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He just thinks government knows best. This guy has got to go. Regulate every thing.


* All 5 commissioners vote to seek public comment on rule

* Two Republican commissioners have some reservations

* Draft rule would allow for ‘reasonable’ net management

* Public comments accepted until Jan. 14

* Telecom firms worry rule would hamper network management (Adds vote by commissioners, quotes, background)

By John Poirier and Sinead Carew

WASHINGTON/CHICAGO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - U.S. communications regulators voted unanimously Thursday to support an open Internet rule that would prevent telecom network operators from barring or blocking content based on the revenue it generates.
More from “Julius”. Fitting name,
http://www.reuters.com/article/regulatoryNewsConsumerGoodsAndRetail/idUSN2237873320091022


“We commend the FCC for beginning the process,” said Senators Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, and Olympia Snowe, a Maine Republican, in a joint statement. They proposed a net neutrality bill in the last session of Congress.

And they still call Snowe a Republican?

Liar in chief in action.

Does any one pay attention?

ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC,?

ht Astute Bloggers

Senator Conrad can’t keep hiding forever.

Countrywide Subpoena Moves Closer,

                       
                     

By JAMES FREEMAN

Will House oversight committee Chairman Edolphus Towns finally allow a vote to authorize a subpoena on Countrywide Financial’s VIP mortgage program? This afternoon, Mr. Towns met with GOP Rep. Darrell Issa, who has been pushing for a subpoena to get documents from Bank of America, which bought the failed subprime lender last year. An Issa spokesman, Kurt Bardella, described “positive, frank and prudent discussions” between the two men. Mr. Bardella pronounced Mr. Issa “optimistic” about Mr. Towns’ desire to allow the Countrywide investigation to proceed.
Does that mean that a subpoena is on the way? Mr. Issa’s office isn’t saying, but we’re told that a possible bi-partisan deal would generate a subpoena to gather documents on VIP loans to government officials, but not Members of Congress.

Earlier this week, Democratic staff for the House oversight committee informed their GOP counterparts that the majority had changed the locks on the committee’s hearing room. While Republicans previously enjoyed their own key to the room, they will now have to request access from Democrats. This followed a bitter partisan argument in which Republicans refused to take down a video from their website that contradicted Dem explanations about a closed-door meeting on the Countrywide scandal.

As we reported last week, the committee was scheduled to meet on Thursday to mark up several minor pieces of legislation. Days before the meeting, Mr. Issa notified Mr. Towns that Mr. Issa would call for a vote to subpoena Countrywide documents from Bank of America. Recall that, under the “Friends of Angelo” program, named for former Countrywide CEO Angelo Mozilo, Democratic Senators Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad received sweetheart deals on home mortgages. Mr. Issa wants to uncover the full story on Countrywide’s effort to influence Washington policy makers.

Mr. Towns, a New York Democrat who also received mortgages from the unit that processed the VIP loans but claims he received no favors, has opposed such a subpoena. But can he count on his Democratic colleagues to vote it down? Perhaps Mr. Towns would rather not find out. Mr. Issa showed up for the scheduled 2 p.m. markup on Thursday hoping that a few Democrats would vote his way and allow the investigation to proceed. Then a strange thing happened: As Mr. Issa and the GOP members of the committee sat waiting for the meeting to begin, Democrats huddled in a back room without explanation. Thirty-five minutes later, the committee announced that the meeting had been postponed indefinitely.

A committee press release later claimed the postponement was “due to conflicts” with a markup occurring at the same time in the financial services committee. But Mr. Issa’s staff videotaped several financial services members leaving the back-room gathering with Mr. Towns at the conclusion of the meeting. If members were there to confab with Chairman Towns, obviously they weren’t at any finance committee markup—suggesting the real “conflict” was between Democrats over whether to keep stonewalling the Countrywide matter.

More bad news for Mr. Towns: the Journal’s editorial page reported on Saturday that committee Democrat Mike Quigley is ready to vote for a Countrywide subpoena.


This will eventually all come out, if the good senator has nothing to hide, he could put all this to rest at any time. But he has something to hide and he knows it will hurt more than himself.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704224004574487760711670346.html?mod=loomia&loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r1:c0.0821734:b28464287

They now just communicate live! This has Stalinism written all over it.

White House E-Mailing MSNBC During Shows.



It’s bad enough MSNBC is parroting their talking points, but now they’re actually providing content during the program.

But we’re not supposed to view Fox News credibly. Only the shows they’re "providing content" to.

  “The White House did just e-mail saying that interaction with Jake Tapper was not heated…”



This guy makes Nixon look squeaky clean, they better hope the dems hold the house, because the two years that follow are going to be damn tough on the “ONE”

ht JWF

The Last Shoe Drops

                       
                     

October 21, 2009 Posted by John at 10:00 PM

I think it’s the last shoe, anyway—the last stop on James O’Keefe’s and Hannah Giles’ tour of ACORN offices around the country. ACORN’s last line of defense was Philadelphia; the organization told reporters that its Philadelphia employees had kicked O’Keefe and Giles out of their office, and a number of newspapers reported that claim as fact.

It wasn’t true, of course. ACORN’s Philly office was as receptive to the undercover pair’s request for help in financing a brothel staffed by underage girls as the other ACORN outlets around the country. Andrew Breitbart’s Big Government finally released the Philadelphia video today. But they muted the ACORN employees’ words in response to ACORN’s lawsuit against them in Baltimore. Nevertheless, it’s obvious that the encounter bore no resemblance to the accounts that ACORN fed to the press. Here it is:

O’Keefe and Giles have challenged ACORN to permit them to play the audio of their employees’ statements.

Meanwhile, O’Keefe comments on the call that another ACORN employee made to the Philadelphia police, some time after O’Keefe and Giles had left the office, claiming that they had caused a “verbal disturbance.” As you can see from the video, that claim was false. Apparently someone at ACORN finally, after the fact, had the sense to realize that the organization could be in trouble for offering to aid and abet the fictitious crimes detailed by the two investigators.

As Andrew Breitbart writes, “ACORN has lied every step of the way.” And they’ve done it with your tax dollars.

The D.O.J can’t ignore this for much longer!

ht Power Line

I believe it will happen around November 2010

                       
                     

Thursday, October 22, 2009
Gallop: Obama’s Third Quarter Approval Drop Largest in Decades

Graphic from Gallop.
Hopey-Changey isn’t as popular as it used to be. President Obama’s 3rd quarter approval has suffered the biggest drop since Eisenhower was President.

From Gallop:

  PRINCETON, NJ—In Gallup Daily tracking that spans Barack Obama’s third quarter in office (July 20 through Oct. 19), the president averaged a 53% job approval rating. That is down sharply from his prior quarterly averages, which were both above 60%.

  In fact, the 9-point drop in the most recent quarter is the largest Gallup has ever measured for an elected president between the second and third quarters of his term, dating back to 1953. One president who was not elected to his first term—Harry Truman—had a 13-point drop between his second and third quarters in office in 1945 and 1946.

                       

Can hardly wait to see what the next quarter will look like, but I will be a hopin for a change. You betcha.

And this just because its so true.




ht Bluegrass Pundit

Lovely,

                       
                     

IN HIS FIRST 8 MONTHS IN OFFICE, OBAMA HAS HELD 4 TIMES AS MANY CAMPAIGN FUNDRAISERS THAN DUBYA.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9BF4G600&show_article=1
4X.

BUT THE GOP IS RAISING MORE MONEY THAN THE DEMS.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/10/20/rnc-beats-dnc-in-september-money-race/

AND DESPITE OBAMA’S FULL-COURT PRESS, OBAMACARE IS GOING NO WHERE IN THE POLLS.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/september_2009/health_care_reform

AND MEANWHILE - AS HE ATTACKS FOX AND BUSINESS, OBAMA DITHERS ON AFGHANISTAN JUST THE WAY HE DITHERED ON THE IRAN ELECTION REBELLION.

OBAMA: WORST PRESIDENT EVER - IN RECORD TIME.

The “ONE” is a nonstop campaigner, I don’t look for him to start governing anytime soon.

ht AstuteBloggers

ACORN Front Goup Accused of Stealing an Election by Fraud,

                       

America needs to be aware in 2010, very aware.


The ACORN front group Working Families Party is accused of filing fraudulent absentee ballots. This investigation goes far beyond the registration of phony voters. The Working Families Party is being investigated for filing absentee ballots for people who had no idea they voted.

Fox News reported:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/20/tried-steal-election-ny-voter-fraud-case-heats/

  Brian Suozzo voted with an absentee ballot in the Working Families Party primary on Sept. 15 because, as his application stated, he was “at home recovering from medical procedure.”

  Jessica Boomhower’s application said she would be attending a “work conference in Boston.”

  Michael Ward couldn’t vote in person because he was “taking care of elderly parent.”

  Kimberlee Truell was on a “Bus trip to casino,” as was Miguel Vazques.

  The only problem with these absentee ballot records at the Rensselaer County Board of Elections in Troy, N.Y., is that they’re phony, voters and investigators say—and they’ve prompted what’s being called an unprecedented investigation of suspected voter fraud.

  Thirty-eight forged or fraudulent ballots have been thrown out—enough votes, an election official admits, to likely have tipped the city council and county elections in November to the Democrats. Candidates would have been able to run both on the Democratic and Working Families Party lines in two weeks, and that could have given the Democrats the general election.

  A special prosecutor is investigating the case and criminal charges are possible. New York State Supreme Court Judge Michael Lynch ruled that there were “significant election law violations that have compromised the rights of numerous voters.


Shenanigans and outright theft will be the only way the left will hold their majority in congress next year.

ht Bluegrass Pundit

It is almost unbelievable that in this day and age, one would try to undercut the most watched news network. It is a cable channel that comes close every evening to the “big three”, and has beat CBS at times.

President Obama Believes Fox News Is Not a ‘Legitimate News Organization’

Are they stupid or just that arrogant?

Charlie Gibson emcees fund raisers for liberal democrats? WTF?
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2009/10/18/abc-anchor-charles-gibson-emcees-big-money-fundraiser-edward-kennedy-ins

It is war, and I am siding with the outfit that gets me the news!
Not some prepackaged half hour campaign dribble.
Leftie talking points are not news, there is a reason FOX is the most watched cable news!

His title, his words, nothing needs to be added, Dr Zero nails it! I just think it should be seen and read by as many as possible.

Defending the invincible,

Almost every column written in defense of Rush Limbaugh over the last few days, following the vicious campaign to slander him as a racist, has included a statement along the lines of “Rush is rich, powerful, intelligent, and articulate, so he can take care of himself, and he’ll be just fine.” I don’t mean to disparage the authors of these sentiments, but I must disagree. I know the most popular conservative broadcaster in America doesn’t need some anonymous guest-author on a blog to defend him, but I’m going to do it anyway, without the slightest reservation due to his wealth and power.

Please read it all,
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/18/defending-the-invincible/

Saturday, October 17, 2009
Clean Up Your Own Mess First, Mr. President
Barack Obama is on another “it’s all Bush’s fault” tear again. This time, using the tired campaign theme of cleaning up Bush’s mess:
much more,
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2009/10/clean-up-your-own-mess-first-mr.html

From his domestic policy to foreign policy the “ONE” has created more to mop up than what was left him. The, "its all Bushes fault" rant isn’t flying anymore. Mr. 43% needs to man up soon, 2010 isn’t that far off.

Saturday, October 17, 2009
Obama to Conservatives: Grab a mop! Another Black Conservative to Obama: Stop Pissin’ On The Floor!



I sure wish Obama would make up his damn mind. First he told us that he wanted the people who created the mess to get out of the way so he could clean up. Now he wants everyone to grab a mop!
http://anotherblackconservative.blogspot.com/2009/10/obama-to-conservatives-grab-mop-another.html

ht Legal Isurrection.

The other "justice brother", or as the "Hutch"
http://www.abchurch.org/our-staff/the-senior-pastor.html
calls them, the "poverty pimps" should be chiming in soon too! This is after all, the only business they know.


Reverend Not So Slim Shady Threatens To Sue Limbaugh.
Good luck with this one, clown. But then, Al “not so slim shady” Sharpton is probably only looking at some press and raising more money over it than anything else.

                       
                     
From Rush Limbaugh’s WSJ item:

  It didn’t take long before my name was selectively leaked to the media as part of the Checketts investment group. Shortly thereafter, the media elicited comments from the likes of Al Sharpton. In 1998 Mr. Sharpton was found guilty of defamation and ordered to pay $65,000 for falsely accusing a New York prosecutor of rape in the 1987 Tawana Brawley case. He also played a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot (he called neighborhood Jews “diamond merchants”) and 1995 Freddie’s Fashion Mart riot.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704322004574477021697942920.html

 

From Reverend Al Not So Slim Shady:

  WASHINGTON (CNN)– Reverend Al Sharpton and his lawyers say they are preparing to file a defamation lawsuit against conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for an op-ed published Saturday, which Sharpton alleges “erroneously” characterizes his (Sharpton’s) role in a string of violent incidents in New York in the early 90’s.

  In the op-ed published in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal Limbaugh writes Sharpton “played a leading role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot (he called neighborhood Jews ‘diamond merchants’) and 1995 Freddie’s Fashion Mart riot.”
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/17/sharpton-threatens-suit-against-limbaugh/


As long as the media gives hacks like this power, race will always be a problem in America.
I hope you try to sue for something Al, America needs reminded of your checkered and hateful past!
After all we are in a post racial era now that we have elected the first African American President.
Right Al?


More links and fun,
http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2009/10/reverend-not-so-slim-shady-threatens-to-sue-limbaugh.html

Harvard’s Bet on Interest Rate Rise Cost $500 Million to Exit.

By John Lauerman and Michael McDonald

Oct. 17 (Bloomberg)—Harvard University’s failed bet that interest rates would rise cost the world’s richest school at least $500 million in payments to escape derivatives that backfired.

Harvard paid $497.6 million to investment banks during the fiscal year ended June 30 to get out of $1.1 billion of interest-rate swaps intended to hedge variable-rate debt for capital projects, the school’s annual report said. The university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, said it also agreed to pay $425 million over 30 to 40 years to offset an additional $764 million in swaps.

Lawrence Summers

The annual report provides new details on Harvard’s derivative-related losses. Many were entered into in 2004, said Harvard spokeswoman Christine Heenan. Lawrence Summers, director of President Barack Obama’s National Economic Council, was the university’s president at the time. White House spokesman Matthew Vogel declined to comment.

I can only imagine what is in store for the rest of us.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHou7iMlBMN8

This should tweak a few,


Associated Press: The Original ‘Birthers’

Hmmm. Very interesting headline we’ve got here.
http://web.archive.org/web/20040627142700/eastandard.net/headlines/news26060403.htm


Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate

  Kenyan-born US Senate hopeful, Barrack Obama, appeared set to take over the Illinois Senate seat after his main rival, Jack Ryan, dropped out of the race on Friday night amid a furor over lurid sex club allegations.

  The allegations that horrified fellow Republicans and caused his once-promising candidacy to implode in four short days have given Obama a clear lead as Republicans struggled to fetch an alternative.

  Ryan’s campaign began to crumble on Monday following the release of embarrassing records from his divorce. In the records, his ex-wife, Boston Public actress Jeri Ryan, said her former husband took her to kinky sex clubs in Paris, New York and New Orleans.

That’s a newspaper in Kenya using Associated Press as a source.

I’ve never been one into this birth certificate business, but it’s curious how a paper in Kenya would say he was born there. Just saying.

Why doesn’t the “ONE” just give up his birth certificate? Hmmm.

ht JWF

Murdoch to Obama: Just Keep Whining!

                       
                     
At some point the “ONE" needs to realize some in the media will actually do their job.
I think that point is nearing for Mr. 43%.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/15/fox-news-poll-vote-elect-president-obama/

These whiny babies on the left just never learn. They’ve been pissing and moaning about Rush Limbaugh for 20 years and the guy is more popular than ever, despite the endless smear campaigns waged by the angry left and the media swine who promulgate their lies.

“Look for Limbaugh’s ratings to skyrocket now too after the latest media hit job”.

So it come as little surprise that due to the White House jihad against Fox News their ratings are better than ever.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.76196516c169324ccab7851697322dbf.61&show_article=1

News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said on Friday that White House criticism of commentators on his Fox News television channel had served to “tremendously” increase their ratings.

“There were some strong remarks coming out of the White House about one or two of the commentators on Fox News,” Murdoch told the annual meeting of News Corp. shareholders here.

“And all I can tell you is that it’s tremendously increased their ratings,” he said.

Murdoch’s remarks came after White House Communications Director Anita Dunn told The New York Times earlier this week that Fox News was “undertaking a war against Barack Obama and the White House.”

In the not too distant future the “ONE” will be looking for some face time on the top rated news network, along with several Democrat congressmen and senators. They will be looking for a way to salvage 2010, and it may take a bit more than a news channel to pull that off.

htJWF