I'll trade you 6 Obamas for a Hula-Hoop

The Debate has re-STARTed

“ The weaknesses of President Obama’s New START treaty with Russia are finally starting to surface in Washington. On Monday, Mitt Romney weighed in against the treaty in a Washington Post column. The former Massachusetts governor raised concerns previously aired by Amb. John Bolton (in National Review), by the Heritage Foundation’s Dr. Kim Holmes, and — in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — by former undersecretaries of state and defense Bob Joseph and Eric Edelman. ”

“ Yesterday, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), reacted with a column that, after attacking Romney personally, merely ignored or dismissed (rather than disproved) Romney’s objections. First and foremost, Romney objected to START on the grounds that it would impede America's ability to complete a global ballistic-missile-defense system. The evidence supporting this concern is overwhelming. Article Five of the treaty explicitly prohibits the conversion of former ICBM silos to the purpose of missiledefense; the Russians have publicly stated that the treaty limits America’s discretion to complete ballistic-missile defense, and the preamble of the treaty explicitly links reductions in offensive capability to reductions in defensive systems. Those who think the preamble unimportant should consider the words of Russian general Yevgeniy Buzinsky, chief of the International Treaty Directorate in the RussianDefense Ministry:   We have buried you camrades ”

Sayeth vicar Gore, "Let;s dicker."

The Two Randy Vicars Iowas Hawk=Genius

“  happened that in Washingtown-on-Beltway there once ministered to the shire folk two vicars of remarkable and resolute piety. Polite history shall record their names and peerages as the Reverend John St. Edwards, Lord Plaintiff of Durham, and the Reverend Albert des Gores II, Earl Carbonet of Greenhouse. It shall likewise note well that each man, in his fashion, was a virtuoso upon his respective pulpit. What it shan't record, however, is each man's slavish indenture to the base desires of the flesh. As every schoolboy knows, as well he does his Latin infinitives, few are those men whose breeches are immune to the Devil's disturbances. In the case of our two ill-fortuned subjects, Lucifer himself seemed to take particular delight in presenting ribald temptations and the debasing consequences that follow. Herein lies their tale. Of our first subject, the Vicar John, let us note that he overcame a birth of low station through vigorous enterprise, fine grooming, and a tongue deft in weaving tragic tales of indigence; first as a simple shire barrister and then as an ordained minister at the Abbey of Washingtown. "Brethren, in my travels I have observed that we live in two shires," he was wont to tell his rapt parishioners. "One with which you are familiar; whose roofs are handsomely thatched and in whose plump bellies rest a gluttonous supper of lamb's-pudding. Yet, and alas, there is another shire; one in which dwell the miserable wretches laid low by our sinful and unrepentant avarice. Wretches like this unfortunate filthy lad, who has not a morsel eaten in the last fortnight." Upon which he would dispatch some soiled and peckish urchin into the congregation with the offering-basket, to fetch indulgences from the weeping flock of penitents. These sermons and indulgences proved quite lucrative to Vicar John, and he soon lavished upon himself great indulgences of his own; a baronial rectory in the country-side, satin waistcoats and breeches, silver buckle pumps, the finest Italianate wigs, and a staff of haberdashers and barbers for their tending. From Huffingtown to Pandagon to ... continued ” Marc Miller

Berwick

Berwick: Bigger Than Kagan

“ Barack Obama's incredible "recess appointment" of Dr. Donald Berwick to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is probably the most significant domestic-policy personnel decision in a generation. It is more important to the direction of the country than Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court. ”

You can read it, or watch it while you oil your action.

Grrrrrrrrrr

Precious Diversity

“ But what Espenshade and Radford found in regard to what they call "career-oriented activities" was truly shocking even to this hardened veteran of the campus ideological and cultural wars.  Participation in such Red State activities as high school ROTC, 4-H clubs, or the Future Farmers of America was found to reduce very substantially a student's chances of gaining admission to the competitive private colleges in the NSCE database on an all-other-things-considered basis. The admissions disadvantage was greatest for those in leadership positions in these activities or those winning honors and awards. "Being an officer or winning awards" for such career-oriented activities as junior ROTC, 4-H, or Future Farmers of America, say Espenshade and Radford, "has a significantly negative association with admission outcomes at highly selective institutions." Excelling in these activities "is associated with 60 or 65 percent lower odds of admission." [Ramesh Ponnuru- . . . But Not That Kind of Diversity ] ”

Dems are drooling

This 'Splains it Lucy.

The DROOL FACTOR

I  earlier referenced a largely positive Sarah Palin story (Sarah Palin in '12? Why She's for Real), by Mark Halperin no less, and alarm bells rang.  Now I think I know why, via John McCormack.  .  Public Policy Polling (PPP) , which I view as being on par with Rasmussen when it comes to accuracy, reports that right now Obama  "trails Mitt Romney 46-43, Mike Huckabee 47-45, Newt Gingrich 46-45, and is even tied with Sarah Palin at 46.."  So, what's that got to do with the price of blow?  Time's new poll has some very different numbers that make Sarah their candidate of choice. “   "Obama clobbered Palin, 55%-34%, in a hypothetical 2012 matchup that should have Democrats salivating." ” Salivating.  Isn't that just another name for drooling?  For some, drool rules.

Beat them with baseball bats

Hippies: Still Disgusting

Filthy Animals?

DRUDGE ELECTION CRYSTAL BALL?

“ HOUSE OF FILTH: 100 Animals Removed; Nearly 2 feet of feces... ”

iPhone

Maw, there's green snot all over the walls!

"To hell with the Republicans! They're anti-American!"

Ed Schultz in  full  meltdown during his radio program

*snortz* “ The desperation on the Left -- as they realize November is going to be very bad for Democrats likely ending that "Hopey Changey Thingy" -- is beginning to come to a boil. On Wednesday, liberal talker Ed Schultz had a full on meltdown during his radio program as he screamed, "To hell with the Republicans! They're anti-American!" But that was just the start, for moments later, he called Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) "ball-less" once again shouting, "You won't do the nuke option for the American people and shove the Republicans into the ditch! Shove those bastards right into the dirthole!" Apparently still speaking to Reid, Schultz said, "And if I'm too excited or too passionate for you, I'm giving you the finger right now! Because I don't give a damn" (audio follows with transcript and commentary, h/t Twitter's @secularstupiddd): Read more:http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/07/15/ed-schultz-meltdown-harry-reid-ball-less-wont-shove-gop-bastards-ditch#ixzz0tld8HFtm ” *Still more snortz* ABC's Z. Byron Wolf Confused: Why Don't Americans Support Awesome Dems? I remember when the left was selling Ed Schultz as the superstar antidote for Rush Limbaugh. Jaysuz but are they stupid as a wad of green  phlegm, or what?

Chelene Nightingale 4 Gov.

Who is Chelene Nightingale?

Answer:  She's not Meg Whitman Too stupid to be Governor

Barn Army Endorsed No sooner do I write about Sarah Palin's"Horsemen," one of whom is California candidate for gubenor, Meg Whitman, than I find this. “ “No a la Proposici n 187 y no a la ley de Arizona.” Translation: “No on Proposition 187 and no on the Arizona law.” So say the new billboards for Meg Whitman, the Republican candidate for governor. The billboards, along with Spanish-language radio commercials, aim to court latino voters. But political observers say they might not achieve that goal and they could drive away some conservatives and anti-illegal-immigration activists who support Arizona’s new law, known as S.B. 1070. But Benjamin Bishin, a political science professor at University of California, Riverside, said voters who support S.B. 1070 don’t have a better option. Excuse moi One gubernatorial candidate, American Independent Chelene Nightingale, supports the Arizona law. ” TUA

Natural Curiosity

The Truth Is Out There

Real Deals

Sarah Palin Defacto GOP Chairman? Updated

Atlanta Journal  Constipation Political Insider Jim Galloway addresses The power of a Facebook post by Sarah Palin.    “ From somewhere in cyberspace on Monday, perhaps over lunch at her desk, Sarah Palin typed a few words in praise of Karen Handel and hit the “share” button on her Facebook page. palenhandel Sarah Palin, left, speaks at a June event in Duluth; and Republican candidate for governor Karen Handel. Associated Press. Within hours, the GOP’s polite race for governor of Georgia cracked wide open. Republicans are free to dispute the former Alaskan governor’s judgment when it comes to choosing a favorite in Tuesday’s primary. But they cannot question the political phenomenon that Palin has become in the otherwise dead air of a sultry primary season — especially in Republican races for governor. Nikki Haley of South Carolina in May. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma and Terry Branstad of Iowa in June. And then Palin singled out Handel — “this good conservative reformer.” (cont) ” I haven't spent a lick of time comparing the virtues of Sarah's horsemen against their vanquished opponents.   At this point what matters to me is that entrenched GOP apparatchiks are being replaced by outsiders who, in Sarah's view, are true conservatives.  Conservatives who, once elected,  hopefully, will not knuckle under to  the prevailing herd mentality.  "Oooh let's not question Obama's past because we'll be called names.  They can  come to town packing heat and carrying rope. I feel that tingle creeping up my leg. OH GOD - YES YES!  RUH-ROH - The Kiss of Death for Sarah's politcal future?  Time Magazine saying "she's for real?"

Janet Reno is off the hook

The Grand Magi Has Spoken

ASSOCIATED PRESS A spokeswoman for Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. says sanctuary cities that refuse to enforce federal immigration laws will not face lawsuits like Arizona, which has passed a law on illegal immigrants. The Obama administration said this week that there is no reason to sue so-called sanctuary cities for refusing to cooperate with federal authorities, whereas Arizona's new immigration law was singled out because it "actively interferes" with enforcement. STORY ”

It's all so simple ...

Socialism's Shadow

BigFurHat

Pay Attention

DO. NOT. SIT.

Ala AKPOW

Americans joining terrorist groups in Somalia according to a senior U.S. administration official.

There are no names provided.  Too bad.  If we knew who they were,  we could kill their family and friends here in the United States.  What?  That's what radical Islamists do, so I assume these turncoats pretty much sanction that behavior.Have disdain for us for our lack of commitment, wot?

Refresher Course

“Don't Fire Until You See The Whites” Eric Holder

My embedded reporters in Arizona sent this, more traditionally American, firearms discipline. Tom Smith sent the picture of his student, Zany Pickle. “ FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE 1. "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not. "Thomas Jefferson" 2. "Those who trade liberty for security have neither." ~ John Adams 3. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms. 4. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. 5. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens tries to control them. 6. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control. 7. You only have the rights you are willing to fight for. 8. Know guns, know peace, know safety.  No guns, no peace, no safety. 9. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive. 10. Assault is a behavior, not a device. 11. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday. 12. The United States Constitution (c) 1791. All Rights Reserved. 13. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others. 14. What part of 'shall not be infringed' do you NOT understand? 15. Guns have only two enemies; rust and politicians. 16. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves. 17. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control. ” Frank & Evvy

Stressful Decorum

THE SKY BOX

“ DougM (?) made me think of this pic, that Alex sent from Iraq.  It was called "The Skybox".  If you look closely, you'll see the two piss tubes.  I laughed my ass off. Casca ” Alex is Casca's Marine Corps son, who is prolly by now a Light Colonel?  Or, at least a First Lieutenant.  Where is the towel rack and wash basin?

Night sweats

Monsters from the Id

“ When the old men do the fighting, and the young men all look on. And the young girls eat their mothers' meat from tubes of plasticon. Be wary, please, my gentle friends of all the skins you breed. They have a nasty habit - they eat the hands that bleed. -- Memo From Turner ”

Curtain Call - Caleb Weintraub If Caleb Weintraub was ever to illustrate an essay, it would be Vanderleun's "Monsters from the Id: Good-bye to All That's Democrat."  Here's the opening stanza ... “ The monsters from the id that now control the Democrat Party have transformed that party into a mob of undead extras from The Dawn of the Dead. It's an indecent and disgusting spectacle and I suspect there's more than a few million long-time Democrats who are revolted by it. That certainly seems to be creeping into the polls. No matter the good it once did, the Democrats today present as sick and crazed political party that is so greedy and hungry for power that it will do anything, including selling its country down the drain, to get it back. Regardless of the race of the Democrats' selected nominee, Martin Luther King's dream of judging people by the content of their character and not the color of their skin has been transformed into a tawdry thing; a dried husk in which they wrap their skeletal remains, a hollow phrase spewed by the ascendent race hustlers of the party and lapped up by their acolytes. Until 2004, with the exception of Guiliani's second term as mayor, I voted the Democrat ticket in every election since 1967. In 2004, offered the Insane Clown Posse of John Kerry and John Edwards, I voted for George Bush. The spectacle of the last four years of various Democrats reaching for the gold ring did not inspire me to change my view. Only the dead enjoy parties in a crypt. Not even Roman columns improve the Charnal house atmosphere that fumes through the party today. - continued ” A side of Gerard I wasn't aware of. Clap-calp-clap/

I know a judge who coulda overturned that request

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The gods are angry

Descending Comments

Chris Cillizza in the WaPost yesterday: “ When White House press secretary Robert Gibbs told "Meet the Press" host David Gregory on Sunday that "there is no doubt there are enough seats in play that could cause Republicans to gain control", he was, to many people, stating the obvious. After all, political prognosticators -- from Charlie Cook to Stu Rothenberg and every talking head in between -- have noted (with varying degrees of certainty) that the House majority is clearly at risk for Democrats this fall. ...  That's not to say, however, that Gibbs' words don't have an impact on things. They do. And here's a look at where (and how): * Messaging: House Democrats were riding high from a messaging perspective over the last month thanks to impolitic comments by Reps. Joe Barton (apologized to BP) and John Boehner (the "ant" imbroglio) as well as Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele (Afghanistan as a war of President Barack Obama's "choosing"). ” Since the  Democrat Media Complex view this unfolding drama as a Greek tragedy, cue  the deus ex machina (played by Dan Aykroyd).  "Chris (representing the DMC), you ignorant phuck!"  That creaking noise is my larded ass now being lowered over this stage: For two years voters have watched  Democrats employ thugs to protect them from their own angry constituents, or refuse to meet with them altogether.   Watched them create a debt load that's scant $billions away from exceeding our entire GNP!  They've watched Democrats seize national health care, in the dead of night, over strenuous objections.  They've lost their jobs even as the IRS  trebles its assault against them.   They've witnessed rank racism from the Administration in thought, word, and deed.  Nearly half of them question Obama's U.S. citizenship.  They are scared to death, and mad as hell! That's real stuff.  Stuff that affects them personally.  And "Democrats were riding high from a messaging perspective?" Over esoteric "missteps" by mysterious people?  And what?  Democrats were oblivious to their plight before Gibbs shot his bolt?  What Aykroyd said.

The Bad and the Good

It must be Barry's day in the barrel.

Michelle Obama Rouses NAACP Before Vote Condemning 'Racist' Elements of Tea Party Tea Party Leaders Say Political Motivation Driving NAACP Agenda

Reading that ABC News headline will prolly leave you with the impression that the American partner in the Obama union just delivered  a stem-winder of a speech denouncing Tea Party racism, wot?   I did.  It's a certainty that's what the race baiting ABC Libtards  were after, but no.  In her address to the assembled Colored People, Michelle talked about fat kids.  The media are now in full frenzy mode.  Go over to News Busters and scroll the headlines.  Nothing will change while they live in the same country as Americans. ASIDE: By the by, I was thinking last night about my favorite theme.  Separating the two halves.  Awhile back I suggested that rather than seceding from the Union, the good states ought simply expel the bad.  Why should the partner who  lies and cheats get the house?  A solid premise, but  I didn't think it through. While there is absolutely nothing in our constitution that prohibits secession, it does forthrightly, and unambiguously, define the powers of the legislative branch.  There is no provision for expelling the 15 or so states from the union, and any attempt to amend the constitution would surely fail.  So, secession it must be.  I can't wait,  Really.

Shessh - I just wanna pee ..

Rate These Terlets

No, Not those.  These.

Blow Me

An idea waiting by the tracks for a train that will never arrive.

Summer Heat

Cooling Off Here Boss

Cows With Guns

Cow 'tse Dung

A zillion thanks to O-Club regular Alaska Paul for this.    Here's the Story Behind Cows With Guns.

Red Neck Word: OBAMA

jeffy

Steinbrenner RIP

George Steinbrenner 1930-2010

This is what most people will remember him for;  his recurring "character" as George Costanza's boss on Seinfeld

Shaggy Story

Whence Shaggy Dog Stories

"Shaggy Dog story" is a term I've heard for so long without actually knowing what the hell it meant, that I had to find out.  According to Wikipedia,  it's "an extremely long-winded tale featuring extensive narration of typically irrelevant incidents, usually resulting in a pointless or absurd punchline. Oh, like a Joe Biden speech.  Below is what might be the story that spawned the term. “ A boy owned a dog that was uncommonly shaggy. Many people remarked upon its considerable shagginess. When the boy learned that there are contests for shaggy dogs, he entered his dog. The dog won first prize for shagginess in both the local and the regional competitions. The boy entered the dog in ever-larger contests, until finally he entered it in the world championship for shaggy dogs. When the judges had inspected all of the competing dogs, they remarked about the boy's dog: "He's not so shaggy." ”

Christie Has Risen!

New Jersey Governor Defies Political Expectations

Conservative runs as a conservative in  liberal state; wins; then governs as a conservative; wins. Yawn.

right in the ol' boxer

Nice Etchings Fiorina Leads Boxer for First Time in California Senate Race

The same SurveyUSA poll shows Republican Meg Whitman leading Democrat Jerry Brown 46% to 39% in the California gubernatorial race.

McGovern voting .. why go further?

How familiar is the following exchange?

“ McGovern-voting Granduncle: Let the immigrants in! We’re a nation of immigrants! You fucking bigot! You: Actually I’m not concerned about race, I’m concerned about why someone would choose to circumvent our immigration laws. How come I have to follow laws while we’re defining a whole class of people who don’t have to, and we don’t even know who they are? Hostess: Oh, stop fighting you two! Here we are having a lovely dinner and you have to bring politics into it. Just let him call you a reprehensible, cross-burning scum-sucking douchebag asshole xenophobe and then let’s move on! There’s cheesecake! —  House of Eratosthenes (via Ka-Ching!) ”

Lake Somalia

Lake Somalia

“ Somali Islamists carried out two bomb attacks in Kampala, killing at least 64 people as they watched the World Cup final, Ugandan authorities said on Monday. ”

With news of this latest outrage perped by Islamo Somalia comes renewal.  Renewed pleas to non Islamo nations on Earth, to join together and level everything in the geographic area that "nation" infests. Seriously.  If my magic button was working (it's out for repairs) I'd press it NOW, and lo! Lake Somalia; 246,201 sq. miles of hole waiting for enough rain to fill it.  And do you know what?  If Somalia disappeared today, not a soul in the world would notice its absence, save for a severe drop in international crime.  The area produces nothing but the green flies favored by other Muslim countries.  It seems that  I've been forced to use an inordinate amount of ink on this idea, to no avail.   The fact that another rogue government is subsidizing them certainly doesn't help.( US sends 40 tons of arms to terrorist infested Somali government).  Does it?  That gummint needs to be removed as well. Peace be with you.

ACORNERS

Rabid Dog Story

“ There have been numerous investigations into ACORN and each one cleared the organization of wrongdoing - Newwshounds ”

Shooting rabid dogs would seem to be our only protection, but there's those pesky white man laws to contend with.

dey be hatin' white man law too

... and a special thanks to B.Hussein Obama and Eric Shizzle Holder

A Guy Fairy Tale

A GUY FAIRY TALE

“ Once upon a time, a Prince asked a beautiful Princess... “Will you marry me?” The Princess said “NO!”     And the Prince lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and went fishing and hunting and played golf  and dated women half his age and drank beer and scotch  and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up. The End ” Merrily

Scott Brown rolled

The difference between Ted Kennedy and Scott Brown?

Brown Announces S upport for Financial Reform Bill July 12, 2010, 12:34 P.M. Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) announced Monday that he will back legislation to reform the nation’s financial regulatory system after Democrats agreed to scrap a $19 billion tax on banks that he had opposed.   Full Story Ted didn't spray eyewash before voting

Wages of sin

i asked for it!

My light scribe CD burner broke, FWIW, (cd's are no longer recognized - and it makes grunge sounds - can't even run programs off it anymore.).  I doubt HP will replace it after I admit that I had it on it's side.  I do have a great burner in the old computer, which I was gonna swap, but look it these new connections?  No more ribbon cable?  Is there an easy way to do this?

Limbaugh's Condo

For those ... who've never been invited inside Limbo's NY digs ...

artistic action scene rendering “ A year after railing about the high tax burden on wealthy New Yorkers, Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio talk-show host, is severing one more tie with New York, selling his lushly decorated Fifth Avenue penthouse to an undisclosed buyer. Mr. Limbaugh's 10-room condominium, which features a 30-foot-wide living room with fireplace and four terraces overlooking Central Park at East 86th Street, went into contract Thursday for a bit under the final $12.95 million asking price, brokers said.  ... (continued with pictures) ” MoSup always  say's "You're just like Rush." I don't think so. Sigh.

Sharia Law

Harry Potter and Sharia law

Muzzammil (spoken) Sharia . . . (sings) The most beautiful sound I ever heard: Sharia, Sharia, Sharia, Sharia . . . All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word . . Sharia, Sharia, Sharia, Sharia . . . Sharia! I've just killed a girl for Sharia Now that apostate bicth Is rotting in a ditch Sharia! (Sung to the tune MARIA) “ The father and brother of a Harry Potter actress will appear in court later this month in Manchester, England, on charges of threatening to kill the young star. The family is Muslim, and the suspected motives are clear - Afshan Azad, who played Harry's classmate Padma Patil in the popular movies - was dating a Hindu.- Harry Potter and Sharia law ” "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you." - Trotsky

Angry Fans

Looking for a rumble “ Imagine the massacre if they had not seized all the weapons. Among the things seized there are also a couple of hedge clippers. ”

Weapons confiscated before: An Ann Coulter Appearance? Sarah Palin Speech ? Nope. A European soccer match. Here's the money line: "People need to have more sportsmanship when they watch a sport."

LeBron jumps ship

Today's other reason to hate Democrats (if you live in Ohio)

“ We come not to praise or bury LeBron James, but only to note that by moving to Miami he's going to save a bundle on taxes. We'll take the King of ESPN's word that he's jumping to the Miami Heat from the Cleveland Cavaliers mainly for basketball reasons, but it is also true that Florida has no income tax. The rate in Akron, Ohio is a little over 7%. ” LeBron's Tax Holiday Another reason to play in Miami.

Those 10,000 new Obamacare IRS agents.

Today's “More Reasons To Hate Democrat Guts” Stealth IRS changes mean millions of new tax forms

“ The new regulations, which kick in at the start of 2012, require any taxpayer with business income to issue 1099 forms to all vendors from whom they purchased more than $600 of goods and services that year. That promises to launch a fusillade of new paperwork: An estimated 40 million taxpayers will be subject to the requirement, including 26 million who run sole proprietorships.  ”