keep Your Powder Dry

The shot heard round the world
Led to freedom ringing clear
We've kept the fire burning bright
For two hundred plus years
Now the tide has turned agin us
Our freedom is being sold
Where is the courage we once had
The patriots so bold?
A once great country gasps her last
She withers in the field
While government as cancer grows
Lady Liberty does yield
So is this it? oh shall we quit?
Should freedom fade away?
Is this the final curtain call
Has freedom seen its day?
HELL NO I say as I rise up
My rifle in my hand
I'll not lose my liberty
I'll not lose my land
So stand with me brave patriots
Against the rushing tide
No longer shall we silent stand
No longer will we hide
No longer will their words hold sway
No longer will they steal
The freedom God has given us
No longer will we yield
We stand atop the parapets
Our trumpets blowing loud
To spread the truth of Freedoms Call
Throughout the gathering crowd
Grab your coat, pick up your gun
Take up the battle cry
Be ready for the coming war
And keep your powder dry

Kender MacGowan
3-18-2009

Che' PrOn

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/33089_AIG_Financial_Products_Head_Digs_Che_Guevara_at_Cuba-Themed_Event



As the link implies, that would be Gerry Pasciucco, the current head of AIG Financial Products and former vice chairman of Morgan Stanley.

Gee, too bad Che isn't still around. He could rape and torture his family in front of him before shooting him in the head. After all, he did it for others.

If you're curious, go read a little about the 'Real' Che, here:

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1535

Fumo guilty on all counts; must post $2 million bail

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20090316_Fumo_judge_allows_Twittering_juror_to_stay_on_panel_.html

Former State Sen. Vincent Fumo was convicted of all 137 counts against him today as his marathon federal corruption trial ended in a stunning victory for prosecutors.

The jury also found co-defendant Ruth Arnao guilty of all 45 counts against her.

http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_11924909

Sadness, not surprise in Capitol at Fumo verdict

HARRISBURG, Pa.—Sadness over the corruption conviction of former Sen. Vincent Fumo swept through the state Capitol on Monday, as the stunning, 137-count verdict left lawmakers considering the impact on their institution.

In Harrisburg, where he served for 30 years, Fumo cut a large figure. The Democrat had established himself as a key negotiator and major fundraiser who put his imprint on nearly every major law in Pennsylvania over the past two decades.

Yep! They weren't surprised because EVERYONE knew he was dirtier than week old diapers.
And keep in mind that our illustrious Governor, "Fast Eddie" Rendell, was a character witness for Fumo.

The Slide Begins

The slide to becoming a Third World nation.

Barky's new motto:

"Trillions for tribute, spare change for defense."

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/03/17/gates_readies_big_cuts_in_weapons/

Gates readies big cuts in weapons.

Two defense officials who were not authorized to speak publicly said Gates will announce up to a half-dozen major weapons cancellations later this month. Candidates include a new Navy destroyer, the Air Force's F-22 fighter jet, and Army ground-combat vehicles, the officials said.

I remind everyone, that once you shut down the production line for something like the F-22, it can't be restarted. The machinery will be sold off and the trained assembly line personel and engineers, etc. will be moved to new projects.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/17/europe/kremlin.php

Medvedev announces plan to rearm Russia

MOSCOW: President Dmitri A. Medvedev said Tuesday that Russia would begin a "large-scale rearming" in 2011 in response to what he described as threats to the country's security.
In a speech before generals in Moscow, Mr. Medvedev cited encroachment by NATO as a primary reason for bolstering the military, including nuclear forces.

Breaking The Faith

I knew he was an inexperienced, terrorist loving, socialist, with messianic delusions, but after reading this, I honestly don't have the words to describe the disgust I feel towards Barack Hussein Obama.

Forget about the fact that won't get through Congress. The mere fact that any person, let alone any American, could even entertain a thought such as this is DESPICABLE!

And it is hard proof of the disregard, disrespect and contempt he holds for members of our Armed Forces.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/10/veterans.health.insurance/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed Tuesday that the Obama administration is considering a controversial plan to make veterans pay for treatment of service-related injuries with private insurance.

Charging for service-related injuries would violate "a sacred trust," Veterans of Foreign Wars spokesman Joe Davis said. Davis said the move would risk private health care for veterans and their families by potentially maxing out benefits paying for costly war injury treatments.

Eleven of the most prominent veterans organizations have been lobbying Congress to oppose the idea. In the letter sent last week to the president, the groups warned that the idea "is wholly unacceptable and a total abrogation of our government's moral and legal responsibility to the men and women who have sacrificed so much."

The groups included The American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090316/pl_usnw/the_american_legion_strongly_opposed_to_president_s_plan_to_charge_wounded_heroes_for_treatment

The American Legion Strongly Opposed to President's Plan to Charge Wounded Heroes for Treatment

"It became apparent during our discussion today that the President intends to move forward with this unreasonable plan," said Commander David K. Rehbein of The American Legion. "He says he is looking to generate $540-million by this method, but refused to hear arguments about the moral and government-avowed obligations that would be compromised by it."

The group's early afternoon conversation at The White House was precipitated by a letter of protest presented to the President earlier this month.
The letter, co-signed by Commander Rehbein and the heads of ten colleague organizations, read, in part, " There is simply no logical explanation for billing a veteran's personal insurance for care that the VA has a responsibility to provide. While we understand the fiscal difficulties this country faces right now, placing the burden of those fiscal problems on the men and women who have already sacrificed a great deal for this country is unconscionable."

GREAT.........

Russia weighs Cuba, Venezuela bases

"If the will of the two states is there, the political will, then we are prepared to fly there" to the bases in Cuba, the agency quoted Zhikharev as saying.
The general also said that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had offered to let Russian strategic bombers use a military airfield on La Orchila island, a military base off the west coast of the country.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.9776268a25e75ad5b44b4d87e8a32a02.4a1&show_article=1

How's that "RESET" button working Hillary?

And lest we forget one of our other friends:

Iranian president declares his country a space and nuclear power.

http://en.rian.ru/world/20090313/120554424.html

Hypocrisy! There's Plenty To Go Around

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/284148.php

MSNBC Notices Earmark Hypocrisy... of Republicans

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/03/11/1832273.aspx

Now, when I started this blog, I promised myself that I would write more original stuff.
But, I just can't beat Ace's snark:

Of course, those calling for an end to earmarks do in fact want an end to earmarks; but if no one else is giving theirs up, it's difficult to punish one's constituents alone.

If only there were some office holder, perhaps elected nationally, perhaps in some kind of "executive" capacity, who presided over the government and could block the excesses of congressmen with a single statement of negation. Let's call such a hypothetical power a "veto," from the Latin for "I say nay," and let us term my proposed nationally-elected presiding executive officer a "President," for lack of a better term.

Predictions

I originaly posted this on Nov. 12, 2008.
I just figured I'd commit it here for posterity.
And so we can all keep track.
As I had stated then: I hope I'm very wrong.

In the next 4 years I predict we will see the following:

The end of the Electoral College.

The 'Fairness Doctrine' and the end of most of talk radio.

Any criticism of the Obama Administration will be labeled 'racist' and therefore be considered hate speech.

The Justice Dept. will be directed to investigate anyone critical of the Administration.

The Assault Rifle Ban will be brought back, only worse.

There will be serious attempts at banning all semi-auto pistols, all weapons that can hold more than 6 rounds, hollow-point ammo.

There will be serious attempts at passing a Federal law banning concealed carry, or an attempt to eliminate concealed carry by the withholding of Federal funds.

Tax increases on anyone making over $50,000.

Taxes on Energy will result in over $5 a gallon gasoline, and skyrocketing natrual gas, heating oil and electric prices.

There will be NO offshore drilling or Clean Coal.

Health care will be socialized.

Partial-Birth Abortion bans will be overturned.

Our military will be gutted, including cancellations or serious delays of major programs such as the F-35 JSF.

The Missile Defense programs will be killed.

Gitmo will be shut down.

Terrorists will be treated like criminals with rights instead of being hunted down and killed where they are found.

We will pull out of Iraq too soon.

We will lose in Afghanistan.

The GWOT will quietly end.

We will all but abandon Israel. Meaning we will give lip-service to supporting them but won't sell weapons systems or munitions to them or back them up when they are attacked.

Israel will suffer some form of WMD attack.
Israel will strike Iran.
Israel will Nuke someone.

China will threaten Taiwan and we won't respond.

There will be a terrorist attack on US soil.

Sheepdogs. (just because)

I fear that the wolves are circling, testing our strength. It is only a matter of time before they strike.

http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lm9sZHdhcmRvZ3MudXMvMjAwNy8wNi9hbl9hbHBoYWJldGljYWwuaHRtbA==

The Sheepdogs

Most humans truly are like sheep
Wanting nothing more than peace to keep
To graze, grow fat and raise their young,
Sweet taste of clover on the tongue.
Their lives serene upon Life’s farm,
They sense no threat nor fear no harm.
On verdant meadows, they forage free
With naught to fear, with naught to flee.
They pay their sheepdogs little heed
For there is no threat; there is no need.

To the flock, sheepdog’s are mysteries,
Roaming watchful round the peripheries.
These fang-toothed creatures bark, they roar
With the fetid reek of the carnivore,
Too like the wolf of legends told,
To be amongst our docile fold.
Who needs sheepdogs? What good are they?
They have no use, not in this day.
Lock them away, out of our sight
We have no need of their fierce might.

But sudden in their midst a beast
Has come to kill, has come to feast
The wolves attack; they give no warning
Upon that calm September morning
They slash and kill with frenzied glee
Their passive helpless enemy
Who had no clue the wolves were there
Far roaming from their Eastern lair.
Then from the carnage, from the rout,
Comes the cry, “Turn the sheepdogs out!”

Thus is our nature but too our plight
To keep our dogs on leashes tight
And live a life of illusive bliss
Hearing not the beast, his growl, his hiss.
Until he has us by the throat,
We pay no heed; we take no note.
Not until he strikes us at our core
Will we unleash the Dogs of War
Only having felt the wolf pack’s wrath
Do we loose the sheepdogs on its path.

And the wolves will learn what we’ve shown before;
We love our sheep, we Dogs of War.

Russ Vaughn
2d Bn, 327th Parachute Infantry Regiment
101st Airborne Division
Vietnam 65-66

Poor Baby! :( I'm Just "Overwhelmed"

From Ace: http://ace.mu.nu/archives/283957.php

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4953523/Barack-Obama-too-tired-to-give-proper-welcome-to-Gordon-Brown.html

Barack Obama's offhand approach to Gordon Brown's Washington visit last week came about because the president was facing exhaustion over America's economic crisis and is unable to focus on foreign affairs, the Sunday Telegraph has been told.

Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been "overwhelmed" by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that the new president is not getting enough rest.

Allies of Mr Obama say his weary appearance in the Oval Office with Mr Brown illustrates the strain he is now under, and the president's surprise at the sheer volume of business that crosses his desk.

The American source said: "Obama is overwhelmed. There is a zero sum tension between his ability to attend to the economic issues and his ability to be a proactive sculptor of the national security agenda.

Remember all that stuff about Barack never having a real job, never having to perform, never having to work under pressure, never actually being responsible for anything? It's starting to show now.

Yep, Barkey Boy, can't read a speech off of your teleprompter and vote 'Present' anymore, can you? Well you wanted the job and now its yours. There are 300 MILLION people depending on you to make the right decisions.

You're the PRESIDENT, dipshit! You're in charge, you're CIC, you can't be overwhelmed!

A financial crisis is the worst time to change the foundations of American capitalism.

I don't have a whole lot to add to a lot of this lately. I'm just pointing out that there are a significant number of people realize what Barkey is trying to do.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123629969453946717.html

Obama's Radicalism Is Killing the Dow

Mr. Obama's $3.6 trillion budget blueprint, by his own admission, redefines the role of government in our economy and society. The budget more than doubles the national debt held by the public, adding more to the debt than all previous presidents -- from George Washington to George W. Bush -- combined. It reduces defense spending to a level not sustained since the dangerous days before World War II, while increasing nondefense spending (relative to GDP) to the highest level in U.S. history. And it would raise taxes to historically high levels (again, relative to GDP). And all of this before addressing the impending explosion in Social Security and Medicare costs.

Conspiracy? or Lack Of Common Sense?

A little more about Barkey's birthplace over at Ace:

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/283907.php

Judge Smacks Down Birther Suit


The Court went on to issue an order to show cause why another lawyer involved, who is a member of the federal bar, should not be sanctioned for filing the frivolous lawsuit. He also noticed the attorneys to show cause why they should not be required to pay the President's attorney's fees for defending against the frivolous lawsuit.

First, let me state for the record:

I BELIEVE BARRY SOETERO, AKA, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA WAS BORN IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND IS ELIGIBLE TO BE PRESIDENT.

Now go over to Ace's site and access the comments and you'll see my issue with this. Namely that Obama is DEFENDING against this. He is behaving like someone who's hiding something.
I know, I know, 5th Ammendment and all that, but this doesn't apply. It is required that he prove his eligibility to president.

His attorney's defence should consist of one of them walking into a Federal courtroom, certifing his birth certificate, and then posting it on the Whitehouse website. Hell, I can't take a day trip into Canada without showing my birth certificate to someone. And he repeatedly preaches about 'transparency in government'.
Why then is he spending obsene amounts of money defending against this? And I think this is the problem most people have with this issue.

Does he have something to hide?
If not, he sure is acting like it.
Or is this just his arrogance shining through?

He has been elected god-king, and simply feels that he doesn't have to prove anything to us scum-sucking bottom feeders.

Freedom of Choice Act Could Result In The Closing Of Catholic Hospitals

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/religion/story/E6E47067257DB95E862575710014DD57?OpenDocument

A proposed bill promising major changes in the U.S. abortion landscape has Roman Catholic bishops threatening to close Catholic hospitals if the Democratic Congress and White House make it law.

The legislation has some Roman Catholic bishops threatening to shutter the country's 624 Catholic hospitals — including 11 in the Archdiocese of St. Louis — rather than comply.

Speaking in Baltimore in November at the bishops' fall meeting, Bishop Thomas Paprocki, a Chicago auxiliary bishop, took up the issue of what to do with Catholic hospitals if FOCA became law. "It would not be sufficient to withdraw our sponsorship or to sell them to someone who would perform abortions," he said. "That would be a morally unacceptable cooperation in evil."

In its last incarnation, FOCA defined abortion as a "fundamental right" that no government can "deny" or "interfere with." That language, FOCA's opponents warn, would help overturn abortion restrictions such as parental notification, laws banning certain procedures and constraints on federal funding.

Krauthammer States What I've Been Saying

Well, not just me.

Just 6 weeks into his presidency and Barkey still doesn't have a clue. Or does he?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/03/a_dishonest_gimmicky_budget.html

Deception at Core of Obama Plans

The list is long. But the list of causes of the collapse of the financial system does not include the absence of universal health care, let alone of computerized medical records. Nor the absence of an industry-killing cap-and-trade carbon levy. Nor the lack of college graduates. Indeed, one could perversely make the case that, if anything, the proliferation of overeducated, Gucci-wearing, smart-ass MBAs inventing ever more sophisticated and opaque mathematical models and debt instruments helped get us into this credit catastrophe in the first place.

And yet with our financial house on fire, Obama makes clear both in his speech and his budget that the essence of his presidency will be the transformation of health care, education and energy. Four months after winning the election, six weeks after his swearing in, Obama has yet to unveil a plan to deal with the banking crisis.


What's going on? "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," said Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. "This crisis provides the opportunity for us to do things that you could not do before."

Things. Now we know what they are. The markets' recent precipitous decline is a reaction not just to the absence of any plausible bank rescue plan, but also to the suspicion that Obama sees the continuing financial crisis as usefully creating the psychological conditions -- the sense of crisis bordering on fear-itself panic -- for enacting his "Big Bang" agenda to federalize and/or socialize health care, education and energy, the commanding heights of post-industrial society.

Ha! I Was Right!

In reference to this post:

http://politicsgunsredmeat.blogspot.com/2009/02/obama-proposes-634-billion-fund-for.html

Health-care costs are "one of the major reasons why small businesses close their doors and corporations ship jobs overseas," Obama said in a speech to Congress on Tuesday night."This is a cost that now causes a bankruptcy in America every 30 seconds. By the end of the year, it could cause 1.5 million Americans to lose their homes," he said. ". . . Given these facts, we can no longer afford to put health-care reform on hold."

I said:

Show me the study or report that says states this! Not the number of bankruptcies, but that they are because of health care costs?

Well........

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenumbers/2009/03/medical-bankrup.html


Medical Bankruptcies: A Data-Check

“The cost of health care now causes a bankruptcy in America every thirty seconds," Obama said at the opening of his White House forum on health care reform. The problem: That claim, based on a 2001 survey, is simply unsupportable.


The figure comes from a 2005 Harvard University study saying that 54 percent of bankruptcies in 2001 were caused by health expenses. We reviewed it internally and knocked it down at the time; an academic reviewer did the same in 2006. Recalculating Harvard’s own data, he came up with a far lower figure – 17 percent.

A good part of the problem is definitional. The Harvard report claims to measure the extent to which medical costs are “the cause” of bankruptcies. In reality its survey asked if these costs were “a reason” – potentially one of many – for such bankruptcies.

Beyond those who gave medical costs as “a reason,” the Harvard researchers chose to add in any bankruptcy filers who had at least $1,000 in unreimbursed medical expenses in the previous two years. Given deductibles and copays, that’s a heck of a lot of people.

Moreover, Harvard’s definition of “medical” expenses includes situations that aren’t necessarily medical in common parlance, e.g., a gambling problem, or the death of a family member. If your main wage-earning spouse gets hit by a bus and dies, and you have to file, that’s included as a “medical bankruptcy.”

Going John Galt

And they are so dumb, they can't see this coming.

http://www.melissaclouthier.com/2009/03/04/going-john-galt-stop/

Here is what business people do, or rather don’t do,
when the government goes too far with taxation:

They stop.

They stop advertising.
They stop hiring.
They stop expanding.
They stop investing.
They stop risking.
They stop paying more taxes.
They stop earning.
They stop buying.


http://pursuingholiness.com/2009/03/going-john-galt/

By going John Galt - reducing my income to the point that I no longer subsidize anyone else via government imposed wealth transfers - I hope to hasten the inevitable collapse. The H.E.N.R.Y.s feel the same way; people who are in the dreaded eeevil, mean capitalist pig $250,000 bracket are cutting back on their productivity. As they should - where does society get the right to enslave these people? The faster the 40% opts out, the sooner the collapse, and the sooner we can correct the situation.
Think of it as praying the alcoholic in your family will hit rock bottom sooner, rather than later. It’s time to stop enabling the entitlement mentality. It’s time to let go of our co-dependency and desire to be liked. It’s time for an intervention. It’s time to go John Galt.

I'm Starting To Wonder How Barkey Ever Got 2 Kids.

I swear, I'm starting to think this guy could F---up a wet dream.

I knew he was clueless and vacuous but come on....

Or is this part of some grand plan to piss-off all of our allies and endear us to the Arab world?

Obama's blockbuster gift for Brown to reaffirm the 'special relationship': 25 DVDs

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1159627/Just-wanted-Barack-Obamas-blockbuster-gift-25-DVDs-Brown-reaffirm-special-relationship.html

As he headed back home from Washington, Gordon Brown must have rummaged through his party bag with disappointment.
Because all he got was a set of DVDs. Barack Obama, the leader of the world's richest country, gave the Prime Minister a box set of 25 classic American films - a gift about as exciting as a pair of socks.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/03/AR2009030303660.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

The murmurs began when President Obama returned to the British Embassy the Winston Churchill bust that had been displayed in the Oval Office since Tony Blair lent it to George W. Bush.

And the alarm bells really went off when Brown's entourage landed at Andrews Air Force Base on Monday night. Obama, breaking with precedent, wouldn't grant the prime minister the customary honor of standing beside him in front of the two nations' flags for the TV cameras.

Still, Brown kept a stiff upper lip as he sat in the Oval Office yesterday as Obama, skipping the usual words of welcome for his guest, went straight to questions from the news services. Brown didn't get to speak for six minutes,

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5848073.ece

First Lady Michelle Obama shows even she has a gift for the gaffe

In return Mrs Obama gave the Brown children, Fraser and John, two toy models of Marine One, the Presidential helicopter. Fair enough on the helicopter part, always a popular choice with small boys; but Marine One? It’s not as though anyone needs reminding that Barack Obama is President or that he has his own helicopter. Short of giving the boys Action Man models of her own husband smiting the evil forces of neoconservatism, Mrs Obama’s gesture could not have been more solipsistic or more inherently dismissive of Mrs Brown.

Not only did she demonstrate that she spent approximately three seconds contemplating the needs of the Brown boys (having an aide pop to the White House gift shop for a piece of merchandising does not imply a great deal of thought),

As Ace notes:

http://whitehouse.merchantcart.net/mainshopping.cfm?icg_id=10&showsku_ID=434&Show=PURCHASE

A Marine One Playset? $15
Two Marine One playsets? $30
Humiliating your closest ally? Priceless.

Cigarette paradox: Raise taxes, lower revenue

An odd thing happened the last time New Jersey raised its cigarette tax: It lost money.

Really? REALLY? ODD? You raise the tax on something and people buy less of it....Hmmmm?
That is odd. Dumbass.

Pennsylvania also saw revenues fall when it last raised cigarette taxes.

Pennsylvania, too, saw revenue slide as taxes rose. Rendell raised cigarette taxes 35 cents in 2004. At first the commonwealth saw a modest income bump, but in the first full fiscal year after the tax hike, cigarette tax revenue fell by $72 million, roughly 8 percent.
Revenue has never gotten back to fiscal 2004 levels, when the increase first hit.

Apparently, those in charge never even passed Economics 101. Dumbasses.

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20090305_Cigarette_paradox__Raise_taxes__lower_revenue.html

Found at GrassrootsPA: http://grassrootspa.com/

Obama pulls the plug on the nuclear industry's last best hope.

Via Ace: http://ace.mu.nu/archives/283843.php

This is what we're up against!

Obama doesn't give a good goddamn about your or me or America!!!!!!!!

He is going to turn the United States into a third world country using any means necessary!!!!!!

http://www.slate.com/id/2212792/

Six decades after the dawn of the nuclear era, the only plausible answer to the question "What do we do with this stuff?" is "Don't create any more of it." That, in effect, is what President Obama is saying in fulfilling his campaign promise to shut down Yucca Mountain. The program, Obama's new budget states, "will be scaled back to those costs necessary to answer inquiries from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission while the administration devises a new strategy toward nuclear waste disposal." That's bureaucratese for "Yucca Mountain is dead."

Ace says it better than I can:

The War on Energy. Obama's winning. But wait for the quagmire.

In case this stupid fuckshit didn't notice, we've been putting our hopes on wind and solar farms since nineteen seventy fucking three and as of yet not a single alternate source of energy is anywhere near mature.

But oh yes, let us destroy the current modes of energy production before we have an alternative.

I'm going to say it again, loud and clear:

I WANT OBAMA TO FAIL, FAIL, FAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PRIORITIES!!!!!!!!!

Just an UPDATE (sort of) to the post below.

Citigroup shares tumble below $1

http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/090305/business_us_markets_stocks_citigroup.html?.v=1

GM auditors raise the specter of Chapter 11

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96O1C8O1&show_article=1

Bair Says Insurance (FDIC) Fund Could Be Insolvent This Year

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=alsJZqIFuN3k


'Israel seriously considering Iran military op'

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1236103158937&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

ABC Radio Owner Finishes Trading At One Penny

http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2009/03/abc-radio-owner-citadel-communications.html

Fed Refuses to Release Bank Data, Insists on Secrecy

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=aG0_2ZIA96TI

Nero errr..... Obama Fiddles While Rome Burns

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/090305/wall_street.html?.v=26

Investors fled Wall Street as fear grew about the stability of the nation's largest banks and worries mounted about General Motors Corp. The major market indicators resumed their slide Thursday after a one-day rally, falling to levels not seen in more than a decade as investors contended with more disheartening economic data, new concerns about the stability of GM and ongoing uncertainty about the financial system.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 250 points, and the big indexes were all down more than 3 percent.

In the mean time, back a the White House..... H/T Tammy Bruce: http://tammybruce.com/

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/03/guess_who_came.html

In his latest outreach to the legislative branch, President Obama had the leaders of congressional committee and their spouses over for dinner Wednesday night.

The menu: celery soup, mushroom crisps, steelhead salmon, saffron couscous, crispy spinach and greens, and milk chocolate velvet cake.

"We just want to say welcome on behalf of Michelle and myself. We're so glad all of you could join us," Obama told his guests.

Yea, Well. It's all on our dime, so what the hell.

Oh and while I'm at it, let's bring this up:

US Treasury secretary attacks oil, gas tax breaks

http://in.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idINN0454844120090304

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - U.S. oil and natural gas producing companies should not receive federal subsidies in the form of tax breaks because their businesses contribute to global warming, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress on Wednesday.
It was one of the sharpest attacks yet on the oil and gas industry by a top Obama administration official, reinforcing the White House stance that new U.S. energy policy will focus on promoting renewable energy sources like wind and solar power and rely less on traditional fossil fuels like oil as America tackles climate change.

"We don't believe it makes sense to significantly subsidize the production and use of sources of energy (like oil and gas) that are dramatically going to add to our climate change (problem). We don't think that's good economic policy and we think changing those incentives is good for the country," Geithner told the Senate Finance Committee at a hearing on the White House's proposed budget for the 2010 spending year.

Because in the middle of a global economic crisis, with our own economy tanking, and the DOW falling to levels that we haven't seen since I was in high school, 25 FREAKING YEARS AGO! we have to do something about those 'greenhouse gases' that might (or might not), perhaps, maybe (or not) raise our average global temperature by one degree over the next 100 years. and THAT is WAAAAAAYYYYYY more important than average, everyday people being able to buy a tank of gas to... oh I don't know..... GO TO WORK!

ONE MORE DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Of "Fire Service Instructor Class"

Gave my 30 min. presentation today. Did good. Now just the writen test tomorrow. Whew!

Rush challenges Obama to debate

Barkey wouldn't stand a chance!

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19619.html

“If these guys are so impressed with themselves, and if they are so sure of their correctness, why doesn't President Obama come on my show? We will do a one-on-one debate of ideas and policies,” Limbaugh said on his radio program Wednesday. “So let's have the debate! I am offering President Obama to come on this program — without staffers, without a TelePrompTer, without note cards — to debate me on the issues.”


http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030409/content/01125106.guest.html

A Beautiful Poem from Brigid

http://mausersandmuffins.blogspot.com/2009/03/two-things.html

TWO THINGS

Two things move under night sky
the thing that came to kill, and I

He, released from prison to roam
and I, peaceably headed to home

He carries a knife and drug addled sense
seeing just prey, without defense

I detect movement, intuitive fear
and put my hand to pistol near

Worried, alone in that gloomy blight
above the fear, I prepare to fight

He hears the click of a chambered round
fleeing quickly to hunt safer ground

No predator dares go hunting for me
for I am armed, that makes me free

I holster my pistol and slowly stand down
heading towards home in a dark, sleeping town

For there are two things that will not die
my right to carry, and this night, I

© Brigid - Home on the Range 2009

My $0.02 On The Rush/Steele Feud

Rush is RIGHT!

I watched Rush's speech on Sat. and ended up with a sore throat from yelling and cheering too much. No, I don't agree with everything he says, but his CPAC speech was right on the money.

I've been following Steele's comments and Rush's responses, and all I have to say is that I think we're in trouble. Rush is an entertainer, that's how he makes his living and stays on the air. But how in God's name does that disqualify what he says? Rush has been making his living as a political pundit for the past 20 years, unlike Sean Penn, Alec Baldwin, Natalie Maines, etc....

Rush's remarks were directed straight at conservatives! I can understand Steele wanting to distance him self from some of Rush's more acidic comments, but he went too far and played right into the Liberals hands. If the head of the RNC doesn't know and can't figure out that moderate centrism doesn't win elections and that the GOP needs get back to old style conservatism, then we are in big trouble.

Maybe it's time for a new party.

But I'll go on record right now:

I HOPE OBAMA FAILS!
I WANT HIM TO FAIL!

I DO NOT WANT HIM TO ABANDON ISRAEL!

I DO NOT WANT HIM TO ABANDON MISSILE DEFENSE!

I DO NOT WANT HIM TO GUT THE MILITARY!
I DO NOT WANT HIM TO SOCIALIZE HEALTH CARE!
I DO NOT WANT HIM TO PUT ACORN IN CHARGE OF THE CENSUS!
I DO NOT WANT HIM TO NATIONALIZE BANKS!
I DO NOT WANT HIM TO RUIN THIS COUNTRY!

I WANT HIM TO FAIL!

Holder Idiocy

I just couldn't get get this quote out of my mind, but I didn't have time to respond to it until now.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29389404/

Use of U.S. assault weapons

The attorney general also suggested that re-instituting a U.S. ban on the sale of assault weapons would help reduce the bloodshed in Mexico, where last year 6,000 people were killed in drug-related violence.

U.S. officials have a responsibility to make sure Mexican police "are not fighting substantial numbers of weapons, or fighting against AK-47s or other similar kinds of weapons that have been flowing to Mexico," Holder said.

Unfortunately, alot of people, TOO MANY people will believe this BULLSHIT.

Let's try to inject a bit of logic into this.

So, let's see. Why would Mexican drug cartels, financed by drug money, be using semi-automatic AKs from the US, when they could get REAL selective-fire AK-47 assault rifles on the open market?

I got these figures from Amnesty International:

http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=16998

* An AK-47 can be bought for as little as US$30 in parts of Africa.
* There are an estimated 100 million AK-47s in the world.
* AK-47s are found in the state arsenal of at least 82 countries.
* The AK outstrips its nearest rival, the M-16 assault rifle, by 10 to 1 in terms of numbers produced.
* The AK-47 can be fired at a rate of 600 bullets per minute.
* It is estimated that 50 to 60 per cent of weapons used in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are AK-47s or its derivatives.
* The Kalashnikov has been produced in at least 14 countries, across four continents.

M1941 Johnson Rifle

I would LOVE to own one of these:

M1941 Johnson Rifle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1941_Johnson_rifle

This one happens to be for sale at Collector's Firearms. For a meager sum of $5,975.00

Just in case someone wants to get me an early birthday gift. ;)

http://www.collectorsfirearms.com/admin/product_details.php?itemID=27857

Mullen says Iran has material to make nuclear weapon

Funny how Barkey and the MSM seem to be ignoring this.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/03/01/mullen-says-iran-has-ability-to-make-nuclear-weapon/

(CNN) — Iran likely has enough material to make a nuclear weapon, Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen told CNN's John King Sunday.

“We think they do, quite frankly," Mullen said on State of The Union with John King. "Iran having a nuclear weapon, I believe, for a long time, is a very, very bad outcome for the region and for the world."


A little background:

Iran seen to need 3-8 yrs to produce bomb
Mon Oct 22, 2007

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL2214711120071022

"I cannot judge their intentions, but supposing that Iran does intend to acquire a nuclear bomb, it would need between another three and eight years to succeed. All the intelligence services agree on that."

http://www.nysun.com/national/us-spy-chief-retreats-on-iran-estimate/70818/
February 6, 2008

"Mr. McConnell was referring to the specific Iranian program to design potential nuclear warheads, which the December estimate said had halted in 2003. But in his opening testimony, Mr. McConnell noted that two other components of the nuclear program were moving ahead — the enrichment of uranium, which he said was the most difficult part of making a bomb, and the development of long-range missiles capable of hitting North Africa and Europe."

http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2008/06/26/iran-could-have-nuclear-weapon-in-6-months-iaea-chief/
Iran Could Have Nuclear Weapon In 6 Months - IAEA Chief
26 June 2008

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency Mohamed ElBaradei, said Iran could create a nuclear weapon in six months. Yes, this is the same guy that a couple of months ago said we have a few years before Iran would have that capability.