White House: credit cards accepted

Hospitality comes at a price when asked to dine at the White House.

Obama recently invited four of the top CEO's in America for a luncheon. White House staff collected their credit cards and charged them for the privilege.

As a single female with years of experience in first-dates, this reaffirms my rule (one of them): always bring cash. Despite his svelte appearance, power ties, elite title and command of the world's largest economy and most powerful military, the guy asking you to accompany him for a meal might glance across the table when the check comes and slide it your way.

Four of the most powerful business leaders in America arrived at the White House one day last month for lunch with President Barack Obama, sitting down in his private dining room just steps from the Oval Office.

But even for powerful CEOs, there’s no such thing as a free lunch: White House staffers collected credit card numbers for each executive and carefully billed them for the cost of the meal with the president.

A note, the article goes on to say Bush never charged for meals since guests attended the White House by invitation. He also never had luncheons with CEOs at the White House.

But the Bush administration was so sensitive about appearing cozy with corporate America that another former high-ranking official cannot recall a single instance of President Bush lunching with CEOs in the White House.

Personally, I wonder what those CEOs were thinking. Dining with a guy who demonizes corporate America, profits and capitalism? If you want special treatment, expect to pay for it with large cash donations.

Quote Them

“But I should say that I, and the rest of entertainers, don’t know a god-durned nothing about policies. We’re too busy self-aggrandizing to come up with any solutions. It’s amazing how many entertainers can find time between adopting children to tell you how to live your life.”

Chris Isaak,
musician
asked by The Washinton Post to comment about California's economic crisis



PS He just sold a song. I'm heading to itunes to buy from this guy. I may have just become his most devoted fan.

Quote Them

"I look at his program and I can't see how it's going to work. He has no cost control. There would be no effective cost control in his program. The [Congressional Budget Office] said it's going be incredibly expensive ... and the thing that I really am worried about is, if it is the failure that I think it would be, then health reform will be set back a long, long time."

Dr. David Scheiner,
Obama's personal physician for over 20 years talking about ObamaCare

Talking Crap

Here's a guy I've had the honor of interviewing, as well as becoming email friends (which means he graciously responds when I continually bug him), Andrew Klavan. He jumps in with a crapellent crap meter to measure the crapulous crapness coming from O's mouth.

It's craptastic.



Truth isn't important when you can just...talk crap. And the media's eyes glaze over in adoration.



Curtsy Tom Pinkerton

Hopenchange: Stimulus Jobs last One Week

Kelly Plandel works on the renovation of a Portland State University classroom in Portland, Ore., seen in this photo taken, Friday, July 17, 2009. Renovations to the University is part of Oregon's $176-million stimulus package and is one of Oregon's biggest use of stimulus dollars.(AP Photo/Don Ryan)

Jobs that last a week. A week. ONE week. I'm not speechless. I won't go that far. Just having a hard time keeping my eyes from rolling back into my head. It's as if all the proficient, qualified, successful citizens in this country left the government to a bunch of preschoolers. All this money, and one week jobs are suppose to give us hope? Are we suppose to take them seriously?
Naive. We have an entire White House administration of incompetence. And they're expensive little kids.

SPIN METER: 'Help Wanted' counting stimulus jobs

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - How much are politicians straining to convince people that the government is stimulating the economy?

A blood vessel might break in their head. Just saying.

In Oregon, where lawmakers are spending $176 million to supplement the federal stimulus, Democrats are taking credit for a remarkable feat: creating 3,236 new jobs in the program's first three months.

And since they lost 7,200 nonfarm jobs in June alone...

But those jobs lasted on average only 35 hours, or about one work week.

That sounds more like a prank, not a job.

After that, those workers were effectively back unemployed, according to an Associated Press analysis of state spending and hiring data.

Unemployment generally happens when employment ends.

By the state's accounting, a job is a job, whether it lasts three hours, three days, three months, or a lifetime.

They should ask the people who had the job one week and didn't the next.

.........

With the economy in tatters and unemployment rising, Oregon's inventive math underscores the urgency for politicians across the country to show that spending programs designed to stimulate the economy are working—even if that means stretching the facts.

They don't need to create jobs, only soundbites.

At the federal level, President Barack Obama has said the federal stimulus has created 150,000 jobs, a number based on a misused formula and which is so murky it can't be verified.

Pretty much like Obama's entire persona.

Poll: 49% believe Obama views America as discriminatory

Rasmussen reports:

The public believes Obama views American society as generally...
- 49% unfair and discriminatory
- 40% fair and decent
- 11% unsure

The public believes the American society is....
- 69% fair and decent (up four points since last month)
- 22% unfair and discriminatory (down one point since last month)

The public views Obama's response to Cambridge cop question...
- 46% poor
- 26% excellent/good

Quote Them

Do you believe in God?
“No, no, no!”

Is your soul spiritual?
“No, no, no! I’m probably 20 per cent atheist and 80 per cent agnostic. I don’t think anyone really knows. You’ll either find out or not when you get there, until then there’s no point thinking about it.

Brad Pitt
interview with Bild.com

PS When you get where? If you believe there is a destination, you might want to put some thought in the directions.

Quote Them

When you rush these budgets that are a foot high and nobody has any idea what's in them and nobody's read 'em...Uh, and it gets rushed through without any clear deliberation or debate, uh, then these kinds of things happen, and I think that this is -- is in some ways what happened to the Patriot Act. I mean, you remember there was no real debate about that, it was so qui -- uh, quick after 9/11 that it was introduced.

Barack Obama,
November 2004, criticizing Bush

I'm rushed because I get letters every day from families that are being clobbered by health care costs and they ask me, "Can you help?"

Barack Obama,
July 2009, comforting himself


PS So...it's getting letters that make the difference. Letters = rushing good. No letters = rushing bad. Someone, quick, ask Bush: Sir, did you get letters? Did you? If so, the lefties and Obama want to apologize for ever criticizing you.

Mr. President, what about me?

Noah Logue is a deaf college student in St. Louis. During a recent town hall meeting, he asked about ObamaCare and his chances for a future. Very powerful. He received a standing ovation at the end. I'm including a transcript of his speech, submitted by his mother to Gateway Pundit, at the bottom of the post.

"Ezekiel Emanuel, Rahm Emmanuel’s brother, who is involved in the wording of the House Bill said, 'Medical care should be reserved for the non-disabled, not given to those 'who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens…' .

"Does that include me? If medical decisions are being made by the government; not by my doctors, my parents, or me, I would be determined to be too expensive to receive the services I need to be able to navigate my way in the world."

If we are going to deny health care to anyone not considered a "participating citizen", will we deny them financial assistance, too? Then it's time for welfare reform.

CONCERNS FROM A VOTER WITH A DISABILITY
McCASKILL TOWN HALL MEETING
JULY 27, 2009

I am a young adult who is profoundly deaf with a cochlear implant, starting my second year of college in September.

I would not be able to hear anything without my implant, except maybe a jet engine.

With my cochlear implant, I can talk on the telephone, I can carry on oral conversations, and I can hear music. It has enriched my life tremendously.

Cochlear implant surgery is not inexpensive. Currently it costs between $50,000 and $60,000 per ear.

After this surgery it is important to receive the correct education afterward so the child can learn how to talk. It is expensive to educate a child who is deaf.

It is also expensive to provide services to a child who is deaf who is not oral. Interpreters are needed for them to talk to people who are hearing.

When my mother told me of the health bills being considered by the House and Senate, and how they impacted disabled people, I wanted people to know how that would impact me and how difficult it would be to succeed in life without the services I have received.

Ezekiel Emanuel, Rahm Emmanuel’s brother, who is involved in the wording of the House Bill said, “Medical care should be reserved for the non-disabled, not given to those “who are irreversibly prevented from being or becoming participating citizens…” “.

Does that include me? If medical decisions are being made by the government; not by my doctors, my parents, or me, I would be determined to be too expensive to receive the services I need to be able to navigate my way in the world.

This is a bad plan for those with special needs. Tell Senator McCaskill to vote NO.

Noah Logue
St. Louis, MO

5 freedoms lost in ObamaCare

"But page by page, the bills reveal a web of restrictions, fines, and mandates that would radically change your health-care coverage."

As an American, you may value choice and freedom and rewards for positive and careful living. In ObamaCare, be ready to give that up. FORTUNE itemizes the grievances. Some of them, anyway. After reading the 2,000 pages in the medical reform bills, they aren't thrilled. Read the five freedoms you'll lose.

"In short, the Obama platform would mandate extremely full, expensive, and highly subsidized coverage -- including a lot of benefits people would never pay for with their own money -- but deliver it through a highly restrictive, HMO-style plan that will determine what care and tests you can and can't have. It's a revolution, all right, but in the wrong direction."

Post-racial America: this is what it looks like

Obama said he wanted to bring unity between races. The backlash from his rush to judgment is achieving just that.



Yes, Mr. President, we do have racial unity in America. Sadly, it is you and your close, personal friends who refuse to see it, acknowledge it, and celebrate it.

New scientific study debunks global warming, will the media report?

Via Yid with Lid:

A new scientific paper says that the only warming that is man made is the heat coming from under Al Gore's collar. The highly regarded Journal of Geophysical Research presented a peer reviewed study by 3 Australasian researchers which shows that natural forces are the dominant influence on climate. According to this study little or none of the late 20th century global warming and cooling can be attributed to human activity.

The Goracle won't be happy. This is his one ticket to relevance. However, if science is not to be influenced by politics, as the very basis of science is suppose to do, then you must have a debate with all global temperature evidence considered. You must debate an issue that politicians are using as a battering ram to shackle economies, private businesses, individuals, and the very blood of our properity - energy.
You can't force Cap and Trade, a crippling tax based on supposed scientific evidence showing humans are killing the planet, then refuse to debate evidence debunking the very basis for Cap and Trade.

"The close relationship between ENSO and global temperature, as described in the paper, leaves little room for any warming driven by human carbon dioxide emissions. The available data indicate that future global temperatures will continue to change primarily in response to ENSO cycling, volcanic activity and solar changes.”

“Our paper confirms what many scientists already know: which is that no scientific justification exists for emissions regulation, and that, irrespective of the severity of the cuts proposed, ETS (emission trading scheme) will exert no measurable effect on future climate.”

Read the report here.

Refusing to listen or quantify evidence debunking man-made global warming is manipulative. And it reveals the real heart of the matter, not concern for the planet but greed and the lust of control. That's what global warming hysteria is about: money and power. It always comes down to those two wiggly precepts and the government wants them both, without limits. Al Gore is determined to give it to them, while accepting a few billion for himself.
The Capital Research Center (CRC), a nonpartisan watchdog organization, concluded a study of Gore's nonprofits and found them quite profitable.

"If carbon emissions trading ever comes to the United States, Al Gore will be uniquely positioned to cash in....Meanwhile, Gore is pushing for tougher environmental regulations on the private sector. It wants “cap-and-trade” legislation so that companies will be forced to lower their greenhouse gas emissions and buy carbon credits."

Gore, it appears, wants yet another yacht.

House to Obama: apologize to Crowley

The House of Representatives may ask for an apology - to Crowley from Obama. And a resolution may follow, if Obama doesn't do it on his own.

The Hill's blog has the story.

Congress would demand that President Obama apologize to the officer the president said had "acted stupidly" in the arrest of a prominent Harvard professor under a resolution set to be introduced by one Michigan lawmaker.

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (R-Mich.) will introduce a House resolution on Monday demanding Obama retract and apologize for remarks he has made about Cambridge Police Sergeant James Crowley this past week.

Obama had said at his prime time press conference Wednesday that Crowley had "acted stupidly" in the arrest of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, a racially-infused case which has sparked a national debate on race and policing.

The president refused to back down on his involvement in the case, but appeared in the White House briefing on Friday to say he had called Crowley to explain that never meant to insult the officer. (Obama also called Gates on Friday.)

McCotter's resolution would demand Obama "retract his initial public remarks and apologize to Cambridge, Massachusetts Police Sergeant James M. Crowley for having unfairly impugned and prejudged his professional conduct in this local police response incident."

The resolution will come after an escalation in the Cambridge case the past two days after the president's initial statements on the matter. The nation's largest police group, the Fraternal Order of Police, blasted Obama for his remarks about Crowley and the Cambridge police.

Here is the resolution:

Whereas on July 16, 2009, Cambridge, Massachusetts Police Sergeant James M. Crowley responded to a 911 call from a neighbor of Harvard University Professor Henry Louis ("Skip") Gates, Jr. about a suspected break-in in progress at his residence, which had been broken into on a prior occasion;

Whereas on July 22, 2009, in responding to a question during a White House press conference President Barack Obama stated: "Skip Gates is a friend, so I may be a little biased here. I don't know all of the facts involved in this local police response incident";

Whereas President Obama proceeded to state Sergeant Crowley "acted stupidly" for arresting Professor Gates on charges of disorderly conduct;

Whereas, as a former Constitutional Law Professor, President Obama well understands that all Americans are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law, and their actions should not be prejudged prior to being fully and fairly judged by an appropriate and objective authority after due process;

Whereas, President Obama's nationally televised remarks may likely detrimentally influence the full and fair judgment by an appropriate and objective authority after due process regarding this local police response incident and, thereby, impair Sergeant Crowley's legal and professional standing in relation to said incident; and

Whereas, President Obama appeared at a daily White House Press briefing on July 24, 2009 to address his denouncement of Sergeant Crowley and stated: "I could have calibrated those words differently" but "I continue to believe, based on what I have heard, that there was an overreaction in pulling Professor Gates out of his home to the station."

Whereas, President Obama's refusal to retract his initial public remarks and apologize to Sergeant Crowley and, instead, reiterate his accusation impugning Sergeant Crowley's professional conduct in the performance of his duties;

Now therefore be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives–

Calls upon President Obama to retract his initial public remarks and apologize to Cambridge, Massachusetts Police Sergeant James M. Crowley for having unfairly impugned and prejudged his professional conduct in this local police response incident.

Quote Them

"do u know how much money i’d make if i’d sold out as hispanic and worked at fox news, r u kidding, one problem, looking in mirror"

Rick Sanchez,
CNN Anchor twittering

"As a wise Latina woman, I have no comment other than to say if I were Rick Sanchez, I wouldn’t look in the mirror, period."

Julie Banderas,
Fox News anchor

“Everyone knows that Rick is an industry joke, he shows that he’s a hack everyday. And he doesn’t have to worry about working at FOX because we only hire talent who have the ability to generate ratings.”

a Fox News PR spokesperson



PS Want to know more about Sanchez's morale code? You can read about his hit-and-run DUI in 1990 which struck a man and his three-year-old daughter, paralyzing the man who died five years later from his injuries.


Curtsy Hot Air

Quote Them

"I acted appropriately. Mr. Gates was given plenty of opportunity to stop what he was doing. He didn't...There was a lot of yelling. There was references to my mother, something you wouldn't expect from anybody that would be – should be grateful that you're there investigating the report of a crime in progress, let alone a Harvard University professor."

Sgt. James Crowley,
Cambridge Police Officer in Gates Case



PS Crowley, a white man, had the audacity to arrest a black Harvard professor and friend to the O's - Obama and Oprah. He was targeted for personal destruction the minute he answered the 911 call. That, my friends, is real racism.

Quote Them

"It turns out the arresting white officer was actually hand-picked by a black police commissioner to have him teach recruits how to avoid racial profiling...Sergeant James Crowley, an 11-year veteran of the force, is an expert on racial profiling, having taught a course at the police academy."

Bianca Solorzano,
CBS correspondent reporting on Gates' case



PS But look at him. He's white, aka racist.

Texas ObamaCare Showdown

ObamaCare might send Americans running for the southern border. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a man after my own 10th Amendment lovin' heart, is saying "no" to government-run health care in his state.

Always bet on Texas.

AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry, raising the specter of a showdown with the Obama administration, suggested Thursday that he would consider invoking states’ rights protections under the 10th Amendment to resist the president’s healthcare plan, which he said would be "disastrous" for Texas.

Interviewed by conservative talk show host Mark Davis of Dallas’ WBAP/820 AM, Perry said his first hope is that Congress will defeat the plan, which both Perry and Davis described as "Obama Care." But should it pass, Perry predicted that Texas and a "number" of states might resist the federal health mandate.

"I think you’ll hear states and governors standing up and saying 'no’ to this type of encroachment on the states with their healthcare," Perry said. "So my hope is that we never have to have that stand-up. But I’m certainly willing and ready for the fight if this administration continues to try to force their very expansive government philosophy down our collective throats."

....

"It really is a state issue, and if there was ever an argument for the 10th Amendment and for letting the states find a solution to their problems, this may be at the top of the class," Perry said. "A government-run healthcare system is financially unstable. It’s not the solution."

Boogie Down the Aisle

A joyful bride and her merry maidens and men. Check out the viral internet sensation of the dancing wedding party.

Mr. Unpopularity

The only numbers going up at the moment are unemployment and the deficit.
Obama, on the other hand, is grooving on down. His approval index is now at -9. Dear Leader's verbose powers of persuasion have met kryptonite.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 30% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-nine percent (39%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -9.

The number who Strongly Disapprove of the President has increased slightly following the prime time press conference on Wednesday night. That figure—39%--is now at the highest level yet recorded. As a result, the overall Approval Index has fallen to the lowest level yet recorded for this President.

The Nightmare of ObamaCare

Blog reader Dan sent this to me. A man, Peter Fleckstein, has been reading the health care bill and twittering his findings. They are abbreviated and brief, due to the format, and very revealing. Don't get frightened. Actually, on the other hand, do. This is scary stuff. And your President and liberal Congress want to enslave us with it before the end of the year.

If you want to follow Fleckstein on Twitter, I've included his link.

Tara Lynn out.
...........

This came from a very good source who keeps up on legislation very well, and whom I consider to be very reliable. He was originally in favor of this bill, until he began learning more of the details. This is the most complete rundown of the (what I consider) the horrible elements of the legislation I've seen so far. I thought it would be good to pass it on.....Dan

Peter Fleckstein (aka Fleckman) is reading it and has been posting on Twitter his findings. This is from his postings (Note: All comments are Fleckman's)

Pg 22 of the HC Bill MANDATES the Govt will audit books of ALL EMPLOYERS that self insure!!

Pg 30 Sec 123 of HC bill - THERE WILL BE A GOVT COMMITTEE that decides what treatments/benifits u get

Pg 29 lines 4-16 in the HC bill - YOUR HEALTHCARE IS RATIONED!!!

Pg 42 of HC Bill - The Health Choices Commissioner will choose UR HC Benefits 4 you. U have no choice!

PG 50 Section 152 in HC bill - HC will be provided 2 ALL non US citizens, illegal or otherwise

Pg 58HC Bill - Govt will have real-time access 2 individs finances & a National ID Healthcard will b issued!

Pg 59 HC Bill lines 21-24 Govt will have direct access 2 ur banks accts 4 elect. funds transfer

PG 65 Sec 164 is a payoff subsidized plan 4 retirees and their families in Unions & community orgs (ACORN).

Pg 72 Lines 8-14 Govt is creating an HC Exchange 2 bring priv HC plans under Govt control.

PG 84 Sec 203 HC bill - Govt mandates ALL benefit pkgs 4 priv. HC plans in the Exchange

PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs for of Benefit Levels for Plans = The Govt will ration ur Healthcare!

PG 91 Lines 4-7 HC Bill - Govt mandates linguistic approp svcs. Example - Translation 4 illegal aliens

Pg 95 HC Bill Lines 8-18 The Govt will use groups i.e., ACORN & Americorps 2 sign up indiv. for Govt HC plan

PG 85 Line 7 HC Bill - Specs of Ben Levels 4 Plans. #AARP members - U Health care WILL b rationed

PG 102 Lines 12-18 HC Bill - Medicaid Eligible Indiv. will b automat.enrolled in Medicaid. No choice

pg 124 lines 24-25 HC No company can sue GOVT on price fixing. No "judicial review" against Govt Monop

pg 127 Lines 1-16 HC Bill - Doctors/ #AMA - The Govt will tell YOU what u can make.

Pg 145 Line 15-17 An Employer MUST auto enroll employees into pub opt plan. NO CHOICE

Pg 126 Lines 22-25 Employers MUST pay 4 HC 4 part time employees AND their families.

Pg 149 Lines 16-24 ANY Emplyr w payroll 400k & above who does not prov. pub opt. pays 8% tax on all payroll

pg 150 Lines 9-13 Biz w payroll btw 251k & 400k who doesnt prov. pub. opt pays 2-6% tax on all payroll

Pg 167 Lines 18-23 ANY individual who doesnt have acceptable HC accrdng 2 Govt will be taxed 2.5% of inc

Pg 170 Lines 1-3 HC Bill Any NONRESIDENT Alien is exempt from indiv. taxes. (Americans will pay)

Pg 195 HC Bill -officers & employees of HC Admin (GOVT) will have access 2 ALL Americans finan/pers recs

PG 203 Line 14-15 HC - "The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" Yes, it says that

Pg 239 Line 14-24 HC Bill Govt will reduce physician svcs 4 Medicaid. Seniors, low income, poor affected

Pg 241 Line 6-8 HC Bill - Doctors, doesnt matter what specialty u have, you'll all be paid the same

PG 253 Line 10-18 Govt sets value of Dr's time, prof judg, etc. Literally value of humans.

PG 265 Sec 1131Govt mandates & controls productivity for private HC industries

PG 268 Sec 1141 Fed Govt regulates rental & purchase of power driven wheelchairs

PG 272 SEC. 1145. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CANCER HOSPITALS - Cancer patients - welcome to rationing!

Page 280 Sec 1151 The Govt will penalize hospitals 4 what Govt deems preventable readmissions.

Pg 298 Lines 9-11 Drs, treat a patient during initial admiss that results in a readmiss-Govt will penalize u.

Pg 317 L 13-20 OMG!! PROHIBITION on ownership/investment. Govt tells Drs. what/how much they can own.

Pg 317-318 lines 21-25,1-3 PROHIBITION on expansion-Govt is mandating hospitals cannot expand

pg 321 2-13 Hospitals have oppt to apply for exception BUT community input required. Can u say ACORN?!!

Pg335 L 16-25 Pg 336-339 - Govt mandates estab. of outcome based measures. HC the way they want. Rationing

Pg 341 Lines 3-9 Govt has authority 2 disqual Medicare Adv Plans, HMOs, etc. Forcing peeps in2 Govt plan

Pg 354 Sec 1177 - Govt will RESTRICT enrollment of Special needs ppl! WTF. My sis has down syndrome!!

Pg 379 Sec 1191 Govt creates more bureaucracy - Telehealth Advisory Cmtte. Can u say HC by phone?

PG 425 Lines 4-12 Govt mandates Advance Care Planning Consult. Think Senior Citizens end of life

Pg 425 Lines 17-19 Govt will instruct & consult regarding living wills, durable powers of atty. Mandatory!

PG 425 Lines 22-25, 426 Lines 1-3 Govt provides apprvd list of end of life resources, guiding u in death

PG 427 Lines 15-24 Govt mandates program 4 orders 4 end of life. The Govt has a say in how ur life ends

Pg 429 Lines 1-9 An "adv. care planning consult" will b used frequently as patients health deteriorates

PG 429 Lines 10-12 "adv. care consultation" may incl an ORDER 4 end of life plans. AN ORDER from GOV

Pg 429 Lines 13-25 - The govt will specify which Doctors can write an end of life order.

PG 430 Lines 11-15 The Govt will decide what level of treatment u will have at end of life

Pg 469 - Community Based Home Medical Services=Non profit orgs. Hello, ACORN Medical Svcs here!!?

Page 472 Lines 14-17 PAYMENT TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORG. 1 monthly payment 2 a community-based org. Like ACORN?

PG 489 Sec 1308 The Govt will cover Marriage & Family therapy. Which means they will insert Govt in2 ur marriage

Pg 494-498 Govt will cover Mental Health Svcs including defining, creating, rationing those svcs

Here's the full Health Care bill that sits in the House.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h3200ih.pdf

the O'aux pas

(shaking head...rubbing forehead...sardonic twist of lips)

I watched it. There is no real reason, other than the sick pleasure of viewing a train wreck, to subject yourself to an Obama press conference. Another one.
That makes four prime-time Obama press specials in six months, compared to Bush's four prime-time press specials in eight years. But Obama can't get enough of Obama.

In typical fashion, the man opened his mouth and insults came out. A reporter from Chicago asked a question about race relations in America, citing the recent arrest of Obama's friend Harvard Professor Henry Gates, a black man, arrested by a white officer, Sgt. James Crowley. Before knowing the facts of the case, which he admitted, Obama judged a situation based on skin color and preconceived notions. I think they call that racism. And believing all white cops are racist, how is that not racial profiling?

Since the presser on Wednesday night, Obama's response to the ignorant "race relations" question has sparked a rumbling that isn't helping his amazing, unsurpassed, unheard of positive public approval (ignore the factless propaganda insert, couldn't help myself). His ignorant, wet behind the ears, snobby answers are what forced Obama's handlers to surgically attach a teleprompter to his svelte self.

Here's a rundown of the basic news stories with a brief synopsis and link. I'll include the actual police report narrative - so you can read it for yourself and be more informed than the President - in a separate post.

Let the games begin!

Obama: Cambridge Police Acted Stupidly
/My Fox, Boston

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that police acted "stupidly" in the arrest of prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and that despite racial progress blacks and Hispanics are still singled out unfairly for arrest.
"This still haunts us," Obama said.

Yeah, not so much for me. The trick is to eat a healthy fat right before bed. Makes you sleep like a baby, wake up rested. In fact, I usually feel pretty dang groovy all the time, no haunting here.

Obama Stirs Racial Passions in Harvard Case
/Reuters
........
But many in Massachusetts said he crossed a line by passing judgment on police while acknowledging he did not have all the facts. Online polls in Massachusetts show strong support for the white arresting officer.

Ut oh. Even ticked off the liberals. Not good. But still...back to my sleeping...just solid as a rock.

Officer at Eye of Storm Won't Apologize
/The Boston Globe

When Sergeant James M. Crowley climbed the front steps of Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s house last week and unexpectedly placed himself in international headlines, it was not the first time he had a memorable encounter in the line of duty with a prominent black man. Nearly 16 years ago, as a Brandeis University police officer, Crowley desperately tried to save the life of Reggie Lewis after the Boston Celtics star collapsed while practicing in the school gym.
......

Crowley was a certified emergency medical technician when he performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Lewis, to no avail, after the player’s heart stopped on July 27, 1993. In a Globe interview later that day, Crowley said he rushed to the university’s Shapiro Gymnasium, confirmed that Lewis had no pulse, and frantically tried to revive him.

“I just kept on going,’’ he said. “I just kept thinking, ‘Don’t let him die-just don’t die.’’’

Now, 16 years later, he stands accused of racism by Gates, one of the foremost scholars on race in America....

Crowley, very heroic sounding guy. Sounds like Gates, a scholar on race in America, isn't qualified for the job.

Video: Cop who Arrested Gates Not Sorry
/My Fox, Boston

He's straightforward, confident and considerate. He appears calm, reasonable, and pragmatic. Crowley is a man with nothing to hide, nothing to be ashamed of, and no fear of punishment because his actions can withstand the scrutiny of national attention. That's my take.

EXCLUSIVE: Obama Defends Criticism of Cambridge Police in Arrest of Gates
/ABC (Video also)
........

"I think that I have extraordinary respect for the difficulties of the job that police officers do," the president told Moran. "And my suspicion is that words were exchanged between the police officer and Mr. Gates and that everybody should have just settled down and cooler heads should have prevailed. That's my suspicion."

The president said he understands the sergeant who arrested Gates is an "outstanding police officer." But he added that with all that's going on in the country with health care and the economy and the wars abroad, "it doesn't make sense to arrest a guy in his own home if he's not causing a serious disturbance."

Okay, couple of thoughts on this O sound bite:
1. The officer has been described with the word "stellar", too.
2. "I think that I have extraordinary respect..."? He doesn't know?
3. "My suspicion". Stop suspecting and read the report. Better yet, Crowley activated his recorder when Gates began acting hysterical. Request to hear it.
4. With wars and economy and health care "it doesn't make sense to arrest a guy" unless he's causing a "serious disturbance"? Not sure I understand this statement. So when the economy's stable and wars are won, police officers can and do arrest people without cause? Just not now? Also, who said Gates wasn't causing a serious disturbance? Not the police report.

Police Union Condemns Obama's Comments
/The Hill
...

Jim Pasco, executive director of the FOP's legislative office, noted that before Obama made the remarks, the president acknowledged that he was only vaguely familiar with what happened.
"That being the case, it's unfortunate that he chose to say anything," Pasco said. "He wasn't there, and he doesn't know what happened."
Pasco said it appears that Gates was the "provocateur" because he called Officer James Crowley a racist instead of producing identification as requested.

But...but...but...Obama is the Enlightened One. He doesn't have to know what happened. He can feel it.

Video: Police Union Demands Apology

It's all been said. Good statement. Quick and to the point. And right.

Now...let's turn to the long-winded, rambling of our President as he doesn't apologize but tries to make you believe he did.

Video: Obama Responds

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No apology. No real taking of responsibility. He spends six minutes, making you think he's saying "I'm sorry", while going back to his whole I'm-always-right-but-could-have-said-it-better excuse: "I could have calibrated those words differently." Heard that before.

Lots of hot air. No substance.

Rush: The press has met their waterloo

And they know it. Negative press, though sporadic and incomplete, is beginning to happen for Obama. It's too late for journalists to save their reputations. But maybe it's not to late to do their job.

Quote Them

"Many of my constituents would love to wait in line for medical care. They're yanked out of line because they don't have coverage."

Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)



PS You mean die while in line waiting. It happens.

Censorship, the new Democrat platform

Duct tape works well. Take a sticky strip, place it over the mouth, presto - no dissent. Or...if you're a Democrat and in the Congressional majority and you enjoy the occasional abuse of power, you could block communication between Republicans and their constituents.

Democrats have stopped 20 requests from Republicans to mail a chart of the currently proposed, new and improved, health care system to their constituents. Created by Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and the Joint Economic Committee, the chart illustrates the obnoxious organization of ObamaCare. See it below.



If that was my idea for a more efficient, patient-oriented health care system, I wouldn't want anyone to see it either.

“I think their review was laughable,” Brady said. “It’s ... downright false in most of the cases. The chart depicts their health care plan as their committees developed it. The chart reveals how their health care bureaucracy works, and people are frightened by it. So this is their effort to try and discredit” the chart.

Obama's 95% "no tax increase" promise over

Always, always, it's in the fine print. With Obama, it's in the hot air.

Last night, during his fourth prime-time press conference, Obama pointedly kissed that promise goodbye. Ed Morrissey from HotAir put this video together to show President Obama v Campaign Obama. Listen for the catch phrases, "completely shouldered," "primarily", "be opposed".



Morrissey explains the verbal nuance. What Obama said was:

Example one: "I don't want that final one-third of the cost of health care to be completely shouldered on the back of middle class families," instead of saying "not shouldered".
Example two: "...if I see a proposal that is primarily funded through taxing middle class families...," instead of saying "not funded".
Example three: "I'm going to be opposed to that," instead of "I'd veto that".

What does this mean? Obama's promise of no tax increase for 95% of the population has met its expiration date. Pull out your wallet.

Chicago coming your way

This is what Barack and Michelle Obama did for health care in Chicago. And they want to do the same for you. Are the residents of Chicago happy? See for yourself.



U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL), a leading Democrat, called for an investigation into the program seven weeks ago, saying, "“As an institution that receives federal funds, I am concerned about recent media reports that allege the medical center is turning away and refusing treatment to low-income, uninsured patients."

Now, if you will, sit back, get a cup of coffee (your last because caffeine will be outlawed) and imagine this health care going nationally.

Buyer's Remorse: recovery.org

You are spending $18 MILLION of the stimulus money to keep yourself informed about the stimulus money. Recovery.org, the website Obama touted and users criticize that is suppose to track all the $787 BILLION stimulus money, needs revamped.

That's one heck of a face-lift, hope it gets liposuction, too.

“If recovery.gov is meant to track every single dime of the stimulus money, shouldn’t they start with themselves?”

I couldn't have said it better myself.

Quote Them

"Let's just lay everything on the table. A Democrat congressman last week told me after a conversation with the president that the president had trouble in the House of Representatives, and it wasn't going to pass if there weren't some changes made ... and the president says, 'You're going to destroy my presidency.' "

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa),
concerning Obama's fear Sen. DeMint's comment about Waterloo might be right


PS You're going to destroy my country.


PSS Obama's not as perspiration resistant as the media would have you believe. Here's the comment from Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) that has him sweating.



"If we're able to stop Obama on [health care reform], it will be his Waterloo. It will break him and we will show that we can, along with the American people, begin to push those freedom solutions that work in every area of our society."

Government health care for thee, not for me

They think it's a great plan. Nationalize health care. Yes, sir. Count on them to give a big "yes" to that vote and send you into a DMV-type health care. The Congressional supporters, however, don't want it. Nah. They have something better. But enjoy all that bureaucracy.

“If it’s so good, why doesn’t Congress have to be on it?”

A Tea Party patriot, Kevin Jackson, asked Rep. Russ Carnahan this poignant question during a town hall meeting in St. Louis, Gateway Pundit reports. Carnahan had no answer. Neither does Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) when Neil Cavuto asks.



Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Miss) thinks that's a great idea. It's time for Congress to put their own selves on the line. If Congress wants Americans on this health care so badly, then they need to enroll in it, too.

"If the majorities really so confident that their plan will provide the very best health care for the people we represent, we ought to demonstrate that confidence by enrolling ourselves."

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) agrees. His amendment asks for a Congressional mandate to participate in the government-run health care.

"Let's demonstrate leadership -- and confidence in the system -- by requiring that every member of Congress go into it."

His fellow Congressman, Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) wasn't jazzed about the idea. "I don't know why we should require ourselves to participate in a plan that no one else needs to participate in. This bill goes to great lengths to show that the choice is there for everybody."

The bill also goes into great lengths establishing a government health care system that will never need to compete or produce a profit, thus putting private insurers out of business. If this passes, competition is over. Private health insurance is gone. Period. And Coburn explained as much.

Besides, if this is Utopian health care, why wouldn't Bingaman jump at the chance to join?

If Obama wanted to awaken a sleeping giant, he did so by kicking it in the ribs. As Congressmen and Obama Administration reps go around the country in town hall meetings, they are being greeted with boos and anger. Americans don't want this. Here's a brief excerpt of the crowd reaction to Obama's Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius received in Louisiana. Notice the laughter and boos following her explanation. We're not nearly as ignorant as Obama and his cronies want to believe.



Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) received the same response from his constituents. A man confronted the Senator about a $2,500 fine that will be imposed every year on anyone uninsured.



Freedom's Lighthouse, who had the video, made a valid point to Cardin's response:

Cardin made the ridiculous argument that if he did not have health care insurance and was injured, all the other taxpayers would wind up paying for him. It was a crazy argument because by adopting Obama's plan, Government would be assuming massive liability to provide health care coverage to far more people!

And besides that, if the man could get a break on his income taxes and property taxes, he would have more money to...I don't know...buy private insurance. Government is the problem, not the solution. Get them and their greedy hands out of the way and people can take care of their own lives.

Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Miss) is a funny guy, unintentionally. During his town hall meeting, the audience laughed out loud every time he talked about ObamaCare actually decreasing health care spending. Sorry Carnahan, your constituents are informed. Empty, false sales pitches don't work when people know the truth. Here's the video.



And what will ObamaCare give us, besides higher taxes, bureacracy, and poor quality health care? Well, it'll give us the appreciation of our dear President who thinks, instead of getting that necessary surgery, you should just take a pill. Watch so you'll believe. He tells Jane Sturm, during his ABC Infomercial, that people like her mother, who received a pacemaker at 99 years old is still alive five years later, should probably just take a painkiller.



That, dear Americans, is a sick man. Sick. He has no value of life. It isn't precious, it isn't a gift. It's something to be controlled and mandated. Obama giveth and Obama coldly taketh away.

Quote Them

"When we asked questions of the white, male nominees of a Republican president we were basically trying to find out whether, uhhh... to make sure, eh, that they would go far enough in understanding the plight of minorities. 'Cause clearly that was not in...their...DNA."

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill),
talking to the media about Sonia Sotomayor confirmation hearings



PS So...all white men are genetically racist, which is a racist thing to say. And since Durbin is white, he also is a racist.

Fighting for their O'Man

A new Gallup poll has Obama's approval numbers plummeting. When compared to other presidents at this stage in their term, going back to when polls started in the 40s, Obama is lower than Carter. He's tenth.

Polls can slide. It's what they do. Like your blood sugar reading, it'll be different every time you prick your finger, depending on how long ago you consumed that Snickers bar. But if taken long enough, you'll start to see a pattern emerging.

Is that what is happening? We'll see. ObamaCare is his big test, and he knows it, thus the anxiousness to get it passed. If it fails, so does his illusion of power. And all the Democrat kiddies in Congress will run around the playground out of control.

Whatever is happening, the entertaining portion of this evening is how the mainstream media are reacting. They are spinning the news with as much optimism as possible, saying things like, "His numbers are down but people still love him!" Uh, actually, no. Dropping approval means dropping approval.

Today, Rush played a soundbite to give a taste of the media panic. The only thing Obama has going for him is popularity. If that leaves, he's toast. He knows it. They know it. And their soundbites show it. I can't play the audio so I'm posting the transcript. Enjoy. This is poetic double speak. (italics mine)

RATIGAN: His approval rating has trended down over the past few months. No surprise there.

HALL: His approval rating, which is still high, there's still a lot of favorability that the American people have toward him.

GOODWIN: Even though some of his approval has slipped on various issues, leadership attributes still remain really high.

GIBSON: While he remains personally popular he cannot defy the political law of gravity. The President's job approval rating has fallen.

SHUSTER: His overall approval rating remains high.

CROWLEY: The President's overall approval is dropping. Though, it does remain a healthy upper 50%.

WATSON: The President's job approval stands at 59%. Not bad.

BREWER: It's slipping somewhat.

SERWER: You have a President who still has very high approval ratings, relatively.

MATTHEWS: It's still okay. It's a little bit down.

And that's how you report with an and/but.

Obama college transcripts list him as foreign student; SC to hear birth certificate case UPDATE: Hoax?

File this information away in the Urban Legend category. I'm updating this post at the top so everyone can get the full info.
I've been researching this. It's pretty much everywhere, as in, vague blogs. The confirmed blogs I usually link to did not post this info. That should have been my first clue. However, I know many people are keeping a "hands off" approach to what they are calling 'birthers', similar to 9/11 'truthers.'
As I said earlier, I think the President needs to confront it. Answer some questions and be done with it. As far as on the importance scale, here's my feeling: it distracts from important issues, like cap and trade and health care, giving space for Obama to push those through and lump all conservatives as 'wackos'. However, people have honest concerns the Constitution is not being followed to the letter, and those need to be addressed. You ignore them, you feed the suspicion.

My opinion, if it was actually true, think of what that means: President Joe Biden. And if he's declared incapable, which should have happened years ago, then we get President Nancy Pelosi. I see no silver lining here.

So, yes, this is being posted on many MyFox websites, from DC to Atlanta to Detroit, who are reporting Obama signed an exective order to keep his birth certificate private. When searching the home page, however, the entries are not found. Someone trying to discredit local Fox stations? Maybe. Who knows.

My apologies. I'm very strict about the sources I use. This one had me fooled...for about five hours.

The following is the original post:


Here's my opinion on the whole birth certificate case against Obama:

For the most transparent President in American History (try not to choke on that), end the secrecy and confront this. Make a statement. Address the questions. Stop ignoring it.

Instead, he spends $950,000 on lawyers in 12 states to suppress the disclosure of his personal records. You can't behave like you have something to hide and expect people not to believe you have something to hide.

And now we have this. Prepare for an onslaught of media spin, meaning attack.

AP- WASHINGTON D.C. - In a move certain to fuel the debate over Obama's qualifications for the presidency, the group Americans for Freedom of Information has released copies of President Obama's college transcripts from Occidental College. Released today, the transcript indicates that Obama, under the name Barry Soetoro, received financial aid as a foreign student from Indonesia as an undergraduate at the school.

Barry Hussein Soetoro. Still has a ring to it.

The transcript was released by Occidental College in compliance with a court order in a suit brought by the group in the Superior Court of California. The transcript shows that Obama (Soetoro) applied for financial aid and was awarded a fellowship for foreign students from the Fulbright Foundation Scholarship program.

So he was either a foreign student or he committed fraud. Actually, correction, in either case he has committed fraud. Oh, those college pranks.

To qualify, for the scholarship, a student must claim foreign citizenship. This document would seem to provide the smoking gun that many of Obama's detractors have been seeking.

And explains why he doesn't support the Second Amendment.

Along with the evidence that he was first born in Kenya and there is no record of him ever applying for US citizenship, this is looking pretty grim.

Isn't this stuff you find out during the vetting process in the PRIMARIES?

The news has created a firestorm at the White House as the release casts increasing doubt about Obama's legitimacy and qualification to serve as president.

Anyone familiar with the unemployment numbers knows he's unqualified.

When reached for comment in London, where he has been in meetings with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Obama smiled but refused comment on the issue.

Great response. Grin. He's a freakin' genius, ladies and gentlemen.

Britain 's Daily Mail also carried the story in a front-page article titled, Obama Eligibility Questioned leading some to speculate that the story may overshadow economic issues on Obama's first official visit to the U.K.

Or we could talk about his "momma pants".

In a related matter, under growing pressure from several groups, Justice Antonin Scalia announced that the Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear arguments concerning Obama's legal eligibility to serve as President in a case brought by Leo Donofrio of New Jersey .

He should try grinning at Justice Scalia.

This lawsuit claims Obama's dual citizenship disqualified him from serving as president. Donofrio's case is just one of 18 suits brought by citizens demanding proof of Obama's citizenship or qualification to serve as president.

The media will scourge these people, but the media only has themselves to blame. If the media had vetted the man properly, people wouldn't be suspicious.

Gary Kreep of the United States Justice Foundation has released the results of their investigation of Obama's campaign spending. This study estimates that Obama has spent upwards of $950,000 in campaign funds in the past year with eleven law firms in 12 states for legal resources to block disclosure of any of his personal records.

Again, why? What is so crucial that needs to be blocked? Explain, please. The American people deserve an answer.

Mr. Kreep indicated that the investigation is still ongoing but that the final report will be provided to the U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder. Mr. Holder has refused to comment on the matter.

Yeah, Holder's going to comment on an investigation concerning his boss. Right.

the Thrill of the Fight

You look different, he said.

It might have been the new shirt from Target. Or maybe it's the wind. Either way, despite my aversion to the word "change", I've had some. A friend of mine, and one of my blog readers, sent me a direct message on Twitter today about a recent photo I posted.
"Your countenance has changed. Sarah, Ayn Rand, perhaps a guy, perhaps you're older-don't know," he said.
Whatever has happened, it isn't a guy. Look at how fast we can narrow our choices! Was it Sarah Palin? Reading "Atlas Shrugged"? My new zest for teff bread? Perhaps we'll never know. There are mysteries in life that compel educated men to dig in the dirt with little toothbrushes. And still, they only have guesses and conjecture.

I gave it a little thought. A little. And with me, that means I dissected his words into letters and then into sounds and then into groanings of a primal, medieval form.
"You're blogging increased dramatically. Changed from personal stuff to natl/world matters," he said. "Definitely more driven. Like somebody plugged you into a light socket. Olderness makes people more production oriented. I've observed."

So I looked older? I'm not going there.
Actually, his thoughts sparked my thought bubble, my light bulb, my zing of understanding. Being driven. I had been thinking about that for days.

Yesterday, I got a call from a friend. It was one of those calls where you instantly know they are frustrated, not with you but with life. Pleasantries are disposed of. Instead they jump right in with, "Have you ever experienced..."
My friend had a problem of progress. He viewed his life, his accomplishments, his economic and personal status, and wanted to achieve more. In pre-Obama, pre-Lefty extremism America, you considered this aversion to status quo an attribute. Reach for those stars. Succeed. Be all that you can be. Success begets success. Those that achieved opened roads to other achievers. Trickle-down economics still dripped.

In all honesty, I'm not so sure we've completely given up the dream. We still want success. We want fame (in moderation) and fortune (in a Swiss bank account) and the good life. We want the happy ending, the thrilling beginning, and the comfy middle. We've forgotten, however, it required a fight. Or maybe our competitive muscles simply atrophied.

I don't know if I'm sandwiched between lazy generations or it's basic misconception. We've been taught you're special for being a color, not a character. Different is only good in thus, thus forms. Individuals outside the box, angling their view around current culture - from questioning global warming to Matt Damon's political prowess - should be shunned. And for too long, shunned we've stayed.

Yesterday, I told my friend, "Personally speaking, I don't know when I got the ignorant idea life was suppose to be easy. When did I decide success should come because I was ready for it?" I wasn't raised with that mentality, but my frustration at the fight ahead revealed the ugly truth: I had entitlement issues, too.

So life is hard. Yeah. It's universally known, printed on coffee mugs and embroidered on pillows. I won't be recognized as more than a state writer because I want it. That takes earning. And that's, actually, how I want it.
It won't come from catching a break. It'll come from writing a few hundred thousand more words, reading my thesaurus like a Dean Koontz thriller, losing innumerable nights of sleep because inspiration always hits at midnight, and working for it until adjectives produce beads of forehead perspiration.

At some mile marker on this journey, I realized my conservative values, as well, won't win easily. I might have to attend some rallies, write more blogs, read more history, prepare more arguments, have more conversations, encourage more voters, volunteer more time, actively and purposefully seek more personal drive.
It's going to take work. Conservatism won't win simply because we're ready, we're annoyed, we're devastated at the turn of national events. I hope I never forget: I don't believe in entitlement.

So, yes. I look different. Perhaps it's the competitive glint back in my eye. Perhaps it was a speck of dust. Whatever he saw, I feel it, like a growl rising from my throat. I'm sick of being silenced, sick of the intimidation, sick of being spurned for my beliefs. And when individual freedom is on the line, losing gracefully is only losing.

I'm so ready for a fight. Cue the cheesy Rocky music.

Quote Them

“The cap and trade bill is really the worst piece of legislation I’ve seen since I’ve been there. It raises energy prices on businesses, raises electric bills on families, and it even raises gasoline prices in the middle of a recession. And, it makes America less competitive in the global economy.”

Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.),
told to the Tulsa Metro Chamber of Commerce



PS Yep, yep.

Obama: The time for talking is through.

I think not.
Obama is always ending debate. A revolutionary man, such as himself, you would imagine as a symbol of open and free discussion. People who are secure in their beliefs, grounded in truth, confident in their policies, never fear discussion. He, however, has the personality of an ego-obsessed dictator. Just follow him blindly and don't forget to genuflect.



Obama isn't even bothering to read and maintain his clarity and understanding of the bill. He only wants to repeat his frivolous, airy propaganda over and over. And you, my fellow Americans, are to shut off your brain and accept it. Don't research. Don't question. Don't educate yourself. Don't expect your President and Congress to debate or discuss a bill that would entirely revamp the American Health care system and increase your tax burden.
Just acquiesce.

Ed Morrissey from HotAir places The One's health care talk in appropriate context:

“The time for talking is through,” sayeth the man who apparently doesn’t realize that Congress exists to debate legislation and not to muzzle itself and rubber-stamp executive initiatives. Of course, Barack Obama might be able to make that argument a little better if this particular executive took any sort of responsibility for the executive initiative in question. Real Clear Politics has this quote from the President who wants Congress to pass the health-care reform bill by the end of the month without debate, but who apparently has no clue as to what it says or how it works.

During the call, a blogger from Maine said he kept running into an Investors Business Daily article that claimed Section 102 of the House health legislation would outlaw private insurance. He asked: “Is this true? Will people be able to keep their insurance and will insurers be able to write new policies even though H.R. 3200 is passed?” President Obama replied: “You know, I have to say that I am not familiar with the provision you are talking about.”

Er, what? Obama has insisted repeatedly that the bill would not force people out of their private health insurance plans, which have over 80% of Americans satisfied at the moment. Now we find out that Obama hasn’t read the section of the bill that pertains to the issue? It shows that Obama has been talking out of his hat the entire time, and has become so disengaged from the process that he’s not bothering to keep up with the legislative changes.

Mayo Clinic not returning Obama's love

President Barack Obama talks about his plan for health care reform following a roundtable discussion with health care providers, Monday, July 20, 2009, during a visit to Children's National Medical Center in Washington. The teddy bear in the background is the hospital logo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama: I love the Mayo Clinic!
Mayo Clinic: We're not that into Obama.

From the Washington Times:

A world-renowned clinic that President Obama held up as an example of good medicine said Monday that the American people would be "losers" under the House's health care proposal, joining the growing chorus of critics the Obama administration is trying to fend off as the debate intensifies from Capitol Hill to Main Street.

They made the "L" sign on their forehead.

Minnesota's not-for-profit Mayo Clinic, which Mr. Obama has repeatedly hailed as offering top quality care at affordable costs, blasted the House Democrats' version of the health care plan as lawmakers continue to grapple with several bills from each chamber and multiple committees.

Top quality clinics are racist.

The Mayo Clinic said there are some positive elements of the bill, but overall "the proposed legislation misses the opportunity to help create higher quality, more affordable health care for patients."

Let's stay focused on the important issues, like Obama's coolness.

"In fact, it will do the opposite," clinic officials said, because the proposals aren't [R]patient-focused or results-oriented. "The real losers will be the citizens of the United States."

What complainers, not willing to give up their wealth and freedom and quality health care for our Rock Star President. O-Bam-A. O-Bam-A. Chanting makes me feel good about myself.

Quote Them

"Compare Luke Skywalker, who has to conquer his own vanity, laziness and anger in order to earn his powers. Harry, like many of his generation, is the Cosseted One from an early age. He's told that he's special, that he's got awesome gifts, that those who don't understand this are blind to the plain facts. Deploying his powers involves no more character or soul-searching than following a recipe."

Kyle Smith,
in a New York Post editorial on Harry Potter



PS Harry Potter: the entitlement generation's hero.

Crowder on Hannity

Steven Crowder, comedian and Canadian Health care investigator extraordinaire, was on Hannity last night talking about his undercover video. If you haven't watched it yet, see it here. It's enlightening and frightening. I rhyme when I'm upset.

Electric Vehicles and Coal Plants, BFFs

It's battery operated. The electric vehicle, or known as the cute abbreviated EV, is taking California by storm with 30,000 expected on the highways in three years.
Free and clear. The earth is sighing. It's the end of global warming as we know it. Except...where does electricity come from? Oh yeah, coal. So instead of burning fuel, they are forcing additional usage of coal.

Laugh. It's okay. Environmentalists want to be mocked. They have a difficult life, outwitting themselves.

Bring on the electric cars! We need more coal plants. TIME online has the story. I have the sarcasm. Here we go.

Dave Kaufmann likes people yelling at him as he drives through La Cañada, Calif., the wealthy suburb north of Los Angeles where he lives. What they're shouting about is his battery-powered electric vehicle, one of up to 30,000 estimated to hit the streets of Southern California in the next 36 months, the biggest expected e-car surge in the country.
"They all want to know, 'What's that? Where can I get one?' " says Kaufmann, a home contractor and self-taught electric vehicle, or EV, enthusiast.

Wealthy people are evil, with their lusty coal-burning vehicle desires.

By some accounts, the next 10 years will see as many as 1.6 million electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles zipping around the state, in what is shaping up to be the nation's e-car proving ground....

Californians are just not happy without blackouts.

But utilities are working feverishly to put infrastructure standards in place; the prospect of managing rapid EV growth has utility executives both amped up over the opportunity and queasy about unplanned snafus...

Candles set a lovely mood at home or in the office, supermarket, gym, or even inside operating rooms.

SoCal Edison provides electricity to 13 million people and is the biggest power player behind the new EV push...

The government will need to cap those windfall profits. People stay poor in Obama America, fellas. Nice try, though.

One part of SoCal Edison's ramp-up involves the installation of 5.3 million SmartConnect meters in every home throughout its 50,000 sq. mi. service region, from the Pacific Ocean to the San Bernardino Mountains to the east and into parts of Orange County. Total installation is expected to be completed by 2012 at a cost of $1.9 billion. But much more will be needed to handle the widespread adoption of EVs, the utility says.

And where is that $1.9 BILLION coming from? Not passed on to the electricity customers, surely.

While EV owners can charge the cars by plugging them into a regular 110-volt outlet, the "slow charge" can take up to eight hours and may jack up an electric bill the equivalent of 2 kilowatts per month. Most e-car owners will eventually want to plug in their faster, highway-approved EVs into new rapid-charging, 220-volt garage chargers. But that requires another step: finding a certified electrician and several thousand more dollars to install the add-on feature to the home or garage.

Wait. Several thousand? Ballpark it. Are we talking 2k? 25k? Plus higher electric bills to cover the $1.9 BILLION? And didn't Obama say his Cap and Trade plan will cause electricity prices to "necessarily skyrocket"? So electricity will cost more and you'll be using more of it...The price some people will pay to burn coal.

EV's: the Future looks Dim.