"So an oil spill that he had as much ability to prevent as George W. Bush did to stop Katrina from hitting shore has snared the president, who oversold himself and the power of government. But the Joe Sestak scandal may be worse. For one thing, it’s a White House–made mess, not a natural disaster."
Commentary » Blog Archive » When Do They Tune Out?
I started tuning Obama out during the 2008 campaign, reached for the remote as he looked down his nose at us and our country and wagged his finger, promising us more taxes and higher energy bills, and of course, transparency and honesty in government. His transparency has come in strange ways. He's still a thin skinned, narcissist, Chicago thug, and nothing he's said since July 2008 has changed what he wrote in his books, said in his speeches, or the friends and associates with whom he surrounded himself. He is what he is.
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Angela McGlowan at the Nashville Tea Party
Angela McGlowan is from Mississippi and is running for Congress, as a pro-life, pro-family, pro-Second Amendment conservative.
Oprah and Orpah
Poor Orpah behind the cash register is about Oprah's age, but she's white, skinny, with a long gray pony tail, a sullen grimace for all the customers, and no fashion sense at all, unless baggy t-shirts and work boots are in style.
So, here's a question for all you Democrats and liberal Republicans. How much of Oprah's wealth should be redistributed to Orpah who didn't get the personality, looks or education to become a successful talk show host and media mogul? She's a victim. Maybe her parents died; maybe she had an abusive husband; maybe she was a single mom. Just because she rarely speaks to the customers and isn't photogenic, didn't pursue an education (although I really don't know--perhaps there were no scholarships or loans for skinny, unathletic white teen girls in the 1970s) doesn't mean she deserves to have so much less money than Oprah. She'd probably enjoy a few of those acres by the ocean in California, or attentive personal assistants, or dining out in fancy restaurants, or even Oprah's health care plan.
So, liberals, how would you redistribute Oprah's wealth to Orpah? And how much before Oprah would notice it was even gone?
Clinton Cutout
This [Whitehouse] alibi boils down to: "We didn't try to bribe Sestak; we got Bill Clinton to try to bribe him for us. But what we were offering wasn't worth anything. So it couldn't be a bribe."
So if it is not (whatever the definition of "is not" is) a bribe, then it isn't a felony. But, an uncompensated seat on a commission is still a "thing of value."
Clinton Cutout - IBD - Investors.com
So if it is not (whatever the definition of "is not" is) a bribe, then it isn't a felony. But, an uncompensated seat on a commission is still a "thing of value."
Clinton Cutout - IBD - Investors.com
Pelosi has a new duty--this one is shocking
- Pelosi, who is a Catholic and who favors legalized abortion, voted against the ban on partial-birth abortion that was enacted into law in 2003. . . After Pope Benedict XVI met privately with Speaker Pelosi in February 2009, the Vatican issued a statement saying: "His Holiness took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural moral law and the Church's consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death which enjoin all Catholics, and especially legislators, jurists and those responsible for the common good of society, to work in co-operation with all men and women of good will in creating a just system of laws capable of protecting human life at all stages of its development."
Our salt intake--looks, taste and preservation
The Sunday New York Times had an interesting article on salt. Interesting because the journalist, Michael Moss, actually put the positive contributions of salt at the beginning of the article instead of burying them at the end as I've come to expect from WaPo, NYT, WSJ, LAT, CD, etc. or anything contributed by AP.
It's a fascinating article, and I encourage you to read it, but just to briefly highlight some of the positives of salt--flavor enhancer, preservative, crisper, color enhancer, plumping, texture, and masking bitterness. Without salt a lot of processed food would taste and look like "damp dog hair on cardboard." And of course, currently the processed food industry must be demonized. Without that industry, we probably wouldn't have any sick people at all!
I bought a box of Cheez-it knock offs (store brand) the other day to serve as nibbles for about half the price. The list of ingredients looked the same, but about half were broken and crumbly. Must have been something wrong in the salt ingredients. Now I know.
Pushed to Lower Salt Use, Food Industry Pushes Back - NYTimes.com
It's a fascinating article, and I encourage you to read it, but just to briefly highlight some of the positives of salt--flavor enhancer, preservative, crisper, color enhancer, plumping, texture, and masking bitterness. Without salt a lot of processed food would taste and look like "damp dog hair on cardboard." And of course, currently the processed food industry must be demonized. Without that industry, we probably wouldn't have any sick people at all!
I bought a box of Cheez-it knock offs (store brand) the other day to serve as nibbles for about half the price. The list of ingredients looked the same, but about half were broken and crumbly. Must have been something wrong in the salt ingredients. Now I know.
Pushed to Lower Salt Use, Food Industry Pushes Back - NYTimes.com
See what happens when you don't read the bill? White House fights state challenges to Obamacare
And of course, we taxpayers will be footing the bill for these challenges--both at the state end and the federal. Sigh. Full employment for government lawyers. Now that's job security!
The Obama administration responded to the first court challenge to health care this week, asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit from Virginia the claims that the federal law violates a state statute.
The Congressional Budget Office released figures that suggest the health care law will $115 billion more than previously estimated.
Another aspect of the law that flew under the radar is potential tax penalties for as many as one-third of companies subject to the law.
Read the whole article. But in a nutshell, this may be the messiest legislation, and the most expensive, in my life time.
Congress.org - News : White House spars with states
The Obama administration responded to the first court challenge to health care this week, asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit from Virginia the claims that the federal law violates a state statute.
The Congressional Budget Office released figures that suggest the health care law will $115 billion more than previously estimated.
Another aspect of the law that flew under the radar is potential tax penalties for as many as one-third of companies subject to the law.
Read the whole article. But in a nutshell, this may be the messiest legislation, and the most expensive, in my life time.
Congress.org - News : White House spars with states
Monday, May 31, 2010
He Was Supposed to Be Competent
No Peggy. That's not why he was elected. Everyone, even his strongest supporters, knew his resume, and competence in anything wasn't on it. Even you were swooning during the campaign because he wasn't George Bush.
Noonan names three political disasters and then ponders whether he can possibly survive. His sycophant supporters and his props in the media won't bat an eyelash.
"There was the tearing and unnecessary war over his health-care proposal and its cost.
There was his day-to-day indifference to the views and hopes of the majority of voters regarding illegal immigration.
And now the past almost 40 days of dodging and dithering in the face of an environmental calamity. I don't see how you politically survive this."
You just watch, Peggy. It will all be George Bush's fault. Obama wanted a failed, weakened United States, and by gum, he's going to get one!
Peggy Noonan: He Was Supposed to Be Competent - WSJ.com
Noonan names three political disasters and then ponders whether he can possibly survive. His sycophant supporters and his props in the media won't bat an eyelash.
"There was the tearing and unnecessary war over his health-care proposal and its cost.
There was his day-to-day indifference to the views and hopes of the majority of voters regarding illegal immigration.
And now the past almost 40 days of dodging and dithering in the face of an environmental calamity. I don't see how you politically survive this."
You just watch, Peggy. It will all be George Bush's fault. Obama wanted a failed, weakened United States, and by gum, he's going to get one!
Peggy Noonan: He Was Supposed to Be Competent - WSJ.com
Sestak and Obama White House
If you google "Joe Sestak Barack Obama" you get about 1,200,000 hits--and since he only claimed victory in the primary a few days ago, that's huge--even with duplicates and reposting. I wonder how this will affect the voters who might turn to the Republican candidate saying "a pox on both your houses." Pols and bloggers from Chicago can't imagine what all the fuss is about. Doesn't everyone bribe?
Talking points memo has a number of stories on this.
Talking points memo has a number of stories on this.
Obama ‘Hasn’t Conveyed That He Really Cares’ About Oil Spill
And how many days without a press conference? That surprised me. The man is on TV constantly. And after all the press did for him he doesn't even take them to the dance.
"I look at it from the position of a journalist, and what I see is that, you know what, the messaging is just wrong. He's just not been fully engaged. He just hasn't conveyed that he really cares about this issue, and that he's not off to the side watching."
Breitbart.tv » NPR’s Williams: Obama ‘Hasn’t Conveyed That He Really Cares’ About Oil Spill
"I look at it from the position of a journalist, and what I see is that, you know what, the messaging is just wrong. He's just not been fully engaged. He just hasn't conveyed that he really cares about this issue, and that he's not off to the side watching."
Breitbart.tv » NPR’s Williams: Obama ‘Hasn’t Conveyed That He Really Cares’ About Oil Spill
Obama's Memorial Day appearance in Illinois canceled by rain, thunderstorm and high winds
Torrential rain, lightning, thunder and strong winds forced President Barack Obama to cancel a Memorial Day speech he'd scheduled at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Illinois.
Obama's Memorial Day appearance in Illinois canceled by rain, thunderstorm and high winds | StarTribune.com
Obama's Memorial Day appearance in Illinois canceled by rain, thunderstorm and high winds | StarTribune.com
Remembering Uncle Clare on Memorial Day
I was looking through some old letters that were returned to the family and found this clipping about Uncle Clare's funeral in a thank you note my grandmother had written to my mother's friend Arlene. The enlistment date isn't correct as I think he enlisted in 1942, but September 1944 was when his unit joined with 40th Photographic Reconaissance Squadron, which is probably where that date mix-up came. Also my aunt's name is Dickson, not Dicks. Clare came home in October 1947, three years after his death, on the Honda Knot, a huge funeral ship bearing over 3,000 coffins. I don't think my grandparents were ever the same. I'm not sure why they chose this photo, except he looks like the farm boy he was, who had perhaps just removed his cap to squint at the growing crops, instead of handsome and suave in his Air Corps uniform.
"A navy launch approached the Honda Knot and offered another massive wreath from President Truman. Dignitaries in the audience included Army General Mark Clark, who had led American troops in Italy during the war, and the Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, who honored these fallen heroes, many of whom had passed under the Golden Gate Bridge on ships bound for the Pacific war. Six of the 3,012 flag-draped coffins aboard the Honda Knot were removed the next day to lie in state in the rotunda of San Francisco’s city hall, where ordinary citizens of a sorrowful nation paid their last respects. The six dead represented servicemen from the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, the Air Force, and the Coast Guard, along with a civilian, all killed in the war. From the early morning until late that night, thousands of mourners filed by the coffins of knelt in prayer by their sides. The arrival of the Honda Knot and the Joseph V. Connolly officially initiated what one observer called the “most melancholy immigration movement in the history of man,” the return to the United States of 233,181 American dead after the end of World War II. America’s army of fallen warriors was coming home from the four corners of the earth, from Guadalcanal and Australia, from New Guinea, Japan, China, and Burma in the Pacific theater. From the Mediterranean theater men were returned from Libya, Sicily, Italy, Yugoslavia, and Romania. The bodies of men who had died in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany also came home. Most had been killed in action or had died of wounds from direct combat against the enemy." From the book Safely Rest, by David P. Colley
Nice to hear from you
When I opened my e-mail today I had a nice letter from someone who'd read my blog on the links from Joyce Foundation to President Obama to CCX to Al Gore to Goldman Sachs. (These carbon exchanges remind me of investing in fantasy baseball.) He thanked me. Occasionally there are comments or e-mails to balance the lefties who claim to only have my best interests at heart and want to shut me down, either on Facebook or blogspot. Either I write too much (you need to get a life, Norma) or I haven't researched it (even though I provide the links) or I'm buying into right wing conspiracies (it's not a conspiracy if they explain what they're doing) or s/he is just bossy and won't take the time to write her own stuff so they come here and complain. The nasties just get deleted. It's always "freedom for me and not for thee" when you're left of center. Even when Obama followers aren't transparent on purpose, they are.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
How old, how young?
How old do you have to be before younger people step aside on the walking path along the lake? It's a gorgeous day in the neighborhood--perfect for a walk heading east. Giant tanker at the Marblehead dock, sunny day, a few clouds, and a nice breeze. I was almost mowed down by a 20-something jogger--I stepped into the grass--and then a 40-something ran by with her big dog--and I stepped aside. I was walking on the far right, leaving them plenty of room, but they were enjoying the great weather and not looking.
Flowers are terrific in May. As are the greens that just don't appear any other time of the year. All the colors and blooms I remember from the days 50 years ago when most people didn't go to the nurseries to buy annuals. Peach, pink, rose, purple, blue and white iris. Early rose bushes. The lilacs are finished now. Bridal wreath just about done. Later in the summer there will be hollihocks along the lakefront, and then the many types of lilies.
This morning I saw a huge hawk circling and two tiny parent birds trying to attack it to keep it away from the nest. Parenting is never easy, and in the law of nature, only the fittest survive. I hope my mother duck at the front door is staying close to the nest. Her coloring is just perfect for that location, but when she gets frightened and leaves the 9 eggs (that we can see), they are so light they almost glow against the leaves and mulch.
As every Spring at Lakeside there are changes. People scraping cottages and freshening with new paint; ripping off an old porch and adding a new; some cottages sold over the winter; others went up for sale--the biggest gap will be the 3 on our street all owned by the same couple who have relocated to New York; and some deaths. When we only see each other a few months of the year time is so compressed.
Just heard about the death of my high school classmate Neal--I'd only seen him once or twice in the last 50 years. He left school early to enter college and rarely came back for reunions, or else we didn't come back at the same time. But he was a very smart kid who wrote plays for our class to perform. It was a very small town, but the teachers all knew he was a rare one, and encouraged his unusual abilities. I'm sure everyone in the class remembers Neal, and I'm sorry for his children who have lost both parents within one year.
This year there will be restaurant service at the Hotel Lakeside again--and that is great news. I stopped in and picked up a menu today--casual fare except for week-end evenings. Now that Abigail's has closed there were not many choices for dining out, so people were leaving the grounds for Marblehead and Port Clinton. And that's not good for the rest of the merchants who depend on people strolling by and impulse purchases. I still remember sitting in the Hotel dining room in the summer of 1988 looking at the newly rebuilt pavilion and saying to Bob, "I think I'm ready to buy a cottage." I thought he'd pass out from happiness, and he didn't say much for fear I might change my mind. We took a different walking route on the way back to our rental, and passed this tiny cottage with a for sale sign in the yard, and the rest is history as they say.
And this blog is so long and so all over the place because I'm on the porch picking up a connection from God knows where and it won't last long--so bye, and have a great holiday week-end.
Flowers are terrific in May. As are the greens that just don't appear any other time of the year. All the colors and blooms I remember from the days 50 years ago when most people didn't go to the nurseries to buy annuals. Peach, pink, rose, purple, blue and white iris. Early rose bushes. The lilacs are finished now. Bridal wreath just about done. Later in the summer there will be hollihocks along the lakefront, and then the many types of lilies.
This morning I saw a huge hawk circling and two tiny parent birds trying to attack it to keep it away from the nest. Parenting is never easy, and in the law of nature, only the fittest survive. I hope my mother duck at the front door is staying close to the nest. Her coloring is just perfect for that location, but when she gets frightened and leaves the 9 eggs (that we can see), they are so light they almost glow against the leaves and mulch.
As every Spring at Lakeside there are changes. People scraping cottages and freshening with new paint; ripping off an old porch and adding a new; some cottages sold over the winter; others went up for sale--the biggest gap will be the 3 on our street all owned by the same couple who have relocated to New York; and some deaths. When we only see each other a few months of the year time is so compressed.
Just heard about the death of my high school classmate Neal--I'd only seen him once or twice in the last 50 years. He left school early to enter college and rarely came back for reunions, or else we didn't come back at the same time. But he was a very smart kid who wrote plays for our class to perform. It was a very small town, but the teachers all knew he was a rare one, and encouraged his unusual abilities. I'm sure everyone in the class remembers Neal, and I'm sorry for his children who have lost both parents within one year.
This year there will be restaurant service at the Hotel Lakeside again--and that is great news. I stopped in and picked up a menu today--casual fare except for week-end evenings. Now that Abigail's has closed there were not many choices for dining out, so people were leaving the grounds for Marblehead and Port Clinton. And that's not good for the rest of the merchants who depend on people strolling by and impulse purchases. I still remember sitting in the Hotel dining room in the summer of 1988 looking at the newly rebuilt pavilion and saying to Bob, "I think I'm ready to buy a cottage." I thought he'd pass out from happiness, and he didn't say much for fear I might change my mind. We took a different walking route on the way back to our rental, and passed this tiny cottage with a for sale sign in the yard, and the rest is history as they say.
And this blog is so long and so all over the place because I'm on the porch picking up a connection from God knows where and it won't last long--so bye, and have a great holiday week-end.
On Holiday
Can barely get a connection, so I'll probably not do much til Monday, plus my memorial day story is on my other computer. Great weather at the lake and friends will be joining. us.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
What exactly is "top priority" for President Obama? Not the economy, stupid
It certainly isn't the oil spill is it? He'll do what he always does. Create a commission and build a gallows for the CEOs. Then pounce on more green in the sky plans.
If you google "Barack Obama top priority" you'll get 444,000 matches, many duplicates, many off topic. But most will show he'll put on a happy (or defiant) face for whomever is the audience. A true politician--that behavior knows no party, kingdom or philosophy. When he was campaigning he was all over the priority map, just like today, but ECONOMY certain was a biggie--and it has worsened since he became the candidate to beat in July 2008 because he switched priorities as soon as he took office. Dates refer to the reporting, not the speech--and I've selected just a few--but it was pretty obvious, unemployment / jobs / economy certainly took a back seat to taking over segments of the economy, discouraging investment, and raising taxes during the recession.
Economy, June 10, 2008
Liberalize abortion laws, October 17, 2008
Improve image abroad, November 6, 2008
Economy, November 7, 2008
India, (date not posted, but appears to be 2008)
Health care reform, June 3, 2009
Haiti, January 14, 2010
Clean energy jobs, January 27, 2010
Jobs, January 29, 2010
Health care, January 28, 2010
Unemployment, April 2, 2010
Jobs, April 27, 2010
Oil spill, April 28, 2010
If you google "Barack Obama top priority" you'll get 444,000 matches, many duplicates, many off topic. But most will show he'll put on a happy (or defiant) face for whomever is the audience. A true politician--that behavior knows no party, kingdom or philosophy. When he was campaigning he was all over the priority map, just like today, but ECONOMY certain was a biggie--and it has worsened since he became the candidate to beat in July 2008 because he switched priorities as soon as he took office. Dates refer to the reporting, not the speech--and I've selected just a few--but it was pretty obvious, unemployment / jobs / economy certainly took a back seat to taking over segments of the economy, discouraging investment, and raising taxes during the recession.
Economy, June 10, 2008
Liberalize abortion laws, October 17, 2008
Improve image abroad, November 6, 2008
Economy, November 7, 2008
India, (date not posted, but appears to be 2008)
Health care reform, June 3, 2009
Haiti, January 14, 2010
Clean energy jobs, January 27, 2010
Jobs, January 29, 2010
Health care, January 28, 2010
Unemployment, April 2, 2010
Jobs, April 27, 2010
Oil spill, April 28, 2010
Jindal has a plan; so does Obama
The difference in the two plans is the men's character, patriotism, and world view. Bobby Jindal is a state governor, a loyal American first,who knows he is supposed to protect the people who elected him. Barack Obama is the president of all of us who believes he is a "world citizen" first, and he gives the bird to the people on the left who elected him and his backsides to those who didn't.
Obama's plan is to dawdle, form commissions, and speechify until the gulf states are so damaged they'll have no choice but to take more handouts from the federal government. Hopefully, if his plan is successful, taxes on energy will soar, so that he'll then have even more reasons to point to "green" technology to pay off all his cronies.
Bobby Jindal for President, and the sooner the better.
Jefferson officials fully support Jindal's plan to build barrier islands against oil spill NOLA.com
Obama's plan is to dawdle, form commissions, and speechify until the gulf states are so damaged they'll have no choice but to take more handouts from the federal government. Hopefully, if his plan is successful, taxes on energy will soar, so that he'll then have even more reasons to point to "green" technology to pay off all his cronies.
Bobby Jindal for President, and the sooner the better.
Jefferson officials fully support Jindal's plan to build barrier islands against oil spill NOLA.com
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Sentenced To Prison
Did anyone really believe this crook was going to pay back what he owed? At $6 a month, how long does it take to pay back a million? And Obama campaigned for him. Because I listen to Detroit radio local talk shows when we're at the lake, this is all we heard in 2008. Someone should have been listening more closely to the wealth transfer promises through health care and cap and trade of a certain candidate. That is a much bigger loss to honest taxpayers than this clown.
Epoch Times - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Sentenced To Prison
Epoch Times - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Sentenced To Prison
USDA puppy mill report
All the major news sources regardless of geographic location or editorial slant (most from AP) are reporting that the USDA APHIS isn't doing its job in putting "puppy mills" out of business. If you do a Google search on "USDA puppy mill report" you get about 35,000 hits (I haven't found the original, however), but if you add in one word, "Amish" you'll get about 24,000. Ohio news sources have been reporting on the puppy mill industry by our local Amish for years. I think there have been a number of reports in recent years at the federal oversite level, at least 3 in this decade. Nothing changes. I don't think puppy mill operators have a lot of political clout or lobbyists in Washington, so something else is going on.
I'd like to point out something about the USDA and how it could have more staff and money to put these folks out of business. The USDA still offers 100% financing, no money down, home mortgage schemes, luring people, middle class and/or poor, into situations they really can't afford. Check out its "rural development" site--it's just amazing what it will do for you if you want to get out of the city. Regulating animals bred for sale is a bona fide agricultural arm of the government responsibility, in my opinion. Our security, health and welfare are directly related to the health and welfare of animals. Putting people into bad mortgages, a plan that brought us to this recession, is not.
I'd like to point out something about the USDA and how it could have more staff and money to put these folks out of business. The USDA still offers 100% financing, no money down, home mortgage schemes, luring people, middle class and/or poor, into situations they really can't afford. Check out its "rural development" site--it's just amazing what it will do for you if you want to get out of the city. Regulating animals bred for sale is a bona fide agricultural arm of the government responsibility, in my opinion. Our security, health and welfare are directly related to the health and welfare of animals. Putting people into bad mortgages, a plan that brought us to this recession, is not.
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