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Hey Rob…put SAB on record as promising to support any opponent of those voting for the Health Bill

Who does MoveOn think they are? Acorn?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/11/06/liberal-activist-groups-threatens-democrats-opposed-government-run-option/

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Tea-Bagging Anderson Cooper Outed?
Who the hell would name a kid “Anderson,” aside from an artist and heir to the Vandebilt fortune?

Anderson Hays Cooper   began life as a child model, presumably not because his mom, Gloria Vanderbilt, needed the bucks.  His 23 year old brother, Carter, took a flying leap to his death from the family’s NYC penthouse but Andy eventually blossomed into the anchorman of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360.”

His show title was quite apt since I’ve always thought Andy was more than a tad light in the loafers and more than a few degrees off compass.

Now Anderson and the truth have been outed, sort of, though Mr. Cooper has yet to admit that he swings the gay way.  The Blog Universe has been clamoring for him to confirm the many rumors: http://bit.ly/lBggd

As Seinfeld said, “Not that there’s anything wrong with that,” except that there’s a load wrong with that when it comes to a CNN anchor who, the public usually assumes, maintains a modicum of objectivity.

Andy Cooper proved that assumption wrong when back in April he let slip a slab of gay jargon on “teabaggers” in his attempt to demean the anti-Obama, anti-tax TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Party Movement.  Specifically, he quipped, “It’s hard to talk when you’re tea-bagging:” http://bit.ly/W0Np

Andy must have been day-dreaming of his hidden life when he said it.

For the unitiated normals out there, “tea-bagging” has nothing . . .

(Read the rest at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1307)

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I thought “tax cuts” caused the recession!

President Obama Has Secret Jobs Plan

by Kent Hoover

President Obama said Friday that his economic team is looking at additional steps that can be taken to grow jobs in the United States.

Some might say it’s about time. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the unemployment rate in October climbed to 10.2 percent—its highest level in more than 26 years. Others would say please, no more help. They contend the federal government is doing more to stifle job creation than spur it, because of policies that will lead to higher taxes, higher health care costs, and higher energy prices.

Economists agree that job growth tends to lag overall economic growth, so a little patience is in order. Gross domestic product increased by 3.5 percent last quarter—the largest quarterly increase in two years—so jobs should follow, eventually.(not really; that was an annualized figure, so actual growth for that quarter was one fourth of the reported figure, or .875%-r108)

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To speed job growth, the president said his economic team “is looking at ideas such as additional investments in our aging roads and bridges, incentives to encourage families and businesses to make buildings more energy efficient, additional tax cuts for businesses to create jobs, additional steps to increase the flow of credit to small businesses, and an aggressive agenda to promote exports and help American manufacturers sell their products around the world.”

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Inaction may not be such a bad thing—despite the higher unemployment rate, the rate of job loss is slowing. By the time Obama has decided on his jobs plan—or at least by the time Congress has enacted it—the private sector may have taken care of the unemployment problem on its own.

So the best jobs plan may be the simplest jobs plan: First, do no harm.

When President Bush cut tax rates to facilitate economic growth, yielding about a 5% unemployment rate, the lefties squealed that he was causing a recession.  Now, in times of 10+% unemployment due to the threat of higher taxes and more punitive regulations on the private sector, Obama is promising that his “tax cuts” will “boost job growth”.
There may be an additional layer of flim-flam here: President Bush’s modest tax rate cuts are due to expire in early 2010, so Obama might just renew them, and call that a “tax cut”.

"President Obama today in the Rose Garden, speaking about the Muslim mass-murderer who killed many more Americans yesterday than were killed by the Muslim mass-murderers who bombed the World Trade Center in 1993: “We don’t know all the answers yet. And I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts.”

So, at the Investigative Project on Terrorism, Steve Emerson marshals some of the answers that have come in about Nidal Malik Hasan: “Born in Virginia, sent to medical school by the U.S. Army, the psychiatrist was chastised for proselytizing to his patients about Islam. Asked his nationality, he didn’t identify himself as an American but as a Palestinian. He appeared pleased by the shooting death of a Little Rock Army recruiter in June and reportedly was heard saying, ‘maybe people should strap bombs on themselves and go to Times Square.’ In the fateful moment before he opened fire on his unarmed victims, he shouted Allahu Akhbar!’”

President Obama has had no problems jumping to conclusions about everything from the stimulus (it was going to keep unemployment below 8 percent) to Honduras (the administration pronounced it a lawless coup when, as the answers came in, it was shown to be the opposite of that). In fact, based on what it acknowledged was no “specific information,” his Homeland Security Department concluded that the country was about to experience a surge of violence from “rightwing extremists.” I don’t know what further answers the president is going to need here, but it seems some pretty obvious conclusions are in order.

By the way, as Steve points out, CAIR has also weighed in. They say . . . we don’t know all the answers yet and we shouldn’t jump to conclusions."


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This gop was kind enough to post it on his own web site.

Stupidity begins about 2:40.

Palin to keep low-profile on Wisconsin trip

(CNN) - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is set to deliver remarks at a Wisconsin Right to Life event Friday evening, one of the few speeches the former Republican presidential nominee will have given since she resigned the governorship last summer.

But Palin appears to be doing her best to keep a low profile on this trip: no press will be allowed into the Milwaukee auditorium where she will speak and those who have paid the $30 admittance fee are unable to carry in cell phones, cameras, laptops, or recording devices of any kind.

...Palin’s speech comes a day after a new national poll suggests the former Alaska governor may face some obstacles should she decide to run for the White House. According to the new Gallup survey, only about one in three Americans would seriously consider casting their vote for her.

On sick list: Elderly and the ill pay more under GOP health care reform bill

WASHINGTON - Republican leaders are pleased their health reform plan would lower premiums on average up to 10% - and shave $68 billion from the federal deficit.

But the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found an odd feature in the 230-page bill: Coverage would be more expensive for older people and folks who are sick.

And it would not bar insurers from excluding preexisting conditions.

...“The pool of people without health insurance would end up being less healthy, on average, than under current law,” the CBO says.

The GOP plan would add 3 million people to the insurance rolls by 2019, but the overall percentage of uninsured would stay the same.

 

 

Ain’t that a shame?

Well, time to make lemonade then! Play up the mock outrage that Obama didn’t show enough sadness when talking about the shooting!

Such resourceful little sore losers you conservatives are!

When I first heard about the mass shooting at Fort Hood yesterday, the first thought that came to mind was “I bet it was a Muslim.”  And an hour later ,they released his name.  It wasn’t John Smith, Paul Kaslowski or even Jose Rodriguez.  It was Nidal Malik Hasan.  Sure, we have some home grown terrorists, Bill Ayres comes to mind, and we have serial killers.  In any society there have been evil individuals.  Muslims are different.  And you know what, I am sick and tired of hearing the disclaimer “but the vast majority of the Muslims are peace loving…”  No.  Maybe the vast majority have not committed any crimes…yet.  But few Germans were actually involved in murdering Jews but most rejoiced in German ascendency and either turned a blind eye or quietly assented to the killing.  There may be proportionally few Muslims who pick up a gun or fly a plane into a building or cut the heads off of journalists but the vast majority of the Muslims in the world smile quietly in approval.
    How can I make such a statement?  Because I know my history.  Islam is not a religion of peace, never has been, never will be.  Unlike the other major religions of the world that seek to persuade people through words and example, Islam was born of the idea that persuasion on pain of death was not only acceptable but expected as they spread across the globe and conquered the world.  Yes, I am aware of the crusades and the Inquisition.  But Christianity was conceived of in the words and example of Jesus who was not violent so while there have been men who have used religion for political purposes and made it violent, given time it reverted back to its origins.  Islam is different.  Mohammed didn’t have Jesus’ patience.  When people were not persuaded by whatever eloquence he may have possessed, he got a group of followers together and declared war.  His followers swept across Africa and Asia, killing all those who would not convert.  Their goal has been and always will be world domination under the Caliphate and Sharia law.  Unlike Christianity, whose goal is also to persuade the world of the correctness of their understanding of God, Islam believes holy war is the way to go because that is how it began.  It is not going to change because there is no peace loving distant past or textural interpretation of the Koran to support moderation.  Moderation is only a result of minority status in a particular country.  It is a situation that is to be remedied as soon as possible.
    How does this apply to this situation and the United State’s interaction with Muslims?  As I stated in “Memoirs of a Former American”, we have, up to this point, refused to take the war with Islam seriously.  Not a war with Islamic Fascists or Muslim Terrorists but with Islam as a whole.  They are at war with us, there is no question.  They have been attacking the “West” for centuries and petro dollars have made them powerful in the last fifty years.  We are “the Great Satan” and need to be destroyed.  They are serious and we are asleep.  They not only use terrorism but our own courts and our foolish adherence to political correctness against us.  We have a tradition in this country, a noble tradition, of not assuming guilt.  In this case, it needs to be reversed.  Every Muslim should be looked on with suspicion unless proven otherwise.  The FBI should have plants and informants in every Mosque and any anti-American preaching should result in the expulsion of the guilty party.  Immigration from Muslim countries should be halted immediately.  There should be no Muslims in the military (would we have allowed Nazis during WWII or communists during the cold war?) and no Muslim clerics allowed in prisons where they have been recruiting and radicalizing the most violent members of our society for years.  CAIR and other Muslim organizations should be investigated and prosecuted for their support of terrorism. 
    Harsh measures for sure but do you think Americans are welcome in Muslim countries?  Do they not persecute their Christian populations with much harsher measures?  How many massacres, how many honor killings, how many terrorist acts do we have to endure?  Do they not laugh at our weakness?  Are they not just waiting for their numbers to grow as they have in Europe so they can impose their will on us?  If they want to practice the Muslim faith, stay in a country where is to the norm, there are plenty of them.  If we refuse to take the threat of Islam seriously, fifty years from now we will be where Europe is now, with open conflict with Muslims as they push for Sharia law and display open contempt for their “:host country”.  What comes after that, we will have to watch and see but whatever it is, it won’t be pretty.  They have declared war on us.  Are we going to join the battle or roll over and give in?

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Neighbor: Fort Hood suspect emptied his apartment

FORT HOOD, Texas – An Army psychiatrist suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood cleaned out his apartment in the days before the rampage that left 13 people dead, a neighbor said Friday.

The neighbor, Patricia Villa, said Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan came over to her apartment Wednesday and Thursday and offered her some items, including a new Quran, saying he was going to be deployed on Friday. She wasn’t sure if he was going to Iraq or Afghanistan.

Authorities said Hasan went on a shooting spree later Thursday at the sprawling Texas post. He was among 30 people wounded in the spree and remained hospitalized on a ventilator Friday. All but two of the injured were still hospitalized, and all were in stable condition.

Investigators were still trying to piecing together how and why an Army psychiatrist facing deployment allegedly gunned down his comrades in one of the worst mass shootings ever on an American military base.

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Soldiers who witnessed the rampage reported that the gunman shouted “Allahu Akbar!” — an Arabic phrase for “God is great!” — before opening fire, said Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, the base commander. He said officials had not yet confirmed that Hasan made the comment before the shooting spree.

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Cone said some 300 soldiers had been lined up to get vaccinations and have their eyes tested at a Soldier Readiness Center when the shots rang out. He said one soldier who had been shot told him, “I made the mistake of moving and I was shot again.”

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“With ricochet fire, he was able to injure that number of people,” Cone said. He said authorities were investigating whether Hasan’s weapons were properly registered with the military.

The gunfire broke out around 1:30 p.m. Nearby, some soldiers were readying to head into a graduation ceremony for troops and families who had recently earned degrees.

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More information at the link.  I think it would be wise if the military investigated whether or not Hasan was a sleeper agent or was part of a sleeper cell.  Lives are at stake.

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Maine, SEIU, and Bob Casey

The great state of Maine made a collective decision on Tuesday to buck the trend of its New England neighbors and to effectively make an announcement to its resident and non-resident homosexuals.

The Pine Tree State announced that it doesn’t necessarily condemn their lifestyle but it emphatically rejects their agitation for state-approval of what Christians call Holy Matrimony.

The vote to overturn the state legislature’s bid to extend Maine’s imprimatur to gay marriage stood at 53-47% at last count adding Maine to the 30 other states which have voted against same-sex weddings. 

By judicial fiat, in five New England states plus Iowa such marriages have been legalized.

That vote is only relatively newsworthy compared to the reactions of one prominent homosexual. 

According to the Bangor, ME Daily News, Jesse Connolly ”pledged” after their defeat “In a defiant speech to several hundred lingering supporters, . . . that his side ‘will not quit until we know where every single one of these votes lives.’ “  (http://bit.ly/3FgU4K)

For some reason, that threat was omitted in most other mainstream news reports.

Just why Connolly is so committed to learning the addresses of “these votes” is unclear but it sure smacks of an effort at intimidation against those who voted to oppose gay marriage.

Could Connolly and fellow gays be planning to attack their opponents with their purses and feather boas?

Next, and lest we disregard the dedication and vicious nature of Obama supporters such as the Service Employees International Union, SEIU, take a look at this reaction to a rara avis, that rare bird, a conservative African-American.

Kenneth Gladney had come to demonstrate his rights to free speech at Rep. Russ McClanahan’s town hall meeting by distributing free “Don’t Tread on Me” flags when he was attacked by SEIU thugs.

“Gladney said he was giving out the “Don’t Tread on Me” flags when someone walked up to him and asked, ‘Who in the (expletive) is selling this (expletive) here?’

“Gladney said he asked him if he wanted one of his flags, and the man (who was also black) asked Gladney, “What kind of n_____ are you to be giving out this kind of stuff?” (http://bit.ly/367DJ5)

One of those arrested in the unprovoked August assault on Gladney was Elston K. McCowan, Baptist minister, community organizer, former local SEIU director, and Green Party candidate for the mayoralty of St. Louis who had accused the mayor of racism: http://bit.ly/2fyUx4.

See the attack and the more civil protest which followed here: http://bit.ly/cwsDo.

(Read the rest at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1305)

The men and women that risk their lives in defense of liberty deserve our thanks, those that are wounded or are slain deserve our respect, while their loved ones deserve our deepest, most sincere sympathy and love. I so admire these exceptional human beings.

Brave smiles and heartbroken applause as widow of bomb disposal hero killed in Afghanistan welcomes her husband home.

Staff Sergeant Schmid, 30, of the Royal Logistics Corps, was killed last Saturday when an improvised explosive device he was attempting to defuse detonated near Sangin.

It was his final mission before he returned home for two weeks’ holiday with his wife and five-year- old stepson Laird before returning to Afghanistan.

The cortege bearing the body of her heroic husband passes slowly before her.

With staggering courage and the utmost dignity, Christina Schmid pays an instinctive tribute to the fallen bomb disposal expert - with a solitary round of applause.

Wearing Staff Sergeant Olaf ‘Oz’ Schmid’s medals proudly on her lapel, she smiles in a humbling display of personal fortitude.

Her husband disarmed 64 roadside bombs in only five months. But the 65th exploded, killing him instantly.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1225541/British-soldier-killed-Afghanistan-Widow-bomb-disposal-hero-welcomes-body-home.html#ixzz0W2mHbwPn

Kerik Enters Guilty Plea in Corruption Case

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP)—Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to the White House and said he would also admit to tax crimes.

...Kerik, who was police commissioner when New York was attacked on 9/11, won glowing reviews for his leadership. He eventually was nominated for the Homeland Security post in 2004 but withdrew as corruption allegations mounted. The lies to the White House occurred during that vetting process.

...Before he began formally entering his pleas, Kerik told Judge Stephen Robinson that, in addition to the White House lies, he would admit to counts that included cheating the IRS, helping to prepare false tax returns and making other false statements to the federal government.

Robinson warned Kerik that the maximum sentence for the counts to which he was pleading was 61 years in prison; the judge said he was not bound by the terms of the plea agreement.

Kerik said he understood and told the judge he was giving up his right to appeal.