Thursday, July 29, 2010

Democrats hit the post-racial Exacta: Obama calls African-Americans 'mongrels' while New York Congressman decries GOP challenger's 'Jew money'

Thank heavens Barack Obama isn't a cop in Arizona -- he could have gotten in big trouble today with one of the ethnic front groups.

President Obama waded into the national race debate in an unlikely setting and with an unusual choice of words: telling daytime talk show hosts that African-Americans are “sort of a mongrel people.”

The president appeared on ABC’s morning talk show “The View” Thursday, where he talked about the forced resignation of Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, his experience with race and his roots...

Obama said of African-Americans: "We are sort of a mongrel people."

"I mean we're all kinds of mixed up," Obama said. "That's actually true of white people as well, but we just know more about it."

And to think that this unfortunate situation could have been avoided: there's a teleprompter app for the iPhone.

Meanwhile, on Long Island, Democrat Congressman Mike McMahon is steamed over the amount of money his GOP challenger has raised.

Mike Grimm, a G.O.P challenger for Mike McMahon's Congressional seat, took in over $200,000 in his last filing.

But in an effort to show that Grimm lacks support among voters in the district, which covers Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, the McMahon campaign compiled a list of Jewish donors to Grimm and provided it to The Politicker.

The file, labeled "Grimm Jewish Money Q2," for the second quarter fundraising period, shows a list of over 80 names, a half-dozen of which in fact do hail from Staten Island, and a handful of others that list Brooklyn as home...

"Where is Grimm's money coming from," said Jennifer Nelson, McMahon's campaign spokeman. "There is a lot of Jewish money, a lot of money from people in Florida and Manhattan, retirees."

And be sure not to miss our feature story at 11pm, when Oliver Stone and Helen Thomas mudwrestle for the chance to face off against Hillary Clinton in the finals next week.


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Charlie Rangel -- 'Statement of Facts in Support of Alleged Violations' -- the Compleat Text (Part I)

I. SOLICITATION OF POTENTIAL DONORS TO THE CHARLES B. RANGEL CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE AT THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK.

1. In 2004, Respondent became interested in creating an institution, similar to the Clinton Presidential Center, in part, to preserve Respondent's legacy.

2. Respondent discussed the idea with Gregory Williams, the president of City College of New York ("CCNY").

3. In December 2004, Respondent wrote Williams and stated:

As I informed you, during our participation in the dedication of the William J. Clinton Presidential Center several colleagues encouraged me to begin to think of the creation of an institution that would preserve the work of my public life and make it available to the public, especially to students and scholars. I am receptive to this idea if it pennits me to locate these aspects of my legacy in my home Harlem community at the City College. The creation of a Rangel Center at the City College of New York would pennit me to continue my career long interest in the promotion of education and the motivation of young people towards careers in public service.

1. In the December 2004 letter to Williams, Respondent further stated that "I will be exploring with my Congressional colleagues how best to move this idea through the appropriations process ...."

2. In early 2005, fundraising efforts for the Charles B. Rangel Center at the City College of New York ("Rangel Center") began.

3. CCNY prepared a 20-page glossy brochure for use in fundraising for the Rangel Center. That brochure includes a description of the Rangel Center Building. It described the Rangel Center Building as including a library to house and archive the Respondent's congressional papers, an archivist/librarian, and a "well-furnished office for Congressman Rangel."

7. The brochure estimated the cost ofthe archivist/librarian to be $46,550 per year.

8. In April 2005, a memo to Respondent was prepared by Jim Capel, his district director, regarding the proposal prepared by CCNY for the Rangel Center. The memo states,

"[iln the proposal, the last page is a request for $30 million or $6 million each year for the next

five years. Do we need more to advance to our Appropriations process?"

1. In May 2005, Respondent sent letters to members of the Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and Housing and Urban Development requesting eannarks in the amount of $6 million "to help establish a Center for Public Service at the City College of New York in my Congressional District."

2. An eannark in the amount of approximately $445,000 to the City College of New York for the planning, design, and construction of the Center for Public Service was included in the Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-115, 119 Stat. 2397 (2006). That bill became law on November 30, 2005.

3. In May 2005, Respondent sent letters regarding the Rangel Center to individuals who served as co-trustees of the Am1 S. Kheel Charitable Trust ("Kheel Trust"). Each of the letters states, "Since we are developing a relationship between the Ann Kheel Charitable Trust and the City College and City University of New York, I want to make you aware, tlu'ough this letter and the enclosed proposal, of the Rangel Center for Public Service as another promising development at the City College."

4. The May 2005 Kheel Trust letters were sent on congressional letterhead, bearing the words "Congress of the United States" and "House ofRepresentatives."

5. Respondent has been a trustee of the Atm S. Kheel Charitable Trust since its inception in February 2004. The Kheel Trust is a private foundation as defined by 26 U.S.c. § 509(a).

14. The trustee agreement for Kheel Trust contains a prohibition against self-dealing.

Respondent signed that agreement.

1. Members of Respondent's congressional staff worked with CCNY officials to obtain the grant from the Kheel Trust for the Ann S. Kheel Scholars Program.

2. Respondent knew his staff was working with CCNY officials to obtain funds fi'om the Kheel Trust.

3. Respondent was present at all meetings of the Kheel Trust Board of Trustees from its first meeting on February 19, 2004, tlu'ough June 3,2005.

4. At various board meetings, the trustees of the Kheel Trust discussed tile CCNY proposal and the Rangel Center.

5. The Kheel Trust Board of Trustees approved a grant to CCNY to fund the AIm S. Kheel Scholars on June 3, 2005.

6. The Ann S. Kheel Scholars Program has consistently been listed under the "Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service" section of the CCNY web site.

7. CCNY officials consistently represented to Respondent and his staff, potential donors, and tile public the donation from the Kheel Trust as a grant to the Rangel Center in its fimdraising for the Rangel Center.

8. In 2005, Respondent directed that his congressional staff develop a list of potential donors to the Rangel Center. This work was done on property of the House of Representatives, on official House time, and with the use of official House resources.

9. In June 2005, Respondent's staff prepared a fonnletter (the "June 2005 letter") to be sent under Respondent's signature to potential donors to the Rangel Center. This work was done on property of the House of Representatives, on official House time, and with the use of official House resources.

1. In the June 2005 letter Respondent stated, "I will be exploring with my Congressional colleagues how best to move this idea through the appropriations process and am optimistic about securing funds for the plmming phase of the creation of the Center. I request your advice mId assistance conceming how to approach the donor community, particularly private and corporate foundations interested in education. I look fOlward to entering into a dialogue with you on the funding of the Rangel Center concept in the coming weeks atld months."

2. The June 2005 letter was sent to over 100 foundations, including, inter alia, the Verizon Foundation, New Yor1e Life Foundation, The Starr Foundation, Ford Foundation, AT&T Foundation, Citi Foundation, JPMorgml Chase Foundation, Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, MetLife Foundation, Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation, Goldman Sachs Foundation, and Wachovia Foundation.

3. The ltme 2005 letter was sent to several foundations that serve as the philanthropic arm of related corporations, including, inter alia, Verizon COlllinunications, Inc. and New York Life Insurance CompmlY.

27. Respondent personally signed each of the June 2005 letters.

28. The June 2005 letters were written on congressional letterhead bearing the words "United States Congress" and "House of Representatives." Enclosed with each of the letters was a 20-page glossy brochure that requested a gift of "$30,000,000 or $6,000,000/year for five years."

29. The June 2005 letters, with enclosed brochures, were sent through the United

States mail using Respondent's frank.

1. In June 2005, the Ford Foundation expressed to Respondent its interest in leanling more about the Rangel Center.

2. In August 2005, Respondent sent a letter to Roger Balmik of The Balmik Foundation regarding the Rangel Center (the "Bahnik letter").

3. The Bahnik letter was written on congressional letterhead. The letter stated, "[ w ]hile I am disappointed that you will not be able to fund the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service, I thank you for consideration ofmy request."

4. In August 2005, Respondent sent another round of letters (the "August 2005 letters") to foundations, which were similar in content to the June 2005 letters.

5. The August 2005 letters were written on congressional letterhead bearing the words "United States Congress" and "House of Representatives." Enclosed with each letter was a "presentation."

6. In September 2005, Respondent sent a letter to Senator Robert Byrd seeking an earmark in the amount of $3 million in order "to launch the Charles B. Rangel Center at the City College of the City University of New York."

7. In September 2005, Respondent sent a letter to Donald Trump (the "Trump letter") requesting a meeting to discuss the Rangel Center.

8. The Trump letter was sent on congressional letterhead bearing a substantial portion ofthe Great Seal ofthe United States and the words "House of Representatives."

38. In September 2005, Respondent sent letters to the Carnegie Corporation of New

York and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (the "September 2005 letters"), which were similar in content to the June 2005 letters.

1. The September 2005 letters were sent on congressional letterhead bearing a substantial portion of the Great Seal of the United States and the words "House of Representatives." Enclosed with each letter was a "presentation."

2. In September 2005, a meeting occUlTed between Respondent, representatives of the Ford Foundation, and CCNY officials.

3. In December 2005, CCNY submitted a proposal to the Ford Foundation (the "December 2005 Ford Foundation proposal") regarding a potential contribution to the Rangel Center.

4. The December 2005 Ford FOUlldation proposal stated that "City College anticipates that the United States Congress will suppOli this initiative with a seed grant."

5. The Ford Foundation tentatively scheduled a lUllcheon for other foundations regarding the Rangel Center for May 5, 2006.

6. In March 2006, the Ford Foundation postponed the luncheon due to concerns about the lack of funding, including congressional appropriations, for the Rangel Center.

7. In March 2006, Respondent sent letters to members of the Subcommittee on Transpoliation, Treasury and Housing and Urban Development requesting earmarks in the amoUllt of $6 million "to help establish a Center for Public Service at the City College of New York in my Congressional District."

8. In March 2006, Respondent sent letters to members of the SubcOlmnittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education requesting earmarks in the amount of $6

million to "help establish a Center for Public Service at the City College of New York in my

Congressional District."

1. In March 2006, Respondent sent letters to members of the Senate seeking support for an earmark in the amount of $6 million "to help establish a Center for Public Service at the City College of New York in my Congressional District."

2. In early 2006, Respondent suggested that CCNY officials contact AIG regarding the Rangel Center.

3. In July 2006, Respondent sent another letter (the "July 2006 letters") to approximately 47 ofthe foundations he previously solicited, including the Ford Foundation.

4. The July 2006 letters were prepared by Respondent's staff. This work was done on property of the House of Representatives, on official House time, and with the use of official House resources.

5. The July 2006 letters were also written on congressional letterhead bearing the words "United States Congress" and "House of Representatives." The letters infonned potential donors that Respondent had secured eannarks of $3.6 million for the Charles B. Rangel Center project.

52. Respondent personally signed each of the July 2006 letters.

1. As of July 2006, Respondent had secured, in 2005, one eannark in the amount of $445,000 for the Rangel Center.

2. As of July 2006, earmarks in the total amount of $3,150,000 for the Rangel Center for fiscal year 2007 were included in appropriations bills coming out of the respective subcommittees of jurisdiction. Those eannarks were ultimately not included in any appropriations bills for fiscal year 2007.

3. In September 2006, Respondent met with CCNY officials and Eugene Isenberg, CEO of Nabors Industries, in the offices of Robert Morgenthau, then District Attomey for New York County to discuss the Rangel Center.

4. In November 2006, Isenberg pledged a personal contribution of $500,000 to the Rangel Center. Nabors Industries pledged a matching contribution of $500,000.

5. In February 2007, Respondent met with Eugene Isenberg and KelU1eth Kies, a federally-registered lobbyist, at the Carlyle Hotel in New York. They discussed tile issue of retroactivity of tax provisions related to inverted companies.

6. In June 2007, Respondent met with Eugene Isenberg at Respondent's office to again discuss the issue ofretroactivity of tax provisions related to inverted companies.

7. In October 2006, CCNY officials represented to the Ford Fonndation that tiley had obtained "the seed money the Congressman promised."

8. In October 2006, the Ford Foundation encouraged CCNY to submit a proposal for $1 million to fund academic programs at the Rangel Center.

9. In January 2007, the Ford Foundation hosted a luncheon (the "Ford Foundation lunch") to bring together Respondent and CCNY officials with other potential donors to tile Rangel Center.

10. Respondent made a presentation about the Rangel Center at the Ford Foundation lunch.

11. Other potential donors that attended the Ford Foundation lunch included, inter alia, Verizon Foundation, New York Community Trust, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

12. In March 2007, the Ford Foundation approved a grant in the amount of $1,000,000 for the Rangel Center.

13. In March 2007, Respondent sent letters to Donald Trump, David Rockefeller, and Maurice "Hank" Greenberg (the "March 2007 letters") requesting meetings to discuss the Rangel Center.

14. The March 2007 letters were sent on congressional letterhead bearing a substantial portion of the Great Seal of the United States and the words "House of Representatives. "

67. Respondent personally signed each of the March 2007 letters.

1. The March 2007 letters were prepared by Respondent's staff. This work was done on property of the House of Representatives, on official House time, and with the use of official House resources.

2. In March 2007, Respondent wrote a letter to the Chair of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education requesting earmarks in the amount of $6 million "to help establish a Center for Public Service at the City College of New York in my Congressional District."

3. In March 2007, Respondent wrote a letter to the Chair of the Subconnnittee on TranspOliation and Housing and Urban Development requesting an eannark "to make structural and rehabilitation work a [sic] Center for Public Service."

4. An eannark in the amount of approximately $245,000 for the City College of New York for "the planning, design, construction, renovation and buildout of a multipurpose educational facility" was included in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-161, 121 Stat 1844 (2007).

5. An eannark in the amount of approximately $1.915 million for "the City College of New York for the Charles B. Rangel Center to prepare individuals for careers in public

service, which may include establishing an endowment, library, and archives for such center" was included in the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-161, 121 Stat. 1844 (2007).

1. In May 2007, Respondent spoke with Melvin NOlTis, a fonner House employee in Respondent's district office. NOlTis was then working as a New York state lobbyist for Verizon Communications, Inc. Respondent requested an update on the status of the Verizon Foundation donation to the Rangel Center.

2. In June 2007, Respondent spoke with George Nichols, a federally-registered lobbyist for New York Life Insurance Corporation, at a breakfast campaign fundraiser. Respondent requested that New York Life consider contributing to the Rangel Center.

3. On June 4,2007, Respondent met with Hank Greenberg, Chainnan of the Board ofthe StalT Foundation regarding a possible donation to the Rangel Center.

4. On June 12, 2007, the StalT Foundation approved a grant to the Rangel Center in the amount of $5,000,000.

5. In August 2007, Verizon Foundation approved a grant to the Rangel Center in the amount of $500,000. NOlTis infonned Respondent that the grallt had been approved.

6. In APlil 2008, Respondent met with CCNY officials and AIG officials (the "AIG meeting"), including Edward "Ned" Cloonan, a federally-registered lobbyist, regarding the Rangel Center. The briefing memo prepared for Respondent by CCNY stated the objective of the meeting was to "close $1 OM gift for the Rangel Center to create AIG Hal1."

7. At the AIG meeting, a potential donation to the Rangel Center was discussed. AIG raised concems about a potential donation, including the potential headline risk. Respondent asked AIG, at least twice, what was necessary to get this done.

8. On numerous occasions during 2005 through 2008, Respondent attended several meetings with CCNY officials and potential donors. These potential donors included Eugene Isenberg, Hank Greenberg, David Rockefeller, Donald Trump, the Ford Foundation, and AIG.

81. In addition to the contributions noted above, the following entities and individuals

solicited by Respondent made pledges and contlibutions to the Rangel Center:

1) Rhodebeck Chalitable Fund ($25,000); 2) David Rockefeller ($100,000); 3) New York Community Trust ($130,000); and 4) Rockefeller Brothers Fund ($50,000).

1. On numerous occasions during 2005 through 2008, Respondent and his staff used official House resources, including telephones, emails, and facsimile machines, to communicate with CCNY and others regarding fundraising for the Rangel Center.

2. During the relevant period, George Dalley, Jim Capel, and Dan Berger were House employees on Respondent's personal staff. Jon Sheiner was a House employee on the Ways and Means Committee staff.

3. During the relevant period, pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the duties of the Joint COimnittee on Taxation were the following: (1) to investigate the operation and effects of internal revenue taxes and the administration of such taxes; (2) to investigate measures and methods for the simplification of such taxes; (3) to malce reports to the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance (or to the House and the Senate) on the results of such investigations and studies and to make recommendations; and (4) to review any proposed refund or credit of income or estate and gift taxes or certain other taxes in excess of $2,000,000, as set forth in § 6405 of the Internal Revenue Code.



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Larwyn's Linx: S.B. 1070's Stay of Execution

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Nation

S.B. 1070's Stay of Execution: RedState
Helplessness and Anarchy: LegalIns
Our Divisive President: Caddell & Schoen

What Judge Bolton’s Injunction Doesn’t Say: Corner
Bought and Paid For Gov. Finds Doing Right Thing Hard: RWN
Is The DOJ Trying To Marginalize Military Votes?: GWP

Economy

New Calculator Shows Your 2011 Tax Hike: Foundry
Know which way the wind blows: Maggie's Farm
Minnesota's Spending Spree, Funded by Stimulus Bonds: BigGovt

SEC: No More Transparency For Me: RWN
White House: Stimuluate Economy With More Cheap Housing: Insider
Fighting High Insurance Rates Akin to Civil Rights Battle: BlogProf

Climate & Energy

The Sound of Settled Science (Plop): SDA
Carbon Cronyism: Why Cap-and-Trade Is Not Dead Yet: AT
Impact of Oil Moratorium on Citizens of Louisiana: RWN

Media

Political operatives on Journolist worked to shape news coverage: Caller
Brent Bozell's Open Letter to the Washington Post: 20 Questions About the JournoList: PolDaily
Journolist Veers Out of Bounds: Simon

Pro Obama "JournoLista" Outed - New "Can of Worms" Opened : NewZeal
Obama's Choice: 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts, or Joy Behar?: Adams
MSNBC's Barnicle thinks 'The View' hostettes will pose tough questions of Obama: NewsBusters

Chart: Proof America Is A Center-Right Nation: RWN
Come November, Remember Yesterday’s ‘Temporary Restraining Order’ in Arizona: PJM
The Unhealthy Motivations of Liberals: AT

World

British PM Cameron: Gaza is 'a Prison Camp': GWP
Khmer Rouge’s Duch Gets 10.4 Hours per Murder: RWN
New Jersey's Marital Rape: Crime or Religious Rite?: Chesler

Another Day At The Office, or a Watershed Moment?: NiceDeb
France to shut illegal Roma camps and deport migrants: BBC
The 'Hijra' in Tibet: AT

SciTech

Embracing the Web: Matt Zimmerman
Why people 'jailbreak' their phones: CNN
Obama Launches HealthCare.gov – Runs Through a Quick Demo! : TNerd

Cornucopia

Bird Dog's Vacation: Maggie's Farm
Strategic Command: iOTW
To Do List: Change Your World: ExecuNet

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Democrat Party unveils cute, fuzzy mascot to distract liberals from its unblemished streak of domestic, economic and foreign policy blunders

Washington (DRNS) - Citing concerns over plummeting poll numbers, the Democrat National Committee today unveiled Postracialosaurus, its new mascot designed to appeal to liberals and children.

"Our hope is that we can really pump up turnout with 'Postie'," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), "that's what our focus groups told us and that's what we believe."

"Look at that insurance company's caveman and lizard ads. Or that f***ing duck! A duck! It increased sales like a gazillion percent for them."

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid helped fund the effort with taxpayer dollars, and the Senate majority leader also played a key role in the focus groups that approved the new mascot.

"Harry really helped craft the approach," said Van Hollen, "We could tell when 'Postie' danced into the room that we had a winner. Harry was clapping and laughing and squealing like a little girl as the mascot launched into a series of Party anthems including F*** the Constitution, the Soviet National Anthem (Гимн Советского Союза) and Democrats über alles."

"Look, anyone with an ounce of sense knows that we really screwed things up. We had a Stimulus program that hurt the economy... we passed a 'health care reform' bill that didn't fix Medicare or Medicaid... and we passed a 'financial reform' bill that didn't address Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. And we did all of those things against the will of the vast majority of Americans. So we thought: hey, it's time for a mascot!"

Van Hollen explained that, given the infantile thought processes of the left, Democrat pollsters were predicting that turnout among progressives would increase roughly 8.4% with a marketing campaign heavy on 'Postie' and light on facts.


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Behold: the Awesomeness of the Obama Recovery as Explained by Journolist Members, Apparently

You've got to love the desperate, wheezing hacks in the media who are still pitching an economic recovery to a disbelieving electorate. Please consider "A Surprise Upswing in the Housing Market."

After weeks of disappointing housing reports from the government and realtors, new data released Monday could offer some hope for a stalled market.

The annual rate of new home sales climbed in June to 330,000 units, up 23.6% from May. The rate was well above the 295,000 units a year that economists polled by Briefing.com had expected.

New home sales are still down 16.7% from June 2009, but last month's surprising data suggest the housing market may have a life even without the homebuyer's tax credit, which expired for most potential buyers at the end of April...

Mish and David Rosenberg expose the reality of these desperate numbers.

One can't help but laugh at headlines touting a huge 23.% jump in new home sales given that the "jump" was to the second worst month in history, dating back to 1963.

Dave Rosenberg puts the headline jump into perspective in Housing Data Are Not Supportive.

Market sentiment is positive and as a result of the market going straight up, people believe that the economic data are somehow getting better. Not the case at all.

April new home sales were revised DOWN to a 422k annual rate from 504k when the data for the month were first released. You know what that means? It means that the homebuyer tax credit was even a bigger dud than we thought it was previously. No bang for the buck from these spending gimmicks.

May new home sales were revised DOWN to 267k units from 300k. That sure puts a 23.6% "jump" to 330k into perspective, doesn't it? It's called bear market math.

At 330k in June, this goes down as the second worst month on record (data back to January 1963). And in per capita terms it is far worse than that considering the population has expanded 63% since then... [And] the average sales price was cut 9.8% MoM in the third steepest month ever in terms of discounting. At $242,900 for an average price of a new home sold, this represented the lowest number since October 2003 and off 26% from the 2007 peak.

But just think about that for a second. The third largest price cut in history managed to generate the second worst new home sales tally on record. This is something to get excited about?

Given that housing leads recoveries (more specifically housing starts followed by new home sales), this is another nail in the coffin that suggests there has been no recovery except in financial assets. Moreover, that financial recovery is only a result of unsustainable stimulus that is now quickly fading into the sunset.

Could someone let Ezra Klein know that the truth is slipping out again? Message discipline, folks... message discipline!

And Mish, I would keep your head on a swivel and stay away from plate-glass windows. The pencil-necked weasel named Spencer Ackerman is a lot more terrifying in person than you could possibly imagine.


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Democrat Message Discipline Matches Their Fiscal Discipline: Reid, Harkin and Union Hacks Spill the Beans on Lame-Duck Cram-down

Even if Democrats suffer huge losses in November's midterm elections, it appears they will try to ram through more items from the radical progressive wish-list. Immigration reform, card-check and climate legislation could all be in play before January.

To combat public outrage prior to the midterms, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Vice President Joe Biden are trying to tamp down the gossip wildfire, to little effect. That's because Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) are simultaneously anyone within earshot what they intend to do. Apparently they didn't get the memo, or they can't shut up, or they're just flat dimwitted ("all of the above" is also an acceptable answer).

“We’re going to have to have a lame-duck session, so we’re not giving up,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said at the weekend Netroots Nation conference of liberal bloggers, in reference to Democrats’ unfinished priorities. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said the need for such a session depends on how much work lawmakers get done before the elections.

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has suggested the card-check bill, or Employee Free Choice Act, might be prime to move in a lame-duck session.

Bill Samuel, the legislative director for the AFL-CIO, said that the union had no specific agenda — from card-check to jobs bills — in mind for lawmakers for any such session, but that it would press lawmakers to work actively through the period...

Samuel went on to pooh-pooh Van Hollen's suggestion that the 111th Congress' heavy lifting is done: "My assumption is that he’s sort of responding to fear-mongering by Republicans."

Thus, at least three powerful insiders have confirmd that Democrats intend to shove their radical left-wing agenda down the throats of the American people -- even if they lose in a midterm landslide.

But they do so at their own peril. The American people are slow to anger, but socialized medicine, a quadrupling of the deficit, a takeover of two auto companies, and a faux financial reform bill have awakened the sleeping giant.

Democrats, meet the Whigs. Whigs, meet the Democrats.


Larwyn's Linx: Repent -- The End Is Near

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Repent -- The End Is Near: AT
The Open Borders-SEIU Caravan to Arizona: Malkin
Beware Michigan's Fake Tea Party Candidates: Marathon

Hide-and-seek hypocrites on the Hill: Malkin
Sacrifice: Obamas plan 3 separate vacations in August: GWP
Bay City, MI Police Play the Beatdown Card: BlogProf

Democrat Race-Baiting Gets Its Own Section Today

86,000 claims from 39,697 total farmers?: Zombie
Van Jones Whines: Those That Done Him Wrong: NewsReal
NAACP criticizes Webb; Allen makes distinction: Times-Dispatch

Eric Holder and Race Privilege: AT
DOJ parties with your tax dollars: WashExam
White Males Need Not Apply: RWN

Economy

CBO Says There’s No Way to Predict Fiscal Crisis: BMW
FDIC Shell Game Hides Another Taxpayer-Backed Bailout: Mish
Confirmed: Bailout Loot Went Overseas: RWN

Ryan: By every objective measure, the Stimulus failed: GWP
The Sad Transformation of the American University: MTC
Oh Yes, Your Taxes Are Going Up: RWN

Climate & Energy

Harry Reid's 'Clean Energy' Disaster: RWN
Cap-and-Trade's Market Failure: AT
Chevy Volt: a Sucker Born Every Minute: RWN

Media

Ben Smith, Pro Journolist: Nixed Ayers/Obama Babysitting Story: Nice Deb
Stanley Kurtz is back, with a book: Radical-in-Chief: Pundette
Nutroots Convention Marked by Anger, Betrayal, Confusion and Pig-Iggerence...: Three Beers Later

Free Donald Berwick!: Malkin
My Apology to Shirley Sherrod — Withdrawn: GayPatriot
Now I Am A Hero, Too: LegalIns

World

Surprise Yourself About Islam: GoV
Two Cheers for the Administration on Megrahi: Power Line
"We call on all our sisters who are virgins": BrutHon

Berwick-Linked Advocacy Group Spearheaded Campaign against American Officials: PJM
Has the U.S. spent $400 million building the next Intifada?: PJM
Europe's Jewish Problem: AT

Why Did U.S. Kowtow to Chinese Naval Ambitions?: FSM
Dramatic Photos Of The US-Korea War Drills That Could Set Off Nuclear War: Insider
Activists disable some London BP petrol stations: Reuters

SciTech

An Order of Seven Global Cyber-Guardians Now Hold Keys to the Internet: PopSci
What the iPhone-jailbreaking ruling means: CNet
Running Barefoot Becomes Increasingly Popular: Courant

Cornucopia

Sgt Barry's Bleeding Hearts Club Band: News from Doswell
Details Of The Newly Revealed Allegations Against “Crazed Sex Poodle” Al Gore: RWN
Newport's Mystery Tower: Unexplained Earth

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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Thought experiment: if 60 Minutes employed journalists

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I'm Morley Safer. They told us they needed $787 billion to fix the economy -- $2,500 for every family in America. But unemployment continues to skyrocket and many wonder: what happened to the hundreds of billions of dollars? When we investigated, we found that no one really knows. And the corruption, graft and criminality we discovered were surprising -- even for us.

I'm Steve Kroft. Barack Obama authored an amazing autobiography called Dreams from my Father. But one man has unearthed overwhelming evidence that Obama didn't actually write his own book. And the name of the real author might surprise you, he says: Bill Ayers. The domestic terrorist and one-time neighbor to the President.

And I'm Mike Wallace. The promises were grandiose. Transparency. No lobbyists in the White House. Leaving Iraq. Ending NSA wiretaps. Finding Bin Laden. Post-partisanship. But the realities have shaken even the President's most committed supporters. Now Democrats are asking: is the President a serial liar?

That and Andy Rooney, tonight. On 60 Minutes.

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Five Rules For Men to Follow For a Happy Life

Ben sent this one in.

FIVE RULES FOR MEN TO FOLLOW FOR A HAPPY LIFE

1. It's important to have a woman, who helps at home, who cooks from time to time, cleans up and has a job.

2. It's important to have a woman, who can make you laugh.

3. It's important to have a woman, who you can trust and who doesn't lie to you.

4. It's important to have a woman, who is good in bed and who likes to be with you.

5. It's very, very important that these four women do not know each other