Obamacare Precipice

In Passing

We find ourselves on Obama's joyous precipice

The Obama Way “ Lieberman Assures Democrats He’s Likely to Support Health Bill Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) privately assured President Barack Obama and members of the Senate Democratic Conference on Tuesday that he would likely support the chamber’s health care reform bill when it comes to a vote. He said it ... Obama said his congressional allies were "on the precipice" of a historic accomplishment that has eluded presidents and lawmakers for generations, adding the emerging bill includes "all the criteria that I laid out" in a speech to a joint session of Congress earlier in the year. Of course, even without a new government-run insurance plan, the Reid bill is a policy monstrosity. It’s filled to the brim with mandates, fines, and new federal controls which will erode the quality of American medicine and lead to government-driven rationing of care. It’s a governmental takeover by regulation and bureaucracy, not program enrollment. Source: Dems Threaten Nelson In Pursuit of 60 Nelson's demand that taxpayer money not be used to fund abortion has still not been met. As our source put it, this is a "naked effort by Rahm Emanuel and the White House to extort Nelson's vote." They are "threatening to close a base vital to national security for what?" asked the Senate staffer. The New York Times Laments Media Bias - at the Wall Street Journal I need to laugh a bit now. Al Gore Reads Poem, Harry Smith Says 'Wow...I’m Happy to Hear it in Your Voice' (Exclusive Green Room audio) But, Wait! Obama might not get health care overhaul for Christmas Attorney General Holder restrains lawyers in Panther probe The Justice Department has told the federal attorneys who filed a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party for disrupting a Philadelphia polling place last year not to cooperate with an investigation of the incident by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. ”

Dave Wins

snort

Who's running this ship?

"Insurance companies win. Time to kill this monstrosity coming out of the Senate." - Markos Moulitsas yesterday

Today: Howard Dean: Kill The Senate Bill'... Any questions?

More Clinton Legacy no doubt

Erotic asphyxiation?

Toothpick Stagecoach

Well, it looks like my life's been a waste

I coulda been this guy, but amn't.

Smell the black powder

Old Ammo Boxes

Yeppir,  I remember back in the day.  Lads got a 28 ga learner shotgun instead of a teething ring.  And us Ralphies   wanted a Sharps rifle for Christmas, 'cept of course we was dealing with real Comanch'.  Put me is the Christmas spirit, this collection did.

Al Franken, lying liar

Someone is a lying liar here

"... a large majority of benefits start on day one!"

Al Franken calls John Thune a liar for saying taxes to cover Obamacare begin immediately, while benefits won't begin until 2014(fact). In responding, Franken begs the question ... Insurance companies will no longer be able to impose lifetime limits on benefits - "Starting Day One!" Using federal jack boots on private business is a benefit? Small Business tax credits will kick in immediately ... Beauty. Create a tax, exempt small business from some of it if they play ball, and call it a benefit? That's it!  The video ends with Franken and Sherrod Brown in an off-record circle jerk.  What's galling Senator, is that I have to call someone who was not elected, "Senator." Sayanything

*wink wink*

Recognizing Talent Where We Find It

Tim W sent this ("I had to") a few days ago, and it caused a dilemma of sorts.  While it isn't salacious, it does involve nipples, and that can legitimately be considered out of bounds by some.  But, hey!  Is it fair to boycott god given talent just because it involves bare breasts?  I say no.  So fair warning, Ned Flanders would not approve.  The Nobel prize committee ought. PS - those opting out can view this alternative film while we watch winking boobies.

Vrooom-Vrooom

.jpg">

Winners and Losers

In passing  ... I spy laid back righteousness

Owwy “ Olbermann’s Conniption: 'There is No Liberal Media'; Olbermann began his tirade by attacking Andrew Breitbart, who is launching a Web site called "Big Journalism," which will take on "the Democratic-media complex." A Death Blow To Health 'Reform' You would think.  A report from the chief actuary of the Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that says health "reform" will mean the opposite of its advertised promises. Palin Vs. Gore:  One of them is necessarily an idiot. - Algore: "The entire North Polar ice cap is disappearing before our eyes," he said on MSNBC. "What do they think is happening?" He added: "That is a principle in physics. It's not a question of debate. It's like gravity; it exists. - "Denier" Palin: "Climate change is like gravity — a naturally occurring phenomenon that existed long before, and will exist long after, any governmental attempts to affect it. It is man-caused global warming and Gore's doomsday scenarios that (are) at issue." The Left's Anti-Lieberman Hatefest From the halls of the Senate to left-wing blogs and the Washington Post, Democrats have been busy the past day viciously attacking Joe Lieberman Owwy Charles Johnson/Little Green Footballs Calendar Infomercial  What Jamie Dimon should have said... With all due respect Mr President, JP Morgan Chase didn't need TARP money, but it was forced on us. Competing concealed carry bills in Iowa divide gun owners Under the NRA proposal, not only would anyone ever convicted of a felony or a violent misdemeanor be barred from concealed carry, anyone ever arrested on such a charge would be barred. Obama Snookers the Right The one-term presidency was staring the White House in its face. The ultimately manipulative chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, saw it clearly and so did his pragmatic though ego-driven boss. ”

Follow the Grant Money

Today's AGW Money Shot

“ Socolow's research institute at Princeton has received well over $20 million in grants dealing with climate change and carbon reduction, plus an additional $2 million a year from BP and still more from the federal government. In an interview published by Princeton's public relations office, Socolow called CO2 a "climate problem" that governments need to address ”

taking a fall

It haz been speshal

Weeeeee

Express Thru Your Wee-Wee

wee-wee

Equaler Pigs

Counting limos in Copenhagen

“ Majken Friss Jorgensen, managing director of Copenhagen's biggest limousine company, on the climate change conference, from the London Telegraph (Dec. 5): Jorgensen reckons that between her and her rivals the total number of limos in Copenhagen next week has already broken the 1,200 barrier. The French alone rang up on Thursday and ordered another 42. "We haven't got enough limos in the country to fulfill the demand," she says. "We're having to drive them in hundreds of miles from Germany and Sweden." And the total number of electric cars or hybrids among that number? "Five," says Ms Jorgensen. [Notable & Quotable] ”

War Bacon

I Bring Real Hope

War Bacon in a can

War need not be Hell!!  Going to the mattresses during this latest Obamunist purge need not result in complete deprivation of life's simple pleasures. “ For the first time in almost 20 years, canned bacon is back in this Country. Not available in any store! More than 2 years went into the development of this bacon, and we’re proud to be able to bring this back to you after improving on a what was a very successful brand of canned bacon made years ago by Celebrity Foods. ” If you, like me, blanched at the sticker price of $125 for a case, relax.  Each can contains approx. 3lbs of rendered bacon.  That means the per pound price is only $4.  Compare that to what you're paying now.  And it could save your life!  Consider: “ Your family is hiding in the attic when the Obamunist cars squeal to a stop outside.  The children are terrified, the dogs about to bark, when even a single sound will give you away.  Pop a can of Yoders, and everyone will be too busy stuffing their yaps with yumminess. [Excerpted from my soon to be released novel, USA-UAS-USA] ” It's why we win!

Tomb Raiders

The Real Tomb Raider

The fate of selected politicians

Apropos news that the body of the late president of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos, has been stolen from its grave, this from Victorino Matus This reminded me of the bizarre case of Benito Mussolini, whose body, unlike in the Cypriot case, was stolen from its grave by a Fascist sympathizer, Domenico Leccisi, in April 1946. (And in a rather nice touch, authorities discovered the empty grave on Easter Sunday.) Let us hope Mr. Papadopoulos does not have the same journey as Il Duce, who was at one point stuffed in a steamer trunk and kept in a closet and was not returned to his family crypt until August 1957. (Before that, Mussolini's family did receive slivers of his brain, which, upon his memorable execution, had been sent to St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington, D.C., to check for evidence of syphilis. The test came back negative. Turns out he was a megalomaniac for some other reason.) ”

Worst possible answer

Same old AGW-Obama crap

In Passing

Confuse-us says -   Blaming George Bush is Butterfly in Hand

Pigs “ Still no Kindle-killer on the horizon That's not as crazy as it may sound. A few months ago, when Amazon's (AMZN) competitors unveiled shiny new products to take on the Kindle, I thought they'd at least give the online book giant a run for its money. Looks like I was wrong. Humble pie for me. Senate sends $1.1 trillion budget bill to Obama - marks a 12 percent spending increase. "Yes, we are spending more money to keep cops on the street, to keep neighborhoods safe so that families feel secure. I think it is money well spent," Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin, Illinois Democrat, said during the weekend's debate. GOP hopes rise for Obama, Biden Senate seats "The Blago saga will hang heavy over our politics," Mr. Axelrod said. In Delaware,  two strong trends in [RINO] Rep. Michael N. Castle, favor: a 52 percent to 23 percent lead among independent voters, and the fact that he draws far more support from Democrats than Mr. Biden does from Republicans. Ice cores reveal that CO2 levels rise and fall hundreds of years after temperatures change The media blackout on “the lag” continues Conclusion: 1. Ice cores don’t prove what caused past warming or cooling. The simplest explanation is that when temperatures rise, more carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere (because as oceans warm they release more CO2). 2. Something else is causing the warming. Al Gore’s movie was made in 2005. His words about the ice cores were, “it’s complicated.” Barack Obama gives himself a B plus for his first year Explaining why he wouldn't give himself top marks, "Bush left him the biggest set of challenges of any president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt" which they were still working on." Oprah didn't ask what it was then that earned him that A-. WaPost's Klein:  - At this point, Lieberman seems primarily motivated by torturing liberals.  That is to say, he seems willing to cause the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in order to settle an old electoral score. Michael Moriarty - Senator Reid prepares us for our second civil war  We are apparently the Confederate States challenging the authority of our President of the United States. Of course, Obama is Abe Lincoln, women are enslaved by pregnancy and we are the rebels who keep them there, right? The Cult of Personality NBC Showcases Statue of Barry Obama at 10 with Nobel Medal and Butterfly The life-size bronze replica of Obama in a T-shirt and shorts is adorned with what Politico suggested “appears to be a Nobel medal around his neck” and what the AP described as “the young Obama smiling at a butterfly that has landed on his upheld left thumb.” WTF is it with Palin? Mr Porretto has a post up about the lady in question, and it raises, in my mind, the question, for my liberal readers. What is it that troubles you so about her? I’d really like to know. ”

Eagles v Crows

Kill 'em and Eat 'em.... A Great Aviation Story

A friend sent me this Eagle-Crow story, and in the process of checking it out I discovered this guy with a similar tale.  I hadn't known about the Black Crow animus for Bald Eagles before. This video is content related, but not part of the same account. ASIDE: One summer, on Grandpa's Indiana farm, he told me that the county was offering a bounty of a dime, or quarter - I forget, for crows.  Woot-Woo!  Sure as hell beat blasting cow plop and tin cans.  I looked at the crow traffic over the corn field, and the register sang to me.  Trouble is, I think it's easier to close on a Rocky Mountain Sheep than a crow.  I  tried everything.  Even sat dead motionless amidst the corn for most of a morning without a taker.  Them's some kind of adversary.

DIY

2 More reasons why I'm more valuable than gummint

7 AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES

You're Welcome (Frank and Evvy) “   Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by using the sink. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins.  Remember to use a timer. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives; then you'll be afraid to cough. You only need two tools in life - WD-40 and Duct Tape.  If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40.  If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape. If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem. ”

Cheap Thrills

2 From The Frugal Decorator

your ding-a-lings  You're welcome

Fake and breaking

-19

Yes it's fake, but it's also broken.

We Haz Plan B

Obama has no power to make climate deal

Says who?  Buncha dead White guys?

“ PLAN B From Outer Space The US government said earlier this month it would start to regulate carbon dioxide as a dangerous pollutant, sidestepping the divided Congress. The decision paves the way for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue standards on how much carbon US factories, buildings and cars can emit, even though legislation has yet to pass through the Congress. ”

Marketing 101

Menu Mind Games

How something as simple as typography can drive you toward or away from that $39 steak.

TigerHawk

Well, La-Di-Da

Palace Intrigue

Culling the herd

Have some wedding cake, Mummy I will indulge myself by thinking the reason QE II is plotting to Disking Prince Charles, is because she realizes that anyone who embraces the global warming nonsense, the way he has, is a twit even by Windsor standards.  By the by, MoSup watches that Charles Kurault - or whoever does that Sunday CBS morning show.  She tells me that the longest segment this morning was re the dire problem of global warming, as if nothing had happened.  I'm sure y'all have noticed the full court press being applied by the media, and the lengths they are willing to go in order to achieve their goals.  Someone said below that this will not be settled without bloodshed.  Let's hope it comes to that, lest we go down like Nazi victims marching compliantly to their executions. These people are the same as Islamofascists; there can be but one survivor, them or us. I mean that in the good way.

Signs of Christmas

Mooding Up Here Boss

Ho Ho Ho   Trans Siberian Christmas Canon

Good day in middle school

Be afraid of Democrats chilluns

In Passing

I have advice for the children -

Run from this gummint kids “ Guess who Obama nominated? Mari Del Carmen Aponte’s nomination as President Clinton’s ambassador to the Dominican Republic had to be withdrawn in 1998 when the late Sen. Jesse Helms let it be known he had an intelligence memo examining her connections to Communist Cuba’s spy agency. Guess what? Media Matters: The Jennings smear = the latest right-wing "scandal" to flop in the mainstream "Flop in the mainstream ..." is, I reckon, now the Obamunist euphemism for "not reporting so you can't decide." Gateway specificates.  I think it is a hoot and a great historical throwback to Hooverville," wrote a reader named daman in an online comment. "These are the worst times I've seen in my 40-plus years, and I am glad my kids get to see it early. Maybe they'll learn to grow and be compassionate, yet personally fiscal conservatives." In response to some criticism that the money used to build the signs should have been used to help the homeless instead ... Speaking of targets of opportunity ... Bill Moyers and Howard Zinn (targets for criticism of course). "BILL MOYERS: There's a recent tradition in America of people making shit up, and no one has done more of it than the self described historian, Howard Zinn. (Edited to fit reality). BILL MOYERS: You have said elsewhere that if President Obama were listening to Martin Luther King, Jr. he'd be making some different decisions. What do you mean by that? HOWARD ZINN: Well, first of all, he'd be taking our troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, and he'd be saying we are no longer going to be a war-making country. We're not going to be a military country. We're going to take our immense resources, our wealth, we're going to use it for the benefit of people. Filibuster on omnibus spending bill fails Democrats held the vote open for an hour to accommodate Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent, an Orthodox Jew who walked more than three miles to the Capitol to vote on the Sabbath after attending services at his synagogue in the city's Georgetown area ...  he provided the crucial 60th vote. Ann Coulter: Liberal 'Victims' & Their Assault on America The Hudson Union Society (skip the first 2½ intro  minutes) 'Horndog High' scandal heats up: The day after the Daily News reported that two James Madison High School language teachers were busted "undressed" in an empty classroom ... What punishment should be given to Alini Brito and Cindy Mauro? Amazing Cal Thomas: Scientists 'Can't Get the Grants if They Don't Toe the Line' on Climate Change So, are they still scientists? MSNBCer: Gore Should Debate Palin and All Climate Change Deniers What followed was rather comical if you understand how many people from around the world have challenged the Global Warmingist-in-Chief to a head-to-head without him once accepting ... . ”

Mall Cops

Where's Waldo?

knock off the b-j and pay attention to class!

I wonder

How many times stuff like this happened before Bill Clinton's presidency?

“ The incident took place during the school’s fourth period, around 1:25 p.m., the report said. A male student asked a female student to perform oral sex on him, and she agreed. The substitute teacher was helping students in the front of the classroom, and her view was obstructed by other students sitting in the room. Both students are eighth graders, Wood said. After the incident, a student reported it to Andrews, and school officials notified the parents of the students involved of the incident. [Macon] ”

Garage Sale

The Dreaded "N"azi Word

This Is Who We're Dealing With

Make No Mistake

If you watched the Animal Farm film, this needs no introduction; no explanation.

In Passing - Suicide is a sin

In Passing

I decided we have but two choices

Play to win, or get out “ Barney - flipping out? Normally a powerful chairman like Frank could squash a GOP amendment like Ron Paul’s bill to rein in the Federal Reserve  ..... (Frank wins - Ron Paul votes against Audit the Fed) --- But, Wait! House Passes Bill to Audit the Fed See Sarah Palin out-Shatner William Shatner on 'The Tonight Show' “It’s only appropriate then,” she said, “that I read a few choice excerpts from Mr. Shatner’s autobiography.” Behind her, a bassist, bongo player and flautist as she recited from "Up Till Now: The Autobiography": Pappy Evening. Looks like Connecticut Democrats may go with a 'Replace Dodd' option; asking him to step aside and having state Attorney General (and perpetual Governor/Senate candidate) Richard "Dick" Blumenthal or U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy run instead. ... Odds are the WH and Senate Democrat leadership will also put pressure on Senator Sandwich to retire, perhaps to a nice little cottage in Ireland. Do Nothing, Majority Says - ObamaCare is now almost as unpopular as it is monstrous. Reid - kiss my tobacco juice stained ass. "Snakes on a Plane Would Be Banned Under Senate Bill" Not to mention forcing Pelosi to AMTRAK Dennis Miller: Swingin' Copenhagen Deniers will be disparaged, data will be fudged and theories will be advanced that are, if possible, even more wing-nuttier than some of the claptrap currently out there. If heretofore depictions of Manhattan under water in the year 2057 were shown to sixth-graders, they're going to have to drop it down to preschoolers in deference to the Gullibility Expansion Joint. Hollywood and Howard Zinn's Marxist Education Project The two most important questions for society, according to the Greek philosopher Plato, are these: What will we teach our children? And who will teach them? Speaking of Howard Zinn ... His biggest Hollywood booster Matt Damon is starring in "Indictus," about Nelson Mandela. Even with Morgan Freeman,  I can't wait to not see it. ”