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Showing posts with label Hillary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hillary. Show all posts
Thursday, May 15, 2008
A conversation in the Vice President's office - Feb. 2009
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Hillary's next career move
Given her driving ambition, I can't see Hillary Rodham going back to the US senate and mingling with the likes of schmeckel Schumer and corpulent Kennedy. I contend that only a national stage will suffice.
So: what's next for Hillary?
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
The funniest video you will see this year
Okay, maybe this week. Or this evening. Just watch it (Denny had it first).
Linked by: Dr. Sanity's Carnival of the Insanities. Thanks!
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Hillary puts her foot in it. Again.
The National Post quotes Hillary:
"You know, there was just an AP article posted that found how Senator Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans is weakening again and how the whites in both states (Indiana and North Carolina) who had not completed college were supporting me and in independents, I was running even with him and doing even better with Democratic-leaning independents. I have a much broader base to build a winning coaltion on."
Once again, I'll ask the question: Is there anything Hillary wouldn't do to get elected?
It's a rhetorical question, of course.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Inside Hillary's Bunker
Things are grim inside Hillary's Bunker.
Related: Against Hillary: Democrats quietly send word to Hillary Clinton it’s over.
Update: Denny has the must-watch video.
Thursday, May 01, 2008
On the way to the Democratic National Convention
You say a massive rift between Clinton and Obama threatens the entire Democratic Party?
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
The many faces of Hillary Clinton
Pictures via an LGF open thread.
She looks as natural and inviting as an Autumn breeze to me.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The idiocy of Charles Schumer reduced to a single sentence
Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) describes his reluctance to pump oil from the United States' Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
What does the president do? He takes out the old saw of ANWR. ANWR wouldn't produce a drop of oil in ten years...
That's exactly what Democrat Bill Clinton said fourteen years ago, when he vetoed legislation that would have permitted drilling in ANWR's coastal plain. Had Clinton signed off then, we'd have started producing oil four years ago.
The New York Times laments that [high prices haven't reduced demand]. Let me see if I can help the New York Times. "As oil prices soared to record levels in recent years, basic economics suggested that consumption would fall and supplies would rise as producers drilled for more oil. But as prices flirt with $120 a barrel, many energy experts are becoming worried that neither seems to be happening..."
"...But for a variety of reasons including sharply higher drilling costs and a rise of nationalistic policies that restrict foreign investment, these countries are failing to increase their output...." What do you think the key here is? Nationalistic policies? "A rise of nationalistic policies that restrict foreign investment..."
Can I translate that for you? Communist/socialist countries nationalizing their oil businesses kicking out the experts, the oil companies in drilling, producing, and refining. Could I mention Hugo Chavez? Hugo Chavez just nationalized all the oil in Venezuela... Whenever you want to find an interruption and something that doesn't make sense in economics and the laws of supply and demand, I guarantee that somewhere at the root level of it; you're going to find a liberal or a socialist or a communist attempting to manage the market or steal all the profits for him or herself... It's no wonder that Norway and Mexico and Russia -- Russia's got its own political upheavals going on right now; they've got their own political problems, too.
Remember to thank your Democratic representative for $4 gas.
Monday, April 28, 2008
The train-wreck up north
"Access to a waiting list is not access to health care" --Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin, Supreme Court of Canada (Chaoulli v. Quebec)
Last year, the Canadian government issued a series of reports to address the outcry over long wait times for critical tests, procedures and surgeries. Over a two year period:
  • Wait times for knee replacements dropped from 440 to 307 days.
  • Wait times for hip replacements dropped from 351 to 257 days.
  • Wait times for cataract surgeries dropped from 311 to 183 days.
  • Wait times for MRIs dropped from 120 to 105 days.
  • Wait times for CT scans dropped from 81 to 62 days.
  • Wait times for bypass surgeries dropped from 49 to 48 days.
These "improvements" are unheard of in the United States. Waiting 48 days for a bypass or 105 days for an MRI could very well be a death sentence.
A Commonwealth Fund 2005 International Health Policy Survey (slide 16) showed that 41% of patients in the UK and 33% of patients in Canada waited more than 4 months for non-emergency surgery,. Only 8% American patients waited more than 4 months for surgery.
Meanwhile, in Hamilton, Ontario, hospitals are receiving an infusion of cash to cut wait times for diagnostic procedures and certain surgeries, which have become intolerable.
And these are precisely the type of government-controlled health-care systems proposed by the Democratic candidates. Not only are they destined for failure, they will cost thousands of lives. And with the UK and Canada as examples, everyone can see the train-wreck coming.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Olbermann: someone should take out Hillary
Murder was the case that they gave me. Ace notes a world-class gaffe on the part of Keith Olberdumb. Among the reactions on the left, Anglachel takes the most umbrage at Olbie's perceived death threat.
What Keith Olbermann said yesterday is not symbolic. He flatly said a (male) Democratic super delegate should take Hillary Clinton into a room, and only the man should emerge... Keith Olbermann is openly advocating the murder of Hillary Clinton....I have myself read comments advocating rape and murder. I have read main posts saying she was inciting violent acts against her, or saying they could "understand" the position of those who wished violent harm to befall her, her husband and her daughter. The descriptions of what Obama should do to Hillary verge on the pornographic. Not a day goes by that some prominent voice on the left or in the MSM does not demand her submission, subordination and public humiliation.
And now a major MSM celebrity and talking head, not some anonymous commenter on some obscure blog, has openly and unapologetically advocated that Hillary Clinton be marched into a dark room and murdered.
You can watch the YouTube clip and judge for yourself. Fortunately, I think Olbermundane lives in New York City where handguns have been outlawed (except for celebrities, mobsters and criminals).
Hat tip: Larwyn
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The worst of Obama's latest celebrity endorser
Yesterday Michael Moore endorsed Barack Obama and shredded Hillary Clinton.
"Over the past two months, the actions and words of Hillary Clinton have gone from being merely disappointing to downright disgusting... Like you were nuts. Like you were a bigot stoking the fires of stupidity."
When it comes to disgusting statements fired in the furnace of stupidity, those excreted by Michael Moore surpass any I've heard...
“In Liverpool, [Moore] paused to contemplate the epicenters of evil in the modern world: “It’s all part of the same ball of wax, right? The oil companies, Israel, Halliburton.” (David Brooks in the New York Times, June 26. 2004)
In his book, “Dude Where’s My Country,” Moore proposed that the Patriot Act is as un-American as “Mein Kampf.” He wrote, “The Patriot Act is the first step. ‘Mein Kampf’…
In October of 2003, Moore was quoted in the University of Michigan’s student newspaper, The Michigan Daily, as saying “there is no terrorist threat in this country. This is a lie. This is the biggest lie we’ve been told.”
Moore dedicated his book, "Dude Where's My Country?" to Rachel Corrie, an International Solidarity Movement volunteer who was killed when she climbed in front of a Caterpillar bulldozer that was destroying tunnels used by Palestinian terrorists to illegally smuggle weapons from Egypt into Gaza.
On his book tour to promote, “Dude Where’s My Country,” Moore stopped off in Cambridge, England, where he lamented before a large audience that, ‘You’re stuck with being connected to this country of mine, which is known for bringing sadness and misery to places around the globe.”
“Now I’m not just talking about your everyday anti-Semites. No, I’m talking about a perceived notion that we Americans are supporting Israel in its oppression of the Palestinian people. Now where did those Arabs come up with an idea like that? Maybe it was when the Palestinian child looked up in the air and saw and American Apache helicopter firing a missile into his baby sister’s bedroom just before she was blown into a hundred bits.” -- Michael Moore
"Hey, here's a way to stop suicide bombings - give the Palestinians a bunch of missile-firing Apache helicopters and let them and the Israelis go at each other head to head. Four billion dollars a year to Israel - four billion dollars a year to the Palestinians - they can just blow each other up and leave the rest of us the hell alone." -- Michael Moore
While promoting his book, “Dude Where’s My Country,” in Germany, Moore gave a speech in which he asserted that, “Americans are possibly the dumbest people on the planet….in thrall to conniving, thieving, smug pricks. We Americans suffer from an enforced ignorance. We don’t know about anything that’s happening outside our country. Our stupidity is embarrassing.” (The Washington Dispatch, June 26, 2004)In 1990, speaking before the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Moore announced that he would refuse to attend a screening of his movie, "Roger and Me," which was being held in Jerusalem. He was quoted as saying that he would not attend until Israel ceased to occupy the West Bank and Gaza. (Arab American News, 1990)
In 1987, Moore was honored by the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee for his “courageous efforts in journalism.” (ADC Times, January 1990, page 4)
Moore attended and spoke at a June 5, 1990 demonstration protesting the continued Israeli occupation at the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C. (Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, July, 2001)
In October 2003, Moore was honored by the Muslim American Public Affairs Council (MPAC) with a media award. (www.mpac.org)
In his book, “Stupid White Men and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation,” Moore proposed that Congress give Israel 30 days to end the bloodshed taking place in its name, and if Israel does not do so, funding to Israel should be cut. He also noted that while individual terrorism is bad, state sponsored terrorism is truly evil. Moore also proposed that the Palestinians be given their statehood and receive twice as much economic assistance from the United States as Israel receives.
Recently Moore had no comment when questioned about the rumor that members of Hezbollah had been involved in the distribution of Fahrenheit 9/11. (http://www.moorewatch.com)
Moore tried to prevent Fahrenheit 9/11 from being shown in Israel. (New Yorker Magazine, February 16, 2004)
In an open letter to the German people in Die Zeit, Moore asked, "Should such an ignorant people [as the United States] lead the world? Don't go the American way when it comes to economics, jobs and services for the poor and immigrants. It is the wrong way." (David Brooks in the New York Times, June 30, 2004)
Will the mainstream media ask Barack Hussein McGovern whether he'll renounce Moore's endorsement?
I think we'll see George Michael named the Commissioner of Baseball before that happens.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
The oh-so-high ethical standards of the Clintons
The National Center for Policy Analysis takes a closer look at the Clinton tax returns.
New York Senator Hillary Clinton and her husband spend a lot of time on the Presidential trail deploring the "wealthy" and "well-connected." As their newly released tax records for 2000 to 2007 show, they know of whom they speak, says the Wall Street Journal...
* The former, and perhaps future, first couple earned $109 million over the past eight years, putting them among the top .01 percent of taxpayers.
* The bulk of the Clintons' income came from speech-making ($51.9 million) and book-writing ($29.6 million).It is understandable why the couple took so long to release their returns, and is still reluctant to release other information, says the Journal. Their political status has given them access to wealthy folks who've helped make them rich [, e.g.,]
* Bill Clinton raked in as much as $15 million working as an adviser and rainmaker for billionaire financier Ron Burkle's Yucaipa firm.
* The former President also took in $3.3 million in consulting fees from InfoUSA CEO Vinod Gupta, who has also helped fund Hillary Clinton's White House bid.
Meanwhile, the Clintons also made liberal use of the charitable deduction:
* They claimed $10.2 million in charitable giving over the eight years.
* Intriguingly, nearly all the donations went to the Clinton Family Foundation, which has disbursed only half the money.
* The Clintons can thus use the foundation for, strategic giving, such as the $100,000 it donated last year to a local South Carolina library -- the day after Hillary Clinton debated in that key primary state.
There are other examples of such politically targeted philanthropy and it's worth noting that most of the foundation's disbursements came only after Hillary announced her Presidential run, says the Journal.
Honestly. This is about as surprising as a Britney flashing "accident".
Hat tip: Arkancide
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The swords
I'm hoping and praying that Vanderleun doesn't sue me for lifting his entire post. But it's too good to excerpt. Read it and email it to your friends. Especially your progressive friends.
In fact, upon reflection, it occurs to me that the entire thrust of both these Democrat campaigns is to obscure the fact that the primary and most immediate power of the Presidency is to draw and use the sword. The usual sheaf of tax, health, educational promises and policies depend on congressional review and approval. Those processes take up an inordinate amount of time to unfold, and are usually subject to endless equivocation and compromise. They might make your tomorrows brighter or darker, but they don't really have the power to make or ruin today.Not so the use of the sword. It can be drawn and deployed within 15 minutes.
Let's review: The most powerful and rapidly deployable swords the USA has are aboard our ballistic missile submarines.
* We currently have 14 nuclear-powered SSBNs, each armed with 24 Trident II SLBMs.
* Each Trident II can carry "Up to eight W88 (475 kt) warheads (Mark 5) or eight W76 (100 kt) warheads (Mark 4)."
* The Hiroshima nuke delivered between 13 and 16 kilotons. One warhead from one Trident missile can deliver 475 kilotons.
* The range of a Trident II missile is thought to be 9,000 miles.
* It is also thought that the accuracy of these missiles is such that it can put one of its warheads on the roof of your house.
* An American President, as Commander-in-Chief, has about 2,700 of these swords at hand.
* And the authority to use them. At any time.
This is merely the most immediate and drastic way in which "U.S. Battle Space" can be deployed by the President of the United States. Other, more prosaic ways, can be glimpsed in the video above.
So, as a Democrat, you're telling me that you want to hand the swords to Barack Obama and/or Hillary Clinton? You need to start a War on Drugs inside your own home.
I understand that the SkyPie promises of these two give you that warm and fuzzy feeling, but perhaps you will excuse me if I'm not feeling all warm and fuzzy when it comes to handling the sword.
Hat tips: Don Surber and Larwyn
Monday, April 14, 2008
Hey, kids: it's the Hillary Clinton Duck Destroyer™ Action Figure!
Act now! Operators are standing by, poised to take your call!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Hillary Clinton's extreme gun-control makeover
• Before: The New York Times, May 9, 1999:
Stepping up the Clinton Administration's campaign against gun violence, Hillary Rodham Clinton used an emotional White House ceremony today to call on Americans to press Congress to ''buck the gun lobby'' and pass several gun control measures....The Senate is to begin debate next week on a number of gun control measures, some of which mirror proposals offered recently by President Clinton. ''The senators need to hear from all of us,'' Mrs. Clinton said... "[from those] who will stand behind political leaders who are brave enough to buck the gun lobby, wherever that may take us, so that they will vote for the measures that we know will save lives.''
• After: The New York Times, April 12, 2008:
“I disagree with Senator Obama’s assertion that people in our country cling to guns and have certain attitudes about immigration or trade simply out of frustration,” she said.She described herself as a pro-gun churchgoer, recalling that her father taught her how to shoot a gun when she was a young girl and said that her faith “is the faith of my parents and my grandparents.”
For the 471st time, I ask you: is there anything the Clintons wouldn't say or do to regain power? If so, I'd like to know what it is.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
The Olbermann Gambit
Note: CBS has put the entire original Star Trek series online. I could think of nothing better to with it than this. Yes, I am a loser.
Captain's log, stardate one thousand, seven hundred forty-four point two and one-third.
During a routine patrol of the Gateway Nebula, we have discovered a strange ship broadcasting a powerful signal, the content of which has defied logic and reason.
Lt. Uhura, open hailing frequencies.
Aye aye, sir!
...Sir, a signal's coming through. I'll put it on-screen.
Well, well, well... if isn't Captain Kirk, the fascist war-monger?
Keith Olbermann? In an NBC Space Station? If we really were fascists, you'd already be atomized and floating in the Larwyn Particle Field.
Always quick with the... words, aren't you, Mr. Word... Quicker...? And I see you're still accompanied by your First Mate, Commander Spock. The brains behind your throne... the real Captain... the puppet-master... the master-planner...
We get the picture, Olby.
And another neocon, just like you. And he, too, landed a cushy Starship job and both of you avoided serving in the Space Infantry during the Bug Wars of '16.
Er, we serve in Starfleet, Olbermann, not with the Space Marines.
No matter, Kirk, the time for talk is done. It is time for me to unleash my greatest weapon...
Captain! Sensors indicate the NBC ship is powering all of its circuits on... preparing for something...
...
Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise.
Its five-year mission to understand liberalism. Or progressivism. Or whatever it's called these days.
To seek out intelligence among the left.
To boldly go... where no sane person has gone before!
...
Captain! Sensors indicate the NBC ship is powering all of its circuits on... preparing for something...
Yes, that's right, Kirk. I'm turning my hit galactic show into a non-stop campaign commercial for Barack Obama...
Doesn't The O'Instapundit Factor get five times the HV viewers and ten times the number of subscribers to its holographic RSS podcast?
Enough! Obama will be the next President of the United Federation of Planets, thanks to me, and I will control him!
Not if I can help it, Olbermann.
Ha! Check your approval levels, Captain...
Captain! Our approval levels are sinking...
It's only a matter of time until they'll be unrecoverable.
Yes, that's right, Captain. All of us original space media types have agreed to collaborate... positioning your war on the Romulans as a "War-for-Dilithium-Crystals".
You know as well as I do that the Romulans attacked us first... an unprovoked attack, I might add.
But it was the Federation's involvement with Izar, which was right in the middle of Romulan territory, that ticked them off!
Olbermann, you're still as deranged as ever. We were at war with the Romulans hundreds of years before the Izaris colonized their tiny desert planet. And, then, they simply asked for our help. No one seemed to want that planet; nor did anyone come to the aid of the Izaris... until we stepped up. The entire Izari people would have perished had we not done so.
But go ahead and rewrite history. I've caught your broadcast before and you seem to be good at it.
Enough! You can't possibly stop me now...
Can't I? I may have an Ace up my sleeve. Mr. Spock, Mr. Scott, Dr. McCoy, report to the transporter room immediately and execute plan HR-69.
I anticipated your order and am already here, Cap'n, with the HR-69 package.
Excellent, Mr. Scott. Make sure the package is in suitable shape and then execute the plan.
Beaming the package to the NBC Space Station now, sir
What the hell are you up to, Kirk?
Just dropping off one of your dearest old friends to help you with your broadcast. The next supply ship will be here in two years, arriving from Surber 12. So I'm sure you'll enjoy each other's company 'til then.
But... but... you can't... you can't... leave me here with...
Oh, I can and I will, Olbermann. Enjoy the next two years listening to someone as whacked out as you are.
But I won't stand for this... I'll file a protest... I --
Kirk out.
Quite an elegant solution, Captain. Sticking two different kinds of moonbats together... that might cure them of their progressivism.
But you may have forgotten one tiny detail.
What's that, Mr. Spock?
What happens if they procreate?
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