Not many folks know that Barack Obama attended a highly elitist university on the outskirts of Washington D.C.
You know, I probably should have interviewed Bill Clinton for this piece, cause he knows quite a bit about the outskirts of Washington D.C….but I digress……..The name of the institution is the University of Delaware Imminent Presidents School.
The UDIPS Core Curriculum was designed by liberal Democrats to educate leaders for a future society in which there is no private property and in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state.
Development of knowledge, skills, and values that should be held in common by all graduates of the university, are tightly regulated and rationed. Oh…and no gays allowed.
The central purpose of the University core curriculum is to teach men and women economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.
Although the UDIPS curriculum seeks to dilute and smother individual talents, its primary emphasis is in preparation for a stage of society between capitalism and communism and distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay.
Through their core curriculum courses, students will develop the ability to:
1. Pass spending bills costing the country trillions of dollars, and wasting our national wealth.
2. Reverse federal bans on abortion, thus opening the door to massive partial birth abortions and infanticide in general.
3. Appoint former failed campaign contributors and tax cheats to your staff, thus exhibiting your desire to place private allegiances above properly qualified employees.
4. Appoint Secretary of State’s who have no geopolitical experience, and are called upon to confront some of our world’s most dangerous dictators and settle unstable political disputes.
But whether he was ‘throwing’ the ball around by the giant pansy fountain or smoking pot in back of the library, rest assured Barry wasn’t 100% marinated in politics the whole time at UDIPS.
He had a wide range of classes and activities to choose from. And the famous Pansywaist cafeteria to ensure a heaping helping of real-world utopian grandeur.
Barry was head of the Science club…where they tried bringing back old tired ideas and legislation from the dead.
Barry was not the best student at the school and often had to stay after class to master the basic concepts.
When failing to grasp even the most fundamental of lessons, you could often find Barry trying out for team sports.
UDIPS has a good basketball program and the ‘Fighting Pansies’ always give it their all during the twice-a-year match-up with Rio Linda, it’s always a barn-burner. Actually, no, it’s not. The ‘Institute of Advanced Conservative Studies’ has dominated the series due to their star-player Rush Limbaugh, who consistently holds Barry to zero points. Limbaugh is so good that he should probably play Obama with one hand tied behind his back, just to make it fair.
He tried out for the football team at one point, but dressing out with the other guys in the locker-room was becoming a distraction….umm….do to his undisputedly large….umm….huevos?
He was actually intimidating some of the more…umm….under-nourished….players.
The UDIPS baseball coaches have put together winning teams in the past and are looking forward to another successful season playing Pansy hardball! Looks like Barry might make the team this year.
And….we’re not going to bring up that other tryout…
Not many people realize that UDIPS has Military training as a required course. It didn’t take long for folks to realize that Military ops was not a strong-suit of Obama. First he tried Flight-school…
He was failing in outdoor maneuvers and classroom tactics.
Then, he tried Paratroopers. There was a minor incident on the first jump…
Whatever the challenge, Barry just couldn’t muster enough courage to get through the tough times.
So, with a little nudging from the Dean, the Challenged Students Supervisor found Obama a course he could handle and be proud of.
Barry got to meet lots of friends and he has a special place in his year-book with messages from two of his cherished life-long buddies.
His approval-rating is in the tank but his self-esteem remains high, due to the affirmative action of a the great University of Delaware’s Imminent Presidents School. Cranking out socialist wind-bags for president since….well……..since this one.
In spite of Chappaquiddick, Ted Kennedy was always submerged in the big issues of his day, all while keeping his head above the incoming tide of legal scrutiny. He slowly floated to the top of the DC elite-class, then expertly treading the brackish waters of Washington politics.
Kennedy dove into the 1980 Presidential election when he announced his candidacy in late 1979. He would be challenging incumbent Jimmy Carter so it was sink or swim.
Everyone puts their wet-suits on one leg at a time and Teddy was alot like you and m…uhh……so we’ll leave our muck-raking at the door.
I always liked Teddy’s free style and he was always on time, he would never leave friends wading around for to long.
I’m sure we’ll hear plenty of grand stories about days at the lake…letting his dog paddle in the chilly water or venturing out himself for a quick dip. They used to have swim meets during the summers, but despite his reputation with the ladies and nickname, he never was very good at the breast-stroke. That was by far the most popular event at the summer meets.
So, Bon Voyage Teddy K. I hope your accomplishments will steer more young interns into choosing politics as a life-long career.
And remember folks, never sink to the level of the left. You must realize when you’re really dragging the bottom and rescue what little pride you have remaining.
Be respectful. Even though I don’t remember the left giving Ronald Reagan any fond farewells.
Bill Clinton threw a birthday for someone very special in Las Vegas. Slick Willy really knows how to throw a party. He picked a great place for it. Dinner at one of the hottest and most pricey restaurants on the Strip…Craftsteak at the MGM Grand hotel.
All the A-list Douchenistas were there. Former Vice President Al Gore and John D. Podesta. As well as Terry McAuliffe, Paul Begala, Haim Saban….wait, who?..Hollywood executive and significant financial contributor to Mr. Clinton.
Lets not forget Steve Bing, Hollywood media mogul who regularly lends Bill his private jet. Even if Bill wants to take it to North Korea, and poke his big fat nose up in Hillary’s business.
So who would Bill throw such a lavish party for? That’s right, himself. Turns out he just turned 63.
Why was Bill having it now, when his birthday isn’t until Aug 19th? Why would he invite Algore? Why would Algore come to Clinton’s b-day, unless there was some kind of manmade ego cooling or some sort of a rapprochement between them.
I think I remember, I was talking to Harry Reid and he mentioned something about a ‘National Clean Energy Summit’ that he was throwing together. Bill Clinton was one of the marquee speakers. Does Algore know that both China and India told him to go bugger off as far as capping emissions go? Did Algore remember to turn off all his lights at the mansion? Does Algore pleasure himself while watching Inconvenient Truth?
I gotta give credit, two events with one trip to Vegas…props to all those guys for using their private-jet fuel so efficiently.
It weighs heavy on Hillary’s heart that she can’t be there watching over Bill, but, like her grand derriere, she carries her huge burden without complaint.
Hillary has to be strong as she deftly manages the unbearable weight of her massive workload. Plus, folks always seize on these episodes as evidence of further troubles in the substantially gravid Clinton marriage.
President Jacob Zuma’s administration of South Africa has overturned the failed AIDS polices of his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki, and in so doing has reversed damage, saved lives and reinstated good relations with the international community. South Africa, with its enormous AIDS problem, had been conducting AIDS policies that were based on prejudice rather than science.
This week, Hillary welcomed the new South African governments approach to dealing with the HIV and AIDS problem, after years in which SA officials denied the link between the two and even promoted ‘cures’ such as eating beets and garlic. Hillary politely disagreed saying a parturient amount of eating can be a great way of dealing with most any problem.
“Is that the catering truck I hear?, get me something with bacon on it” Clinton said at a US-funded clinic where emaciated patients receive antiretroviral drugs.
So,Hillary continues her elephantine march through an 11-day tour of Africa, speaking in the conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, which faces an epidemic of rape and sexual violence.
Now either Hillary hasn’t ‘been treated like a woman’ for quite some time or she’s having the painters in for hummer week, cause she had a hair trigger…especially when someone mentioned her care-free husband. (who was probably naked doing Tequila belly shots as they spoke)
Maybe she misheard the question? Hillary’s thick skin strained against the faux-polyester material of her tight-fitting pantsuit as the French translator got it wrong, translating “what does your husband think” for “what does your president think.”
“Wait, you want to know what my husband thinks? My husband is not the secretary of State…I am,” she snapped. “You ask my opinion, I will tell you my opinion. I’m not going to be channeling my husband.”
“It’s inappropriate for a diplomat to be so harshly personal,” said Robert Schadler, senior fellow in public diplomacy at the American Foreign Policy Council, “You can’t imagine the great secretaries of state with expressing that unnecessary personal view when they would be overseas and talking to a foreign audience.”
I think Clinton’s outburst was a reaction to her struggle to remain comfortable in a chair that was barely holding together under the substantial heftiness of her-thighness, as well as the fact that the first six months as top diplomat have been overshadowed by her husband’s successful mission last week bring home two American journalists from a North Korean prison.
Hillary Clinton has struggled for decades to balance her weight, her interests and her ambitions against her husband’s.
She was sidelined in June with a broken elbow, which luckily didn’t interfere with her multi-course meals, but it did keep her from accompanying President Obama on some high-profile foreign trips. Rumor has it she can consume mass-quantities of Honey-roasted peanuts. Incidently, this is not the first time people have asked for her husband’s point of view.
Speaking of her husband, Hillary unveiled a $17 million plan Tuesday to fight the widespread sexual violence in eastern Congo, the problem she said was “an evil that really hits home.”
The corpulent cabinet secretary, speaking from a reinforced stage, during a visit to Goma, the epicenter of war-torn Congo, she said she would send military folks to help train Congolese police officers to crack down on rapists. She also said the American government would help train gynecologists and supply rape victims with video cameras…..to document the violence…What the Heck?
“This problem is too big for one country to solve alone, I’m not here to leave a business card, but I can’t wave a magic wand either”…again, What the Heck?
Hey Hillary, did you know that the Congo has been awash in bloodshed for more than a decade. You don’t have time for another bag of cookies. Recent Congo-Rwanda military operations along the border have provoked revenge attacks and driven more than 500,000 people from their homes. Dozens of villages of have been burned, hundreds of villagers massacred and countless women raped. In fact, hundreds of thousands of women have been sexually assaulted. Put down the Nachos Bell Grande and pay attention. Rapes of men have begun to increase as well.
When Clinton lugged her abundant and copious frame to Africa, she promised she would shine a light on the civilian deaths and endemic sexual violence and that she would call on the government of Congo, whose own soldiers share some blame in many of the abuses, to do a better job of protecting its own people. I gather that’s where the Video cameras come in…Heck of a job, Hillary.
There is a plethora of experienced liars in this fine nation of ours. In the private sector the king is Bernie Madoff. In the political world it’s hard to tell who is the biggest liar, it’s like it’s part their DNA…first a little background.
A 1996 University of Virginia study led by psychologist Bella DePaulo said lying is part of the human condition. Most of the time I’m sure we’re just trying to be nice. (When your wife asks Do I look fat in this dress?…there’s only one answer) Such ‘White’ lies are delivered 10 to 20 times more often than just saying nothing. DePaulos studies showed that men and women lie with equal frequency, though women are more likely to lie to make other people feel good, while men tend to lie to make themselves look better….ouch.
The question is…How do you know when someone’s selling you ocean-front property in Arizona?
(Mbecker has some, but it’s not for sale…yet)
Sometimes we use sensors to detect fluctuations in blood pressure, pulse, respiration and sweat in response to probing questions. But the Two problems with polygraphs is…One, they only work about 80% of the time, Two, it’s not like we are going to lug that machine to a politicians office or rally.
“Cues to deception differ according to factors such as the type of lie and the motivation for getting away with it”…so, you have to use your instinct.
Here is some helpful hints…
Highly-skilled liars don’t break a sweat, but the rest of us get a little fidgety. Shifty eyes, higher vocal pitch, perspiration and heavy breathing.
“Liars are often reluctant to admit ordinary storytelling mistakes. When honest people tell stories, they may realize partway through that they left out some details and would unselfconsciously backtrack to fill in holes. They also may realize a previous statement wasn’t quite right, and go back and explain further.” says DePaulo.
Another clue…imprecise pronouns. To psychologically distance themselves from a lie, people often embellish their lies with second and third person pronouns like “you” “we” and “they”.
(if you’ve noticed, Moby’s are very fond of using “we”…most times a dead giveaway, but not all the time.)
Politicians, who are great examples of liars, are likely to ask that questions be repeated and begin responses with phrases like, “to tell you the truth,” and “to be perfectly honest”
When telling lies, politicians will often make hand gestures to the rhythm of their speech.
Will they ever come clean? Not likely.
My last diary was about someone I trust…this diary is about people I don’t trust….let’s begin.
Senate Banking committee Chairman Christopher Dodd:
Some time back Dodd told CNN’s Dana Bash and Wolf Blitzer that he was responsible for adding the bonus loophole into the stimulus package that permitted AIG and other companies that received bailout funds to pay bonuses.
The very day before, Dodd denied to CNN that he had anything to do with the adding of that provision.
He spent the full 24 hours lying to the American people, and then, he and his pal Barney Frank decided they wanted to publicly name the people who received the bonuses authorized by Congress. It was a lame attempt to deflect blame for their own actions.
If Dodd had a shred of honor, he’d resign. I guess if he had a shred of honor, he wouldn’t have lied.
TED BARRETT, CNN CONGRESSIONAL PRODUCER: Because there’s the suggestion today being made that you received more money from AIG than any other senator. And that you were responsible for the (change). And so just — you know, again, I just want to get at — you’re saying you had nothing to do with that change?
DODD: Absolutely not.
BARRETT: And there was nothing you were doing that was aimed at protecting AIG…
DODD: No. Not at all. Not in the slightest. Absolutely.
BARRETT: … which is in your — which has offices — this particular office in the state of Connecticut?
DODD: Well, it does. But they (INAUDIBLE) — but the point is when that language left the Senate that I wrote, that was not included.
Lying crapweasel.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner:
Timma lied to the IRS and cheated them out of $34,000 in taxes..which he was forced to repay.
Timma just recently payed a visit to China. Geithner went there to reassure the Chinese government that China’s huge holdings of dollar assets are safe and that he has deep faith in a strong US currency.
“Chinese assets are very safe,” declared Geithner at the Beijing University, where he studied Chinese in 1982.
Loud laughter erupted from the professors and students in the audience. They clearly didn’t buy it.
On the first day of Geithner’s visit to China, China Daily reported that seventeen out of 23 economists in China said they deemed the country’s vast holdings of US bonds “risky.”
Chinese folks are generally polite, so the laughter was a gentle smackdown, the Chinese populace obviously doesn’t share his convictions.
Along with Dodd, the bezonian Tim Geithner may have misled Congress in his testimony about the AIG bonuses also.
He told congressional leaders that he learned of AIG’s impending $160 million bonus payments to members of its troubled financial-products unit on March 10.
New York Federal Reserve informed Treasury staff that the payments were imminent on Feb. 28 That is 10 days before Treasury staffers say they first learned of the bonus plan, and three days before the Administration launched a new $30 billion infusion of cash for AIG.
Yes…he’s a low-life libertine.
Kansas Gov Kathleen Sebelius:
Sebelius admitted to “unintentional errors” on her 2005, 2006, and 2007 tax returns to the amount of $7,040, which she was forced to pay back.
Sebelius’ husband is a magistrate judge…it’s hard to fathom a governor and her spouse, a magistrate judge, are either too incompetent to figure out their taxes or that they attempted to cut corners and find loopholes in the tax code….but they did.
And then we have this…she’s furiously trying to cover up that she hosted a lavish secret party for the one and only Dr. Tiller the baby killer and his entire abortion clinic staff at the official governors mansion in April of 2007. Sebelius has long been an avid supporter of the most radical abortion policies.
In an interview published on October 29, 1989, in the Wichita Eagle, Sebelius, who was then a member of the Kansas House of Representatives said, “I think for me and a lot of other people, there are certain inalienable rights established for a person, but those are not applied in utero”
Turns out she’s a fibber and charlatan.
Charlie Rangle, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee:
You know, the committee that decides where and how to spend our tax money? The Sunlight Foundation has looked at Rangel’s various tax problems and determined that he failed to report taxable events 28 separate times. Here is what they found…
“We took a look at his filings going all the way back to 1978, the first year members were required to disclose information on their personal finances, and found 28 instances in which he failed to report acquiring, owning or disposing of assets. Assets worth between $239,026 and $831,000 appear or disappear with no disclosure of when they were acquired, how long they were held, or when they were sold, as the operative House rules at the time required.”
It’s hard for me to wrap my head around that amount of money…he *is* the missing li…errr…he is a fraud, a grifter and a opportunist.
Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House:
What did Pelosi know and when did she know it?
It appears that Pelosi may have stretched the truth.
QUESTION: Madam Speaker, just to be clear, you’re accusing the CIA of lying to you in September of 2002?
PELOSI: Yes, misleading the Congress of the United States, misleading the Congress of the United States. I am. They do it all the time.
But, that was yesterday…Today, she said she was talking about the Bush Administration.
Congressional leaders were briefed in detail about techniques used in the Central Intelligence Agency’s interrogation program.
Pelosi said that the CIA briefed her in February 2002 about waterboarding and other torture techniques being contemplated by the CIA, but that she was specifically told that waterboarding was not being used. That’s a whopper. In fact, by that time, Zubaydah had already been waterboarded a number of times. A CIA memo dated to Sep 2002 says Pelosi received a “briefing on EITs (enhanced interrogation techniques), including use of EITs on Abu Zubaydah, background on authorities and a description of particular EITs that had been employed.”
The release of that CIA briefing timeline, Pelosi said, was a “diversionary tactic to take the spotlight off of those who conceived and developed and implemented these policies”…that’s a tall-story.
Rod Blagojevich former Governor of Illinois:
Did The One talk to Blago or not about the Senate seat?
The One says “I did not discuss the Senate seat with the governor at any time” David Axelrod said they did. Then, Ax said he was ‘mistaken’…Now, we’ve heard a billion times about how Axelrod and The One are inseparable, so how could Ax have been ‘mistaken’?…could it be that he was misrepresenting the truth?
Blago, it seems, was taped as he was conversing with close friends about what he would bring to the potluck on Friday night…he was asked about that conversation and said he hadn’t heard it, couldn’t remember and thus would not be able to comment on it.
Just after saying he couldn’t comment on taped conversations that he could not recall and has not heard, he said he is confident that if the American people could hear “the entire tapes” he would be exonerated…Really?
How is it that Blago could be certain that he would be exonerated by the very tapes that he insists he himself has not heard? Logic is a foreign concept to frauds. For him to say the tapes would show him to be innocent of illegal activity is to say that he knows what was said on the tapes. I can only conclude that he either lied about not knowing what is on the tapes, or he lied about knowing exactly what’s on them. WTF? Perhaps he lied on both counts.
First class reprobate.
Temporary US Senator from Illinois..Roland W. Burris:
“I Ain’t Do It!”…He appears to be having a senior moment.
In January, the Illinois House impeachment committee asked Senator Burris if he had spoken to Blago or any of his staff about his desire for the Senate seat once held by the One.
Back then he said he had only spoken to Lon Monk, a former aide of Blago’s.
Now he’s updating his story a bit. He has suddenly recalled speaking to three or maybe four more people. Including Blago’s brother Rob three times about the Senate seat. Burris now admits that the brother of disgraced former Gov. Rod Blagojevich hit him up for about $10,000 in campaign donations.
That contradicts Burris’ sworn testimony. And Blago’s brother? Can’t get much more ‘inside’ than that.
In a statement released by Senator Burris’ office, he explains, “there were several facts that I was not given the opportunity to make during my testimony to the impeachment committee” Not given the opportunity to make? Bullhockey says state Rep. Jim Durkin, the ranking Republican on the impeachment panel.
“This wasn’t a couple of questions that I can understand someone may forget, it goes way beyond that…To say that he wasn’t given the opportunity to explain himself is a load of BS.”
Maybe he didn’t have time to answer all the questions? Maybe he wasn’t clear on whether he forgot something or not? Maybe that was Perjury, Chicago style. Burris sounds a lot like Barry when he said the mortgage thing with Rezko wasn’t good idea after all. Oh, and then there is Barry’s famous line “Ayers was just a neighbor from the neighborhood”
Burris has a good teacher and seems to be cut from the same cloth as the blackguard in the White House.
William “Refrigerator” Jefferson (D-crook):
Can you believe the people of LA elected dollar bill Jefferson to nine terms in Congress before he was ousted in December? He is accused of 16 counts of bribery, racketeering and violation of the Corrupt Foreign Practices Act for allegedly demanding and, in some cases, accepting payments to family-owned businesses in return for his help winning approval of projects in several West African nations.
The case is best-known for the $90,000 in marked bills FBI agents say they found stuffed inside his freezer, right next to those little frozen burritos, you know the ones….ummm.
Jefferson has promised an honorable explanation for why the cash he took ended up stored in the cooler. He’s a Real trickster, that one.
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick:
Old Kwame and his chief of staff lied about their relationship last summer at a police whistle-blower trial that has cost the cash-strapped city millions.
Hotpants Kilpatrick and chief of staff Christine Beatty agreed to plead guilty to felonies, resign and they will serve jail time after a text-message scandal (gasp) the Detroit Free Press exposed in 2008.
The newspaper obtained nearly 14,000 text messages between the pair that exposed lies they told while under oath in the lawsuit. Their effort to cover up those lies and their affair cost the city more than $9 million.
Those two are good-for-nothing provacators.
Mass. Senator Ted Kennedy:
This is your Senator on why he supports amnesty for those sneaking across the Rio Grande River along the Mexican border…
“I just couldn’t bear the though of anyone drowning in a river while trying to make a better life for themselves”
Ted Kennedy and the war on poverty…
“We have 36 million Americans that are going to bed hungry every night. 36 million Americans! And 12 million of those are children!”
Is he saying that 10% of Americans go to bed hungry every night? That is flatly false. As has been widely noted, the major food-related problem for poor children isn’t hunger - it’s obesity.
The man is a Wastrel.
The almost HHS Secretary Tom Daschle:
Tom Daschle cheated on about $128,000 in taxes, during the vetting process to become HHS secretary he was Forced to pay it back.
Here’s how it happened, after being defeated in his 2004 re-election campaign to the Senate, Daschle in 2005 became a consultant and chairman of the executive advisory board at InterMedia Advisors. Daschle began using the services of an InterMedia car and driver. The Cadillac and driver were never part of Daschle’s official compensation package at InterMedia, but Mr. Daschle didn’t declare their services on his income taxes, as tax laws require.
Daschle reimbursed the IRS $31,462 in taxes and interest for tax year 2005…$35,546 for 2006 and $34,935 for 2007.
D.C. is crawling with scalawags and swindlers.
Dingy Harry Reid (d-puke):
MR. GREGORY: Let me ask you about the war in Iraq. In April of 2007, this is what you said: “I believe myself that … this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything.” Were you wrong?
SEN. REID: David, I first met General David Petraeus in Iraq. He was training the Iraqi forces at that time. At that time, he knew it wasn’t working. After he became the commander in Iraq, he and I sat down and talked. He said to me, and he said within the sound of everyone’s voice, “The war cannot be won militarily.” I said it differently than he did. But it needed a change in direction. Petraeus brought that about. He brought it about–the surge helped, of course it helped. But in addition to that, the urging of me and other people in Congress and the country dictated a change, and that took place. So…
MR. GREGORY: But you said the surge was not accomplishing anything. Even Barack Obama said last fall that it exceeded everyone’s expectations and succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.
SEN. REID: Listen, at that–the time that statement was made, the surge–they weren’t talking about the surge. Petraeus added to the surge some very, very interesting things that changed things. He said a lot–just simply numbers of troops is not going to do the deal. What we need to do is work with the Iraqi people, which we haven’t done before. That’s where the Awakening Councils came about, as a result of David Petraeus’ genius. He’s done–he will be written about in the history books for years to come. My original statement was in keeping what David Petraeus said; that is, the war cannot be won militarily.
Except for the sentence, “I first met General David Petraeus in Iraq, he was training the Iraqi forces at that time” everything that Reid says is an unequivocated misrepresentation.
Senator Chuck E. Schumer:
He should be thrown out of office for his numerous fabrications.
“And let me be clear, the violence in Anbar has gone down despite the surge, not because of the surge. The inability of American soldiers to protect these tribes from al Qaeda said to these tribes we have to fight al Qaeda ourselves. It wasn’t that the surge brought peace there. It was that the warlords took peace there, created a temporary peace there.”
And what about his desire to push the ill-conceived “Fairness Doctrine” down our throats?
Chuck and his crew intend to kill free speech so that his party can consolidate its domination of American politics…simple.
“I think we should all be fair and balanced, don’t you?”
The only thing the left wants to balance, is AM talk radio. Not one other medium, fancy that.
“The very same people who don’t want the Fairness Doctrine want the FCC [Federal Communications Commission] to limit pornography on the air. I am for that… But you cant say government hands off in one area to a commercial enterprise but you are allowed to intervene in another. That’s not consistent”
That statement might just be top 5 most ignorant statements. And by the way, the Democratics would never want Republicans to have this kind of power, no no no.
Bawney Fwank (D-slug):
Where should I start with this one?…we’ll keep it simple…first up
“Bubble? What bubble?” And now..
OK, so now home ownership was a conservative idea, and Frank suddenly realizes that people should only buy houses when they can afford them. Only a few politicians can lie so effortlessly with such a lack of conscience.
These two videos should become required viewing for anyone who wants the real story of how the economy collapsed. Barney Frank’s fantastic leadership sent the entire world economy crashing into a heap.
Liar? Clueless? Jedi mind trick?…”These aren’t the toxic assets you’re looking for”
“The Embarrassment” Maxine Waters:
This one is easy.
Uh…uh uh…..uh…..LOL
Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee (may God have mercy on our souls):
So, when Patrick is questioning Sonja Sotomayor he intentionally misquotes Sotomayor during his opening comments. Leahy said, “You said that, quote, you ‘would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would reach wise decisions’”
That’s not quite accurate. What Sotomayor actually said was: “I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn’t lived that life”
Patrick you big softy. After the hearings were over, Leahy was asked about the misquote, “I was doing it from memory,” Leahy explained. “But I knew that she would..she stated exactly what she said, and the statement is in the record.” Leahy then said that he did not consider Sotomayor’s precise words very important…her response was much more critical. What?
Here’s the video…looks like Leahy is reading from text when he misquotes Sotomayor…hmmm
John F’n Kerry (D-north vietnam):
Kerry’s vice-presidential running mate, John Edwards, once said, “If you have any question about what John Kerry’s made of, just spend three minutes with the men who served with him”
OK…Here’s what those men think about John Kerry
Lieutenant Commander George Elliot: “John Kerry has not been honest about what happened in Vietnam.”
Ensign Al French: “He’s lying about his record.”
Lewis Letson, lieutenant commander, medical center: “I know John Kerry is lying about his first Purple Heart because I treated him for that injury.”
Gunner’s mate Van
Odell: “John Kerry lied to get his Bronze Star. I know. I was there. I saw what happened.”
Lt. Jack Chenoweth: “His account of what happened and what actually happened is the difference between night and day.”
Rear Admiral Roy Hoffman: “John Kerry has not been honest.”
Cmdr. Adrian Lonsdale: “He lacks the capacity to lead.”
Lt. Larry Thurlow: “When the chips were down, you could not count on John Kerry.”
Lt. Bob Elder: “John Kerry is no war hero.”
Lt. Cmdr. Grant Hibbard: “He betrayed all his shipmates. He lied before the Senate.”
Lt. Shelton White: “John Kerry betrayed the men and women he served with in Vietnam.”
Gunner’s mate Joe Ponder: “He dishonored his country, he most certainly did.”
Lt. Bob Hildreth: “I served with John Kerry. John Kerry cannot be trusted.”
John Kerry is a man who wouldn’t know the truth if it hit him in the face.
Algore:
‘Arthro-made Glormingbal Climachange’…dam, I can never get that right…
Hey look…Ms. Barbara wants Al to finish lying before we move to the next question…
Smell that?…his pants must be on fire.
..speaking of pants on fire..
Slick Willy Clinton:
I want you to listen to me….
“I did not have Sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky”
He is truly the King of tergiversating…poor Hillary.
VP Joe ‘the Dumber’ Biden:
Joe Biden, vice-president of the United States, is a chronic liar. Karl Rove put it best, Biden is “a liar and a blowhard.” One of his biggest distortions is about a ‘private meeting’ he supposedly had with George W. Bush…Joe claims he criticized the President for lack of leadership. That’s rich. As Rove and others will tell you, no such meeting ever took place. Biden is bearing false witness.
In the vice-presidential debate, Biden lied about the Wilmington, Delaware restaurant where he supposedly met with the common folk of that city. In fact, the restaurant, Katie’s Diner, had been closed for more than 15 years. Biden’s time spent with regular Joe’s was a fantasy.
At another point in the debate Biden looked down his nose at Gov. Palin for ignoring the financial costs of the Iraq war. He said that, every month, the struggle in Iraq was costing more than the entire war in Afghanistan. Not even close, the Iraq War was costing $8-10 billion per month. The total cost of the war in Afghanistan had been $172-200 billion. He’s full of Hot air.
Then he dropped this whopper, that he hadn’t really voted for the war in Iraq. OK, that was an outright lie. He ‘doesn’t remember’ but at the time when the War Authorization was being debated, Biden along with many others insisted that Saddam Hussein “must be eliminated”
Before I forget, did I mention these are all Democrats.
And now for the biggest, most humongous and immense, manipulating liar of all time.
Barack Hussein Obama:
I don’t have room for all his lies, but I’ve seen llists that top 150….let’s cherry pick some of the most egregious with direct Obama quotes…
“not because I believe in bigger government — I don’t — not because I’m not mindful of the massive debt we’ve inherited — I am.” Speech to Congress, February 24, 2009
“And that is why I have ordered the closing of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and will seek swift and certain justice for captured terrorists” Speech to Congress, February 24, 2009
“My administration has also begun to go line by line through the federal budget in order to eliminate wasteful and ineffective programs.” Barack Obama doesn’t have a line item veto, maybe he forgot?
“My immediate task is making sure that the second half of that money, $350 billion, is spent properly. That’s my first job.” Press conference February 9, 2009, talking about TARP money.
“It also contains an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability, so that every American will be able to go online and see where and how were spending every dime. What it does not contain, however, is a single pet project, not a single earmark, and it has been stripped of the projects members of both parties found most objectionable.” Press conference February 9, 2009 talking about his own economic bill.
“Second is recognition of the limits of the judicial role, an understanding that a judges job is to interpret, not make law, to approach decisions without any particular ideology or agenda, but rather a commitment to impartial justice” He was introducing Sotomayor who has been documented many times saying judges make policy, among other things.
“Its not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.” He has appointed over 150 leftover Clintionistas.
“I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying” Remember, he’s done nothing to repeal the DOMA…just words.
“I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community” Talking about Rev. Wright shortly before he disowned him.
“To those Americans whose support I have yet to earn…I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President, too” This administration, to paraphrase the famous observation, ‘is creating an economic desert and calling it prosperity’
Barry wants ‘Brigade Combat Teams’ to be renamed to ‘Brigade Support Teams’ so that he can say there are no more ‘combat’ troops in Iraq…This would be like calling your Rottweiler a Chihuahua because your condo does not allow Rottweilers.
Obama promised that “if you like your health plan, you can keep it” even after he reforms our health-care system. We’ve been over this…the bills now before Congress would force you to switch to a managed-care plan eventually with severe limits on your access to specialists and tests. And as soon as anything changes in your existing, such as a change in copays or deductibles, which many insurers change every year, you’ll have to switch to a Gubmint plan (House bill, p. 16-17).
If Barry gets his way, when you do your taxes, if you can’t show the IRS that you are in a ‘qualified’ plan, you’ll be fined thousands of dollars, probably as much as you would pay normally for a health plan for your family, THEN, automatically enrolled in a randomly selected plan (House bill, p. 167-168).
There are many many more, but there’s just not enough room for all the mendacities.
It’s obvious that Liberals have learned to lie about what they believe because they know if they told the truth, no one would vote for them. They tried that for about 20 years and they kept getting beaten. Now, they speak like moderates, create legislation that the far left loves and hide it from their employers….We the People.
I blame Major news media outlets, loose-cannon university professors and stupid ‘Independents’ that stayed home, for our current situation. It will be extremely hard to win our country back unless everyone has access to the un-varnished truth. Money is not the root of all evil, fraudulence and dishonesty are…..oh, and Acorn.
I am one of millions who have not spent “their whole lives 100% marinated in politics”
I’ve been paying attention since 9/11…and the one thing I can’t stand in politics is the lying.
I am a great judge of character, just look at the friends I’ve made here at RS ..I have 20 different hobbies, 2 wifes and three kids…I’m a busy guy..I don’t have the time to delve to deeply into a politicians history, but I can tell if I trust someone or not.
I keep it simple and I can tell when someone’s lying to me.
I am malleable. I am easily excitable. If I trust you, I will follow you, I will fight for you.
Nice to meet you, I am the voter that the GOP needs Really bad.
Sanford has been lying to us from DAY 1…uggg
Huckabee will invite you over for Bible study with cookies and milk…then lie to you.
Romney is Very serious and authoritative when he’s lying to you.
McCain is like Santa Claus at the Mall…you sit on his lap and he tells you you’ll get everything you want for Christmas…but you know he’s lying.
And who is this Pawlenty dude, I’ve never seen his face, or heard him speak…I know more about Tom Delay than Tim Pawlenty.
Lastly….Jindal…I’ve seen him a couple times….uggg….he does nothing for me.
The McCain nomination was a kick to my morale nuggets, and then came Sarah….she made the pain in my stomach disappear. She is HANDS-DOWN my favorite politician. She’s the real deal, at least till she’s Not…lol, does that make sense?…I’ve been stoked on Sarah since ‘the Speech’.
It’s just too bad how the campaign went…but we had no control over that.
I listened to her resignation speech on the radio and it sounded like Sarah’s heart was stuck in her throat…she has been injured, but she’s no quitter.
You might say to yourself, ‘hey special, your just a rookie, your opinion doesn’t carry alot of weight’…here’s what i say…
There is a large block of voters just like me. It’s fine that the people think we need to get the black voters, the gay voters, the Martian voters…..but don’t forget about Regular Joe’s like me. The GOP will dominate if we can grab the ‘Regular Joe’ voters.
Nobody brings the ‘Regular Joe’ voters like Sarah…and don’t forget about ‘Regular Jane’.
I trust Sarah…I am willing to give her as much time as she wants. If the GOP continues to throw her under the bus…they will be losing voters like me in droves. Voters like me will make the difference, count on it.
(I see that the poll shows that ‘upcoming scandle’ is in the lead…if that happens, my head will truly explode and I might head to Mexico earlier than expected.)
Update: Now that I’ve slammed Republicans for being liars…my next blog will be about the most incomparable, inimitable, matchless, super, superlative, supreme liars of all time…the Democrats
Suppression of dissent in Cuba, Iran, Syria and Russia..
Rape as a political weapon in Zimbabwe..
Sex trafficking in Asia..
Anything that happens in North Korea..
Denial of human rights to minorities and women in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries?…I could go on…
Answer: None of those gross abuses has drawn the notice of Barack Obama. (or..the UN Human Rights council that the US ‘finally’ got a seat on…your move Barry)
Steve Foley and I and One hundred groups of 10 frustrated taxpayers flocked to a “Tax Day Tea Party” rally in Santa Ana today, filling the city’s Plaza of the Flags with homemade signs and the air with speeches against the Democrat-controlled governments in Washington and Sacramento.
Some people know that Uncle Steve Foley and I will be at the Santa Ana Tea party. Santa Ana is right around the corner so I decided to pop over there and develop a plan of action.
It goes from 12-2 pm so I figure we meet between 10-11 and get something to eat. there is a great place called Original Mike’s at First and Main. It used to be a Car dealership way back when and they turned it into a restaurant. I’ve been there for a surprise B-day party. Great food and great drinks.
Too bad this wasn’t on a Mon or Fri…we could have taken advantage of the ‘Obama Stimulus ‘ specials!
If it was like today (perfect 75 degrees and sunny) we’ll sit outside and enjoy our Civil rights.
After a few Whiskey n cokes and if we are sufficiently stuffed, we’ll head out down historic Main st…
We can go to a great parking garage I found…it’s right by the Sherrif’s building and Women’s jailhouse.
It’s also right across from the Santa Ana football stadium, high school football and Futbol, take your pick. If we get hungry (Again), we have jumbo size Hot dog carts at every corner.
Wait a second…there’s something missing….I can’t quite put my finger on it….YES!, now I remember.
More pics and Video on the Way. And I’ll be wearing my Liberalismisnotmainstream shirt and everyone that got one, before they turned into paint rags, should wear theirs too.
All So Cal peeps that will be attending please Email me at special@pacbell.net
speciallist: Barack Obama is spending your money, TRILLIONS of dollars at a time…a trillion dollars could pay for the college education at a four-year public institution for EVERY student graduating high school from now until 2018…and that’s just 1 trillion…Obama has signed bills that triple the national debt to about 11 trillion dollars since he took office
liberal: I miss all the great things the Bush and Cheney duo did for our economy…I’m just so happy we spent so many trillions in Iraq to get those WMD!!!! Oh and for dumb and dumber to decrease taxes while they increased spending in Iraq was a very good move.
speciallist: Bush spent under 1 trillion in Iraq…but…In the short time Barry has been in office he has signed bills that spend more money than All wars since the Revolution….COMBINED
liberal: I had to move 1000 miles because of those axxholes. How about all the people that lost their 401k’s, people that lost homes, jobs, etc? Oh yeah I suppose it was all their fuxxin fault. As for what dumb and dumber spent how about you take a look at the deficit they left?
liberal: I hate to break this to you, but Bush is the worst Pres. in history and seriouslly a hamster running on a wheel couldn’t top that moron…. face it the guy is a M O R O N and a puppet for a crazy ass war monger! Your party of NO is soooo reaching is getting laughable.
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If you’ll notice, there’s heavy Cheney derangement syndrome…I guess he was in charge all along…
but I digress…
I’ve heard this phrase before…’The Party of NO’…the more I think about it, the more I realize that, yes, I am a proud member of the party of NO.
First, I want to say NO!!!!! to the stunning number of normally Republican/Conservative voters who voted for Barack Obama or stayed home.
But…There’s plenty of other things about which I want to say NO…let’s review..
Let’s Just say no to Obama’s kids book
The Slacker in Chief is getting half a million bucks to write a kids book.(and he gets a Bush era Tax break) I think it will be a kids version of his other book, he’s going to call it “Pipe Dreams of my Brother”. Why is it Obama’s books are all about Cocaine and smoking pot and family members we never get to meet?
Come on kids, Read the true to life story of a authentic black kid who was raised by his white grandma. The kid grows up to be a cocaine sniffing, dope smoking Chicago liar…err…lawyer who writes books about himself, becomes President and ruins the country.
Is that to harsh?…NO
Just say No…Obama said it’s the right advice to give your teenagers about drugs. And I say it’s an acceptable response to whatever untruth or destructive policy that is proposed by Mr. Barack Obama.
Just say NO to Obama’s economic policies
Just say NO to this repeated mantra about his budget…”We must act Quickly, The challenges are too great for a timid response laced with partisan bickering.”
President Obama proclaimed that ”economists from across the political spectrum agree” on the urgent need for massive government spending. You know, to stimulate the economy. He’s a liar. And the truth is, many economists disagree. Hundreds of them.
Nobel laureates and other prominent scholars are saying NO, they even signed a statement that the Cato Institute placed in major newspapers across the United States.
As we sat there gazing at the Citgo station in the distance, a friend of mine said…
“Obama is alot like Jimmy Carter. I remember the ’70s.”
I cheerfully said, Was it all bright clothes and disco balls?
He said, “NO”
“There was nothing fun about lining up for two days to fill up with gas…Double digit inflation, unemployment and interest rates…At least he had a half-wit beer-guzzling brother we could rip on to get through our horrible lives.”
Alrighty then…
Just say NO to government Bailouts, period.
We’ve all heard of AIG and the like.
Just say NO to UAW bailouts
Just say NO to forcing GM into some type of a collective run by the labor unions with the White House providing guidance.
Companies like GM can help stop the growing government intervention in our lives by telling Barry to talk to the hand. Didn’t Ford do that? Sometimes that will mean bankruptcy (already a government bailout kinda) and restructuring (of Union contracts hopefully)…should have happened a while ago.
The problems have little to do with the car makers and everything to do with the UAW, it’s simple payback. Obama is paying for pensions, health care, anything else not nailed down, and then the crap about “guaranteeing warranties” …oh man…just say NO.
Just say NO to setting off a huge trade war with Europe and Japan, which will be happy to sell us SUVs, trucks and vans while GM cranks out golf carts …sorry, that’s an insult to Golf carts.
I’m figuring the next trillion will go to trial lawyers, if they didn’t already get enough in the first couple trillion…oh, and teacher’s unions…
Just say NO to Obama’s Education Policy
Just say NO to unionized American teachers who are obviously more liberal and more inclined to support Big-government along with Big-regulation and big-spending, with a side of brainwashing our children.
Just say NO to laws that prevent poor D.C. parents from having a chance to send their children to private schools such as the ones the Obamas send their own children to.
We needed Barry to say NO to phasing out the voucher system for poor D.C. residents. Now teachers and administrators in ‘the DC’ don’t have to worry, as their competition was wiped out by the stroke of a pen.
Just say NO to adding on pre-kindergarten classes.
Just say NO to instilling the views and values that the governments want by taking the children away from the parents influence as soon as possible.
Just say NO to Obama who thinks that having a monopoly on schooling is much better than having competition from private schools…for the chattering classes that is, even if it doesn’t apply to his own family.
Before we move on, I promise to continue to say NO to a President that has destroyed more global wealth than any human in history.
Just say NO…to a guy who pals around with Thugs.
“We are known by the company we keep,” is a great bit of wisdom.
How many times did you hear McCain was tied umbilically to Bush. “Four more years of failed Bush policies.” “Voted with Bush 90% of the time.” “Supported Bush on war in Iraq.”
Now Mr. Obama and his associations of 20 years, with people like convicted felon Tony Rezko, unrepentant terrorist Bill Ayers and the race-baiting America-hating Rev. Jeremiah Wright, are no biggy and hardly worthy of mention.
Just say NO to a Mainstream media that has cast off all pretences of objectivity and admitted they are all-in for only liberal causes and candidates.
That the Mainstream media is overtly biased is a statement of fact that can’t be disputed. There simply is no argument that can hold up.
Thomas Sowell, super-genius
…in his latest…”Obama is all ego and mouth…Barack Obama has the kind of cocksure confidence that can only be achieved by not achieving anything else.” “The signs of Barrack Obama’s self-center immaturity are painfully obvious, though ignored by true believers who have poured their hopes into him, and by the media who just wants the symbolism and the ideology that Obama represents.” “For someone who has actually accomplished nothing to blithely talk abut taking away what has been earned by those who have accomplished something, and give it to whomever he chooses in the name of ’spreading the wealth,’ is the kind of casual arrogance that has led to many economic catastrophes in many countries.”
That’s a Big-time NO from Thomas.
And…Have you ever noticed that Barry walks like he’s pimpin’?…just sayin.
Why can’t President Barack Obama just say NO to smoking?
Just say NO to a president who can’t think straight because he’s wondering how soon can he sneak out of the Oval Office for a quick puff.
Just say NO to a president is pondering Truth, War, Justice and Peace over a Marlboro.
Why can’t someone as ‘intelligent and dedicated’ as Mr. Obama quit?
Just say NO to the picture he presents not only to his own two daughters, but children all around the world.
Just say NO to a President that is a liar and is weak, he stated that he quit smoking only to have to rescind that statement and admit he still smokes.
Just say NO to the MSM who will never show a picture of him smoking…if it’s so normal and it’s ok, the American people should be able to see him smoking…it’s the crop that made America rich!
Just say NO to wall art that features Barack Obama
…some black and white, some with and without words, some even done Warhol-style with multiple bright surreal Obama heads on one canvas. I’m not bitter over losing the election, but could you really have these hanging on the wall in your home? Creepy.
And a little more about Barry’s Ideology…
Just say NO to partial birth abortion.
Just say NO to affirmative action in Colleges and Government.
Just say NO to meeting unconditionally with Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Kim Jung Il and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Just say NO to having a conference with all Muslim nations.
Just say NO to opposing the Patriot Act.
Just say NO to universal health care.
Just say NO to providing habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees.
Just say NO to granting drivers licenses to illegal immigrants.
Just say NO to extending welfare to illegal immigrants.
Just say NO to ‘comprehensive immigration reform’
…which would result in millions of instant citizens never having paid SS, many refusing to speak English, immediately sending for their extended relatives. They would soon start acting like the once mighty USA is theirs for the taking.
Just say NO to allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security.
Just say NO to opposing any efforts to Reform/Privatize Social Security.
Just say NO to the Alternative Minimum Tax.
Just say NO to the ‘Death’ Tax.
Just say NO to raising the Capital Gains Tax.
Just say NO to completely disarming the American population and continuing to support ALL anti-gun legislation.
I could go on…
And a speciall shout out to all the people that stayed home…
Just say NO to ever being ignorant or apathetic again, or trying to teach someone a lesson.
OK?
Say YES to Daniel Hannan. This is the Change we are looking for…a direct (like a laser beam), Crystal clear, in-your-face, drubbing down of our worthless political class.
Costa Mesa, the first stop of the President’s two-day swing through Southern California
As you know Barack Obama is coming to Costa Mesa on Wed. The location of this town hall meeting follows a trend exhibited by Mr. Obama in previous appearances in Elkhart, Indiana and Fort Myers, Florida. Similar to these cities, Costa Mesa represents a specific area of a state won by Sen. John McCain, despite President Obama winning the state as a whole.
One of the Complexes I work at is a Full block away from the Fairgrounds. So Monday morn was like any other Monday…..except for two attack helicopters that started flying circles above me. They did about 3 circles around and dropped below the houses and trees.
As soon as they vanished, three bigger copters came out of no where. They were flying fast and low. The first two landed straight away. The third one circled a few times then landed.
During this time I realized I had my work camera in the truck. I dropped my tools and jogged over to the truck but it was to late.
I figured they would have to leave so I waited around with the camera ready. I didn’t have to wait long…I heard some rumbling…first two were the attack heli’s…then the three large, one right after the other.
At first I was confused until I remembered Barry’s scheduled trip. But he wasn’t supposed to be here till Wed?
Was it a Landing Zone reconnaissance?…Were they dropping off personnel for security?
Local news says people were lined up all night to get tickets. Unreal.
Somebody chime in if you think you know what they were doing. More Tomorrow.
The Union’s are required to post this in the Lunch room in plain view…
“Say what you will about Joe Biden, but one thing’s for sure. He’s transparent.
Like last week when he was promoting the website he’s overseeing. “We’re going to put every bit of this transparently up on a website,” he said.
Then he forgot the name of the website. And the website address. Then he asked someone offstage for the website “number.”
Transparent or invisible?
Well, except today. Mr. Transparency almost turned into the Invisible Man.
Biden was speaking at an AFL-CIO conference in Florida. The only problem was that nobody but the attendees could see him.
Who dunnit?
Fox said yesterday the AFL-CIO told them it was the vice president’s decision. Today the AFL-CIO told Fox it was actually their decision. They just forgot.
Option #2 sounded better to the vice president’s office so they chose that one. It was the AFL-CIO’s decision.
And it makes sense. After all, why would the AFL-CIO want the public to see how supportive the vice president is of them?
“In his first major military move as Commander-in-Chief, President Barack Obama has approved a nearly 50 percent increase in the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, on top of a smaller increase ordered by former-President Bush and already implemented.”
Of course….
“The long-awaited announcement came in a written statement from the president. The statement says “the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan demands urgent attention and swift action.” President Obama says the Taliban has been “resurgent” in Afghanistan and that the al-Qaida terrorist network is supporting it from safe havens in Pakistan. The president says the troop increase is needed “to stabilize a deteriorating situation,” which he says “has not received the strategic attention, direction and resources it urgently requires.”
Wow ….he is Soooo presidential….
“After reviewing a several-months-old request from the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General David McKiernan, endorsed by other senior officers and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, President Obama approved the deployment of two large combat units, one from the marines scheduled to arrive with a couple of months, and one from the army, expected to arrive several months later, along with thousands of support troops.”
He reviewed it for several months……LOL…don’t get me wrong…I want a Disproportionate response!
“General McKiernan has asked for one more combat brigade, which would bring the total to about 60,000, but President Obama has not made a decision on that.”
Count them……17,000 troops……bringing the total to 60,000…I am waiting for Afghanistan 4.0…(h/t moe)
“The president’s announcement Tuesday says the troop deployments do not pre-determine the outcome of the senior-level Afghanistan strategy review he has ordered. But he hinted at his thinking, saying he wants an approach with what he called “achievable goals” that utilizes “all elements” of U.S. national power.”
“He spoke about what he called “a comprehensive strategy” Tuesday in an interview with the Canadian Broadcasting Company. “I am absolutely convinced that we can not solve the problem of Afghanistan, the Taliban, the spread of extremism in that region solely through military means. We’re going to have to use diplomacy, we’re going to have to use development,” he said.”
He is so full of Bull…….it’s awesome…
“President Obama’s deployment announcement came on the same day that a major independent research institute issued a report calling for urgent and significant changes in U.S. military strategy toward Afghanistan.”
Oh yes….MUST READ….but I can’t find it yet…
“One of the Rand report’s authors is Christine Fair. “Whether or not the Taliban remain in Afghanistan is really not our concern. What we really care about is that it doesn’t become a safe haven for international terrorists seeking to harm us, our interests, or our assets,” she said.”
Holy Moly……Ms. Fair….are you kidding me? Terrorists are real..
“The Rand report says the United States and its allies need to be able to provide “sustainability” when they make gains on security, economic development or other issues.”
At least seven movies with strong environmental themes are set for world premieres here, culminating with the closing-night film, “Earth Days.” A documentary by the director Robert Stone, it is billed by festival programmers as “the history of our environmental undoing” seen through the eyes of nine people who helped to initiate the modern eco-movement, including Stewart Udall, the former secretary of the interior.
“No Impact Man,” a documentary about the effort by a New Yorker, Colin Beavan, and his family to live for a year without making a net environmental impact.
“Crude,” about the struggle between Ecuador’s indigenous people and the Chevron Corporation over toxic oil waste left behind by the makers of petroproducts like those that fly the planes, not to mention those fueling the limousines and rental cars that make the nearly 40-mile drive to Park City from the Salt Lake airport….doh…
“The Cove,” about environmental watchdogs dogging dolphin wranglers in Japan
“The End of the Line,” about fished-out oceans; “Dirt! The Movie,” about the exhaustion of our soil; and “Big River Man,” about an endurance athlete who sets out to swim the Amazon, braving predators and toxic waste.
The Earth has a FEVER!….I wanted to check out what the Hubub was about so I gassed up my private jet and headed to Utah.
How can you cram some 46,000 people, into a pretty little mountain town without contributing mightily to the problems your films hope to solve?
As I walked down Main Street it was filled with traffic and construction. A dozen idling trucks were unloading supplies and equipment, while an oversize band bus, with trailer in tow, spewed fumes outside a soon-to-be-busy party site ahead of the Sundance Film Festival. Smelled like they were ‘Burning’ some green in that bus…but I digress…
Utility officials said there was no way to determine how much extra wattage was being poured into the valley for the festival’s spotlights and the endless strings of colored bulbs lining Park City’s streets.
It explained that the energy for the festival’s official screenings comes through Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Skies program, which provides wind-powered electricity.
I had a mouthful of Starbucks coffee…(cough, choke, spit)…anybody got a napkin?
Besides the Electricity usage, the airlift alone should give pause to the likes of Mr. Udall.
Los Angeles to Park City is about 692 miles by hydrogen-powered Honda Civic…err…highly customized Recreational Vehicle, though most visitors seem to come by air through Salt Lake City, many by private jet.
Last year the Sundance festival helped make Salt Lake City the nation’s No. 2 destination for fuel-guzzling private flights, behind West Palm Beach, Fla.
But on Wednesday, before a single ecofriendly party began, the Garbage was already piling up here.
The crew of one truck along Main Street was peeling big packing sheets off what appeared to be huge widescreen plasma television screens, brought in to brighten the festival proceedings.
The foam packing alone would offset more than a few of the plastic water bottles Robert Redford and friends, hope to eliminate with reusable bottles to be refilled at “hydration stations”
If that doesn’t work, Fiji Water was offering its conventional bottles of water at one of the many promotional boutiques on Main, which outnumber the “hydration stations” about 3 to 1……but anyways…..
They had the new concept car from Honda on display inside the walls of a just-completed plexiglass tent, so I decided to escape the frigid mountain air. I asked a woman standing in the tent, how they kept it so warm inside?
“We have heaters,” she said. “Big, electric heaters blowing some heat in here.”…Ugggg
The body of a Somali pirate who was killed while trying to escape…reportedly drowned soon after receiving a huge ransom has washed ashore with $153,000 in cash, his uncle says.
They reportedly received $3m (£1.95m) for freeing the tanker but five were said to have been totally blown out of the water….drowned after fleeing.
A relative of the drowned pirate told the BBC the family was now trying to dry out the recovered money.
…..lol….LOL
The pirates’ boat capsized when they were hit by missles….as they were heading back to their homes in central Somalia, the leader of the pirates told AFP.
This morning they [Israeli forces] bombed the fruit market….or…The Fishing has been Slim….OPEN thread
“It has never been like this before. The assault is coming from the sky, the sea and the ground. The explosion of shells, the gunfire from the tanks and the missiles from planes and helicopters are incessant. The sky is laced with smoke, grey here, black there, as the array of weaponry leaves its distinctive trail.
Most Gazans can only cower in terror in whatever shelter they can find and guess at the cost exacted by each explosion as the toll for those on the receiving end rises remorselessly.
As Israeli forces carved up the Gaza Strip yesterday, dividing the territory in two, the UN warned of a “catastrophe unfolding” for a “trapped, traumatised, terrorised” population.”
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Alleged September 11, 2001 attacks mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants have indicated they will confess to terror charges in their trial before a US military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the judge said on Monday.
As the economy fails and stock market falls, it’s amazing to someone like me, what kind of ridiculous things that companies still offer for sale, or even more ridiculous, what a person, like me, might buy, even though I’m going through a ‘Major Financial Meltdown’…and I really should be buying Christmas presents…..and now that Barry’s in charge, can we still call it Christmas?
Open season on Starbucks, remove the weak to help keep the herd strong.
Starbucks Profits collapsed 97 per cent in the fourth quarter, after the coffee chain was forced to ‘Deal’ with the effect of weakening demand and the cost of closing stores earlier this year.
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..I have 20 different hobbies, 2 wifes and three kids…I’m a busy guy..I don’t have the time to delve to deeply into a politicians history, but I can tell if I trust someone or not. 
