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UPDATE: Campaigns Offer Rides To Polls On Tuesday In Light Of Gas Shortage
UD, Romney's answer was instead of revenge I ask you vote for love of country.
Wednesday we will once again have a MORNING IN AMERICA!" Nov 4, 12 9:49 PM
Romney's answer was instead of revenge, I ask you vote for Love of Country.
Wednesday we will once again have a MORNING IN AMERICA!
With the right leadership America is about to come roaring back! USA! USA! USA" Nov 5, 12 10:42 AM
Exclusive: Romney up ONE POINT in Ohio and TIED in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to his campaign's internal pollingRomney is also three points up in New Hampshire
But he is trailing in Nevada, according to campaign pollster Neil Newhouse
If the figures hold true Romney will almost certainly become the 45th President of the United States
" Nov 5, 12 4:41 PM
UPDATE: Altschuler Concedes Race To Bishop
<----- Thanks for nothing NY" Nov 7, 12 9:36 AM
<----- Thanks for nothing NY
" THE MUSLIM CALL TO PRAYER IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SOUND I HAVE EVER HEARD IN THE WORLD " barack hussein obama
" Nov 8, 12 9:25 AM
Chief have some comfort in knowing there lives suck and you will have the last laugh, They think they won some victory here and the "99%" will rule the day. Truth be told there lives will get even worse if they bite the hand that feeds them. In there little minds things are better when everyone is equally as miserable but in reality their envious nature will just drive the bottom of the pile deeper into the mud." Nov 8, 12 9:31 AM
Earlier today Syrian troops began to fire and hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
The incident, described as the first direct engagement of the Syrian military on the Golan since the countries' 1973 war, highlighted international fears that the combination of Syria's civil war and Egypt's new radical government could ignite wider regional conflict
and further embolden Iran
" Nov 11, 12 6:51 PM
When you get laid off............ just remember. you cant get blood from a stone imbecile" Nov 12, 12 12:14 AM
I woke up today and realized something and as I thought about It I smiled.
Maybe this is just what we need, maybe this is going to be dare I say, fun to watch. And now I say Congratulations. Yes, Congratulations to Phil, Hat, PBR, MR Z Progress now, Mets fan and to all the rest of the progressive takers. Congratulations to the Unions the Feminist's the Hip Hop criminals and smart ass no nothing collage students!
You now own it and you can't blame Bush. The next terrorist attack you own it. Can't get a job after graduation, you own it. Sky rocketing energy prices due to Obama's EPA shutting down the energy producing states, you own it. A nuclear Iran, you own it. Bowing to the Soviet Union, you own it. Another severe recession, you own it. A volatile border with Mexico, you own it. Trouble getting good health care, you own it. Higher health insurance costs and health care costs, you own it. No budget, you own it. Our allies mistrust, you own it. Another trillion of debt, you own it. More Benghazi situations, you own it. No one willing to join the military, you own it. Trouble getting a loan to buy a home, you own it. More dependency on food stamps, you
own it. Trouble finding good employment, you own it. Several part time jobs instead of a good job, you own it. A World Government, you own it. The UN governing the United States instead of ourselves, you own it. A Senate that will not bring any legislation to the table even if it is "Dead on Arrival", you own it. China controlling our world trade trampling all over us, you own it. Loss of our freedoms as we have known it in the past, you own it. A dictatorship instead of a democracy that follows the Constitution, you own it. Less take home pay and higher living costs, you own it. Driving a car that looks like a toy, you own it. More government corruption and lies, you own it. More toleration of extreme and fanatical Islamists, you own it. Terrorist attacks called work place incidents, you own it. Your revenge instead of love of country, you own it. President
George Bush is out of it now, and
there is not another good man for you to vilify and lie about. In a way
I am relieved that another good man will not be blamed when it was
impossible to clean up this mess you voted for. Have a good day. God
bless the United States! God is our hope now.
D.S. the way I see it.
Barry and Phil ran on a platform of hate, division, and "revenge."
51% of the voters agreed with them
The country is now run by haters, dividers, moochers, losers, and bong-hitting slackers.
Let it burn." Nov 14, 12 8:12 PM
Now your a scientist again , LOL, You don't even know the difference between a fertilized and un fertilized egg. Stick to what you do best . Driving a garbage truck" Nov 15, 12 9:16 AM
Wrong! It stareted with Clinton an Cuomo!
tell the truth Z, Clinton sowed the seeds of the Great Recession by helping to inflate the housing bubble, a key part of the financial debacle of 2007. But this wasn't because he (not George W. Bush) signed two financial deregulation bills. Although Clinton legalized interstate banking in 1994 and commercial/investment banking combinations in 1999, that had nothing to do with the meltdown.
The reason why is Clinton culpableis because his secretary of housing and urban development, Andrew Cuomo, current governor of New York and a likely 2016 presidential aspirant,lol accelerated easy-housing policies and inflated the housing bubble, setting the stage for its collapse.
The meltdown was the consequence of a combination of the easy money and low interest rates engineered by the Federal Reserve and the easy housing engineered by a variety of government agencies and policies. Those agencies include the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and two nominally private "government-sponsored enterprises" (GSEs), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The agencies — along with laws such as the Community Reinvestment Act (passed in the 1970s, then fortified in the Clinton years), which required banks to make loans to people with poor and nonexistent credit histories — made widespread homeownership a national goal. This all led to a home-buying frenzy and an explosion of subprime and other non-prime mortgages, which banks and GSEs bundled into dubious securities and peddled to investors worldwide. Hovering in the background was the knowledge that the federal government would bail out troubled "too-big-to-fail" financial corporations, including Barney and Chris - Fannie and Freddie." Nov 15, 12 9:24 AM
If all 47 million food stamp recipients voted for President Obama, it would account for 75.4 percent of Obama's 62.3 million votes.
Harry Hopkins, FDR's close adviser who ran the non-defunct Works Progress Administration (WPA), once described Roosevelt's strategy as "tax & tax, spend & spend, elect & elect." He believed that if Roosevelt put everyone on the federal payroll, either through aid or federal jobs, that Roosevelt would never lose. FDR won four presidential elections in a row before his death removed him from office.
Did Obama use his idol's model to win this election?
Food stamps rolls have grown by nearly 50 percent-by more than 15 million recipients-under the Obama administration. During that same time, the unemployment rate has stayed the same. Either those outside of the workforce have been decimated by the Obama economy or this administration is making a conscious effort to get more Americans reliant on government. Or both.
Welfare programs now cost taxpayers a record-high $750 billion. While government "charity" has grown, so has poverty-and so has the Democrats' poll numbers.
The candidates and their PACs spent $6 billion for the election. Should we add the $750 billion in federal welfare to Democratic campaign spending total?
Between his illegal granting of amnesty (which I agree with in principle), allowing young people to remain on their parents' health insurance well into their twenties, all this welfare spending, and a union bailout disguised as an auto bailout -- of course Obama purchased votes. And of course that was all part of The Plan. There's no question government dependancy empowers the State which in turn empowers Democrats, and there's no question this fact motivates the Left and always has.
Obama used the recession as an excuse to spread the drug of government spending and the addicts will now protect the dealer at all costs. These tax loopholes for corporations and Hollywood, and these lame-brained farm subsidies all do the same thing.
From the skyscrapers of Manhattan to the film studios of La La Land to the farm fields and auto plants of the Midwest to the elite college campus and our inner-cities -- we're becoming a nation of pathetic Welfare Queens.
" Nov 16, 12 8:26 AM
Wow, This a Good one
Dems Ignore Rice's Record of Failure, Deem Her 'American Treasure'
Today, five Democratic Congresswomen attacked Republican criticism of U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice, who is reputedly Obama's pick to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. They actually called her an "American treasure."
Talk about living in an alternative universe, She was just caught perjuring herself to hide the facts in order to get the POTUS re elected on 4 separate Sunday morning talk shows. LOL" Nov 16, 12 11:21 AM
Congress: Obama Can't Utter The Words 'Muslim Terrorist Attack'
Dana Rohrabacher (CA) is not backing down from his recent criticism of President Obama saying Obama can't force the words 'Muslim Terrorist Attack' out of his mouth" Nov 17, 12 7:12 PM
Bishop Looks Ahead Into New Term
Happy Thanksgiving: Food Pantries Overwhelmed Thanks to Obama Economy
Obama's most solid strongholds are suffering from economic disaster under his presidency, according to new reports. A University of Michigan study shows that 80 percent of people in southeast Michigan have been blasted by financial problems between 2007 and 2011. Those statistics were even higher among blacks without a college degree.
And no Twinkies for dessert!" Nov 20, 12 7:58 PM
Misleading lets talk about misleading does Benghazi mean anything to you!
97 Republicans Tell Obama to Drop Susan Rice for State
Ninety-seven members of Congress, led by Jeff Duncan (R –SC), are leading the charge against Barack Obama's reputed choice of Ambassador Susan Rice to be Secretary of State. They have written a letter strongly opposing the idea of her nomination because of her lies about the Benghazi attack, and aver that because she misled the American public, her actions give the world, friends and enemies of the U.S. reason to question America's commitment and credibility.
He is a union teacher if I remember correctly which means he does as little as possible, has a huge benefit package, summers off and is will be compensated for the adjustment. All while he drills PC 101 into your child's head at any opportunity. After all you reap what you sow hippies" Nov 26, 12 5:29 PM
Two Remaining Tenants At Hidden Cove Motel Are Being Evicted
Well the did it again I do not think this story ever saw the light of day. What are they afraid of ?" Nov 26, 12 5:36 PM
Where is the importance and validity in redistribution of wealth it is exactly as it appears, taking" Nov 27, 12 8:14 AM
just got done reading a report by , Lachlan Markey of Heritage Foundation on
how Unions have violated federal law a myriad of times this last year – and these are merely the tip of the iceberg, if President Obama's incestuous relationship with the unions is any indicator. Markey reports on the federal rap sheet of the unions, which includes embezzlement, blackmail, bribery, racketeering, and witness tampering, among others. Among the twelve specific cases Markey cites:
•Family members Anthony Fazio Sr., Anthony Fazio Jr., and nephew John Fazio, were sentenced to federal time after getting involved in racketeering, money laundering, and witness tampering as leaders of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 348-S. According to the Manhattan US attorney, "For decades, the Fazios sold out their union members, and got rich off the backs of the working men and women they were supposed to represent."
•Ronald Witt, former business manager of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 450, went to the pen for embezzling union cash to cover the cost of his vacations and home upkeep in Texas.
•Spreading Christmas cheer, Edward Aulisi, former member of the International Longshoreman Association, conspired with his dad, a former local president and mob boss, to extort payments from local members around the Yuletide.
That's just a smattering. Union corruption runs deep – and open corruption isn't the worst of it. The corrupt association between Big Labor and its bought-and-paid-for lackeys in the Democratic Party continues to destroy America's financial future.
"This was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow, and our planet began to heal."
Becuse WE are the people we have been waiting for.
Can I get an amen!
" Nov 29, 12 10:00 PM
You wanna talk tin foil hats
Barbara A. Taylor,Florida A&M professor called B H O an "apostle" who was sent by God in order to build a political heaven on earth, "Then, as I began to contemplate ways to assist Barack in his 2012 re-election bid something miraculous happened. I felt God's Spirit beckoning me in my dreams at night. Listening, cautiously, I learned that Jesus walked the earth to create a more civilized society, Martin [Luther King] walked the earth to create a more justified society, but, Apostle Barack, the name he was called in my dreams, would walk the earth to create a more equalized society, for the middle class and working poor."
OWN IT: UNEMPLOYMENT BACK ABOVE 8%
" Dec 6, 12 5:09 PM
He does not understand the concept of Independent just Dependant!" Dec 6, 12 5:11 PM
As Fiscal Cliff Looms, Obama Set For 20-Day, $4M Hawaiian Vacation
B.H.O is headed to Hawaii for a posh 20-day vacation costing some $4 million to the taxpayers. But it's not the cost and inconvenience that Americans should wonder about – it's the timing. President Obama heads out of town from December 17 to January 6. The fiscal cliff is slated to hit on January 2.
You've been hustled by the media into believing 100,000 represents a recovery, prior recoveries 300,000-plus new jobs per month. Those recoveries, however, were generated by the government getting out of the way of the economy. O's bright idea was to micromanage, deficit spend, and hyper-regulate.
To protect B.H.O from failure, an entire New standard for success has been manufactured by a media that will never-ever allow this president to fail, even when he does.
Michigan supports the Right-to-Work." Dec 8, 12 7:52 PM
(AP) Michelle loses battle to kids and is now responding to student backlash to new school lunch rules by allowing more grains and meat in kids' meals.
Agriculture Secretary told members of Congress in a letter Friday that the department will do away with daily limits of meats and grains. Several lawmakers wrote the department after the new rules went into effect saying kids aren't taking it well and are not getting enough to eat.
All well and good but not for the government to decide" Dec 9, 12 8:41 PM
Welcome to your new reality,
1) You will live in a broom closet.
2) Your job will involve asking "Do you want fries with that?" If you are lucky.
3) You will owe 5 years of your wages in student loans.
Meanwhile, your idol is going on a $4 million vacation in Hawaii while the economy tanks, and the Middle East burns. He despises you. He is laughing at you.
You helped re-elect him.
Friday, a justice has had 'serious questions' about birth certificate
A longstanding eligibility case challenging B.H.O presence in the White House soon could be headed to the state Supreme Court in Alabama, where one justice already in a court filing has questioned the authenticity of O's documentation
The issue is the conflict over the requirements of the U.S. Constitution, which demands, "No Person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the U.S., at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president…"
" Dec 10, 12 10:09 AM
While Obama's campaign first released a representation of a short-form birth document from Hawaii, and the White House later officially posted online a representation of a long-form certificate, the authenticity of both of those documents has been questioned.
A special Cold Case Posse assembled by Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio concluded that the long-form document was a fabricated image built on a computer." Dec 10, 12 10:09 AM
Union Mob Destroys Tent With People Inside
A mob destroyed the Americans For Prosperity tent on the lawn of the Michigan State Capitol during the protest against "Right-To-Work" legislation. While destruction happened, there were people inside the tent and some in the crowd that were armed with knives.
Union animals show their thanks towards fellow Americans by destroying a tent and trying to take away their freedom of speech.
" Dec 11, 12 7:34 PM
In related news barack obama continues to suck as president of the USA.
This is how the Left responds to not getting their way. Can you imagine the pandemonium if Obama had lost?
Your boy has given all these union miscreats a good drink of his homemade cool-aid.
Now they can all line up for their Obama phones and their food stamps while B.H.O goes on his 4 million dollar vacation to Hawaii. Union suckers to be sure!!!
Yep Mr Z, and when the T party is gone we can all live off the fatta the lan. " Dec 12, 12 10:04 PM
Far-left activist and singer Harry Belafonte publicly encouraged B.H.O to jail those calling for entitlement reforms.
Belafonte made his statement on the liberal propaganda network MSNBC, along with self-titled civil rights activist and MSNBC host Al Sharpton. It seems Belafonte believes B.H.O. won a mandate in his reelection victory and should be encouraged to jail those who disagree with him and claim political power for himself, like a third world dictator. What a genius this moron is.
Let me get my Vaseline glove out" Dec 13, 12 9:23 PM
Maybe if you read Drudge you would have seen the real uncut version." Dec 14, 12 8:58 AM
At Elie Tahari, Neon Lights Will Yield Space To Project Runway Promotion
I have to stand corrected... I did not see the photos before. This is not very attractive. And clearly distasteful.But I think they do damage to the brand with such eccentric Veredes type displays for attention" Dec 14, 12 9:05 AM
Just a simple question based on what you already know about Phil would you let him have a gun? Please just a Yes or No answer" Dec 15, 12 12:51 AM
Look at poor Phil there in the corner, "NOBODYS LISTENING TO ME WAAA " why didn't you like' my comment "
Now ~ snivel ~ were going to exploit this tragedy like M.Moore, P.Morgan & M.Bloomberg told us to do last night. Never waste a good crisis, Ed Schultz says: We have a mandate & can take your guns & force our ideology down your throats.
Besides nobody in this country got rich on their own. Nobody Waa. You got a business, You didn't build that. ~ Sniff" Dec 15, 12 12:20 PM
SERIOUSLY explore early education in critical thinking NOW, anger management NOW, conflict resolution, NOW NOW NOW
LOLLL I am seriously laughing my Azz off, You are freaking hilarious." Dec 16, 12 12:27 AM
OMG thats funny" Dec 17, 12 12:19 PM
Sandy Hook Tragedy Is Felt At East End Schools
Only problem is all those people are white, seems to me Phil is angry black man so maybe a George Jefferson Would be better" Dec 17, 12 4:43 PM
Make peace not war , Be prepared for both!
Merry Christmas" Dec 25, 12 2:50 PM
Whats it like, It is a wonderful feeling to know the republic stands and you progresive / socialists cant do a thing about it.
Thats what it's like." Dec 25, 12 2:57 PM
Anyone who has that point of view on abortion is a self centered dirt bag, and should not be preaching to anyone about murder!
End of story." Dec 26, 12 2:52 PM
and over 250 hypocritical self serving and asinine comments by you" Dec 27, 12 12:47 AM
You mean right to murder" Dec 27, 12 10:27 AM
The problem is solved.
The baby's are murdered.
Just so you don't have to make any sacrifices to your career.
Feel proud? " Dec 28, 12 7:15 PM
Well after all Cap Its like that popular phrase that seem to be sweeping the nation,
you know the one: Phil = Schadenfreude
I agree on the polemics I think people are finally and collectively agreeing Phil's point of view is hypocritical and purely ideological bordering on narcissistic insanity" Dec 30, 12 11:20 AM
In an attempt to seize total control over national security and bypass congress, a frightening new step by the Obama Administration is coming into play. As noted in Friday's Wall Street Journal in an op-ed by John Bolton and John Woo, a State Department advisory group that is run by former Secretary of Defense William Perry is advising that the U.S. and Russia both reduce nuclear weapons without a treaty, as a treaty would require ratification by Congress. This would allow Obama and his executive branch to unilaterally cut our nuclear weaponry and ignore the treaty clause of the Constitution.
" Dec 31, 12 7:48 AM
Had I really considered the sources of those who thought this book to have REAL meaningful substance - I would have saved the time and money and just watched MSNBC and enjoyed their tripe.The book is a product of the authors obtuse state of mind. Pure crap and hack journalism, masquerading as a work of political importance. Do you relize the number of days since the democrat led senate has brought a budget to the floor for a vote. Somehow if you believe Phil and what is on the pages of this book it is all the fault of Republicans. It was a former senator from Illinois who said raising the debt ceiling was a failure of leadership by the President. Yet we're now told that demanding fiscal restraint, that would be not spending money you don't have for those of you on the left, is extremist. What this book demonstrates is that democrats are incapable of arguing their points on merit. They've resorted to the cowardly behavior of labeling anyone who disagrees as racist, sexist, the 2% and/or extremist." Dec 31, 12 4:40 PM
Nature are you kidding, Dan is right on target, from drafting proposals to stop gun violence, to monitoring the stimulus spending, to boosting the middle class. In the "fiscal cliff" negotiations and the debt ceiling negotiations before them, Biden was the man chosen to talk with Congress.You obviously get your news from a partisan sheltered source, N.Y Times possibly?" Jan 1, 13 3:17 PM
Dnice, Biden is not much better in the ridiculous department. Biden on Friday admitted " foreign policy is currently a bit of a mess". Biden also gaffed last week about how the economy was destroyed by the housing bubble.
We all know that bubble was home-grown by Secretary of HUD under Clinton, Andrew Cuomo and his Community Reinvestment Act. Now biden says "he knew back then those policies would cause more mortgages to default"
lol those same policies ultimately led to a massive mortgage crises.and was the major contributing factor in the global economic chaos that followed.
Now BHO's boy Joe as teamed up with the same Governor of New York.
to collapse something else, your freedom." Jan 1, 13 5:52 PM
US Public Debt AS of this Minute 16,423,352,203,766 and rising quickly!" Jan 2, 13 9:14 AM
Murder is Murder
Your indifference to abortion just shows that you're just another abortion without a brain
Obviously unstable and capable of anything to win an argument because of your self centered selfish nature and lust for everyone to be equally miserable under socialist rule." Jan 2, 13 9:34 PM
Can't Find an AR-15? Consider One of These Rifles Instead
Its your right and up held the SCOTUS and the constitution.
Finding an AR-15 at an affordable price can be quite a chore. In fact, just finding an AR-15 can be difficult. There is a serious run on guns as a result of Barack Obama's re-election and pledges of more gun control by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV).
Thus, for Americans looking for their first AR-15 but having difficulty obtaining it, here's a question -- Why not look at an AK-47 or an SKS as a viable option?
Although much maligned by the mainstream media for no reason other than it was malign-able, the AK-47 is a remarkably dependable rifle which was first developed by the Soviets in the late 1940s. Created for military use at that time, variants of it are produced and used by military's around the world, including forces within the Islamic world.
Civilian versions of the gun are just like civilian variants of the AR-15 in that they are semi-automatic -- NOT FULL AUTO -- and they can be used in conjunction with magazines that come in various configurations: 10 round mags, 15 round mags, 30 round mags, etc.
Although the recoil of an AK-47 is slightly greater than that of the AR-15, it is by no means significant enough to keep the gun from being enjoyed by males and females, and even children who shoot the gun under adult supervision.
The other good news about an AK-47 -- you can get one for less than half of what you'd pay for an AR-15 right now.
Now for the SKS.
Vietnam Veterans can tell you about SKS rifles. They were cheaper guns produced by the communist world and used by North Vietnamese soldiers and the Viet Cong. And by cheap I do not mean junky. Rather, I mean an SKS is a no frills rifle that will shoot every time you pull the trigger. Whether you're pulling the trigger after the gun has been covered in mud, dropped in the snow, or simply not cleaned for years, the gun is notoriously reliable.
Like AK-47s, civilian versions of SKS rifles can take magazines in various configurations and the recoil of the gun is more than bearable.
This is a gun that a father and son can take out to the mountains or the range on a Sunday afternoon and make some memories by shooting up cans and targets, or coyotes and rabbits (in states where shooting coyotes and rabbits with such a gun is legal).
The good news - an SKS is only 2/3 the price of an AK-47. The bad news, finding one has become increasingly difficult.
Like the AR-15, ammo for the AK-47 and SKS can be purchased in bulk from various distributors online. It is not the same ammo an AR-15 shoots, but the prices for it in bulk are very similar.
However, readers should note that the ammo for all three guns is getting as hard to find as the guns themselves.
The war on the 2nd amendment continues
" Jan 3, 13 8:28 AM
And opposition to a baby with a heartbeat in the womb's right to be as narcissistic and insensitive as little P someday doesn't show contempt for the constitution" Jan 3, 13 8:34 AM
US Public Debt AS of this Minute 16,443,352,203,766 and rising quickly!
" Jan 4, 13 5:23 PM
I guess you never heard of the Second Amendment." Jan 4, 13 5:24 PM
" Jan 5, 13 10:19 PM
very quickly!
US Public Debt AS of this Minute 16,454,364,211,724 and rising quickly!" Jan 6, 13 11:24 PM
Hope the house he decides to hide in is equipped to handle the situation. Thanks for the update" Jan 7, 13 7:46 PM
517 of them statistically gang related" Jan 8, 13 7:04 AM
dnice, We should demand that Mr. Morgan be deported immediately for his effort to undermine the Bill of Rights and for exploiting his position as a national network television host to stage attacks against the rights of American citizens and take Phil with him for the same reasons.
The fact is, Piers Morgan had not only called for gun control; he called for a repeal of the 2nd amendment to better reflect England's gun laws as well as a repeal of parts of the bible he disagreed with. These positions of Morgan's are seen by most Americans as extreme and radical, because they are.
US Public Debt AS of this Minute 16,654,364,243,114 and rising quickly" Jan 10, 13 7:01 PM
We have a Constitution and it requires that we follow it. Indeed, every public officer swears to do so.
BHO's signature on such an executive order, blatantly undermining the second amendment constitutes hard evidence of a failure to uphold his oath of office and provide the mechanism whereby he could be impeached for the same
Are there any plans by conservative representatives to draw up articles of impeachment should Obama act by executive order to circumvent the constitution, as VP Biden has claimed BHO will?
If not, I believe it would be throwing away perhaps the best chance we have of putting a stop to this man's unconstitutional reign.
BHO is murdering the Constitution, one Amendment at a time
" Jan 10, 13 9:38 PM
86,000 baby's sucked up and killed since Sandy Hook Elementary School. Thats 85,266 more than the 734 people killed by guns of which 72 percent were gang bangers leaving the world is a better place in there absence!
Mr.Z and Joe , This post was sent from my android Galaxy tab 10.1 Non Crapple device. " Jan 11, 13 7:03 PM
" Jan 12, 13 11:17 PM
On Friday, millions of Americans began getting a taste of higher taxes as the expiration of the payroll tax holiday took a bigger bite out of their paychecks, leaving them with less cash in their wallets." Jan 13, 13 6:53 AM
Hundreds Rush To CT Gun Store To Buy Semi-Automatic Rifles
Email NEWINGTON, CT (WFSB) - A controversial gun sale caused a traffic jam on the Berlin Turnpike in Newington well before 9 a.m. as people stood in line outside Hoffman's Gun Shop hoping to get their hands on a semi-automatic rifle value bundle. Hoffman's Gun Center & Indoor Shooting Range was selling only 100 of the Smith & Wesson M&P15 Sport value packs, and that had people lined up in droves. The gun itself has been the target of a lot of controversy, and many lawmakers are looking to ban it and other semi-automatic rifles. But it's what came in addition to the rifle that has people talking. Both the ammunition and the magazine have come under fire this week. According to an advertisement, Hoffman's was selling the value pack – which included the Smith & Wesson model M&P15 Sport, 10-round semi-automatic rifle, two 20-round boxes of .223 ammunition and a MagPul 30-shot magazine – for $839. Newington police were called to direct traffic as gun buyers hurried to get their hands on the deal, " Jan 13, 13 6:56 AM
Definition of assault weapon - An equalizer against all enemy's foreign and domestic. like joe said ; A firearm that match's the firepower of those that may be used against them, either by criminals or a tyrannical government that turns on its own people and tries to deprive them of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. These rights are enshrined in our Declaration of Independence and guaranteed in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution. " Jan 14, 13 9:09 PM
Bully: Piers Demands Shapiro Rematch, Refuses One-on-One
Last night, CNN's Piers Morgan invited Breitbart News Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro back on his program for a "balanced debate," just days after his shellacking at Shapiro's hands on his own program. But when it came time to book the show, Morgan's team refused to tell Shapiro what the format of the show would be. And when Shapiro said that he expected balance -- a second one-on-one interview with Morgan -- Morgan's producers balked" Jan 15, 13 12:23 PM
OBAMA TO ANNOUNCE GUN BAN... SURROUNDED BY CHILDREN
America's never-let-a-crisis-go-to-waste Administration will strike again tomorrow with a series of restrictions on our civil rights when it comes to a Second Amendment the president is duly sworn to protect, not infringe upon. By hook or crook -- including up to 19 executive orders -- the Washington Post reports that the White House will seize the moment with an assault weapons ban, among other things.
Forget it Dnice very few people that live around these parts care about the constitution. They would love nothing more than to "Fundamentally change the country" They are comfortable with the nanny state where everyone is equally miserable.they are weak so they depend on government. It is not the place you think it is anymore. We probably should move to be around normal people once again these progressive lazy under achievers will see that tyranny will rise again It always does! and they should have been more protective of there freedoms." Jan 16, 13 12:09 PM
Here's a fact about abortions they Murdered 27,750 baby's last month!" Jan 16, 13 4:15 PM
In a demonstration of unity, conservatives issued a statement on Thursday morning demanding Republicans in Congress stand up to Obama's bullying by banding together and refusing to raise the debt limit unless Congress passes, and Obama signs into law, significant spending cuts that will put the US on a ten-year path to balanced budget.
Face it - You want gun control because you crave more government control
YOU NO ITS TRUE! " Jan 17, 13 10:08 PM
Joe I bet the gun were sold out , I just read this before I read your post
Backfire: Obama Approval Plummets During Gun Push
Just a week before the New Year, Obama enjoyed his highest approval ratings of 2012. According to Gallup, 58% of Americans approved of the job Obama was doing. Survey results released today by Gallup, though, show Obama's approval rating has plummeted to just 49%. It is a dramatic drop, especially coming over a holiday period when people traditionally pay little attention to politics. Four years ago, at his first inauguration, a full 69% of Americans approved of Obama.
The drop in Obama's approval from 4 years ago is understandable, given the sluggish economy and the hope American's had as his presidency began. The considerable drop from just a few weeks ago is more puzzling. According to the media, he was the "winner" of the fiscal cliff negotiations, getting most of the tax hikes he campaigned on and avoiding spending cuts.
Also according to the media, he has deftly exploited the Sandy Hook tragedy to make a renewed push for gun control. This is supposedly popular with the American public and Obama has been all over the airwaves pushing his proposals. He even orchestrated a back-drop of children from across the country to release his proposals to the public with out much impact.
Guess he just didn't realize he bit off more then even he could chew this time. That is the way of the narcissist-in-thief. It has always turned out that down through history those who are more proud of themselves than anyone else is will always take such a big bite that he chokes on it.His approval rating is dropping. Exit polls from the past election make it pretty clear that voters chose Obama the personality and not his policies. Pushing his policies even further to the left looks like its backfiring with the public. " Jan 18, 13 7:22 PM
After announcing 23 executive orders to broaden gun control in America earlier this week, President Obama pressed Congress to institute an "assault weapons" ban to end incidents of violence in our nation.
The problem--"assault weapons" were tied to less than .012 percent of overall deaths in America in recent years (2011). And the 1994 "Assault Weapons Ban" (AWB) had a demonstrably small impact on overall crime in our country.
In fact, according to statistics compiled by criminology professors Chris Koper and Jeff Roth and put forth by John Lott, three years after the ban was instituted theses professors could find no "meaningful effect."
Ten years after the ban was instituted, a colleague of Koper and Roth looked at the impact of the ban and wrote: "We cannot clearly credit the ban with any of the nation's recent drop in gun violence."
What the current federal gun grabbers fail to take in into account is that concealed carry laws were expanding as the AWB was being implemented. Thus, much of the drop in crime was due not to the fact that grandpa no longer had an AR-15 in his closest but that grandpa was carrying a Glock 19 on his person.
With concealed carry, immediate retribution for criminals became a reality.
Again--in 2011, less than .012 percent of the overall deaths in America were tied to "assault weapons," and there was not even a ban in place. Years before that, 1994-2004, when the ban was in effect, it's impact on gun violence was nil.
The bottom line: There is something other than our safety and/or crime reduction behind the current push to ban "assault weapons." And this "something," whatever it is, will be detrimental to freedom.
Dnice, At least you don't get your facts from an ex vice pres who believes he created the Internet before going on to create lib tard Current TV than selling it to only and I QUOTE " a company with the same political ideology as us"
Who happened to be non other than the Osama Bin Laden clearing house Al Jazrrea, What a Joke" Jan 21, 13 11:56 AM
grasping at straws. A game you know well!" Jan 21, 13 11:58 AM
Thrill Is Gone for Crowds at Obama Inauguration
Compared to Obama's 2009 inauguration, something was missing. The crowds carried an air of obligation. Those who made the trek to Washington for the day appeared to have done so because they were supposed to, not because they wanted to." Jan 22, 13 12:13 AM
UD, Gotta Love "Boston" going down the tolet Nice call there Nate Silver, LOL
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (CBS Connecticut/AP) — A fired-up Terrell Suggs ripped the New England Patriots following the Baltimore Ravens 28-13 AFC Championship win.
According to Yahoo! Sports' Dan Wetzel, the Ravens linebacker had a few expletive-laden words directed at Bill Belichick and company.
"Tell them to have fun at the Pro Bowl. Arrogant f******," Suggs said in the locker room.
He then suggested the Patriots' arrogance has hurt the organization.
"These are the most arrogant p***** in the world, starting with Belichick on down," Suggs exclaimed.
" Jan 22, 13 12:25 AM
" Hillary Clinton shouted, her words echoing off the walls of the hearing room, outraged that a Senator would dare to ask why she spread the lie that a video provoked the terror attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi. At that point, the presiding chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), should have rapped the gavel sharply: "Madam Secretary, you are out of order."
Perhaps that is too much to expect of a Democrat. The majority party's members fell all over themselves to heap praise on the outgoing Secretary of State and likely contender for their party's presidential nomination in 2016. Few showed any interest at all in what happened in Benghazi, why the State Department failed to provide adequate security, why the White House failed to send help, and why the President ordered a cover-up.
" Jan 24, 13 9:42 AM
$16,472,996,376,887
***** US NATIONAL DEBT!*****
Senate Democrats have not passed a budget since 2009.
WOW! " Jan 24, 13 9:48 AM
Number Of Nation's Sheriffs Refusing To Enforce Unconstitutional Gun Laws Snowballs January 24, 2013
From Florida to California, a growing number of the nation's sheriffs are standing up to gun control measures proposed by both the administration and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).
Many law enforcement officials have written letters to President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden voicing their concerns over what they believe is an effort to infringe upon the Second Amendment.
In New Mexico, 30 of the state's 33 county sheriffs have reminded state lawmakers that they are under oath to support the U.S. Constitution, and that includes the Second Amendment.
CNSNews.com previously reported that 28 of the 29 sheriff's in Utah sent a letter to President Obama stating that they will not enforce any new gun laws they believe to be unconstitutional.
A host of Oregon sheriffs have said that they will not comply with any new unconstitutional gun regulations:
Sheriff Craig Zanni wrote, "I have and will continue to uphold my Oath of Office including supporting the Second Amendment," in a letter to Coos County citizens.
Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said he would refuse to enforce any new Federal gun law he believes is unconstitutional.
In a letter to Vice President Joe Biden, Grant County Sheriff, Glenn Palmer writes: "I will not tolerate nor will I permit any federal incursion within the exterior boundaries of Grant County, Oregon, where any type of gun control legislation aimed at disarming law -abiding citizens is the goal or objective."
Sheriff Gil Gilbertson of Josephine County told Biden in a letter: "Any rule, regulation, or executive order repugnant to the constitutional rights of the citizens of this County will be ignored by this office."
Sheriff Tim Mueller of Linn County, Oregon says his department will not participate in any overreaching and unconstitutional federal firearms restrictions.
In California, Sheriff Adam Christianson of Stanislaus County wrote to the vice president: "I refuse to take firearms from law abiding citizens and will not turn law-abiding citizens into criminals by enforcing useless gun control legislation."
A letter sent to Sen. Dianne Feinstein from Sheriff Jon Lopey of Siskiyou County, California states: "Our founding fathers got it right and many politicians are getting it wrong."
In Missouri, Lawrence County Sheriff Brad Delay tells the president: "I will...rise to the defense and aid of all Americans should the federal government attempt to enact any legislation, or executive order that impedes, erodes, or otherwise diminishes their constitutional right to keep and bear arms."
At a town hall meeting, Sheriff Denny Peyman of Jackson County, Kentucky told citizens "you are never going to pull a gun from Jackson County."
Smith County, Texas Sheriff, Larry Smith has said, "I will not enforce an unconstitutional law against any citizen in Smith County. It just won't happen."
In Florida, Martin County Sheriff, Bill Snyder said that he will not enforce federal gun laws: "Local law enforcement authorities are not empowered to enforce Federal law," Snyder said.
Town Board Rejects First Draft Of Canoe Place Inn Report
High Hat Size, Just because you somehow got your disgusting comments about Jay Sears being arrested on Child Porn Charges removed from patch. Does not mean you somehow did not say them. Your comments were very disturbing and I think a fair number of people say them before they magically disappeared. I saved the screen shot along with the patch info, I will not re post them but be warned sir, You are on record and better stay far away from my children. " Jan 28, 13 6:29 PM
I tried on the other tread but SHP will not allow it. It does not matter like Joe said your comments were no worse the the repulsive point of view you exhibited here a day later.
But your a Democrat. Nothing to see here. No problem.
Kind of like D Bag Sen. Bob Menendez Maybe now you can go party with him and little Anthony Weiner.
FBI raids West Palm Beach office tied to U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez
The FBI raided the office of a South Florida eye doctor who last year was accused of providing prostitutes to longtime ally Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat.
FBI agents late Tuesday night raided the West Palm Beach business of an eye doctor suspected of providing free trips and even underage Dominican Republic prostitutes to U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J. — who has denied what he calls the "fallacious allegations."
Agents gathered at the medical-office complex of Dr. Salomon Melgen, a contributor to Menendez and other prominent politicians, to start hauling away potential evidence in several vans.
The investigation is believed to be focusing on Melgen's finances and the allegations about Menendez's trips and contact with prostitutes. A spokesman for Menendez could not be reached for comment, nor could Melgen
But MLK was GREAT MAN!" Jan 31, 13 12:01 PM
Sounds like you would be fascinated by a hamster running around a wheel" Jan 31, 13 12:05 PM
Don't tread on me. Baby!" Feb 1, 13 9:22 PM
According to a new Pew Research poll, Americans are increasingly worried about the federal government violating their rights. The survey, conducted January 9-13, showed that 53 percent of Americans believe that the federal government "threatens their own personal rights and freedoms," with 43 percent disagreeing. That is a significant uptick from March 2010, when just 47 percent said that the government threatened their freedom, with 50 percent disagreeing.
" Feb 1, 13 9:24 PM
" Feb 2, 13 1:31 AM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (CBSDC) — A medical company is blaming President Obama's health care law for the layoffs of nearly 100 people.
Smith & Nephew says a 2.3 percent excise tax on medical devices in the "Obamacare" law caused the layoffs in the Memphis and Andover, Mass., offices.
Thanks Dan LIL
Did you guys see this disgrace
Chomsky To Iranian State TV: 'We're Just Like The Nazis, We Do What We Like'
Disgusting communist creep of man he is." Feb 4, 13 3:22 PM
144,675 Infants Slaughtered Since Sandy Hook " Feb 4, 13 3:51 PM
Senate Democrats have not passed a budget since 2009
The Congressional Budget Office's just-released economic forecast for 2013 is dispiriting, to say the least. The GDP is expected to grow by only 1.4%, the unemployment rate will "stay near" 8%, the deficit will reach $845 billion, and ObamaCare will cost 7 million their health insurance." Feb 5, 13 7:13 PM
Madness, Really you call protecting ourself from all criminals foreign and domestic Madness? Maybe you feel that way since you feel all cozy comfortable with this governments power grab and disregard for the United States Constitution.
Reporter Corners Carney: Why Is Obama For Drone Strikes And Against Water Boarding?
A reporter asked Jay Carney to explain the President's changing positions on human rights issues in war. The reporter asked, "The President strongly opposed the 'enhanced interrogation techniques,' so called, of the Bush administration. He ended them. How does dropping a bomb on an American citizen without any judicial review, any trial, not raise the very human rights questions, or more human rights questions than something like water boarding?" How Phil ???" Feb 5, 13 8:28 PM
Fox News was the top cable news channel last month, placing sixth in primetime and total day among all ad-supported cable channels. FNC averaged 1.64 million viewers in primetime, and 1.07 million viewers in total day.
MSNBC placed 24th in primetime and 29th in total day, averaging 745,000 and 427,000 viewers, respectively. CNN placed 33rd in both primetime and total day, averaging 458,000 and 342,000 viewers, respectively. Thought you might want to know
Dereliction of Duty: Obama Did Nothing to Save American Lives in Benghazi-and Lied About It
Nothing. That is what President Barack Obama did on the night of September 11, 2012, as terrorists attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and killed four Americans, among them Ambassador Christopher Stevens. President Obama's inaction was revealed in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday by outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey.
Under direct questioning by Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Panetta admitted that he had no communication with President Obama after their "pre-scheduled" meeting at 5:00 p.m. EDT. The attack on the consulate had already been under way for 90 minutes at that time. Neither the president nor anyone else from the White House called afterwards to check what was happening; the Commander-in-Chief had left it "up to us," said Panetta wow" Feb 7, 13 11:53 PM
Eric Holder:
"Obama Decides Who's 'Entitled' to Second Amendment Rights"
WTF, WOW,
I believe the King better watch his step, What he is doing with the Constitution is going to be seen as Tyranny. Tyrants do very badly in America ! Tyrants do great in the Middle East & China but not here, which is the reason this is the greatest country in the world !
WE THE PEOPLE control government & it seems lately that BHO has forgotten that little FACT ! BHO needs to be real careful here with this gun control power grab.
Good think he has the Secret Service to protect him becuase a wave of comments are realy turning negative on other blog sites. " Feb 8, 13 8:28 PM
The president of the American Federation of Government Employees says a one-percent increase is "absolutely unconscionable."
The head of the largest federal employee union said Saturday that President Obama's proposal to increase pay for federal employees by 1 percent was "simply not enough."
What part of US NATIONAL DEBT $16,473,868,838,119 doesn't he understand?
Well then let the layoffs begin." Feb 10, 13 12:16 PM
Since this is a second home location for most "Clients" I am sure they would agree with Joe.
I agree with Captain the depths you will descend to are shameful" Feb 10, 13 12:20 PM
Krugman: NYT Sunday
"Corporations are Making So Much Money They Don't Know What To Do With It"
Well, one thing about it Krugman; whatever they are doing with it - its THEIR money and its NONE of YOUR business WHAT they do with it.It is up to the corporation and its shareholders to distribute the money and not to an idiot like Paul Krugaman.
He just about came out and said that the corporations should give all that money to the government !
Paul's not sure about much... that's why they gave him the Nobel Prize in Economics. "Corporations are making so much money they don't know what to do with it?" That's his analysis?
If it's true they're sitting on profits, perhaps if the tax/regulatory climate in the U.S. was more favorable, they'd invest that capital in making MORE money. Pretty simple, and unlike Krugman and Obama, I don't have a Nobel Prize! but can still tell you,
The US NATIONAL DEBT is $16,473,868,838,119
and Senate Democrats have not passed a budget since 2009
" Feb 11, 13 5:09 PM
Over the weekend, two citizens defended their lives and homes from intruders threatening them in Washington and Tennessee.
A 51-year old man broke into a couple's home in Chehalis, WA early Sunday morning. The husband called 911 and armed himself with his pistol.
When the intruder charged him, the homeowner shot the suspect at close range. Fighting with the wounded burglar, he was able to hold the man at gunpoint until the police arrived. The homeowner and his wife were not harmed.
On Friday night in East Ridge, TN, 34-year-old George Miles got into a fight with a man who lives with Miles's ex-girlfriend. At 4:30 AM, Miles tried to break into the house while screaming "I'm going to kill you," prompting the roommate to call the police.
When Miles broke a bedroom window and tried to climb inside, the man shot Miles in the torso. No one in the home was harmed; Miles is recovering at a local hospital.
" Feb 12, 13 12:26 AM
Dr. Ben Carson On Criticizing Obamacare: "Somebody Has To Stand Up To The Bullies"
DR. BENJAMIN CARSON: There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get along, but that's not going to be very helpful for us in the long run, in terms of solving our problems. And somebody has to be courageous enough to actually stand up to, you know, the bullies.
DR. CARSON: There's no question that [President Obama] has advocated, you know, basically a policy of tax the rich. And I have advocated a policy that comes from the Bible, which is a very fair policy of proportional taxation. If it was good enough for God, why wouldn't it be good enough for us? The minute you deviate away from that, you begin to get into all kinds of biases. And one could legitimately make the argument that the rich pays too many taxes. The top 1% pays 37% of the taxes, the top 5% [pays] 59% of the taxes, but they don't make that much of the income. One could make that argument.
NEIL CAVUTO, FOX NEWS: Obviously, you got a quite a round of applause there. Some in that room and elsewhere since that video has gone viral
This was a better read
Fact Check: State of the Union 2013
President Barack Obama's State of the Union address included few new or unexpected proposals, but many factually incorrect or misleading assertions. Here are the lowlights.
"Corporate profits have rocketed to all-time highs – but for more than a decade, wages and incomes have barely budged." Wages and incomes may not always be the best measurement, because they leave out benefits, which have increased overall compensation over several decades. Regardless, Obama chose his timeframe carefully, because over the past four years, middle class income has actually declined.
"In 2011, Congress passed a law saying that if both parties couldn't agree on a plan to reach our deficit goal, about a trillion dollars' worth of budget cuts would automatically go into effect this year." Obama is referring to the sequester. He omits the fact that he (or his White House) proposed the sequester, and he personally signed it, with the hope of using it to push Republicans into passing higher tax rates on high earners.
"Over the last few years, both parties have worked together to reduce the deficit by more than $2.5 trillion." Both Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Read have used this claim, but it's not true. As FactCheck.org noted recently, the figure includes over $1 trillion in spending cuts that "have yet to materialize." It also includes $500 billion in projected reduced interest--not spending cuts or tax increases--and deficits remain high.
"Already, the Affordable Care Act is helping to slow the growth of health care costs." The cost of health care has continued to grow, albeit less quickly--but the recession is a big part of the story. People are spending less because they can afford less. Obamacare has already made health insurance premiums more expensive, and Obamacare does not change the fundamental incentive problems that drive costs in U.S. health care.
"Let me repeat--nothing I'm proposing tonight should increase our deficit by a single dime." This is a repeated promise (as well as a repeated metaphor: Obama also used the "single dime" phrase to in describing tax cuts in his stimulus). Obama broke that promise most spectacularly in Obamacare, which only "balances" due to accounting tricks and is almost certain to cost more than originally expected--net as well as gross.
"We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas, and the amount of renewable energy we generate from sources like wind and solar – with tens of thousands of good, American jobs to show for it." As I demonstrated in my recap of Obama's 2009 address, the supply of renewable energy sources in the U.S. rose only about 10% in Obama's first three years in office--very far from doubling.
"Heat waves, droughts, wildfires, and floods--all are now more frequent and intense. We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, and the most severe drought in decades, and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak coincidence. Or we can choose to believe in the overwhelming judgment of science – and act before it's too late." Or we can call it "weather," which is far closer to the truth than this scary story.
"That's why my Administration will keep cutting red tape and speeding up new oil and gas permits." In order to "keep" doing something, you have to have been doing it already. As Mitt Romney argued very ably in the presidential debates, the Obama administration has tried to slow oil and gas permitting on public lands, while taking credit for (or obstructing) much of the energy boom that has taken place on private lands.
"But taxpayers cannot continue to subsidize the soaring cost of higher education." The fact that taxpayers continue subsidizing the cost of higher education is part of the reason that the cost of education keeps rising. Obama did not mention the crisis in student loan delinquency, which increased support from the government for tuition costs has not been enough to prevent. The fundamental problem is youth unemployment.
"[M]ore boots on the southern border than at any time in our history, and reducing illegal crossings to their lowest levels in 40 years." Many of the "boots" Obama deployed to border states did not actually go to the border, less than half of which is actually secure. Illegal border crossings have decreased--but it is almost universally agreed that the cause is our poor economy, not enforcement--which Obama has effectively gutted.
"And I ask this Congress to declare that women should earn a living equal to their efforts, and finally pass the Paycheck Fairness Act this year." This is a rather amusing promise, since Obama's support for the Lily Ledbetter Act in 2009, which was meant to have guaranteed "equal pay," was a major boast in his re-election campaign. Did he fail to make pay equal when he said he had? No--he just needs the issue to boost support.
"Tonight, let's declare that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty, and raise the federal minimum wage to $9.00 an hour." That means, of course, that fewer people will be working full-time, or even part-time. Hiking the minimum wage is at odds with increasing jobs, and hurts minorities and young people worst, damaging their future employment prospects significantly.
"We'll give new tax credits to businesses that hire and invest." A rather vague promise that sounds like a good idea. It's not a factual mistake by itself--except that it likely contradicts his earlier promise on tax reform: "The American people deserve a tax code that helps small businesses spend less time filling out complicated forms, and more time expanding and hiring." That means fewer special rules, deductions and tricks.
"Today, the organization [Al Qaeda] that attacked us on 9/11 is a shadow of its former self." It takes a special kind of chutzpah to say that, five months after a terror attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi that claimed the lives of four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador. Obama acknowledges that the threat continues--it is "evolving," he says, in a curious use of the word--but to declare victory, without mentioning Benghazi?
"The regime in North Korea must know that they will only achieve security and prosperity by meeting their international obligations." Since when has the North Korean regime ever cared about prosperity? This marks the third State of the Union address in which Obama has mentioned North Korea (he did so in 2010 and 2011 as well)--and each time Obama has congratulated himself for his administration's policy on the issue.
"As long as I'm Commander-in-Chief, we will do whatever we must to protect those who serve their country abroad, and we will maintain the best military in the world. We will invest in new capabilities, even as we reduce waste and wartime spending." Even before the sequester, the Obama administration has slashed defense, reducing our military capabilities to the point where we can no longer plan to fight a two-front war.
"That's why, tonight, I'm announcing a non-partisan commission to improve the voting experience in America." Not the accuracy or fairness or transparency of the process, but the experience. The chances that Obama's commission will recommend photo ID for voters, or that such a recommendation would be adopted, are zero. In fact, the Obama administration has stridently opposed states' own efforts to improve voting in America.
"Police chiefs are asking our help to get weapons of war and massive ammunition magazines off our streets, because they are tired of being outgunned." These terms suit Obama's gun control agenda, but they are grossly misleading. So-called "weapons of war"--i.e. assault rifles, machine guns and the like--are already banned, and proposals on the table to reduce magazine size target relatively small clips, not "massive" ones.
" Feb 13, 13 1:51 AM
If you have a problem with what the tea party stands for we have a problem with you. so why not go OCCUPY a different site, comrade" Feb 13, 13 8:04 AM
DON'T BE FOOLED THIS IS THERE END GAME!!!
And Phil knows it, When you get rid private sales they will know where every legal gun owner lives which will open you up to ATF search and seizure. Phil is aware this will make the legal owners the criminals and longs for this checked Orwellian state.
Missouri Democrats Introduce Legislation to Confiscate Firearms – Gives Gun Owners 90 Days to Turn in Weapons
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, February 14, 2013, 9:52 AM
Missouri Democrats introduced an anti-gun bill which would turn law-abiding firearm owners into criminals. They will have 90 days to turn in their guns if the legislation is passed.
Dana Loesch Radio reported on the new legislation being pushed by Missouri Democrats:
Any person who, prior to the effective date of this law, was legally in possession of an assault weapon or large capacity magazine shall have ninety days from such effective date to do any of the following without being subject to prosecution.
Here's part of the Democratic proposal in Missouri:
4. Any person who, prior to the effective date of this law, was legally in possession of an assault weapon or large capacity magazine shall have ninety days from such effective date to do any of the following without being subject to prosecution:
(1) Remove the assault weapon or large capacity magazine from the state of Missouri;
(2) Render the assault weapon permanently inoperable; or
(3) Surrender the assault weapon or large capacity magazine to the appropriate law enforcement agency for destruction, subject to specific agency regulations.
5. Unlawful manufacture, import, possession, purchase, sale, or transfer of an assault weapon or a large capacity magazine is a class C felony.
Wow, UD You aren't kidding I just read this on Real Clear Pol.
Scary stuff , wow
During a Google+ Hangout responding to a question about immigration, President Barack Obama made a stunning remark:
"This is something I've struggled with throughout my presidency," said Obama. "The problem is that I'm the president of the United States, I'm not the emperor of the United States." Feb 15, 13 4:46 PM
Can you say FAST and FURIOUS" Feb 16, 13 6:29 AM
On Thursday, Barack Obama told teachers in Decatur, GA that he was in favor of making school mandatory for children from the age of four, declaring, "The size of your paycheck shouldn't determine your child's future. So let's fix this. Let's make sure none of our kids start out the race of life a step behind."
Can you say free tax payer funded DAYCARE!" Feb 16, 13 6:32 AM
Dan has had that angle covers for 2 months chief, but glad you agree.
I hope you don't expect Phil to see the point your trying to make, its like trying to soak up water with a rock" Feb 18, 13 5:28 PM
Expian the facts phil. Stop playing school yard games and explain the facts. 2 Billion rounds of ammunition?" Feb 18, 13 5:31 PM
LOOK THREE BELLS
I HIT THE PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT
NOW I CAN PAY OFF PART OF THE $$$16,473,867,889,987 NATIONAL DEBT!" Feb 19, 13 9:16 AM
I can get behind that !!!" Feb 19, 13 1:01 PM
Financial research firm Lombard St. Research reported "unemployment is about to rise above 8% again. On Fri. BHO conceded his policies to address climate change will raise energy costs, and could prove uncomfortable for some. BHO has admitted supporting price-raising energy policies. In 2008, Obama said he was fine with soaring energy prices so long as they helped curb green house gas emissions. "Under my plan electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket," he said.
To be fair, he did inherit a mess from his sucessor... Himself." Feb 20, 13 9:25 AM
There you go again sounding all libertarian.
There may just be hope for you some day, But you pal is about as shot as it gets.
We should audit the fed, institute a fair tax and go back on the gold standard immediately." Feb 22, 13 8:39 PM
We should audit the fed, institute a fair tax and go back on the gold standard immediately
Really now, what did I say there that you disagree with?" Feb 23, 13 2:11 AM
Fascism (pron.: /ˈfæʃɪzəm/) is a form of radical authoritarian nationalism.[1][2] Fascists seek to unify their nation through a totalitarian state that seeks the mass mobilization of the national community through discipline, indoctrination, and physical training" Feb 23, 13 10:26 AM
Everyone go to www.usdebtclock.org and get hypnotized,
STOP THE OUT OF CONTROL SPENDING NOW! BEFORE ITS TO LATE!
Democrats complain about presence of debt clock on Capitol Hill
7:26 PM 02/26/2013
Some members of Congress apparently don't like to be reminded about how much debt the country continues to rack up.
During a House Financial Services Committee hearing Tuesday on the budget, two Democrats complained about two monitors in the hearing room that display a real-time running national debt clock.
California Rep. Maxine Waters and Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison both issued complaints about the displays
Lack Of Federal Funds Could Force Gabreski Air Tower Closure
Ya well, when even Lanny Davis Agrees with Woodward your gonna have a rough time selling what your peddling there Champ.
Lanny Davis, who served under President Bill Clinton as special counsel to the White House, told Washington, D.C.'s WMAL this morning that the Obama White House had also threatened the Washington Times over his column, warning that the Times would suffer limited access to White House officials and might have its White House credentials revoked. Davis, a Democrat, is seldom critical of the Obama administration's policies.
Davis was speaking with News editor Larry O'Connor, who co-hosts a morning show on WMAL. Davis said he had never spoken publicly about the threats before, but they seemed relevant after the White House told legendary reporter Bob Woodward that he would "regret" insisting that the White House had come up with the idea of the budget sequester, which President Barack Obama is now urging Congress urgently to revoke.
" Feb 28, 13 11:33 PM
Finally someone from the left is starting to fight back. Could Woodward become a conservative hero? The BIG question is why cant the GOP call out Obama on what Woodward suggested maybe should be a crime, The GOP has failed to call out many crimes and criminals recently.
2nd amendment attacks
" Mar 1, 13 6:27 PM
"The worst-case scenario for "the moocher" is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens.
Think about that it. That a government drowning in debt should cut back by 2.2 percent — and the country survives. That a government now borrowing 35 cents of every dollar it spends reduces that borrowing by two cents "and nothing bad really happens." Oh, the humanity!
A normal citizen might think this a good thing. For reactionary liberalism, however, whatever sum our ever-inflating government happens to spend today (now double what Bill Clinton spent in his last year) is the Platonic ideal — the reduction of which, however minuscule, is a national calamity.
Good God, people might get the idea that we can shrink government and live on.
Hence the president's message. If the "sequestration" — automatic spending cuts — goes into effect, the skies will fall. Plane travel jeopardized, carrier groups beached, teachers furloughed. And a shortage of junk-touching TSA agents.
The Obama administration has every incentive to make the sky fall, lest we suffer that terrible calamity — cuts the nation survives. Are they threatening to pare back consultants, conferences, travel and other nonessential fluff? Hardly. It shall be air-traffic control. Meat inspection. Weather forecasting.
A 2011 Government Accountability Office report gave a sampling of the vastness of what could be cut, consolidated and rationalized in Washington: 44 overlapping job training programs, 18 for nutrition assistance, 82 (!) on teacher quality, 56 dealing with financial literacy, more than 20 for homelessness, etc. Total annual cost: $100 billion-$200 billion, about two to five times the entire domestic sequester.
Are these on the chopping block? No sir. It's firemen first. That's the phrase coined in 1976 by legendary Washington Monthly editor Charlie Peters to describe the way government functionaries beat back budget cuts. Dare suggest a nick in the city budget, and the mayor immediately shuts down the firehouse. The DMV back office, stacked with nepotistic incompetents, remains intact. Shrink it and no one would notice. Sell the firetruck — the people scream and the city council falls silent about any future cuts.
After all, the sequester is just one-half of 1 percent of GDP. It amounts to 1.4 cents on the dollar of nondefense spending, 2 cents overall.
Because of this year's payroll tax increase, millions of American workers have had to tighten their belts by precisely 2 percent. They found a way. Washington, spending $3.8 trillion, cannot? If so, we might as well declare bankruptcy now and save the attorneys' fees.
The problem with sequestration, of course, is that the cuts are across the board and do not allow money to move between accounts. It's dumb because it doesn't discriminate.
Fine. Then change the law. That's why we have a Congress. Discriminate. Prioritize. That's why we have budgets. Except that the Democratic Senate hasn't passed one in four years. And the White House, which proposed the sequester in the first place, had 18 months to establish rational priorities among accounts — and did nothing.
When the GOP House passed an alternative that cut where the real money is — entitlement spending — President Obama threatened a veto. Meaning, he would have insisted that the sequester go into effect — the very same sequester he now tells us will bring on Armageddon.
Good grief. The entire sequester would have reduced last year's deficit from $1.33 trillion to $1.24 trillion. A fraction of a fraction. Nonetheless, insists Obama, such a cut is intolerable. It has to be "balanced" — i.e., largely replaced — by yet more taxes.
Which demonstrates that, for Phill, this is not about deficit reduction, which interests him not at all. The purpose is purely political: to complete his BHO's Election Day victory by breaking the Republican opposition.
At the fiscal cliff, Obama broke — and split — the Republicans on taxes. With the sequester, he intends to break them on spending. Make the cuts as painful as possible, and watch the Republicans come crawling for a "balanced" (i.e., tax-hiking) deal.
In the past two years, House Republicans stopped cold Obama's left-liberal agenda. Break them now, and the road is open to resume enactment of the expansive, entitlement-state liberalism that Obama proclaimed in his second inaugural address.
But he cannot win if "nothing bad really happens." Indeed, he'd look both foolish and cynical for having cried wolf.
Obama's incentive to deliberately make the most painful and socially disruptive cuts possible (say, oh, releasing illegal immigrants from prison) is enormous. And alarming.
As the Obama Administration spun nightmare scenarios over the impact of sequester cuts, it was revealed that Homeland Security had released from custody illegal immigrants who were charged with crimes. The White House said these actions were taken in expectation of the looming cuts, but dismissed concerns, saying just "a few hundred" criminals were released. The Associated Press, however, reported late Friday that 2,000 detainees had been released, with another 3,000 planned to be released this month. Who ordered the releases?
" Mar 3, 13 6:29 AM
Amid the push for more gun control for law-abiding citizens, President Obama exercised his pardoning power for Larry Wayne Thorton, a Forsyth, GA man who had been sentenced to four years probation for firearm-related offenses.
Thorton was sentenced after being found guilty of possession of an unregistered firearm and "possession of a firearm without a serial number."
While issuing pardons is certainly the president's prerogative, this particular pardon comes as the NRA, Gun Owners of America, and others are all making the case that one of the chief reasons behind gun crime is the Obama administration's lax enforcement of gun laws that are already on the books.
These are not the droids your looking for" Mar 4, 13 8:06 PM
Has by now everyone knows Venezuelan Dictator Hugo Chavez, died earlier today.
My condolences Phil this must be a difficult time for you. " Mar 5, 13 10:23 PM
I would trade off eliminating any corporate involvement in civic life for the same elimination of any federal government interference.
Bet you wouldn't
it's the other principle this country was FOUNDED UPON... but you seem to be willing to over look that most of the time" Mar 6, 13 8:33 PM
On Wednesday, Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) served notice to both the Republican establishment and to the Democrat-Media Complex: conservatism isn't gone. It's not even on vacation. The new wave of conservatives is here, and they know how to play the game.
Cut and Paste much" Mar 8, 13 8:33 AM
Carville had it right "It about the economy Stupid"
STOP THE OUT OF CONTROL SPENDING NOW! BEFORE ITS TO LATE!" Mar 8, 13 1:51 PM
" Mar 10, 13 12:17 AM
UPDATE: Number Of U.S. Gun Makers Refusing Sales To Gov't In 'Firearms Equality Movement' Triples In Two Weeks
On February 22, CNN reported that a growing number of firearm companies have suspended the sale of guns to states, counties, cities and municipalities that restrict their citizens' rights to own them.
In just two weeks, the number of companies participating in what has been named the "Firearms Equality Movement," has more than tripled from 34 companies to 118.
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