Monday Open Thread: March 28th, 2011
Talk…talk….talk….talk. The ultimate spin doctor. I thought this video was appropriate for today considering the Spin Doctor in Chief is going to speak to us “little people” tonight about our “Kinetic Military Action” in Libya.
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So…what’s on your minds this Monday?
What are people talking about in your part of the country?
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Call me petty or childish, but the first thing I heard on the news this morning was VCU beat The One’s pick, Kansas–and I burst into laughter. Still smiling, too
Was it just my imagination, or did it look like after The One made his picks he turned around & looked at his audience (for lack of a better word) like he expected everyone to give him praise & adoration for his picks?
Nina Stone: The media hasn’t always hated Sarah Palin
http://sarahpalininformation.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/nina-stone-the-media-hasnt-always-hated-sarah-palin/
http://sarahpalininformation.wordpress.com/2011/03/27/nina-stone-the-media-hasnt-always-hated-sarah-palin/#comments
The video maker nails it.A video on why the left hates Sarah Palin.
http://transsylvaniaphoenix.blogspot.com/
Above link did n’t connect to the correct post. I will try again.
http://transsylvaniaphoenix.blogspot.com/2011/02/its-because-they-fear-her.html
As in all things he once again has the “Midas” touch again or en espanol “Mierda”
Or “merde” in French.
do you mean the reverse Midas touch, instead of turning to gold, it turns to shit?
Garden of Eden 2011: Just as Allen West told us last week – Boehner and his enforcer Pete Sessions squeezing and “turning out” our 87 Freshman and tempting them to eat the forbidden cocktail party fruit – Please contact them and tell to say “NO”
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51774.html
how about just cutting the budget and most of all – ObamaCare – as promised – not:
unprecedented career-development program for their huge freshman class
dual-track program
individual meetings to review their personal development and potential career track in the House –WTF?????????
…“Washington, D.C., is a swamp on the Potomac. When you travel in a swamp, there are very dangerous things in there. These new freshmen have to be vigilant and understand that those longtime swampgoers are there and will take every opportunity to take advantage of them,” said Mark Lloyd, chairman of the Lynchburg Tea Party in Virginia.
According to Sessions and other GOP leaders, the program includes weekly meetings, usually on Thursday, of all Republican freshmen to ensure they are on the same page on House business; smaller groups of freshmen that meet with leaders to discuss “best practices” as well as problems the new members have encountered; occasional policy forums; and individual meetings with each of the 87 first-term Republican members to review their personal development and potential career track in the House. Those personal meetings will be scheduled with Sessions or Oregon Rep. Greg Walden and at least one Boehner aide.
Sessions has worked as a close ally with Boehner and top aides to create what they call an unprecedented career-development program for their huge freshman class. “We want to take members in their day-to-day job and help them look over the horizon and at their performance on the team.”
Speaker Boehner: Are the checks still handed out on the House floor or in private now?
Since when is being a rep of the people considered a “career”?? This whole concept of career progression and getting briefings on it is bs.
Plus you know they are in trouble when the Boehner’s people have to introduce the obvious as a strawman in order to claim (denial) what is really happening is not the case therefore:
“This isn’t Stockholm syndrome. They are free to speak their mind”
Read on bare naked islam site that muslims are going to disrupt the royal wedding. Will england finally fight back?
Thanks for mentioning that site. I had not been there before. Interesting stuff.
http://barenakedislam.wordpress.com/
Why aren’t we invading all these countries, with the humanitarian Obama doctrine?
And this one.. http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
chilling..
Actually it is not the Muslims so much as it is the anarchists who are intending to do the disruption.
Media Matters has declared a ‘guerrilla’ war on Fox.
Investigations into upper and mid level executives are the order of the day and they seem oblivious to the Nazi quality of their actions. They apparently only want us to hear ‘vanilla’ news. I guess they don’t like a two party system in this country.
They also spoke of sabotage. I think it’s time to expose who these people are (Soros has given a million to MM and said today that we have it all wrong about his nefarious designs on this country and our freedoms (parapharasing).
In a pig’s eye.
Is Media Matters endangering its tax status with its “war” on fox?
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/03/media-matters-breaking-law-its-war-fox-news
Steven Crowder on fighting bullies. Yes, I laughed, especially at the euphemisms for “fat kid”:
http://www.youtube.com/user/StevenCrowder#p/u/0/6B2CeWhj5M0
Excellent video. I would like to line up every adult that says “violence is never the answer” and have them smacked around by a bully until they recant and admit that sometimes violence must be met with violence (unless you want to be killed).
The big kid deserves kudos for being so tolerant for so long. And the little bully kid got exactly what he had coming. What chutzah to think he could tease someone twice his size. He went down like a pathetic rag doll.
The best part of the video is watching the little coward limp away after he’s body slammed. priceless.
I agree that the little bully got exactly what he deserved. Unfortunately he will probably only learn to pick on kids smaller than he is. Wonder what that brat’s parents are like. I smell a lawsuit against the fat kid’s parents. I LOVE that it was filmed, however. And you KNOW that principal is a liberal.
there is more to the story. The young bully, Ritchard (that is how is name is spelt) claims that he was bullied.
Personally, I think that kid was lying, but I also think that he was egged on by whomever was holding the phone camera.
Someone FINALLY points out that the French just love to interfere in other nations’ affairs.
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/10336/
The difference between France and the US right now is finesse. Sarko got Obama to genuinely think that he could offload this onto other countries, rather than having to lead it indefinitely.
But remember, Obama will make everyone love and respect y’all! Any day now…
These are old items, but I think people need to be reminded of the work of Jack Cashill in “Deconstructing Obama”. Pour yourself another cup of coffee and listen to a great video followed by a great article:
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Decons
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/03/three_cheers_for_jack_cashill.html
“Humanitarian imperialism…
“For a true empire to work– even, or perhaps especially, a humanitarian empire–war has to be routinized.
“You’ve got two wars going already? No need to change the president’s schedule to start a third. Tour Latin America. Talk about your NCAA brackets.”
http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/27/the-routinization-of-humanitarian-war/#ixzz1HtohuIpv
Gotta say, I’m finally understanding what the big deal about Mickey Kaus is.
Cont:
“Don’t give a big speech–I mean, you don’t call a press conference every time the police run a sobriety checkpoint do you?
“The relevant international governing bodies have already determined the appropriate application of force.
“And “all responsible nations must embrace the role that militaries with a clear mandate can play to keep the peace.”
http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/27/the-routinization-of-humanitarian-war/#ixzz1Htp1nPnW
Aaand some more:
“It helps achieve routinization if wars can be conducted by a distinct cast of professionals whom we hire to do the job, as opposed to ordinary citizens who are drafted.
“That way when soldiers start dying … well, that’s the business they have chosen, right? And they’re largely drawn from a distinct geographic region, the South.
“Mothers don’t have to worry that their sons will sent to fight against their will, as happened in Vietnam–and if they’re Northern mothers in well-off suburbs they may not even know anyone who has a family member at risk.”
http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/27/the-routinization-of-humanitarian-war/#ixzz1HtpM0R9h
He’s really hitting the nail on the head on this one.
NEW LOW – no, really, this one kind of takes the biscuit – for Joe Biden:
http://lonelyconservative.com/2011/03/biden-apologizes-for-sticking-reporter-in-closet/
They actually put a reporter in a closet because he had the temerity to try to be a, y’know, reporter at a fundraiser.
Here’s some more:
http://reason.com/blog/2011/03/27/biden-thugs-imprison-reporter
“Powers had not sneaked into the event. He was chosen as the pool reporter for local media and was expecting to speak with guests in addition to hearing speeches by Biden and Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Florida).
“Instead, when he got there he was told the politicians had not yet arrived and hustled into a closet that seems to be more nicely appointed than my apartment…
“He was the designated pool reporter for the mainstream media. That Powers complied in his own marginalization reflects poorly on those folks…but it doesn’t excuse the administration’s extension of the “free speech zone” principle to the established press, or its abuse of Ginsburg’s hospitality.
“This is how the “most open and accessible administration in American history” treats accredited news organizations. Imagine how open they are with people who disagree with them.”
FYI
FBI calls C.A.I.R. Terrorist Tied!
“FBI Reaffirms CAIR’s Terrorist Ties”
http://www.redstate.com/jeffdunetz/2010/03/13/fbi-reaffirms-cairs-terrorist-ties/
Boyz:
Why no mention of the Snider/Blackburn Affair? This is big news in Illinois and I think your readers would like to hear you weigh in on this one. State Police take over investigation from local police, then threaten journalists to keep it quiet, Blackburn College refuses to cooperate, Snider retires the day after the incident…what gives? Give us the low down.
Maybe you should write up a report on it! Or do you know someone who has an inside scoop that can write up a report?
Here’s the details:
http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2011/03/are-illinois-democrats-covering-up-significant-racial-incident.html
More here:
http://www.carmitimes.com/topstories/x796070833/State-trooper-school-board-president-resigns-after-incident-in-Carlinville
and here:
http://biggovernment.com/driehl/2011/03/28/powerful-illinois-democrats-state-police-covering-up-racial-incident/
Here is my little diatribe against the overpopulation one world crowd on my blog.
http://usa-wethepeople.com/2011/03/overpopulation-the-leftist-solution-and-the-right-solution/
“Almost all my relatives are leftist. Some of them more extreme than others. As the sole Libertarian I am more or less a pariah at family gatherings. Once in awhile I try to argue facts but it is pretty useless and I resign myself to blather about social justice and how Democrats are on the side of the people. One wonders how much money will have to be shoveled to Wall Street, GE, GM, Chrysler, unions and “green” companies by Obama and his party members before the lemmings take notice and realize the “peoples” party is a bunch of greedy bastards. Maybe someday but not today.”
Almost all my relatives are leftist. Some of them more extreme than others. As the sole Libertarian I am more or less a pariah at family gatherings. Once in awhile I try to argue facts but it is pretty useless and I resign myself to blather about social justice and how Democrats are on the side of the people. One wonders how much money will have to be shoveled to Wall Street, GE, GM, Chrysler, unions and “green” companies by Obama and his party members before the lemmings take notice and realize the “peoples” party is a bunch of greedy bastards. Maybe someday but not today.
usa-wethepeople.com/2011/03/overpopulation-the-leftist-solution-and-the-right-solution/
Congrats to HB for making it to the MOTUS blog! 3.25.11 That would be the Mirror of The U.S. I found on facebook but i think its michellesmirror.com
http://sheeplearebaaaad.blogspot.com/2011/03/somewhere-in-middle.html
Aim for the middle in your daily wanderings my friends. I find it really interesting that I wrote about Britain today on my blog and come over to HB and there are posts about Britain…We’ve got to come together in the middle to find the majority.
Moral of my story: DO NOT BELIEVE ALL THE THINGS YOU READ.
Donald Trump seems to want to pursue the birth certificate issue re: Obama. I wish there was a way of contacting Trump to let him know it really doesn’t matter if Obie was born in Hawaii or not since he said he has a KENYAN father and that makes him INELIGIBLE as you need two natural born citizens as parents for Obie to be president. But who knows what will come of Trump’s insistence on pursuing the birth certificate issue down the road…
Besides Trump, looks like WND is stepping up their game somewhat..
TV commercials to bust Obama’s eligibility wide open
See the ad designed to go over the heads of media establishment.
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=279357
Big Media will prevent such ads from being broadcast.
New Black Panthers turn on Obama in an N-word, Uncle Tom tirade. (Content warning)
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/you-should-have-listened-to-farrakhan-when-you-were-at-his-table-new-black-panthers-turn-on-obama-in-an-n-word-uncle-tom-tirade-content-warning/
Meh, idiots trying to sound all growed up and important. Just a black version of the Klan only not as “lynchy” and a lot more pompous.
I have to wonder tho, what is the end game for them? Really, what is their long term goal? Perpetual agitation? Seems like a huge waste of time to me.
Farrakhan is their leader. He is not happy because Ødumbo went against his wishes over Libya.
For the record I actually support the no fly zone action because Daffy Duck has been a real scum bag.
I would feel the same if it was action in the Ivory Coast, or even if it was in Syria.
Wow…
“McCaskill attacked primary opponent in 2004 for … using a private jet.”
Oh, and the RNC tried to warn the voters. And failed, but they tried:
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/03/28/mccaskil-attacked-primary-opponent-in-2004-for-using-a-private-jet/
I would like to comment on the headline stories on Drudge Report (which is quickly becoming a VERY UNRELIABLE source of news in my book).
The stories about the troops and “killing squads” in Afghan. Please know that the “source” of these news headlines is Rolling Stone magazine. Please also know that liberal lawyers have been harrassing our troops in the military for the better part of 10 years.
I personally know from experience a soldier who was accused of “murder” in the Army. The lawyers threated to have him hanged if he did not rat out people in his command and there were people in his platoon who DID make up stories to get off light. They were accused of MURDER because some Aphgan raised his hand with what looked like a weapon and he was shot…and the Army lawyers went to great lengths to paint his platoon as “murderers”. He is now in prison for 25 years. I saw first hand how these liberal lawyers work. DO NOT BELIEVE these stories. If these kids are coerced and threatened they will say anything…and they do. Now they have liberal journalists there ready for “exclusive interviews.”
This is only a scam by the left to discredit our military and hurt our country.
Just finished reading the Rolling Stones article re the “kill teams”. Not that RS is going to get a story right and is a left wing rag, but it looks like something went on. There are always going to be misfits in any org but this org had more than its share it seems. And why it seems that Army investigators and sup did not follow through is amazing. If you look at the bottom line here, there are major morale problems because our military is being mis-used[meals on wheels] and the ROE do not allow them to “fight back”. Add that to PC officer corp who do not want to make waves and you have a perfect storm for problems to fester and grow. This is another avenue to destroy and tear down the world’s best fighting that ever existed. It does not take very many to cause problems for the majority. I hope these goons get what is coming to them and everyone in the chain of command that allowed this is nailed. Salutes to the majority of our military that is trying to do an impossible job and also holding on to their humanity. I am proud to have served for 20 years with such people and it brings tears to my eyes to see our military honor so sullied.
Don’t be fooled. Rolling Stone is the enemy of our military. They have already been discredited with stories that were not true regarding our military, our military leaders…our Generals…Don’t believe it.
The “Kill Team” story by Rolling Stone is a plant story by the government. Liberals and liberal lawyers are trying to discredit our military and this is what that is about.
Our military children are being bribed and coerced by these liberal lawyers who have infiltrated the military to confess to horrific things and rat on fellow soldiers or they are being threatened with death sentences or life in prison. I PERSONALLY know a person who is victim to this.
Bev, I have no doubt that there are people,units,orgs, within our govt that are attempting to tear it down. There really is a shadow govt ops going on, I have no doubt. But there seems to be enough meat in this charge[along with pictures?] that it needs to be investigated. I am not so naive as to believe that atrocities do not take place in war,,they always did and always will,,hell,war is a”controlled atrocity’ if you will,but sometimes necessary. To end, wasn’t it Shakespeare who first said to get rid of all lawyers,probably the second oldest profession but the first has more integrity.
Bev,I agree that there is a shadow govt within that is dismantling and causing chaos. However, I am not so naive to not know that atrocities are committed in all wars[hell, war itself is an atrocity, although "legal"]. If there is any “smoke” to this gun, than it needs to be checked. If it is false, than that will come out. I agree, 99% of our military are honorable, we can not let 1% sully the rest.
what kills your comments though, is a case of some soldiers who really were a kill team.
This has been in the news over here. The soldier was found guilty and the photos taken were really shocking.
Not everyone is perfect, unfortunately. These are the people who taint any military.
Stand with Andrew Breitbart, sign the petition.. http://bigjournalism.com/huffpo-hypocrisy/
Is it just me? I cannot stand his voice, it sounds like a liar…It makes me so annoyed I turn off the TV when he is on…ish, just ishy…yuck, condescending, arrogant & ishy!
Ok now you know how I really feel.
Nope. Can’t stand the sound of his voice or see him wagging his finger at the Nation when he lectures us.
Further, he is a liar. Whenever he attempts to provide specific facts to bolster the thrust of his position, he either lies or spouts out some terribly skewed and misleading #s.
They’ll probably do a running commentary on Hot Air, which should be entertaining. I’m not going to listen to the jackass.
I cannot bear to him Ødumbo speak. His voice really irritates me… just amazing how the air always turns so blue when he is on the TV
This is UNREAL.. Look what you have to look forward to in the US college system..
http://biggovernment.com/jorient/2011/03/28/higher-order-bullying-challenge-the-rulers-risk-your-children/#more-247804
http://www.oregonstateoutrage.com/
The Donald produced his birth certificate and wants BO to produce his:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/52064.html
ACORN Returns! Sets up Shop Internationally in Egypt, South Korea, and Prague.
~“Glenn Beck may have simply been ahead of his time!” wrote Wade Rathke, ACORN founder, in a message to supporters recently.~
No, Wade, that‘s what’s called “being right”.
Yet again.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/acorn-returns-sets-up-shop-internationally-in-egypt-south-korea-and-prague/
It’s interesting that Harry Reid evidently sees people who want less spending to be a threat.
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/appropriations/152161–reid-urges-gop-to-ditch-tea-party-cut-budget-deal
When the Republican party calls me for a donation, I tell them I am supporting individuals until I see whether they are going to toe the conservative line of less spending and govt. intervention, whether I call myself a member of the Tea Party or not.
This graphic is worth bookmarking and sharing, it has detail by timeline about the turmoil in the Middle East
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704438104576219190417124226.html#articleTabs%3Dinteractive
Confirmed – While the cocktail party allow Jon Huntsman to attend 2012 candidate events – Dems keep alleged Republican Jon Huntsman on their short list to replace Joe Biden on the 2012 with major DEM endorsement of Hunstman
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/52016.html
Clemons may, however, yet break the hearts of his Democratic friends.
“I think Jon Huntsman is terrific,” he said in a recent email. “I do and have talked with him on many occasions. Last met him at his office in Beijing but looking forward to seeing him soon at his new home in Kalorama. He reminds me of Chuck Hagel — and I might support him if he runs. I think he’d make a great president.”
1,000,000 in DC when the Supreme Court hears the Obamacare case http://is.gd/l2cD4Y
This needs way more than 70 ‘likes’ on Facebook.
Some news from Downunder. New South Wales had an election. So what? you will say… but it is the results that were extremely significant.
Last year in November, Victoria also had an election that saw a change of government. I thought the result was unexpected. The big losers in Victoria were the Watermelon Party.. yep, the watermelons aka the Greens were touted to pick up certain seats, and they got a bit of a thumping.
Well, it was the turn of NSW. Kristina Keneally was born in Ohio so you could say that there was an element of resentment towards this woman Premier because she was not born an Australian in certain quarters. To cut the long story short the NSW govt was corrupt and wracked with scandal after scandal.
Anyway, the result was a thumping 16% swing to the Liberal Party (the conservative party) with Lib-NP coalition on 69 seats, ALP on probably 20 seats, fewer Independents and the watermelons picking up nothing when they were expected to pick up two seats.
What was astonishing was the seats being won in areas that were heavy ALP strongholds. In one electorate the swing was 35%!!!!
This result translates into an angry electorate which could translate into Juliar-the Marxist-Gillard ending up taking a whopping when she dares to go to the polls again.
It is the attempt to introduce the carbon tax… stupid…..
have you seen this?:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/richard-adams-blog/2011/mar/29/barack-obama-libya-speech-gaddafi?intcmp=239
Goldilocks doctrine indeed!!!