A View From Across The Pond

From: my.telegraph.co.uk
By: Gerald Warner, columnist for the London Telegraph


If al-Qaeda, the Taliban and the rest of the Looney Tunes brigade want to kick America to death, they had better move in quickly and grab a piece of the action before Barack Obama finishes the job himself. Never in the history of the United States has a president worked so actively against the interests of his own people - not even Jimmy Carter.

Obama's problem is that he does not know who the enemy is. To him, the enemy does not squat in caves in Waziristan, clutching automatic weapons and reciting the more militant verses from the Koran: instead, it sits around at tea parties in Kentucky quoting from the US Constitution. Obama is not at war with terrorists, but with his Republican fellow citizens. He has never abandoned the campaign trail.

That is why he opened Pandora's Box by publishing the Justice Department's legal opinions on waterboarding and other hardline interrogation techniques. He cynically subordinated the national interest to his partisan desire to embarrass the Republicans. Then he had to rush to Langley , Virginia to try to reassure a demoralised CIA that had just discovered the President of the United States was an even more formidable foe than al-Qaeda.

"Don't be discouraged by what's happened the last few weeks," he told intelligence officers. Is he kidding? Thanks to him, al-Qaeda knows the private interrogation techniques available to the US intelligence agencies and can train its operatives to withstand them - or would do so, if they had not already been outlawed.

So, next time a senior al-Qaeda hood is captured, all the CIA can do is ask him nicely if he would care to reveal when a major population centre is due to be hit by a terror spectacular, or which American city is about to be irradiated by a dirty bomb. Your view of this situation will be dictated by one simple criterion: whether or not you watched the people jumping from the twin towers...

President Pantywaist's recent world tour, cosying up to all the bad guys, excited the ambitions of America 's enemies. Here, they realised, is a sucker they can really take to the cleaners.

His only enemies are fellow Americans.

Which prompts the question: why does President Pantywaist hate America so badly?

Is Mr. Obama the New Woodrow Wilson?

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"Woodrow Wilson regarded himself as the personal representative of the people. 'No one but the President,' he said, 'seems to be expected to look out for the general interests of the country.' He developed a program of progressive reform and asserted international leadership in building a new world order."

Quoted from Wilson biography at whitehouse.gov

And just like Mr. Obama, Wilson thought government could also run business better than the private sector and here's the story behind the government run steel mills :

In 1913, thinking the U. S. Navy was being overcharged by the steel companies for armor plate for warships, the federal government decided to build its own plant. It estimated that a plant with a 10,000-ton annual capacity could produce armor plate for only 70% of what the steel companies charged.

When the plant was finally finished, however — three years after World War I had ended — it was millions over budget and able to produce armor plate only at twice what the steel companies charged. It produced one batch and then shut down, never to reopen.

* Cartoon snatched courtesy of the Onion

Drivin' Nails In Their Coffin

Before reading this post, start the podplayer in the righthand margin for the optimal experience!



.... The President drove another nail in the coffin of the automobile industry today by announcing a combination 35 mph CAFE standard and reduced emission standard which would take effect in 2016, conveniently after he leaves office. Cost to you the consumer? How about an extra $1,300.00 per vehicle. And just to give you an idea about what's currently available to meet these standards, you should go out and test drive a Smart Car, a Honda Civic, or a Toyota Prius. Other than that you're just S.O.L.

Oh by the way. you could invest in a nice body kit for your new Smart Car:

O' What A Tangled Web We Weave . .

Former VeeP and Self Appointed "Weatherman And Chief", Al Gore, is venturing into Pelosi territory and should refer to his notes concerning exactly when he started Bush bashing. In a recent CNN interview he stated that he " waited two years after I left office to make statements that were critical, and then of the policy," referring to past Veep Dick Cheney's recent comments concerning the present administration.

Well, not so fast carbon tax breath! Mr. Gore attacked the Bush administration in a speech to the Commonwealth Club on September 23, 2002. Here are his own words from that speech:

"By shifting from his early focus after September 11th on war against terrorism to war against Iraq, the President has manifestly disposed of the sympathy, good will and solidarity compiled by America and transformed it into a sense of deep misgiving and even hostility. In just one year, the President has somehow squandered the international outpouring of sympathy, goodwill and solidarity that followed the attacks of September 11th and converted it into anger and apprehension aimed much more at the United States than at the terrorist network..... (more blathering continued which I won't bother to bore you with).

"The Bush Administration may now be realizing that national and international cohesion are strategic assets. But it is a lesson long delayed and clearly not uniformly and consistently accepted by senior members of the cabinet. From the outset, the Administration has operated in a manner calculated to please the portion of its base that occupies the far right, at the expense of solidarity among Americans and between America and her allies.... (again, more blathering continued)."

"Far more damaging, however, is the Administration’s attack on fundamental constitutional rights. The idea that an American citizen can be imprisoned without recourse to judicial process or remedies, and that this can be done on the say-so of the President or those acting in his name, is beyond the pale."

This doesn't appear to be a love letter, so A) Did Mr. Gore actually resign from the Clinton Administration during his term and nobody noticed? or B) Again somebody is lyin' like a dawg.

Sometimes Your Words Can Come Back To Bite You,

just ask Nancy Pelosi, just as this little speech from election night points out.



Oh, by the way, you can see her new Seal of The Speaker of the House of Representatives here .

Yes, We're Open 24 Hours . . . But not in a row.

Steve Wright, aka Bucky Goldstein, is a great deadpan comic from a few years ago. Why the "aka Bucky Goldstein" - here's why:
My bus came and I sat down next to this beautiful blonde Chinese girl. I said, "Hello," and she said, "Hello." And I said, "Isn't it an amazing day?" And she said, "Yes, it is, I guess." I said, "What do you mean, you guess?" She said, "Well, things haven't been going too well for me lately." I said, "like what?" She said, " I can't tell you, I don't even know you." I said, "Yeah, but sometimes it's good to tell your problems to an absolute, total stranger on a bus." She said, "Well, I just came back from my analyst, and he's still unable to help me." I said, "What's the problem?" She paused and said, "I'm a nymphomaniac and I only get turned on by Jewish cowboys." And she said, "By the way, my name is Diane." I said, "Hello, Diane, I'm Bucky Goldstein".

Stimulus Update 2009

The Social Security Administration sent a $250 “stimulus” check to Mrs. Rose Hagner
The check was sent to the home of her son 83-year-old James Hagner. Mr. Hagner said, “I don’t even expect to get one for myself, and I get one for my mother." Only problem is Mrs. Hagner died on Memorial Day, 1967.

You may thinking there is a reasonable explanation for why the government sent a check to a woman who has been dead for over 40 years, AND it is probably a glitch in their system and doesn’t happen very often.

Well, Social Security representatives said there is a good explanation. Of thealmost 52 million checks mailed out, about 10,000 of those have been sent to people who are deceased. The agency blames the error on the strict mid-June deadline of mailing out all of the checks, which didn’t leave officials much time to clean up all of their records. Gee, they only had 43 years!

And this is who you want running YOUR health care?

Welcome To Grand Canyon, Colorado...

...from the same folks who want to run your health care.



In 1999, the US post office issued a 60 cent air mail stamp featuring the Grand Canyon. After the stamps were printed someone noticed the caption below the picture was incorrect, reading "Grand Canyon, Colorado."

At a cost of about $500,000, officials decided to destroy all 100 million stamps they had produced and reprint the stamps with correct wording.

The new stamps went on sale in January 2000. Everybody was happy until a park ranger pointed out the picture of the Grand Canyon was reversed during production and the scene was printed backwards.

The Post Office Inspector General determined the original printing slipped through because the post office failed to follow its own quality control procedures. When those procedureswere followed, they were "not sufficient to detect reversed images on the stamps."

And this is the same folks you want to have dictating your health care?

Love 'em Or Hate 'em, But at Least Grade 'em

... at Grade Gov.com

Join me in letting your Representative know what you think of their (or any Congressman or woman's) performance in Washington, DC. You can vote daily for one person.

Intelligent Design VS Mother Nature...an easy example

The debate about teaching evolution versus intelligent design or creationism has been in the news quite a bit lately. Most liberal humanist call creationism "Superstitious Nonsense" and "Utter Nonsense," which is typical of these folks to marginalize anyone who doesn't agree with their narrow point of view.

Here is a simple example of intelligent design compared to chance change by Mother Nature:

Below are two examples of "Mother Nature's" work you surely recognize the Grand Canyon, the most magnificent example of time, wind, and water in shaping our earth...



Next is Wyoming's Devil's Tower, prominently featured in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, another wonderful example of nature's powers...



Both are pretty impressive and testify to the wonders of nature and its power to shape our world! But, now look at what can be achieved with just one person's dream of designing something really magnifcent. Someone with the ability to reason and really control the outcome of his work...



All I can say is, I'll take God's design over chance anytime.

Student wins law suite against teacher defending Christian principles.

On Tap For Wednesday at the White House?

The "Mmelt" Down Theory

Who is Jeff Immelt? Jeff Immelt was a large contributor to the Obama campaign and other Democrats and was selected by General Electric's Board of Directors in 2000 to replace Jack Welch, then G.E. CEO. Since taking over, GE's stock has dropped nearly 80%. Mr. Immelt was head of GE's Medical Systems division (aka: GE Healthcare) and in February, 2009, he was appointed as a member to the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. The board is charged with providing the president and his administration with advice and counsel in fixing America's economic downturn, despite the fact that GE's stock has dropped nearly 80% since Immelt took over.

Now, the smart talk around D.C. is that Mr. Immelt is pushing to have GE's medical systems division become the sole administrator for the Democrat's Nationalized Health Care Plan (aka: single payer plan). Haven't heard about it? Certainly not on NBC, CNBC, or MSNBC! Although you probably have seen horror stories on Today Show, Obermann's diatribe, and "Ole' Thrill Up My Leg Matthews" about mismanaged medicine, how there are two levels of care - insured and uninsured, how only the federal government can fix this dire problem.

So, here's the Mmelt Down Theory, Immelt directs NBC (and MSNBC & CNBC) to promote nationalized medicine with stories sympathetic to Obama Administration, Obama appoints GE Healthcare as sole administrator for nationalized healthcare, money flows into Immelt's pocket from feds through G.E. Healthcare, Immelt directs NBC (and MSNBC & CNBC) to promote nationalized ... and so it goes.

There does appear to be one missing part to this chart. No, not the Federal Government. They will have their own level of superior health care available only to the elite government officials. That's why they are "insulated" in the middle of the chart (They will insist this is NOT a two level system). Surely you wouldn't want someone like Sen. Teddy Kennedy to have to actually go to a public clinic! What's missing is you . We will be relegated to the same mass production health system as in England, Canada, and else where where people actually die waiting for procedures we take for granted today.

But, as I said this is a problem only the government can fix, just like the V.A. Health system or __(fill in your own gov't program)__ .





More on Mr Immelt at the WSJ.

Pelosi Gets Caught In A Cheesy Situation...

courtesy of: Move America Forward .org

According to a C.I.A. issued memo,House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was briefed in September 2002 about the use of inhanced interrogation tactics ,contradicting her statements over several months that she knew nothing about the inhanced interrogation tactics used at Gitmo.The memo stated that Pelosi and Rep. Porter Goss, ranking members of the House Intellegence Committee, were the first Congressional members to be briefed on Sept. 4, 2002.

Included in the memo issued by the C.I.A. were statements saying the briefing, attended by Ms. Pelosi, covered water boarding (aka enhanced interrogation techniques) used on Al Queda terrorist Abu Zubaydah.

The matter of Pelosi's non exisistant memory became a point of heated debate in the Congress. Many have accused her of knowingthe precise techniques CIA agents used in interrogations, and she only protested the tactics when they became public.She is in CYA mode to protect her and other liberals from antiwar activists.

Only In AAAmerica ...Welfare On Wheels

"Pimp My Ride ~ Massachusetts Liberal Style"

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick’s free wheels for welfare recipients program is "revving up" despite the decining economy. The the free cars include state-funded insurance, state funded repairs and even state funded AAA memberships and are handed out to get low income folks "a'rollin'". The program is "fueled" by a funding "drive" despite the state’s financial "crash". Incidentally, the program allows those who end up back on welfare to keep the cars.

For the rest of the story, check out the Boston Herald.

I Guess They Proved They Can Go To ...

In a weak effort to assure Americans the recession is over and it is now "OK" to go out to eat, the Prez. and his pet monkey strolled down to RAY'S HELL BURGER for lunch yesterday. The two dined on Ray's famous "Hell Burgers" and then high tailed it back to the White House presumably for a good stomach pumping. Two obsevations from the trip. 1) Mr. Biden's not wearing a face mask, so I guess the flu epidemic is now officially over. 2) Name aside, the two couldn't have picked a more appropriate place to dine in their suits...since anyone who actually eats in a hamburger fry shop knows you never wear good clothes in a greasy joint since you'll smell like grease for the rest of the day!

Yes, My Friends, He's Back

After making a big debut during the elections, Alonzo is back with his commentary of today's top news stories...

and on the first 100 Days

finally, here's a health, Iraq, Sarah Palin, and sex update:

The Vice President Is A Crack Pipe ...

...actually he's just a "crack pot" but I've never been one to pass up a sensational headline. Now, here's Chris with the detail:

Update...
After warning Americans about the dangers of confined spaces , Vice President Crackpot hopped the Amtrak home to Delaware. Case closed.

These Waters Run Deep

Watch this video , it's Maxine at her best!


Well, I guess the cat is out of the bag.

You can go here to see how she rates with the voters.

Still, Waters run deep, about ankle deep in ...