Sen. Chris Dodd is the second senator in as many days to decide on retiring rather than run for re-election.
Dodd joins Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Roland Burris from Illinois, and Ted Kaufman of Delaware as Democratic Senators who will not be seeking re-election. This brings the total number of undefended Democratic Senate seats to four.
I just saw something about Michelle Obama is not allowed to practice law in Illinois. Did you know that her licence was revoked while she worked for Mayor of Chicago? I didn’t know this. She is on court ordered inactive status.
While snooping around I found this site: http://www.creditwritedowns.com/ which contains a lot of info about the dreaded credit situation. I haven’t explored it all but their ‘Poll Archive’ is pretty cool.
Senator Dodd has also decided to retire. That makes two Democrat Senators in two days. In Dodd’s case it may actually help the Democrats because Connecticut is a very blue state and a new Democrat candidate would seem to have a much better chance.
Hillboyz,
The lamestream media is again pushing GOP “presidential candidates”. Now it’s Haley Barbour (the “anti-Obama”). Newsweek has a profile of up on it’s site.
Haley Barbour is a loser against Obama. I have no reason to think Mr. Barbour is anything but nice and good. But he’s long in the tooth compared to Dr. Utopia. And he’s got that good-ole-boy image, which is not the image the GOP needs.
The GOP needs to look and actually be cutting-edge, positive, idea-embracing conservative. No compassionate conservatism. Only common-sense, corruption-fighting conservatism will do.
And for the folks here that lean left of center, common-sense conservative isn’t too far from your ideas. Actually, it is much closer to your views than the Dr. Utopia crowd has ever been.
Who is common-sense conservative personified? Sarah Palin. She’s the only acceptable GOP candidate for POTUS in 2012 as far as I’m concerned.
One thing I like about Barbour is that he’s competent. Mississippi (practically the whole state) actually got hit harder by Katrina than New Orleans, and Barbour is a big part of the reason why Mississippi managed the crisis better. I think if people knew how good an executive Barbour has been, they’d like him.
Haley Barbour is a great leader but it would never fly because they would label him a Mississippi racist which is not true. I love Sarah Palin but she can’t win as a presidential candidate and she knows it. The infrastructure is not there. She, herself, has said she wants to play a part, be a voice, for the people but not run as a presidential candidate. We cannot let the left decide who our leader should be. We have to watch carefully for the person who will lead the GOP..somebody who will win.
I saw this article too. He was spouting the same RINO nonsense of “big tent” blah, blah, blah. Same old rhetoric, different old man. Thanks, but no thanks. MS needs you.
We must NOT let the media pick the candidates again. Just look at the mess we are in because we allowed this to happen.
How do we fight back against the hydra headed media? Not really sure: but I think that the Tea Party has to take over the process and kick the RNC to the curb.
The RNC is old school, good ole boys and stuck in trying to retain power for themselves.
I think the fight against the media has already begun. It’s being done all across the internet with sites such as this one. We just need to be vigilant in showing our support for the “good guys” and drawing in as many readers as possible. Also, if you haven’t already, don’t watch MSM. They still need us to survive.
I think Scott Brown should run for President. I think he would win. He’s fresh, exciting, smart, talented, not corrupt. Totally the opposite of the obama thang.
I think he’s great. Some conservatives think he’s Rino’ish because he voted for TARP, taxing AIG bonuses, and something else (Medicare prescription)? But otherwise he has a very solid fiscal conservative record, proposed a bill with REAL healthcare reform, and is an overall normal person who holds many listening sessions. It’s hard to go from house to whitehouse.
Also, he’s a real policy wonk. He is very knowledgeable and interested in policy issues (unlike our current pres who cares only about ‘getting a bill signed’).
Romney’s book is out this week. I agree that the MSM selected McCain and would love to select the challeneger to Dr U. Barour actually seems like a good administrator though, I admit I don’t know a ton about him.
I am a religious person, so please read this in light of that fact. I do NOT believe all things work together for good. However, I do believe God works through all things–good or otherwise–to bring about the good.
Was McCain a good candidate? No. Nice man. Honorable man in so many ways. Wrong guy to be candidate.
But even in the less-than-good circumstances, we find some good: John McCain brought us Sarah Palin. Eventually she might have emerged on her own. But John McCain gave us this precious gift in 2008. I’ll always be grateful to him for that and his heroic service in the military.
I would like to respectfully disagree. I thought McCain was exactly the right candidate for the time, precisely because he is so moderate. One term of McCain would have calmed down our partisanship and let the left get over its Bush Derangement Syndrome. Think of how Ford was able to let our public life get back to normal after Nixon. (Of course, we elected a fool after Ford’s term, but never mind that.) So I’m very, very sorry McCain didn’t win. OTOH, I don’t think anyone could have won against the juggernaut that was the Obummer campaign. We underestimated the feral cunning of the leftmost Dems.
So what qualities will we need in our next presidential candidates? Do we need moderates to help level these awful extremes of partisanship, or someone right-leaning enough to restore the national virtues that the current crew is sh!tting on? Do we need someone who will coax angry ex-Dems back to the party, or someone who will make angry ex-Dems throw in their lot with Republicans? I think it’s way too early to know what we’ll need in 2012, so we’d probably better keep both possibilities in mind. If I had to pick a strategy now, I’d say that the Repubs need to get their numbers up and so should be courting angry ex-Dems with RINO candidates. And then, when the Rs have a comfortable lead again, they can inch toward the right. Just my opinion…
Szoo,
I agree with your basic premise. But I think the first thing the conservatives need to do is define the limits of any goals; for example, economy, security, and smaller government. (Hot button issues like abortion need to be back-burnered, perhaps stressing that the States should handle that type of issue.) I believe this because if the country is dismantled, we no longer get to debate anything. Hence, we need to put the framework back in place so we can survive to argue another day about everything else.
Issues that divide us were used expertly by the far left, some even created out of whole cloth, to win in 2008. Every special interest group issue was a wedge tool in their favor. Most of the issues that divide us would be better addressed state by state anyway. We have more control over local elections in most areas of the country.
After setting a platform, then we must make sure the candidates have the correct positional profiles.
To Maas: You and I are on the same paragraph of the same page.
Most of all, we need to shrink the federal government down to what it was supposed to do–i.e., not much. The economy, national security, and a smaller government should be the obsessive focus of all serious candidates for Congress. My fantasy candidate will have charts, a la Ross Perot, showing us how much the government has grown in the past hundred years, how much of our paychecks go to federal tax and what that tax pays for, etc. He or she will list the dumbest programs voted in by the incumbent. And this candidate won’t be afraid of alienating the stupid and opportunistic, but will know how to speak to the realists out there–will change the terms of the dialogue.
Sigh. Such candidates are out there. We just have to find them, publicize them, and support them.
McCain would not have been much better than Obama. He is a progressive and we would have gotten Obamacare-lite, Cap and Trade-lite, Amnesty-lite..same stupid stuff. He lost because conservatives know this. The core principals of conservatives…less government, less taxes, fiscal responsibility is the mantra we need to repeat over and over. We cannot let the MSM pick our fights. We have to be in control of the message and be a step ahead. That’s why Sarah Palin is so effective. The MSM can’t control her and it drives them crazy. She posts a Facebook message and it’s headline news. You gotta love it.
I’d love to see Palin win in 2012. I think she is setting herself up with a great strategy; the “Rogue” candidate that has washed her hands of the “good ole boys” in DC.
However, if she (or any other reformer) is to be a successful president, “we the people” need to throw ALL the “good ole boy” bums out in the next two election cycles and pave the way for true reform … and if any of these new freshmen betray us, throw them out, too.
Our dear old politicians need to get it in their fat heads that we are pissed!
I just totally disagree that Haley Barbour is a “good ole’ boy”. He has done wonderful things. But it’s that perception that would keep him from being electable. But then again, who in the aftermath of 9/11 would have guessed we would turn around less than 8 years later and elect a majority Democratic government with a president named Obama who is far-left, socialist to the core, and wants to dismantle our intelligence community and change our entire healthcare system? It just frightens me that the public can be manipulated so easily.
This certainly explains the recklessness of the Democrats in pushing through legislation that is unpopular and unConstitutional. If this happens–our country is lost.
The plan is now revealed …. as I said before, I KNEW something was going to be done about the “problem” of dems not being re-elected because of what they are doing. Bahhhhhnee Fwank to the rescue!
I haven’t had a chance to watch GB yet…DVRd it…but OMG! Is this for real?!? As if all of those other systems don’t already have enough problems of their own. They’re going to quadruple the workload of people trying to verify all of the voter registrations. Wait…maybe that’s their big plan to create jobs! Everyone’s always saying how great benefits are for government jobs…let’s all go work for the government…Yea!
Just heard Hottie Mc Awesome on Bill Bennett’s radio show this morning. He suggested that Hottie have his staff contact the Christie staff in N. J. since they won in similar circumstances.
Yesterday Sean Hannity had Scott Brown on his radio show. Sean gave him quite a bit of time and Scott did well getting his points across. They even mentioned phone banking for him from other states. National exposure is never a bad thing. Maybe he’ll actually pull this off.
I sent Hottie another $25 last night. Does he need a scandal to get his numbers up? I can’t help if he does, cuz I have another half already. However, my redneck cardealer friend could take one for the team–repeatedly!
Believe it or not, there is such a thing as a gay, redneck (sort of), used car-dealing Republican male in his 30s. And I am proud that he’s one of my dearest friends–basically the brother I’ve never had. I used to call him Shania Twain. Now I call him Shiney Twat. He calls me Wilma Wu. No, we don’t do drag.
Thank you Wilma for that lovely look into your friendship with Twila. There is something uniquely delicious about a relationship with a gay male. One of my most dear friends of all time is a gay male who lives in NYC. He can drop one line on my FB and have me howling for days. Another friend is someone whom I consider my brother; we even look alike and many of our common acquaintances believe we are brother and sister.
Your disclosure of the nicknames really struck home and made me desperately need to call these fellas. Thanks!
In case I wasn’t clear about myself, I am a GWM–not a guy with money as is the joke in the movie “Kiss Me, Guido.”
LU . . . you’re not a hag to me, but I do know what you mean . . . there’s a word that goes before hag that starts with an f that man find offensive. You’re lovely.
Personally, as a CT resident, I’d like to see his name on the ballot so this weasel could go down in disgrace. I want the chance to vote against him and for a decent, honorable candidate. That would mean…not a Democrat!
Now I’m wondering since we are now up to 3 Democrats bowing out of the 2010 race, what are they getting in payout from the corruptocrats for screwing up our nation.
These Dems. that are not seeking election again, knowing they won’t make it. But they probably feel if a “new kid” on the block runs for their office, they stand a chance, since they can not be blamed for the health bill passing. I do feel this was all planned ahead of time by Pelosi/Reid and that is why, they don’t give a care what the voters want.
But they didn’t realize a “Tea Party” was brewing and with everyone’s help, will change Washington for the better.
ctmott, I say we just keep brewing the tea! And I don’t care who’s in office, Dem or GOP. If the pols aren’t doing what they’re elected to do, i.e., working in the best interest of the country and at the will of the people, then out they go!
Let’s just keep brewing that tea you’re talking about!
I don’t care who’s in office either as long as they have INTEGRITY. Three serving pols I admire, even though I don’t agree with each of them on every score, are Congressmen Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul and Senator Joe Lieberman. Why? Because they can be counted on to stick to their principles and operate accordingly, with INTEGRITY.
Actually, I do care. I’ve seen Dem after Dem fold to the power push from Pelosi, Reid and Obama. What makes us think a newbie Dem will be able to withstand that pressure and go against the Dem leadership? Believe me, it’s not because I love any and all Repubs, I just don’t trust ANY Dem right about now after seeing them fold one after another. Sure would like to see some honorable Dems in the House take a stand against Pelosi.
By James Simpson
American Thinker.com
Jan. 6, 2009
Many are puzzled that Democrats persist in ramming unpopular and destructive legislation down our collective throats with no apparent concern for their plummeting poll numbers. A widespread belief is that the Democrats are committing political suicide and will be swept from one or both houses of Congress with unprecedented electoral losses next November. But since Democrat politicians rarely do things that will not ultimately benefit themselves, this column asked two weeks ago, “What do they know that we don’t?”
We may have found out. It’s called universal voter registration. The Wall Street Journal’s John Fund described the Democrat plan recently at a David Horowitz Freedom Center forum. Watch the video here.
What the Dems Know: Universal Voter Registration
By James Simpson
AmericanThinker.com
Jan. 6, 2010
Many are puzzled that Democrats persist in ramming unpopular and destructive legislation down our collective throats with no apparent concern for their plummeting poll numbers. A widespread belief is that the Democrats are committing political suicide and will be swept from one or both houses of Congress with unprecedented electoral losses next November. But since Democrat politicians rarely do things that will not ultimately benefit themselves, this column asked two weeks ago, “What do they know that we don’t?”
“Incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote in Washington to ensure that racial minorities are protected under the Voting Rights Act, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The 2-1 ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means the more than 18,000 felons behind bars in the state could get back their right to vote — without having to wait until they are released from prison and are no longer on probation or parole. The ruling also could open the door to similar lawsuits in the 9th Circuit’s eight other states and two territories.
The closer any empire gets toward collapse, the more insane its legislative initiatives become. Sheer desperation drives its legislators to enact outrageously ill-conceived laws that would normally never even be considered. Such is the nature of the last desperate gasps of a crumbling empire — an empire that has now turned to looting its own citizens as a last-ditch effort to keep itself afloat.
— I happened to read this and more on why the writer will refuse mandatory health insurance http://www.naturalnews.com/027870_health_reform_insurance.html
I’ve been wondering what the Global Warmists are planning. Their nekkid emporishness has been knocked off the front page and assuredly they are burrowed deep in a snow cave somewhere plotting their comeback. I wonder what Al gore looks like in that parka with a fur-lined hood?
I’m wondering about these (now 3) announcements by Dem senators that they will not seek re-election and wishing that lame duck senators were not allowed to cast votes.
Look on the bright side…By the end of the year, people like Chris Dodd get to go home knowing that his constituents think that he sucks. He won’t be able to do further damage.
That alone puts a smile on my face. He’s part of the group that I want to see gone. It’s a start.
Something stinks about these sudden retirements. They are no longer accountable and can go on voting for another year all kinds of crap they will not have to pay for at the polls. They are probably being paid off with our tax dollars – out of the stimulus money . Would not surprise me if in the next 5 years or so their wealth suddenly goes up. There is a stench in the air blowing down from Washington.
Lobbyist money. Dodd’ll be able to pay off that Irish seacoast cottage with the windfall he receives from some special interest group. Where’s Angelo Mozillo these days?
OTOH – a more moderate dem – like Dorgan – could now be free to vote the way his constituents want because Rahm and Dr. U can’t hold anything over him.
Lets say the Repubs win back the house (senate would be nice, but I dont think it will happen this round) Would the repubs have the cajones to open massive investigations into the ‘unprecedented’ corruption,fraud and waste that is the U.S Govt today?
Maybe I missed it, but no where on HillBuzz have I seen any reference to what I think is glaringly obvious. All during the Christmas bomber flap–and the accuasations against the State Department not revoking the bomber’s visa–we never heard one word from Madam Secretary. Now, 2-weeks after the fact, she suddenly appears on the scene once again…with one difference. Remember how haggard, wrinkled and puffy she looked in December? Well, look at the old girl now…she’s apparently been botoxed to a fare thee well. Smooth, silken cheeks, brow & whatever happened to those jowls? Looks like a new face to me. Maybe Hil has more in common with Pelosi than we thought.
eat shit and die….. if that’s all you got. maybe she wasn’t around because obama was on vacation and was too busy to hold a cabinet meeting to handle the christmas day bombing. It wouldn’t look good to have hillary out front giving pressers while he’s lying on a beach, golfing or going for ice cream like his buddy joe biden…. move along asshole.
sorry if i offended laura, but no matter what she does she can’t win. She’s worked like a dog for months on end, and this is the attitude she has to deal with.
sorry if I offended you laura, but no matter what Hillary does she can’t win. She’s worked like a dog for months, without a break and this is the attitude she has to deal with. Maybe she should have a lady in waiting like Michelle, who has someone on staff to do her hair and makeup everyday. Apparently it’s not what hillary does, it’s how she looks while doing it that counts.
There’s only one person these days that I’d apply the “eat shit and die” command to and that person lives in the White House. Okay . . . maybe two people . . . but the other person works in the White House and his name rhymes with bahm.
That being said . . . tracey is on to something. Hillary couldn’t really say much without the green light from Dr. Utopia. And he’s NOT going to let HER be the first person in his administration to speak to this issue. She’s a girl. And she’s Hillary. And he’s a eunich.
I seem to recall that I read (don’t know why I don’t save the links), that the same person who tried to kill the cartoonist had targeted Hillary, maybe that had something to do with her not being in the public eye.
As far as her looks, sometimes a woman looks better than other times. I know that days (like today) I am ready to go and call the plastic surgeon for to have some work done and yesterday my face looked smooth and fine.
ALLIE: I agree with what you say about how we women look. Hillary’s looks, as with all true Scorpio and Scorpio rising women, have often changed throughout her life, from her youth until now. One need only look at the pictures that go way back.
Sometimes, at 54, I wake up (after a GOOD night’s sleep), look in the mirror, and say, “Wow. How are you doing. Looking pretty damn good.” Other mornings, I cover all mirrors in the house.
Hill’s absence has to do with Oblahblah and nothing else imo. I think she’ll be stepping down before 2010 is out. OR, Biden will have to step down (illness), Oblahblah will choose Hill to replace Biden, and by 2011, the prissydent himself will step down due to illness.
I don’t mind if our SOS has had something “done” or if she has not. We girls reserve our right to keep up our appearances if we wish to. I checked the rules and it’s in there. Long as she doesn’t bill the taxpayers, I say “go for it!”
But I won’t mind hearing why her staff didn’t flag that turkey’s visa. Although something’s telling me it came right from the top.
Has it occurred to anyone that perhaps this Nigerian was supposed to get through, and was supposed to blow up the plane and was supposed to kill hundreds of Americans so that… cough. You know who could boost his polls?
Again, I’m probably wayyy off base here, but his silence, the disappearing act of Biden, Pelosi, Clinton, and mister happyface was a little disturbing.
You are not way off base here. I think they are planning a massive attack. The one is Muslim and he doesn’t care about our safety. He’s apologized and bowed to anyone that will listen. They know he’s weak and will come in droves. In the meantime, that gives him the reason to declare Martial Law and then the constitution is invalid and no one including Congress can do anything to stop him. as if they would!
So let’s get off the couch and join Nationalprecinctalliance.org and change things. It can be done. Clark county, NV did it and so can we if we just sign up and get moving.All of us need to get involved. It starts at the local level folks! Get moving. Go sign up to help.
This is kind of an interesting peice, yet again on the topic of Dear Leader’s eligibility.
Doggedly…its a topic that just won’t go away…not afraid of the ‘Birther’ title…its just one more Constitutional derelection by the proported ‘Constitutional Scholar’ who won’t release even his college transcripts.
Our ‘fave’ Manchurian (Kenyan/Indonesian/Canadian) President was called out by Rep. Deal of GA.
The RightSide site went down on me. Funny how that happens to sites when something negative comes up on them about Chairman Hussain.
Also, I don’t think we should start cursing each other on this site, as above and earlier. If you know somebody as a trouble-maker, email the management instead, to have them blocked. IMO.
And one more little bit…Matt Drudge, less than a month after the lie-fest of ‘Hope’nhagen has up (currently) THIRTEEN links about the incredible cold weather the ENTIRE PLANET is experiencing.
Although Obama did promise to sign the Akaka Bill if elected, it has nothing to do with his COLB being sealed. In fact, Bill Clinton is the culprit for corrupt proposed.
Aloha, Segregation The Akaka bill would create a race-based state in Hawaii.
By Wall Street Journal, 12/17/2009 3:15:28 PM
Monday, June 08, 2009
Price of Apology: Clinton, Obama, and the Hawaiian Quid Pro
by Andrew Walden http://www.PajamasMedia.com (originally published March 22, 2008)
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?7b1e4c9b-611e-4094-ad7c-33d198ce822f
The Hill rumor is that Democrats plan to attach Akaka to the Department of Defense funding bill before this session ends — basically, sneaking it in at a busy, contentious time of year to avoid full debate.
Here’s how we editorialized about the Akaka bill in 2006:
The Akaka bill is a terrible piece of legislation. Every aspect of it—from its premises to its goals to its methods—undermines the American belief that we are one people from many. It would create a separate government for “native” Hawaiians, who would in all likelihood be determined almost exclusively by bloodlines. The new government would be able to conduct sovereign-to-sovereign relations with the United States, much as Indian tribes do today. Although no one knows what the final form of the government would be, presumably some 400,000 “natives” would be invited to weigh in—even a resident of New Hampshire who has never stepped foot in Hawaii and has but a trace of Hawaiian blood would get a say in forming the new government. The most pernicious outcome is perhaps the only one that is assured: The governing entity would lead to a permanent hereditary caste in Hawaii, where natives—defined however the interim government chooses to define them—enjoy at least some rights that non-natives do not. Tax-exempt status and immunity from Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations are two possibilities.
Akaka would be an unconstitutional, race-based mistake. It shouldn’t pass. And it really shouldn’t be snuck in as Christmas gift to Daniel Akaka.
See more here at National Review online: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NWZmOWFhM2Y1MGJlZDM0OWVkN2ZlNjBiMDljNTY0YjE=
I have asked that question before, myself, but I guess we will have to revisit the whole sequence of events with his parents to see if it is feasible – where they lived when, where and when they attended school etc.
Dodd Quits, But the Electoral Environment Is the Story
What a day for Democrats: Senator Chris Dodd calls it quits, too.
The spin on this, as well as in Colorado’s governor’s race, is that this gives Democrats a better shot than with a supremely weak incumbent. But I’d say the same electoral environment that makes Chris Dodd and Bill Ritter toast is not going to be easy for any other Democrat. The Republican candidate will inevitably have the easier time persuading voters he’s a break from the past that the electorate has determined is unacceptable…
My question, which was not an attack, seems to have struck a nerve. BTW, Madam Secretary was on vacation too–just like barry & biden–she still could have expressed some reaction. And, nowhere in my post did I disapprove of Hil’s cosmetic improvements, I merely asked if anyone else had noticed.
Suggest you take a deep breath, get your head out of your fat ass and calm down.
Dude or Dudette, we treat each other with respect on this site, regardless of any affiliation and we refrain from using any kind of derogatory remarks about each other. If you don’t feel you can do that, then I suggest you find somewhere else to lurk.
One thing about this site, never criticise Clintons. What Obama did to Hillary in the primaries was criminal–and the prelude to the corrupt mindset of the Obama administration. I really wish Hill had told Obama to ES&D instead!!!!
Please read the entire article it lays out the entire process showing how Nancy Pelosi and others usurped the process to install the Usurper via fraudelent documents.
and the criminals have been caught see http://jbjd.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes/
‘Did she answer the question?’ ‘No; but she didn’t ignore the voters, either. Ms. Germond forwarded the letters addressed to her, to the General Counsel or, lawyer for the DNC Services Corporation, Joseph Sandler. And he did write back.’ The kids were at the edge of their seats. ‘What did he say!’ ‘Well, he explained that the DNC is not a government agency but rather a private club and, as such, is not subject to state or federal document disclosure laws. He advised people to direct their questions about the qualifications of candidates whose names appear on the ballot, to their state election officials. And he still didn’t answer the question.’ Now, a loud gasp rose up around the room. ‘What do you think that means?’ Without missing a beat, they blurted out, ‘That means they did check whether Barack Obama is a Natural Born Citizen; and he’s not!’
This illustrates another reason I love teaching 9th graders: they are not yet sophisticated enough to abandon their common sense.
She couldn’t tell him that. Understand that even other Dems, then and now, don’t believe there was even any caucus cheating.
She’d have been labeled, as we PUMAs were (and are), as a bitter, old sore-losing byotch…and a
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACIST! Timing was all wrong for that, believe me.
I think oldtimers here, myself included, are freaked by the rudeness of people who come to a site called HillBuzz, run by Dems
(disenfranchised and now former), and make nasty comments, innuendo, etc.
When have any of us ever said anything bad about Sarah Palin? Why can’t we get that same respect and restraint? We’ve listened to these comments for a looong time. And there comes the day when the lid blows off.
I am a libertarian-leaning conservative, and I have no clue where the rudeness is coming from. I come here because the perspectives are different than mine, and because the wonderful men who write here, and the commenters who reply, are so respectful even in that difference.
I realize that sometimes in the written medium, the tone of a comment can be difficult to know, so I (and others, to be sure) try to be respectful and clear in our comments.
For those who cannot be so respectful. . . well, they ought to know that their comments (indeed, all our comments) say more about the writer than what is written. Writing is an art, and thus allows glimpses of the soul completely by accident, sometimes.
My advice: Ignore them, and quietly give thanks to your entity of choice (God, Fate, Zeus, whomever. . .) that you are not as ____ as they. (We Malfoys are skilled at this, naturally ^_~. We do it all the time. “Oh, Thank Merlin we’re not as boorish as those Horrid Weasleys!”)
I second that, Laura. This site is for discussing, not attacking! If you were offended by the original remarks, I’m sure there’s a much better way you could express it. (That goes for several people on here.)
I think the probelm with Jonnot original comment is that as a Hillary site there have been a lot of ‘concerned trolls’ as HillBuzz calls them.
That comment not only hits several sexist buttons but also implies Hillary wasn’t on the SoS job because she was worried about her appearance….it is both sexist and a slam against her job performance.
And as Jonnot said the touch up is “glaringly obvious”….but what she ignores is that her comment follows the ‘concerned troll’ pattern of taking passive aggressive hits on Hillary.
Why would a site called HillBuzz be interested in such a sexist stance against Hillary over subjects where she has taken a lot of abuse.
Her appearance and competency…when it fights against sexism for both sides of the aisle?
And then to end the comment tying Hillary to Pelosi….come on! How much more of insult can one have in this day and age?
It wasn’t an innocent comment no matter how you slice it.
This comment about penis size is rude. The comment that prompted it is rather rude, too. It is sad that some here have decided to futz things up with rudeness.
As far as negative comments about the Clintons are concerned, I have never been a fan of theirs. (However, I believe Mrs. Clinton would be a far better president than Dr. Utopia.) Yet I do not say insulting things about her in this forum because I have respect for the gentlemen who founded and run this site.
The gentlemen that run this site have earned my respect in so many ways. I would NEVER want to say anything in the their “online” presence that would be so rude as these botox and penis comments. And I would say the same of the other participants, both liberal and conservative, on this site. This place is an oasis.
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Amen to that. I left the PUMA site because of a few boors and have been delighted with the courtesy and respect those on this site *usually* grant to those with different views. It’s been a mind-opening experience. The appearance of trolls may be a sign that Hillbuzz is hitting big-time, but I wish they’d go somewhere else.
I agree 100%. I’ve voted libertarian in all of the past 4 elections so I wouldn’t have voted for Hillary or Dr. Utopia. But I am extremely impressed by the candor, patriotism, respectfulness and honesty I have found in the “Hillbuzz Babes.” ;) I’m so impressed, in fact, by the character of the authors of this site that I am even willing to entertain the idea that Hillary may not be the person I thought she was. I’ll never agree with any other human being on everything. But I hope I’ve learned that hardworking, honest, patriotic Americans of goodwill (independents, libertarians, Republicans, Democrats, etc.) have a lot more in common with each other than the elitist socialist overlords like Dr. Utopia have in common with us.
Thanks for the civility. It gives me hope.
Sometimes this site is the only thing that gets me through the day.
I could stand a Playskool Belt photo about now.
And speaking of which, I’m extremely excited that I’ve managed to go an entire 11 months without ever hearing Mrs. Utopia speak out loud, and only rarely does Dr. Utopia get a few words out before I’m able to hit the remote.
You may be able to confiscate my earnings, Oh Lightbringer, but you can’t force me to pay you the one thing you so desperately crave. You can’t make me pay attention to you.
i think you’ve voiced it beautifully! i am also not a Hillary fan, nor have i been. i think to say otherwise would be the height of hypocrisy, and i really try not to go there. that said, i 100% AGREE that Mrs. Clinton would’ve been leaps and bounds a better POTUS than Obamalama DingDong (apologies to Otis Day and the Knights LOL)
and no, i’d never say a bad word about hillary or anyone who is a hillary supporter. personally, i think it’s like being invited to dinner and spitting in the entree b/c you hate it.
i grew up in da ‘hood and my momma still taught me better than that.
After listening to this administration’s view of the recent Christmas bombing attempt as “the system worked” and Obama eating his popsicle while talking to the American people from his Hawaii grand vaction (while working Americans could not take a vacation because of the costs), I suddenly longed for the days of George W. Bush. All he ever did was go to Crawford, TX and NOT lavish himself on our money like the Obamas do. While Bush was lax during Katrina, Obama’s laxity and non-chalance (don’t bother me while I am on vacation about a terrorist attack) made me dislike him all the more. Does he care? Not one bit. Again, American citizens are heroes as they put out the fire and subdued this incompetent suicide bomber.
What people don’t think about with Katrina are the details. They actually made it through the night in NOLA and it was being nationally reported that they dodged the bullet. It was midmorning when the levees started giving way to devastation. You couldn’t prestation anyone anywhere because there literally wasn’t any place to station them that was safe that wasn’t out of state. But then the WH tried to get the military in there and Blanco said NO for three solid days. Meanwhile the idiot Nagin didn’t do a mandatory enforced evacuation which should have happened LONG before a drop of rain hit that coastline.
I know this directly becasue I’m an amatuer weather person, and me and my peeps were watching this storm intently for a LONG time before it even became clear what areas could be affected (like back in the Atlantic). It was an obsessive time for the weather folks (with back to back hurricanes that season) and we couldn’t believe that they waited so long locally to take things seriously and then waited again because they didn’t want to look bad. Wanted to have the public think that they were on top of things and they really absolutely were not.
The amount of area that was devastated is roughly that of Great Britain. Surrounding states fared better and that had to do with how the whole damned thing was managed.
If you want to bang the administration for the long term response, have at it. But the key to dealing with a storm is what you do BEFORE it hits. If people are GONE there is no one to rescue after the fact.
The state should have declared martial law and got the job done. When you have a Cat 5 storm that literally almost filled up the Gulf of Mexico and the bulk of the model tracks are leaning in your direction, and your sea walls are only rated to Cat 3, YOU GET THE HELL OUT.
I took one look at that storm and declared that if I was in that area, that me and my family, no matter how broke would be on the road. Walking north like the freaking Trapp family in the Sound of Music if that what it took because that thing was only going to bring death and destruction.
I know that this isn’t a Katrina thread, so sorry for the mini-rant, but that whole situation made me crazy while breaking my heart. If the corrupt politicians in LA had actually done thier jobs instead of trying to cover thier asses, fewer people would have died.
I feel compelled to tell you that George Bush was NOT lax during Hurricane Katrina. The blame for that mess lies with former governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin of New Orleans. Bush was on the phone BEGGING Blanco to declare a state of emergency so that he could send troops in, and at the suggestion of DC democrats she delayed that declaration on purpose. Nagin is the one who refused to order a complete evacuation until it was too late. All problems stemmed from those two things.
Bush’s appearance at a fundraiser (with subsequent bad publicity) was done before the flooding in the city started, which was AFTER the hurricane passed.
I was on a real time thread on the hurricane for 3 days, and I know EXACTLY what happened. Media hysteria and democrat spin caused Bush to be blamed for stuff that was either beyond his control or never happened.
You can find some of this out by going to archives of New Orleans papers or the various blog spot live threads.
Side note: Bush being “lax” about Katrina was a fantasy. Corrupt Landreiu and the governor wouldn’t allow U.S. troops into Louisiana before Katrina. Bush had troops, food, and medical teams waiting at the border and weren’t allowed in (the President cannot send in troops before a disaster without the state’s permission). They grandstanded, Bush got blamed. People in Alabama (who were hit much harder by Katrina) benefited and didn’t suffer near the catastrophe that Louisiana did …. because they allowed (and welcomed) President Bush’s help.
What Ten said— the whole “LA suffered because of Bush” is fantasy and BS. You had a weak, ditzy ‘cry on TV’ governor and a MIA mayor and a LOT of people in a state that believed their government was the forever tit to suck on.
Add in a punchbowl shaped city with the ocean on one side, a massive river on another and a lake to top it off…. what COULDN’T go wrong?
Plus a thousand! I lived in NOLA for 4.5 years, and couldn’t leave fast enough. I knew what was coming back in 2002 and didn’t want to be around to see it firsthand. I was not surprised by anything I heard coming out at the time, including the stories of Bush calling up the governor in the middle of dinner, pleading with her to let the troops in– no deal.
I’ll stop now before I really get going on “The City That Forgot to Care. . .”
Seriously, does anyone remember the documentaries and made-for-history-channel natural disaster chronicles about New Orleans being below sea level before Katrina?
They used to be on all the time it seemed.
And secondly, FEMA is not a first response agency. I used to wonder (now, not so much) why the media didn’t explain that point correctly.
Yes and I remember reading, in the early 00′s articles about the huge potential for disaster if ‘the big one’ hit, and also the negative situation with the levees.
Ten, tell us more. I had no idea this was going on. All I heard was the city of N.O. was told to evacuate and lots of people didn’t. Then came the stories of stranded families, the Super Dome, etc. and it was all “Bush’s fault.”
There is not enough room here on this comment area to tell all there is to tell regarding New Orleans (NOLA) and how the people there live off the government. I lived in NOLA for almost 20 years and in hurricane areas most of my life. Heres a little history most have forgotten or never knew about NOLA:
In 1999, when Hurricane Georges was headed toward Louisiana, the Superdome was opened for the very first time as a shelter. Keep in mind the Superdome was NEVER INTENDED to be a Red Cross shelter and the people were told to bring their own food and supplies as the Red Cross was not there. Luckily for NOLA, Georges veered off and hit Mississippi instead. The local news media had on videotape the Superdome “evacuees” leaving the Superdome after Georges hit Mississippi instead of NOLA and the evacuees were taking all kinds of Superdome property with them as they left, incuding barstools and couches. YES THEY WALKED OUT CARRYING COUCHES. They even broke into the locked area where the hot dogs were stored and stole them. The Superdome at first wanted to go after the people since the local news had them on tape leaving with the stolen property. Of course it turned into a nightmare for the Superdome. The locals were actually saying the Superdome had insurance and could afford to replace the items. The Superdome decided not to go after the people because of all the bad PR they were receiving but did state the facility would NEVER AGAIN be used as a hurricane shelter. Years later when Katrina was headed toward NOLA you now know why people were being searched and the National Guard was there. Also, Katrina evacuees were told to bring food with them as the Superdome was not set up as an official hurricane shelter. Not surprising, I saw on the news people standing in line to get into the Superdome and most had not brought food with them. The Democrat mayor and Democrat governor are completely responsible for what happened in NOLA, not George Bush.
Susan h — you really need to learn how government works, quit listening to the MSM, and stop blaming Katrina on Bush and the Federal government.
They didn’t evacuate because the mayor told them not to…despite the fact that New Orleans has ALWAYS been a fishbowl waiting to happen…despite the fact that they hadn’t had a hurrican in twenty years(which meant they were due)…despite the fact that they were offered free services by several transportation companies, including busses, trains, etc. (which was turned down by the mayor). It was just plain stupidity, brought on by incompetent leadership. Then, they turned away virtually all of the federal assistance that was offered to them in order to try to make GW look bad. The federal government’s hands were tied, because the state refused their assistance. Although, with the current “rule-breaker” administation, I’m sure they would have just gone in anyway and taken over everything. Maybe that’s the lesson they were trying to sell, so that we would all buy in to their government take-over program.
The only problem is there are some of us out there that know the truth.
JK – it happened just as Ten says it did. Had Bush gone into Louisiana with troops to “help,” it would’ve been a federal invasion of a sovereign state. Nagin, Landrieu and our dishonorable press knew it … but since The Constitution hasn’t been taught in schools the past 40 years – the uninformed public didn’t.
Katrina was a convenient event used to discredit George Bush, the war in Iraq and his raaaaacist administration. The displaced and dead in New Orleans were so much exploitable collateral damage in a much broader agenda. Perhaps you’ll recall that the people of NOLA were warned for five days to evacuate. Instead, they listened to their mayor – who lit out to Texas with his family – because he looked like them. (Anybody remember Nagin’s pathetic “Chocolate City” remark?) The story grew even stronger legs because those hurt most were black. The MSN wouldn’t give a hoot if a bunch of white folks are up to their armpits in flood water; a story is only as good as the racial animosity it stirs. The vile rumors of infant rapes and murder in the Dome were trumpeted on every network TV news show, in every newspaper headline … even after the stories were revealed as absolute bunk the press never retracted one word, never apologized. The entire time this travesty raged on, GWB never hid or offered a lame excuse du jour. He suffered the lies and innuendo and absorbed the ridicule like a man. Imagine Zippy in the same scenario. It’s been almost two weeks since the thwarted Christmas terrorist attack and America’s still waiting for a definitive statement from the man in charge.
FEMA is incompetence on stilts, and casualties were higher than the government statistics.
Having said that, the storm did not zap NOLA, flooding from the failed levee system did. Reports and complaints from residents to the city about the seeping levees were ‘disappeared’ during the Mark Morial years.
I would use LA’s negligent homicide statute to work that one up to the top.
The levee money was stolen of course; just like school district money.
Sadly, NOLA cannot be fixed. Storm or no storm, it reached critical mass some years ago, and is beyond repair.
i HAVE IN-LAWS AND extended family in NO -lived there for 2 years believe me when i tell you — those are the dunbest poor folks i have ever been around in my life(i am 64) but to be dumb and corupt beggs for exactly what they got…. Ray Nagin voted in again w/family living in houston.. money to fix the levees went into the back pocket of the gov,senators –gove ect… for years and years (25) –accident waiting to happen The stupid govenor was affraid to give over power to Pres.Bush so she set and did nothing– i live in alabama and we were hit also — our gov. took help immediately __BIG DIFFERENCE–DUMB AND CORRUPT–sad but true
Thank you. Different state, but I have family in Michigan (Detroit area) and they just keep on pulling that dem lever while it all falls down around their ears.
Wow. I had no idea. I remember reading and seeing news reports about the Super Dome and the rapes, the dead, the dying, people without food, water or hope. I’ve never read a single word of retraction or apology.
I couldn’t understand why Nagin was re-elected after that disaster. I guess it’s true… you can’t fix stupid.
Now I see the Dems’ strategy: get rid of all the players in Congress who are in re-election trouble by buying them off, and bring in a whole new set of flunkies who say, “I have nothing to do with this mess and that’s not what the Dem party is all about,” get to DC and then vote exactly how Dr Utopia wants them to.
Pretty clever if a lot of the 52%ers buy it, which might not be far-fetched.
I believe you GOT IT! They will go with their nice little bribes and retire on a pension that the US taxpayers pay for and the incoming will say “not me” and the atrocities will continue.
Thanks. I couldn’t help but be more than a little suspicious when I saw the news that Dorgan, Ritter (Colorado gov), Dodd, and Cherry (Michigan lieutenant gov) all decide not to run within 24 hours of each other.
Dems don’t give up so easily. Something’s in the works.
The thing is, it’s no longer just individual personalities but the dem brand. A “newbie” would have to go a long way to earn my trust. The dems broke their “principled” brand and revealed who/what the really are–now they own it.
It may happen in Berkeley, CA. Berkeley High School is considering dropping science labs and devoting more remedial time to “struggling” students. AP students being sacrificed. No reward for excellence. What mssage does this send to the minority AP students?
The thinking behind this to avoid lawsuits. Yup, there will be no lawsuits once the cop who gets in kills someone during his recreational drug buys. If this city does this, I’m moving to Switzerland. I think it was George Carlin who once said, don’t sit next to a stupid person because he just be able to literally suck your brains right out of your head. I would change that a bit, don’t live in a city that has people who think like this because they’ll rob not only your brains, but brains of your future generation!
Hillbuzz:
Redstate picked up “Eeyorism” and a call to arms, good post:
“There’s a reason the Left and their media allies (let’s not forget them) can’t seem to go a day without some attempt to dampen Conservative spirits (witness the countless articles still being published declaring Conservatism “dead”) and disparage the Tea Party movement – their obscene insistence on using the “teabagger” slur being a big part of it. People are getting informed, figuring things out and getting alarmed despite their best efforts to prop up this Administration.” http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2010/01/06/lets-not-get-cocky/
American Thinker.com
By James Simpson
Jan. 6, 2010
Many are puzzled that Democrats persist in ramming unpopular and destructive legislation down our collective throats with no apparent concern for their plummeting poll numbers. A widespread belief is that the Democrats are committing political suicide and will be swept from one or both houses of Congress with unprecedented electoral losses next November. But since Democrat politicians rarely do things that will not ultimately benefit themselves, this column asked two weeks ago,
I’m another uber-conservative that found you via Lucianne.com on the occasion of the GWB mea culpa post. Your prose is truly outstanding, your integrity and philosophical honesty is unimpeachable, and your insights are riveting. I have learned a lot about day-to-day life in an urban homosexual enclave from you. Gone are my visions of bathhouse after bathhouse, with every day being a “Folsom Street Fair”. I see now that my perception was wrong, and I am glad to have been wrong. If you’re ever in Denver and would like to have dinner with a hard-core, gun-toting, old-school classy, Latin Mass attending, veil-wearing Catholic chick, I would consider it an honor.
Here is my question for you. Last night Glenn Beck pointed out that Hillary Clinton’s senior thesis at Wellesley was on Saul Alinsky, who we all know is the Don Corleone of this whole festering neo-communist abomination. What are your thoughts on this? Do you believe that Hillary is “down” with what Utopia and Friends are doing? Is she watching happily from the State Dept. as the Utopians do the “dirty work”, or do you think (as I do) that she thinks that the Utopians have gone too far and is preparing to run as a (dare I say it) relative Reagan Democrat in 2012? Or do you have another take?
I bet Dodd’s going to finish taking care of his “sweetheart” mortgage and banking buddies these next few months, then get a lucrative job or payoff and live fat cat ever after :D
Saw an AP headline this morning (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul) saying that Obama is pushing Congress to finish up on the healthcare bill without the normal negotiation stages. Allegedly, the pressure for hurry is because he wants something passed before the State of the Union speech in early Feb., but it immediately made me wonder if he’s getting worried about the special election on Jan. 19.
Also, where’s that convenient list of addresses for Ben Nelson’s supporters? I’d like to do what I can to help out, but “what I can” isn’t much — I’ve got three little kids, with #4 on the way, and an interstate move coming up to get ready for. Make it easy for me, and I’ll see what I can do!
I wish Dodd wasnt retiring. Now this makes that seat easier for the DEMS to retain I think. Dodd would have been killed by linda mcmahan or peter shchiff.
I come to this site SEVERAL times daily, I tell others about it. I even sometimes comment. The reason I like this site so much, besides the Hillbuzz writers, is the way the people who comment don’t trash each other, we all have different backgrounds and beliefs, but we also have respect for each other. Please keep it that way.
People with class do not want to live in the cess pool –they dont even want to visit…
i love this site please do not allow the garbage to take it over.. too easy to just delete!!!thanks
I think the democrat strategy is becoming clear. Those Senators from essentially conservative states like N. Dakota, and likely Nebraska (Ben Nelson) as well as some others have been severely hurt by their support of “healthcare reform” etc. Their chances of reelection are poor at this point, and likely most would lose. Thus, the dems are probably “encouraging” them to retire, most likely with plum jobs waiting for them, as well as perhaps nice millions in their swiss bank accounts (from the hidden unspent stimulus funds) so that the dems can then run some fresh new dem candidates. These new candidates will, of course, then run as “conservative” dems (aka blue dogs) untainted by the leftist votes of 2009. This will thus give the dems a better chance of keeping dems in power, and of course, the new “blue dogs”, once elected, would stick to the leftist party line, just as the existing, so-called blue dogs, do.
Unrelated question: Hillbuzz guys or others – Has Doktor Utopia + Little Woman + kids EVER come back to “their home” in Chicago, their house, the place that they purport to live & be from, since they’ve been the occupier of the White House?
I’m sure we are paying countless bazillions of monies to fortify, secure, security-ize the place. But as far as I’ve heard, they only go to the beautiful places of the world, but never go “home”? Don’t the kids even miss their ‘friends’? Curious…
Yes, they have. I have friends who live in Hyde Park who find it an immense inconvenience when they do; most people in that area rely on street parking, and the “No Parking” zones that get instituted for security reasons whenever the Obamas are in their house cause a serious shortage of parking in the area.
It has, however, been several months since I’ve heard them complain about this, so I doubt the Obamas have been “home” recently.
Might I humbly suggest that if anyone is worried that the photo of Obama and Sarah might offend some delicate, effete, fragile leftist-socialists’ feelings, they could simply rework it to show Obama licking the soles of Sarah Palin’s shoes!
The whole “Bush failed on Katrina” meme REALLY steams me.
I am CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) trained, and one of the things our instructor drilled into us OVER and OVER is that the federal government is NOT a first-responder. FEMA has ALWAYS been disfunctional and always will be. (What always makes the difference is the state.) The job of the fed is to show up after the crisis is pretty much over and hand out money – that’s it. Anyone who thinks the fed is going to save them in a crisis is just plain stupid (maybe even fatally stupid).
First response is a State/Local responsibility. The local government is supposed to evacuate and make preliminary plans, have a crisis response center ready, etc. When a disaster hits, and local resources are inaccessible/destroyed – then it is the state’s job to step in and start the rescue/cleanup. Then the fed steps in to pay for everything and get it all restored for the next potential disaster.
The failure in Katrina was primarily the Mayor telling people to show up at the Superdome but not having even 24hrs of food & supplies on hand, and then the Governor was so totally inept she had a nervous breakdown instead of responding afterward.
It would have been UNCONSTITUTIONAL (I also have a JD – want to see my Bar Card? :-) for the federal government to just force its way in to the state and set up shop. The federal response was delayed 24-36 hours because the Governor wouldn’t sign the paper letting the fed in.
Another thing. I’ve known for decades that it takes about 3 days for outside help to show up in most neighborhoods after a disaster. Everyone should have a 72-hour kit, especially if they live in a disaster-prone location. They don’t have to be big or expensive – the bulkiest thing is water, but if you get a good “camping” filter you can even survive if the water system is tainted. We have kits for everyone in the family, even for the dog when we had one.
So … back to Katrina and the facts. The storm came in over the weekend, Saturday-Sunday. Monday morning, all the news was how New Orleans had “dodged a bullet” and there was no big catastrophe. The levy leaks came AFTER the storm. They started Monday morning, but didn’t get anyone’s attention for hours. It was really Tuesday morning before the water was really rising fast and things went crazy. When did the National Guard arrive? Friday morning — 3 days later. D’oh.
I fault Bush for just 2 things: the “heckuva job, Brownie” comment, and letting the media spin his flyover as remote disinterest. Bush knew that if he showed up right away, police and other services would have to drop rescue efforts and go into president-protection mode. He was doing the people on the ground a favor by not diverting resources away from them. He should have defended himself more.
I’m not even a Republican, but I HATE the anti-Bush spin on everything. He was a good man who had to deal with some bad stuff. I’m grateful.
OK – this didn’t show up yet … I hope it doesn’t get duplicated.
#14 susan h
The whole “Bush failed on Katrina” meme REALLY steams me.
I am CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) trained, and one of the things our instructor drilled into us OVER and OVER is that the federal government is NOT a first-responder. FEMA is disfunctional, always has been and always will be. (What makes the difference in the end is the state.) The job of the fed is to show up after the crisis and hand out money – that’s it. Anyone who thinks the fed is going to save them in a crisis is just plain stupid (maybe even fatally stupid).
First response is a State/Local responsibility. The local government is supposed to evacuate and make preliminary plans, have a crisis response center ready, etc.. When a disaster hits, and local resources are inaccessible/destroyed – then it is the state’s job to step in and start the rescue/cleanup. Then the fed steps in to pay for everything and get it all restored for the next potential disaster.
The failure in Katrina was primarily the Mayor telling people to show up at the Superdome but not having even 24hrs of food & supplies on hand, and then the Governor was so totally inept she had a nervous breakdown instead of leading the rescue/cleanup.
It would have been UNCONSTITUTIONAL (I also have a JD – want to see my Bar Card? :-) for the federal government to just force it’s way in to the state and set up shop. The federal response was delayed 24-36 hours because the Governor wouldn’t sign the paper letting the fed in.
Another thing. I’ve known for decades that it takes about 3 days for outside help to show up in most neighborhoods after a disaster. Everyone should have a 72-hour kit, especially if they live in a disaster-prone location. They don’t have to be big or expensive – the bulkiest thing is water, but if you get a good “camping” filter you can even survive if the water system is tainted. We have kits for everyone in the family, even the dog when we had one.
So … back to Katrina and the facts. The storm came in over the weekend, Saturday-Sunday. Monday morning, all the news was how New Orleans had “dodged a bullet” and there was no big catastrophe. The levy leaks came AFTER the storm. They started Monday morning, but didn’t get anyone’s attention for hours. It was really Tuesday morning before the water was really rising fast and things went crazy. When did the National Guard arrive? Friday morning — 3 days later. D’oh.
I fault Bush for just 2 things: the “heckuva job, Brownie” comment, and letting the media spin his flyover as remote disinterest. Bush knew that if he showed up right away, police and other services would have to drop rescue efforts and go into president-protection mode. He was doing the people on the ground a favor by not diverting resources away from them. He should have defended himself more.
I’m not even a Republican, but I HATE the anti-Bush spin on everything. He was a good man who had to deal with some bad stuff. I’m grateful.
1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.
A. Two Six year Senate terms
B. Six Two year House terms
C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms
2. No Tenure / No Pension:
A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, Congress participates with the American people.
4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans.
5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people.
8. All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/11.
The American people did not make this contract with congressmen, congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.
Ditto. Looks pretty American rather than European. I like that. If these cats want perks, they need to go get real jobs in the private sector like the rest of us have to.
On one site that had this posted a few weeks ago, someone suggested that they also add that the House can meet for a total of no more than 90 days per year, and it has to be convened and completed between May and August. Same thing for the Senate – they can meet for no more than 30 days each year, and they will have to convene/complete their sessions between July and August.
Oh yeah – all of it has to be done in a building without air conditioning…….
Mmm, I like! I’d like to put it in my little blog. Do you have a link I can include, (in addition to crediting you for bringing this to my attention?) Thanks!
Needs to apply to Congressional staffers also, especially. Some of them are the real power behind the thrones and are the ones who actually write behemoth bills. Those staffers are a real malignancy, people who lurk in the shadows for years while elected reps come and go.
I think a good law for congress is that they are paid whatever the national average is….that way it would be in their best interests to get all Americans to make more money….I would set it for after taxes and not include people on welfare……example if you make 50k but pay 20k in taxes then congress sets its pay on the 30k not the 50k
I likee that suggestion VERY much. Of the people, by the people, for the people. No special consideration or privileges, and a worthy, sincere public SERVANT would agree with your suggestion in a heartbeat.
and while I am at it…my mom was a nurse for the Health Department down here in N.C.,she retired after 20-23 years w/ 90 percent of her salary and free healthcare…I know of a few police who can work for the city for 20 years retire w/ free healthcare and in some cases “earning” more in retirement than they made when they were working,then go work for the sheriffs department for another 20 retire in their early 60s and make 2 paychecks….and we wonder why our state is broke….I dont begrudge them at all I would take it as well but most of us have to give to a 401k or some other retirement fund for 40 plus years before we retire….it seems to me that a state could say “if you are under 30 then you will get no pension,31-35 x amount of pension,36-40 x plus a little more pension and so on….oh well just saying.
I have a little suggestion modifying this federal plan: No citizen may enter government service for more than 25 years. That is, for all elective or appointive office, any combination or 25 years of service requires that individual retire from public service. This include all ambassadors, cabinet officals, judges, elective officials and appointed officials(like UN, IMF, Fed, Freddie Mac, Sallie Mae, trade people etc )
Just out of curiosity would you include military sevice?? Like Lt Col Allen West…google him if you dont know him,I think he has spent 20 plus years in the military and is now running for office in Fla.
The only thing I could add to this is that a Congress person cannot run for another office until he/she finishes the current term unless it’s a run for re-election to the same office. All this being a Senator while running for President or being in Congress while running for Senate stuff has to stop. How many votes did Obama, McCain and Hillary miss while they were running for President? I don’t believe anyone can really serve their constituents while on the campaign trail.
We need to find 8 video clips of those promises being broken, and finish it off with Pelosi saying “he was for a lot of things on the campaign trail.”
Two to start with — Pelosi calling the town haller astro turf, and Beck just said something about McCain asking on the Senate floor what sort of backdoor deals were going on. I could put this together, or if someone else has experience doing this sort of thing. (I wouldn’t call myself experienced; I made a couple of Final Fantasy cutscene music videos before.)(I’m a big dork.)
Glenn Beck had a video of Van Jones, I think, who said, “it is time for some to stand down so others can step up”. He of course was referring to other Marxists/Communists to help “change” America. Well, Dodd’s speech today contained the exact same phraseology. Maybe that is the answer. This was planned all along.
You know his books too then — I haven’t had time to imbibe his whole oeuvre yet, but “Why the West Has Won” is a great read in comparative military history.
Ed Schultz (MSNBC) has been approached about running in ND. There is a residency requirement which Schultz does not currently meet; be watching for the Dems to try to get it changed or eliminated if Schultz agrees to run.
Update from NRO on Scott Brown, notice there were 180,000 phone calls made in one night, (awesome):
Scott Brown Says He’s Getting What He Needs From National Republicans
This morning on SiriusXM, I chatted with Scott Brown, the Republican candidate for Senate in Massachusetts.
Ebullent and with a local accent that reminded me of my late friend Dean Barnett, Brown made clear he’s gotten used to being an underdog. But he’s also a man who’s won six contested races and who garnered more votes than Obama in his district last year. He indicated that his race is neither clearly nationalized nor focused exclusively on local issues. He made clear he would indeed be that 41st vote against the current version of health care before the Senate, and that he wanted the chamber to “go back to the drawing board.” He expressed pride that in all of his years in the state legislature, he’s never voted for a tax increase.
Perhaps most surprising to me was when I asked about the RNC and NRSC, Brown said that everything he’s wanted, he’s gotten, mostly phones and technological assistance. He’s still looking for donations and volunteers, but has already reached the point where his campaign made 180,000 calls to voters last night. He noted that while the campaign of his Democratic rival, Martha Coakley, went dormant during the holidays, he’s gone all-out since the primary began September 12 and he’s going to continue untul the minute the polls close on Election Night.
I’ve said earlier that Brown needs a perfect storm to win this race. A veteran GOP strategist offered another metaphor earlier this year, when he said that to win in a good environment, the party needs to get good boats (good candidates) with good crews (good campaigns) and their sails high in the air (emphasizing the right issues) and pointed in the right direction (no self-defeating scandals or gaffes) and then hope for a strong wind behind them (the mood of the electorate). In Brown and those around him, those first couple ingredients seem to be assembling. The question is, how strong is the wind? http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/
[...] Act of 2010 6 01 2010 SusFL, a commenter over at HillBuzz, posted this in today’s Open Thread, and I thought I’d share [I've asked for a proper link as well]: This is from a 912 [...]
Want to “spike” the Dem’s guns in Massachusetts? Here’s something that you can use for ammunition if you are helping man the phone banks for Scott Brown, with a link to the SEIU’s OWN WEBSITE, regarding the “Cadillac” tax that is still in the Healthcare bill (that Martha Coakley has said that she will support):
I want to echo Teresa’s recommendation of that link. It is an awesome post that will make union members piss their pants at the thought of touching their precious benefits. It should be spread to unions in ALL states, but especially Mass. If you work in a union shop, go to the links, format it up, print it out, make 100 photocopies, and pass them out.
I can’t believe that SEIU would lose out on anything the administration or congress does. They are in bed with them every step of the way. There has to be something in the bill, that we haven’t been allowed to see that waives the SEIU or labor union members. If not, then why the heck would they implement something that would negatively impact their most faithful and loyal followers.
You’re welcome! I agree, there’s probably going to be a LOT in the final bill that will be beneficial to the unions, which is why they aren’t squawking right now.
It’s going to take a long time to get rid of all of the crap that is getting ready to get passed…..
Congress doesn’t come back from winter break until Jan 19, so he won’t pass anything before the MA election. Once they come back, Congress will then meet to pass bill which will most likely take a few days. Then the Senate has to vote on it. Depending on which
Dem has the balls, if any, to fight any part of the bill will depend on how long this will take.
The question will be, should Brown win, how long will it take to swear him in and should it be a close election, Coakley will surely ask for a re-count which could take weeks, if not months such as the Coleman vs Franken situation.
Devon, there will be no deliberations or conference between the house and senate. The bill will be passed behind closed doors with no further discussion or negotiation.
Probably because ELRusho’s announcement about America having the best health care in the world. Scary for Dems when a program works. Not perfect, but it works.
That would be John Cherry, the current lieutenant governor, and he was definitely forced out. You could tell when he gave his speech that he was hurt and angry.
Well…I don’t know him..it might be for the best though..if I were him I wouldn’t want to be in charge of cleaning up the mess she helped make in Michigan…
Newest chapter in the bash Kirk campaign. I just heard a campaign ad from Andy Martin accusing Kirk of being a pedophile. Kirk knew Foley was abusing underage pages and did nothing, making him a defacto pediphile.
I know you people aren’t fond of Mark Kirk (even though he is the ONLY option to take down Giannoulias). However, you should educate yourselves about Andy Martin before you ever cite him.
Actually, I think the Wiki article is kind to him. Andy Martin will make up anything about anyone to get attention. He’s been doing this for more years than I can remember.
Trash Mark if you want, but citing Andy Martin is ridiculous (though it might actually help Kirk in the ong run).
I heard that on the radio today, and it goes far beyond even what I thought the one-sandwich short of a picnic Martin was capable of….I mean it is incredibly unbelievable that they are running this crap.
The Chicago Trib has a poll of readers’ predictions for 2010, some local, state and national issues presented.
Adam A..ski is leading the vote-getting for the GOP governor primary; no similar Q for the GOP US Senate candidate. Readers predict that the GOP will win the Governorship and US Senate seats. There are good pro-life candidates from the GOP. Check them out. I hope that’s an indication of what readers will vote for in the fall. Go Adam!
Other fun questions include whether Mod Rod will be indicted or waiting trial.
It appears I’ve been banished to the depths of WordPress purgatory. I’ve made several posts over the last couple days and they don’t seem to be showing up.
A VERY DEAR friend {former door-gunner on helicopters in VietNam}, SUPER LIBERAL Massachusetts native posted this, this morning :
Dear Senator Kerry
Posted By: C****
Date: Wednesday – January 6,2010 08:42
In Response To: Squabbling unions (C****)
I will forever cherish the original misconception I had of you.
To answer your aides call, no, I am not voting for Martha Coakley to replace Ted Kennedy, I’m voting Republican because he’s a better representative of my views.
Besides, you people had your chance and have blown it – may you be the next to leave.
For anyone interested in having the final round of HC (’deathcare’) bill discussions opened up to public view on C-Span (as BO promised during the campaign, and as the CEO of C-Span has offered to do), this is a link to a petition site Greta posted this morning at gretawire. It’s a petition called ‘Let the Cameras In.’ Why not force BO, Emanuel, Pelosi, Reid and the Congressional Obamacrats to do their dirty dealing in full view of the American people? The HC (’deathcare’) bill needs to go down in defeat. Perhaps the camera lights can show the way…
Good morning from Alaska! Recently I read a disturbing report on one of the conservative blogs (wish I could remember which one so I could link it) that last month Dr. Utopia signed an executive order allowing the international police organization Interpol to come on to American soil and arrest Americans without reasonable suspicion of anything, thus shredding our 4th Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure. If this is true, I would think there would be outrage wafting through the blogosphere and lots of talk about it, but I’ve not seen any other mention of it. I’d love to hear what this forum knows and thinks about it.
And sidenote to Prophet Algore: this morning it was colder in Pensacola Florida than it was here in Kenai Alaska.
There was for a few days, and then it all sort of. . . fizzled. Some folks were making the case that it didn’t seem as bad as people thought, others got distracted by other Executive Orders. . . I’m not sure what the final conclusion was, or why it all just went away.
Yes, and Caribou Maine was warmer than here in DC yesterday. Brr!
There was a lot of confusion surrounding this. I believe the last I heard, was that it was not as bad as originally made out to be. I could be mistaken (don’t have the links or exact wording), but my understanding was that INTERPOL would be immune from sharing any of their case files/information with us. In other words, we can not confiscate or search, via court order or otherwise, any information that they collect on our soil.
As for being able to arrest people, I don’t believe that was part of it (just a bad rumor, maybe). I haven’t read the exact wording of the EO, so I can’t be certain.
I remember hearing the suggestion that this would enable an outside group to arrest former President GWB for crimes against humanity. That could just be a conspiracy theory. But I don’t trust Utopia with a damn thing, so all bets are off on what’s real and what’s imagined these days.
Here is a review of the Interpol issue by Barry Napier: http://canadafreepress.com/
Basicly, Napier concludes that the UN and BHO are up to no good; they are opening a door for Interpol to gather info in the US for their database, without any oversight.
And in the same CFP blog, an article by John Ziraldo on the next scam by the Climategate cabal.
They all do plan to bring North America to heel under marxists and islamofascists.
What’s on my mined today?
I see people here are fighting with each other,please don’t fight,we have to be together to fight this idiots out of the office,not to fight together,just think of it this way(we are all American)you guyes haven’t lived in another Country you don’t know how it is,we have to think about saving our freedom and saving our Country.
This is the best Country in the whole world.
There are obots who come here just to rattle our cages, so to speak. I for one defend Hillary everytime I see a nasty post. Sometimes our emotions get the best of us, so I understand. We are just human after all, and many of us had to live through the rampage that was the vile obot campaign operatives who were absolutely everywhere during the primaries. I get how upsetting these trolls are, and the very human response to let them know they are not gonna get away with it. Now let’s move on and hope that jonnot or whoever is done trying to insult Hillary here. This is Hillbuzz after all, a place where we all realize (supporters of hers or not) what a true patriot we missed out on having as our president.
Last hour guest, privacy advocate Katherine Albrecht shared concerns that most search engines such as Google are compiling data on their users, correlating their searches to specific IP addresses. She recommended the privacy search engine startpage.com (also known as ixquick.com) which doesn’t store users’ data. Further, she warned that email programs such as Gmail scan users’ emails for keywords on behalf of their advertisers. She suggested a privacy alternative for web-based email– Hushmail.”
I think that is interesting..A few of my emails, whenever I would write about Obama/Washington,etc.., to a friend always ended in my draft,after they were sent. This has happened about five times and not on any other emails..Only when I said different keywords like…FBI/CIA/Obama/Washington..would it happen.
I wrote this really long comment this morning about how much I HATE the “Bush failed Katrina” meme – but it got lost in the ether (twice!). So I’m going to try another way, by putting the bullet points as comments.
First of all, the problems after Katrina were primarily caused by the mayor and the governor. The mayor failed to use the schoolbus evacuation plan that was in the city files and told people to go to the Superdome, when he didn’t even have 24hrs of food/supplies on hand and even though it’s surrounded by lower ground. And the emergency response was totally botched by the governor, who was in so far over her head that she had a meltdown instead of leading the rescue/recovery efforts.
I wrote a response earlier also to Susan H thread above but it hasn’t shown up. I wanted to point out a little history. In 1999 Hurricane Georges was heading for New Orleans. Fortunatley for Louisiana it hit Mississippi instead. The Superdome opened as a shelter for the VERY FIRST time when Georges was heading for New Orleans. When the storm went to Mississippi instead the “evacuees” began leaving the Superdome and they took anything they could carry with them — barstools, couches, etc. YES, THEY REALLY DID WALK OUT OF THE SUPERDOME CARRYING COUCHES. They also broke into the locked coolers and stole hot dogs and food. The local news media caught it all on tape. The Superdome was heavily critized for attempting to go after the people on tape stealing their property. The locals actually were saying the Dome had insurance and plenty of money to replace the stolen items. Now you can understand why the Superdome did not want to open for Katrina and why the National Guard was there checking people as they entered. The Superdome was not an official Red Cross shelter for either storm and the people were told to bring their own food. I saw on the news people lined up waiting to get into the Dome for Katrina and even the news man noted how most did not bring any supplies with them even though they were told the Red Cross was not supplying food. This is what happens when people live off the government.
Susan H needs to learn how our government works, quit blaming Katrina on Bush, and most importantly, quit listening to the MSM.
Back in the 80s, I spent some time in N’awlins on a job assignment. The people I worked with were wonderful, but they wouldn’t even let me walk outside (close to downtown) during lunchtime because it would be “too dangerous.” I was never supposed to go anywhere alone.
Because I would spend two weeks at a time in NO, I stayed at a Bed ‘n Breakfast in a fairly nice neighborhood. One evening I was mugged as I got “home.” My purse was stolen. The family that lived in the house was away, and the people next door were very kind and helpful. We called the police, and the officer who showed up was mad … at me … for calling, ’cause now he was going to have to file all kinds of paperwork for nothing.
Because of that experience, nothing that happened after Katrina was a shock to me.
Your story sounds like so many I heard during my time there (1998-2002). I generally have a love of respect for police, but I never once met a NOLA cop who was rotten or on the way to rotten. (in fact, the only man to ever make me cry was an A-hole of a cop, who threatened me with arrest after another person hit my car. . .). As I said farther up, I couldn’t wait to get out of that city (Although I do miss Nirvana, Angelis, and Esoterica. . .)
I lived there a long time and the only thing I miss is the food! I can cook a good gumbo now and lots of other great seafood dishes. Maybe since Nagin can’t run again someone competent will be voted into office but I’m not holding my breath.
I know a little bit about emergency response. I’ve been CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) trained for a couple of years, and I have a little hard had and emergency vest in my car just in case. Our CERT instructor drilled into us OVER and OVER again that the federal government is NOT a first responder. (FEMA is disfunctional anyway, the real difference is the state government – compare Mississippi, which got a statewide direct hit from Katrina, and Louisiana/New Orleans.) According to the instructor, the job of the federal government is to come in for the clean-up and hand out money – that’s all they’re good for. So anyone who is expecting Uncle Sam to rescue them in a disaster is very foolish, maybe even fatally so.
Disaster preparation and response is primarily a local responsibility. The local community is supposed to have a disaster plan, basic equipment and supplies, and some sort of command facility in place. However, in a major disaster, the local first responders are likely to be overwhelmed, and the job of the state is to bring in the extra personnel and supplies that will probably be needed. Again, the fed shows up at the end to give everyone money and help with reconstruction.
FWIW, I have known for decades (my mom is a 77-year old preparedness freak :-) that you shouldn’t expect outside help to arrive in local neighborhoods for about 3 days after a disaster. Everyone should have a “72-hour” kit to tide them over if things get desperate. Kits don’t need to be expensive. The bulkiest item is usually water (min. 1gal/person/day) but if you just have a good camping water filter you can probably survive even if your water supply is cut off (use the toilet tank) or contaminated. We have a kit for every member of the family (including a kit for the dog when we had one).
Back to Katrina, let’s review the timeline. The weather channel was covering it for a week beforehand.** The mayor didn’t send out the evacuation order until I think Friday (possibly late Thursday), by which time most people who had vehicles had already left on their own. The mayor told everyone who was left to go to the Superbowl, which was not adequately supplied. (I read somewhere that he did say for people to bring their own food, but the types of people who showed up weren’t exactly the kind who follow instructions very well or even have supplies on hand at home.) The storm hit Saturday/Sunday. By Monday morning, all the news shows were talking about how New Orleans had “dodged a bullet” and escaped catastrophe. The levies started leaking Monday morning, but weren’t really given attention until late in the day. By TUESDAY morning, the water was rising and people were taking refuge on their roofs, etc. That was really the first day of the New Orleans catastrophe. The big rescue caravan arrived on Friday morning. (3 days later, d’oh.)
** The Weather Channel has a “lost episode” of their series: It Could Happen Tomorrow. It talked about the danger to New Orleans from the storm surge of a hurricane. They were going to air it in 2005. It got cancelled for that season, but they have aired it since, most recently before New Year’s. I’m sure it will be on again before too long.
It would actually have been UNCONSTITUTIONAL for Bush to send in the troops before he got permission from the governor. (I’m a law librarian with a JD and a bar card, fwiw.) The governor’s “dithering” and meltdown probably added 24-36 hours to the response, because she just didn’t sign the paperwork. In contrast, Barbour was on the ball in Mississippi, and was working with the federal government on rescue/recovery resources starting Monday. It still took days for some people to get help, even in Mississippi. (If you have nothing else on hand, stash a big box of granola bars and a few gallons of water ~somewhere~ in your home, just in case, OK?)
I do fault Bush for two things:
1- “Heckuva job, Brownie”
2- Letting his opponents turn the flyover into evidence of his lack of caring. Bush knew that if he landed, the emergency crews would have to divert resources from rescue/recovery into president protection. He did the people on the ground a favor, and he should have defended himself (or at least let Cheney say so).
EXCELLENT!
I remember a few days before the hurricane hit that a weather guy basically said, “GET THE HELL OUT!” And Ray Nagin said,
“Naw, we’ve got this under control”.
And I knew about the Military thing too, and that idiot for a Governor wouldn’t allow them to help!
There’s a lot more to the story than ANYONE knew because the MSM covered it all up to push their BUSH’S FAULT agenda.
I lived through Katrina, Blanco was imcompetent at best.
Nagin is an idiot, most of us in Louisiana feel that way. It looks like Mitch Landrieu may be the next Mayor of New Orkeans. I’m so glad I live in Baton Rouge!
Are the phone banks getting results? I have never worked one. Would work this one, but have a southern accent. I do not think that would go over in Massachusetts.
One more example of the sexism on the left. Refusing to take Meg Whitman (who by the way is pro choice, a good thing in my book) seriously as a candidate, and trying desperately to smear her with a completely unrelated dalliance by an assemblyman:
As I’ve said here before, heard Whitman on an all-afternoon radio show and she needs coaching. She came across as hesitant, nervous and showed little creativity in her thought process. Further, she regurgitated the same three, tired talking points ad nauseam: Cut taxes, cut spending, create jobs. Same old crap we heard from Ahnold. Although certainly that’s what’s needed … for heaven sake, Meg, find a fresh way to say it.
The best person, I think,is Tom Campbell. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have the money. But he is a policy wonk with lots of public/private sector experience.
Several months ago there was a debate. Whitman didn’t participate, so it was between Campbell and Poizner.
Getfit, how about Tom McClintock?
Some say that with a far Left legislature in power – a scenario that is unlikely to change in the forseeable future (or at least as long as there’s a San Francisco and a Berkeley) no governor can prevail, making the state, for all intents and purposes, ungovernable. What say you?
The only person who can govern California is a bankruptcy trustee b/c the state is utterly ungovernable between ballot initiative spending mandates and gerrymandered extremist safe districts.
Quote: “For that matter, let’s take a look at Coakley’s campaign schedule for today. Well, actually, we can’t. There isn’t one. She isn’t doing anything in public — no meetings with voters, no debates, no public appearances. For all we know, she’s spending much of her time at home with the shades drawn waiting for Jan. 19, Election Day, to come and go.”
Ouch. What kind of campaign doesn’t have a schedule?
I feel that way too sometimes, but it is too important not to watch. He is reporting what others will not.
Also, the focus of the show is changing this year. He is going to be working on activism and teaching people how to “community organize” in order to save our country.
He realizes what we are up against, and knows that we’ve got to train conservatives and moderates how to get out there and make things happen (sounds alot like what these wonderful Hillbuzz Boyz are doing for us too!)
I am getting very excited and hopeful (for the first time in a long time)that we WILL be able to defeat these marxist traitors!
And a little bit of stored food and water never did any harm… :-)
Beck had a show where he was talking about investments. Green light – stock market, traditional investments. Yellow light – treasuries. Red light – Gold, God, Guns (in no particular order)
Might I humbly suggest that if anyone is worried that the photo of Obama and Sarah might offend some delicate, effete, fragile leftist-socialists’ feelings, they could simply rework it to show Obama licking the soles of Sarah Palin’s shoes!
Might I humbly suggest that if anyone is worried that the photo of Obama and Sarah might offend some delicate, effete, fragile leftist-socialists’ feelings, they could simply rework it to show Obama licking the soles of Sarah Palin’s shoes!
At the head of this thread it says there are 183 comments, but only 53 show. So are 133 on hold waiting for an electronic slot?
Short posts seem to make the cut, long posts no.
Some of mine have showed up a day later–in the correct place but late.
Just overload, IMO.
The number you see at the top counts the replies. The original posts are the only ones numbered. See how this reply to your post doesn’t have a number by it.
Hey my best comment is in cyber purgatory, but since my shorter ones have shown up – check out boston.com. There is 1 article and 1 op-ed, both critical of Coakley. And so are the many reader comments.
These articles are huge, the Globe is Boston’s New York Times liberal as the day is long. I read this paper every day. dumping on a democrat is never done. The comments are very encouraging, I still think I’m dreaming.
I’m going to try again. This is huge, I have not seen the Globe slam a democrat so hard in years. The Globe is Boston’s New York Times liberal as the day is long. I read the Globe every day.
Reps have identified 37 dems as potentially turnable. Reps need 3 to turn. Please review the memo to identify if YOUR congressperson is one of the 37 potentials.
If your congressperson is one of the 37, then I propose we need to implement the Sharpton strategy on their contributors.
On my mind a lot these days: Islamofascism. I’m not alone in fearing the worst from that here, as in Asia and Europe these days. Last evening I watched video clips of Restoration Weekend, a production of the David Horowitz Freedom Center. They are posted here: http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2010/01/two-wings-of-party.html
This is a preview of a developing and truly nasty future for us all. Maybe in focusing on the individual political trees we are neglecting to understand the forest that sustains them. It is toxic. Watch the videos.
I want to add these two item on the Islamofascists to my comment above. This first concerns Dutch Geert Wilders, whose speaking tour to US universities was cut short by the same “stealth Jihadists” he spoke of as more or less in control of Europe. Here is the text and video: http://www.geertwilders.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1604
The second item is Jim O’Neil’s “Nazi Eurabia and America’s Fate” in his archives 17/12/2009 at CFP Online.
These fanatics, and BHO is one of them, are a deadthly serious menace.
For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress and their ‘self-interest special privileges.’ Many citizens had no idea that Congress members could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they didn’t pay into Social Security, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed ( such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment ) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform that is being considered…in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn’t seem logical. We do not, nor should we have an elite that is above the law. I truly don’t care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. This self-serving exclusiveness must stop.
This is a good way to do that. It is an idea whose time has come.
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:
“Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States”.
If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people on their Address List, in turn ask each of those to do likewise.
Then in three days, all people in The United States of America will have the Message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.
LIKE ME, OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ABOUT THE
DEC. 16/09 SIGNING (BY OBAMA) OF PERMISSION
OF ADMITTING INTERPOL TO THE U.S.A. WITH NO
LIMITS TO ITS ACTIVITY.
I THINK I FINALLY FOUND THE ANSWER. LET’S
HOPE THIS DOES NOT GET LOST!
How small fish grow bigger
Interpol – From the Inside
By Barry Napier
CANADA FREE PRESS
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Well, Interpol has certainly started a tidal wave! My inbox has been crammed with comments, from hostile to accepting, from ignorant to a pretence of knowledge. I had one, indirectly, from someone who worked in Interpol Europe. Also, many gun-owners tell me they would shoot it out with anyone who wants to arrest them for having guns. I can only warn against a Waco conclusion if that happened.
But, it seems I must be a lousy writer, because only one contact really understood where I was coming from. In this article I must mention my main contact, a recently retired ICE special agent, who worked very closely with Interpol as colleagues, and who was also an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army Reserve. For obvious reasons I will not name him.
Dearborn Michigan — At least nine Detroit area high school juniors are in trouble for wearing sweat shirts bearing a design that evokes the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers.
Dearborn Public Schools spokesman David Mustonen has told The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press that the shirts the boys wore to Edsel Ford High School on Monday are “offensive” and in “poor taste.”
The boys are Arab-American, as are about half the school’s 1,700 students.
Might I humbly suggest that if anyone is worried that the photo of Obama and Sarah might offend some delicate, effete, fragile leftist-socialists’ feelings, they could simply rework it to show Obama licking the soles of Sarah Palin’s shoes!
Obama working to pay off his admin’s part of the national debt he caused by giving taxpayer money as relief to his campaign-donor cronies?
Oh my.
1/1/2010
Charles Johnson Denounces the “Right-Wing Racism” of a Picture Forwarded by . . . a Democrat
from Patterico web site…
just stick
http://patterico dot and com in front of the address of /files/2010/01/Obama-Shines-Palin-Shoes.jpg
Might I humbly suggest that if anyone is worried that the photo of Obama and Sarah might offend some delicate, effete, fragile leftist-socialists’ feelings, they could simply rework it to show Obama licking the soles of Sarah Palin’s shoes!
A bit off topic…I keep hearing the MSM defending O’s vacation.I think a Pres. should take a vacation…BUT in these times ,with so many unemployed and losing houses,did it have to cost us $4000, per night?
Pres Bush went to his ranch and the Clinton’s stayed in friend’s houses at the Cape.
Am I wrong that this seems very insensitive and even a little arrogant?
Besides the $4000, what did the trip cost with the getting there and all the friends and Secret Service ?That’s just my rant.
Yes, the buck stops in the Oval Office. Obama may have rather smugly given himself a “B+” for his 2009 performance but he gets an F for the events that led to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab boarding a Detroit-bound plane in Amsterdam with a PETN bomb sewn into his underpants. He said today that a “systemic failure has occurred”. Well, he’s in charge of that system.
The picture we’re getting is more and more alarming by the hour. Here are some key elements to consider:….
Might I humbly suggest that if anyone is worried that the photo of Obama and Sarah might offend some delicate, effete, fragile leftist-socialists’ feelings, they could simply rework it to show Obama licking the soles of Sarah Palin’s shoes!
On second thought I like the licking better!
Honestly, I would bet Obama’s O-Boughts made that photo-shop photo!
Here’s something fun for a change… I gave a friend a Borders gift card for Christmas so she could have the luxury of browsing in a real live bookstore and buying whatever took her fancy.
WE just sent scott brown a donation YAHOOO!!!only other time we did that is for sarah palin!!! if everyone –that lurks (like me) would get brave and DO IT ___ we might just make a difference!!!! yes we can!!!!
I mostly lurk, but I heard something interesting on the Mark Belling show while driving home today. I live in Waukesha, WI, and Mark was talking about Senator Feingold, who’s up for election in 2010. Mark contends that if the Wisconsin Republicans would nominate a decent candidate (he offers Tommy Thompson and Paul Ryan, with Mark Neumann as a possibility), Feingold would probably lose. Just a heads up- this could be an interesting race to watch, especially if Paul Ryan steps up to the plate.
I heard it too (I’m in the hood). I’m not at all excited about Thompson, but he would be an improvement over Feingold. Ryan would be awesome, but he and Feingold grew up together and I don’t think he would challenge him. Neumann sounds like a good bet. Have you checked out David Westlake who is running against Feingold? I think he would be great! Unfortunately he doesn’t have name recognition.
I hadn’t even considered the possibility that Feingold could lose, to be honest. I’m going to have to check out Westlake- he sounds like a good guy, but he would be starting from scratch. I’ll stay hopeful, though!
Just heard an interview of Westlake. I am impressed and will work for him. I’ve been to a Feingold listening session. He is the ultimate politician -says one thing at the listening sessions and then does something else.
I have written, emailed, and phoned. His staff politely listen but nothing changes. Its way past time to vote him out.
They better do it.
I travel a lot, and Wisconsin is going to be just like Michigan if the liberals have their way.
I was in Milwaukee last year, which has seen a great transformation.
Do you want it to look like this? Detroit buildings, gorgeous and historical, now big pieces of CRAP.
Amazing photos….
You know that phase “a picture is worth a thousand words” ….. when people see these pictures if it doesn’t move them then they will never understand what is happening to America. I didn’t realize how bad Detroit was until recently. It’s still unbelievable to me that this has been going on for so long in Detroit and the Dems just keep getting re-elected and making it worse.
But more importantly, is knowing that We are Americans and we’re on to these shenannigans that the elitists are trying to foist upon us. The elites underestimate us. They shun us. They ridicule us. They call us names.
What the ‘ruling class’ doesn’t seem to get is the fact that when Americans of all stripes are faced with a foe; more importantly a foe that purports to “rule” us, we will come out swinging.
We will fight anyone and anything that threatens our liberty. We are not racists. We are not homophobes. We are not elitists. We are Americans.
If and when my brother or sister is laid bare, I will rescue him or her. I will be his or her help. I will give food, water, shelter, comfort, hope and faith for my fellow Americans.
What I will not give, is ammunition to the enemy that stalks us all. I refuse to let words hurt me or mine; I refuse to submit to a ruling class vs. enterpreneurism. I take the crown of Nancy Pelosi and I step on it. and I spit on it.
And I say to my fellow Americans: This is OUR time. OUR chance. To protect and defend our freedoms. To fight for our children and their children. To fight for our freedom. And to fight against this Progressive movement which is a wolf in sheeps clothing.
An old typing lesson:
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of our Country.
Very well said, I could not agree more. I think that is why so many people love the HB boyz. We are all Americans standing up for what we believe in. We are a very different bunch of folks, but that’s what America is all about. As to why they haven’t been on more today, I hope it is because they are working or researching, but I am concerned as well.
A little late in the game today, but I agree that this website is an oasis. The quality humor and open discussion without ad hominem attacks (among the commenters, at least, tee hee) makes it a first, middle, and last stop for me every day.
Plus, knowing there is someone like qr4j out there, with whom (after reading) I agree whole heartedly, who has humor, decency, and a good dose of the “prove it up” virus, well, please let’s keep it fun and quality around here.
In the meantime, here is a virtual hug and cackle to my Main Man QR; I am known for both and you deserve all of the love Luvva U can send.
Boyz
where are you??? i spent a fearful moment wondering if your post yesterday had brought the attention of some not so nice peeps, i.e. o’s henchmen
This is usually the time that i get a few moments to myself to read your blog, and you’re MIA today.
well wishes
hugs and kisses
There were days during the primary battle when she looked so tired and puffy, I couldn’t help but feel for her. The next day she would come out looking strong and well rested, with no puffiness around the eyes. She looks like she got some well needed rest.
I read somewhere that part of Hillary’s ancestry is, Welsh; the same as mine. I have the same problem with the puffiness when I don’t exercise and when I forget to drink enough water. I’ve actually looked into the mirror on puffy days and said, “damn, I look like, Hillary.”
When she looks good – those are probably the days that she drinks plenty of water and works out.
Gallup: Obama Begins 2nd Year w/Highest Disapproval Rating in Modern Era
“According to Gallup’s first full data set for 2010, Barack Obama starts his second year in office with the highest disapproval rating of any President since Eisenhower.
Obama begins 2010 with 44% of the public disapproving of the job he’s doing as president.
That’s four points higher than the next closest president (Reagan),
six points higher than Bill Clinton, and
17 points higher than Jimmy Carter.”
It will get ugly. I am surprised 44% disapprove..It should be lots higher than that.
I have heard that once an approval rating is at 42%.. there is no climbing out of it.
Encouraging news on the Scott Brown front (from The Corner on National Review Online):
An E-mail from Massachusetts [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
FWIW:
After reading many positive posts about Scott Brown on The Corner, I thought I’d stop by one of his regional campaign offices and pick up a lawn sign. Wow, was I blown away by how packed the place was with volunteers and activity. In fact, there were a number of folks there who had also stopped by and we had to wait in line just to get a lawn sign. This is at 2pm on a weekday when most of Brown’s supporters are likely at work. This weekend will be nuts, I’m sure. 01/06 03:02 PM
Teresa, I was having my car serviced today and had the misfortune to watch CNN news in their reception area. They spent an entire 30 minute segment today talking about the 2010 elections and not once did they mention the race in Massachussetts. Geez, I wonder why…. :)
So Utopia is doing a “surge” now? He must have decided that word works for his purposes. It means nothing. What can air marshals do if you’ve failed to keep the terrorist from getting on the plane?
Here’s the thing: As far as I know no “terroist” type person has been allowed to board an airplane in the United States..meaning OUR system is working. Could things be improved with OUR system, of course things can always be made better. However, this “terrorist” was allowed to board this plane in out of the US. How the hell are we supposed to patrol the world and make sure that no “terrorist” gets on a plane heading for the US? Well, I think that other countries need to step up and do their part as well. Apparently it wasn’t so much that OUR system failed as the fact the other systems out of US control did fail..
Don’t know if anyone will see this, but we can put air marshals on flights that board overseas if the destination is in the US.
The other issue, though, is that they make air marshals board early and dress like businessmen/women. They stick out like sore thumbs to the initiated. Any jihadi who boards would be looking to take out them first.
I didn’t know how to show you where or what I get sent from the Tea Party so I tried to copy it! Hope it works:
_____________________________________
From: Sal Russo – Tea Party Express
Date sent 01/06/2010 08:01:31 pm
Subject: Political Shocker for Republican in Massachusetts Possible
As Chief Strategist of the Tea Party Express I am pleased to announce our endorsement of Republican Scott Brown for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. This will be a critical race, a Special Election that takes place on January 19th, and one that could stop the Democrats from passing through their government-run healthcare monstrosity.
Read below for details on how we here at the Tea Party Express are taking action…
This Special Election will fill the seat of the late Senator Ted Kennedy.
Initially, pundits expected an easy win for the liberal Democrat candidate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley.
But new polls out this Tuesday showed the race has narrowed to a 9-point margin! And Election Day is just 12 days away!
Republican Scott Brown opposes the government-run healthcare plan now being debated by Congress. He launched his campaign on the platform of lower taxes and reduced government spending.
He has earned the support of many within the Tea Party movement, and we here at the Tea Party Express want to deliver that message to the people of Massachusetts.
With polls showing the Tea Party movement more popular than either the Democrat or Republican ads, we here at the Tea Party Express want to run positive ads announcing our support for Brown’s candidacy.
But we have to act fast. The Special Election is on January 19th – just 12 days from now! This is an important election – and will be an uphill battle for us to prevail given the leftward slant of Massachusetts, politically.
But we must take action, for if we can pull out a victory we stop the Democrats dead in their tracks in their effort to secretly ram through their socialistic healthcare plan.
You can contribute any amount you can afford, from as little as $5 to the maximum allowed $5,000.
We’re trying to raise and spend over $100,000 on this race by Election Day. Therefore, we are hoping 500 of you can afford a contribution of $100 or more so we can quickly meet our goal and get up on the airwaves with the Tea Party Express’s endorsement of Scott Brown.
If you prefer you may also mail in a contribution to our finance headquarters:
Tea Party Express
ATTN: Scott Brown for Senate
770 L Street #1020
Sacramento, CA 95814
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Then again, I don’t really see the point of the article..it is rather long and boring and doesn’t really say that much…except it seems the author is partial to Crist.
Dear Massachusetts Voter
Hugh Hewitt
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Dear Massachusetts Voter:
Long ago and far away, I was one of you.
I actually campaigned for Gerald Ford in Fall River, so I know what it is like to try and get an old JFK Democrat to even listen to an appeal from a Republican.
Going Rogue by Sarah Palin FREE
But especially if you are an old Democrat, you should be listening.
A vote for Scott Brown in the upcoming special election to fill Teddy Kennedy’s seat for a brief period of time will save your Medicare.
You don’t have to tell your family. You can pretend to have voted Democratic again. But if you want to save Medicare from the massive cuts that President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have planned, you need to vote for Scott Brown.
It isn’t forever. In fact you can vote Scott Brown out very soon, and perhaps a Kennedy will even run in the next election and you can get the seat back into the family’s hands. Sure, all the Kennedys are dutifully endorsing her, but you know they feel this is very wrong. This is the Kennedy seat, and if it passes out fo the family to another Democrat there’s no telling when another one of the family will get back to the chamber which was once home to JFK, Bobby and Ted.
You don’t really admire Coakley now, do you? She is part of Team Patrick, and they have done a worse job in the Bay State than President Obama has done nationally.
She hates the Red Sox. Well, maybe not, but she still is setting the worst example of any candidate in modern Massachusetts history by refusing to campaign and ask for your vote.
The key though is the message you can send to the D.C. Democratic elites. if you vote for Scott Brown, the message received in Washington will be loud and clear: The D.C. Democrats have gone to far to the left and are threatening FDR’s legacy and the senior citizens the Democrats used to protect and serve.
Dermocrats are fleeing D.C. with Senators Dorgan and Dodd quitting just this week. But the hard left leadership simply won’t listen, simply won’t push the president back to the center.
To make that happen and stave off disaster for Medicare and for Democrats in the fall, the party needs a sharp slap in the face.
You can give them just that. Massachusetts can send a message heard not just in D.C. but around the world. Again.
Things sure move fast these days. One day we’re in; next day we’re outed. O shit O dear–as we used to say.
The problem with lying officials is that they’re set-ups for blackmail. That and the fact that they can’t be trusted any longer.
Don’t the Parties vet these member closets for skeletons? Oh I forgot: all politicians have stuffed and padlocked closets.
I’ve been thinking some about this because Kirk is my congressman. With the exception on him voting driven by his belief that Climate Change is manmade, he’s done a pretty good job for my district. Do I think he’s strong enough and charismatic enough to take the senate seat away from the Dems – no. Sure wish the Repubs would back someone else.
Has Kirk ever said “I’m not gay.”? If he has – then he’s a liar. If he has chosen not to speak on his sexuality, then it is his own business, and none of ours. I believe he still serves as an intelligence officer in the military- so by coming out – he gets kicked out of the military, which is something I know he takes great pride in. I suppose one could argue that by coming out, he shines a light on the ridiculousness of DADT. But I can’t fault the guy for wanting to keep doing something he loves. As a congressman is he called to sacrifice everything?
If he’s voted against or supported any Defense of Marriage initiatives, I don’t have a problem with that. I personally know people in the LGBT community that either support it, or don’t care.
The problem is that the Dems walk a fine line between using Kirk’s sexuality against him in order to get anti-gay Repubs to not come out and vote and making themselves look hypocritical. You can only be Black or Gay if you are a liberal – sorry folks. If you’re Black or Gay and a conservative, you are toast and they will shame you because you are the worst kind of betrayer.
Hllo everyone. Did you know that Hottie McAwesome’s internal polling shows him dead even with Martha Hoaxley? He said so on Laura Ingraham’s show today.
January 6, 2010 04:00 PM
By Brian McGrory,
Globe Columnist
If you’re a registered voter in Massachusetts, your friendly Democratic Senate candidate, Martha Coakley, is sticking her thumb in your eye.
Coakley, in exquisitely diva-like form, is refusing all invitations to debate her Republican opponent in the race, Scott Brown, unless a third-party candidate with no apparent credentials is included on the stage. She may also require a crystal bowl of orange-only M&Ms in her dressing room, but we haven’t gotten that far yet. Her demands have led to an astonishing result: there will be just one — that’s one — live televised debate in the Boston media market this general election season.
Think about that for a moment. We tend to elect our members of Congress for life in this state, especially when they’re Democrats, which they usually are. This particular race, a special election, has unfolded at breakneck speed. We have two barely known candidates — Coakley has run statewide just once, Brown is a state senator from exurbia — trying to fill a huge void at a time of war and economic upheaval.
And Coakley’s overriding strategy is to quietly back into the job, to have you, the voter, know less about the major candidates rather than more.
Paul Krugman (yes, THAT one) has already predicted that if Obama doesn’t fix the economy, it won’t be better until the middle of President Palin’s SECOND term. heh
I hope our Hillbuzz Boyz are doing okay. Perhaps they are on a sunny beach somewhere, soaking up rays. Or perhaps they are busy at work. Or perhaps they are in MA, helping Hottie McAwesome win the special election.
At any rate, I hope they are okay. A day without them is like a moment without air. That’s a real tribute to them.
Hi qr4j!!! I worry as well. I posted a similiar sentiment over on yesterday’s ‘Pelosi’ thread.
And…did you see that Dear Leader (hyperventilating with glee here…NOT!!!) will give us (he is soooooo good to us all!!!) ONE HOUR OF HEALTH CARE ‘COVERAGE’ ON C-SPAN!!!
How wonderful!!! A one hour infomercial!!!
Its a SHAM!!! Wow!!! Props to the actual ShamWow guy…who I fear, even with his beating up hookers and stuff..is STILL more honorable than the current _resident of DC.
If they had any brains, they spent the day (in between calling for Mr. Hottie) grocery shopping, putting gas in cars, etc. And hiding under the covers. I heard it’s colder than a witches tit.
I talked to my sweetie, who is also on the north side of Chicago, and they are expecting a BIG storm. His super made him move his car, etc. The cops are getting cranky over the street parking, etc.
They’re fine….prolly just coping with the midwest in winter.
It’s going to be 53 here today in S. Utah and you would think it’s the end of the world. People are walking around with parkas and gloves, bitching about how cold it is. No kidding.
Too bad they didn’t grow up in Cleveland, like I did. In Cleveland, they’re wearing flipflops and shorts until the snow is 6″ deep.
What’s on my mind? I would like to expand on a comment I made earlier. I think it’s frightening that the public can be so easily manipulated in the media. When you realize that we have undergone three terrorist attacks in this country in the past year (Detroit, Fort Hood, Arkansas) and we have all been consumed with the takeover by the Obama socialists and not focusing on safety it’s an eye opener. This happened in 2001. We turned around and asked ourselves “Who the hell is Osama Bin Laden?” How easy it is to forget that. The majority party concentrate on growing the government and paying eachother off all the while our nation is under attack. People want to DESTROY US. They cannot STAND the US. We cannot sit here and pretend they do not exist. This is exactly why the Tea Party movement is so popular. People are sick of it. Washington needs to get its act together and we, the people, need to vote people to power who will listen to us. That goes for judges, too, which nobody pays attention to. Who knows the names of the judges in their district? Nobody. It is the people who are in charge of our laws that should be held responsible. We have to stop being a pop culture population and pay attention. The MSM concentrates on Tiger Woods and Madonna more than terrorism. We have GOT to change that.
The tactic of insisting that the bill be read aloud in its entirety may have to be employed again once the final bill is returned to the Senate for consideration, so as to prolong the process — especially if that occurs before (let us hope) Brown is sworn in. (I believe that prior to voting on that final version a reading is legally required, unless dispensed with by unanimous consent. Please correct me if that’s not correct.)
So, a further round of encouraging phone calls to the offices of Senators Coburn and DeMint may be in order!
The Feb. 6 appearance in Nashville gives Palin the opportunity to “take up the mantle that has been waiting for her as the movement’s most visible and popular hero,” said The Atlantic’s Chris Good.
Among the other conservative luminaries who
Let’s show the ones who voted for this death trap Obamacare that we mean business,Crab your gear and let’s all go to the tea party !
will speak at the convention is Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., who has been a headliner at other Tea Party events (and won’t repeat her line comparing the movement to the doomed “light brigade” this time). But Palin is by far the event’s biggest attraction. And she’ll take center stage at a time when the Tea Party is showing it can influence election results.
“You vote Obamacare, we’re going to vote you out of there.”
Hey Obama-Pelosi-Reid-democrats we are sick tried of being shut out and pushed aside, we are not going to take it “NOMORE”
Jack Cafferty Rips Obama on Failed Openness Pledge: ‘Just Another Lie Told for Political Expediency’
YES JEFF CAFFERTY WE THE PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER THOSE WHO SHUT THE DOORS ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE-THOSE WHO VOTED FOR THIS DEATH OBAMACARE! OH YEAH, WE WILL REMEMBER !…sure I am yelling here with caps!
Important Message From #1 Regarding “Open To CSPAN” Promise In Obamacare Debate.
LIES, LIES AND MORE LIES,THAT’S ALL OBAMA IS,AND THAT IS ONE BIG FAT MILLIONS LIES AND A FRAUD IN OUR COUNTRY!
LIAR..LIAR…LIAR AND LIAR THAT ALL OBAMA IS,A BIG FAT LIAR
REMEBER THIS OBAMA ? I,I,I,UH I, WELL THAT WAS NOT ME, IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE..GET LOST OBAMA !
BLAH BLAH BLAH…
HE LIED HE HAD HELP FROM MSNBC-NBC ABC THE VIEW OF MAIN STREAM MEDIA TO GET HIM IN-HIS FRAUD ACORN VOTES HE STOLE-THE DEAD PEOPLE VOTES HE STOLE.THE MICKEY MOUSE NAMES AND TRIBLE OF THE SAME NAME HE HAD THAT VOTED..WE AR SICK OF HIS FRAUD AND LIES! GET LOST OBAMA !
I love Sarah!She is honesty-full of love for her/out country a strong minded women.and was Mayor-Governer and she is comander-n -cheif watching Russia making sure they send no weapons at U.S.the main stream media lied of her.The main stream media men and women there of MSNBC knocked down women in the work force,Keith Olbermann-chris Matthew was the worst! As I sat and watch, I could not believe any media would act like they had.I would like to see the first women as president,I also would like to see a real african America as President,like steel or the other way around Sarah President and Steal V.P
I agree Bev.A sad day in america when our media can not be trusted.Media had woken me up to the corruption we have in main stream and pres as well.I will never beable to trust a word they say.
I see how the media can control the minds of people in which are the people who sit and believes everything they say. Those people I can not even believe how anyone in america can be taken in by the media without looking at all campaigns to see what went on and what they really said and how they lie of the other campaign.Fact Check was a played a big part in washington corruption.Annenberg is in facts check in which Annenberg-Bil Aryes and Obama all worked 5 years together.
Obama and his thugs have been working many years.The corruption is far worst then any other president ever ! But, then again Untill Obama brings his birt certificate out to the public and not a fake colbs or a colbs issued by Hawaii.Colbs has not he hospital-city seal or the name and siguture of the doctor.Obama paid now going on 2 million to attorney to hide his birth certificate as well as his documents.Obama has judges who can not come up with a reason but, to say dismissed. You se Obama has brought threaten people.As he has thugs of Judges as well to make sure they do not let the american people see his birth certificate.Why do you think Obama his attoneys don’t sue anyone who brings his birth certificate into file within the court?
Cause, if Obama and his thug attorneys do, then Obama has to prove and bring his Birth certificate in the open! what MSNBC stuch up was the same thing Obama stuck up on “Fight the smear ” a fake colbs” Obama can’t stand up and fight this on his own, he use people to fight for him,He use the america people who are asleep to go out and help spread his lie .
Obama is a thug and not america citizen !Many people saw the tape of Obama’s grandma saying that she was in the deliverly room when Obama her grandson was born in Kenya Monbbosa.. I saw that to ! The tape was taken down once it started to spread and block from any more in seeing it!
It makes me sick that Pelosi allowed this she to is a low life of our country who needs to be thrown out!
January 6, 2010 at 2:42 am
Four Jokers Down: 56 To Go
Sen. Chris Dodd is the second senator in as many days to decide on retiring rather than run for re-election.
Dodd joins Byron Dorgan of North Dakota, Roland Burris from Illinois, and Ted Kaufman of Delaware as Democratic Senators who will not be seeking re-election. This brings the total number of undefended Democratic Senate seats to four.
January 6, 2010 at 2:45 am
My apologies if this news was covered in other threads.
It has been reported that Connecticut’s Senator Chris Dodd has decided not to seek re-election this November.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100106/ap_on_el_se/us_dodd_retirement
It’s one less reprehensible Senator and many more to go.
January 6, 2010 at 2:57 am
I just saw something about Michelle Obama is not allowed to practice law in Illinois. Did you know that her licence was revoked while she worked for Mayor of Chicago? I didn’t know this. She is on court ordered inactive status.
http://912member.blogspot.com
January 6, 2010 at 2:59 am
Did you know that FLOTUS can’t practice law in Illinois? Her official status is listed as court ordered inactive status. Do you know why this is?
http://912member.blogspot.com
January 6, 2010 at 3:01 am
Do you know why FLOTUS’ legal status in Illinois is listed as:
Court ordered inactive status?
I had never heard this before
http://912member.blogspot.com
January 6, 2010 at 3:04 am
While snooping around I found this site: http://www.creditwritedowns.com/ which contains a lot of info about the dreaded credit situation. I haven’t explored it all but their ‘Poll Archive’ is pretty cool.
January 6, 2010 at 4:00 am
Senator Dodd has also decided to retire. That makes two Democrat Senators in two days. In Dodd’s case it may actually help the Democrats because Connecticut is a very blue state and a new Democrat candidate would seem to have a much better chance.
January 6, 2010 at 4:42 am
Hillboyz,
The lamestream media is again pushing GOP “presidential candidates”. Now it’s Haley Barbour (the “anti-Obama”). Newsweek has a profile of up on it’s site.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/228841?GT1=43002
January 6, 2010 at 8:29 am
Haley Barbour is a loser against Obama. I have no reason to think Mr. Barbour is anything but nice and good. But he’s long in the tooth compared to Dr. Utopia. And he’s got that good-ole-boy image, which is not the image the GOP needs.
The GOP needs to look and actually be cutting-edge, positive, idea-embracing conservative. No compassionate conservatism. Only common-sense, corruption-fighting conservatism will do.
And for the folks here that lean left of center, common-sense conservative isn’t too far from your ideas. Actually, it is much closer to your views than the Dr. Utopia crowd has ever been.
Who is common-sense conservative personified? Sarah Palin. She’s the only acceptable GOP candidate for POTUS in 2012 as far as I’m concerned.
January 6, 2010 at 11:29 am
One thing I like about Barbour is that he’s competent. Mississippi (practically the whole state) actually got hit harder by Katrina than New Orleans, and Barbour is a big part of the reason why Mississippi managed the crisis better. I think if people knew how good an executive Barbour has been, they’d like him.
That said, I still love Sarah :-)
January 6, 2010 at 12:05 pm
I agree.
January 6, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Agree with qr4j. Only one choice–Sarah Palin.
January 7, 2010 at 11:13 am
Haley Barbour is a great leader but it would never fly because they would label him a Mississippi racist which is not true. I love Sarah Palin but she can’t win as a presidential candidate and she knows it. The infrastructure is not there. She, herself, has said she wants to play a part, be a voice, for the people but not run as a presidential candidate. We cannot let the left decide who our leader should be. We have to watch carefully for the person who will lead the GOP..somebody who will win.
January 6, 2010 at 9:10 am
I saw this article too. He was spouting the same RINO nonsense of “big tent” blah, blah, blah. Same old rhetoric, different old man. Thanks, but no thanks. MS needs you.
January 6, 2010 at 12:01 pm
We must NOT let the media pick the candidates again. Just look at the mess we are in because we allowed this to happen.
How do we fight back against the hydra headed media? Not really sure: but I think that the Tea Party has to take over the process and kick the RNC to the curb.
The RNC is old school, good ole boys and stuck in trying to retain power for themselves.
January 6, 2010 at 2:41 pm
I think the fight against the media has already begun. It’s being done all across the internet with sites such as this one. We just need to be vigilant in showing our support for the “good guys” and drawing in as many readers as possible. Also, if you haven’t already, don’t watch MSM. They still need us to survive.
January 6, 2010 at 12:35 pm
I think Scott Brown should run for President. I think he would win. He’s fresh, exciting, smart, talented, not corrupt. Totally the opposite of the obama thang.
January 6, 2010 at 5:57 pm
And Paul Ryan. I keep telling you guys about him. What can you cheeseheads (she said affectionately) tell us about him?
January 7, 2010 at 9:54 am
I think he’s great. Some conservatives think he’s Rino’ish because he voted for TARP, taxing AIG bonuses, and something else (Medicare prescription)? But otherwise he has a very solid fiscal conservative record, proposed a bill with REAL healthcare reform, and is an overall normal person who holds many listening sessions. It’s hard to go from house to whitehouse.
January 7, 2010 at 9:56 am
Also, he’s a real policy wonk. He is very knowledgeable and interested in policy issues (unlike our current pres who cares only about ‘getting a bill signed’).
January 6, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Don’t let the LSM pick our Candidate for 2010 or 2012. Key word: John McCain.
January 6, 2010 at 1:54 pm
Fox is pushing the Romney’s this week…
January 6, 2010 at 2:02 pm
Romney’s book is out this week. I agree that the MSM selected McCain and would love to select the challeneger to Dr U. Barour actually seems like a good administrator though, I admit I don’t know a ton about him.
January 6, 2010 at 2:38 pm
I am a religious person, so please read this in light of that fact. I do NOT believe all things work together for good. However, I do believe God works through all things–good or otherwise–to bring about the good.
Was McCain a good candidate? No. Nice man. Honorable man in so many ways. Wrong guy to be candidate.
But even in the less-than-good circumstances, we find some good: John McCain brought us Sarah Palin. Eventually she might have emerged on her own. But John McCain gave us this precious gift in 2008. I’ll always be grateful to him for that and his heroic service in the military.
January 6, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Very well said and i agree totally.. all things do not but GOD can and will make good from evil!!!
January 6, 2010 at 4:45 pm
I would like to respectfully disagree. I thought McCain was exactly the right candidate for the time, precisely because he is so moderate. One term of McCain would have calmed down our partisanship and let the left get over its Bush Derangement Syndrome. Think of how Ford was able to let our public life get back to normal after Nixon. (Of course, we elected a fool after Ford’s term, but never mind that.) So I’m very, very sorry McCain didn’t win. OTOH, I don’t think anyone could have won against the juggernaut that was the Obummer campaign. We underestimated the feral cunning of the leftmost Dems.
So what qualities will we need in our next presidential candidates? Do we need moderates to help level these awful extremes of partisanship, or someone right-leaning enough to restore the national virtues that the current crew is sh!tting on? Do we need someone who will coax angry ex-Dems back to the party, or someone who will make angry ex-Dems throw in their lot with Republicans? I think it’s way too early to know what we’ll need in 2012, so we’d probably better keep both possibilities in mind. If I had to pick a strategy now, I’d say that the Repubs need to get their numbers up and so should be courting angry ex-Dems with RINO candidates. And then, when the Rs have a comfortable lead again, they can inch toward the right. Just my opinion…
January 6, 2010 at 10:09 pm
Szoo,
I agree with your basic premise. But I think the first thing the conservatives need to do is define the limits of any goals; for example, economy, security, and smaller government. (Hot button issues like abortion need to be back-burnered, perhaps stressing that the States should handle that type of issue.) I believe this because if the country is dismantled, we no longer get to debate anything. Hence, we need to put the framework back in place so we can survive to argue another day about everything else.
Issues that divide us were used expertly by the far left, some even created out of whole cloth, to win in 2008. Every special interest group issue was a wedge tool in their favor. Most of the issues that divide us would be better addressed state by state anyway. We have more control over local elections in most areas of the country.
After setting a platform, then we must make sure the candidates have the correct positional profiles.
January 7, 2010 at 12:17 am
To Maas: You and I are on the same paragraph of the same page.
Most of all, we need to shrink the federal government down to what it was supposed to do–i.e., not much. The economy, national security, and a smaller government should be the obsessive focus of all serious candidates for Congress. My fantasy candidate will have charts, a la Ross Perot, showing us how much the government has grown in the past hundred years, how much of our paychecks go to federal tax and what that tax pays for, etc. He or she will list the dumbest programs voted in by the incumbent. And this candidate won’t be afraid of alienating the stupid and opportunistic, but will know how to speak to the realists out there–will change the terms of the dialogue.
Sigh. Such candidates are out there. We just have to find them, publicize them, and support them.
January 7, 2010 at 11:21 am
McCain would not have been much better than Obama. He is a progressive and we would have gotten Obamacare-lite, Cap and Trade-lite, Amnesty-lite..same stupid stuff. He lost because conservatives know this. The core principals of conservatives…less government, less taxes, fiscal responsibility is the mantra we need to repeat over and over. We cannot let the MSM pick our fights. We have to be in control of the message and be a step ahead. That’s why Sarah Palin is so effective. The MSM can’t control her and it drives them crazy. She posts a Facebook message and it’s headline news. You gotta love it.
January 6, 2010 at 5:19 pm
I’d love to see Palin win in 2012. I think she is setting herself up with a great strategy; the “Rogue” candidate that has washed her hands of the “good ole boys” in DC.
However, if she (or any other reformer) is to be a successful president, “we the people” need to throw ALL the “good ole boy” bums out in the next two election cycles and pave the way for true reform … and if any of these new freshmen betray us, throw them out, too.
Our dear old politicians need to get it in their fat heads that we are pissed!
January 7, 2010 at 11:27 am
I just totally disagree that Haley Barbour is a “good ole’ boy”. He has done wonderful things. But it’s that perception that would keep him from being electable. But then again, who in the aftermath of 9/11 would have guessed we would turn around less than 8 years later and elect a majority Democratic government with a president named Obama who is far-left, socialist to the core, and wants to dismantle our intelligence community and change our entire healthcare system? It just frightens me that the public can be manipulated so easily.
January 6, 2010 at 7:02 am
Voter Fraud Alert:
http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2010/01/05/universal-voter-registration-chucky-and-barney-strike-again-voter-fraud-alert/
January 6, 2010 at 8:07 am
This certainly explains the recklessness of the Democrats in pushing through legislation that is unpopular and unConstitutional. If this happens–our country is lost.
January 6, 2010 at 8:10 am
The plan is now revealed …. as I said before, I KNEW something was going to be done about the “problem” of dems not being re-elected because of what they are doing. Bahhhhhnee Fwank to the rescue!
January 6, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Glenn Beck was talking about that last night.
January 6, 2010 at 2:46 pm
“Bahhhhhnee Fwank to the rescue!”-ROTFLMAO!!!!
I haven’t had a chance to watch GB yet…DVRd it…but OMG! Is this for real?!? As if all of those other systems don’t already have enough problems of their own. They’re going to quadruple the workload of people trying to verify all of the voter registrations. Wait…maybe that’s their big plan to create jobs! Everyone’s always saying how great benefits are for government jobs…let’s all go work for the government…Yea!
January 7, 2010 at 2:50 am
Once again, federal government overreach. Nothing in the Constitution gives the feds the right to override the States on elections.
January 6, 2010 at 7:19 am
Just heard Hottie Mc Awesome on Bill Bennett’s radio show this morning. He suggested that Hottie have his staff contact the Christie staff in N. J. since they won in similar circumstances.
January 6, 2010 at 7:57 am
Yesterday Sean Hannity had Scott Brown on his radio show. Sean gave him quite a bit of time and Scott did well getting his points across. They even mentioned phone banking for him from other states. National exposure is never a bad thing. Maybe he’ll actually pull this off.
January 6, 2010 at 8:37 am
I sent Hottie another $25 last night. Does he need a scandal to get his numbers up? I can’t help if he does, cuz I have another half already. However, my redneck cardealer friend could take one for the team–repeatedly!
Believe it or not, there is such a thing as a gay, redneck (sort of), used car-dealing Republican male in his 30s. And I am proud that he’s one of my dearest friends–basically the brother I’ve never had. I used to call him Shania Twain. Now I call him Shiney Twat. He calls me Wilma Wu. No, we don’t do drag.
January 6, 2010 at 12:34 pm
Thank you Wilma for that lovely look into your friendship with Twila. There is something uniquely delicious about a relationship with a gay male. One of my most dear friends of all time is a gay male who lives in NYC. He can drop one line on my FB and have me howling for days. Another friend is someone whom I consider my brother; we even look alike and many of our common acquaintances believe we are brother and sister.
Your disclosure of the nicknames really struck home and made me desperately need to call these fellas. Thanks!
LU (evidently a long-time hag)
January 6, 2010 at 2:42 pm
In case I wasn’t clear about myself, I am a GWM–not a guy with money as is the joke in the movie “Kiss Me, Guido.”
LU . . . you’re not a hag to me, but I do know what you mean . . . there’s a word that goes before hag that starts with an f that man find offensive. You’re lovely.
January 6, 2010 at 11:40 am
Just sent another $50 to Hottie Mc Awesome. He MUST win! (even if I live in Florida) :-)
January 6, 2010 at 7:23 am
Dodd is going to retire. It on the Drudge!
January 6, 2010 at 7:31 am
Chris “Sandwich” Dodd will not seek Senate re-election:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.55e98e0bfebf9e857823ae109c22e792.121&show_article=1
January 6, 2010 at 8:15 am
Personally, as a CT resident, I’d like to see his name on the ballot so this weasel could go down in disgrace. I want the chance to vote against him and for a decent, honorable candidate. That would mean…not a Democrat!
January 6, 2010 at 11:04 am
Now I’m wondering since we are now up to 3 Democrats bowing out of the 2010 race, what are they getting in payout from the corruptocrats for screwing up our nation.
January 6, 2010 at 7:42 am
These Dems. that are not seeking election again, knowing they won’t make it. But they probably feel if a “new kid” on the block runs for their office, they stand a chance, since they can not be blamed for the health bill passing. I do feel this was all planned ahead of time by Pelosi/Reid and that is why, they don’t give a care what the voters want.
But they didn’t realize a “Tea Party” was brewing and with everyone’s help, will change Washington for the better.
January 6, 2010 at 8:32 am
ctmott, I say we just keep brewing the tea! And I don’t care who’s in office, Dem or GOP. If the pols aren’t doing what they’re elected to do, i.e., working in the best interest of the country and at the will of the people, then out they go!
Let’s just keep brewing that tea you’re talking about!
January 6, 2010 at 1:55 pm
I don’t care who’s in office either as long as they have INTEGRITY. Three serving pols I admire, even though I don’t agree with each of them on every score, are Congressmen Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul and Senator Joe Lieberman. Why? Because they can be counted on to stick to their principles and operate accordingly, with INTEGRITY.
January 7, 2010 at 10:06 am
Actually, I do care. I’ve seen Dem after Dem fold to the power push from Pelosi, Reid and Obama. What makes us think a newbie Dem will be able to withstand that pressure and go against the Dem leadership? Believe me, it’s not because I love any and all Repubs, I just don’t trust ANY Dem right about now after seeing them fold one after another. Sure would like to see some honorable Dems in the House take a stand against Pelosi.
January 6, 2010 at 8:54 am
You are right on the money, this AP article says so much. Dems in CT feel like now they can defend the seat without the “baggage” of Dodd. Not suprising, but scummy nonetheless.
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20100106/US.Democrats.2010/
January 6, 2010 at 8:05 am
What the Dems Know: Universal Voter
Registration
By James Simpson
American Thinker.com
Jan. 6, 2009
Many are puzzled that Democrats persist in ramming unpopular and destructive legislation down our collective throats with no apparent concern for their plummeting poll numbers. A widespread belief is that the Democrats are committing political suicide and will be swept from one or both houses of Congress with unprecedented electoral losses next November. But since Democrat politicians rarely do things that will not ultimately benefit themselves, this column asked two weeks ago, “What do they know that we don’t?”
We may have found out. It’s called universal voter registration. The Wall Street Journal’s John Fund described the Democrat plan recently at a David Horowitz Freedom Center forum. Watch the video here.
Fund describes the proposal as follows:
January 6, 2010 at 8:08 am
What the Dems Know: Universal Voter Registration
By James Simpson
AmericanThinker.com
Jan. 6, 2010
Many are puzzled that Democrats persist in ramming unpopular and destructive legislation down our collective throats with no apparent concern for their plummeting poll numbers. A widespread belief is that the Democrats are committing political suicide and will be swept from one or both houses of Congress with unprecedented electoral losses next November. But since Democrat politicians rarely do things that will not ultimately benefit themselves, this column asked two weeks ago, “What do they know that we don’t?”
MORE
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/what_the_dems_know_universal_v.html
January 6, 2010 at 8:10 am
MUST READ:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/what_the_dems_know_universal_v.html
January 6, 2010 at 10:32 am
America Rising!
January 6, 2010 at 12:50 pm
“Incarcerated felons should be allowed to vote in Washington to ensure that racial minorities are protected under the Voting Rights Act, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The 2-1 ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means the more than 18,000 felons behind bars in the state could get back their right to vote — without having to wait until they are released from prison and are no longer on probation or parole. The ruling also could open the door to similar lawsuits in the 9th Circuit’s eight other states and two territories.
Link here: http://www.tdn.com/news/article_6b950b68-fa42-11de-808e-001cc4c03286.html
January 6, 2010 at 8:13 am
The closer any empire gets toward collapse, the more insane its legislative initiatives become. Sheer desperation drives its legislators to enact outrageously ill-conceived laws that would normally never even be considered. Such is the nature of the last desperate gasps of a crumbling empire — an empire that has now turned to looting its own citizens as a last-ditch effort to keep itself afloat.
— I happened to read this and more on why the writer will refuse mandatory health insurance http://www.naturalnews.com/027870_health_reform_insurance.html
January 6, 2010 at 8:20 am
I’ve been wondering what the Global Warmists are planning. Their nekkid emporishness has been knocked off the front page and assuredly they are burrowed deep in a snow cave somewhere plotting their comeback. I wonder what Al gore looks like in that parka with a fur-lined hood?
January 6, 2010 at 8:37 am
I’m wondering about these (now 3) announcements by Dem senators that they will not seek re-election and wishing that lame duck senators were not allowed to cast votes.
January 6, 2010 at 8:56 am
Look on the bright side…By the end of the year, people like Chris Dodd get to go home knowing that his constituents think that he sucks. He won’t be able to do further damage.
That alone puts a smile on my face. He’s part of the group that I want to see gone. It’s a start.
January 6, 2010 at 9:32 am
Something stinks about these sudden retirements. They are no longer accountable and can go on voting for another year all kinds of crap they will not have to pay for at the polls. They are probably being paid off with our tax dollars – out of the stimulus money . Would not surprise me if in the next 5 years or so their wealth suddenly goes up. There is a stench in the air blowing down from Washington.
January 6, 2010 at 10:54 am
Lobbyist money. Dodd’ll be able to pay off that Irish seacoast cottage with the windfall he receives from some special interest group. Where’s Angelo Mozillo these days?
January 6, 2010 at 1:58 pm
My medical-intuitive sixth sense says that Dodd won’t live to enjoy the spoils of his corrupt ways.
I’m just the bearer of the message. I wish nothing bad on anyone.
January 6, 2010 at 5:02 pm
funny garlic, I had the same thought. I’m not laying claim to any woo-woo stuff, but just noting that I’ve noticed it is funny how things turn out.
January 6, 2010 at 8:59 pm
OTOH – a more moderate dem – like Dorgan – could now be free to vote the way his constituents want because Rahm and Dr. U can’t hold anything over him.
At least in my rosy world that could happen.
January 6, 2010 at 9:37 am
Lets say the Repubs win back the house (senate would be nice, but I dont think it will happen this round) Would the repubs have the cajones to open massive investigations into the ‘unprecedented’ corruption,fraud and waste that is the U.S Govt today?
January 6, 2010 at 8:55 am
Maybe I missed it, but no where on HillBuzz have I seen any reference to what I think is glaringly obvious. All during the Christmas bomber flap–and the accuasations against the State Department not revoking the bomber’s visa–we never heard one word from Madam Secretary. Now, 2-weeks after the fact, she suddenly appears on the scene once again…with one difference. Remember how haggard, wrinkled and puffy she looked in December? Well, look at the old girl now…she’s apparently been botoxed to a fare thee well. Smooth, silken cheeks, brow & whatever happened to those jowls? Looks like a new face to me. Maybe Hil has more in common with Pelosi than we thought.
January 6, 2010 at 9:09 am
eat shit and die….. if that’s all you got. maybe she wasn’t around because obama was on vacation and was too busy to hold a cabinet meeting to handle the christmas day bombing. It wouldn’t look good to have hillary out front giving pressers while he’s lying on a beach, golfing or going for ice cream like his buddy joe biden…. move along asshole.
January 6, 2010 at 9:17 am
wow Tracey – your response sucked
January 6, 2010 at 9:26 am
sorry if i offended laura, but no matter what she does she can’t win. She’s worked like a dog for months on end, and this is the attitude she has to deal with.
January 6, 2010 at 9:32 am
sorry if I offended you laura, but no matter what Hillary does she can’t win. She’s worked like a dog for months, without a break and this is the attitude she has to deal with. Maybe she should have a lady in waiting like Michelle, who has someone on staff to do her hair and makeup everyday. Apparently it’s not what hillary does, it’s how she looks while doing it that counts.
January 6, 2010 at 9:37 am
Touchy, touchy.
January 6, 2010 at 10:01 am
There’s only one person these days that I’d apply the “eat shit and die” command to and that person lives in the White House. Okay . . . maybe two people . . . but the other person works in the White House and his name rhymes with bahm.
That being said . . . tracey is on to something. Hillary couldn’t really say much without the green light from Dr. Utopia. And he’s NOT going to let HER be the first person in his administration to speak to this issue. She’s a girl. And she’s Hillary. And he’s a eunich.
January 6, 2010 at 10:13 am
She is on to something, but it was the way she said it that upset people.
Even though you understand the passion behind it..kind of harsh reply.
January 6, 2010 at 10:40 am
I seem to recall that I read (don’t know why I don’t save the links), that the same person who tried to kill the cartoonist had targeted Hillary, maybe that had something to do with her not being in the public eye.
As far as her looks, sometimes a woman looks better than other times. I know that days (like today) I am ready to go and call the plastic surgeon for to have some work done and yesterday my face looked smooth and fine.
January 6, 2010 at 10:25 am
Calm down tracey. Reminds me of another post I just read from you: “Who the f… cares, troll?” on the thread before this.
January 6, 2010 at 10:57 am
Allie, consider yourself blessed. My face looks like an aerial view of the L.A. Freeway system every day of the year.
January 6, 2010 at 3:17 pm
Deb: I think the post you’re referring to was Tamara’s.
Cali Granny: I’ll bet your gorgeous; inside and out! :)
January 6, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Garlic: Thanks for the correction. Sorry tracey, I meant Tamara.
Please accept my apology!
January 6, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Zoiks!
January 6, 2010 at 2:04 pm
ALLIE: I agree with what you say about how we women look. Hillary’s looks, as with all true Scorpio and Scorpio rising women, have often changed throughout her life, from her youth until now. One need only look at the pictures that go way back.
Sometimes, at 54, I wake up (after a GOOD night’s sleep), look in the mirror, and say, “Wow. How are you doing. Looking pretty damn good.” Other mornings, I cover all mirrors in the house.
Hill’s absence has to do with Oblahblah and nothing else imo. I think she’ll be stepping down before 2010 is out. OR, Biden will have to step down (illness), Oblahblah will choose Hill to replace Biden, and by 2011, the prissydent himself will step down due to illness.
January 6, 2010 at 2:07 pm
And anyway, Hill’s been VERY strongly vocal against the dirtbag regime in Iran.
How is that being silent? She was more harsh about it than OboboUtopia.
January 6, 2010 at 6:42 pm
Cool post, Garlic. I’m a scorpio too and the same thing happens to me! Some days it’s va-va-voom and other days are like, “WTF”? lol
January 6, 2010 at 9:15 am
Hey, Jonnot -
So, maybe Hyllary had a facelift or botox or whatever….
She can afford it, why not? Even men do it.
MORE POWER TO HER!
As far as being away goes, everybody else was on vacation, too! And she sure works
a lot harder than the others, especially
TheWon….
January 6, 2010 at 9:41 am
I don’t mind if our SOS has had something “done” or if she has not. We girls reserve our right to keep up our appearances if we wish to. I checked the rules and it’s in there. Long as she doesn’t bill the taxpayers, I say “go for it!”
But I won’t mind hearing why her staff didn’t flag that turkey’s visa. Although something’s telling me it came right from the top.
January 6, 2010 at 1:27 pm
I’m probably wayyyy off base here.
Has it occurred to anyone that perhaps this Nigerian was supposed to get through, and was supposed to blow up the plane and was supposed to kill hundreds of Americans so that… cough. You know who could boost his polls?
Again, I’m probably wayyy off base here, but his silence, the disappearing act of Biden, Pelosi, Clinton, and mister happyface was a little disturbing.
January 6, 2010 at 2:43 pm
No you are not off base,thats how i feel too.
January 6, 2010 at 3:59 pm
You are not way off base here. I think they are planning a massive attack. The one is Muslim and he doesn’t care about our safety. He’s apologized and bowed to anyone that will listen. They know he’s weak and will come in droves. In the meantime, that gives him the reason to declare Martial Law and then the constitution is invalid and no one including Congress can do anything to stop him. as if they would!
So let’s get off the couch and join Nationalprecinctalliance.org and change things. It can be done. Clark county, NV did it and so can we if we just sign up and get moving.All of us need to get involved. It starts at the local level folks! Get moving. Go sign up to help.
January 6, 2010 at 9:33 am
This is kind of an interesting peice, yet again on the topic of Dear Leader’s eligibility.
Doggedly…its a topic that just won’t go away…not afraid of the ‘Birther’ title…its just one more Constitutional derelection by the proported ‘Constitutional Scholar’ who won’t release even his college transcripts.
Our ‘fave’ Manchurian (Kenyan/Indonesian/Canadian) President was called out by Rep. Deal of GA.
http://www.therightsideoflife.com/2010/01/05/rep-deal-reported-to-have-formally-requested-obamas-birth-certificate/
A quick, but interesting read.
January 6, 2010 at 1:30 pm
It is too late. Nancy Pelosi certified him as a candidate, so the Birth Certificate issue is moot.
Go for the college applications and records. It is THERE that we will see how his education was financed. As a foreign exchange student.
As sh*teous as he has treated our CIA, FBI, et al., I’m pretty sure that come March or April, these records will mysteriously and suddenly surface.
January 6, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Amen to your prediction, Weary!!!!!
January 6, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Weary, I do hope you are right.
January 6, 2010 at 3:10 pm
Not THAT would be Poetic Justice! ; )
January 6, 2010 at 4:04 pm
The RightSide site went down on me. Funny how that happens to sites when something negative comes up on them about Chairman Hussain.
Also, I don’t think we should start cursing each other on this site, as above and earlier. If you know somebody as a trouble-maker, email the management instead, to have them blocked. IMO.
January 6, 2010 at 9:40 am
And one more little bit…Matt Drudge, less than a month after the lie-fest of ‘Hope’nhagen has up (currently) THIRTEEN links about the incredible cold weather the ENTIRE PLANET is experiencing.
http://www.drudgereport.com/
Who says G-d doesn’t have a sense of humor?
Maunder Minimum anyone?
http://science.jrank.org/pages/4184/Maunder-Minimum.html
Who says Galileo wasn’t smarter than Michael Mann (somebody…please…cross check Mann with his own damn ‘Hockey Stick.’)
January 6, 2010 at 9:45 am
Wouldn’t it be funny if, ultimately, we find
out that TheWon was born on
Aug. 4, 1 9 5 9 -
not 1 9 6 1
and the state of Hawaii was granted
statehood on
August 25, 1 9 5 9…..
January 6, 2010 at 9:50 am
breeze,
Ok….spill.
January 6, 2010 at 10:31 am
ANd Obama is now pushing for Hawaiian Soveriegnty as payback for keeping his records sealed? Makes sense.
January 6, 2010 at 6:48 pm
Never underestimate a teed off CIA, my friend!
January 7, 2010 at 6:29 am
Although Obama did promise to sign the Akaka Bill if elected, it has nothing to do with his COLB being sealed. In fact, Bill Clinton is the culprit for corrupt proposed.
Aloha, Segregation The Akaka bill would create a race-based state in Hawaii.
By Wall Street Journal, 12/17/2009 3:15:28 PM
Monday, June 08, 2009
Price of Apology: Clinton, Obama, and the Hawaiian Quid Pro
by Andrew Walden http://www.PajamasMedia.com (originally published March 22, 2008)
http://www.hawaiifreepress.com/main/ArticlesMain/tabid/56/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/796/Price-of-Apology-Clinton-Obama-and-the-Hawaiian-Quid-Pro-Quo.aspx
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?7b1e4c9b-611e-4094-ad7c-33d198ce822f
The Hill rumor is that Democrats plan to attach Akaka to the Department of Defense funding bill before this session ends — basically, sneaking it in at a busy, contentious time of year to avoid full debate.
Here’s how we editorialized about the Akaka bill in 2006:
The Akaka bill is a terrible piece of legislation. Every aspect of it—from its premises to its goals to its methods—undermines the American belief that we are one people from many. It would create a separate government for “native” Hawaiians, who would in all likelihood be determined almost exclusively by bloodlines. The new government would be able to conduct sovereign-to-sovereign relations with the United States, much as Indian tribes do today. Although no one knows what the final form of the government would be, presumably some 400,000 “natives” would be invited to weigh in—even a resident of New Hampshire who has never stepped foot in Hawaii and has but a trace of Hawaiian blood would get a say in forming the new government. The most pernicious outcome is perhaps the only one that is assured: The governing entity would lead to a permanent hereditary caste in Hawaii, where natives—defined however the interim government chooses to define them—enjoy at least some rights that non-natives do not. Tax-exempt status and immunity from Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations are two possibilities.
Akaka would be an unconstitutional, race-based mistake. It shouldn’t pass. And it really shouldn’t be snuck in as Christmas gift to Daniel Akaka.
See more here at National Review online: http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NWZmOWFhM2Y1MGJlZDM0OWVkN2ZlNjBiMDljNTY0YjE=
January 6, 2010 at 12:33 pm
I have asked that question before, myself, but I guess we will have to revisit the whole sequence of events with his parents to see if it is feasible – where they lived when, where and when they attended school etc.
January 6, 2010 at 10:10 am
From NRO:
CHRIS DODD
Dodd Quits, But the Electoral Environment Is the Story
What a day for Democrats: Senator Chris Dodd calls it quits, too.
The spin on this, as well as in Colorado’s governor’s race, is that this gives Democrats a better shot than with a supremely weak incumbent. But I’d say the same electoral environment that makes Chris Dodd and Bill Ritter toast is not going to be easy for any other Democrat. The Republican candidate will inevitably have the easier time persuading voters he’s a break from the past that the electorate has determined is unacceptable…
More on this coming…
January 6, 2010 at 10:12 am
Yo, Tracey,
My question, which was not an attack, seems to have struck a nerve. BTW, Madam Secretary was on vacation too–just like barry & biden–she still could have expressed some reaction. And, nowhere in my post did I disapprove of Hil’s cosmetic improvements, I merely asked if anyone else had noticed.
Suggest you take a deep breath, get your head out of your fat ass and calm down.
January 6, 2010 at 10:18 am
Dude or Dudette, we treat each other with respect on this site, regardless of any affiliation and we refrain from using any kind of derogatory remarks about each other. If you don’t feel you can do that, then I suggest you find somewhere else to lurk.
January 6, 2010 at 10:33 am
One thing about this site, never criticise Clintons. What Obama did to Hillary in the primaries was criminal–and the prelude to the corrupt mindset of the Obama administration. I really wish Hill had told Obama to ES&D instead!!!!
January 6, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Please read the entire article it lays out the entire process showing how Nancy Pelosi and others usurped the process to install the Usurper via fraudelent documents.
and the criminals have been caught see
http://jbjd.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/out-of-the-mouths-of-babes/
‘Did she answer the question?’ ‘No; but she didn’t ignore the voters, either. Ms. Germond forwarded the letters addressed to her, to the General Counsel or, lawyer for the DNC Services Corporation, Joseph Sandler. And he did write back.’ The kids were at the edge of their seats. ‘What did he say!’ ‘Well, he explained that the DNC is not a government agency but rather a private club and, as such, is not subject to state or federal document disclosure laws. He advised people to direct their questions about the qualifications of candidates whose names appear on the ballot, to their state election officials. And he still didn’t answer the question.’ Now, a loud gasp rose up around the room. ‘What do you think that means?’ Without missing a beat, they blurted out, ‘That means they did check whether Barack Obama is a Natural Born Citizen; and he’s not!’
This illustrates another reason I love teaching 9th graders: they are not yet sophisticated enough to abandon their common sense.
January 6, 2010 at 2:11 pm
She couldn’t tell him that. Understand that even other Dems, then and now, don’t believe there was even any caucus cheating.
She’d have been labeled, as we PUMAs were (and are), as a bitter, old sore-losing byotch…and a
RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACIST! Timing was all wrong for that, believe me.
January 6, 2010 at 10:57 am
Yo, Jonnot!
If you don’t disapprove of cosmetic surgery, maybe you ought to consider a penile extension, for your congential microphallism.
Adding a couple inches, will bring you up to what?…four?
Maybe then competent, attractive women,like Sec. Clinton won’t scare you so much.
January 6, 2010 at 11:43 am
Another sucky response. You are starting to sound like the vicious libs I can’t stand so much.
January 6, 2010 at 2:14 pm
I think oldtimers here, myself included, are freaked by the rudeness of people who come to a site called HillBuzz, run by Dems
(disenfranchised and now former), and make nasty comments, innuendo, etc.
When have any of us ever said anything bad about Sarah Palin? Why can’t we get that same respect and restraint? We’ve listened to these comments for a looong time. And there comes the day when the lid blows off.
January 6, 2010 at 2:28 pm
garlicnosedho,
I am a libertarian-leaning conservative, and I have no clue where the rudeness is coming from. I come here because the perspectives are different than mine, and because the wonderful men who write here, and the commenters who reply, are so respectful even in that difference.
I realize that sometimes in the written medium, the tone of a comment can be difficult to know, so I (and others, to be sure) try to be respectful and clear in our comments.
For those who cannot be so respectful. . . well, they ought to know that their comments (indeed, all our comments) say more about the writer than what is written. Writing is an art, and thus allows glimpses of the soul completely by accident, sometimes.
My advice: Ignore them, and quietly give thanks to your entity of choice (God, Fate, Zeus, whomever. . .) that you are not as ____ as they. (We Malfoys are skilled at this, naturally ^_~. We do it all the time. “Oh, Thank Merlin we’re not as boorish as those Horrid Weasleys!”)
January 6, 2010 at 2:58 pm
I second that, Laura. This site is for discussing, not attacking! If you were offended by the original remarks, I’m sure there’s a much better way you could express it. (That goes for several people on here.)
January 6, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I think the probelm with Jonnot original comment is that as a Hillary site there have been a lot of ‘concerned trolls’ as HillBuzz calls them.
That comment not only hits several sexist buttons but also implies Hillary wasn’t on the SoS job because she was worried about her appearance….it is both sexist and a slam against her job performance.
And as Jonnot said the touch up is “glaringly obvious”….but what she ignores is that her comment follows the ‘concerned troll’ pattern of taking passive aggressive hits on Hillary.
Why would a site called HillBuzz be interested in such a sexist stance against Hillary over subjects where she has taken a lot of abuse.
Her appearance and competency…when it fights against sexism for both sides of the aisle?
And then to end the comment tying Hillary to Pelosi….come on! How much more of insult can one have in this day and age?
It wasn’t an innocent comment no matter how you slice it.
January 6, 2010 at 6:50 pm
Shhhh! Rachel Maddow is stalking Hillbuzz.
January 6, 2010 at 3:31 pm
This comment about penis size is rude. The comment that prompted it is rather rude, too. It is sad that some here have decided to futz things up with rudeness.
As far as negative comments about the Clintons are concerned, I have never been a fan of theirs. (However, I believe Mrs. Clinton would be a far better president than Dr. Utopia.) Yet I do not say insulting things about her in this forum because I have respect for the gentlemen who founded and run this site.
The gentlemen that run this site have earned my respect in so many ways. I would NEVER want to say anything in the their “online” presence that would be so rude as these botox and penis comments. And I would say the same of the other participants, both liberal and conservative, on this site. This place is an oasis.
January 6, 2010 at 3:32 pm
I feel more at home here than I do at church! Bless the Boyz, God; bless the Boyz!
January 6, 2010 at 8:47 pm
qr4j -
Amen to that. I left the PUMA site because of a few boors and have been delighted with the courtesy and respect those on this site *usually* grant to those with different views. It’s been a mind-opening experience. The appearance of trolls may be a sign that Hillbuzz is hitting big-time, but I wish they’d go somewhere else.
January 6, 2010 at 11:58 pm
I agree 100%. I’ve voted libertarian in all of the past 4 elections so I wouldn’t have voted for Hillary or Dr. Utopia. But I am extremely impressed by the candor, patriotism, respectfulness and honesty I have found in the “Hillbuzz Babes.” ;) I’m so impressed, in fact, by the character of the authors of this site that I am even willing to entertain the idea that Hillary may not be the person I thought she was. I’ll never agree with any other human being on everything. But I hope I’ve learned that hardworking, honest, patriotic Americans of goodwill (independents, libertarians, Republicans, Democrats, etc.) have a lot more in common with each other than the elitist socialist overlords like Dr. Utopia have in common with us.
Thanks for the civility. It gives me hope.
Sometimes this site is the only thing that gets me through the day.
I could stand a Playskool Belt photo about now.
And speaking of which, I’m extremely excited that I’ve managed to go an entire 11 months without ever hearing Mrs. Utopia speak out loud, and only rarely does Dr. Utopia get a few words out before I’m able to hit the remote.
You may be able to confiscate my earnings, Oh Lightbringer, but you can’t force me to pay you the one thing you so desperately crave. You can’t make me pay attention to you.
January 7, 2010 at 8:14 am
qr4j,
i think you’ve voiced it beautifully! i am also not a Hillary fan, nor have i been. i think to say otherwise would be the height of hypocrisy, and i really try not to go there. that said, i 100% AGREE that Mrs. Clinton would’ve been leaps and bounds a better POTUS than Obamalama DingDong (apologies to Otis Day and the Knights LOL)
and no, i’d never say a bad word about hillary or anyone who is a hillary supporter. personally, i think it’s like being invited to dinner and spitting in the entree b/c you hate it.
i grew up in da ‘hood and my momma still taught me better than that.
January 6, 2010 at 10:18 am
After listening to this administration’s view of the recent Christmas bombing attempt as “the system worked” and Obama eating his popsicle while talking to the American people from his Hawaii grand vaction (while working Americans could not take a vacation because of the costs), I suddenly longed for the days of George W. Bush. All he ever did was go to Crawford, TX and NOT lavish himself on our money like the Obamas do. While Bush was lax during Katrina, Obama’s laxity and non-chalance (don’t bother me while I am on vacation about a terrorist attack) made me dislike him all the more. Does he care? Not one bit. Again, American citizens are heroes as they put out the fire and subdued this incompetent suicide bomber.
January 6, 2010 at 10:43 am
What people don’t think about with Katrina are the details. They actually made it through the night in NOLA and it was being nationally reported that they dodged the bullet. It was midmorning when the levees started giving way to devastation. You couldn’t prestation anyone anywhere because there literally wasn’t any place to station them that was safe that wasn’t out of state. But then the WH tried to get the military in there and Blanco said NO for three solid days. Meanwhile the idiot Nagin didn’t do a mandatory enforced evacuation which should have happened LONG before a drop of rain hit that coastline.
I know this directly becasue I’m an amatuer weather person, and me and my peeps were watching this storm intently for a LONG time before it even became clear what areas could be affected (like back in the Atlantic). It was an obsessive time for the weather folks (with back to back hurricanes that season) and we couldn’t believe that they waited so long locally to take things seriously and then waited again because they didn’t want to look bad. Wanted to have the public think that they were on top of things and they really absolutely were not.
The amount of area that was devastated is roughly that of Great Britain. Surrounding states fared better and that had to do with how the whole damned thing was managed.
If you want to bang the administration for the long term response, have at it. But the key to dealing with a storm is what you do BEFORE it hits. If people are GONE there is no one to rescue after the fact.
The state should have declared martial law and got the job done. When you have a Cat 5 storm that literally almost filled up the Gulf of Mexico and the bulk of the model tracks are leaning in your direction, and your sea walls are only rated to Cat 3, YOU GET THE HELL OUT.
I took one look at that storm and declared that if I was in that area, that me and my family, no matter how broke would be on the road. Walking north like the freaking Trapp family in the Sound of Music if that what it took because that thing was only going to bring death and destruction.
I know that this isn’t a Katrina thread, so sorry for the mini-rant, but that whole situation made me crazy while breaking my heart. If the corrupt politicians in LA had actually done thier jobs instead of trying to cover thier asses, fewer people would have died.
/speech
January 6, 2010 at 11:05 am
I feel compelled to tell you that George Bush was NOT lax during Hurricane Katrina. The blame for that mess lies with former governor Blanco and Mayor Nagin of New Orleans. Bush was on the phone BEGGING Blanco to declare a state of emergency so that he could send troops in, and at the suggestion of DC democrats she delayed that declaration on purpose. Nagin is the one who refused to order a complete evacuation until it was too late. All problems stemmed from those two things.
Bush’s appearance at a fundraiser (with subsequent bad publicity) was done before the flooding in the city started, which was AFTER the hurricane passed.
I was on a real time thread on the hurricane for 3 days, and I know EXACTLY what happened. Media hysteria and democrat spin caused Bush to be blamed for stuff that was either beyond his control or never happened.
You can find some of this out by going to archives of New Orleans papers or the various blog spot live threads.
January 6, 2010 at 11:13 am
Side note: Bush being “lax” about Katrina was a fantasy. Corrupt Landreiu and the governor wouldn’t allow U.S. troops into Louisiana before Katrina. Bush had troops, food, and medical teams waiting at the border and weren’t allowed in (the President cannot send in troops before a disaster without the state’s permission). They grandstanded, Bush got blamed. People in Alabama (who were hit much harder by Katrina) benefited and didn’t suffer near the catastrophe that Louisiana did …. because they allowed (and welcomed) President Bush’s help.
January 6, 2010 at 11:25 am
What Ten said— the whole “LA suffered because of Bush” is fantasy and BS. You had a weak, ditzy ‘cry on TV’ governor and a MIA mayor and a LOT of people in a state that believed their government was the forever tit to suck on.
Add in a punchbowl shaped city with the ocean on one side, a massive river on another and a lake to top it off…. what COULDN’T go wrong?
January 6, 2010 at 11:33 am
Plus a thousand! I lived in NOLA for 4.5 years, and couldn’t leave fast enough. I knew what was coming back in 2002 and didn’t want to be around to see it firsthand. I was not surprised by anything I heard coming out at the time, including the stories of Bush calling up the governor in the middle of dinner, pleading with her to let the troops in– no deal.
I’ll stop now before I really get going on “The City That Forgot to Care. . .”
January 6, 2010 at 3:08 pm
Yeah, and what exactly did the mayor do with that money meant to shore up the levees? Why did those school buses lie fallow again?
January 6, 2010 at 3:35 pm
If memory serves, President Clinton sent money to New Orleans to improve the levies. The local pols pissed away the money and didn’t get the job done.
January 6, 2010 at 11:43 am
Seriously, does anyone remember the documentaries and made-for-history-channel natural disaster chronicles about New Orleans being below sea level before Katrina?
They used to be on all the time it seemed.
And secondly, FEMA is not a first response agency. I used to wonder (now, not so much) why the media didn’t explain that point correctly.
January 6, 2010 at 5:09 pm
Yes and I remember reading, in the early 00′s articles about the huge potential for disaster if ‘the big one’ hit, and also the negative situation with the levees.
January 6, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Ten, tell us more. I had no idea this was going on. All I heard was the city of N.O. was told to evacuate and lots of people didn’t. Then came the stories of stranded families, the Super Dome, etc. and it was all “Bush’s fault.”
January 6, 2010 at 2:47 pm
There is not enough room here on this comment area to tell all there is to tell regarding New Orleans (NOLA) and how the people there live off the government. I lived in NOLA for almost 20 years and in hurricane areas most of my life. Heres a little history most have forgotten or never knew about NOLA:
In 1999, when Hurricane Georges was headed toward Louisiana, the Superdome was opened for the very first time as a shelter. Keep in mind the Superdome was NEVER INTENDED to be a Red Cross shelter and the people were told to bring their own food and supplies as the Red Cross was not there. Luckily for NOLA, Georges veered off and hit Mississippi instead. The local news media had on videotape the Superdome “evacuees” leaving the Superdome after Georges hit Mississippi instead of NOLA and the evacuees were taking all kinds of Superdome property with them as they left, incuding barstools and couches. YES THEY WALKED OUT CARRYING COUCHES. They even broke into the locked area where the hot dogs were stored and stole them. The Superdome at first wanted to go after the people since the local news had them on tape leaving with the stolen property. Of course it turned into a nightmare for the Superdome. The locals were actually saying the Superdome had insurance and could afford to replace the items. The Superdome decided not to go after the people because of all the bad PR they were receiving but did state the facility would NEVER AGAIN be used as a hurricane shelter. Years later when Katrina was headed toward NOLA you now know why people were being searched and the National Guard was there. Also, Katrina evacuees were told to bring food with them as the Superdome was not set up as an official hurricane shelter. Not surprising, I saw on the news people standing in line to get into the Superdome and most had not brought food with them. The Democrat mayor and Democrat governor are completely responsible for what happened in NOLA, not George Bush.
Susan h — you really need to learn how government works, quit listening to the MSM, and stop blaming Katrina on Bush and the Federal government.
January 6, 2010 at 3:08 pm
They didn’t evacuate because the mayor told them not to…despite the fact that New Orleans has ALWAYS been a fishbowl waiting to happen…despite the fact that they hadn’t had a hurrican in twenty years(which meant they were due)…despite the fact that they were offered free services by several transportation companies, including busses, trains, etc. (which was turned down by the mayor). It was just plain stupidity, brought on by incompetent leadership. Then, they turned away virtually all of the federal assistance that was offered to them in order to try to make GW look bad. The federal government’s hands were tied, because the state refused their assistance. Although, with the current “rule-breaker” administation, I’m sure they would have just gone in anyway and taken over everything. Maybe that’s the lesson they were trying to sell, so that we would all buy in to their government take-over program.
The only problem is there are some of us out there that know the truth.
January 6, 2010 at 4:42 pm
JK – it happened just as Ten says it did. Had Bush gone into Louisiana with troops to “help,” it would’ve been a federal invasion of a sovereign state. Nagin, Landrieu and our dishonorable press knew it … but since The Constitution hasn’t been taught in schools the past 40 years – the uninformed public didn’t.
Katrina was a convenient event used to discredit George Bush, the war in Iraq and his raaaaacist administration. The displaced and dead in New Orleans were so much exploitable collateral damage in a much broader agenda. Perhaps you’ll recall that the people of NOLA were warned for five days to evacuate. Instead, they listened to their mayor – who lit out to Texas with his family – because he looked like them. (Anybody remember Nagin’s pathetic “Chocolate City” remark?) The story grew even stronger legs because those hurt most were black. The MSN wouldn’t give a hoot if a bunch of white folks are up to their armpits in flood water; a story is only as good as the racial animosity it stirs. The vile rumors of infant rapes and murder in the Dome were trumpeted on every network TV news show, in every newspaper headline … even after the stories were revealed as absolute bunk the press never retracted one word, never apologized. The entire time this travesty raged on, GWB never hid or offered a lame excuse du jour. He suffered the lies and innuendo and absorbed the ridicule like a man. Imagine Zippy in the same scenario. It’s been almost two weeks since the thwarted Christmas terrorist attack and America’s still waiting for a definitive statement from the man in charge.
January 6, 2010 at 10:07 pm
FEMA is incompetence on stilts, and casualties were higher than the government statistics.
Having said that, the storm did not zap NOLA, flooding from the failed levee system did. Reports and complaints from residents to the city about the seeping levees were ‘disappeared’ during the Mark Morial years.
I would use LA’s negligent homicide statute to work that one up to the top.
The levee money was stolen of course; just like school district money.
Sadly, NOLA cannot be fixed. Storm or no storm, it reached critical mass some years ago, and is beyond repair.
January 6, 2010 at 3:30 pm
I’ll cut it quicker because I’m mean that way.
Without looking at the background before Katrina, that City reelected Nagin after Katrina. That said it all.
Finis.
LU
January 6, 2010 at 4:36 pm
i HAVE IN-LAWS AND extended family in NO -lived there for 2 years believe me when i tell you — those are the dunbest poor folks i have ever been around in my life(i am 64) but to be dumb and corupt beggs for exactly what they got…. Ray Nagin voted in again w/family living in houston.. money to fix the levees went into the back pocket of the gov,senators –gove ect… for years and years (25) –accident waiting to happen The stupid govenor was affraid to give over power to Pres.Bush so she set and did nothing– i live in alabama and we were hit also — our gov. took help immediately __BIG DIFFERENCE–DUMB AND CORRUPT–sad but true
January 6, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Thank you. Different state, but I have family in Michigan (Detroit area) and they just keep on pulling that dem lever while it all falls down around their ears.
January 6, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Not me, perries! I never pulled a lever for a Dem in Michigan (Detroit area), but I know exactly what you mean…..
January 6, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Wow. I had no idea. I remember reading and seeing news reports about the Super Dome and the rapes, the dead, the dying, people without food, water or hope. I’ve never read a single word of retraction or apology.
I couldn’t understand why Nagin was re-elected after that disaster. I guess it’s true… you can’t fix stupid.
January 6, 2010 at 10:19 am
dodd retiring! look forward to the hillbuzz post in this. y’all always nail it on the head!
January 6, 2010 at 10:37 am
Now I see the Dems’ strategy: get rid of all the players in Congress who are in re-election trouble by buying them off, and bring in a whole new set of flunkies who say, “I have nothing to do with this mess and that’s not what the Dem party is all about,” get to DC and then vote exactly how Dr Utopia wants them to.
Pretty clever if a lot of the 52%ers buy it, which might not be far-fetched.
/if true, this stinks to high heaven.
January 6, 2010 at 10:44 am
I believe you GOT IT! They will go with their nice little bribes and retire on a pension that the US taxpayers pay for and the incoming will say “not me” and the atrocities will continue.
January 6, 2010 at 10:48 am
Thanks. I couldn’t help but be more than a little suspicious when I saw the news that Dorgan, Ritter (Colorado gov), Dodd, and Cherry (Michigan lieutenant gov) all decide not to run within 24 hours of each other.
Dems don’t give up so easily. Something’s in the works.
January 6, 2010 at 11:15 am
It does smell of conspiracy, doesn’t it?
January 6, 2010 at 4:10 pm
Ambassadorship or Lobbyist for Dodd. That will be his golden parachute.
January 6, 2010 at 3:19 pm
The thing is, it’s no longer just individual personalities but the dem brand. A “newbie” would have to go a long way to earn my trust. The dems broke their “principled” brand and revealed who/what the really are–now they own it.
January 6, 2010 at 10:38 am
Boyz … John Kass says it all in today’s article re: Chitown’s mayoral hopeful. Love to know what you all think.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-06-jan06,0,5245259.column
January 6, 2010 at 10:48 am
I just saw on Drudge where Chicago is thinking about dropping the entrance exam to be a cop so more minorities can become police.
January 6, 2010 at 11:31 am
Omigod! nothing screams insult like “we’re going to take away that test because we all know minorities are too stupid to pass it….”
Now THAT is pure racism.
January 6, 2010 at 3:26 pm
It may happen in Berkeley, CA. Berkeley High School is considering dropping science labs and devoting more remedial time to “struggling” students. AP students being sacrificed. No reward for excellence. What mssage does this send to the minority AP students?
January 6, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Yes, well said!
January 6, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Here’s a link to the local news about it: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/chicago-police-scrap-entrance-exam-80790827.html
The thinking behind this to avoid lawsuits. Yup, there will be no lawsuits once the cop who gets in kills someone during his recreational drug buys. If this city does this, I’m moving to Switzerland. I think it was George Carlin who once said, don’t sit next to a stupid person because he just be able to literally suck your brains right out of your head. I would change that a bit, don’t live in a city that has people who think like this because they’ll rob not only your brains, but brains of your future generation!
January 6, 2010 at 10:53 am
Hillbuzz:
Redstate picked up “Eeyorism” and a call to arms, good post:
“There’s a reason the Left and their media allies (let’s not forget them) can’t seem to go a day without some attempt to dampen Conservative spirits (witness the countless articles still being published declaring Conservatism “dead”) and disparage the Tea Party movement – their obscene insistence on using the “teabagger” slur being a big part of it. People are getting informed, figuring things out and getting alarmed despite their best efforts to prop up this Administration.”
http://www.redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2010/01/06/lets-not-get-cocky/
January 6, 2010 at 10:54 am
What the Dems Know:
Universal Voter Registration
American Thinker.com
By James Simpson
Jan. 6, 2010
Many are puzzled that Democrats persist in ramming unpopular and destructive legislation down our collective throats with no apparent concern for their plummeting poll numbers. A widespread belief is that the Democrats are committing political suicide and will be swept from one or both houses of Congress with unprecedented electoral losses next November. But since Democrat politicians rarely do things that will not ultimately benefit themselves, this column asked two weeks ago,
“What do they know that we don’t?”
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/01/what_the_dems_know_universal_v.html
January 6, 2010 at 10:57 am
Hi Guys-
I’m another uber-conservative that found you via Lucianne.com on the occasion of the GWB mea culpa post. Your prose is truly outstanding, your integrity and philosophical honesty is unimpeachable, and your insights are riveting. I have learned a lot about day-to-day life in an urban homosexual enclave from you. Gone are my visions of bathhouse after bathhouse, with every day being a “Folsom Street Fair”. I see now that my perception was wrong, and I am glad to have been wrong. If you’re ever in Denver and would like to have dinner with a hard-core, gun-toting, old-school classy, Latin Mass attending, veil-wearing Catholic chick, I would consider it an honor.
Here is my question for you. Last night Glenn Beck pointed out that Hillary Clinton’s senior thesis at Wellesley was on Saul Alinsky, who we all know is the Don Corleone of this whole festering neo-communist abomination. What are your thoughts on this? Do you believe that Hillary is “down” with what Utopia and Friends are doing? Is she watching happily from the State Dept. as the Utopians do the “dirty work”, or do you think (as I do) that she thinks that the Utopians have gone too far and is preparing to run as a (dare I say it) relative Reagan Democrat in 2012? Or do you have another take?
Thanks!
IAmDagny
January 6, 2010 at 11:01 am
I bet Dodd’s going to finish taking care of his “sweetheart” mortgage and banking buddies these next few months, then get a lucrative job or payoff and live fat cat ever after :D
January 6, 2010 at 11:16 am
He should be in jail. Then again, so should Barney Frank.
January 6, 2010 at 11:06 am
Saw an AP headline this morning (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_health_care_overhaul) saying that Obama is pushing Congress to finish up on the healthcare bill without the normal negotiation stages. Allegedly, the pressure for hurry is because he wants something passed before the State of the Union speech in early Feb., but it immediately made me wonder if he’s getting worried about the special election on Jan. 19.
Also, where’s that convenient list of addresses for Ben Nelson’s supporters? I’d like to do what I can to help out, but “what I can” isn’t much — I’ve got three little kids, with #4 on the way, and an interstate move coming up to get ready for. Make it easy for me, and I’ll see what I can do!
January 6, 2010 at 11:07 am
I wish Dodd wasnt retiring. Now this makes that seat easier for the DEMS to retain I think. Dodd would have been killed by linda mcmahan or peter shchiff.
January 6, 2010 at 7:39 pm
I work in a Democratic office. The sentiment of the Dems there is that it will be easier to elect another Dem.
Sigh
January 6, 2010 at 11:16 am
I come to this site SEVERAL times daily, I tell others about it. I even sometimes comment. The reason I like this site so much, besides the Hillbuzz writers, is the way the people who comment don’t trash each other, we all have different backgrounds and beliefs, but we also have respect for each other. Please keep it that way.
January 6, 2010 at 12:58 pm
Absolutely. Well said. If I wanted to visit a cesspool I’d read Kos, DU, or HuffPoop.
January 6, 2010 at 4:40 pm
People with class do not want to live in the cess pool –they dont even want to visit…
i love this site please do not allow the garbage to take it over.. too easy to just delete!!!thanks
January 6, 2010 at 11:20 am
I think the democrat strategy is becoming clear. Those Senators from essentially conservative states like N. Dakota, and likely Nebraska (Ben Nelson) as well as some others have been severely hurt by their support of “healthcare reform” etc. Their chances of reelection are poor at this point, and likely most would lose. Thus, the dems are probably “encouraging” them to retire, most likely with plum jobs waiting for them, as well as perhaps nice millions in their swiss bank accounts (from the hidden unspent stimulus funds) so that the dems can then run some fresh new dem candidates. These new candidates will, of course, then run as “conservative” dems (aka blue dogs) untainted by the leftist votes of 2009. This will thus give the dems a better chance of keeping dems in power, and of course, the new “blue dogs”, once elected, would stick to the leftist party line, just as the existing, so-called blue dogs, do.
Jim R
January 6, 2010 at 11:26 am
Unrelated question: Hillbuzz guys or others – Has Doktor Utopia + Little Woman + kids EVER come back to “their home” in Chicago, their house, the place that they purport to live & be from, since they’ve been the occupier of the White House?
I’m sure we are paying countless bazillions of monies to fortify, secure, security-ize the place. But as far as I’ve heard, they only go to the beautiful places of the world, but never go “home”? Don’t the kids even miss their ‘friends’? Curious…
January 6, 2010 at 1:16 pm
Yes, they have. I have friends who live in Hyde Park who find it an immense inconvenience when they do; most people in that area rely on street parking, and the “No Parking” zones that get instituted for security reasons whenever the Obamas are in their house cause a serious shortage of parking in the area.
It has, however, been several months since I’ve heard them complain about this, so I doubt the Obamas have been “home” recently.
January 6, 2010 at 2:00 pm
No..they just fly their friends to DC in AF1…remember little Sasha loves that plane…
January 6, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Once, in February and I don’t think the kids were there or if they were, they did not attend “date night.”
January 6, 2010 at 8:17 pm
pfft none of these people have any friends in the way you mean.
January 6, 2010 at 11:34 am
Oh my.
1/1/2010
Charles Johnson Denounces the “Right-Wing Racism” of a Picture Forwarded by . . . a Democrat
http://patterico.com/2010/01/01/charles-johnson-denounces-the-right-wing-racism-of-a-picture-forwarded-by-a-democrat/
Might I humbly suggest that if anyone is worried that the photo of Obama and Sarah might offend some delicate, effete, fragile leftist-socialists’ feelings, they could simply rework it to show Obama licking the soles of Sarah Palin’s shoes!
On second thought I like the licking better!
January 6, 2010 at 11:49 am
Here ya go, Folks: Sarah Palin, Man of the Year 2009
;-)
Semper Fi’
DM
January 6, 2010 at 12:00 pm
#14 susan h:
The whole “Bush failed on Katrina” meme REALLY steams me.
I am CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) trained, and one of the things our instructor drilled into us OVER and OVER is that the federal government is NOT a first-responder. FEMA has ALWAYS been disfunctional and always will be. (What always makes the difference is the state.) The job of the fed is to show up after the crisis is pretty much over and hand out money – that’s it. Anyone who thinks the fed is going to save them in a crisis is just plain stupid (maybe even fatally stupid).
First response is a State/Local responsibility. The local government is supposed to evacuate and make preliminary plans, have a crisis response center ready, etc. When a disaster hits, and local resources are inaccessible/destroyed – then it is the state’s job to step in and start the rescue/cleanup. Then the fed steps in to pay for everything and get it all restored for the next potential disaster.
The failure in Katrina was primarily the Mayor telling people to show up at the Superdome but not having even 24hrs of food & supplies on hand, and then the Governor was so totally inept she had a nervous breakdown instead of responding afterward.
It would have been UNCONSTITUTIONAL (I also have a JD – want to see my Bar Card? :-) for the federal government to just force its way in to the state and set up shop. The federal response was delayed 24-36 hours because the Governor wouldn’t sign the paper letting the fed in.
Another thing. I’ve known for decades that it takes about 3 days for outside help to show up in most neighborhoods after a disaster. Everyone should have a 72-hour kit, especially if they live in a disaster-prone location. They don’t have to be big or expensive – the bulkiest thing is water, but if you get a good “camping” filter you can even survive if the water system is tainted. We have kits for everyone in the family, even for the dog when we had one.
So … back to Katrina and the facts. The storm came in over the weekend, Saturday-Sunday. Monday morning, all the news was how New Orleans had “dodged a bullet” and there was no big catastrophe. The levy leaks came AFTER the storm. They started Monday morning, but didn’t get anyone’s attention for hours. It was really Tuesday morning before the water was really rising fast and things went crazy. When did the National Guard arrive? Friday morning — 3 days later. D’oh.
I fault Bush for just 2 things: the “heckuva job, Brownie” comment, and letting the media spin his flyover as remote disinterest. Bush knew that if he showed up right away, police and other services would have to drop rescue efforts and go into president-protection mode. He was doing the people on the ground a favor by not diverting resources away from them. He should have defended himself more.
I’m not even a Republican, but I HATE the anti-Bush spin on everything. He was a good man who had to deal with some bad stuff. I’m grateful.
OK, :-)
January 6, 2010 at 12:05 pm
OK – this didn’t show up yet … I hope it doesn’t get duplicated.
#14 susan h
The whole “Bush failed on Katrina” meme REALLY steams me.
I am CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) trained, and one of the things our instructor drilled into us OVER and OVER is that the federal government is NOT a first-responder. FEMA is disfunctional, always has been and always will be. (What makes the difference in the end is the state.) The job of the fed is to show up after the crisis and hand out money – that’s it. Anyone who thinks the fed is going to save them in a crisis is just plain stupid (maybe even fatally stupid).
First response is a State/Local responsibility. The local government is supposed to evacuate and make preliminary plans, have a crisis response center ready, etc.. When a disaster hits, and local resources are inaccessible/destroyed – then it is the state’s job to step in and start the rescue/cleanup. Then the fed steps in to pay for everything and get it all restored for the next potential disaster.
The failure in Katrina was primarily the Mayor telling people to show up at the Superdome but not having even 24hrs of food & supplies on hand, and then the Governor was so totally inept she had a nervous breakdown instead of leading the rescue/cleanup.
It would have been UNCONSTITUTIONAL (I also have a JD – want to see my Bar Card? :-) for the federal government to just force it’s way in to the state and set up shop. The federal response was delayed 24-36 hours because the Governor wouldn’t sign the paper letting the fed in.
Another thing. I’ve known for decades that it takes about 3 days for outside help to show up in most neighborhoods after a disaster. Everyone should have a 72-hour kit, especially if they live in a disaster-prone location. They don’t have to be big or expensive – the bulkiest thing is water, but if you get a good “camping” filter you can even survive if the water system is tainted. We have kits for everyone in the family, even the dog when we had one.
So … back to Katrina and the facts. The storm came in over the weekend, Saturday-Sunday. Monday morning, all the news was how New Orleans had “dodged a bullet” and there was no big catastrophe. The levy leaks came AFTER the storm. They started Monday morning, but didn’t get anyone’s attention for hours. It was really Tuesday morning before the water was really rising fast and things went crazy. When did the National Guard arrive? Friday morning — 3 days later. D’oh.
I fault Bush for just 2 things: the “heckuva job, Brownie” comment, and letting the media spin his flyover as remote disinterest. Bush knew that if he showed up right away, police and other services would have to drop rescue efforts and go into president-protection mode. He was doing the people on the ground a favor by not diverting resources away from them. He should have defended himself more.
I’m not even a Republican, but I HATE the anti-Bush spin on everything. He was a good man who had to deal with some bad stuff. I’m grateful.
OK, :-)
January 6, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Totally OT – this is an interesting jobs chart:
http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-goods-producing-wrokers-vs-government-payroll-2010-1.
January 6, 2010 at 12:21 pm
This is from a 912 Group:
Congressional Reform Act of 2010
1. Term Limits: 12 years only, one of the possible options below.
A. Two Six year Senate terms
B. Six Two year House terms
C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms
2. No Tenure / No Pension:
A congressman collects a salary while in office and receives no pay when they are out of office.
3. Congress (past, present & future) participates in Social Security:
All funds in the Congressional retirement fund moves to the Social Security system immediately. All future funds flow into the Social Security system, Congress participates with the American people.
4. Congress can purchase their own retirement plan just as all Americans.
5. Congress will no longer vote themselves a pay raise. Congressional pay will rise by the lower of CPI or 3%.
6. Congress loses their current health care system and participates in the same health care system as the American people.
7. Congress must equally abide in all laws they impose on the American people.
8. All contracts with past and present congressmen are void effective 1/1/11.
The American people did not make this contract with congressmen, congressmen made all these contracts for themselves.
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work.
January 6, 2010 at 12:59 pm
Sounds good to me.
January 6, 2010 at 1:04 pm
Ditto. Looks pretty American rather than European. I like that. If these cats want perks, they need to go get real jobs in the private sector like the rest of us have to.
January 6, 2010 at 1:22 pm
I agree.
January 6, 2010 at 7:07 pm
On one site that had this posted a few weeks ago, someone suggested that they also add that the House can meet for a total of no more than 90 days per year, and it has to be convened and completed between May and August. Same thing for the Senate – they can meet for no more than 30 days each year, and they will have to convene/complete their sessions between July and August.
Oh yeah – all of it has to be done in a building without air conditioning…….
January 6, 2010 at 1:38 pm
Mmm, I like! I’d like to put it in my little blog. Do you have a link I can include, (in addition to crediting you for bringing this to my attention?) Thanks!
January 6, 2010 at 1:43 pm
Needs to apply to Congressional staffers also, especially. Some of them are the real power behind the thrones and are the ones who actually write behemoth bills. Those staffers are a real malignancy, people who lurk in the shadows for years while elected reps come and go.
January 6, 2010 at 2:13 pm
I think a good law for congress is that they are paid whatever the national average is….that way it would be in their best interests to get all Americans to make more money….I would set it for after taxes and not include people on welfare……example if you make 50k but pay 20k in taxes then congress sets its pay on the 30k not the 50k
January 6, 2010 at 2:19 pm
I likee that suggestion VERY much. Of the people, by the people, for the people. No special consideration or privileges, and a worthy, sincere public SERVANT would agree with your suggestion in a heartbeat.
Ernie rules!!!!! RULES!!!!!
January 6, 2010 at 4:19 pm
and while I am at it…my mom was a nurse for the Health Department down here in N.C.,she retired after 20-23 years w/ 90 percent of her salary and free healthcare…I know of a few police who can work for the city for 20 years retire w/ free healthcare and in some cases “earning” more in retirement than they made when they were working,then go work for the sheriffs department for another 20 retire in their early 60s and make 2 paychecks….and we wonder why our state is broke….I dont begrudge them at all I would take it as well but most of us have to give to a 401k or some other retirement fund for 40 plus years before we retire….it seems to me that a state could say “if you are under 30 then you will get no pension,31-35 x amount of pension,36-40 x plus a little more pension and so on….oh well just saying.
January 6, 2010 at 2:29 pm
Love that list! Is there a link?
January 6, 2010 at 4:43 pm
That would eliminate the trash from even running in the first place__ do wonders for justice –so simple—
January 6, 2010 at 3:44 pm
I have a little suggestion modifying this federal plan: No citizen may enter government service for more than 25 years. That is, for all elective or appointive office, any combination or 25 years of service requires that individual retire from public service. This include all ambassadors, cabinet officals, judges, elective officials and appointed officials(like UN, IMF, Fed, Freddie Mac, Sallie Mae, trade people etc )
January 6, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Just out of curiosity would you include military sevice?? Like Lt Col Allen West…google him if you dont know him,I think he has spent 20 plus years in the military and is now running for office in Fla.
January 6, 2010 at 7:12 pm
No that would not include military service.Lt West is a true patriot.
January 6, 2010 at 8:04 pm
The only thing I could add to this is that a Congress person cannot run for another office until he/she finishes the current term unless it’s a run for re-election to the same office. All this being a Senator while running for President or being in Congress while running for Senate stuff has to stop. How many votes did Obama, McCain and Hillary miss while they were running for President? I don’t believe anyone can really serve their constituents while on the campaign trail.
January 6, 2010 at 12:32 pm
LIAR X 8:
http://www.breitbart.tv/the-c-span-lie-did-obama-really-promise-televised-healthcare-negotiations/
January 6, 2010 at 2:24 pm
We need to find 8 video clips of those promises being broken, and finish it off with Pelosi saying “he was for a lot of things on the campaign trail.”
Two to start with — Pelosi calling the town haller astro turf, and Beck just said something about McCain asking on the Senate floor what sort of backdoor deals were going on. I could put this together, or if someone else has experience doing this sort of thing. (I wouldn’t call myself experienced; I made a couple of Final Fantasy cutscene music videos before.)(I’m a big dork.)
Anyway, I think a video like that could go viral.
January 6, 2010 at 3:10 pm
If you haven’t seen the video linked above, go watch it. It NEEDS to go VIRAL.
January 6, 2010 at 1:21 pm
Glenn Beck had a video of Van Jones, I think, who said, “it is time for some to stand down so others can step up”. He of course was referring to other Marxists/Communists to help “change” America. Well, Dodd’s speech today contained the exact same phraseology. Maybe that is the answer. This was planned all along.
January 6, 2010 at 2:21 pm
Oh, yes, definitely planned. We PUMAs have been suspect of Herr Doktor Dean’s DFA since 2004. He was the operative inside the Party. Planned.
January 6, 2010 at 2:25 pm
It was Mark Lloyd, the FCC diversity czar.
January 6, 2010 at 2:48 pm
thank you for the correction
January 6, 2010 at 1:22 pm
Hugh Hewitt had Victor Davis Hanson on in his radio show; the transcript is here:
http://www.hughhewitt.com/transcripts.aspx?id=2fd8a022-33e5-4dae-a2e7-9ff78fe246de
They flay O’s remarks on Guantanamo Bay in particular.
January 6, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Thanks Amstie, I just love VDH.
January 7, 2010 at 11:58 am
You know his books too then — I haven’t had time to imbibe his whole oeuvre yet, but “Why the West Has Won” is a great read in comparative military history.
January 6, 2010 at 1:29 pm
Ed Schultz (MSNBC) has been approached about running in ND. There is a residency requirement which Schultz does not currently meet; be watching for the Dems to try to get it changed or eliminated if Schultz agrees to run.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31202.html
January 6, 2010 at 3:30 pm
I read somewhere 3 month residency requirement.
January 6, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Ha ha good luck with that.
January 6, 2010 at 1:32 pm
So long, Sen. Dodd! :-)
January 6, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Update from NRO on Scott Brown, notice there were 180,000 phone calls made in one night, (awesome):
Scott Brown Says He’s Getting What He Needs From National Republicans
This morning on SiriusXM, I chatted with Scott Brown, the Republican candidate for Senate in Massachusetts.
Ebullent and with a local accent that reminded me of my late friend Dean Barnett, Brown made clear he’s gotten used to being an underdog. But he’s also a man who’s won six contested races and who garnered more votes than Obama in his district last year. He indicated that his race is neither clearly nationalized nor focused exclusively on local issues. He made clear he would indeed be that 41st vote against the current version of health care before the Senate, and that he wanted the chamber to “go back to the drawing board.” He expressed pride that in all of his years in the state legislature, he’s never voted for a tax increase.
Perhaps most surprising to me was when I asked about the RNC and NRSC, Brown said that everything he’s wanted, he’s gotten, mostly phones and technological assistance. He’s still looking for donations and volunteers, but has already reached the point where his campaign made 180,000 calls to voters last night. He noted that while the campaign of his Democratic rival, Martha Coakley, went dormant during the holidays, he’s gone all-out since the primary began September 12 and he’s going to continue untul the minute the polls close on Election Night.
I’ve said earlier that Brown needs a perfect storm to win this race. A veteran GOP strategist offered another metaphor earlier this year, when he said that to win in a good environment, the party needs to get good boats (good candidates) with good crews (good campaigns) and their sails high in the air (emphasizing the right issues) and pointed in the right direction (no self-defeating scandals or gaffes) and then hope for a strong wind behind them (the mood of the electorate). In Brown and those around him, those first couple ingredients seem to be assembling. The question is, how strong is the wind?
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/
January 6, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Black, white, red, yellow, gay, lez, short, fat, pimpled, dimpled, old, young, tall, handsome, ugly, big boned, skinny, goofy, talented, bald & hairy…
Americans.
We’ll flush the toilet in 2010.
Tea Party Patriots!
January 6, 2010 at 2:16 pm
YAY!!!! I love it, Weary! Great battle cry. The melting pot retakes the Republic. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!
January 6, 2010 at 1:44 pm
[...] Act of 2010 6 01 2010 SusFL, a commenter over at HillBuzz, posted this in today’s Open Thread, and I thought I’d share [I've asked for a proper link as well]: This is from a 912 [...]
January 6, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Want to “spike” the Dem’s guns in Massachusetts? Here’s something that you can use for ammunition if you are helping man the phone banks for Scott Brown, with a link to the SEIU’s OWN WEBSITE, regarding the “Cadillac” tax that is still in the Healthcare bill (that Martha Coakley has said that she will support):
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/01/will-union-members-walk-plank-for.html
January 6, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Dang, you’re good, Teresa! TEXAS!!!!!!!!
January 6, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Yee-haw!!! We’re all a little feisty down here…..
January 6, 2010 at 8:27 pm
I want to echo Teresa’s recommendation of that link. It is an awesome post that will make union members piss their pants at the thought of touching their precious benefits. It should be spread to unions in ALL states, but especially Mass. If you work in a union shop, go to the links, format it up, print it out, make 100 photocopies, and pass them out.
January 6, 2010 at 8:29 pm
I also want to point out another great post at the blog Teresa linked: an open letter to Jane Hamsher (someone attacking RationCare from the left).
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/01/open-letter-to-jane-hamsher.html
January 6, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Thanks for the post Teresa.
I can’t believe that SEIU would lose out on anything the administration or congress does. They are in bed with them every step of the way. There has to be something in the bill, that we haven’t been allowed to see that waives the SEIU or labor union members. If not, then why the heck would they implement something that would negatively impact their most faithful and loyal followers.
January 6, 2010 at 11:00 pm
You’re welcome! I agree, there’s probably going to be a LOT in the final bill that will be beneficial to the unions, which is why they aren’t squawking right now.
It’s going to take a long time to get rid of all of the crap that is getting ready to get passed…..
January 7, 2010 at 1:04 am
I’m quite certain there will be something in there for the unions. Not necessarily for the union members. They see the union members as useful idiots.
January 6, 2010 at 1:59 pm
AP headline: “Obama prods Congress to pass health bill quickly”
Is Obama attempting to get this Tax-Payer funded crap sandwich passed before the MA special election?
January 6, 2010 at 2:33 pm
One word: Yes.
January 6, 2010 at 2:50 pm
He wants it done before the State of the Union. Rahm said give us anything just so we have it for the SOTU Address.
January 6, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Congress doesn’t come back from winter break until Jan 19, so he won’t pass anything before the MA election. Once they come back, Congress will then meet to pass bill which will most likely take a few days. Then the Senate has to vote on it. Depending on which
Dem has the balls, if any, to fight any part of the bill will depend on how long this will take.
The question will be, should Brown win, how long will it take to swear him in and should it be a close election, Coakley will surely ask for a re-count which could take weeks, if not months such as the Coleman vs Franken situation.
January 6, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Devon, there will be no deliberations or conference between the house and senate. The bill will be passed behind closed doors with no further discussion or negotiation.
January 7, 2010 at 6:44 am
Probably because ELRusho’s announcement about America having the best health care in the world. Scary for Dems when a program works. Not perfect, but it works.
January 6, 2010 at 2:01 pm
I also heard on our local news this morning that the guy they were grooming to take over for Granholm in Michigan has also dropped out…
January 6, 2010 at 2:17 pm
OMG, LMAO!!
January 6, 2010 at 5:15 pm
I read an article – he said he could not raise the money necessary to challenge the republican contenders.
Hmmm
January 6, 2010 at 6:29 pm
That would be John Cherry, the current lieutenant governor, and he was definitely forced out. You could tell when he gave his speech that he was hurt and angry.
January 6, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Well…I don’t know him..it might be for the best though..if I were him I wouldn’t want to be in charge of cleaning up the mess she helped make in Michigan…
January 6, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Newest chapter in the bash Kirk campaign. I just heard a campaign ad from Andy Martin accusing Kirk of being a pedophile. Kirk knew Foley was abusing underage pages and did nothing, making him a defacto pediphile.
January 6, 2010 at 2:35 pm
I smell desperation. The dems have nothing to stand on, so they have to revert back to old 2006 and 2008 talking points. How pathetic.
We need to fight back… call the democrats out for their disastrous economy-killing policies.
Call them out for their far-left views.
January 6, 2010 at 2:56 pm
I know you people aren’t fond of Mark Kirk (even though he is the ONLY option to take down Giannoulias). However, you should educate yourselves about Andy Martin before you ever cite him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Martin_(American_politician)
Actually, I think the Wiki article is kind to him. Andy Martin will make up anything about anyone to get attention. He’s been doing this for more years than I can remember.
Trash Mark if you want, but citing Andy Martin is ridiculous (though it might actually help Kirk in the ong run).
January 6, 2010 at 3:31 pm
Isn’t Andy Martin the guy who claimed Frank Marshall Davis was Obama’s father?
January 6, 2010 at 5:33 pm
I was reporting on what I heard. I was not bashing Kirk and I think Andy Martin is a kook.
January 6, 2010 at 6:15 pm
I heard that on the radio today, and it goes far beyond even what I thought the one-sandwich short of a picnic Martin was capable of….I mean it is incredibly unbelievable that they are running this crap.
January 6, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Illinoisans:
The Chicago Trib has a poll of readers’ predictions for 2010, some local, state and national issues presented.
Adam A..ski is leading the vote-getting for the GOP governor primary; no similar Q for the GOP US Senate candidate. Readers predict that the GOP will win the Governorship and US Senate seats. There are good pro-life candidates from the GOP. Check them out. I hope that’s an indication of what readers will vote for in the fall. Go Adam!
Other fun questions include whether Mod Rod will be indicted or waiting trial.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/2010crystalball,0,4108999,post.poll
January 6, 2010 at 2:30 pm
It appears I’ve been banished to the depths of WordPress purgatory. I’ve made several posts over the last couple days and they don’t seem to be showing up.
January 6, 2010 at 2:59 pm
I love reading your posts and hope they show up soon.
January 6, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Ditto!!! Most unfortunate for us.
January 6, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Sometimes my longer posts take a while.
January 6, 2010 at 8:17 pm
Mine seem to be hit or miss. I agree…the shorter ones seem to show up more quickly.
January 6, 2010 at 2:37 pm
A VERY DEAR friend {former door-gunner on helicopters in VietNam}, SUPER LIBERAL Massachusetts native posted this, this morning :
Dear Senator Kerry
Posted By: C****
Date: Wednesday – January 6,2010 08:42
In Response To: Squabbling unions (C****)
I will forever cherish the original misconception I had of you.
To answer your aides call, no, I am not voting for Martha Coakley to replace Ted Kennedy, I’m voting Republican because he’s a better representative of my views.
Besides, you people had your chance and have blown it – may you be the next to leave.
Semper Fidelis,
P H, USMC
VIETNAM VETERAN
January 6, 2010 at 3:00 pm
*standing at attention; saluting this honorable Marine*
January 6, 2010 at 4:16 pm
Great letter!
January 6, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Semper Fi, Gunney!
January 6, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Semper Fi, from another former dem.
January 6, 2010 at 2:42 pm
http://www.letthecamerasin.com/
For anyone interested in having the final round of HC (’deathcare’) bill discussions opened up to public view on C-Span (as BO promised during the campaign, and as the CEO of C-Span has offered to do), this is a link to a petition site Greta posted this morning at gretawire. It’s a petition called ‘Let the Cameras In.’ Why not force BO, Emanuel, Pelosi, Reid and the Congressional Obamacrats to do their dirty dealing in full view of the American people? The HC (’deathcare’) bill needs to go down in defeat. Perhaps the camera lights can show the way…
January 6, 2010 at 3:36 pm
Done and forwarded.
January 6, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Thank you, getfitnow!
January 6, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Done! Almost 9,000 signatures right now.
January 6, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Done!
January 6, 2010 at 10:11 pm
11,268 signatures as of 8:10 p.m. Rocky Mountain time, on Wednesday, Jan. 6.
And the counter actually works! It will register your signature immediately.
I hope one of us has a chance to post this in tomorrow’s Open Thread… THANKS, getfitnow!
January 6, 2010 at 10:12 pm
OMG–two minutes later and it’s up to 11,299! I’m going to e-mail the link to friends and family!!!
January 6, 2010 at 10:21 pm
DOH! Thanks CJK for posting the link!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 7, 2010 at 6:34 am
Thanks for that info..every vote counts.
January 6, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Good morning from Alaska! Recently I read a disturbing report on one of the conservative blogs (wish I could remember which one so I could link it) that last month Dr. Utopia signed an executive order allowing the international police organization Interpol to come on to American soil and arrest Americans without reasonable suspicion of anything, thus shredding our 4th Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure. If this is true, I would think there would be outrage wafting through the blogosphere and lots of talk about it, but I’ve not seen any other mention of it. I’d love to hear what this forum knows and thinks about it.
And sidenote to Prophet Algore: this morning it was colder in Pensacola Florida than it was here in Kenai Alaska.
January 6, 2010 at 2:57 pm
There was for a few days, and then it all sort of. . . fizzled. Some folks were making the case that it didn’t seem as bad as people thought, others got distracted by other Executive Orders. . . I’m not sure what the final conclusion was, or why it all just went away.
Yes, and Caribou Maine was warmer than here in DC yesterday. Brr!
January 6, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Here’s a few links to the story:
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/obama-surrenders-u-s-sovereignty-his-interpol-executive-order/
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MGY3MTI4YTRjZmYwMGU1ZjZhOGJmNmQ0NmJiZDNmMDY=
http://threatswatch.org/analysis/2009/12/print/wither_sovereignty/
January 6, 2010 at 3:22 pm
There was a lot of confusion surrounding this. I believe the last I heard, was that it was not as bad as originally made out to be. I could be mistaken (don’t have the links or exact wording), but my understanding was that INTERPOL would be immune from sharing any of their case files/information with us. In other words, we can not confiscate or search, via court order or otherwise, any information that they collect on our soil.
As for being able to arrest people, I don’t believe that was part of it (just a bad rumor, maybe). I haven’t read the exact wording of the EO, so I can’t be certain.
January 6, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Here’s an interesting take on the Interpol thing. There are lots of article out there, but I found this the most insightful.
http://patdollard.com/2010/01/interpol-from-the-inside-bite-sized-pieces-of-socialism/
January 6, 2010 at 4:29 pm
I remember hearing the suggestion that this would enable an outside group to arrest former President GWB for crimes against humanity. That could just be a conspiracy theory. But I don’t trust Utopia with a damn thing, so all bets are off on what’s real and what’s imagined these days.
January 6, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Here is a review of the Interpol issue by Barry Napier:
http://canadafreepress.com/
Basicly, Napier concludes that the UN and BHO are up to no good; they are opening a door for Interpol to gather info in the US for their database, without any oversight.
And in the same CFP blog, an article by John Ziraldo on the next scam by the Climategate cabal.
They all do plan to bring North America to heel under marxists and islamofascists.
January 6, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Thanks for the link!
I wouldn’t put anything past these marxists.
January 6, 2010 at 7:11 pm
Nope, it’s nothing to be alarmed about. See:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/12/just-what-did-president-obamas-executive-order-regarding-interpol-do.html
January 6, 2010 at 2:56 pm
What’s on my mined today?
I see people here are fighting with each other,please don’t fight,we have to be together to fight this idiots out of the office,not to fight together,just think of it this way(we are all American)you guyes haven’t lived in another Country you don’t know how it is,we have to think about saving our freedom and saving our Country.
This is the best Country in the whole world.
January 6, 2010 at 2:58 pm
Amen!
January 6, 2010 at 2:58 pm
(((((((((((((((((NAHID!))))))))))))))))
January 6, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Yes dear………
January 6, 2010 at 7:22 pm
There are obots who come here just to rattle our cages, so to speak. I for one defend Hillary everytime I see a nasty post. Sometimes our emotions get the best of us, so I understand. We are just human after all, and many of us had to live through the rampage that was the vile obot campaign operatives who were absolutely everywhere during the primaries. I get how upsetting these trolls are, and the very human response to let them know they are not gonna get away with it. Now let’s move on and hope that jonnot or whoever is done trying to insult Hillary here. This is Hillbuzz after all, a place where we all realize (supporters of hers or not) what a true patriot we missed out on having as our president.
January 6, 2010 at 2:56 pm
From COAST TO COAST AM, 1/6/10:
“Online Privacy
Last hour guest, privacy advocate Katherine Albrecht shared concerns that most search engines such as Google are compiling data on their users, correlating their searches to specific IP addresses. She recommended the privacy search engine startpage.com (also known as ixquick.com) which doesn’t store users’ data. Further, she warned that email programs such as Gmail scan users’ emails for keywords on behalf of their advertisers. She suggested a privacy alternative for web-based email– Hushmail.”
January 6, 2010 at 3:53 pm
I think that is interesting..A few of my emails, whenever I would write about Obama/Washington,etc.., to a friend always ended in my draft,after they were sent. This has happened about five times and not on any other emails..Only when I said different keywords like…FBI/CIA/Obama/Washington..would it happen.
January 6, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Hint hint. Use Bing.
Get rid of Yahoo and Google as search engines, they both collect data, as does Facebook and MySpace.
January 6, 2010 at 10:24 pm
But isn’t Bing part of MSN?? It’s their new search name and new design. I’m leery of anything linked with NBC.
January 6, 2010 at 3:33 pm
I wrote this really long comment this morning about how much I HATE the “Bush failed Katrina” meme – but it got lost in the ether (twice!). So I’m going to try another way, by putting the bullet points as comments.
January 6, 2010 at 3:34 pm
#13 susan h et. al.
First of all, the problems after Katrina were primarily caused by the mayor and the governor. The mayor failed to use the schoolbus evacuation plan that was in the city files and told people to go to the Superdome, when he didn’t even have 24hrs of food/supplies on hand and even though it’s surrounded by lower ground. And the emergency response was totally botched by the governor, who was in so far over her head that she had a meltdown instead of leading the rescue/recovery efforts.
January 6, 2010 at 4:48 pm
I wrote a response earlier also to Susan H thread above but it hasn’t shown up. I wanted to point out a little history. In 1999 Hurricane Georges was heading for New Orleans. Fortunatley for Louisiana it hit Mississippi instead. The Superdome opened as a shelter for the VERY FIRST time when Georges was heading for New Orleans. When the storm went to Mississippi instead the “evacuees” began leaving the Superdome and they took anything they could carry with them — barstools, couches, etc. YES, THEY REALLY DID WALK OUT OF THE SUPERDOME CARRYING COUCHES. They also broke into the locked coolers and stole hot dogs and food. The local news media caught it all on tape. The Superdome was heavily critized for attempting to go after the people on tape stealing their property. The locals actually were saying the Dome had insurance and plenty of money to replace the stolen items. Now you can understand why the Superdome did not want to open for Katrina and why the National Guard was there checking people as they entered. The Superdome was not an official Red Cross shelter for either storm and the people were told to bring their own food. I saw on the news people lined up waiting to get into the Dome for Katrina and even the news man noted how most did not bring any supplies with them even though they were told the Red Cross was not supplying food. This is what happens when people live off the government.
Susan H needs to learn how our government works, quit blaming Katrina on Bush, and most importantly, quit listening to the MSM.
January 6, 2010 at 8:31 pm
Mary, this doesn’t surprise me at all.
Back in the 80s, I spent some time in N’awlins on a job assignment. The people I worked with were wonderful, but they wouldn’t even let me walk outside (close to downtown) during lunchtime because it would be “too dangerous.” I was never supposed to go anywhere alone.
Because I would spend two weeks at a time in NO, I stayed at a Bed ‘n Breakfast in a fairly nice neighborhood. One evening I was mugged as I got “home.” My purse was stolen. The family that lived in the house was away, and the people next door were very kind and helpful. We called the police, and the officer who showed up was mad … at me … for calling, ’cause now he was going to have to file all kinds of paperwork for nothing.
Because of that experience, nothing that happened after Katrina was a shock to me.
January 6, 2010 at 8:55 pm
LibertarianMom–
Your story sounds like so many I heard during my time there (1998-2002). I generally have a love of respect for police, but I never once met a NOLA cop who was rotten or on the way to rotten. (in fact, the only man to ever make me cry was an A-hole of a cop, who threatened me with arrest after another person hit my car. . .). As I said farther up, I couldn’t wait to get out of that city (Although I do miss Nirvana, Angelis, and Esoterica. . .)
January 7, 2010 at 9:55 am
I lived there a long time and the only thing I miss is the food! I can cook a good gumbo now and lots of other great seafood dishes. Maybe since Nagin can’t run again someone competent will be voted into office but I’m not holding my breath.
January 6, 2010 at 3:34 pm
I know a little bit about emergency response. I’ve been CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) trained for a couple of years, and I have a little hard had and emergency vest in my car just in case. Our CERT instructor drilled into us OVER and OVER again that the federal government is NOT a first responder. (FEMA is disfunctional anyway, the real difference is the state government – compare Mississippi, which got a statewide direct hit from Katrina, and Louisiana/New Orleans.) According to the instructor, the job of the federal government is to come in for the clean-up and hand out money – that’s all they’re good for. So anyone who is expecting Uncle Sam to rescue them in a disaster is very foolish, maybe even fatally so.
Disaster preparation and response is primarily a local responsibility. The local community is supposed to have a disaster plan, basic equipment and supplies, and some sort of command facility in place. However, in a major disaster, the local first responders are likely to be overwhelmed, and the job of the state is to bring in the extra personnel and supplies that will probably be needed. Again, the fed shows up at the end to give everyone money and help with reconstruction.
January 6, 2010 at 3:35 pm
FWIW, I have known for decades (my mom is a 77-year old preparedness freak :-) that you shouldn’t expect outside help to arrive in local neighborhoods for about 3 days after a disaster. Everyone should have a “72-hour” kit to tide them over if things get desperate. Kits don’t need to be expensive. The bulkiest item is usually water (min. 1gal/person/day) but if you just have a good camping water filter you can probably survive even if your water supply is cut off (use the toilet tank) or contaminated. We have a kit for every member of the family (including a kit for the dog when we had one).
January 6, 2010 at 3:35 pm
Back to Katrina, let’s review the timeline. The weather channel was covering it for a week beforehand.** The mayor didn’t send out the evacuation order until I think Friday (possibly late Thursday), by which time most people who had vehicles had already left on their own. The mayor told everyone who was left to go to the Superbowl, which was not adequately supplied. (I read somewhere that he did say for people to bring their own food, but the types of people who showed up weren’t exactly the kind who follow instructions very well or even have supplies on hand at home.) The storm hit Saturday/Sunday. By Monday morning, all the news shows were talking about how New Orleans had “dodged a bullet” and escaped catastrophe. The levies started leaking Monday morning, but weren’t really given attention until late in the day. By TUESDAY morning, the water was rising and people were taking refuge on their roofs, etc. That was really the first day of the New Orleans catastrophe. The big rescue caravan arrived on Friday morning. (3 days later, d’oh.)
January 6, 2010 at 3:36 pm
** The Weather Channel has a “lost episode” of their series: It Could Happen Tomorrow. It talked about the danger to New Orleans from the storm surge of a hurricane. They were going to air it in 2005. It got cancelled for that season, but they have aired it since, most recently before New Year’s. I’m sure it will be on again before too long.
January 6, 2010 at 3:36 pm
It would actually have been UNCONSTITUTIONAL for Bush to send in the troops before he got permission from the governor. (I’m a law librarian with a JD and a bar card, fwiw.) The governor’s “dithering” and meltdown probably added 24-36 hours to the response, because she just didn’t sign the paperwork. In contrast, Barbour was on the ball in Mississippi, and was working with the federal government on rescue/recovery resources starting Monday. It still took days for some people to get help, even in Mississippi. (If you have nothing else on hand, stash a big box of granola bars and a few gallons of water ~somewhere~ in your home, just in case, OK?)
I do fault Bush for two things:
1- “Heckuva job, Brownie”
2- Letting his opponents turn the flyover into evidence of his lack of caring. Bush knew that if he landed, the emergency crews would have to divert resources from rescue/recovery into president protection. He did the people on the ground a favor, and he should have defended himself (or at least let Cheney say so).
OK, :-)
January 6, 2010 at 3:38 pm
Done with my rant now :-)
Stringing a longer message out into the replies does seem to work, although I wasn’t entirely consistent, sorry.
January 6, 2010 at 4:04 pm
EXCELLENT!
I remember a few days before the hurricane hit that a weather guy basically said, “GET THE HELL OUT!” And Ray Nagin said,
“Naw, we’ve got this under control”.
And I knew about the Military thing too, and that idiot for a Governor wouldn’t allow them to help!
There’s a lot more to the story than ANYONE knew because the MSM covered it all up to push their BUSH’S FAULT agenda.
January 6, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I lived through Katrina, Blanco was imcompetent at best.
Nagin is an idiot, most of us in Louisiana feel that way. It looks like Mitch Landrieu may be the next Mayor of New Orkeans. I’m so glad I live in Baton Rouge!
January 6, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Are the phone banks getting results? I have never worked one. Would work this one, but have a southern accent. I do not think that would go over in Massachusetts.
January 6, 2010 at 3:58 pm
Hey HillBuzz Boyz… (aka the “Babes”)
Saw this courtesy C4P and had to share:
http://votingfemale.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/sarah-palin-crushes-barack-hussein-obama-junior-updated/
Notice the second picture. They captioned the pic you use of Palin. I think you’ll like it.
http://votingfemale.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/palin-is-that-fear-i-smell-good-very-good.jpg
January 6, 2010 at 7:20 pm
LOL!!!!! Love it -
January 6, 2010 at 4:04 pm
The system worked:
http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/2009-year-wall-street-devoured-us-government
January 6, 2010 at 4:28 pm
Different cause, same principle – a Red Tape Campaign
http://joannenova.com.au/2010/01/the-red-tape-protest-has-started/#more-5851
Healthcare rationing and global warming, again different issues, same deceit.
January 6, 2010 at 8:13 pm
Beautiful!
January 6, 2010 at 10:33 pm
Thanks. I went over to rate and comment and added the link to this page. But, the comment didn’t post. Perhaps because of the link? Sigh…
Anyhoo, NICE!!!
January 6, 2010 at 4:31 pm
One more example of the sexism on the left. Refusing to take Meg Whitman (who by the way is pro choice, a good thing in my book) seriously as a candidate, and trying desperately to smear her with a completely unrelated dalliance by an assemblyman:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kelly/five-questions-for-meg-wh_b_294784.html
January 6, 2010 at 5:27 pm
As I’ve said here before, heard Whitman on an all-afternoon radio show and she needs coaching. She came across as hesitant, nervous and showed little creativity in her thought process. Further, she regurgitated the same three, tired talking points ad nauseam: Cut taxes, cut spending, create jobs. Same old crap we heard from Ahnold. Although certainly that’s what’s needed … for heaven sake, Meg, find a fresh way to say it.
January 6, 2010 at 6:08 pm
The best person, I think,is Tom Campbell. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have the money. But he is a policy wonk with lots of public/private sector experience.
Several months ago there was a debate. Whitman didn’t participate, so it was between Campbell and Poizner.
In any case, I will support the GOP.
January 6, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Getfit, how about Tom McClintock?
Some say that with a far Left legislature in power – a scenario that is unlikely to change in the forseeable future (or at least as long as there’s a San Francisco and a Berkeley) no governor can prevail, making the state, for all intents and purposes, ungovernable. What say you?
January 6, 2010 at 7:27 pm
I agree. She needs to work on her pitch.
I’d like to see a woman for the position and will support Whitman as long as she’s a contender, but will be voting GOP no matter what.
January 6, 2010 at 11:48 pm
The only person who can govern California is a bankruptcy trustee b/c the state is utterly ungovernable between ballot initiative spending mandates and gerrymandered extremist safe districts.
January 6, 2010 at 4:35 pm
Nuts. My Katrina response disappeared. I guess it was too long.
January 6, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Mine never showed up either at post #14. My post at #43 did show up though. Seems a lot of us have a lot to say about Katrina.
January 6, 2010 at 4:57 pm
Has anyone posted this yet? Hold on to your hats because the Boston Globe has 2 pieces critical of Coakley.
See the comments on both, too. Apparently she is well known as soft on offenders, hard on the victims. Comments section is rife with people saying they are going to vote Brown or stay home.
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/melrose/articles/2010/01/06/some_saw_coakley_as_lax_on_05_rape_case/
And an op-ed too: Where’s Coakley?
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/01/brian_mcgrory_w.html
Quote: “For that matter, let’s take a look at Coakley’s campaign schedule for today. Well, actually, we can’t. There isn’t one. She isn’t doing anything in public — no meetings with voters, no debates, no public appearances. For all we know, she’s spending much of her time at home with the shades drawn waiting for Jan. 19, Election Day, to come and go.”
Ouch. What kind of campaign doesn’t have a schedule?
January 6, 2010 at 5:08 pm
IS ANYBODY WATCHING GLEN BECK?
January 6, 2010 at 5:57 pm
I started about 1/2 way through. I’m not going to lie. I feel a bit overwhelmed by it all, so a full show is a bit hard to watch.
January 6, 2010 at 11:02 pm
I feel that way too sometimes, but it is too important not to watch. He is reporting what others will not.
Also, the focus of the show is changing this year. He is going to be working on activism and teaching people how to “community organize” in order to save our country.
He realizes what we are up against, and knows that we’ve got to train conservatives and moderates how to get out there and make things happen (sounds alot like what these wonderful Hillbuzz Boyz are doing for us too!)
I am getting very excited and hopeful (for the first time in a long time)that we WILL be able to defeat these marxist traitors!
January 6, 2010 at 10:57 pm
DVR everyday!
January 6, 2010 at 5:11 pm
I am little scared1
January 6, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Don’t be afraid. Be prepared. All Good Things Come from Above.
But above all, “Be. Not. Afraid.”
Never forget these words.
January 6, 2010 at 8:57 pm
True dat! Every angel starts off “Be not afraid. . .” for a reason.
Do what you can, as you can, when you can, and trust that God will handle the rest. Worked when I had cancer, I’m sure it’ll work now. . . ^_^
January 7, 2010 at 3:12 am
And a little bit of stored food and water never did any harm… :-)
Beck had a show where he was talking about investments. Green light – stock market, traditional investments. Yellow light – treasuries. Red light – Gold, God, Guns (in no particular order)
January 6, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Oh my.
1/1/2010
Charles Johnson Denounces the “Right-Wing Racism” of a Picture Forwarded by . . . a Democrat
http://patterico.com/2010/01/01/charles-johnson-denounces-the-right-wing-racism-of-a-picture-forwarded-by-a-democrat/
Might I humbly suggest that if anyone is worried that the photo of Obama and Sarah might offend some delicate, effete, fragile leftist-socialists’ feelings, they could simply rework it to show Obama licking the soles of Sarah Palin’s shoes!
On second thought I like the licking better!
January 6, 2010 at 5:14 pm
1/1/2010
Charles Johnson Denounces the “Right-Wing Racism” of a Picture Forwarded by . . . a Democrat
http://patterico.com/2010/01/01/charles-johnson-denounces-the-right-wing-racism-of-a-picture-forwarded-by-a-democrat/
Might I humbly suggest that if anyone is worried that the photo of Obama and Sarah might offend some delicate, effete, fragile leftist-socialists’ feelings, they could simply rework it to show Obama licking the soles of Sarah Palin’s shoes!
On second thought I like the licking better!
January 6, 2010 at 5:20 pm
At the head of this thread it says there are 183 comments, but only 53 show. So are 133 on hold waiting for an electronic slot?
Short posts seem to make the cut, long posts no.
Some of mine have showed up a day later–in the correct place but late.
Just overload, IMO.
January 6, 2010 at 5:56 pm
The number you see at the top counts the replies. The original posts are the only ones numbered. See how this reply to your post doesn’t have a number by it.
January 6, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Thanks for correction. I’m actually a novice blog addict, having given up all the other common vices. Sigh.
January 7, 2010 at 10:00 am
You’re funny. :) But now you’re in trouble since you’ve found this site.
January 6, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Hey my best comment is in cyber purgatory, but since my shorter ones have shown up – check out boston.com. There is 1 article and 1 op-ed, both critical of Coakley. And so are the many reader comments.
January 6, 2010 at 5:36 pm
These articles are huge, the Globe is Boston’s New York Times liberal as the day is long. I read this paper every day. dumping on a democrat is never done. The comments are very encouraging, I still think I’m dreaming.
January 6, 2010 at 5:47 pm
I’m going to try again. This is huge, I have not seen the Globe slam a democrat so hard in years. The Globe is Boston’s New York Times liberal as the day is long. I read the Globe every day.
January 6, 2010 at 5:34 pm
I just spoke to a friend up in Andover, Mass. and told him to be sure to vote for Brown and to tell everyone he knows to vote for Brown.
January 6, 2010 at 5:40 pm
This is important. Here is Republican Whip Eric Cantor’s memo on the next steps in HCR:
http://republicanwhip.house.gov/floor/CantorHCMemo.pdf
Reps have identified 37 dems as potentially turnable. Reps need 3 to turn. Please review the memo to identify if YOUR congressperson is one of the 37 potentials.
If your congressperson is one of the 37, then I propose we need to implement the Sharpton strategy on their contributors.
This deserves discussion.
January 6, 2010 at 5:46 pm
On my mind a lot these days: Islamofascism. I’m not alone in fearing the worst from that here, as in Asia and Europe these days. Last evening I watched video clips of Restoration Weekend, a production of the David Horowitz Freedom Center. They are posted here:
http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2010/01/two-wings-of-party.html
This is a preview of a developing and truly nasty future for us all. Maybe in focusing on the individual political trees we are neglecting to understand the forest that sustains them. It is toxic. Watch the videos.
January 6, 2010 at 6:34 pm
Michael,
I have been worrying about the same.
I have small greatgranchildren and it
is all extremely upsetting to me to
simply contemplate such a future for
them and others….
Please read my post BELOW, maybe we can head it off……
January 7, 2010 at 12:06 am
I want to add these two item on the Islamofascists to my comment above. This first concerns Dutch Geert Wilders, whose speaking tour to US universities was cut short by the same “stealth Jihadists” he spoke of as more or less in control of Europe. Here is the text and video:
http://www.geertwilders.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1604
The second item is Jim O’Neil’s “Nazi Eurabia and America’s Fate” in his archives 17/12/2009 at CFP Online.
These fanatics, and BHO is one of them, are a deadthly serious menace.
January 6, 2010 at 5:54 pm
For too long we have been too complacent about the workings of Congress and their ‘self-interest special privileges.’ Many citizens had no idea that Congress members could retire with the same pay after only one term, that they didn’t pay into Social Security, that they specifically exempted themselves from many of the laws they have passed ( such as being exempt from any fear of prosecution for sexual harassment ) while ordinary citizens must live under those laws. The latest is to exempt themselves from the Healthcare Reform that is being considered…in all of its forms. Somehow, that doesn’t seem logical. We do not, nor should we have an elite that is above the law. I truly don’t care if they are Democrat, Republican, Independent or whatever. This self-serving exclusiveness must stop.
This is a good way to do that. It is an idea whose time has come.
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:
“Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States”.
If each person contacts a minimum of twenty people on their Address List, in turn ask each of those to do likewise.
Then in three days, all people in The United States of America will have the Message. This is one proposal that really should be passed around.
January 6, 2010 at 6:26 pm
LIKE ME, OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ABOUT THE
DEC. 16/09 SIGNING (BY OBAMA) OF PERMISSION
OF ADMITTING INTERPOL TO THE U.S.A. WITH NO
LIMITS TO ITS ACTIVITY.
I THINK I FINALLY FOUND THE ANSWER. LET’S
HOPE THIS DOES NOT GET LOST!
How small fish grow bigger
Interpol – From the Inside
By Barry Napier
CANADA FREE PRESS
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Well, Interpol has certainly started a tidal wave! My inbox has been crammed with comments, from hostile to accepting, from ignorant to a pretence of knowledge. I had one, indirectly, from someone who worked in Interpol Europe. Also, many gun-owners tell me they would shoot it out with anyone who wants to arrest them for having guns. I can only warn against a Waco conclusion if that happened.
But, it seems I must be a lousy writer, because only one contact really understood where I was coming from. In this article I must mention my main contact, a recently retired ICE special agent, who worked very closely with Interpol as colleagues, and who was also an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army Reserve. For obvious reasons I will not name him.
January 6, 2010 at 6:29 pm
HERE IS THE REST.
IT IS A PRETTY LONG ARTICLE.
PLEASE READ IT, IT IS AN EYE OPENER AND CON-
FIRMS MANY OF OUR DEDUCTIONS/SUSPICIONS
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/18651
January 6, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Breeze,
Thanks for posting this. It only reinforced what I’ve been feeling all along about the Marxist movement and world order we may soon be under.
I think its good that this information is coming out, but what can we legally do to effectively stop it in its track.
January 6, 2010 at 11:01 pm
Ashter,
I am a little to old to do much,
I keep as well informed as I can
and share relevant info.
But most of all,
I PRAY A LOT!
January 6, 2010 at 6:35 pm
From Deadender’s blog….
Dearborn Michigan — At least nine Detroit area high school juniors are in trouble for wearing sweat shirts bearing a design that evokes the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers.
Dearborn Public Schools spokesman David Mustonen has told The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press that the shirts the boys wore to Edsel Ford High School on Monday are “offensive” and in “poor taste.”
The boys are Arab-American, as are about half the school’s 1,700 students.
http://deadenders.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/what-the-hell-is-going-down-in-detroit/
January 6, 2010 at 6:38 pm
Obama working to pay off his admin’s part of the national debt he caused by giving taxpayer money as relief to his campaign-donor cronies?
Oh my.
1/1/2010
Charles Johnson Denounces the “Right-Wing Racism” of a Picture Forwarded by . . . a Democrat
from Patterico web site…
http://patterico.com/files/2010/01/Obama-Shines-Palin-Shoes.jpg
Might I humbly suggest that if anyone is worried that the photo of Obama and Sarah might offend some delicate, effete, fragile leftist-socialists’ feelings, they could simply rework it to show Obama licking the soles of Sarah Palin’s shoes!
On second thought I like the licking better!
January 6, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Obama working to pay off his admin’s part of the national debt he caused by giving taxpayer money as relief to his campaign-donor cronies?
Oh my.
1/1/2010
Charles Johnson Denounces the “Right-Wing Racism” of a Picture Forwarded by . . . a Democrat
from Patterico web site…
just stick
http://patterico dot and com in front of the address of /files/2010/01/Obama-Shines-Palin-Shoes.jpg
Might I humbly suggest that if anyone is worried that the photo of Obama and Sarah might offend some delicate, effete, fragile leftist-socialists’ feelings, they could simply rework it to show Obama licking the soles of Sarah Palin’s shoes!
On second thought I like the licking better!
January 6, 2010 at 6:41 pm
A bit off topic…I keep hearing the MSM defending O’s vacation.I think a Pres. should take a vacation…BUT in these times ,with so many unemployed and losing houses,did it have to cost us $4000, per night?
Pres Bush went to his ranch and the Clinton’s stayed in friend’s houses at the Cape.
Am I wrong that this seems very insensitive and even a little arrogant?
Besides the $4000, what did the trip cost with the getting there and all the friends and Secret Service ?That’s just my rant.
January 6, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Wasn’t it a two-week plus vacation Graham?
Two full weeks I’m sure and it’s about the 9th or 10th in the first year I believe!
January 6, 2010 at 6:44 pm
They were too tight to take vacations when it wasn’t with our taxpayer money!
January 6, 2010 at 6:50 pm
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100020934/barack-obama-gets-an-f-for-protecting-americans/
Yes, the buck stops in the Oval Office. Obama may have rather smugly given himself a “B+” for his 2009 performance but he gets an F for the events that led to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab boarding a Detroit-bound plane in Amsterdam with a PETN bomb sewn into his underpants. He said today that a “systemic failure has occurred”. Well, he’s in charge of that system.
The picture we’re getting is more and more alarming by the hour. Here are some key elements to consider:….
January 6, 2010 at 6:43 pm
Obama working to pay off his admin’s part of the national debt he caused by giving taxpayer money as relief to his campaign-donor cronies!
Oh my.
Charles Johnson Denounces “Right-Wing Racism” of a Picture Forwarded by a Democrat
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_l3SGJT0c5O4/SNkKNDBsUqI/AAAAAAAAAIY/-tAjPgNhUjk/s1600-h/shoeshine.jpg
Might I humbly suggest that if anyone is worried that the photo of Obama and Sarah might offend some delicate, effete, fragile leftist-socialists’ feelings, they could simply rework it to show Obama licking the soles of Sarah Palin’s shoes!
On second thought I like the licking better!
Honestly, I would bet Obama’s O-Boughts made that photo-shop photo!
January 6, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Here’s something fun for a change… I gave a friend a Borders gift card for Christmas so she could have the luxury of browsing in a real live bookstore and buying whatever took her fancy.
This is what she chose:
http://tinyurl.com/y9xpzpc
I didn’t know the book existed (and now, of course, I covet it). I wonder if Hillary will come up with something similar during her run.
January 6, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Wonder if she goes in depth about dancing for the “Dear Leader” in North Korea?
January 6, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Anybody listen to Dennis Miller today?
On his radio show, this guy called up with a new name for the underwear bomber…
wait for it…
Fruit of the BOOM.
Hahaha
January 6, 2010 at 7:16 pm
lol
January 6, 2010 at 7:12 pm
WE just sent scott brown a donation YAHOOO!!!only other time we did that is for sarah palin!!! if everyone –that lurks (like me) would get brave and DO IT ___ we might just make a difference!!!! yes we can!!!!
January 6, 2010 at 7:25 pm
GLOBAL WARMING GURU ALBERT GORE FOUND DEAD OF
EXPOSURE OUTSDIDE NASHVILLE ESTATE
http://www.americandigest.org/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=11453
January 6, 2010 at 11:08 pm
Along those same lines, some folks up in Alaska have their own “solution” to the Goracle’s blathering idiocy:
http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com:80/2010/01/return-of-frozen-gore.html
January 6, 2010 at 7:26 pm
OOPS,
“OUTSIDE”
January 6, 2010 at 7:27 pm
Hey there-
I mostly lurk, but I heard something interesting on the Mark Belling show while driving home today. I live in Waukesha, WI, and Mark was talking about Senator Feingold, who’s up for election in 2010. Mark contends that if the Wisconsin Republicans would nominate a decent candidate (he offers Tommy Thompson and Paul Ryan, with Mark Neumann as a possibility), Feingold would probably lose. Just a heads up- this could be an interesting race to watch, especially if Paul Ryan steps up to the plate.
January 6, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Hi Erika,
I heard it too (I’m in the hood). I’m not at all excited about Thompson, but he would be an improvement over Feingold. Ryan would be awesome, but he and Feingold grew up together and I don’t think he would challenge him. Neumann sounds like a good bet. Have you checked out David Westlake who is running against Feingold? I think he would be great! Unfortunately he doesn’t have name recognition.
January 6, 2010 at 10:51 pm
Hi nat,
I hadn’t even considered the possibility that Feingold could lose, to be honest. I’m going to have to check out Westlake- he sounds like a good guy, but he would be starting from scratch. I’ll stay hopeful, though!
January 7, 2010 at 8:47 am
Just heard an interview of Westlake. I am impressed and will work for him. I’ve been to a Feingold listening session. He is the ultimate politician -says one thing at the listening sessions and then does something else.
I have written, emailed, and phoned. His staff politely listen but nothing changes. Its way past time to vote him out.
January 6, 2010 at 10:19 pm
They better do it.
I travel a lot, and Wisconsin is going to be just like Michigan if the liberals have their way.
I was in Milwaukee last year, which has seen a great transformation.
Do you want it to look like this? Detroit buildings, gorgeous and historical, now big pieces of CRAP.
Amazing photos….
http://www.marchandmeffre.com/detroit/index.html
January 7, 2010 at 10:17 am
You know that phase “a picture is worth a thousand words” ….. when people see these pictures if it doesn’t move them then they will never understand what is happening to America. I didn’t realize how bad Detroit was until recently. It’s still unbelievable to me that this has been going on for so long in Detroit and the Dems just keep getting re-elected and making it worse.
January 6, 2010 at 7:37 pm
What’s on my mind?
As always, Impeachment Hearings.
But more importantly, is knowing that We are Americans and we’re on to these shenannigans that the elitists are trying to foist upon us. The elites underestimate us. They shun us. They ridicule us. They call us names.
What the ‘ruling class’ doesn’t seem to get is the fact that when Americans of all stripes are faced with a foe; more importantly a foe that purports to “rule” us, we will come out swinging.
We will fight anyone and anything that threatens our liberty. We are not racists. We are not homophobes. We are not elitists. We are Americans.
If and when my brother or sister is laid bare, I will rescue him or her. I will be his or her help. I will give food, water, shelter, comfort, hope and faith for my fellow Americans.
What I will not give, is ammunition to the enemy that stalks us all. I refuse to let words hurt me or mine; I refuse to submit to a ruling class vs. enterpreneurism. I take the crown of Nancy Pelosi and I step on it. and I spit on it.
And I say to my fellow Americans: This is OUR time. OUR chance. To protect and defend our freedoms. To fight for our children and their children. To fight for our freedom. And to fight against this Progressive movement which is a wolf in sheeps clothing.
An old typing lesson:
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of our Country.
/whodathunkit?
Let Freedom Ring.
/Rant, off.
January 6, 2010 at 8:35 pm
Very well said, I could not agree more. I think that is why so many people love the HB boyz. We are all Americans standing up for what we believe in. We are a very different bunch of folks, but that’s what America is all about. As to why they haven’t been on more today, I hope it is because they are working or researching, but I am concerned as well.
January 6, 2010 at 9:00 pm
+1,000
January 6, 2010 at 7:52 pm
A little late in the game today, but I agree that this website is an oasis. The quality humor and open discussion without ad hominem attacks (among the commenters, at least, tee hee) makes it a first, middle, and last stop for me every day.
Plus, knowing there is someone like qr4j out there, with whom (after reading) I agree whole heartedly, who has humor, decency, and a good dose of the “prove it up” virus, well, please let’s keep it fun and quality around here.
In the meantime, here is a virtual hug and cackle to my Main Man QR; I am known for both and you deserve all of the love Luvva U can send.
LU
January 6, 2010 at 11:17 pm
LU, where are you from? Downstate Illinois here . . . East Central, to be more precise. Just curious . . .
January 7, 2010 at 2:30 am
I actually live in Alaska! Nowhere near you physically, but keep you all in my thoughts every day, cause I’m a freak like that! lol
LU
January 7, 2010 at 12:13 pm
We should all be so “freaky.” :)
January 6, 2010 at 8:14 pm
Boyz
where are you??? i spent a fearful moment wondering if your post yesterday had brought the attention of some not so nice peeps, i.e. o’s henchmen
This is usually the time that i get a few moments to myself to read your blog, and you’re MIA today.
well wishes
hugs and kisses
January 6, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Maybe they liked Hill’s new face so much they’re out getting a new one too?
January 6, 2010 at 8:48 pm
There were days during the primary battle when she looked so tired and puffy, I couldn’t help but feel for her. The next day she would come out looking strong and well rested, with no puffiness around the eyes. She looks like she got some well needed rest.
January 6, 2010 at 9:11 pm
I read somewhere that part of Hillary’s ancestry is, Welsh; the same as mine. I have the same problem with the puffiness when I don’t exercise and when I forget to drink enough water. I’ve actually looked into the mirror on puffy days and said, “damn, I look like, Hillary.”
When she looks good – those are probably the days that she drinks plenty of water and works out.
January 6, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Didn’t they say they were going to be working the phone banks for “Hottie McAwsome” today? I hope it’s going well for them.
January 6, 2010 at 8:17 pm
Gallup: Obama Begins 2nd Year w/Highest Disapproval Rating in Modern Era
“According to Gallup’s first full data set for 2010, Barack Obama starts his second year in office with the highest disapproval rating of any President since Eisenhower.
Obama begins 2010 with 44% of the public disapproving of the job he’s doing as president.
That’s four points higher than the next closest president (Reagan),
six points higher than Bill Clinton, and
17 points higher than Jimmy Carter.”
http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2010/01/06/gallup-obama-begins-2nd-year-whighest-disapproval-rating-in-modern-era/
January 6, 2010 at 9:05 pm
It will get ugly. I am surprised 44% disapprove..It should be lots higher than that.
I have heard that once an approval rating is at 42%.. there is no climbing out of it.
January 6, 2010 at 9:41 pm
I wonder what it will be at with the closed door dealings with Health Care and him now blatently caught in lie after lie after lie.
January 7, 2010 at 7:07 am
How soon we they be whining about Gallup? in 1… 2.. 3
January 6, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Encouraging news on the Scott Brown front (from The Corner on National Review Online):
An E-mail from Massachusetts [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
FWIW:
After reading many positive posts about Scott Brown on The Corner, I thought I’d stop by one of his regional campaign offices and pick up a lawn sign. Wow, was I blown away by how packed the place was with volunteers and activity. In fact, there were a number of folks there who had also stopped by and we had to wait in line just to get a lawn sign. This is at 2pm on a weekday when most of Brown’s supporters are likely at work. This weekend will be nuts, I’m sure. 01/06 03:02 PM
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTUwYjI5OTlhZDZkOWZkOGM2MmQ4NjcyNGQ0NzMzMzI=
January 6, 2010 at 9:43 pm
Teresa, I was having my car serviced today and had the misfortune to watch CNN news in their reception area. They spent an entire 30 minute segment today talking about the 2010 elections and not once did they mention the race in Massachussetts. Geez, I wonder why…. :)
January 7, 2010 at 3:18 am
Mark Levine was saying on his show today that he is going to try to get Scott Brown to come on his show tomorrow (actually, today, Jan 7).
January 6, 2010 at 9:04 pm
The Hillbuzz boyz won’t be happy about this one:
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sright/2010/01/05/steve-from-blues-clues-teaches-kids-to-hate-sarah-palin/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BigHollywood+%28Big+Hollywood%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
January 6, 2010 at 9:37 pm
I hate humor being used to hate.
January 6, 2010 at 9:32 pm
I apologize if this has already been posted. I may have missed it.
Everything we love about Hillary:
http://www.vogue.com/feature/2009_December_Jonathan_Van_Meter_Profile_of_Hillary_Clinton/
January 6, 2010 at 9:35 pm
I just heard Utopia ordered a “surge” of air marshalls by Feb 1. Does he know it takes over 3 months to train them?
There’s 3200 air marshalls and about 90k flights a day and he wants them all covered? Good luck with that Dear Leader :D
January 6, 2010 at 11:23 pm
So Utopia is doing a “surge” now? He must have decided that word works for his purposes. It means nothing. What can air marshals do if you’ve failed to keep the terrorist from getting on the plane?
January 6, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Here’s the thing: As far as I know no “terroist” type person has been allowed to board an airplane in the United States..meaning OUR system is working. Could things be improved with OUR system, of course things can always be made better. However, this “terrorist” was allowed to board this plane in out of the US. How the hell are we supposed to patrol the world and make sure that no “terrorist” gets on a plane heading for the US? Well, I think that other countries need to step up and do their part as well. Apparently it wasn’t so much that OUR system failed as the fact the other systems out of US control did fail..
January 6, 2010 at 11:42 pm
not since 9/11 anyhow? I am sure I could be wrong..
January 7, 2010 at 12:33 pm
Don’t know if anyone will see this, but we can put air marshals on flights that board overseas if the destination is in the US.
The other issue, though, is that they make air marshals board early and dress like businessmen/women. They stick out like sore thumbs to the initiated. Any jihadi who boards would be looking to take out them first.
How about letting them wear jeans and sweats?
January 6, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Could someone please let me how to sign up to receive Tea Party alerts, etc.
I looked it up online, there were so many when I searched, I didn’t know which is like the “main” one.
I would like to sign up to receive these alerts. Thanks!
January 6, 2010 at 10:50 pm
I’m signed up with a local tea party and at http://www.freedomworks.org/
There’s a local search feature at this link:
http://www.teapartypatriots.org/Default.aspx
January 6, 2010 at 11:06 pm
No Quarter has a post up saying that Jake Tapper wants to talk to some people who identify themselves as tea party members. See post at http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2010/01/06/are-you-a-tea-party-convert/
January 7, 2010 at 7:51 am
I didn’t know how to show you where or what I get sent from the Tea Party so I tried to copy it! Hope it works:
_____________________________________
From: Sal Russo – Tea Party Express
Date sent 01/06/2010 08:01:31 pm
Subject: Political Shocker for Republican in Massachusetts Possible
As Chief Strategist of the Tea Party Express I am pleased to announce our endorsement of Republican Scott Brown for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts. This will be a critical race, a Special Election that takes place on January 19th, and one that could stop the Democrats from passing through their government-run healthcare monstrosity.
Read below for details on how we here at the Tea Party Express are taking action…
This Special Election will fill the seat of the late Senator Ted Kennedy.
Initially, pundits expected an easy win for the liberal Democrat candidate, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley.
But new polls out this Tuesday showed the race has narrowed to a 9-point margin! And Election Day is just 12 days away!
Republican Scott Brown opposes the government-run healthcare plan now being debated by Congress. He launched his campaign on the platform of lower taxes and reduced government spending.
He has earned the support of many within the Tea Party movement, and we here at the Tea Party Express want to deliver that message to the people of Massachusetts.
With polls showing the Tea Party movement more popular than either the Democrat or Republican ads, we here at the Tea Party Express want to run positive ads announcing our support for Brown’s candidacy.
But we have to act fast. The Special Election is on January 19th – just 12 days from now! This is an important election – and will be an uphill battle for us to prevail given the leftward slant of Massachusetts, politically.
But we must take action, for if we can pull out a victory we stop the Democrats dead in their tracks in their effort to secretly ram through their socialistic healthcare plan.
You can contribute any amount you can afford, from as little as $5 to the maximum allowed $5,000.
We’re trying to raise and spend over $100,000 on this race by Election Day. Therefore, we are hoping 500 of you can afford a contribution of $100 or more so we can quickly meet our goal and get up on the airwaves with the Tea Party Express’s endorsement of Scott Brown.
If you prefer you may also mail in a contribution to our finance headquarters:
Tea Party Express
ATTN: Scott Brown for Senate
770 L Street #1020
Sacramento, CA 95814
** FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO YOUR FRIENDS – CLICK HERE **
*** VIEW THIS EMAIL AS A WEB PAGE – CLICK HERE ***
http://paracom.paramountcommunication.com:80/hostedemail/email.htm?h=229565c66a096ede9ef099506e24dc02&CID=5560868424&ch=B2AD657B119C047A1FC97F69D7DC4E06
January 7, 2010 at 8:16 am
You can also get some good information about efforts of other groups and local state groups at:
http://www.resistnet.com/
January 6, 2010 at 11:32 pm
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/magazine/10florida-t.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
You have got to be kidding me?!! Charlie Crist using the Tea Party…
January 6, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Then again, I don’t really see the point of the article..it is rather long and boring and doesn’t really say that much…except it seems the author is partial to Crist.
January 7, 2010 at 12:52 am
Hugh Hewitt’s letter to Massachusetts voters ..
Dear Massachusetts Voter
Hugh Hewitt
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Dear Massachusetts Voter:
Long ago and far away, I was one of you.
I actually campaigned for Gerald Ford in Fall River, so I know what it is like to try and get an old JFK Democrat to even listen to an appeal from a Republican.
Going Rogue by Sarah Palin FREE
But especially if you are an old Democrat, you should be listening.
A vote for Scott Brown in the upcoming special election to fill Teddy Kennedy’s seat for a brief period of time will save your Medicare.
You don’t have to tell your family. You can pretend to have voted Democratic again. But if you want to save Medicare from the massive cuts that President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have planned, you need to vote for Scott Brown.
It isn’t forever. In fact you can vote Scott Brown out very soon, and perhaps a Kennedy will even run in the next election and you can get the seat back into the family’s hands. Sure, all the Kennedys are dutifully endorsing her, but you know they feel this is very wrong. This is the Kennedy seat, and if it passes out fo the family to another Democrat there’s no telling when another one of the family will get back to the chamber which was once home to JFK, Bobby and Ted.
You don’t really admire Coakley now, do you? She is part of Team Patrick, and they have done a worse job in the Bay State than President Obama has done nationally.
She hates the Red Sox. Well, maybe not, but she still is setting the worst example of any candidate in modern Massachusetts history by refusing to campaign and ask for your vote.
The key though is the message you can send to the D.C. Democratic elites. if you vote for Scott Brown, the message received in Washington will be loud and clear: The D.C. Democrats have gone to far to the left and are threatening FDR’s legacy and the senior citizens the Democrats used to protect and serve.
Dermocrats are fleeing D.C. with Senators Dorgan and Dodd quitting just this week. But the hard left leadership simply won’t listen, simply won’t push the president back to the center.
To make that happen and stave off disaster for Medicare and for Democrats in the fall, the party needs a sharp slap in the face.
You can give them just that. Massachusetts can send a message heard not just in D.C. but around the world. Again.
Scott Brown. Think about it.
January 7, 2010 at 1:19 am
Looks like the Kirk story has gone MSM:
http://townhall.com/columnists/SandyRios/2010/01/06/do_we_have_a_right_to_know_if_candidates_are_gay
and it also appears that Hillbuzz was right once again.
January 7, 2010 at 2:42 am
Things sure move fast these days. One day we’re in; next day we’re outed. O shit O dear–as we used to say.
The problem with lying officials is that they’re set-ups for blackmail. That and the fact that they can’t be trusted any longer.
Don’t the Parties vet these member closets for skeletons? Oh I forgot: all politicians have stuffed and padlocked closets.
January 7, 2010 at 10:37 am
I’ve been thinking some about this because Kirk is my congressman. With the exception on him voting driven by his belief that Climate Change is manmade, he’s done a pretty good job for my district. Do I think he’s strong enough and charismatic enough to take the senate seat away from the Dems – no. Sure wish the Repubs would back someone else.
Has Kirk ever said “I’m not gay.”? If he has – then he’s a liar. If he has chosen not to speak on his sexuality, then it is his own business, and none of ours. I believe he still serves as an intelligence officer in the military- so by coming out – he gets kicked out of the military, which is something I know he takes great pride in. I suppose one could argue that by coming out, he shines a light on the ridiculousness of DADT. But I can’t fault the guy for wanting to keep doing something he loves. As a congressman is he called to sacrifice everything?
If he’s voted against or supported any Defense of Marriage initiatives, I don’t have a problem with that. I personally know people in the LGBT community that either support it, or don’t care.
The problem is that the Dems walk a fine line between using Kirk’s sexuality against him in order to get anti-gay Repubs to not come out and vote and making themselves look hypocritical. You can only be Black or Gay if you are a liberal – sorry folks. If you’re Black or Gay and a conservative, you are toast and they will shame you because you are the worst kind of betrayer.
January 7, 2010 at 3:47 am
Hllo everyone. Did you know that Hottie McAwesome’s internal polling shows him dead even with Martha Hoaxley? He said so on Laura Ingraham’s show today.
January 7, 2010 at 8:18 am
What’s on my mind today is that Shiela Dixon, the lying, theiving, now former-mayor of Baltimore, is pretty much a model politician.
http://americanslytherin.wordpress.com/2010/01/07/stealing-from-the-poor-a-fable/
(now with more Jayne Cobb!)
January 7, 2010 at 8:50 am
Where’s Martha Coakley?
January 6, 2010 04:00 PM
By Brian McGrory,
Globe Columnist
If you’re a registered voter in Massachusetts, your friendly Democratic Senate candidate, Martha Coakley, is sticking her thumb in your eye.
Coakley, in exquisitely diva-like form, is refusing all invitations to debate her Republican opponent in the race, Scott Brown, unless a third-party candidate with no apparent credentials is included on the stage. She may also require a crystal bowl of orange-only M&Ms in her dressing room, but we haven’t gotten that far yet. Her demands have led to an astonishing result: there will be just one — that’s one — live televised debate in the Boston media market this general election season.
Think about that for a moment. We tend to elect our members of Congress for life in this state, especially when they’re Democrats, which they usually are. This particular race, a special election, has unfolded at breakneck speed. We have two barely known candidates — Coakley has run statewide just once, Brown is a state senator from exurbia — trying to fill a huge void at a time of war and economic upheaval.
And Coakley’s overriding strategy is to quietly back into the job, to have you, the voter, know less about the major candidates rather than more.
MORE
http://www.boston.com
January 7, 2010 at 10:24 am
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/01/heads-explode-dennis-miller-predicts-possible-palin-presidency/
January 7, 2010 at 10:47 am
Miller is behind the curve.
Paul Krugman (yes, THAT one) has already predicted that if Obama doesn’t fix the economy, it won’t be better until the middle of President Palin’s SECOND term. heh
http://www.businessinsider.com/growth-and-jobs-the-lesson-of-the-clinton-years-2009-11
January 7, 2010 at 10:26 am
More red meat.
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/01/newt-gingrich-on-obama-administration-this-is-a-ruthless-machine-that-doesnt-care-what-it-says-it-cares-what-it-can-get-away-with-video/
January 7, 2010 at 10:48 am
Recall of state officials, how-to:
http://www.ncsl.org/LegislaturesElections/ElectionsCampaigns/RecallofStateOfficials/tabid/16581/Default.aspx
We need to put a bug in Nevada’s butt about Reid.
January 7, 2010 at 11:05 am
I hope our Hillbuzz Boyz are doing okay. Perhaps they are on a sunny beach somewhere, soaking up rays. Or perhaps they are busy at work. Or perhaps they are in MA, helping Hottie McAwesome win the special election.
At any rate, I hope they are okay. A day without them is like a moment without air. That’s a real tribute to them.
January 7, 2010 at 11:13 am
Hi qr4j!!! I worry as well. I posted a similiar sentiment over on yesterday’s ‘Pelosi’ thread.
And…did you see that Dear Leader (hyperventilating with glee here…NOT!!!) will give us (he is soooooo good to us all!!!) ONE HOUR OF HEALTH CARE ‘COVERAGE’ ON C-SPAN!!!
How wonderful!!! A one hour infomercial!!!
Its a SHAM!!! Wow!!! Props to the actual ShamWow guy…who I fear, even with his beating up hookers and stuff..is STILL more honorable than the current _resident of DC.
January 7, 2010 at 11:18 am
Duh…would help if I included my intended link to Breitbart:
http://www.breitbart.tv/c-span-ceo-white-house-has-allowed-only-one-hour-of-health-care-coverage/
How stoopid do they think we are???
January 7, 2010 at 11:33 am
If they had any brains, they spent the day (in between calling for Mr. Hottie) grocery shopping, putting gas in cars, etc. And hiding under the covers. I heard it’s colder than a witches tit.
I talked to my sweetie, who is also on the north side of Chicago, and they are expecting a BIG storm. His super made him move his car, etc. The cops are getting cranky over the street parking, etc.
They’re fine….prolly just coping with the midwest in winter.
Which is exactly why I moved. LOL
January 7, 2010 at 11:37 am
It’s going to be 53 here today in S. Utah and you would think it’s the end of the world. People are walking around with parkas and gloves, bitching about how cold it is. No kidding.
Too bad they didn’t grow up in Cleveland, like I did. In Cleveland, they’re wearing flipflops and shorts until the snow is 6″ deep.
LOL
January 7, 2010 at 11:11 am
Link to a Scott brown support group
http://brownbrigade.ning.com/
January 7, 2010 at 11:36 am
What’s on my mind? I would like to expand on a comment I made earlier. I think it’s frightening that the public can be so easily manipulated in the media. When you realize that we have undergone three terrorist attacks in this country in the past year (Detroit, Fort Hood, Arkansas) and we have all been consumed with the takeover by the Obama socialists and not focusing on safety it’s an eye opener. This happened in 2001. We turned around and asked ourselves “Who the hell is Osama Bin Laden?” How easy it is to forget that. The majority party concentrate on growing the government and paying eachother off all the while our nation is under attack. People want to DESTROY US. They cannot STAND the US. We cannot sit here and pretend they do not exist. This is exactly why the Tea Party movement is so popular. People are sick of it. Washington needs to get its act together and we, the people, need to vote people to power who will listen to us. That goes for judges, too, which nobody pays attention to. Who knows the names of the judges in their district? Nobody. It is the people who are in charge of our laws that should be held responsible. We have to stop being a pop culture population and pay attention. The MSM concentrates on Tiger Woods and Madonna more than terrorism. We have GOT to change that.
January 7, 2010 at 12:04 pm
The tactic of insisting that the bill be read aloud in its entirety may have to be employed again once the final bill is returned to the Senate for consideration, so as to prolong the process — especially if that occurs before (let us hope) Brown is sworn in. (I believe that prior to voting on that final version a reading is legally required, unless dispensed with by unanimous consent. Please correct me if that’s not correct.)
So, a further round of encouraging phone calls to the offices of Senators Coburn and DeMint may be in order!
January 7, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Sorry, that comment should have been entered in the string begun by FrogMarch (post no. 33) above. Apologies!
January 7, 2010 at 7:18 pm
[...] Wednesday Open Thread: January 6th, 2010 What’s on your mind this Wednesday? [...]
January 7, 2010 at 10:42 pm
“You vote Obamacare, we’re going to vote you out of there.”
2010-2012 clean government up, have no mercy on not a one who votes Obama care !
January 7, 2010 at 10:58 pm
The Feb. 6 appearance in Nashville gives Palin the opportunity to “take up the mantle that has been waiting for her as the movement’s most visible and popular hero,” said The Atlantic’s Chris Good.
Among the other conservative luminaries who
Let’s show the ones who voted for this death trap Obamacare that we mean business,Crab your gear and let’s all go to the tea party !
will speak at the convention is Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., who has been a headliner at other Tea Party events (and won’t repeat her line comparing the movement to the doomed “light brigade” this time). But Palin is by far the event’s biggest attraction. And she’ll take center stage at a time when the Tea Party is showing it can influence election results.
“You vote Obamacare, we’re going to vote you out of there.”
Hey Obama-Pelosi-Reid-democrats we are sick tried of being shut out and pushed aside, we are not going to take it “NOMORE”
Jack Cafferty Rips Obama on Failed Openness Pledge: ‘Just Another Lie Told for Political Expediency’
YES JEFF CAFFERTY WE THE PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER THOSE WHO SHUT THE DOORS ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE-THOSE WHO VOTED FOR THIS DEATH OBAMACARE! OH YEAH, WE WILL REMEMBER !…sure I am yelling here with caps!
Important Message From #1 Regarding “Open To CSPAN” Promise In Obamacare Debate.
LIES, LIES AND MORE LIES,THAT’S ALL OBAMA IS,AND THAT IS ONE BIG FAT MILLIONS LIES AND A FRAUD IN OUR COUNTRY!
LIAR..LIAR…LIAR AND LIAR THAT ALL OBAMA IS,A BIG FAT LIAR
REMEBER THIS OBAMA ? I,I,I,UH I, WELL THAT WAS NOT ME, IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE..GET LOST OBAMA !
BLAH BLAH BLAH…
HE LIED HE HAD HELP FROM MSNBC-NBC ABC THE VIEW OF MAIN STREAM MEDIA TO GET HIM IN-HIS FRAUD ACORN VOTES HE STOLE-THE DEAD PEOPLE VOTES HE STOLE.THE MICKEY MOUSE NAMES AND TRIBLE OF THE SAME NAME HE HAD THAT VOTED..WE AR SICK OF HIS FRAUD AND LIES! GET LOST OBAMA !
January 7, 2010 at 11:05 pm
I love Sarah!She is honesty-full of love for her/out country a strong minded women.and was Mayor-Governer and she is comander-n -cheif watching Russia making sure they send no weapons at U.S.the main stream media lied of her.The main stream media men and women there of MSNBC knocked down women in the work force,Keith Olbermann-chris Matthew was the worst! As I sat and watch, I could not believe any media would act like they had.I would like to see the first women as president,I also would like to see a real african America as President,like steel or the other way around Sarah President and Steal V.P
I think Sarah and Steal would be good together!
January 7, 2010 at 11:09 pm
Go Brown Go, Kick butt!
January 7, 2010 at 11:25 pm
I agree Bev.A sad day in america when our media can not be trusted.Media had woken me up to the corruption we have in main stream and pres as well.I will never beable to trust a word they say.
I see how the media can control the minds of people in which are the people who sit and believes everything they say. Those people I can not even believe how anyone in america can be taken in by the media without looking at all campaigns to see what went on and what they really said and how they lie of the other campaign.Fact Check was a played a big part in washington corruption.Annenberg is in facts check in which Annenberg-Bil Aryes and Obama all worked 5 years together.
Obama and his thugs have been working many years.The corruption is far worst then any other president ever ! But, then again Untill Obama brings his birt certificate out to the public and not a fake colbs or a colbs issued by Hawaii.Colbs has not he hospital-city seal or the name and siguture of the doctor.Obama paid now going on 2 million to attorney to hide his birth certificate as well as his documents.Obama has judges who can not come up with a reason but, to say dismissed. You se Obama has brought threaten people.As he has thugs of Judges as well to make sure they do not let the american people see his birth certificate.Why do you think Obama his attoneys don’t sue anyone who brings his birth certificate into file within the court?
Cause, if Obama and his thug attorneys do, then Obama has to prove and bring his Birth certificate in the open! what MSNBC stuch up was the same thing Obama stuck up on “Fight the smear ” a fake colbs” Obama can’t stand up and fight this on his own, he use people to fight for him,He use the america people who are asleep to go out and help spread his lie .
Obama is a thug and not america citizen !Many people saw the tape of Obama’s grandma saying that she was in the deliverly room when Obama her grandson was born in Kenya Monbbosa.. I saw that to ! The tape was taken down once it started to spread and block from any more in seeing it!
It makes me sick that Pelosi allowed this she to is a low life of our country who needs to be thrown out!