An Unfortunate Outburst of Intense Patriotism

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Sunday, February 22, 2009

OBAMA TO THE RESCUE

Time for some parody: OBAMA TO THE RESCUE With apologies to LaVern Baker, who wrote “Jim Dandy,” and to Black Oak Arkansas, who made a hit out of it (Screechy female voice:) He’s my Obama! Chorus: Obama to the rescue! Obama to the rescue! Obama to the rescue! (Screechy female voice:) Go, Obama! Go,... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

President Obama Rejects Proposal to Tax Mileage

I promised to commend the President when he does right, and here’s an example. From an AP story at http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090221/D96FKPMG0.html: Obama nixes plan to tax motorists on mileage Feb 20, 7:37 PM (ET) By JOAN LOWY WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Friday rejected his... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 20, 2009

Should We Always Take the Advice of Foreign Leaders?

One of the most repeated condemnations of the Bush Administration’s foreign policy was that he didn’t listen enough to what the leaders of other countries wanted us to do. To take that at face value, the Left holds the advice of foreign leaders in high esteem. Well, gaw-aw-lee and shazayam! Does... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 19, 2009

When is a Cartoon Racist?

The New York Post ran a cartoon recently that has drawn fire for allegedly racist overtones. It was a typical political cartoon’s head-on collision between entirely unrelated news stories – the Porkukus bill and the berserk chimp. It depicts the chimp, shot dead, with the cops speculating that "now... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Attorney General Holder: US “A Nation of Cowards” on Racial Matters

The new attorney general has wasted no time in establishing a record of outspokenness. Excerpted from an AP story at http://home.peoplepc.com/psp/newsstory.asp?cat=TopStories&referrer=welcome&id=20090218/499ba3e0_3ca6_15526200902181546156147: WASHINGTON - Eric Holder, the nation's first black... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Senator Admits to Not Having Read Porkulus Bill Before Voting on It

My Senator, Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) made this confession to a local radio station today. Incredibly, he claimed that his staffers had read the bill and informed him prior to his vote.?????????? I see - his staffers read over 1,400 pages of convuluted legalese, containing hundreds of clauses and... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Kid’s Health Care Program Funded by Smoking that Stimulus Wants to Cut

While national attention was focused on the President’s Porkulus bill, more legislation was passed and signed into law. And there is a massive contradiction between the two. Local talk show host Maggie Thurber pointed out this glaring problem in her weekly column in the Toledo Free Press. The entire... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Bubba Contradicts Shrillary on Right of Dissent?

Remember Shrillary’s impassioned screech in 2003 when she claimed was being denied her right to disagree with President Bush? Here it is: “ I am sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and you disagree with this administration, somehow you're not patriotic, and we should stand up and... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

The Obama Economy: The Enforcing of Failure

An article at the American Thinker website at http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/02/how_to_wreck_the_american_econ.html nails the flaws in President Obama’s economic plans with startling accuracy. The author, Steve McCann, points out something rather interesting: What Obama and his fellow far-left... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Geithner Calls for New Accountability, Transparency Standards

Yes, that Geithner, our Secretary of the Treasury. The first of at least three tax cheats what President Obama wanted for his cabinet. With Geithner’s background of tax fraud, why should anyone give him the slightest credibility when he wants accountability from anyone else? Sign in to see full entry.

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