Another day goes by...and my Leftist blogging counterpart who leeches off me for material because, well, he's just not bright enough to come up with anything constructive on his own still hasn't allowed people to post comments to his blog. Then again, he hasn't posted anything for a day or two. Maybe he's whitewater rafting like the chief of staff at Obama's Department of the Interior did. At least it was work-related, because I'd hate to think that a member of the current Administration was off playing while the Gulf Coast oil spill got worse...
Today's bit of Leftist fun comes courtesy of Representative Andre Carson. You know how the Left has tried to paint the TEA Party movement as a bunch of angry white men on the verge of violence? Consider Rep. Carson to be one of the acolytes of that movement. Here is his response to a question from Washington Times reporter Kerry Picket about whether the TEA Party movement is dangerous:
Oh absolutely. I worked in homeland security. I’m from intelligence, and I’ll tell you, one of the largest threats to our internal security…I mean terrorism has an Islamic face, but it really comes from racial supremacist groups. (inaudible) Its the kind of thing we keep a threat assessment on record [for].
Wow. All of those grandmas and grandpas who want us to go back to a smaller government are akin to the Ku Klux Klan! And to think most of us thought they were just there to express their dissatisfaction with our elected officials, regardless of political affiliation. All of those signs and speeches must have had...a secret white racist code!!!!
Thank you, Rep. Carson, for opening our eyes to the truth. I'll be sure to let the non-white TEA Party members know that they're white racists so you don't have to go to the trouble of actually talking to them...
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Strange Bedfellows
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid accused Republicans today of "making love to Wall Street" because the financial reform bill has stalled in the Senate. Strong words, Senator. So, I decided to do a little digging, thanks to the good folks at OpenSecrets.org.
Let's see...between 2005 and 2010, Harry Reid has taken...over $1.1 million dollars from the securities and investment industry. Fortunately for him, they're only second place on the list behind lawyers. Isn't that a relief!
Let's check out Senator Dick Durbin, Reid's left-hand man in the Senate as Majority Whip. Why, he's taken over $780,000 from the same securities and investment industry Reid did!
Surely Senator Charles Schumer, who is also in Reid's circle, can break the cycle! He did. Oh, sure, he's taken over $1.7 million from the securities and investment industry, but he broke the Reid and Durbin's cycle...by having them be #1 on his list of industries that contributed to him in the aforementioned time frame.
And last, but certainly not least, we have Senator Robert Menendez, the head of the DSSC (the people whose email I referenced in a previous post trying to raise cash off the oil spill in the Gulf Coast). He's only taken over $650,000 from the securities and investment industry (including a nice $104,700 donation from Goldman Sachs).
A rough estimate of these four individuals gives us a whopping $4.3 million taken from the securities and investment industry in donations over the past 5 years. And since the securities and investment industry has clear connections to Wall Street, I'm thinking we know who's really in bed with Wall Street, don't we, Senator Reid?
Let's see...between 2005 and 2010, Harry Reid has taken...over $1.1 million dollars from the securities and investment industry. Fortunately for him, they're only second place on the list behind lawyers. Isn't that a relief!
Let's check out Senator Dick Durbin, Reid's left-hand man in the Senate as Majority Whip. Why, he's taken over $780,000 from the same securities and investment industry Reid did!
Surely Senator Charles Schumer, who is also in Reid's circle, can break the cycle! He did. Oh, sure, he's taken over $1.7 million from the securities and investment industry, but he broke the Reid and Durbin's cycle...by having them be #1 on his list of industries that contributed to him in the aforementioned time frame.
And last, but certainly not least, we have Senator Robert Menendez, the head of the DSSC (the people whose email I referenced in a previous post trying to raise cash off the oil spill in the Gulf Coast). He's only taken over $650,000 from the securities and investment industry (including a nice $104,700 donation from Goldman Sachs).
A rough estimate of these four individuals gives us a whopping $4.3 million taken from the securities and investment industry in donations over the past 5 years. And since the securities and investment industry has clear connections to Wall Street, I'm thinking we know who's really in bed with Wall Street, don't we, Senator Reid?
Leftist Coward Watch - Day 3
Yes, once again, my Leftist blogger counterpart who hates me, but relies on me for the vast majority of his posts still refuses to allow you good readers the opportunity to respond to him directly on his blog. I guess when you're afraid of other people's better-informed opinions, you're forced to be a one-person echo chamber to keep your ego intact.
Either that, or he's hiding from the latest bit of news about the Gulf Coast oil spill. Seems that Obama's own Department of the Interior chief of staff Tom Strickland was found taking his wife whitewater rafting in the Grand Canyon while the oil spill spread. Granted, the Administration said the trip was "work-focused" and who can doubt them? After all, we're all aware of the terrible oil spills that have occurred in the Grand Canyon since...well, never. But it's not like his department is responsible for the upkeep of our natural resources, right? Oh, wait, it is...
Anyway, it's nice to know that Mr. Strickland's hands were on deck, just as Janet Napoletano said...
Either that, or he's hiding from the latest bit of news about the Gulf Coast oil spill. Seems that Obama's own Department of the Interior chief of staff Tom Strickland was found taking his wife whitewater rafting in the Grand Canyon while the oil spill spread. Granted, the Administration said the trip was "work-focused" and who can doubt them? After all, we're all aware of the terrible oil spills that have occurred in the Grand Canyon since...well, never. But it's not like his department is responsible for the upkeep of our natural resources, right? Oh, wait, it is...
Anyway, it's nice to know that Mr. Strickland's hands were on deck, just as Janet Napoletano said...
The Buck Stops With...Somebody Else?
Democrat President Harry Truman had a sign on his desk in the Oval Office that read "The Buck Stops Here." Too bad the Obama Administration doesn't hold itself to the same standard. ABC News reports that the Administration blames Emirate Airlines for Faisal Shahzad, the Times Square would-be-bomber, almost being allowed to leave the country. The reason? "It takes a while for the airlines system to catch up."
One tiny problem: airport security didn't stop him from getting on the plane in the first place. The plane was within minutes of taking off before security finally realized he was on it.
How long before DHS Secretary Janet Napoletano will issue another knee-slapper like "The system worked"?
Let's be honest here (something I know my Leftist blogger counterpart can't do). The system isn't working due in no small part to the absurd PC standards the Left has hefted upon airport security. The same geniuses who consider old ladies at TEA Party rallies to be possible terrorist threats are the ones who insist that they be searched at the airport just to appease those who complain about alleged racism in the search process. The failure here isn't with Emirate Airlines; it's with the federal government.
But just like when anything else bad happens to the Administration, the buck will stop with someone else because they refuse to take the blame for their ineptitude.
One tiny problem: airport security didn't stop him from getting on the plane in the first place. The plane was within minutes of taking off before security finally realized he was on it.
How long before DHS Secretary Janet Napoletano will issue another knee-slapper like "The system worked"?
Let's be honest here (something I know my Leftist blogger counterpart can't do). The system isn't working due in no small part to the absurd PC standards the Left has hefted upon airport security. The same geniuses who consider old ladies at TEA Party rallies to be possible terrorist threats are the ones who insist that they be searched at the airport just to appease those who complain about alleged racism in the search process. The failure here isn't with Emirate Airlines; it's with the federal government.
But just like when anything else bad happens to the Administration, the buck will stop with someone else because they refuse to take the blame for their ineptitude.
Milking a Tragedy
Once upon a time, Democrats screamed bloody murder at Republicans using 9/11 as a political football (even though they did it, too, but in a different way). When pictures of President Bush taken on Air Force One on 9/11 were being sent to donors in exchange for their donations, Democrats went ballistic. How dare Republicans exploit a tragedy for campaign cash?
Welcome to Democrat Political Logic, 2010 style.
H]ere's a perfect example of why we must keep fighting:
Last week's deadly oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico has unleashed an oil spill that threatens livelihoods, pristine beaches, and wildlife along America's coast. The spill could eclipse the damage done by the 1989 Exxon-Valdez disaster.
The Obama administration has vowed to "keep a boot on the throat" of BP to ensure the corporation is held accountable for the spill. But Republican Leader Rush Limbaugh has a different plan. He said there's no need to clean up the spill because "the ocean will take care of this on its own," and that oil is "natural. It's as natural as the ocean water is."
Sign our petition. Stand with President Obama to hold BP accountable for this disastrous spill. Rush Limbaugh is entirely wrong: This oil will not clean itself up. Corporations must be held accountable for their actions....
With 11 oil rig workers still unaccounted for as of this writing (and after it took Obama nine days to even publicly acknowledge the oil spill even happened), this email from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is tacky, as tacky as the Democrats said the Bush 9/11 photos being used for campaign contributions were.
But this goes a bit further. Seems if you sign the petition, you're sent to a page where you can contribute money to the DSCC. And it's also a way for the DSCC (and any arm of the DNC, I imagine) to get you on an email list so they can send you more solicitations for campaign cash, presumably when there's another fit of Leftist outrage at one thing or another.
And you have to love the email's verbiage, quoting the Obama Administration vowing to "keep a boot on the throat" of BP. As I pointed out in a previous post, the Obama Administration is in no position to do anything of the sort, given that his own government broke federal law by not having fire booms at the ready to address the Gulf Coast oil spill.
With this email from the DSCC, it's clear that Democrats had all hands out instead of on deck.
Welcome to Democrat Political Logic, 2010 style.
H]ere's a perfect example of why we must keep fighting:
Last week's deadly oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico has unleashed an oil spill that threatens livelihoods, pristine beaches, and wildlife along America's coast. The spill could eclipse the damage done by the 1989 Exxon-Valdez disaster.
The Obama administration has vowed to "keep a boot on the throat" of BP to ensure the corporation is held accountable for the spill. But Republican Leader Rush Limbaugh has a different plan. He said there's no need to clean up the spill because "the ocean will take care of this on its own," and that oil is "natural. It's as natural as the ocean water is."
Sign our petition. Stand with President Obama to hold BP accountable for this disastrous spill. Rush Limbaugh is entirely wrong: This oil will not clean itself up. Corporations must be held accountable for their actions....
With 11 oil rig workers still unaccounted for as of this writing (and after it took Obama nine days to even publicly acknowledge the oil spill even happened), this email from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is tacky, as tacky as the Democrats said the Bush 9/11 photos being used for campaign contributions were.
But this goes a bit further. Seems if you sign the petition, you're sent to a page where you can contribute money to the DSCC. And it's also a way for the DSCC (and any arm of the DNC, I imagine) to get you on an email list so they can send you more solicitations for campaign cash, presumably when there's another fit of Leftist outrage at one thing or another.
And you have to love the email's verbiage, quoting the Obama Administration vowing to "keep a boot on the throat" of BP. As I pointed out in a previous post, the Obama Administration is in no position to do anything of the sort, given that his own government broke federal law by not having fire booms at the ready to address the Gulf Coast oil spill.
With this email from the DSCC, it's clear that Democrats had all hands out instead of on deck.
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
The Dirty Little Secret Behind the Oil Spill
Leftists, like our President (and my Leftist blogging counterpart who needs me for 99.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of the material for his blog), are quick to blame British Petroleum for their part in the oil spill near the Gulf Coast. I'd be the last to disagree, as there does appear to be at least some incompetence or corruption involved. If it can be proven that BP knowingly cut safety measures or means to curtail the possibility of an oil spill, they should be prosecuted and held liable for the clean-up of the spill.
But while we're here, maybe we should widen our gaze a bit more and focus on another entity, one where incompetence and corruption go hand-in-glove on a daily basis. I'm speaking of...the United States government. It seems there's a federal law on the books that required us to have fire booms, which are structures that would allow oil being spilled to be burnt off instead of spreading into the water and hurting the delicate ecosystem the Left loves to talk about so frequently.
Guess what, kids! Our government didn't have one at the ready for the Gulf Coast in direct violation of the federal law I just mentioned! Wait. Didn't Janet Napoletano say there was an "all hands on deck" approach to addressing the oil spill?
Oh, sure, the government called and got one (and I mean that literally), but that's not the point. The point is that our own government violated federal law. And now, the Left is trying to paint BP as the only bad guy involved in this matter. In fact, they're going out of their way to demonize BP, even though BP has done more to address the oil spill than our own President has.
And, no, Mr. Leftist Blogger Who Relies On Me For The Very Existence Of His Blog, I don't buy the "acting on Day One" lie you've put out there. The fact that Obama claimed it was a "number one priority" while pushing it to the back burner to be addressed after he begged for black, Hispanic, and Latino voters to vote Democrat is proof that he didn't act on Day One...or Two...or Three...or you get the picture. But he has the ability to change all of that.
He needs to hold our government accountable for breaking the law with their lack of fire booms, which had a direct impact on the oil spill and the destruction of the environment. Once he does that, maybe he'll be in a better position to criticize BP.
But while we're here, maybe we should widen our gaze a bit more and focus on another entity, one where incompetence and corruption go hand-in-glove on a daily basis. I'm speaking of...the United States government. It seems there's a federal law on the books that required us to have fire booms, which are structures that would allow oil being spilled to be burnt off instead of spreading into the water and hurting the delicate ecosystem the Left loves to talk about so frequently.
Guess what, kids! Our government didn't have one at the ready for the Gulf Coast in direct violation of the federal law I just mentioned! Wait. Didn't Janet Napoletano say there was an "all hands on deck" approach to addressing the oil spill?
Oh, sure, the government called and got one (and I mean that literally), but that's not the point. The point is that our own government violated federal law. And now, the Left is trying to paint BP as the only bad guy involved in this matter. In fact, they're going out of their way to demonize BP, even though BP has done more to address the oil spill than our own President has.
And, no, Mr. Leftist Blogger Who Relies On Me For The Very Existence Of His Blog, I don't buy the "acting on Day One" lie you've put out there. The fact that Obama claimed it was a "number one priority" while pushing it to the back burner to be addressed after he begged for black, Hispanic, and Latino voters to vote Democrat is proof that he didn't act on Day One...or Two...or Three...or you get the picture. But he has the ability to change all of that.
He needs to hold our government accountable for breaking the law with their lack of fire booms, which had a direct impact on the oil spill and the destruction of the environment. Once he does that, maybe he'll be in a better position to criticize BP.
Leftist Coward Watch - Day 2
Another day, and another series of posts from a Leftist blogger who hates me, but yet relies on me for his very existence. Oh, and he's still hiding behind a shield of not allowing anyone to post to his blog. I guess when you live in a Leftist echo chamber, you can't really afford anyone who might be able to prove you wrong...
Anyway, today's bit of fun comes from the "Told Ya So" Department. You know how Leftists were saying the TEA Parties were breeding grounds of potential domestic terrorism? And you know how they were hinting that the Times Square bomber might have been white? Well, the NYPD arrested a naturalized American citizen from Pakistan in conjunction with the bombing. Hmmm...he doesn't look like a white TEA Party member, does he?
Nope, but the Left needed him to be one to justify their slander of the TEA Party movement. The Left is playing a game from the Alinsky School of Leftist Debate: if you can't beat 'em, lie about 'em. By promoting the notion that the TEA Parties were breeding grounds for hatred, the Left hoped people would agree with them now and not ask questions later. Of course, the facts prove them wrong time and time again, as police reports from the TEA Parties are scarce in number. Seems the TEA Parties aren't the problem, guys.
Maybe if you wouldn't be so afraid of debate (like my Leftist blogging counterpart), you'd see that we're not the enemy. The people who want to kill us are the enemies.
Anyway, today's bit of fun comes from the "Told Ya So" Department. You know how Leftists were saying the TEA Parties were breeding grounds of potential domestic terrorism? And you know how they were hinting that the Times Square bomber might have been white? Well, the NYPD arrested a naturalized American citizen from Pakistan in conjunction with the bombing. Hmmm...he doesn't look like a white TEA Party member, does he?
Nope, but the Left needed him to be one to justify their slander of the TEA Party movement. The Left is playing a game from the Alinsky School of Leftist Debate: if you can't beat 'em, lie about 'em. By promoting the notion that the TEA Parties were breeding grounds for hatred, the Left hoped people would agree with them now and not ask questions later. Of course, the facts prove them wrong time and time again, as police reports from the TEA Parties are scarce in number. Seems the TEA Parties aren't the problem, guys.
Maybe if you wouldn't be so afraid of debate (like my Leftist blogging counterpart), you'd see that we're not the enemy. The people who want to kill us are the enemies.
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