Friday, March 20, 2009

The Sickness


Consider, if you will, the priorities of Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the Pelosi-Obama-Reid Democrats:

In Pelosi's world, Illegal Aliens must be granted free health care and voting rights.


Families making up to $100,000 annually are given free health care through the 2009 Obama SCHIP program, even if they have private health care insurance.


But our Wounded Warriors? They should be forced to use private health insurance for their grievous injuries.


The modern Democrat Party, controlled by George Soros, is infected with a sickness.

And they don't -- that's right, I said it -- they don't support the troops. In fact, Democrats hate the troops.

And Barack Obama proved it with his outrageous proposal to charge veterans for their own health care while preparing to offer citizenship and free health care for illegal immigrants. And I don't care if he retracted his demands. It's the thought that counts.


Linked by: Fausta. THanks! Picture credits: Flap's, ZenHabits, Weasel Zippers, respectively.

Official Seal of the Teleprompter of the United States


Instigated by Enemy-of-the-State Mike Moody
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Larwyn's Link Kerplosion: Will Dems go broke for Obama?

Have a great link you'd like me to review? Drop me an email!

Documenting The POR Economy's Damage: BizzyBlog
CNN admits that Dodd lied: Hot Air
Call for Obama's teleprompter to resign: RedState

McCotter pwns Dems over fake AIG outrage: Jawa
Workers go on strike against Union: Prairie
Ouch: Obama mocks Special Olympians on Leno: Corner

ACORN, fraud and the Obama campaign: Fausta
Obama's failure to lead: AT (Rooney)
Who doesn't love the JournoList?: JOM

What is Marxism?: Plaut
ACORN stands accused of mob tactics: Times
Your money or your life: Corner

An Arab-made Misery: WSJ (Darwish)
Dodd's pathetic loophole: Fausta
Turnabout: Dinocrat

Top Schumer Aide Indicted for $35M Pension Fraud: LegalIns
Why Obama's teleprompter gafffe tape matters: Big Hollywood
Newsman Olbermann unsure of what the letters "AIG" stand for and where it's headquartered: NewsBusters

American Tea Party Anthem: Lloyd Marcus
Four senators will likely decide fate of Card Check: LogMan
Labor's European Model: WSJ

US Army mysteriously appears in Alabama: MsU
Bayh's New Gang of 15 May Put Brakes on Obama Agenda: PolMac
What the Second Amendment is really for: Suzanna Gratia-Hupp

Rescind John Murtha's Award from the Navy: LGF
Blogger interviewed by Fox News: BMW
Report details Countrywide's VIP loan program: WaPo

NASA token moonbat complains: Democratic process isn't working to fight global warming: Guardian
Obama's thoughtful, historically-rich gift of Blockbuster Video Val-U-Pak doesn't even f***ing work in England: Ace
Will the Democrats go broke for Obama?: AT (Lewis)

This is the strangest, scariest political season in a long time. The Obama crowd is going for a Great Leap Forward, with socialized medicine, government ownership of the banks, industry-killing carbon taxes, daily scapegoating of the rich, and now depriving wounded veterans of their VA benefits, along with trillion dollar bailouts just for starters.

They can't seem to stop themselves; the impact of bulging deficits forever and ever doesn't seem to scare them. Printing trillions of dollars is bound to trigger enormous inflation and widespread impoverishment -- that's what inflation does -- but that doesn't seem to bother them either. Carteresque stagflation is predictable, and even a devaluation of the dollar, as George Soros has been hoping for all along...

The fact that Treasury is having trouble staffing its upper 14 appointments below Geithner means that people in the know about Obama's economic policies are running scared. They don't want to get involved, even if they have hungered after those plum jobs their whole lives. That tells you what the savviest Democrats are thinking.

Exclusive video: Octomom gives birth


Kimmel managed to land the actual videotape of Octomom giving birth to her kids.

The majesty of the birthing process has never been more evident than in this stunning few seconds of video, which captures the near-mystical experience of a mother giving birth to octuplets.


Ripped from: Denny, who's got some other great stuff.


Thursday, March 19, 2009

Lexus IS 250 Droptop debuts


A true four-seat, hardtop convertible with a low-slung canopy and a Lexus badge?


AutoExpress has all of the tasty details on the Lexus IS250C. The only issue: the 204HP powerplant takes nearly nine seconds to achieve 60 MPH. My wife's station wagon can beat that.

Update: Autospies drives the schnozz-heavy Acura TL.


CSI: Waziristan


In 2009, the Obama administration directed that terrorists captured on the battlefield be granted the rights of U.S. citizens...

Welcome to Waziristan, Mr...

Grissom. Gil Grissom.

I'm Lance Corporal Case. I was told by my CO that you wanted to speak with me.

Yep, we do. We understand that your unit captured Abu Ayab Mashadani, the accused terrorist.

That's correct, sir.

Can you tell me what happened?

Sir, we ran into an ambush while on patrol. The Taliban opened fire on my squad. Mashadani was firing an AK-47 and I shot him twice, wounding him.

Son, did you preserve all of the evidence?

Evidence?

Yes, son, like the empty shell casings from the AK-47! Did you put on gloves to pick them up?

Uhm, no sir. Not only did I not put on gloves, I didn't save any -er- evidence. Sorry.

Well, how in the hell can we prove he was shooting at you? Well, please tell me that you read him his rights.

Rights?

His Miranda Rights!

Uh, sir, no sir. I really forgot - what with all the rounds flying and such.

For the love of... dammit, son, didn't you hear that Gitmo was closed?

Yes, sir.

That means all prisoners go to the States where they get criminal trials. Unless we don't have a lick of evidence... which seems to be the case here.

I'm very sorry, sir.

...which just means you can release the prisoner. Let him go.

Sir??? What??

Blame Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, son, it's not my fault. You've got to just let 'em go.

Dammit, sir, he's just gonna start shooting at us again!

Maybe you could write a letter to your Representative about reopening Gitmo.

Yes, sir. I've definitely got some ideas about the first prisoners if it reopens. The first ones in should be some of these treasonous SOB's responsible for closing the most humane prison in the world.

Well, if you start rounding 'em up, I'd like to nominate Barney Frank, Chris Dodd and Nancy Pelosi.




Don Surber's Photo Caption Contest


Don Surber's having a caption contest. Here's my entry.

I knew I shoulda borrowed Paris' sunglasses!

Actual picture of me in my bedroom while growing up




Pic ripped from: Vanderleun.

Democrats: We'll Improve Economy By Setting Off Trade War


The U.S. closed the southern border to Mexican trucking last week, a violation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Yesterday, Mexico retaliated by raising tariffs on nearly 100 U.S. products. The new tariffs will range from 10% to 45%.

Even though a pilot program proved that Mexican carriers are as safe as any on U.S. roads, the Teamsters union demanded that Democrats kill the program.

The Democrat-controlled Congress obliged last week and Mexico's retaliation was swift.

Trade wars can be devastating to an economy. The Depression-era Smoot-Hawley Act resulted in a catastrophic decline in exports.

After it became law, exports declined dramatically and unemployment rose from 3.2 percent in 1929 to 8.7 percent in 1930 and peaked at 24.9 percent in 1933.

Mexico is America's third largest trading partner and the new tariffs will affect around $2.5 billion in goods scattered throughout this country.

California's economy will be especially affected. Its exports of fruits, nuts and Christmas-trees will be hit with tariffs of between 20% to 45%. Oregon will be similarly affected.

Washington state will also suffer at the hands of the Teamsters. 40% of all American pears go to Mexico and will now face a 20% duty.

Wisconsin exports $128 million annually to Mexico, to which it must now add $25 million in tariffs.

New York's $275 million in exports will be likewise hit with duties of over $55 million.

Illinois ships roughly $120 million in goods to Mexico and must pony up about $24 million extra.

With the costs of these goods now priced uncompetitively for Mexican businesses, they will substitute alternative products from Canada, Europe and Latin America.

U.S. exporters will suffer because of the Democrats' willingness to sell their souls to the Teamsters. The results are easy to predict: increased unemployment, reduced household incomes, and more mortgage foreclosures.

In other words: change.


Based upon: Mexico Retaliates.