How about a little softshoe now Barry?

Obama'd make a helluva house servant

None of these insults to the United States are accidental.  Not anymore.

STFU NEWT

She's doing pretty good Newt.  Maybe some day you'll have a chance to make a difference.  Oh.  That's right.

Be Nice

Boehner Issues 'Official Republican Niceness Pledge'

“ Ushering in what it is calling “a new era of civility in American political discourse,” the Republican leadership in Congress said today that from now on it would acknowledge that President Barack Obama was born “near America.” “It is no longer acceptable for members of our Party to say that the President of the United States was born in Kenya,” wrote Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio) in a memo sent to all GOP House members entitled The Official Republican Niceness Pledge.  “From now on, we will say that he was born nearish America, and perhaps even as close as Cuba.” [Full] ” Cuz Ricky

The Signal White Power

Not to be a rabid anti-dentite, but ...

... this seems a very wrong Signal.

Barry's OKC II

Updated RE:Obama's OKC Poll shows high marks for Obama on Tucson, low regard for political dialogue

I referred earlier to a suggestion that Obama "needs an event ‘similar’ to OKC to ‘reconnect’ with voters."  I wondered if the Giffords shootings would suffice?  As events unfolded however, and it became apparent that this was the act of a deranged left-wing liberal, and despite the media trying desperately to blame it on Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh, it seemed a no-go for Obama.  However, if this WaPost story is accurate (and I'm about to show it is not), it is working for him. “ Evaluations of President Obama's handling of the Jan. 8 tragedy are highly positive across the political spectrum, with nearly eight in 10 giving him high marks for his response to the incident. A robust 71 percent of Republicans say they approve of his leadership following the shootings. The strong reviews of the president's response to the Arizona incident - which included giving a prime-time eulogy at a memorial service for the victims - have helped boost Obama's overall approval rating to its highest point since last April. Fully 54 percent of all Americans now approve of the way he is handling his job as president, while 43 percent disapprove.  ”  Almost immediately after hearing about the shootings I had this question.  How is it that this could happen in a state that has a carry law?  How can Jared Lee Loughner walk down the line, ala Colin Ferguson, and shoot people without someone blowing his ass away?  Ferguson was able to execute 6 people because he did it in New York, where only criminals have guns.  But Arizona?  Last night it struck me.  This event was held by Democrat Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and attended by Democrats.  There wasn't anyone there who believed in self defense! So, how can I square that with these gun control "facts" from the article? “ Overall, 52 percent favor stricter gun-control laws, a number little changed in recent years and down from where it was after the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech. Support for new restrictions on the sale of semiautomatic handguns is also down from what it was after the Virginia Tech incident. About a third - 31 percent - favor a blanket prohibition on the sale of all handguns, except to law enforcement officers, which is comparable to public opinion after the Columbine school shootings in 1999 in Littleton, Colo., and lower than what it was after Virginia Tech. ” The answer is that the POST is playing fast and loose with the facts, if not outright lying.  Poll" WaPost Full of Crap Related 1. ABC Fuels Myth Discourse Caused Shooting, Sawyer Astounded by Falling Support for Gun Control 2. A Week After Tucson, NY Times Still Sees 'Right Wing' Ideas From Loughner 3. Washington Post Hypes Anti-Giffords Vitriol in Arizona, Blurs Over Liberal Death Threat

Jump in the boat for God's sake!

O wants national ID card for online commentary

“ Federalized security screening at airports has been such a success that President Obama wants to apply the same government "expertise" to the realm of online commerce and commentary.  The White House cybersecurity adviser joined Commerce Secretary  Gary Locke on Jan. 7 to announce what amounts to a national ID card for the Internet. Their plan is straightforward. Instead of logging onto Facebook or one's bank using separate passwords established with each individual company or website, the White House will take the lead in developing what it calls an "identity ecosystem" that will centralize personal information and credentials.  ... Obama's Internet passport ” I forgot who tipped me to this over the weekend, but it's just ... just so over the top, even for this regime,  that I'm speechless, gobsmacked and projectile vomiting.  This old joke will have to suffice. There was a huge flood in a village. One man said to everyone as they evacuated, "I'll stay! God will save me!" The flood got higher and a boat came, and the man in it said "Come on mate, get in!" "No" replied the man. "God will save me!" The flood got very high now and the man had to stand on the roof of his house. A helicopter soon came and the man offered him help. "No, God will save me!" he said. Eventually the man drowned. He got by the gates of heaven and he said to God, "Why didn't you save me?" God replied, "For goodness sake! I sent a boat and a helicopter. What more do you want!"

Myth Busted

Ka-Ching!

Nazi=Commie

Stuff you know that the idiot in accounting doesn't.

“ Comrades! This cat was troubled for a while by the question of why do we, the Progressives, despise Fascism, even though it is so similar to Communism. True, many of the rank-and-file members of our glorious community are too busy raising awareness to educate themselves on the details of what they are denouncing. But the community organizers ought to know — and yet, Fascism is recognized as an evil regime. This seemed unfair until suddenly I understood... [People's Cube] Thor

Obamacare Return

Return Dept.

“ A warning to C-SPAN junkies: With a House vote coming this week on health care reform repeal, prepare to relive a year’s worth of health care speeches jammed into two very long action-packed days. [DC] ”

The donks have that CBO report claiming repeal of Obamacare will add $230 billion to the deficit. WTFF? Common sense argues against that bulls__t, but common sense counts for nothing, but then neither do facts. Just a guess, but repeal depends on the public's overwhelming and loud support for repeal; enough that Senate Democrats will fear for their lives and will follow the House.  I'm being over simplistic, but that's all I care to write about something I've already writ about 200 times.  As an aside, the Obamacare bill will have your medical history digitized and made available across the network.  Here's a little something Tom Mann just alerted me to.  Look yourself up, and tell me how you like it.  It's easy to remove yourself, which we did, but every member of your family is spider webbed back to you.  How long before your health records are available to anyone for $2.95?

Marketing, Ahem

stuff not in the Ten Commandments

Haute Jogging Pants

Faux History

Five myths about why the South seceded Number of words: 1401 By Sociologist James W. Loewen, author of "Lies My Teacher Told Me

“ One hundred and fifty years after the Civil War began, we're still fighting it -- or at least fighting over its history. I've polled thousands of high school history teachers and spoken about the war to audiences across the country, and there is little agreement even on why the South seceded. Was it over slavery? States' rights? Tariffs and taxes? As the nation begins to commemorate the anniversaries of the war's various battles -- from Fort Sumter to Appomattox -- let's first dispense with some of the more prevalent myths about why it all began.  ”

The article title got my attention. I wondered whether Loewen would deliver anything worthwhile on the subject, since it's one I've held a lifelong interest in, predating even puberty.  He didn't.  What he calls "myths" are discussions about things that no school kid is ever exposed to unless they major in History.  Subjects like the Nullification Crisis, Southern states loss of clout in the congress, tariffs and taxes, etc.  If there is any popular myth about why the War Between the States,  it's that the slavery issue alone caused it.  Responding to his 1400 word assertion would require me to review the 10 billion words, from 10 thousand books, papers, and private letters I've read on the subject, not to mention reincarnated memory, so I wont. Besides, any author who finds himself compelled to include this passage in a serious historical review gives himself away. “ "So poor white Southerners supported slavery then, just as many low-income people support the extension of George W. Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy now. ” Filed under pasty-face liberal asshat sociologist.

Heart Breaker

Love, Actually

*gulp* Andrew Sullivan

Martin Loofah King

Uh ... For Real

I Had A Clean

Ride a Cock Horse, I Love a Little Pussy

uh ... someone knew

I'm blaming Milbank, so there.

Dana Milbank And The Continued Crusade To Falsely Link Beck And Palin To Violence

“ Kurtz: “It’s fair to hold a talk show host responsible for what some violent or perhaps unbalanced person does because they like what this person says on the airwaves?” Milbank: “Yes Howie in the aggregate . . . [they] need to worry about that fraction of 1% who just might be driven over the edge. Milbank's Fault.  Drives.  Me.  Nuts. “ Milbank offers the final justification for his assertion by saying “in Glenn Back’s case, I’ve documented a few cases in which it’s led a crazy person to snap.” Therefore Milbank believes even though rhetoric of the right might not be responsible in this case, attacking Beck and Palin now is a legitimate form of “rough justice” for their past sins. Milbank’s argument follows the tortured logic of Media Matters founder David Brock who claimed Beck was responsible for three thwarted assassination attempts either because a psychopath claimed Beck as an influence or some tangential evidence existed to suggest an unstable lunatic may have watched Beck at some point in their life. [Full article and video] ”

Villians, Pundits, and Bad Chili

Stuff

We watched Killshot last night on cable.  Hugely entertaining.  Micky Rourke is still nuts and prolly the equal of that No Country ... Old Men guy as most evil mofo evah! Joseph Gordon-Levitt ain't far behind.      The Seahawks evidently believed the ESPN All-Stars when they said en masse that Bears QB Jay Cutler  was a sack of crap.  Doo-Dah, Doo-Dah I used this recipe for Cornbread Topped Chili Con Carne last night.  The cornbread sucked all the juices out of the chili and the whole mess wins the "Worst Crap Chili" Award hands-down!.  What was I thinking?  I remembered why I don't like corn bread too. Like eating sand.

Not Bukake

MSNBC ALL-STARS

Good thing it's titled "Rabid," else .. well you know, what with Mr. "tingle up my leg" and all.

Pookie Toons

Chemtrails and Private Armies

Former FBI head of Los Angeles office Ted Gunderson has a few observations   At worst, they're entertaining

1000 Words

Understanding Leftism In One Photograph The accompanying photograph illustrates a theme that Mark Levin articulated on the eve of the 2008 presidential election and which Michelle Malkin highlighted in 'The Allure of the Charismatic Demagogue'. - Doug Ross

Sucking the public tit forever

Work for the State 5 Years, Pay in Zero, Get $130,000 Pension... Work for Yourself 45 Years, Pay In $260,000 Get $28,000 Social Security Anybody see a problem here?

This was titled "Funny Parking Note with no further explanation.  A perfect fit for Doug Ross's observation however.

Out with the old ...

Euro calendar omits Christian holidays

“ A 2011-2012 school calendar published by the European Union has omitted Christian holidays, while continuing to note important Jewish and Muslim celebrations.  ”

Reveille or Retreat?  Looks the same. What the hell are the dynamics at work here, I wondered?  The calander was printed in France, which like most of Europe is famously anti-semitic, and like most of Europe France is in a battle royal with Islamos bent on hijacking their culture.  I demand an explanation! “ Former French politician and government minister, Christine Boutin, wrote in her blog Jan. 11 that the calendar leaves out Christianity, “the religion practiced or recognized as forming the cultural assembly of our ‘old’ continent  ... She went on to lament that Christianity has “fallen into the limbo of collective ignorance.” ” There you have it then.  The components which are to form the cultural assembly of "new" Europe.  Surrender is easy if practiced enough.

Harvest Time

...  let’s start 2011 off with a joke and then the rest of the story

Best Christmas Card Evah!

Speaking philosophically, of course.

HARPER'S WEEKLY. SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1863. THE RIOTS.

“ The outbreak was the natural consequence of pernicious teachings widely scattered among the ignorant and excitable populace of a great city; and the only possible mode of dealing with it was stern and bloody repression. Had the mob been assailed with grape and canister on Monday, when the first disturbance took place, it would have been a saving of life and property. Had the resistance been more general, and the bloodshed more profuse than it was, on Thursday, the city would have enjoyed a longer term of peace and tranquillity than we can now count upon.  ...  if we are to put down our own riots, citizens interested in the preservation of peace and order must be willing to tender their services. It is due to truth to say that the citizens of New York showed very little alacrity in responding to the call of the Mayor and Governor for volunteers to suppress the late riot. Of 400 muskets which lay idle at the armory of the 37th regiment, only 80 found men to carry them, though urgent appeals for men were made by the authorities and the officers of the regiment. We can never expect to keep the peace unless we are prepared—one and all of us—to turn out in cases of emergency, and fight. -THE RIOTS. ” About five years ago I had this Harpers Weekly draft riot citation as part on my masthead.  It speaks for itself, but wow.  Never back then did it cross my mind that I could find myself living under a government that would see me (I'm using the royal "me" here) as the bad guy.  And encourage the likes of Code Pink to take  up arms against me!  Shows how quick things can turn when the people don't take care of business and water the tree.

Another load of crap

Harpers Weekly Original

Momentum builds for bipartisan State of the Union seating Note to new GOP Chairhuman Priebus: find and fund 2012 challengers to any Republican asshat who joins this empty gestured bullshit.

Are we worthy?

All Hail

Before you disagree, answer questions. Based on 100 millennia of recorded history, can you dispute that any person (or idea) deemed life threatening by the genre filthius democratus will be targeted for destruction? [answer = no, I cannot dispute it] Is there such a person today?  One whose spoken name sends them into frenzied dance? [answer = yes, by God, there is!] Who is that person? [Puh-leeeease!] Long Live The Queen of Freedom!

Make Me Feel Wanted

Hanging Wih My Own Kind

You “feel unwelcome”?!?  Whadd’re you - new here? It is not the job of anyone to go around making you feel welcome.  What’s next—makin’ ‘em fetch you hot cocoa and cookies?  You wanna feel welcome? Settle down, cowboy up and contribute something—something useful, not race-baiting whinging—to the state.  To your town.  To your household.  Something. [e-C] ”

A nice project

It's Cold.  It's Sunday. Fix up your basement

I did this myself once, not quite as elaborate. Maybe one of my kids will restore its memory in their own basement someday. Tommy Mann

11 things that should be 12 things

The 11 Most Ludicrous Free Passes Given to The Obamas

“ One of the most infuriating events in the last few years for conservatives is surprisingly not the election of Barack Obama. What burns conservatives most of all is the refusal of the journalistic community to do its job where Obama is involved. Historically, the American press tends to be hard on a sitting president and the American people expect it. This keeps everybody honest. Never have we witnessed the media so willing to forgo its purpose for the advancement of one man. [Megyn Fox] ”

“ 11. The Most Ethical and Transparent Government In History Obama promised to deliver the most transparent government the world has ever seen. 10. Lobbyists for me but not for thee… When Obama was on the campaign trail he had a lot of tough words for evil lobbyists. 9. No interest in Obama’s history, plenty of interest in his “historical significance” Short of repeating, verbatim, Obama’s two autobiographies (seriously, who writes two autobiographies before the age of 50) the Obama-loving media showed no interest in Obama’s history, Chicago connections, or experience. 8. Occidental College, Columbia College and Harvard grades…still sealed I can only guess that Obama was a terrible student with all the effort that has gone into sealing his educational records. The press had a field day skewing George W. Bush for getting Cs. 7. The President’s Security Blankie President Obama, the man they said was the greatest speaker of all time has a curious quirk. 6. Michelle O No! Many years ago there lived an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of grand new clothes that he spent all his money upon them, that he might be very fine. 5. Verbal Gaffes  I will never forget when Dan Quayle misspelled “potato” in a school classroom. 4. Excessive Vacations The press went wild reporting on Bush’s many “vacations.” 3. Encouraging Racism Far from becoming the Great Uniter between the races, 2. From a Tiny ACORN Grows a Giant Tree of Corruption This might be the worst of the events linked to Obama that the networks ignored until the last possible minute 1. Dismal Response Time From the very beginning, Obama has been an absent executive ” Megyn Fox dances around the edges, but inexlicably ignores the biggest freepass of all.  You know what it is. Ahem.

Misguided Control Freak

Misguided Control Freak

Sparks

The Godfather's House

Fascinating The Godfather's House

Go here to see Robert De Niro's audition for the part of Sonny (that went to James Caan), and deleted scenes. Cuzzin Ricky

What happened to Global Warming

How Convenient for me

Why the GOP is so sorry-ass

Jeb to GOP: How to Appeal to Hispanics Me to Jeb: Stop That Crap Now Dammit!

Everyone in the country by now knows about Teddy Roosevelt's Hyphenated American thing and go all blah-blahy over it;  but then keep doing it anyway. When you set out to appeal to ethnics, you give voice to the worst of them.  If Hispanics are here legally, have the courtesy to treat them the same as everyone else, without distinction.  If they're here illegally, do the lawful thing and expel them.  Sheesh.

Global Warming (Laugh) Hysteria

Global Warming: Dire Prediction for the Year 3000

This is what I'm talking about.  The left will simply not let go of a project no matter how discredited it's become.  I remember Al Gore warning that "unless we act this year, and even that may be too late, we're doomed."  But the good news is, school districts, even whole countries have banned Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth from being shown to students.  The people behind selling AGW tried to change from Global Warming to Communities for Change - Whoops,  I mean Climate Change, without, it appears, much success. When either phrase is spoken today at any rate, this is what most people hear: Am I right?  Anyway, it's Saturday, and with leisure time up the ying-yang, a good time to enjoy this Penn & Teller flashback. (NSFW Language)

You're welcome.

Two Californias

Regarding your STFU Berkeley musings in C&S today; TWO CALIFORNIAS Cuzzin Rick

“ Here are some general observations about what I saw (other than that the rural roads of California are fast turning into rubble, poorly maintained and reverting to what I remember seeing long ago in the rural South). First, remember that these areas are the ground zero, so to speak, of 20 years of illegal immigration. There has been a general depression in farming - to such an extent that the 20- to-100-acre tree and vine farmer, the erstwhile backbone of the old rural California, for all practical purposes has ceased to exist. [Victor Davis Hanson, Two Californias] ”

Don't Be a Dick

You know, in a rather disturbing way, this makes a lot of sense. Kim du Toit

“ My New Year's resolution for 2011 was a simple one: Don't Be a Dick. This philosophy seemed to strike a chord with others, and with one thing leading to another, I have accidentally started a new religion. The Holy Church of Don't Be a Dick. Old Photochop I don't understand today I see a conflict with my creed: "There are two types of people.  Them what know they're assholes, and them what don't."

Union Threats

Unions order Feds to sue states

“ The National Labor Relations Board on Friday threatened to sue Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah over constitutional amendments guaranteeing workers the right to a secret ballot in union elections. The agency's acting general counsel, Lafe Solomon, said the amendments conflict with federal law, which gives employers the option of recognizing a union if a majority of workers sign cards that support unionizing. [Huh?]

What am I missing here?  Four states pass law that guarantee workers the right to the secret ballot when voting to unionize their shop. Unions argue that workers should have the right to vote to unionize their shop. Of course, this is really about the union thug "Card Check" law, that not even the 111th  Democrat super-majority controlled congress was able to pass, that would have outlawed the secret ballot in union organizing votes. If they couldn't get it passed with that bunch, what on earth makes them think the 112th congress, which is demanding that new law cite from whence constitutional authority is derived, will now pass? The only thing I can think of is unions want this NLRB ruling so they can later cite it as "Even the NLRB ruled that Card Check was legal."  All of which summons this memory. I'm 15 years old  and want an after school job at the local A&P.  My friend Gary stocks the frozen food cabinets there,  and regales me with stories about what what a great job it is.  He always has money too. Me mum drives me to the A&P employment office on York Road (Baltimore), where I take and pass a test that confirms my ability to count to twenty without removing any shoes.  The lady takes my Social Security info, records that my preferred assignment is the local A&P, and everything is a go.  "We'll just need you to sign this," she says.  "What is it," I ask? "It's authorization to have union dues deducted from your pay" "I'll pass" "You can't 'pass,' it's mandatory." "Huh? I don't want to join a union." "It's mandatory." (I notice the big hairy wart on her chin) "What?" "Union membership is mandatory." "Says who?" "Maryland is not a Right to Work state.  It's mandatory." "I'm not joining any union." "Then you won't be working for A&P (rips application in half).  I notice another hairy wart on her large crooked nose." On the way home, mumsy, who witnessed the exchange, asked, "Where did all that come from?"  I didn't know specifically, but it conflicted with everything I had learned about being a United States citizen to that point in my life.  It still does.