Monday Open Thread: June 8th, 2009
Here’s some of what happened in history today.
68 – The Roman Senate accepts Galba as Emperor
793 – Vikings begin Scandanavian invasion of England
1191 – Richard I begins his Crusade
1783 – Laki Volcano eruption in Iceland kills 9,000 and begins 7-year famine
1789 – James Madison introduces what will become the Bill of Rights
1861 – Tennessee secedes from the Union
1906 – Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, empowering the president to reserve land with historical value
1928 – City of Peking captured by revolutionaries, renamed Beijing
1959 – Missile Mail delivery attempted on USS Barbero
1968 – Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral in Washington, DC
1995 – Captain Scott O’Grady rescued by US Marines in Bosnia
What’s on your mind today?
What are people in your part of the country talking about as the big stories this week?
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My first thoughts this morning were:
If I were Secretary of State, I would ask the Chinese if they would consider keeping Mayor Ray Nagin and his wife quarantined indefinitely, and then I would offer the North Koreans a trade deal – if they release the two U.S. journalists, we’ll give them Al Gore and throw in Cindy Sheehan as a bonus.
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So much for making nice with our enemies! LOL!
Have a great day everyone!
How about Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid?
Or Benito Obama himself??
Thankfully, none of those three were on my mind this morning. LOL!!
Heck, if they take gore and sheehan, we should even throw in a nuke.
LMAO!
heck lets go big..give them potus and flotus.throw in totus too…..
Speaking of……Cindy is back! Today she protested in front of President Bush’s home in Dallas. Doesn’t she have anything better to do?
If Al Gore had any balls, he’d offer his bloated self in exchange for the women.
Obama Can Handle ’3 A.M.’ Call, Clinton Now Says
That was from FOXnews…I kinda wish she wouldn’t have said that…it kind of screws her for the future??
She did’nt have a choice but to say that… Why did they ask her?
Validation of Benito, Sharon.
I know…. your correct, silly me…Hows your daughter doing here in Michigan?
Well, Sharon they hang in there. As a pastor’s family, they firmly believe that God wants them in that place/that time for a reason. So they’re focusing on the positives—like a store that sells nothing but flutes! Owner gives free lessons to young students. Try to find that anywhere else but the Big City!
Projected enrollment at their parochial school is down by at least half. Every week, they’re losing members. And they still owe $130,000 against a house that’s maybe worth less than $75,000. At this point, they think of it as rent; they will never recoup what they paid.
I can think of several ways she could have answered that baiting question, starting with….”there are so many serious issues confronting us….the campaign is behind us” and then focusing on her talking points.
I was sick to my stomach when I heard that.
From Fox News;
I hope Hillary isn’t going to the dark side..
Secretary of State invites Va. assembly candidate Esam Omeish — who once told crowd ‘jihad way is the way to liberate your land’ — to participate in conference call on bridging divides with Muslims.
Oh, don’t worry. She doesn’t believe it any more than we do. I’m telling you, that woman has something up her sleeve…. heh-heh
I hope….but it is fading…
I love Theodore Roosevelt.Well that’s on my mind right now since I saw his picture.
Ugh! I used to… until I started reading more about him. He is one of the early 20th Century progressives at the beginning of where this country jumped the tracks and got us to where we are today.
Yes, Desperado.
Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson put us on the path to Socialism. FDR implemented it and since, both parties have used socialist issues/policies that got us to 2008. Thanks to Benito’s Five-Month Program, we’re becoming France.
Time to re-read “Animal Farm” and “1984.”
I re-read 1984 right after the election, and am redoing Animal Farm with my 11 y.o for summer reading. But we’re balancing those with Johnny Tremain. Can’t get too deep in the abyss.
Nope, our elected representatives & we citizens COULD NOT SEE what the Stimulus package contained. Trillions of our tax dollars that will bankrupt us for 25 years was rushed through in the dead of night—largely unread.
In stark contrast, the Obama administration is releasing a new report on Defense Dept. spending. Which is going to be trumpeted for weeks/months on major newscasts. Anything to make the Bush administration look bad . . . oh, and let’s go all the way back to 2001. Did I mention it’s been condensed into a readable 111 pages???
“The Defense Department has failed to provide adequate oversight over tens of billions of dollars in contracts to support military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, says a new report by an independent commission investigating waste and fraud in wartime spending.
“U.S. reliance on private sector employees has grown to “unprecedented proportions,” yet the government has no central database of who all these contractors are, what they do or how much they’re paid, the bipartisan commission found.
“In its first report to Congress, the Wartime Contracting Commission presents a bleak assessment of how taxpayer dollars have been spent since 2001. The 111-page report, obtained by The Associated Press, documents poor management, weak oversight, and a failure to learn from past mistakes as recurring themes in wartime contracting.
“The commission’s report is scheduled to be made public Wednesday at a hearing held by the House Oversight and Government Reform’s national security subcommittee.”
The only thing I keep thinking is “Karma is a bitch.” If Obama keeps on criticizing the “previous administration” he needs to take a look around him and see what disasters await his policies. Sure everyone (that counts) loves him now. But in 2 years he’s not going to be able to keep blaming the “previous administration”. His supporters, I’m sure, will try to remind us that he inherited a bad economy. At which time we will remind them of the Porkulus bill, the 2010 budget, possibly health care etc etc.
I used to say that Bush could spend like a Democrat. Then Obama took over and proved how wrong I was. Sorry to our Dem friends here. But with BO in the White House – he is the definition of a Democrat for now – no matter how much you hate it.
Good day to all!!! In Michigan the car companies are the main story and will continue to be for a long time I would imagine. There was a scathing column in the Detroit News yesterday regarding Obama and his task force. They got a hold of some internal e-mails that show the task force is making all of the decisions, which I think most of us were aware of. I was glad to see the article as the papers here have been extremely careful in reporting any negative columns regarding Obama or the task force. Personally, I think it was deliberate… We will see if it continues..
Nothing Mr U has done scares me more than what he is about to do with health care:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aj5HHIKfogR8&refer=worldwide
He accused McCain of having a health care plan that taxed benefits, which was one of the big reasons McCain was rejected. Now he says that health care benefits should be taxed. On top of that, the “rich” will be asked to cough up more so that the uninsured can get free health care. Well, the uninsured already get free health care. They walk into a hospital, get free care, and walk out without paying a cent. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay higher costs to cover them.
The irony of Mr U’s new plan is that the “rich” are generally older people, who have invested and saved all their lives. Under the gov. cost cutting, they will be then denied services because they will be deemed too old, and not worth saving. If they end up with a midlife health crisis, the costs will leave them bankrupt. So the rich will pay through the teeth. On top of that, we will be subjected to more sin taxes. Get ready for more taxes on coke and cookies. Now since I do not consume coke or cookies, this does not affect me, but the whole idea leaves me furious that as we march to becoming the Socialist States of America.
http://keithhennessey.com/2009/06/08/kennedy-health-bill/
Here is an explanation of the Kennedy Health Care Bill, that`s what the name of it is now.
This bill is a nightmare.
I agree. Start writing all of your representatives and tell them we don’t want Obama care. Can’t afford it right now and can’t be done well if rushed.
And those in (relatively) higher tax brackets should not have to pay for it. Can you say “income redistribution” one more time?
Some positive alternatives:
1) Incentivize employers to keep providing (I like my employer’s plan—only one of us carries insurance in my family, so we are not “double dipping.”)
Do something to fix COBRA…currenly it is almost unaffordable for many. That is a smaller, more doable solution. Let’s start with that.
Start funding these county hospitals better. That would be an economic stimulus that would mean something.
I was driving to work today and I saw a big sign (wonder how much they spent on it) telling me the street was about to benefit from the economic stimulus shovel-ready business. The street is fine as is. So much politics and corruption.
Some positive alternative thoughts:
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I just sent my letter. Something came to mind as I wrote it, we need to encourage them to find long term solutions rather than short term solutions. I think so many problems exist because people have looked for the short term solutions that will make them look good immediately rather than being able to find a long term solution that will last a lot longer.
Those of us from Chicago know there are two seasons: Winter and construction. Of course we are soooo lucky to have lots of “shovel ready” projects,because this is what keeps Illinois pols in the money, with their payoffs and bribes for those contracts. My family was in this biz for decades, so I know exactly how it works. Now that LaHood, the hood, has gone to DC to help out Mr U, he is bringing these pay to play tactics to the whole country. Yeah, they are putting some more people to work on these jobs, getting all those union votes consolidated. Illinois is even reaping the rewards of having our own personal bevy of thugs in DC. That is why all of our roads are torn up right now. But in the end, these jobs are not contributing much to the employment rolls. Gov jobs need money for payrolls, and the only way to pay is with higher taxes. We get taxed to death in Il. to keep these projects going, and will now get socked even more. And by the way, these projects are not roads or bridges made to last. They are skimped on at every turn so they need to be redone in a few years, to keep those jobs flowing. Germany can built roads and bridges that last decades. We cannot even build any that last one. The inspectors are paid off for subpar work. Corruption IL style, headed to a road project near you.
Eu moves right as the US moves left.
Time to move to Europe!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090607/ap_on_re_eu/european_elections
Andy Martin (R) is going to run for Obama’s old senate seat and is ready to face the corrupt Chicago smear machine. Andy was on the front lines trying to stop the election of ‘him’. (I’m calling BHO ‘him’ from now on because he’s insignificant to me)
Like Andy or not, he is a fantastic writer in style, a relentless soldier for ethics and I hope he wins.
He fought right along side we disenfranchised Dems from the beginning of the primaries and helped disclose the truth about ‘him’ Please spread the word to vote for Andy.
http://www.AndyforUSSenator.com
What else is on my mind is that Chrysler & GM should not go along with ‘him’.
They need to tell ‘him’ to stuff it like Sarah does.
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1887
US Energy Dept Reveals Strings Attached
Not a snowball’s chance in hell. Corruption and Republican ineptness run deep here.
Hillbuzz fave (snark) Jan Schakowsky pulled herself out of the running today, saying she prefers to stay in Congress. What is up with Chris Kennedy? Nothing in the media lately. Giannoulis recouped millions that were lost in the Bright Start (college savings program) meltdown during the crash. Just in time to spit polish his rep as he hopes to run for the Senate. Where is Lisa? Burris was “counseled” by Dick Durbin not to run this weekend, and in typical Durbin fashion, he commented that he doesn’t know if Burris will listen to him (DD likes to have it both ways). Who did I miss?
Andy Martin will have no support from what we call a Republican party here in Illinois.
Jo Chgo said: “Andy Martin will have no support from what we call a Republican party here in Illinois.”
And this is why I keep saying that any genuine, decent candidate of the people should QUIT THEIR DAMN PARTY NOW AND RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT!
And all the voters should quit their parties, too. This is how we gain power over the corrupt pols. They’ll go out of their minds as their respective parties lose members in droves.
I’m starting to think that the choreography (sp?) of the administration is starting to falter. Like it or not, these folks have been very adept at controlling the diaglogue, mainly because the top people are PR strategists first, policy people second.
It seems that from the begining they have been playing a game of controlled chaos in order to shove their agenda down the throats of the country.
Reality has its own agenda. We are now seeing the administration in such a defense mode now that the stimulus is proving to be a total failure:
Note:
- BO will announce new job program today (thought that was all taken care of in the first round?)
- Bond yield curves are rising (i.e. real people can’t finance their own recovery)
- Cap and Trade has little support outside of the media
- The admistration is depending on made-up statistics to push their healthcare reform, and are being called out on it.
- Sotomayor is sinking, due to the existence of her racial/gender based bias (very odd for our post-racial president – puke)
- N. Korea is making him look like a naive pansy.
Remember, BO does not do well when confronted, so we can likely start to see the cracks become more prevalent.
I am wondering about this “crack” as well. Tomorrow is the Democratic Primary here in VA for Gov. race in the fall. A couple of weeks ago it was a three way tie, essentially. But then Terry McCauliffe and Brian Moran got into a public pissing contest about who loves Obama most and who loved him first. The third guy kept quiet and I heard this morning he now holds a commanding lead of about 16 points ahead of both Obama lovers. And don’t forget this is Tim Kaine’s state. I haven’t followed this primary as closely as I should have because I am an Ind. but I think I read that the third guy, Creigh Deeds, who is in the lead, is fairly conservative in fiscal matters, as well as a native Virginian, but with no real statewide name recognition when he started out, as opposed to the other two. Don’t know how big a role that might play. I’m just hoping that the Obama lovefest was a tactical mistake because more people are starting to question the administration’s plans. I know Hillbuzz is very fond of Terry and for their sake I feel sorry, but on the other hand, if his defeat is a sign of a changing tide in public opinion, then I guess I’m okay with that for now.
Also, friends in London last week said the cabbie told them most Americans he talks to these days are not so keen on Obama anymore. Big change, he says, from January.
Here’s hoping…..the real kind of hope.
I heard the same info about Deeds and was having the same feelings about hurting HB. But, forgive me, guys, I think the voters should go with Creigh Deeds. It’s time to support the folks who have the courage NOT to spout the party line (better yet, BREAK WITH THE DAMN PARTY!).
Good morning, everyone!
Sarah’s interview with Hannity will air tonight. From Drudge.
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashpfn.htm
Terrific!!! I do wish she would go on Oreilly though… He has huge ratings and like him or not, he has viewers from both parties. Either way, she will be all over the news because you know how the media likes to use interviews from FOX.
Gives me a reason to watch Hannity. Even as a Repub I find him way too strident. I do wish she’d do O’Reilly but I bet she’s saving that for her book rollout.
I love that the Gov was in my Blue State this weekend. Sadly, the ankle-biters were shadowing her every move, ready to start up the ethics complaints if anyone gives her anything. WHO IS FUNDING THESE PEOPLE???
Seriously, how is it that these Alaskan ankle-biters, one of whom we know is “unemployed” can jet off to NY to stalk the Governor on a moment’s notice?
Among the “gifts” that these dorks recorded was Sarah receiving the key to the city. LOL…LOSERS! Try putting a dollar value on THAT.
They make me sick but they’ll never stop the ‘Cuda.
Here’s a teaser from tonight’s interview:
HANNITY: Socialism?
PALIN: Well, that is where we are headed. That is where we have to be blunt enough and candid enough and honest enough with Americans to let them know that if we keep going down these roads… nationalizing many of our services, our projects, our businesses, yes that is where we would head. And that is why Americans have to be paying attention. And we have to have our voices heard. And ultimately it needs to be our will, the American people’s will imposed on Washington, instead of the other way around.
Another point she can add to her “I told you so” rant: Remember when she was given HELL for suggesting that given Alaska’s proximity to Russia, it would provide easy access for a strike on US soil for loons like Putin and N. Korea? Well, wouldn’t ya know… Korea’s “test” missiles can reach Alaska. Palin- 1. Obama and Company- 0.
Amidst all this doom and gloom, I did think of one potential upside to Dr. Utopia and his policies. Europe is dying–demographically and economically. Much of this is due to our well intentioned military socialism umbrella that has protected Europe and caused them to spend their money on social policies instead of defense. Why spend $$ on military defense when they had the good ol’ US of A to do the heavy lifting for them? Now that they can no longer rely on us due to Dr. Utopia, perhaps they will wake up in time to save themselves and their future from certain death. They are starting to trend conservative. Anyone else see this silver lining besides me?
That’s a silver lining right up until the Euro’s wake up one fine morning and realize they’re minorities in their own country, and that they’re now living under sharia law.
Jo, are you suggesting Socialism doesn’t work?! GASP!!!!
Congrats, Europe. Time for the US to wake up from their Kool-Aid hangovers.
CNN just announced the two journalists in N. Korea are sentenced to 12 years in a labor camp. My take on this: They want to use these two as a bargaining chip. We are talking about “sanctions” against N. Korea for their nuclear program. As long as there is “hope” of potentially getting the two ladies back, the U.S. may be afraid to apply strict sanctions, for fear of upsetting them further, and dash the chances of getting the journalists back. What does anyone else think?
When I saw that quote from Hillary that Obama is now fit to answer the 3 AM call and he has succeeded beyond her expectations, I almost croaked! Something must be going on behind the scenes to get her to say that, or else they have Chelsea tied up for ransom and she had to do it!!!
I think it is a very scary situation for those reporters. I think you are correct, they will use them as much as they can.
Think Jimmy Carter and the Iranian hostages back in 1979-1980.
As for Hillary, I think she lives on the same “plantation” as Benito—only as an overseer, not in the slave quarters. Her political livelihood is tied to his. And I’m not so sure she didn’t study at the feet of the same socialists as Benito.
Her comment yesterday was to change the status of North Korea. Sunday on ABC’s This Week she said that the U.S. “will consider reinstating North Korea to a list of state sponsors of terrorism.”
Remember Bush’s 2002 State of the Union speech? Where he referred to the ‘Axis of Evil’—Iran, Iraq and North Korea. At some point, North Korea was taken off the table and I think it was because they shut down some of their nuclear stuff. At any rate, if launching nuclear missiles—what, 5 or 6 times now—AND holding American journalists doesn’t qualify as a terrorist nation I don’t know what does.
Why all of a sudden are Americans being taken as hostages? I thought hope and change would make the world nicer to us?
I don’t know about anyone here, but I’m terrified of this Health Care that’s going to be crammed down our throats. Did a little research on the UK treatment and found some SHOCKING stories. And did you know that the rate of death from breast cancer in the UK is off the charts? Why? Government won’t pay for the medicine because it’s too expensive.
This is what happens when the Government runs healthcare:
http://www.liberty-page.com/issues/healthcare/ukdisabled.html
Read an article on one of the blogs which had to do with: Old people must die so immigrants can live. I will try and find the link and post it here as it was a few weeks ago. The article was upsetting: the gist of it is the democratic party’s plan to let the old people die by not providing them health care when needed, and flood the system with new immigrants and pay for them, with the hope that they all will vote Democratic!!!
Shoot–I think I wrote that, susan. Sounds like exactly what I’d say, because it’s TRUE!
Tammy:
I don’t live in the US anymore, I stopped voting 15 years ago and don’t have a dog in the fight. I don’t have an opinion on what’s going on politically in the US anymore.
That said, please be aware that not all nationalized health care is alike. Here on the continent, the health care system looks *nothing* like the UK’s.
I was a nurse in the US for 20 years. I have lived in Europe for the past 10 years.
I have used the health care systems of Ireland, England, Belgium, France, Germany and Luxembourg. With the exception of Ireland and the UK (essentially the same system), I have found health care to be excellent here. It is nothing like you are being told about. I would never want to go back to the US’s system for anything.
Please remember that what you hear about health care uses only the UK as an example. The reason why other systems are not mentioned is because they are working very well. The media will only trot out the worst examples.
Please remember how much you are being propagandized about everything in the US.
Not trying to start a fight here. I just want to remind people not to believe everything they are told and to dig deeper and find out what’s being kept from you.
Peace.
also wanted to add:
I’m in basic agreement with you. I think that anything that Obama institutes will be 1000 times worse than the UK’s system. It will be a disaster for the US.
I just wanted to make the point that not all nationalized health care systems are horrible.
Yeah, the French system worked really great for Princess Di didn’t it? If they had gotten her to damn hospital she would have lived! Same with Miranda Richardson. If the Canadians had the kind of trauma centers we have, she would have had a chance. Ask a breast cancer patient how long they have to wait for treatments in these countrys, while their cancers spread.As a survivor, I can tell you, the wait is horrible, and I only had 3 weeks from dx to surgery. I can’t imagine waiting 3 months while the bureaucrats decide what treatments you can have, and the hospitals put you on line for services. There is a lot I hate about our health care, but putting the Feds in charge will only pour fuel on the fire. Look at the mess they have made of medicare and see where we would end up.
Expat, my one question for you or anyone else that thinks the government should run healthcare is:
What program does the government run that is efficient and works? Do we want the same people that run the motor vehicle registration offices to make our health decisions? The only thing the government does well is the Military; and there is waste there, but that’s the one kind of waste I’m willing to pay for! Get the government out of Education, Social Security, Finances, Welfare, Auto, and Healthcare. The private sector does a much better job of all of these areas.
Expat:
You may want to look at the link I attached.
That’s a report from the BBC.
My Dad worked at the Mayo Clinic for 40 years, and the biggest client there today?
CANADIANS.
You may not have a serious disease, so health care is not a big deal to you, Expat, but my father-in-law(British) DIED because the UK told him he had to wait SIX MONTHS for a new pace maker.
Needless to say, he didn’t make it.
Go blow smoke up someone else’s ass, Expat.
I’m not buying your bull.
And one more thing on the subject:
How in God’s name can you compare the services in these teeny tiny countries to the HUGE United States?
NO comparison.
When my husband got injured in France he had himself airlifted to a US base before he’d let a French doctor do anything(he’s ex military, and still has priveleges).
I’m with girlpower on this one.
Just google “breast cancer in UK” and see what you get.
I’m with you Tammy. My aunt lives in England and has been waiting for more than 7 months now to see a doctor regarding a “lump” she has developed. We are so afraid that by the time she makes it in to see a doctor, it will be too late.
Tell you aunt to get her butt over to the US if she can!
Time is of the essence if it’s cancer.
The UK sucks.
I miss my dad-in-law….
The 2 journalists working for Al Gore should not have snuck into North Korea. As harsh as their sentences may be, they did violate NK laws and knew the consequences of getting caught.
The journalist in Iran was railroaded, not these two.
On Drudge – word that the SCOTUS has refused to hear an appeal on the Pentagon’s DADT policy – AT THE REQUEST OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION!!!
So how’s that Hopey Changitude working out for those in the LBGT Community who swallowed the Kool-Aid? Obama’s really looking out for you huh?
He’s a Muslim.
You think he’s going to help the LBGT community?
Never happen.
Yes, but SCOTUS may act on the Chrysler bankruptcy. Justice Ginsberg ordered the deal remains in legal limbo until the Supremes take some definitive action.
In 1935 SCOTUS declared FDR`s National Recovery Act unconstitutional when he overreached. Can we hope that Dr. Utopia gets slapped down by the Supremes? Yes we can.
YES WE CAN BABY!
Every pledge made by Benito Obama has an expiration date. He doesn’t care about the plight of gays in the military, he cares only for himself.
The Senate is considering a so-called “Cash for Clunkers” program.
The idea behind the legislation, offered by Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), is that if you trade in your older car or SUV, the government will provide you with a voucher up to $4,500 to purchase a new car or SUV that is more fuel efficient. Supposedly this would boost new car sales and help the beleaguered auto industry while also reducing global warming.
In reality, it’s a big government idea with many startling, unintended consequences. Meanwhile, even the intended consequences are bad for taxpayers, because this legislation is estimated to cost between $3 and $4 billion.
One unintended consequence of this bill is that it would further hurt the poor. That may seem counterintuitive. Yet the best way for a family to qualify for the program is for it to purchase an overpriced hybrid vehicle. If a family is struggling to put food on the table, even a $4,500 voucher doesn’t make such a car affordable. The only way for a low-income family to participate is to incur more debt.
Everything Benito is doing is rooted in “sameness.” Everyone needs to be on that same level playing field. News flash: Our forefathers came to America to get AWAY from the same universal misery imposed by kings.
If you’ve seen these green vehicles, most could be your coffin in high-impact collisions. Right now my 2008 Chrysler Town & Country van offers the best of all worlds: good mileage, structural protection, roominess. How are families with 3 or more kids supposed to transport everybody—not to mention a grocery trip?? Oh, wait. Nobody gets more than 2 kids. But the Hispanics currently average 6 and Muslims 8. Smells of deliberate outnumbering to me!
I intend on driving my cars forever. As long as the goverment owns a substantial part of the auto industry, I will go galt.
Have you seen the numbers? Rasmussen poll – only 43% of current GM owners would buy GM again.
Our $50 billion investment is going to net out nickels on the dollar.
I haven’t seen anyone mention this, but I remember hearing that Honda had stopped producing its hybrid vehicles because there was not a market for them. It feels like this is a way to force us to buy cars that do not have the market. In other words force the supply and demand to be the way he wants.
That said, my car is three years old, I have a few more years in it before it would be worth it to me to get a new one. Besides, I would get more on a trade in than I would on what they are offering.
Honda stopped making Their Accord Hybrid. It had a V6 engine in it, and got lower mileage and cost more than the 4 Cylinder Accord. Honda still makes the Civic Hybrid, and just came out with a new version of its Insight.
I woke up this morning feeling somewhat “shallow” and thinking about how AWESOME Neil Patrick Harris was on the Tony Awards last night, about how happy I am for Alice Ripley (whom I worked with in San Diego 15 years ago) winning the Best Actress in a Musical Tony and her speech that reminded us of the powerful words of JFK …..
I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.
Drudge has posted the following:
VIDEO: ‘TODAY’ SHOW MOCKS OBAMA TELEPROMPTER…
I haven’t gotten a chance to watch it yet but I can only hope that it is the beginning of major news outlets starting to call him out…
As for the poor, mocked TOTUS… your days are numbered and you will soon be thrown under the bus like all of Obama’s other political liabilities. We all knew this day was coming when Obama upgraded to a big screen mounted on the back wall for him to read from. Just as we all know it was Joe Biden’s fault for hastening your demise when he broke you and joked about it in CO. We realize that Biden was threatened by your control over Obama and his lies of Hope! and Change! It was only a matter of time before Rahm Emanuel also grew jealous over your influence on Obama and feared that Obama would become more dependant on you than him. So Biden, Rahm and Rahm’s MSM media lap dogs conspired to mock you and start erroding the public’s trust in you as he and Axelrod do to all who may threaten their power. Yes, TOTUS, we knew your day was coming… but we just didn’t know it was so soon.
If there’s no TOTUS, then they will have to give him an ear piece so that he knows what to say. The guy is incapable of doing anything without, and will fall flat on his face if he isn’t spoon fed the words.
Here’s the video…………
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/31051003#31051003
“And why does he use the teleprompter so much? Well, this…uh uh uh uh uh”. LOL Thank you, MichL. Loved it!
TXMom:
He’s having SEX with TOTUS.
Michelle won’t give him any. LOL
TAAAAMMMMMY!!!!
Okay…..I did chuckle…….a little.
Poor, poor TOTUS.
It’s not his fault.
He was a pawn in an evil empire.
TOTUS: Call me? Sometimes I just can’t find the right words to express myself, and I think you and I would be good for each other.
Kay? Call?
TOTUS is HOT.
http://www.black-and-right.com/2009/06/05/is-this-whole-financial-meltdown-by-design/
Here’s a link to Glenn Beck talking about ACORN. Crazy stuff.
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Translation: We better ask Hillary.
Amateur
Two things:
1. He avoided talking about or condemning Iran. Not surprising but worthy of noting.
2. He admitted his policy has been to reward North Korea for it’s bad behavior. And now his solution is to issue stern resolutions from the US, Chine and Russia. Like North Korea gives a d@#n about a stern rebuke or scolding. The only thing they (like all other bullies) will respect is a display of action/power
Like the illustration of Teddy on this thread:
“Talk softly but carry a big stick.”
Benito speaks platitudes/lies, while holding a picture of a stick.
I..uh uh uh dunno…. but I will uh uh uh send them a very nasty letter. Yeah, uh uh uh that’s it! A nasty letter…uh uh that’ll teach ‘em!
I was in Oregon when Mount St. Helens blew. I was very glad I wasn’t any closer. It’s scary to see Mother Nature in action.