I am as fired up as any time I can remember over the conduct of Democrats and their sock puppets during the aftermath of the Arizona shootings. The enthusiasm with which Democrats have attempted to profit politically from the tragedy is as sick as their attempts to gain from body counts in Iraq.
Old habits die hard, I guess.
Krugman, the idiot, personifies the twisted logic that no tragedy should pass without trying to pin it on Republicans:
Where’s that toxic rhetoric coming from? Let’s not make a false pretense of balance: it’s coming, overwhelmingly, from the right.
He has got to be fucking kidding, right? Krugman isn't just stupid and greedy, he's evil. Sometimes I wonder if he isn't actually a conservative mole with the sole purpose of making Democrats look cheap and sleazy. If so, well done, sir. Not that I needed a reminder, but I'm a believer.
Super compiler Michelle Malkin can take you down the Bush assassination porn, gang rape Palin!, violence frenzy the left has been engaged in since 2000. Krugman, of course, is either blissfully unaware of his own party's filth or chooses to ignore it. Either way, shameful for a nationally syndicated author in an industry that is supposed to strive for truth. If you're looking for something more recent, check the four minutes of Palin assassination fantasy tweets from this week.
Contentions says this is the tipping point in Krugman's embarrassing career. I remember being that naive and hopeful. I commend his sense of hope but there is no chance Krugman's shameful behavior will be anything but a footnote. Not in this world, where all sins against the right are easily forgotten or even celebrated. No doubt there is a standing ovation for Krugman out there somewhere just waiting for him to appear.
Krauthammer - someone who actually knows something about mental illness - offers some explanation of Loughner, the shooter, but even he can't explain Krugman.
For myself, this week brings back memories of watching anti-war protesters advocating violence against soldiers and attacking recruiting offices, abortion supporters destroying memorials, and the with-each-day-comes-more-violent-speech-against-Bush we lived for eight years. All the while I waited for someone of the left to say something. Never once.
To hear them now, so concerned with the future of the nation, reminds me not that "we are all Americans." It reminds me nothing is sacred to left-Americans when it comes to smearing Republicans. A dead body is an opportunity to them, not a tragedy.
Obama wants us all to take a step back and treat each other better. If he had said that four years ago, I would have had great respect for his courage, but he was right there with the hate-mongers then. He might be more subtle, but he sounds like just another of the weasels, waking up to the barn long after the cattle is gone.
For eight years I, and conservatives in general, were treated like baby killing scum by the left. Any action against conservatives was "justifiable" for the good of the planet and society. Death was wished upon many, and celebrated when it occurred.
I didn't always hate the left, I just disagreed with them. Their beneath contempt behavior during the Bush years made me actually hate. This last week has served as a stark reminder why.
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Friday, September 10, 2010
Mickey Mouse care
This was delivered to my e-mail:
Effective January 1, 2011, for all Health Flexible Spending Accounts
As a result of the new Health Care Reform Bill, reimbursements for drugs or medicines are only eligible “...if such medicine or drug is a prescribed drug (determined without regard to whether such drug is available without a prescription) or is insulin.” This change means that all over-the-counter drugs and medicines are no longer eligible for reimbursement unless you purchased the drug or medicine (except insulin) as a result of receiving a prescription from your doctor.
That, folks, is an added tax for people responsible enough to maintain health care. I wonder how many people with flex accounts will now go to the doctor every time they have a headache or heartburn, so they can get prescriptions instead of purchasing medicine over the counter. That, of course, will add far more to the overall cost of health care than the taxes generated through this Mickey Mouse interference with private health care.
Effective January 1, 2011, for all Health Flexible Spending Accounts
As a result of the new Health Care Reform Bill, reimbursements for drugs or medicines are only eligible “...if such medicine or drug is a prescribed drug (determined without regard to whether such drug is available without a prescription) or is insulin.” This change means that all over-the-counter drugs and medicines are no longer eligible for reimbursement unless you purchased the drug or medicine (except insulin) as a result of receiving a prescription from your doctor.
That, folks, is an added tax for people responsible enough to maintain health care. I wonder how many people with flex accounts will now go to the doctor every time they have a headache or heartburn, so they can get prescriptions instead of purchasing medicine over the counter. That, of course, will add far more to the overall cost of health care than the taxes generated through this Mickey Mouse interference with private health care.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Signage backfire
ABC is reporting that $20 million has been spent on stimulus signage:
Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) has joined the chorus of Republican outrage over stimulus signs and claims at least $20 million has been spent on them. He told ABC News, "I think it's a bit of an oxymoron to spend tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money, borrowed money, on a bunch of signs to tell them how we are spending their taxpayer money."
I have noted the unseemly nature of taking credit for projects paid for by tax dollars. But perhaps the most significant aspect of that is I'm thinking that while I'm stuck in traffic caused by the project the sign represents.
It occurred to me a few months ago that all those cars sitting still on roads daily may not be too appreciative of the extra gas and time they are burning, broiling in the summer heat. The signs provide a timely reminder why they are wasting so much time in construction.
The Obama administration certainly thought they found a clever way to spend taxpayer money on what are essentially political campaign signs. While that is inherently wrong and shows raw disdain for the taxpayer, it may also backfire as more and more people are reminded who is responsible for out of control spending in D.C., and the gridlock that is making everyone's lives miserable this summer, across the state.
So the next time you are roasting on a Minnesota freeway, moving five miles an hour, remember that it is stimulus dollars that put you there. And if you forget, don't sweat it; there is certain to be a sign coming up soon.
Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) has joined the chorus of Republican outrage over stimulus signs and claims at least $20 million has been spent on them. He told ABC News, "I think it's a bit of an oxymoron to spend tens of millions of dollars of taxpayer money, borrowed money, on a bunch of signs to tell them how we are spending their taxpayer money."
I have noted the unseemly nature of taking credit for projects paid for by tax dollars. But perhaps the most significant aspect of that is I'm thinking that while I'm stuck in traffic caused by the project the sign represents.
It occurred to me a few months ago that all those cars sitting still on roads daily may not be too appreciative of the extra gas and time they are burning, broiling in the summer heat. The signs provide a timely reminder why they are wasting so much time in construction.
The Obama administration certainly thought they found a clever way to spend taxpayer money on what are essentially political campaign signs. While that is inherently wrong and shows raw disdain for the taxpayer, it may also backfire as more and more people are reminded who is responsible for out of control spending in D.C., and the gridlock that is making everyone's lives miserable this summer, across the state.
So the next time you are roasting on a Minnesota freeway, moving five miles an hour, remember that it is stimulus dollars that put you there. And if you forget, don't sweat it; there is certain to be a sign coming up soon.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Blue Dogs Leave the Room
Not heard from since Favre became a Viking, Hitler makes an appearance to comment on the victory of Scott Brown in Massachusetts:
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
He Was For It...You Know the Rest
In light of C-SPAN's efforts to have public business conducted...in public, this promise - made over and over again by Obama - is pretty damning now:
For it, for it, for it, for it, for it, for it, for it, for it....against it!
For it, for it, for it, for it, for it, for it, for it, for it....against it!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Parodies Everywhere
At Iowahawk, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab describes his recent air travel experience:
When I came to, I was handcuffed, surrounded by cops and bomb sniffing dogs. Amid all the hysterical hippies I felt a strange sensation and heard a soft klink. -Yep, you guessed it. My freeze dried bar-b-cued junk had just fallen off. Before I could locate it, one of the bomb sniffing dog snarfed it up like a frozen snausage.
In other parodies, the Obama administration tries to protect America. Thank goodness for pushy Eurotrash.
When I came to, I was handcuffed, surrounded by cops and bomb sniffing dogs. Amid all the hysterical hippies I felt a strange sensation and heard a soft klink. -Yep, you guessed it. My freeze dried bar-b-cued junk had just fallen off. Before I could locate it, one of the bomb sniffing dog snarfed it up like a frozen snausage.
In other parodies, the Obama administration tries to protect America. Thank goodness for pushy Eurotrash.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
It's Real Now
Stiffed by Obama, "Save the Children" concert organizers came up with a solution:
...organizers replaced him with an Obama cardboard cutout.
And thus, six years after the myth was born, the fake turkey finally makes an appearance.
I wonder if Tim Blair will hold some kind of ceremony marking this auspicious occasion.
...organizers replaced him with an Obama cardboard cutout.
And thus, six years after the myth was born, the fake turkey finally makes an appearance.
I wonder if Tim Blair will hold some kind of ceremony marking this auspicious occasion.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Ideology is settled
My hat is off today for Barack Obama, who has the courage to come forward and demonstrate a dedication to science over politics in the face of overwhelming pressure:
...we base our public policies on the soundest science; that we appoint scientific advisers based on their credentials and experience, not their politics or ideology; and that we are open and honest with the American people about the science behind our decisions.
***
Promoting science isn't just about providing resources -- it's also about protecting free and open inquiry. It's about letting scientists like those who are here today do their jobs, free from manipulation or coercion, and listening to what they tell us, even when it's inconvenient -- especially when it's inconvenient. It is about ensuring that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda -- and that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology.
Oh, wait. He wasn't talking about climate science; he was talking about stem cell research. Despite an emerging pile of evidence to the contrary, Obama continues to insist global warming is "settled science."
Game, set, match: ideology. Hat back on.
...we base our public policies on the soundest science; that we appoint scientific advisers based on their credentials and experience, not their politics or ideology; and that we are open and honest with the American people about the science behind our decisions.
***
Promoting science isn't just about providing resources -- it's also about protecting free and open inquiry. It's about letting scientists like those who are here today do their jobs, free from manipulation or coercion, and listening to what they tell us, even when it's inconvenient -- especially when it's inconvenient. It is about ensuring that scientific data is never distorted or concealed to serve a political agenda -- and that we make scientific decisions based on facts, not ideology.
Oh, wait. He wasn't talking about climate science; he was talking about stem cell research. Despite an emerging pile of evidence to the contrary, Obama continues to insist global warming is "settled science."
Game, set, match: ideology. Hat back on.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
What the Hell, its Only Other People's Money
A $100 million here, a $100 million there, and sooner or later it starts adding up to real money.
If I was one of the senators not getting a $100 million payoff for my vote, I think I'd hold out.
If I was one of the senators not getting a $100 million payoff for my vote, I think I'd hold out.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Getting on with life
With a rather time-consuming and, at times, traumatic experience behind me professionally, life returned very much to normal today. Hopefully that will lend itself to more attention to this site in the near future.
Sorry about the drop in activity. But at least I can say I wasn't even trying. Poor CNN has no excuse. Aaah. It's always nice to come up for air and see that things are going your way.
Sorry about the drop in activity. But at least I can say I wasn't even trying. Poor CNN has no excuse. Aaah. It's always nice to come up for air and see that things are going your way.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
No sympathy here
I'm not sure which is more absurd in this column by Tim Rutten; the almost biblical terms in which the far left sees a man whose "legend" remains strictly potential, or how he characterizes the response to Obama being awarded something for...well...nothing:
It would have been unthinkable a few years ago that the opposition party would not have at least extended the president perfunctory congratulations for this honor; he is, after all, the head of state.
I guess it depends on how you define "few."
It's not so much the revision of Obama - from the moment he was elected - which seeks to write history before it even occurs; it's the revision of the years 2000-2008, during which the left - apparently - would have found it "unthinkable" to act in a manner lacking respect for the "head of state."
I don't particularly care for some of the criticism of Obama. I have no time for birthers. But I have no sympathy for a left suddenly "appalled" at the tone. The left created this atmosphere every day for eight years. As far as I'm concerned they can eat it. They bought it, they own it.
It would have been unthinkable a few years ago that the opposition party would not have at least extended the president perfunctory congratulations for this honor; he is, after all, the head of state.
I guess it depends on how you define "few."
It's not so much the revision of Obama - from the moment he was elected - which seeks to write history before it even occurs; it's the revision of the years 2000-2008, during which the left - apparently - would have found it "unthinkable" to act in a manner lacking respect for the "head of state."
I don't particularly care for some of the criticism of Obama. I have no time for birthers. But I have no sympathy for a left suddenly "appalled" at the tone. The left created this atmosphere every day for eight years. As far as I'm concerned they can eat it. They bought it, they own it.
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Wierder by the Day
While the MSM is mourning Obama's Olympic foibles, another story - one much more disturbing - is flying under the radar; Obama's "Safe Schools" czar Kevin Jennings.
Jennings appointment calls into question even more Obama's judgment, if that is even possible. Jennings is inspired by NAMBLA founder Harry Hay, who advocates for the rights of men who want to molest boys, and founded GLSEN, which readers of this blog will recall instructing middle school students in Massachusetts not to drink too much alcohol before they get "fisted."
Mr. Jennings is also being criticized for not reporting a relationship between a 15-year-old sophomore student and an older man. Jennings was a teacher at the time and therefore a mandated reporter.
But it's all good says Media Matters! They have proof the boy was 16 years old, so this whole thing is just a right-wing "witch hunt." Of course, as Dan Riehl notes, it was Jennings himself who asserted the boy was 15, and adds:
"Whether the student was straight or gay, does anyone really believe that a 15, or 16 year old student involved in restroom sex with total strangers is the bar we want to set for safe and acceptable behavior in our public schools? Give me a break. Media Matters might have done better to not engage this issue at all."
The left, of course, is going to make any and all criticism of Jennings an anti-gay bigotry issue, just like criticizing Obama is an anti-black racism issue. But Jennings, as someone who doesn't seem to care one wit - and even promotes - the molestation of boys, is an appalling choice to be in charge of school safety, and that has nothing to do with his sexual orientation.
Jennings is someone who should never have gotten within a thousand miles of a government appointment. Yet he is now in charge of the safety of America's school children. Obama has put the fox in charge of the hen house. I have never been more convinced that he is a complete idiot, and totally unfit.
Where do I sign up for the recall?
Jennings appointment calls into question even more Obama's judgment, if that is even possible. Jennings is inspired by NAMBLA founder Harry Hay, who advocates for the rights of men who want to molest boys, and founded GLSEN, which readers of this blog will recall instructing middle school students in Massachusetts not to drink too much alcohol before they get "fisted."
Mr. Jennings is also being criticized for not reporting a relationship between a 15-year-old sophomore student and an older man. Jennings was a teacher at the time and therefore a mandated reporter.
But it's all good says Media Matters! They have proof the boy was 16 years old, so this whole thing is just a right-wing "witch hunt." Of course, as Dan Riehl notes, it was Jennings himself who asserted the boy was 15, and adds:
"Whether the student was straight or gay, does anyone really believe that a 15, or 16 year old student involved in restroom sex with total strangers is the bar we want to set for safe and acceptable behavior in our public schools? Give me a break. Media Matters might have done better to not engage this issue at all."
The left, of course, is going to make any and all criticism of Jennings an anti-gay bigotry issue, just like criticizing Obama is an anti-black racism issue. But Jennings, as someone who doesn't seem to care one wit - and even promotes - the molestation of boys, is an appalling choice to be in charge of school safety, and that has nothing to do with his sexual orientation.
Jennings is someone who should never have gotten within a thousand miles of a government appointment. Yet he is now in charge of the safety of America's school children. Obama has put the fox in charge of the hen house. I have never been more convinced that he is a complete idiot, and totally unfit.
Where do I sign up for the recall?
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Today on Geraldo...
It's been a long time since I read something so powerful and that so masterfully deconstructs the cult of personality currently occupying the executive branch. I couldn't choose a quote, there's just too damn many.
It also makes me wonder when I started forgetting to read VDH, and reminds me not to do it again.
It also makes me wonder when I started forgetting to read VDH, and reminds me not to do it again.
No Word Yet on a Ransom
Obama says pass health care reform or "more people will die."
Wait. People have been dying? Does everyone? Will I?
When did this start happening?
Wait. People have been dying? Does everyone? Will I?
When did this start happening?
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Thanks for the Extra Work
Obama has created a real mess for school districts across the country, which now have to figure out what to do about his speech to school children. And make no mistake, this is a quagmire created by Obama. Most of what he intends to say is great...work hard, pay attention, strive for success, yada yada. No problem there.
But Obama hasn't released the context of his speech, and the teaser suggests there is an element of political agenda. This liberal writer encapsulates the problem, much of the pre- and post-speech activities are about Obama. And, Obama's press people have given little to no detail about the part of the speech where Obama is going to talk about his plans for education, what kids can do to help.
As the above linked writer notes, it's creepy.
Certainly if a conservative president planned to address school children about an educational agenda that included vouchers and getting rid of teachers' unions there would be outrage, and justifiably so. The classroom is no place for politicking. Public schools are for all children, and Obama has no right to go around parents and push his agenda and values on children.
Granted, we don't know that Obama will do that, and I would like to believe he's smarter than that. But no one knows because, while they must plan for the event now, no one has had a chance to preview what it is will be shown. The event is being billed as curricular, but curriculum is something that is reviewed before it is bought into by educators. No school in its right mind would put untested curriculum in front of kids, but that is exactly what they are being asked to do.
Naturally, conservatives are concerned that Obama is about to break the American golden rule by going around parents to instill his values in their children. And why not? The left is notorious for disregarding the rules when it comes to their own politics. A school is already apologizing for showing a left-wing video at an assembly that shows famous people pledging to support stem cell research, buy a hybrid, and support Obama. His administration has no problem calling Republicans "assholes" in public. I certainly don't trust him, his agenda, or many of his immature administration with my children.
Obama could clear this all up by releasing the transcript of his speech, and let parents and educators review it for content and educational value. I would expect nothing less of anybody who wanted to "teach" my children. And let's hope he does it soon because as it looks right now, districts across the country look to be spending the rest of this week in the middle of this mess when they should be preparing to start classes. In other words, all he has accomplished thus far is to throw school district into an unwinnable public relations tailspin before it has gotten off the ground.
Somehow I don't think that was his intent.
So fix it. And hurry please.
But Obama hasn't released the context of his speech, and the teaser suggests there is an element of political agenda. This liberal writer encapsulates the problem, much of the pre- and post-speech activities are about Obama. And, Obama's press people have given little to no detail about the part of the speech where Obama is going to talk about his plans for education, what kids can do to help.
As the above linked writer notes, it's creepy.
Certainly if a conservative president planned to address school children about an educational agenda that included vouchers and getting rid of teachers' unions there would be outrage, and justifiably so. The classroom is no place for politicking. Public schools are for all children, and Obama has no right to go around parents and push his agenda and values on children.
Granted, we don't know that Obama will do that, and I would like to believe he's smarter than that. But no one knows because, while they must plan for the event now, no one has had a chance to preview what it is will be shown. The event is being billed as curricular, but curriculum is something that is reviewed before it is bought into by educators. No school in its right mind would put untested curriculum in front of kids, but that is exactly what they are being asked to do.
Naturally, conservatives are concerned that Obama is about to break the American golden rule by going around parents to instill his values in their children. And why not? The left is notorious for disregarding the rules when it comes to their own politics. A school is already apologizing for showing a left-wing video at an assembly that shows famous people pledging to support stem cell research, buy a hybrid, and support Obama. His administration has no problem calling Republicans "assholes" in public. I certainly don't trust him, his agenda, or many of his immature administration with my children.
Obama could clear this all up by releasing the transcript of his speech, and let parents and educators review it for content and educational value. I would expect nothing less of anybody who wanted to "teach" my children. And let's hope he does it soon because as it looks right now, districts across the country look to be spending the rest of this week in the middle of this mess when they should be preparing to start classes. In other words, all he has accomplished thus far is to throw school district into an unwinnable public relations tailspin before it has gotten off the ground.
Somehow I don't think that was his intent.
So fix it. And hurry please.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Love Me Do
It's reality. My opinion?
I think it's a bad deal. We might win a few more games this season, but I don't think we'll win a Super Bowl despite assurances from Tom "This time I know we won't be disappointed" D.
Favre will eat time in the pre-season which means we won't be able to properly evaluate the quarterbacks that will be here past this season. So, we'll be right back here next year.
A surprisingly Un-Chili move. Until now he's been so good about bringing in long-term talent - Allen, Peterson, Greenway, Hutchinson, and many more - Favre has always seemed like an Achilles heel for Childress. And, he brings with him more negatives than positives.
I hope Favre has a great season, but that's all it will ever be. It's not the start of the "Brett Favre era" like the drooling news rubes are suggesting. Suggesting? What am I saying? I can't remember the last time the local media was so far in the tank. Apparently we are all beside ourselves on a level commensurate with New Yorkers when the Beatles landed. Chubby, purple-clad Miller Lite drinkers are fainting in the streets.
I know, I know. I'll probably eat these words when the Minnesota Vikings stomp the crap out of the entire league this year and take it all the way to The Show!
Super Bowl baby!
Ya!
2010 World Champs!
You know it!
Eat it Cheeselosers!
Whatever. I ain't drinking Miller Light.
I think it's a bad deal. We might win a few more games this season, but I don't think we'll win a Super Bowl despite assurances from Tom "This time I know we won't be disappointed" D.
Favre will eat time in the pre-season which means we won't be able to properly evaluate the quarterbacks that will be here past this season. So, we'll be right back here next year.
A surprisingly Un-Chili move. Until now he's been so good about bringing in long-term talent - Allen, Peterson, Greenway, Hutchinson, and many more - Favre has always seemed like an Achilles heel for Childress. And, he brings with him more negatives than positives.
I hope Favre has a great season, but that's all it will ever be. It's not the start of the "Brett Favre era" like the drooling news rubes are suggesting. Suggesting? What am I saying? I can't remember the last time the local media was so far in the tank. Apparently we are all beside ourselves on a level commensurate with New Yorkers when the Beatles landed. Chubby, purple-clad Miller Lite drinkers are fainting in the streets.
I know, I know. I'll probably eat these words when the Minnesota Vikings stomp the crap out of the entire league this year and take it all the way to The Show!
Super Bowl baby!
Ya!
2010 World Champs!
You know it!
Eat it Cheeselosers!
Whatever. I ain't drinking Miller Light.
Thursday, August 06, 2009
I'm Harry Ried and I'm a Rageaholic
This just keeps getting better. It has become increasingly clear that Democrats simply have no idea how to deal with opposition:
The Senate's most powerful Democrat on Thursday scolded health care protesters dogging his party's lawmakers at local meetings, arguing that some critics on the political right have run out of ideas—and ditched their civic manners. Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada accused the protesters of trying to "sabotage" the democratic process.
So, if you are taking part in the Democratic process - going to town hall meetings, legislative listening sessions, etc. - expecting to be heard, you are "sabotaging" the process. Funny, Reid wasn't much concerned about that when his party's lapdogs were throwing pies at Conservative speakers, shouting down war supporters, or stomping on little old ladies' crucifixes for supporting traditional marriage.
It is wrong now, of course, because single payer health care is good for us, whether we know it or not. So, essentially, Democracy is only a tool for those in power to be used when the masses agree. When they don't, you simply condemn the people you were sent to DC to represent and do what you want anyway.
Democrats have no idea how to lead. They have this health care system they think is going to save the country and the only talking point they can come up with is "don't listen to Republicans." If they could sell this program, they would. They can't because it sucks and everyone knows it.
They are hamstrung and sinking; which refers to the first sentence of this post.
The Senate's most powerful Democrat on Thursday scolded health care protesters dogging his party's lawmakers at local meetings, arguing that some critics on the political right have run out of ideas—and ditched their civic manners. Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada accused the protesters of trying to "sabotage" the democratic process.
So, if you are taking part in the Democratic process - going to town hall meetings, legislative listening sessions, etc. - expecting to be heard, you are "sabotaging" the process. Funny, Reid wasn't much concerned about that when his party's lapdogs were throwing pies at Conservative speakers, shouting down war supporters, or stomping on little old ladies' crucifixes for supporting traditional marriage.
It is wrong now, of course, because single payer health care is good for us, whether we know it or not. So, essentially, Democracy is only a tool for those in power to be used when the masses agree. When they don't, you simply condemn the people you were sent to DC to represent and do what you want anyway.
Democrats have no idea how to lead. They have this health care system they think is going to save the country and the only talking point they can come up with is "don't listen to Republicans." If they could sell this program, they would. They can't because it sucks and everyone knows it.
They are hamstrung and sinking; which refers to the first sentence of this post.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Help Us Make People Understand
The White House is asking for people to turn in their neighbors:
“There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.”
I wonder if White House director of new media Macon Phillips could have chosen a better e-mail prefix than "flag."
Sen. Cornyn covers the obvious with Obama:
“I can only imagine the level of justifiable outrage had your predecessor asked Americans to forward emails critical of his policies to the White House. I suspect that you would have been leading the charge in condemning such a program -- and I would have been at your side denouncing such heavy-handed government action.”
Now that would have been a big story; an outrage, really.
UPDATE: Iowahawk has more from the White House:
...beware: though small in number the state health reform enemy is clever, and well trained in subterfuge and disguise by his monopolist paymasters.
Plus, tips for recognizing good and evil in the world of protest.
“There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.”
I wonder if White House director of new media Macon Phillips could have chosen a better e-mail prefix than "flag."
Sen. Cornyn covers the obvious with Obama:
“I can only imagine the level of justifiable outrage had your predecessor asked Americans to forward emails critical of his policies to the White House. I suspect that you would have been leading the charge in condemning such a program -- and I would have been at your side denouncing such heavy-handed government action.”
Now that would have been a big story; an outrage, really.
UPDATE: Iowahawk has more from the White House:
...beware: though small in number the state health reform enemy is clever, and well trained in subterfuge and disguise by his monopolist paymasters.
Plus, tips for recognizing good and evil in the world of protest.
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Where Have All the Good Times Gone?
Is it just me, or is the Obama administration in a flat-out free-fall?
His approval rating is in the tank, he's getting slaughtered on health care since most people actually like their insurance, Cash for Clunkers is a disaster. Meanwhile, Obama needs a do-over with Israel, his Gitmo solution lies in absolute shambles, and he drinks Bud Light. The only currently non-controversial moves seem to be his many affirmations of Bush policy.
He has become a cartoon character faster than he sheds campaign promises.
The Generic Congressional Ballot has Republicans up by five points, a lead almost equal their deficit in 2008. Then there's this:
Voters not affiliated with either party prefer Republicans two-to-one - 43% to 22%.
Deservedly to Bush or not, Obama took office with nowhere to go but up. That opportunity has slipped into disaster pretty steadily. Republicans up by five just seven months into 2009? That's an epic fail.
Something to keep in mind for the future: When the time comes the American people favor the Democratic party to lead, perhaps the time has come to let it.
His approval rating is in the tank, he's getting slaughtered on health care since most people actually like their insurance, Cash for Clunkers is a disaster. Meanwhile, Obama needs a do-over with Israel, his Gitmo solution lies in absolute shambles, and he drinks Bud Light. The only currently non-controversial moves seem to be his many affirmations of Bush policy.
He has become a cartoon character faster than he sheds campaign promises.
The Generic Congressional Ballot has Republicans up by five points, a lead almost equal their deficit in 2008. Then there's this:
Voters not affiliated with either party prefer Republicans two-to-one - 43% to 22%.
Deservedly to Bush or not, Obama took office with nowhere to go but up. That opportunity has slipped into disaster pretty steadily. Republicans up by five just seven months into 2009? That's an epic fail.
Something to keep in mind for the future: When the time comes the American people favor the Democratic party to lead, perhaps the time has come to let it.
Monday, August 03, 2009
"We, uh, kill the Batman"
During the Bush years it was common to see him depicted as a monkey, a Nazi, or in any number of humiliating ways, so why not?Frankly, this depiction of Obama even made me cringe. It has the added churn of being devastatingly effective. No doubt myriad leftie activists world-wide are kicking themselves today, having not been hip enough to think of this when it's power could have been used to unite the world against right-wing tyranny.
I don't think this poster is going to sit well with the left. No siree.
UPDATE: I didn't see this earlier. Here's Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson:
"Depicting the president as demonic and a socialist goes beyond political spoofery," says Hutchinson, "it is mean-spirited and dangerous."
Dangerous. Like yelling fire in a crowded theater I suppose, this poster is a public safety issue!
"We have issued a public challenge to the person or group that put up the poster to come forth and publicly tell why they have used this offensive depiction to ridicule President Obama."
Depicter, expose thyself!
Earl has forgotten that dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
UPDATE II: Private health care has Batman-like approval ratings.
UPDATE III: Sometimes you can only take so much of the Rantings of Loafer. In this case, it is the confidence with which he makes the following statement:
Face it, if this depiction was of the Pope, or of her honor (former) Gov. Palin, all hockey sticks would be flying, with hours of "coverage" on the lack of lefty ethics by the RW Media.
Hmmm - The hypocrit meter just pegged.
I offer exhibit A, virtually the same depiction of Bush, which passed without comment, as far as I know. And don't get me started on all the "assassination chic" wear from the Bush era, which also passed with little comment. I don't know about the hypocrit meter, but it seems a bit late to be crying about this kind of stuff now.
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