By Tom Blumer (Bio | Archive)
Mon, 02/22/2010 - 06:45 ET
So in Barack Obama's America, what happens to a person who:
•Served as presidential candidate Barack Obama's regional communications director for Ohio for Change?
•Was also cited as "an Obama spokeswoman in Ohio"?
•Also served as "a campaign spokeswoman" for fleeting presidential candidate Joe Biden in early 2008?
•In October 2008, registered to vote in the Buckeye State, even though she was not a resident, and apparently obtained an early-voting ballot?
•Along with a dozen others, avoided a threatened felony prosecution that month by signing "a form letter asking the Franklin County elections board to pull their names from the rolls."
Why, you get hired by Uncle Sam at what is probably a six-figure salary to be a Transportation Department spokesperson. Isn't that obvious?
Possible Orchestration of Anti-Toyota Campaign Makes DOT Spokesperson's ACORN-y Background 'Very Telling' | NewsBusters.org
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
More People think Elvis is Still Alive than Believe the "Stimulus" Created Jobs!
By Steve Foley - Posted on February 16th, 2010
Tagged: Reporting
•A recent NYT/CBS News poll (#19) reported only 6% of Americans believe stimulus has created jobs.
•Meanwhile, when CBS News polled Americans in 2002 on the 25th anniversary of his death, 7% thought Elvis was still alive.
Here’s Minority Leader Boehner’s statement:
One Year of “Stimulus”: “Taxpayers Aren’t Getting Their Money’s Worth”
“The American people took on record amounts of debt to fund Washington Democrats’ trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ and a year later the nation’s unemployment rate is near 10 percent. Taxpayers aren’t getting their money’s worth from the trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ and struggling families and small businesses are rightly asking ‘where are the jobs?’
“Self-congratulatory ‘stimulus’ spin from this Administration is hopelessly out of touch with reality and has about as much as credibility as prior claims that unemployment wouldn’t exceed eight percent or that jobs would be created ‘immediately.’
“Over the last year, as job losses have continued to mount, the Obama Administration has doubled down on discredited ‘stimulus’ spin. The ‘jobs saved or created’ metric was quietly abandoned last year after it turned out that raises were counted as jobs and jobs were counted that simply didn’t exist. The ‘state-of-the-art’ website designed to track the ‘stimulus’ was also discredited after it depicted spending in dozens of phantom congressional districts. Today, fewer than one in 10 Americans believe the trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ has created jobs.
“The trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ was put together so fast and so secretively that no member of Congress had a chance to read it before it passed, and it shows. Yet, as poorly conceived and badly executed as the trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ was, President Obama and Democrats in Congress still think that Washington is the answer to everything. Democrats’ proposed government takeover of health care is already hurting small businesses by causing additional uncertainty and stifling job creation. The dismal performance of the ‘stimulus’ demonstrates the dangers of allowing Washington to take more control over our economy.
“Americans are asking ‘where are the jobs’ but all they are getting from Washington Democrats is more government, more borrowing, and more debt piled on the backs of our kids and grandkids. Republicans have proposed better solutions to harness the hard work and entrepreneurship of the American people and get our economy moving again.”
Tagged: Reporting
•A recent NYT/CBS News poll (#19) reported only 6% of Americans believe stimulus has created jobs.
•Meanwhile, when CBS News polled Americans in 2002 on the 25th anniversary of his death, 7% thought Elvis was still alive.
Here’s Minority Leader Boehner’s statement:
One Year of “Stimulus”: “Taxpayers Aren’t Getting Their Money’s Worth”
“The American people took on record amounts of debt to fund Washington Democrats’ trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ and a year later the nation’s unemployment rate is near 10 percent. Taxpayers aren’t getting their money’s worth from the trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ and struggling families and small businesses are rightly asking ‘where are the jobs?’
“Self-congratulatory ‘stimulus’ spin from this Administration is hopelessly out of touch with reality and has about as much as credibility as prior claims that unemployment wouldn’t exceed eight percent or that jobs would be created ‘immediately.’
“Over the last year, as job losses have continued to mount, the Obama Administration has doubled down on discredited ‘stimulus’ spin. The ‘jobs saved or created’ metric was quietly abandoned last year after it turned out that raises were counted as jobs and jobs were counted that simply didn’t exist. The ‘state-of-the-art’ website designed to track the ‘stimulus’ was also discredited after it depicted spending in dozens of phantom congressional districts. Today, fewer than one in 10 Americans believe the trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ has created jobs.
“The trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ was put together so fast and so secretively that no member of Congress had a chance to read it before it passed, and it shows. Yet, as poorly conceived and badly executed as the trillion-dollar ‘stimulus’ was, President Obama and Democrats in Congress still think that Washington is the answer to everything. Democrats’ proposed government takeover of health care is already hurting small businesses by causing additional uncertainty and stifling job creation. The dismal performance of the ‘stimulus’ demonstrates the dangers of allowing Washington to take more control over our economy.
“Americans are asking ‘where are the jobs’ but all they are getting from Washington Democrats is more government, more borrowing, and more debt piled on the backs of our kids and grandkids. Republicans have proposed better solutions to harness the hard work and entrepreneurship of the American people and get our economy moving again.”
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
But, isn't Hawaii....?
Well... I found this a day or so ago, and you have to wonder. But when they put something like this at the border...
63% Say Better for Country If Most of Congress Not Reelected
This is from today's Rasmussen Reports.
I have to say that I agree with this, and have been saying this for some time now...
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Most voters think the country would be better off if the majority of the current Congress wasn’t reelected this November, and their confidence in their own congressman continues to fall.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63% of likely voters believe, generally speaking, that it would be better for the country if most incumbents in Congress were defeated this November.
Just 19% disagree and say it would be better if most congressional incumbents were reelected. Another 18% aren’t sure.
The Political Class strongly rejects these views, however. While 78% of Mainstream voters say it would be better for the country if most of the current Congress was turned out of office, 89% of the Political Class think it would be better if most were reelected.
The number of voters nationwide (61%) who give Congress a poor job performance rating is now at its highest level in more than three years. More voters also think most members of Congress are corrupt.
Here is a link to the article on their web page
I have to say that I agree with this, and have been saying this for some time now...
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Most voters think the country would be better off if the majority of the current Congress wasn’t reelected this November, and their confidence in their own congressman continues to fall.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63% of likely voters believe, generally speaking, that it would be better for the country if most incumbents in Congress were defeated this November.
Just 19% disagree and say it would be better if most congressional incumbents were reelected. Another 18% aren’t sure.
The Political Class strongly rejects these views, however. While 78% of Mainstream voters say it would be better for the country if most of the current Congress was turned out of office, 89% of the Political Class think it would be better if most were reelected.
The number of voters nationwide (61%) who give Congress a poor job performance rating is now at its highest level in more than three years. More voters also think most members of Congress are corrupt.
Here is a link to the article on their web page
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Pelosi, in her own words...
Saying that she doesn't care what we think, what we want, what we have repeatedly said... She is going to do whatever it takes to force her will on us...
Can someone explain to me how a $1 Trillion program is going to REDUCE the budget???
Can someone explain to me how a $1 Trillion program is going to REDUCE the budget???
N.L. Premier Williams set to have heart surgery in U.S.
Now, since all the Democrats have been praising Canada's National Healthcare system, and their Politicians come here to have surgery... And it was not even discussed as an option for him to have it there? They say that there will be no rationing of health care, but that sure sounds like what has happened here...
N.L. Premier Williams set to have heart surgery in U.S.
N.L. Premier Williams set to have heart surgery in U.S.
Army-Navy, Just A Game?
Today, Army-Navy Just a Game, Tomorrow It's for Real by David WhitleyShare
Today at 3:12pm
Subject: Today, Army-Navy Just a Game, Tomorrow It's for Real
David Whitley is a national columnist for FanHouse
PHILADELPHIA -- If the NCAA really wants to cure what ails college football,
it should pass one rule. Make every player and fan attend an Army-Navy game.
Maybe they'll get a sense of pride or responsibility or whatever was going
through Alejandro Villanueva's mind Saturday night.
"It's time to hand in the cleats and pick up the rucksack," Army's wide
receiver said.
Cleats you probably know. A rucksack is a backpack, the kind Cadets lug into
battle. As bad as it felt to get beaten 17-3 by Navy, losing the next
skirmish could be much more costly, if not potentially life-threatening.
It will be in Kabul or Kandahar or one of those places that would make even
Ray Lewis tremble. We all know that drill, how kids like Villanueva go off
and serve their country instead of the NFL. We're so used to it that the
Army-Navy game is almost a cliche.
They are long-faded football powers who still get top billing because we owe
them that much. They play hard, they sing each other's alma mater then we
move on to more important things, like who won the Heisman?
Before Saturday, I was for that future No. 1 pick from Nebraska with the
unpronounceable first name. Now I'd vote for Villanueva. You would too if
you had the privilege of experiencing an Army-Navy game.
Army hates losing to Navy worse than Alabama hates losing to Auburn. Navy
hates losing to Army worse than USC hates losing to UCLA. The difference is
players and fans at Lincoln Financial Field can comprehend an actual war.
That's why, unlike the standard Eagles game, you could wear a visitors
jersey Saturday and not have to worry it would end up in a urinal. With you
still in it.
There was no need to worry that your radio antenna would be ripped off your
car because you painted "Go Navy" in shoe polish on the back window. You
could scan the program and see where starters were majoring in things like
Economics, Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering Astronautics.
You could have rubbed your ear as Villanueva discussed walking off the field
for the final time.
"When you do everything you can and leave your guts on the field, it's easy
to hang up the cleats and say 'It's time to move on to bigger and better
things."
There's something bigger than football?
You wouldn't have known it for 3 hours. Navy came in with eight wins and a
bowl bid in hand. It had beaten Army seven straight times by an average
score of 39.1 to 10.1.
But first-year coach Rich Ellerson had squeezed five wins out of the Cadets.
One more and they'd get invited to the Eagle Bank Bowl. The players wanted
it so badly, they were willing to spit up blood.
Army quarterback Trent Steelman (pictured) didn't quite do that, though
Ellerson said his he might have broken a rib in the first half.
"I'm probably not supposed to say that," the coach said. "I'll probably get
sued."
That would be frivolous, and these guys don't do frivolous. The last time
the nation saw them, they were at West Point listening to President Barack
Obama commit 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
They don't ask why, they just do. A big reason they do it is because they
know the guy next to them depends on them. That's why Steelman could turn
toward Villanueva after the game and say something without worrying how it
would sound.
"I love him."
What's not to love? Villanueva may be the first player in college football
history to switch from offensive tackle to wide receiver.
"He didn't know wide receiver from third base," Ellerson said.
Villanueva was 6-foot-10 and almost 300 pounds. But Ellerson noticed he had
a nice stride, good hands and decent speed. He issued new orders to his
captain. A few million down-and-outs later, Army had a leading receiver.
Villanueva had five catches Saturday for 62 yards. He almost had a sixth
catch after Army drove to the Navy's 8-yard line with 2:45 left. But
Steelman's next toss was deflected to Navy's Ram Vela. That killed Army's
last hope of ending the hated streak.
"All I can say is I wish I caught it," Villanueva said. "I wish I could
still be in the game, but it was incomplete."
So was his career. O-for-Navy.
One last time, he walked down and stood in front of the small sea of
gray-suited Cadets and sang Army's alma mater. All the whooping Navy fans
got quiet and took off their hats. Navy's players stood at attention behind
Army.
Then it was the Midshipmen's turn. They ran to the other side of the field,
where thousands of classmates in their dress blues were celebrating. The
band struck "Blue and Gold," and both teams stood at attention.
You just don't get that from "Rocky Top."
If only the entire football season could be more like Saturday afternoon in
Philadelphia. But we have future NFL stars to watch and a BCS title to
decide.
Even if you never make an Army-Navy game, try to remember players like
Villanueva. All they'll be doing is lugging around those rucksacks, making
sure the rest of us can get caught up in bigger and better things.
The Heisman? Before Saturday, I was for that future No. 1 pick from Nebraska with the unpronounceable first name. Now I'd vote for Villanueva. You would too if you had the privilege of experiencing an Army-Navy game.
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