You guys know how much I disdain "The Snuggie". So you can imagine my delight when I found this.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
The WTF? Blanket - The Snuggie Gets Hammered
GM to Use $1 Billion of Bailout Money to Save Jobs...In Brazil
Yeah, I know, I'm preaching to the choir.
General Motors plans to invest $1 billion in Brazil to avoid the kind of problems the U.S. automaker is facing in its home market, said the beleaguered car maker.
According to the president of GM Brazil-Mercosur, Jaime Ardila, the funding will come from the package of financial aid that the manufacturer will receive from the U.S. government and will be used to "complete the renovation of the line of products up to 2012."
GM already announced three programs of paid leave, and Ardila added that GM Brazil "is going to wait and see how the market behaves in order to know what decision to take" with regard to possible layoffs.
Report: Michael Phelps Caught on Camera Smoking a Bong
First Obama's brother, and now this? The munchies aren't going to help keep the weight off.
This story is subject to verification. You shouldn't exactly trust this source.
Hamster is Prime Suspect in Disappearance of Teenage Girl
Not really. But someone at this news station thought he was. This is just a hilarious news blooper.
Bush Shoe Statue Taken Down
We reported on this yesterday. Smarter heads have prevailed.
A sculpture of a shoe erected in Iraq to honour a journalist who threw his footwear at George W Bush has been dismantled, reports say.
Foreign media say the bronze-coloured fibre-glass shoe was removed from its site in the city of Tikrit on the orders of the local authorities.
It had been erected in the grounds of an orphanage.
The monument was reportedly taken down just a day after being unveiled in the late Saddam Hussein's home town.
The head of the Childhood organisation, which owns the orphanage, said she had been told to remove the monument immediately by the Salaheddin Provincial Joint Coordination Centre.
Obama Signs Equal Pay Act - His Female Staffers Made 78% of What His Male Staffers Made
He does have audacity. Why does Obama hate women?
President Barack Obama, keeping a campaign pledge, signed a law Thursday to make it easier to sue employers for pay discrimination.
In a ceremony in the East Room of the White House flanked by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden, Obama spoke as Lilly Ledbetter – a former Goodyear Tire manager from Alabama, whose case inspired the new law – stood beside him.
“While this bill bears her name, Lilly knows this story isn’t just about her,” Obama said. “It is a story of women across this country still earning just 78 cents for every $1 men earn, women of color even less, which means that today in the year 2009, countless women are still losing thousands of dollars in salary, income, and retirement savings over the course of a lifetime.”
Women who worked on Obama’s Senate staff last year, however, were themselves paid on average 78 cents for every dollar a man was paid, according to data last year from the Report of the Secretary of the Senate.
The data, analyzed by CNSNews.com, showed that in the period from Oct. 1, 2007, through March 31, 2008, Obama paid women on his Senate staff an annual average salary of $44,953.21. That was $12,472 less than the $57,425 average annual salary that then-Sen. Obama paid men. (See Previous Story)
Obama's Brother Arrested on Drug Charges
Shades of Roger Clinton. Some first family huh?
Kenyan police say the half brother of President Barack Obama has been arrested for possession of marijuana.
Area police chief Joshua Omokulongolo said George Obama was picked up Saturday and was being held at the Huruma police post in the capital. Omokulongolo said officers found one joint of marijuana on him.
George Obama was arrested on Friday with cannabis, known locally as bhang, and was placed in custody, a senior police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.Take this time to familiarize yourself with Obama's Kenyan family. We've written about it extensively.
"He was picked up in Nairobi's Huruma area with three other young men," the officer said, adding they were due to appear in court on Monday.
Obama's Katrina -- Hundreds of Thousands of White People Without Power
It's been three days and these people are still without power. And where are the helicopters? People are dying. Where is the massive government action?
More than 600,000 homes and businesses were still without power on Friday morning after snow and ice storms earlier this week left more than 1.5 million customers in the dark from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania, local utilities reported.Thousands huddle in shelters waiting for deliverance from the Messiah.
The storms on January 27-28 hit Kentucky the hardest, leaving more than half a million customers without power.
Officials at E.ON U.S., which owns Louisville Gas and Electric Co and Kentucky Utilities Co, said it could take up to two weeks to restore service to all 332,000 still without service.
Utility crews made some progress Friday in restoring power to the more than 1.3 million homes and businesses darkened by an ice storm that crippled states from Missouri to West Virginia, but thousands were still bunking in toasty shelters because their homes had no water or heat.But the Messiah hasn't come. But I'll bet you he's been to the gym. But not church of course.
In Paducah, Amber Fiers and her neighbor Miranda Brittan tried a half-dozen filling stations before finding one where they could buy kerosene. The two were in a line that swelled to 50 or more at the 13th Street Station, which began pumping kerosene after its owner set up a generator.
"We got food, but I'm just worried about staying warm," said Brittan, who lives in Mayfield, adding she was frustrated by the search for supplies.
"By the time you hear about a place that's open they're out when you get there," she said.
Roads were still littered with ice-caked power lines, downed trees and other debris. Help from around the country was arriving in convoys to assist the states with the worst outages.
Peta Sea Kittens Campaign Pranked by Omaha Steaks Ad
This is just beautiful.
If you don't know the story behind PETA's sea kitten campaign, catch up here.
Take time to visit www.seakittens.com
American Troops to Get Pizza and Beer for the Super Bowl
It's the least of what they deserve, but it's nice to see that they can get their drink on during the big game. But a two drink limit? Come on. Two beers is just to get your liver's attention.
It took three planes to get free beer to troops in Iraq in time for the Super Bowl.
U.S. troops in Iraq will be allowed to drink up to two 12-ounce beers apiece for the Super Bowl, after the U.S. commander in Iraq, Army Gen. Ray Odierno, issued a waiver of the U.S. military’s strict prohibition on alcohol imbibing in the war zone.
More than 15,000 cases of beer were shipped to Baghdad for the occasion, said Judd Anstey, spokesman for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. It will be served in the dining facilities during the game and will be free to the troops.
The Army’s 4th Infantry Division ordered 3,034 cases of beer, including Miller Genuine Draft, Miller Lite, Budweiser, Bud Light, Heineken and Guinness Draught.
Multi-National Force-Iraq ordered 12,207 cases, including Coors Light, Guinness Draught, Heineken, Miller Genuine Draft, Miller Lite, Budweiser and Bud Light.
Anstey said the beer flew from the AAFES Giessen Distribution Center in Germany to Baghdad on three planes — a 747, an Airbus 340 and another aircraft that took three pallets.
Although no beer went to Afghanistan, where the brief waiver apparently does not apply, troops in Afghanistan are getting some of the 2,000 pizzas sent by the nonprofit group Pizzas 4 Patriots, in an effort led by retired Air Force Master Sgt. Mark Evans.
His group sent Lou Malnati’s Chicago pizzas to Camp Victory, Iraq, and to Kabul, Afghanistan. In addition, more than 6,000 bottles of Schlitz beer went with the pizza to Iraq.
Iran Says Obama's Offer to Talk Shows US is a Failure
Now isn't this exactly how conservatives told Obama the Iranians would view his offers to talk? He was out of his mind to think Iran would succumb to his hope and change charm. Sometimes I really think Obama is deliberately trying to harm the United States.
US President Barack Obama's offer to talk to Iran shows that America's policy of "domination" has failed, the government spokesman said on Saturday.
"This request means Western ideology has become passive, that capitalist thought and the system of domination have failed," Gholam Hossein Elham was quoted as saying by the Mehr news agency.
"Negotiation is secondary, the main issue is that there is no way but for (the United States) to change," he added.
After nearly three decades of severed ties, Obama said shortly after taking office this month that he is willing to extend a diplomatic hand to Tehran if the Islamic republic is ready to "unclench its fist".
In response, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a fresh tirade against the United States, demanding an apology for its "crimes" against Iran and saying he expected "deep and fundamental" change from Obama.
Iranian politicians frequently refer to the US administration as the "global arrogance", "domineering power" and "Great Satan".
Tensions with the United States have soared over Iran's nuclear drive and Ahmadinejad's vitriolic verbal attacks against Washington's close regional ally Israel.
Former US president George W. Bush refused to hold talks with the Islamic republic -- which he dubbed part of an "axis of evil" -- unless it suspended uranium enrichment, and never took a military option to thwart Tehran's atomic drive off the table.
The new administration of Obama has also refused to rule out any options -- including military strikes -- to stop Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
Iran denies any plans to build the bomb and insists its nuclear programme is solely aimed at peaceful ends.
Stimulus Plan Includes Money to Crush Newer SUVs
This is absolutely unbelievable. From Sema.org:
SEMA is opposing an effort by some Washington lawmakers to include a national car crushing program in the upcoming economic stimulus package. Vehicles targeted for the scrap pile will likely include Chevy Blazers, Silverados, S-10s and Tahoes; Dodge Dakotas and Rams; Ford Explorers and F-Series; Jeep Cherokees and Wranglers; and any other SUV or truck that obtains less than 18 mpg.h/t Gateway Pundit
Under the plan, the federal government would pay a premium for '99 and newer cars.
The so-called “Accelerated Retirement of Inefficient Vehicles Act” is "Cash for Clunkers" with a twist. Instead of focusing exclusively on old cars as is typical with scrappage programs, this bill will target any vehicle with lower fuel-economy ratings. Participants will receive a cash voucher to purchase a more fuel-efficient new car or used car (model year 2004 or later) or receive credit for the purchase of public transportation tickets.
Under the legislation, “fuel efficient” means at least 25% better mileage than the CAFE standard. It will be illegal to resell the scrapped vehicles. Bill sponsors want to destroy 4 million pickups and SUVs over the next four years.
Terrorists Buying Latin American Passports to Enter the US?
This is not the first time this has been reported. But there are many new details in this report from the Center for Security Policy:
Last week, the San Antonio Express-News posted a story about three Afghani Muslim men caught carrying stolen Mexican passports with their pictures and data while en route to Europe. It was revealed by authorities that the documents were genuine and that these men had purchased them for $10,000 each.
With this in mind, there is a real possibility that any of these individuals having access to stolen, doctored passports, and thus to U.S. visas could enter this country with the purpose of carrying out terrorist attacks. In fact, it has already happened: four of the nineteen hijackers from 9/11 carried passports that had been "manipulated in a fraudulent manner." The Saudi documentation was genuine, and so were the U.S. visas. Investigators believe the hijackers obtained new passports after telling Saudi authorities they had "lost" their old ones, presumably to cover up trips to Pakistan and Afghanistan. Then, knowing that brand new passports would raise questions, the hijackers artificially aged them and forged entry and exit stamps. When asked, a veteran counterterrorism expert said that “without a microscopic forensic examination, a routine inspector wouldn’t have ascertained that the stamps weren’t valid.”
It now seems that any person wanting to attack this country could use doctored or manipulated passports or could simply travel to Mexico and pay a Coyote to illegally cross the border.
For some time now, experts agree that South America has become a place of preference for terrorists that want to travel to the United States. A case in point is that in 2005, Mr. Minas Mirza of Warren, Michigan along with three others were charged with smuggling people into the U.S. through South America ever since 2001. In guilty pleas, they admitted helping dozens of Iraqis and Jordanians travel to the United States on European passports. In fact, these travel documents had been stolen and then doctored in Lima, Peru and purchased by Mirza there from a “broker.”
NSF Spending Too Much Time Surfing Porn - Funding in Danger
No wonder these guys are pushing global warming. They need to keep their jobs so they can keep watching porn.
The ranking GOP member of the Senate Finance Committee wants Congress to reconsider new funding to the National Science Foundation amid allegations that top staffers spent long stretches of their day surfing the Internet for pornography.
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, sent a letter to the foundation's Office of Inspector General on Tuesday seeking all documents it has related to the inappropriate use of the foundation's network.
The foundation is the major source of federal backing in fields such as mathematics, computer science and social sciences.
Grassley told The Associated Press on Thursday he wants Congress to reconsider $3 billion in NSF funding that is included in the current stimulus bill until his questions are answered.
"I think they ought to. I think they need to," he said.
The senator said he sought the information after a team of staffers led by his finance committee aide discovered numerous investigations into the misuse of the Internet by science foundation employees. The investigations were buried inside a semiannual report on NSF's activities, he said.
According to the report, one senior staff member spent as much as 20 percent of his time during a two-year period at lurid sites and in sexually explicit chat rooms. That time cost taxpayers more than $40,000, the report stated.
Other employees were also alleged to have watched, downloaded and e-mailed porn.
Friday, January 30, 2009
Elementary Students Forced to Say Pledge of Allegiance to Obama
Obama uber alles...
A parent in the Clark County School District of Las Vegas, Henderson area reported January 27th that his son, who is in 1st grade, came home yesterday saying that he didn't want to go back to school anymore.
When asked why, the boy said that during the Pledge of Allegiance the teacher put up a large image of Obama next to the flag.
Thinking that the boy might be exaggerating, the man asked his son if he was sure, and suggested that by "large" he might mean an 8x10 photo of the president. The boy apparently said "No, it is a large picture of Obama and when we are done, the teacher turns off the image."
The same thing was not done for President Bush last year.
After investigating this morning, the other parent reported that what the boy said was true.
At least three of the five classrooms have an overhead projector and as the children stand to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, the teacher turns on the classroom overhead and a full body image of Obama, with six U.S. flags behind him, comes up about 4 feet away from the flag that hangs on the wall. The screen is apparently around five feet by six feet.
In the image, President Obama appears to be staring straight out with no facial expression, just a serious look. All of the kids in each class faced the President, instead of the flag that hangs in the corner.
Local parents are up in arms over this situation. Teachers clearly do not realize the gravity of what they are doing.
If You Think Times Are Tough Now...
I was waxing eloquence on my fishing buddy about the virtues of conservatism and what not. Then he sees the light, and I just happened to be taking it all in on the camera.
Stimulus Bill Will Only Make America "Obama Rich"
Buried deep inside the massive spending orgy that Democrats jammed through the House this week lie five words that could drastically undo two decades of welfare reforms.
The very heart of the widely applauded Welfare Reform Act of 1996 is a cap on the amount of federal cash that can be sent to states each year for welfare payments.
But, thanks to the simple phrase slipped into the legislation, the new "stimulus" bill abolishes the limits on the amount of federal money for the so-called Emergency Fund, which ships welfare cash to states.
"Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated such sums as are necessary for payment to the Emergency Fund," Democrats wrote in Section 2101 on Page 354 of the $819 billion bill. In other words, the only limit on welfare payments would be the Treasury itself.
"This re-establishes the welfare state and creates dependency all over the place," said one startled budget analyst after reading the line.
Obama is wallpapering his administration with lobbyists, installed a tax cheat to run the Treasury Department and is pushing Congress to pass a massive, wildly unaffordable "stimulus" bill loaded with pork and reckless spending that plunges Americans even deeper into debt.
Even worse, the bill every day looks more like 15 years of pent-up big-government liberalism than an economic "stimulus" plan.
Ever since his election, many Americans have wondered which Barack Obama would show up at the White House: the most liberal member of the Senate or the post-partisan bearer of change we could all believe in.
One thing is clear: His "stimulus" bill is not change we can believe in. It's a return to big-government welfare that we will choke on.
Reasons Ali Blah Blah Took Up Guitar #1
When I was a young Ali growing up on the dusty streets of my home town of Tikkriti al-Shidoobi, my older brother Tupak Saday used to import records from the west smuggled in lambs bladders (we couldn’t afford “soccer balls”, your Highness!) One record inspired Lil’ Ali to build his first guitar out of a broom stick and discarded WMD shells. I played it until my fingers blistered (As well as my arms, face and legs for some reason) It was a record called Wired by Jeff Beck. This song called Goodbye Pork Pie Hat especially inspired me to keep at it. It also inspired my Uncle, Kareem Ofweet, to jump off a bridge because of the word pork on the album cover. Anyway, I thank you Jeff and now that I’m in the states I have a real guitar and I pray I get as good as you someday. Enjoy, my brothers!
Iraqi Ingrates Erect Statue of Shoe Thrown at Bush
Turds!
Now, a giant fibreglass and copper statue of the shoe has been unveiled in Tikrit - the hometown of former dictator Saddam Hussein.Here's a video report:
It is inscribed with a poem which pays tribute to the missile-throwing journalist.
Obama Administration Conspiring with Mainstream Media
Nothing surprising here, except for the American people's willingness to just ignore the ramifications of this.
We quote this message received by Media Splatters:
Brent Bozell, Founder and PresidentState controlled media is the very first step towards a totalitarian state. This ain't no joke people. You better wake the hell up.
Media Research Center
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I’ve just received shocking news that demands immediate
action by every member of our MRC Action team.
Tuesday, Politico broke the news that ABCNews’ George Stephanopoulos
is currently conducting private, daily phone briefings with Obama
chief of staff Rahm Emanuel. CNN’s Paul Begala, James Carville and
pollster Stan Greenberg are also involved.
Imagine the liberal media’s reaction if Brit Hume or
Rush Limbaugh had been conducting daily strategy
briefings with George Bush’s chief of staff!
This is the height of irresponsible journalism!
What could be worse than the liberal media’s sycophantic coverage
of President Barack Obama? ABC’s George Stephanopoulos actively
helping design and deliver the administration’s strategy and message -
which he is then charged with reporting. Will he be critical of
the White House’s plans when he spends mornings helping to craft them?
Google Moves to Protect Obama from Unfavorable Search Engine Results
Folks, this is very scary. As such, Today I am starting the world's first conservative search engine. Here's how it works. Email me the search term you are looking for, and in two to three business days, I will get back to you with your results. What? Oh sure. And they laughed at the pony express too.
After just over two years, Google has finally defused the “Google Bomb” that has returned US President George W. Bush at the top of its results in a search on "miserable failure". The move wasn’t a post-State Of The Union Address gift for Bush. Instead, it’s part of an overall algorithm change designed to stop such mass link pranks from working.But here's what Google is not telling you. A week ago, if you searched the term "miserable failure", it returned Obama as the top result. A reverse google bombing. So after 6 years of the Bush bashing, we're to believe that Google, with no other motive, decided to clean up the mess? Bullshit! Google is deliberately taking bullets for Obama. Makes you wonder what else they have and will whitewash.
A search today now shows the US White House page carrying Bush’s name is no longer top listed. Also gone are pages about Michael Moore and former US president Jimmy Carter that were on the first page of results due to Google bombing actions.
“It’s completely algorithmic,” said Google spam fighting czar Matt Cutts, adding “we’re not going to claim it’s 100 percent perfect.”
EU Says Obama's Stimulus Plan Could Lead to a Trade War
As much as the media wants to pretend otherwise, I'm just not seeing all the global hugs and kisses Obama promised. Obama the protectionist.
The prospect of a trade war between the US and Europe is looming after "Buy American" provisions were added to President Barack Obama's $820 billion (£573 billion) stimulus package.
The EU trade commissioner vowed to fight back after the bill passed in the House of Representatives late on Wednesday included a ban on most purchases of foreign steel and iron used in infrastructure projects.
The Senate's version of the legislation, which will be debated early next week, goes even further, requiring that any projects related to the stimulus use only American-made equipment and goods.
The inclusion of protectionist measures has quickly raised hackles in Europe.
Catherine Ashton, the EU trade commissioner, said: "We are looking at the situation. The one thing we can be absolutely certain about, is if a bill is passed which prohibits the sale or purchase of European goods on American territory, that is something we will not stand idly by and ignore."
Some industrial giants also question whether the Buy American laws would contravene US obligations reached in various World Trade Organisation agreements.
They also point to the 1930s as a lesson in the perils of protectionism. Congress passed the Buy American Act in 1933, allowing the government to favour US products for government contracts. Restrictions were eased in 1982, but the plans currently working their way through Congress would bring the new law close to its forebear of 75 years ago.
27 Years Later, America's Newspapers Still Haven't Figured Out the Web -- A Proof that Al Gore Did Not Invent the Internet Alert
Long before anyone had heard of the Internet, early home computer users could read their morning newspapers online ... sort of. Steve Newman's 1981 story was broadcast on KRON San Francisco.
Obama Throws Karzai Under the Bus
Say "Hi" to Grammy Obama while you're under there Hamid.
Officials in the US State Department, Department of Defence and National Security Council are now openly questioning Mr Karzai's ability to rein in corruption, improve law and order and confront the warlords who control the country's deadly opium trade.
Sources close to the U.S administration last night denied they will pressurise President Karzai to stand down but said they will offer tacit support to candidates standing against him.
Their opposition to a second term for Mr Karzai emerged after Afghanistan's Election Commission announced a delay in the presidential election from April 22, four weeks before his term expires, to August 22.
Report: Newly Found Article Confirms Obama Did Not Author "Dreams of My Father"
The latest from Jack Cashill:
The belief that moribund institutions, rather than individuals are at the root of the problem, keep SAM's energies alive.
– Barack Obama, "Breaking The War Mentality"
The highly indicative sentence above comes from an 1,800-word article Barack Obama wrote for Columbia's weekly news magazine, Sundial, at the height of the KGB-generated anti-nuke craze in March 1983. Obama was 21 at the time.
The sentence nicely captures Obama's skill as a writer. The noun, "belief," and the verb, "keep," don't agree – one of an appalling five such noun-verb mismatches in the essay – and the punctuation is fully random.
More problematically, the word choice sucks all logic out of the sentence. In the previous paragraph, Obama had warned his readers about the "the relentless, often silent spread of militarism in the country."
In this paragraph, the reader is told that these same military institutions are "moribund"–that is "nearly dead." How their debilitated state keeps the "energies" of the Students Against Militarism (SAM) "alive" is apparently left to the reader's imagination.
This essay, posted two days ago by Ben Smith on his Politico blog, represents the single best example of Obama's native writing skills yet unearthed.
It should put an end to the charade that Barack Obama wrote his 1995 memoir "Dreams From My Father" unaided, but it probably won't. The literary left has committed itself to Obama's genius.
In "Breaking The War Mentality," every sentence clunks. Obama not only makes scores of basic grammatical errors – these, with practice, he might have learned to correct – but he also fails to turn one lively or concise or even interesting phrase in the entire essay. Here are some samples:
"An entirely student-run organization, SAM casts a wider net than ARA, though for the purposes of effectiveness, they have tried to lock in on one issue at a time."
"At this time, the current major issue is the Solomon Bill, the latest legislation from Congress to obtain compliance to registration."
"Perhaps the essential goodness of humanity is an arguable proposition, but by observing the SAM meeting last Thursday night, with its solid turnout and enthusiasm, one might be persuaded that the manifestations of our better instincts can at least match the bad ones."
We are asked to believe that in just a decade, without any additional training, Obama was able to write sentences like the following from "Dreams":
"Winter came and the city turned monochrome-black trees against gray sky above white earth. Night now fell in midafternoon, especially when the snowstorms rolled in, boundless prairie storms that set the sky close to the ground, the city lights reflected against the clouds."
Please! To put Obama's talents in perspective, imagine him as a golfer. "Breaking The War Mentality" nets him about a 105 on an easy public course.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Chaos on the Mexican Border - Shocking Footage!
Today on Glenn Beck, Glenn's guest was a film producer who embedded himself with the Mexican narcotraficantes gang the "Zetas." He made a documentary film about what goes on at our border, and also teaches classes along the border to cops, Border Patrol, ICE and other Federal agencies.
This is quite shocking, folks, and this nation better wake up before it's too late. You think beheadings only happen in Muslim countries? They happen in Mexico by the DOZENS at a time!
This video shows just how real the possibility is that this violence can spread across the border to the United States.
Holder Cuts Backroom Deal with GOP
Holder, the U.S. Attorney General in waiting, cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 17-2. This report most likely explains why:
Eric H. Holder Jr.'s confirmation as attorney general is speeding toward approval thanks in part to his private assurances to a key Republican senator that he does not intend to prosecute intelligence agency interrogators for their actions during the prior administration.
The assurances, reported by Sen. Christopher S. Bond, Missouri Republican, to The Washington Times on Wednesday, went beyond Mr. Holder's earlier public testimony in which he said he could not prejudge his actions regarding cases he had not seen.
"I believe [Mr. Holder] will look forward to keep the nation safe and not look backwards to prosecute intelligence operators who were fighting terror and kept our country safe since 9/11," Mr. Bond said in the interview.
However, an aide to Mr. Holder who requested anonymity because the nominee has not been confirmed, disputed this version of events. "Eric Holder has not made any commitments about who would or would not be prosecuted," the aide said. "He explained his position to Senator Bond as he did in the public hearing and in his responses to written questions."
Still, Mr. Holder's private comments to Mr. Bond were important to moving his nomination forward. Mr. Bond was strongly considering blocking Mr. Holder's confirmation based on questions arising from some of Mr. Holder's public statements, a senior aide to Mr. Bond said.
But after meeting with Mr. Holder twice over the past week and having received assurances that he was not intent on pursuing intelligence officials who acted in good faith with proper authorization in the conduct of interrogations, Mr. Bond decided to support the nominee, the aide added.
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 17-2 to favorably recommend Mr. Holder, 58, for the post. The full Senate is expected to confirm Mr. Holder soon as the nation's first black attorney general.
Protestors Tell Ayers to "Go to Hell"
Bill Ayers, the former leader of the radical group The Weather Underground was interrupted several times. He quoted Dr. Martin Luther King and lectured on ethics and democracy, while a crowd outside called him a terrorist for his anti war activities. "We will hound Bill Ayers to the gates of hell" said Melanie Morgan, from Move America Forward.
Stimulus Plan to Give Cash to Illegals
It's your money. Do you give a damn?
The $800 billion-plus economic stimulus measure making its way through Congress could steer government checks to illegal immigrants, a top Republican congressional official asserted Thursday.
The legislation, which would send tax credits of $500 per worker and $1,000 per couple, expressly disqualifies nonresident aliens, but it would allow people who don't have Social Security numbers to be eligible for the checks.
Undocumented immigrants who are not eligible for a Social Security number can file tax returns with an alternative number. A House-passed version of the economic recovery bill and one making its way through the Senate would allow anyone with such a number, called an individual taxpayer identification number, to qualify for the tax credits.
Half of Americans Want to Live Somewhere Else
The grass is greener I guess.
Those are some of the findings of a Pew Research Center survey out today on where Americans would most like to live. Whether they favor cities, suburbs or the countryside, almost half wish they lived somewhere else, the report found.
City dwellers are more likely to dream of living somewhere else, and men in rural areas are far happier living there than women. "There are some more fundamental differences between men and women," says Rich Morin, senior editor of the Pew Research Center survey. "Different cities seem to appeal to different partisan ideological groups. …
People who are drawn to cities are typically younger people." Denver, San Diego and Seattle are the top picks of the 30 largest metropolitan areas.
Denver is the favorite city among Republicans, and it also rates well with Democrats and independents. "It's a city that ranks high on most of the lists," Morin says. "It's a new city, a growing city, a younger city on what most people would perceive as the doorstep of God's country — the Rocky Mountains."
In addition to Denver, favorite cities among Republicans are Phoenix, Orlando and San Antonio. Half of all liberals would like to live in San Francisco, more than double the share of conservatives.
God Bless Fox News
I can never understand why Fox News just demolishes the other cable news channels. I...just...can't...figure...it...out... Hmmmm.
RIP Billy Powell
You will not find a more beautiful piano player in the world of rock and roll. He was simply a step above everyone else. He will be sorely missed. Another member of Lynyrd Skynyrd lost before his time. Rest in peace you talented SOB!
Revealed: Obama's Letter to Iran - World Peace is Just a Stamp Away
I'll be damned! He is going to change the world.
Officials of Barack Obama's administration have drafted a letter to Iran from the president aimed at unfreezing US-Iranian relations and opening the way for face-to-face talks, the Guardian has learned.Meanwhile...Back at the ranch. Ahmadinejad has also expressed interest in saving the world.
The US state department has been working on drafts of the letter since Obama was elected on 4 November last year. It is in reply to a lengthy letter of congratulations sent by the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on 6 November.
Diplomats said Obama's letter would be a symbolic gesture to mark a change in tone from the hostile one adopted by the Bush administration, which portrayed Iran as part of an "axis of evil".
It would be intended to allay the suspicions of Iran's leaders and pave the way for Obama to engage them directly, a break with past policy.
State department officials have composed at least three drafts of the letter, which gives assurances that Washington does not want to overthrow the Islamic regime, but merely seeks a change in its behaviour. The letter would be addressed to the Iranian people and sent directly to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, or released as an open letter.
One draft proposal suggests that Iran should compare its relatively low standard of living with that of some of its more prosperous neighbours, and contemplate the benefits of losing its pariah status in the west. Although the tone is conciliatory, it also calls on Iran to end what the US calls state sponsorship of terrorism.
The letter is being considered by the new secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, as part of a sweeping review of US policy on Iran. A decision on sending it is not expected until the review is complete.
Iran's president called Wednesday for "profound changes" in U.S. foreign policy including an end to support for Israel and an apology to the Islamic republic for past misdeeds.
"Change means giving up support for the rootless, uncivilized, fabricated, murdering ... Zionists and letting the Palestinian nation decide its own destiny," Ahmadinejad said. "Change means putting an end to U.S. military presence in (different parts of) the world."
Wait, there's more:
Despite openings announced by US president Barack Obama, Iran will not halt its nuclear programme. Sources within the presidency made the announcement.Yeah, well, Iran says that now. But they haven't got "the letter" yet. So we got that going for us.
During an interview in Teheran's government offices, Ahmadinejad's counsellor Aliakbar Javanfekr stated that Iran has no intention of stopping its nuclear activities, which are "peaceful and controlled by IAEA". To those citing the UN resolution asking for the suspension of uranium enriching activities, Javanfekr replied that "we are past that stage. We rejected the resolutions, which were developed under US pressure. We work in the context of international laws". He also defined sanctions imposed on Iran as "ineffective".
When Ron Paul Calls Your President a Fraud, You Know You've Got Problems
Ron Paul exposes Barack Obama as a fraud, playing politics with his anti-war message. His voting record, even of recent, does not support his position against conflict. Words don't reflect action.
The Binghampton Tea Party
American Patriots brave the bitter cold to protest Governor Paterson's (NY) 100+ new taxes.
Cause of Tony Romo's Back Injury Revealed
Some of you may remember the Dallas Cowboys' last game of the season when they missed the playoffs after getting routed by the Philadelphia Eagles. You may also remember an ailing Tony Romo barely able to walk due to back pain. Recent photos of his girlfriend Jessica Simpson reveal how he hurt himself.
Four years ago, Jessica Simpson was one of the top bodies in Hollywood after embarking on a vigorous fitness regime to fit into her 'Daisy Duke' shorts.
But it seems the 5ft 3in star, who is attempting to carve out a new career as a country singer, has let go of her hard earned 36-24-36 figure.
The 28-year-old was showing off a distinctly curvier shape as she sangs tracks from her country album Do You Know at a gig in Florida over the weekend.
Yo. What's with the mom jeans? I feel ya Tony. I feel ya.
Bad vs. Good...An Experiment in Rock n' Roll
Exhibit #1: Linda Ronstadt and Leo Sayer performing Tumbling Dice. This would be the bad.
Exhibit #2: The Rolling Stones performing Tumbling Dice. Yeah. This is the good. From Brussels, 1973. I told you once, this is the best bootleg mankind has ever produced.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Report: Obama Working with Al Qaeda Months Ago
Shocking? Not really. He loves Muslims.
Barack Obama was working with Arab intermediaries to establish an unofficial dialogue with Al Qaida long before his election as the 44th U.S. president, according to a report in the upcoming weekly edition of Geostrategy-Direct.com. ShareThis
Al Qaida has offered what has been described as a truce in exchange for a U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, according to the report.
Obama has deemed the U.S. reconciliation with the Muslim world, including Iran, as his main foreign policy goal, sources quoted in the report said. The president has been aided by several Persian Gulf Arab Muslims with ties to Al Qaida's leadership in Pakistan, they said.
On his first day in office, Obama ordered the shutdown of the U.S. Navy prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which where 245 suspected Al Qaida members are detained.
"Smartest President Ever" Tries to Enter White House Through Window
Yeah. And Bush was the dumb one.
It looks like President Obama hasn't gotten acquainted to his White House surroundings. On the way back to the Oval Office Tuesday, the President approached a paned window, instead of the actual door -- located a few feet to his right.
Obama, who was returning from meeting with Congressional leaders, may have been distracted by Republicans' icy reception to his $825 billion stimulus package, which is poised to pass on Wednesday even without a groundswell of Republican support.
CIA Agent, a Converted Muslim, Under Investigation for Rape in Algeria -- And Dumb Enough to Have Made Videotapes of the Rapes
Did I mention the man was a Muslim?
The CIA's station chief at its sensitive post in Algeria is under investigation by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly raping at least two Muslim women who claim he laced their drinks with a knock-out drug, U.S. law enforcement sources tell ABC News.
(AP/ABC News)Officials say the 41-year old CIA officer, a convert to Islam, was ordered home by the U.S. Ambassador, David Pearce, in October after the women came forward with their rape allegations in September.
Watch "World News with Charles Gibson" TONIGHT at 6:30 p.m. ET for the full report.
The discovery of more than a dozen videotapes showing the CIA officer engaged in sex acts with other women has led the Justice Department to broaden its investigation to include at least one other Arab country, Egypt, where the CIA officer had been posted earlier in his career, according to law enforcement officials.
The U.S. State Department referred questions to the Department of Justice, which declined to comment.
No Smoking - Even in your Own Home
Here comes the iron fist.
During her 50 years of smoking, Edith Frederickson says, she has lit up in restaurants and bars, airplanes and trains, and indoors and out, all as part of a two-pack-a-day habit that she regrets not a bit. But as of two weeks ago, Ms. Frederickson can no longer smoke in the one place she loves the most: her home.
Ms. Frederickson lives in an apartment in Belmont, Calif., a quiet Silicon Valley city that is now home to perhaps the nation's strictest antismoking law, effectively outlawing lighting up in all apartment buildings."I'm absolutely outraged," said Ms. Frederickson, 72, pulling on a Winston as she sat on a concrete slab outside her single-room apartment. "They're telling you how to live and what to do, and they're doing it right here in America."
CNN Anchor Sees Similarities Between Pelosi and Chairman Mao
What took you so long?
During his regular "Question of the Hour" segment on Monday's Situation Room, CNN commentator Jack Cafferty compared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's idea to spend hundred of millions of dollars on contraception as a cost-reducing measure to the oppressive birth control policies of the Chinese Communists under Mao.
"What exactly did she mean? Are the millions of dollars for contraception supposed to stop people from having babies? [That's] starting to sound a little like Chairman Mao."
Does Ahmadinejad have Jewish Roots?
Shades of Adolf Hitler. Oh the sweet irony. Ahmadinejad is a jew.
Mehdi Khazali, the son of the conservative Ayatollah Khazali, has written on his personal website that he recently learned that President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has Jewish roots.
Khazali notes that Ahmadinejad changed his family name from Saburjian, and says that the origins of the Saburjian family in the town of Aradan should be investigated.
Ahmadinejad's relatives had told Britain's "The Guardian" following his election that the family had changed its name for "a mixture of religious and economic reasons."
"The name change provides an insight into the devoutly Islamic working-class roots of Mr. Ahmadinejad's brand of populist politics," journalist Robert Tait wrote in "The Guardian." "The name Saborjhian derives from thread painter -- sabor in Farsi -- a once common and humble occupation in the carpet industry in Semnan Province, where Aradan is situated. Ahmad, by contrast, is a name also used for the Prophet Muhammad and means virtuous; nejad means race in Farsi, so Ahmadinejad can mean Muhammad's race or virtuous race.”
Ahmadinejad, of course, is known for his frequent slurs and threats against the Jewish state of Israel. The claim about his background should be seen in the context of a growing rift among the president's political allies, the so-called principalists, in the run-up to the June presidential election.
Democrats Crap on Fallen Vets
I saw this over at RedState. These folks need to read about what happens to people who come out on the shirt end of a revolution.
Wow. An email from a friend:Tonight in the House Rules Committee, Rep. Thad McCotter (R-MI), introduced an amendment to the President’s stimulus bill (H.R. 1) that would require any new infrastructure project – roads, bridges, schools, post offices or any other buildings — created by funding provided in H.R. 1 to be named after a member of the United States Armed Forces who was killed in combat or an emergency response provider who was killed in the line of duty.
The amendment was voted down on with all 9 Democrats on the Committee voting no to the 3 Republican yea votes.
It seems that Democrats are determined to name any new projects after themselves. West Virginia may actually be renamed “Byrdland”…
Veggie Love - Peta Abandons the Sea Kittens Campaign and Results to Gratuitous Sex
From Peta's own site:
PETA's ad—which features a bevy of beauties who are powerless to resist the temptation of veggie love—was deemed too hot for the Super Bowl. NBC rejected the video because of concerns over "rubbing pelvic region with pumpkin," a woman "screwing herself with broccoli," and more!
'Veggie Love': PETA's Banned Super Bowl Ad
Ashley Judd Returns to America - Creams Herself Over Obama
I did get a picture of the right Judd didn't I? I could be wrong, I'm so damn excited about America all of a sudden. Kinda short of breath.
Among the millions of people who are excited by the election of President Obama is Ashley Judd, as she demonstrated at the 40th birthday luncheon for NARAL Pro-Choice America at the Hilton Washington Tuesday.Amazing she hadn't really noticed America before. One has to wonder where she thought all her money was coming from.
After flubbing a few lines, Judd, who emceed the event, stopped and said, “I need to take a breath. I get so excited.”
After a brief slide show featuring Bush and other anti-abortion politicians, during which the crowd booed and hissed, Judd remarked, “It’s so nice to live in America again.”
Fan Walks On Court During Providence vs. Marquette Game
Actually, the fan was the brother of the injured player, Jeff Xavier. He was arrested. Dude, get a bigger coat you thug.
Jeff Xavier gets a hit by Joseph Fulce and Xavier's brother walks on the court afterwards.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Drunken Aborigine Forced to Dance by Cops - Double Standard Liberals Outraged
Watch it before it disappears. It's already been removed from Youtube.
A laughing police officer instructed a drunk Aboriginal man in Katherine to sing and dance while he filmed the event, with the footage later posted on YouTube.
The video shows a heavily intoxicated Aborigine lying on the ground. He starts singing The Rivers of Babylon at the behest of a police officer who is filming the incident.
A second officer then drags the man to his feet while the officer taking the footage laughs and tells him to dance and say "Happy Birthday Blake".
The Aboriginal man, who is staggering and appears close to falling, continues to sing and dances about in a circle before being directed towards a police car.
The officer filming the incident then turns the camera on himself and says: "This s... is f....d up, f....d up".
The video has prompted outrage from some online viewers.
"Disgusting is not the word for this," says one blogger.
"I have reported this to the minister of police. Sick and tired of so called police who abuse their power."
Others described the video as "racist" and called for the officer to be sacked or jailed.
Drunk Aborigine Dancing - Watch more Free Videos
Somehow, I don't think there would be such outrage if the guy were white.
h/t JWF
Man Buys Used Ipod Containing Military Files
Nothing sensitive was obtained (aside from social security numbers), but good grief, can we be a little more careful.
Apparently you can pick up outdated U.S. military files for less than $10. That's what happened to New Zealand's Chris Ogle when he bought a used MP3 player for $9 in Oklahoma. The 29 year old then took his new device home and synced it to his computer, only to discover that it contained U.S. military personnel lists that included social security numbers and cell phone numbers of soldiers stationed overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq. The files, most of which dated from 2005, also contained details of equipment inventories from U.S. bases in Afghanistan, and one mission briefing.
"The more I look at it, the more I see and the less I think I should be!" Ogle told TVNZ's ONE News. While the discovery may prove embarrassing to U.S. officials, the outdated files seem to be of little consequence to national security. However, personal information like social security and phone numbers could have put individual soldiers at risk for identity theft and personal harm.
A similar situation was uncovered in Afghanistan in 2006 when U.S. investigators bought stolen flash drives with military information outside Bagram base--a major U.S. military outpost in Afghanistan.
Big Brains in the White House Can't Figure Out Email
Their excuse is that the system is too simple. And we're trusting these folks to create jobs?
It's more than five hours and counting now since the entire White House e-mail system went down.
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs announced the technical snafu at his 1:30 p.m. briefing, apologizing to the media for the e-mail silence this afternoon.The result is maddening for the new White House team, which already has been frustrated with the archaic communications gear they discovered when they arrived at their offices.
The aide said the outage goes beyond the press shop. The first lady's office is also without e-mail, as are other offices.There was no indication when the e-mail service would return. For the moment, the press office is making even more use of the loudspeaker in the briefing room.And the executive orders that President Obama signed this morning were photocopied and are sitting on a table outside the briefing room.As to other, more sophisticated communications equipment at the White House -- including systems that might be found in the Situation Room -- an aide said: "We don't comment on security issues."
Climate Change is Irrevesible - So Smoke Up Johnny
I guess this means we don't need to spend any more money to stop it.
Climate change is "largely irreversible" for the next 1,000 years even if carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions could be abruptly halted, according to a new study led by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The study's authors said there was "no going back" after the report showed that changes in surface temperature, rainfall and sea level are "largely irreversible for more than 1,000 years after CO2 emissions are completely stopped.
The Audacity of Life -- Pro-Life Group Uses Obama to Convince His Own Supporters Not to Jab Large Needles in their Babies Heads
A video advertisement which has been called the "pro-life Obama ad" will soon be appearing on a major television network near you. The ad is the brainchild of CatholicVote.com, which was founded to educate and inform Americans on the "critical issues in the public policy arena."
Hope and Change Comes to Pakistan - Thousands Protest Barack Obama
The air is coming out of the balloon. From Reuters:
Supporters of the Pakistani Islamist party Jamat-e-Islami protest in Karachi, January 25, 2009. The protest was organised by Jamat-e-Islami party against military operations and drone attacks in tribal areas. U.S. drones fired missiles into Pakistan late on Friday killing 17 people, intelligence officials and residents said, in the first such strike since Barack Obama became U.S. president.
Meanwhile...The Chinese have fashioned a voodoo doll in Obama's likeness and are using it for their own selfish gains. Here, the Chinese use the Obama doll to manipulate him into announcing a stimulus plan directing a trillion dollars be spent on worthless infrastructure projects.
Report: ICE Puts Hold on Taking Action Against Obama's Illegal Immigrant Aunt
No Sheeples Here is reporting that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency has decided to refrain from any action regarding Obama's aunt to avoid negative publicity.
A newly disclosed federal document obtained by The Associated Press reveals that a directive from Immigration and Customs Enforcement expressed concerns about "negative media or congressional interest" in the illegal immigration of President Obama’s aunt, Zeituni Onyango. "A hold on any actions to proceed with arrest will be placed in the case file until I can review the case and evaluate the impact of the potential media or congressional interest," wrote the assistant field operations director for immigrant detention and removal.
The directive made clear that U.S. officials worried about possible election implications of arresting Zeituni Onyango, who at the time was living in public housing in Boston. She is now believed to be living in Cleveland.
Auntie Zeituni traveled to Washington last week for her nephew's inauguration. News organizations observed her attending an inaugural ball with her immigration lawyer, Margaret Wong.
Several years ago, Obama's aunt had sought asylum from Kenya. Obama has said he didn't know his aunt was living in the United States illegally.
Bill Kristol Agrees to Debate Matt Damon
Ruh Roh. Someone has finally called bullshit on Good Will Hunting.
On Sunday afternoon Weekly Standard editor and New York Times columnist Bill Kristol — in an email exchange with Big Hollywood — agreed to debate Matt Damon on his Hollywood home turf after being informed the 38-year old actor ridiculed Kristol in an interview in the Miami Herald.Bring the noise tubby.
Said Damon:“He’s an idiot — he wrote that we should be grateful to George Bush because he won the Iraq war. We! Won! The! War!”As the sponsor of the event, Big Hollywood is offering $100,000 to Damon (or to the charity or carbon credit of his choice) to publicly debate Kristol at a mutually agreed upon time, date and venue.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Separated at Birth?
It's probably just me, but I find this exercise extremely cathartic.
Separated at birth?
From the Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste Files -- Obama Etch-A-Sketch
80 hours to create this. I'll give him credit. That's 80 times more than any of his supporters spent considering him before they voted.
The portrait was created by artist George Vlosich, using the retro toy which originates from the late 1950s.
The likeness took 80 hours to draw with two dials on a plastic frame – all using one unbroken black line.
This May Be the Only Way Cadbury Can Sell its Chocolate
With crappy confections such as the Cadbury Egg and those nasty chocolate oranges, this may be the only way Cadbury can move its product off the shelves. The Cadbury Eyebrows.
Hippie Chick Bites Driver Because Bus Wasn't a Hybrid
Keep this bitch off the airlines.
Going green was a cause she could really sink her teeth into.The frantic passenger who bit a veteran driver's arm was upset that his bus wasn't a hybrid, he said Thursday.
"She came on the bus, and she said she waited more than an hour for a hybrid," said MTA driver Peter Williams, 42. "I said, 'I'm not in control of what bus is assigned to me.'"Williams, a dad of two who is in the Navy Reserves, plans to take a little time off after Wednesday's bizarre attack on an uptown M104 bus.
The woman, Shelia Bolar, 49, started hollering at Williams soon after she boarded the Broadway bus on the upper West Side.When her rant was done, she she grabbed his arm."Miss, don't touch me while I'm operating the bus," Williams warned Bolar.At W. 79th St., Williams let passengers off and gestured to a dispatcher he called for help."That's when she bit me. ... I couldn't believe it.
"Bolar chomped through a jacket, a sweater and a thick shirt, causing a bruise and swelling but not breaking skin."She bit through all that," said Williams, still shocked.And then she fled - but cops nabbed her blocks away. Bolar, who faces assault charges was held without bail, pending a psychiatric exam.Williams was released from St. Luke's Hospital and plans to return to work soon. "I hope it doesn't happen again," he said.
Michelle and Barack are Really into "Fisting"
Fox News in Detroit featured a segment called "The Love Doctor" that focused on the relationship between President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. After watching this, I think it may be time to begin referring to Michelle Obama as the "Fist Lady".
Is That Obama in Your Pocket?...A Dangerously Close to Chairman Mao Alert
Found this at Amazon.com. Here is the product description.
Printed in a size that easily fits into pocket or purse, this book is an anthology of quotations borrowed from Barack Obama's speeches and writings. POCKET OBAMA serves as a reminder of the amazing power of oratory and the remarkable ability of this man to move people with his words. His superb and captivating oratory style has earned comparisons to John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, and this collection presents words that catapulted his remarkable rise to the American Presidency. Includes themes of democracy, politics, war, terrorism, race, community, jurisprudence, faith, personal responsibility, national identity, and above all, his hoped-for vision of a new America. This book is truly a primer for readers who want to examine the substance of his thought and reflect on the next great chapter in the American story. It is an unofficial requirement for every citizen to own, to read, and to carry this book at all times.Note how Amazon characterizes it as an "unofficial requirement" for every citizen. Here's another book that was once characterized as an unofficial requirement.
Google's Sinister Plan to Store Personal Data
Obama was only step one. This, my friends, is the final solution.
Google is to launch a service that would enable users to access their personal computer from any internet connection, according to industry reports. But campaigners warn that it would give the online behemoth unprecedented control over individuals' personal data.
The Google Drive, or "GDrive", could kill off the desktop computer, which relies on a powerful hard drive. Instead a user's personal files and operating system could be stored on Google's own servers and accessed via the internet.
The long-rumoured GDrive is expected to be launched this year, according to the technology news website TG Daily, which described it as "the most anticipated Google product so far". It is seen as a paradigm shift away from Microsoft's Windows operating system, which runs inside most of the world's computers, in favour of "cloud computing", where the processing and storage is done thousands of miles away in remote data centres.
It is this prospect that alarms critics of Google's ambitions. Peter Brown, executive director of the Free Software Foundation, a charity defending computer users' liberties, did not dispute the convenience offered, but said: "It's a little bit like saying, 'we're in a dictatorship, the trains are running on time.' But does it matter to you that someone can see everything on your computer? Does it matter that Google can be subpoenaed at any time to hand over all your data to the American government?"
Former Gitmo Prisoners Demand Apology from Obama
And knowing Obama, they're likely to get one.
United States President Barack Obama’s decision to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre is a mere whitewash, Muhammad Saad, a former inmate, said on Sunday.
Saad said Obama has to apologise to the prisoners, to their families and their societies. “They have to apologise to the Muslim world and a whole generation. That’s the least he could do. He should pledge these atrocities will never be repeated and compensate those who suffered any kind of torture.”
Afghans Protest U.S. Because of Civilian Deaths -- AP Forgets to Mention Obama is President
Afghans are angry about Obama's war and the effects it's having on innocent civilians. The AP, however, seems to have forgotten who the commander in chief is. They did manage, however, to drop dime on Karzai.
Thousands of Afghans protested against President Hamid Karzai and the United States on Sunday over reports of fresh civilian deaths caused by U.S.-led troops during a raid against Taliban militants.
The issue of civilian casualties is sensitive in Afghanistan and has eroded public support for Karzai's government and the foreign troops backing it.
It has also caused a rift between Karzai and his Western allies more than seven years after U.S.-led and Afghan forces overthrew the Taliban's government.
The operation causing the latest controversy happened this week in eastern Laghman province. The U.S. military said on Saturday that troops, backed by air support, had killed 15 militants in an overnight operation.
Assadullah Wafa, a Karzai adviser investigating the deaths, said on Sunday that "16 civilians, many of them children and women, were killed" in the operation.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Pelosi Says Birth Control Will Help Economy
Jesus help us. These people are making our financial policy. This from Drudge:
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi boldly defended a move to add birth control funding to the new economic "stimulus" package, claiming "contraception will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government."
Pelosi, the mother of 5 children and 6 grandchildren, who once said, "Nothing in my life will ever, ever compare to being a mom," seemed to imply babies are somehow a burden on the treasury.
The revelation came during an exchange Sunday morning on ABC's THIS WEEK.
STEPHANOPOULOS: Hundreds of millions of dollars to expand family planning services. How is that stimulus?
PELOSI: Well, the family planning services reduce cost. They reduce cost. The states are in terrible fiscal budget crises now and part of what we do for children's health, education and some of those elements are to help the states meet their financial needs. One of those - one of the initiatives you mentioned, the contraception, will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So no apologies for that?
PELOSI: No apologies. No. we have to deal with the consequences of the downturn in our economy.
Liberal Loons Push for Organic Farm to be Planted on White House Lawn
A liberal group of absolute nutjobs is pushing to have an organic farm seeded on the White House lawn. As best I can tell, it is their intention to have this farm created and maintained by students, the crippled and the mentally defective. In other words, half of Obama's support base.
Here's an excerpt from the Petition they are asking people to sign:
We, the people, respectfully request that an organic farm be planted on the grounds of The White House, at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC.Here's their video. Get on the short bus!
The White House Organic Farm (aka TheWhoFarm) will be a model for healthy, economical and sustainable living everywhere. It will serve as an educational tool and economic aid, and as a means to provide food security in the Nation’s Capitol. It will reconnect the Office of the Presidency to the self-sufficient agricultural roots of America's Founding Fathers.
The White House Organic Farm Recipe
Article I: The Farmers
Public school children and Americans with disabilities will work The White House Organic Farm, to set an example for the world of hands-on learning and will foster an independent, do-it-yourself work ethic.
Article II: The Eaters
The White House Organic Farm's harvest will provide fresh food for the President, the President's family, and the President's distinguished guests. Just as importantly, it will also supply healthy food to public school lunch programs and food pantries in Washington, DC.
Article III: The Delivery
Food from The White House Organic Farm will be delivered to local public schools and food pantries by volunteers on foot and by bicycle, at a net-zero cost to U.S. taxpayers.
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