John Holdren, fascist monster, Obama Administration's science czar

The only way Obama could have picked a bigger monster would be to dig up the bones of Dr. Josef Mengele.  Seriously, if you haven't read through Zombie's report, do so. 

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Oh, this is ever so surprising

Places that voted for Obama seeing lots and lots of porkulus money, those that didn't...not so much. 

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Corruption And Jack Murtha Go Together Like Corruption And Jack Murtha

Sadly, this shithead keeps getting re-elected.

A former executive of a Pennsylvania defense firm with close ties to Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) has agreed to plead guilty to taking bribes from a partner defense company and is cooperating in a federal investigation of Pentagon contracting, records show.

Richard Ianieri, the former president of Coherent Systems International, agreed in court filings to admit that he took $200,000 in bribes from officials at a firm the company hired as a subcontractor. The charges were filed in court Monday and in more detail yesterday afternoon by federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh. They also indicate that Ianieri has consented to pleading guilty to the Pennsylvania charges in federal court in northern Florida, where he had faced unspecified but potentially related charges.

The company that allegedly paid Ianieri the bribes, identified in court filings only as "K," closely resembles Kuchera Defense Systems, which is based in Murtha's congressional district and was a subcontractor to Coherent. Kuchera Defense Systems and its sister company, Kuchera Industries, are under federal investigation for allegations of fraud and overbilling on Defense Department contracts.

Seriously, What. The. Fuck?

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Please Excuse Me While I Don't Give A Flying Fuck

Hey Blue State Fuckylvania dipshits who voted for Hope and Change:

Pay the fuck up, you fucking stupid fucks. You voted for this fucking shit, and now you are going to take it up the ass with a bristle brush to pay for it.

Some of the "bluest" states that propelled Obama into the White House are among those most likely to pay more in taxes to fund expanded health insurance coverage and make other changes to the system, analysts say. People in states such as Illinois, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York have a higher share of wealthier taxpayers and residents who get generous healthcare plans through work -- and both sets of people may be tapped to raise money for the healthcare overhaul.

Moreover, those states have less to gain from a national effort to expand health insurance coverage because their residents already are more likely to have insurance than are Americans as a whole.

Those conclusions by a range of policy analysts may point to future tension in the healthcare debate: Though battle lines so far have been drawn largely in partisan terms, lurking regional divisions could fracture Congress even further.

"New York is going to be asked to pay a lot more taxes, and people in Iowa and Montana will not," said Robert Blendon, a professor of health policy at the Harvard School of Public Health.

My only problem: because of you stupid fucks, my family may have to suffer through shit ass service at thePost Office Style Obama Care  Hope and Change Clinics because of you and your stupidity.

Thanks for the tip.

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What he said

What Steyn said.

I would add a bunch more profanity but yeah, what he said. 

It's been bandied about how the blood sports politics has become is driving out the sane people.  I believe this is the ultimate example of that.  Contra everyone else, I believe that she's done with politics, at least running for office.  Why the hell should she do that?  Why the hell would *anyone* run for national office?  Truly, it's become utterly vile. 

No, I don't think she should have resigned.  But I'm not facing bankruptcy.  I'm not watching my special needs infant be savaged.  (There's a special place in Hell for what some people have been posting and saying about Trig and I don't simply mean Andi)  I'm not watching my teenager daughter have to be a teen mom, a single mom and an international laughing stock.  I'm not having to worry about a son in Iraq and a 14 yo girl be deemed a valid target.  I'm speculating on this, but I would bet that I'm also not having to watch my husband, a good, honorable man, have his damn hands tied and not be able to protect his family against all of the above. 

People are wondering what else is really behind this.  My guess?  The family was falling apart.  Whose wouldn't under all of this?  The reason why people love Palin so freaking hard is because she comes across as a normal human being.  And a normal human being who is in a job that is destroying the family steps back and evaluates whether or not the job is worth it.  Other than the obligation to the voters, how the hell is that job worth it?  If Palin could not be effective as Governor due to the constant ethics complaints, then there is no positive left. 

No, I don't think she should have done it.  Yes, I do think this disqualifies her for higher office.  But I do understand why she would leave.  And I think that says something truly vile about our society and our politics. 

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Shocka! Guess Who Is Funding a Bunch Of The Pro-Obamacare Commercials?

Yup.

What a shock, right?

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You Mean Some Bailout Money Is Being Directed To Politicians' Private Businesses?

I know. Color me shocked.

Sen. Daniel K. Inouye’s staff contacted federal regulators last fall to ask about the bailout application of an ailing Hawaii bank that he had helped to establish and where he has invested the bulk of his personal wealth.

The bank, Central Pacific Financial, was an unlikely candidate for a program designed by the Treasury Department to bolster healthy banks. The firm’s losses were depleting its capital reserves. Its primary regulator, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., already had decided that it didn’t meet the criteria for receiving a favorable recommendation and had forwarded the application to a council that reviewed marginal cases, according to agency documents.

Two weeks after the inquiry from Inouye’s office, Central Pacific announced that the Treasury would inject $135 million.

Most Ethical Congress Ever.

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Photo op

I guess Obama was busy thinking up new ways to tank our economy on Monday. Otherwise, he totally would have been in on this action.

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Screw ABC! (MS)(C)NBC Is The Real State Run Media

Especially when you receive TARP money.

I wonder if, from here on, every show on (MS)(C)NBC should have the message, "I'm Barack Obama, and I approved the message" air before the start of it.

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Some Of Us Are More Equal Than Others

At least in the eyes of the health care debate.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, the chief congressional advocate of taxing some employer-provided benefits to help pay for a $1 trillion overhaul of the U.S. health system, says any change should exempt perks secured in existing collective-bargaining agreements, which can be in place for as long as five years.

The exception, which could make the proposal more politically palatable to Democrats from heavily unionized states such as Michigan, is adding controversy to an already contentious debate. It would shield the 12.4 percent of American workers who belong to unions from being taxed while exposing some other middle-income workers to the levy.

“I can’t think of any other aspect of the individual income tax that treats benefits of different people differently because of who they work for,” said Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute, a Washington research group that often criticizes Democrats’ economic proposals. Edwards said the carve-out “smacks of political favoritism.”

Baucus is proposing to tax Americans whose health insurance is valued at a higher rate than what is offered to federal employees. About 40 percent of insured Americans have costlier benefits, and Baucus has said he is trying to set the level at which taxes would be imposed high enough so fewer people are affected.

Never let it be said that the Democrat Party doesn't listen to its paymasters.

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Call Your Congresscritter!

Here you go. Fuck this piece of shit bill and anybody who votes for it.

Oh, and *gasp*thanks*gasp* to my sister in law.

 

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Shocka! Obama-Care To Be Really, Really Expensive

How expensive?

Lets put that into perspective, the entire 2010 federal budget of the US for 2010 is $3.6 trillion. These plans will cost  $2.7-4.0 trillion dollars, think about what that will do to the buget, the burden that will put on your kids, and grand children. On top of that 64-70 million people will be forced to take the government option.

Yup. This should end well.

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The unholy alliance between Philip Morris and the Obama Administration

Did you know Philip Morris/Altria actually supported Congress and the Obama administration's partial takeover of the tobacco industry?  They did, and they actually been actively lobbying for some sort of regulatory effort like this for years now.  So why are they doing this?

It's because Philip Morris is the largest maker of cigarettes and tobacco products in America, with over 50% market share on US cigarette sales.  They actively supported these regulations because they know they can absorb the costs of these regulations and are able to more effectively lobby in DC to protect themselves, smaller tobacco producers aren't able to so.  It was the smaller tobacco producers that opposed this bill, not Philip Morris.  An example,

One health expert told Slate this bill was “a dream come true for Philip Morris,” in part because the company “protects domination of the market and makes it impossible for potentially competitive products to enter the market.” For one thing, effectively banning advertising won’t hurt Marlboro much, but it will crush smaller brands. And adding government control benefits those companies with the best lobbyists.

So basically, Philip Morris is using DC as a bludgeon against their competitors.

And then of course, after most of Philip Morris' competitors fold or are swallowed up, then most everything is under one corporation's control, which makes it very easy to regulate further, or even ban.  Philip Morris is literally selling the rope with which they'll be hung.  If you smoke or chew any brand that is owned by Philip Morris, and here's a list of some of them,

Marlboro
Virginia Slims
Chesterfield
Parliament
Merit
Basic
Alpine
Cambridge
Bristol
Bucks
Collector's Choice
Commander
L&M
Benson & Hedges
Lark
Players
Saratoga
And any brand under the US Smokeless Tobacco Company, the two biggest are Copenhagen and Skoal

...you may want to consider switching brands.  If tobacco consumers are smart, they'll make Philip Morris pay dearly for this betrayal and their rotten competitive spirit.

What was that line about the merging of corporate and state power, again? 

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Did Obama Step In It Last Night?

Well, check out this video.

Nice to see he wants better care than what we would get.

 

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Nationalize and I'll leave medicine

...says Dr. Sanity.  She makes a good point in this statement,

Let me be clear. I don't believe that people have a "right" to health care; because, what advocating such a "right" basically means is that you believe you have a "right" to my mind; you have a "right" to my professional competence; i.e., you have a "right" to enslave me.

Which is the perfect way to describe socialist medicine, and socialism in general.

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Oh, big fat fucking surprise!

Jimmy Carter is asking Obama to remove Hamas from the list of terrorist organizations.  Carter's been slobbing jihad knob for years now, send his ass to Gaza and make him stay.  So, yeah, it's facecock time*, Jimmah,

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Hugo Chavez Enacts His Own Version Of The Fairness Doctrine

Barry has been overheard saying, "That Chavez guy. I like the cut of his jib."

Chavez on Thursday urged executives at Globovision "to reflect" upon the TV channel's tough anti-government stance — or else the station "won't be on the airwaves much longer."

The socialist leader has threatened Globovision before, demanding sanctions against the channel for its alleged violation of broadcast regulations. Chavez told a crowd of his supporters on Thursday that he "doesn't care" if such a decision were to draw international criticism.

Chavez recently called for sanctions against Globovision, and within a week Venezuela's tax agency slapped the network with a $2.3 million fine, prosecutors charged its president in a probe into alleged fraud and lawmakers began investigating the channel for purportedly joining an anti-government conspiracy.

Broadcast regulators also are investigating Globovision for inciting "panic and anxiety" during its coverage of a minor earthquake last month, when station director Alberto Federico Ravell criticized state television for failing to quickly inform its viewers about the severity of the quake.

Free press and rights groups have condemned the investigation. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists warned against what it called "unwarranted accusations against the press" in Venezuela.

Chavez accused Globovision on Thursday of "poisoning people" and "sowing hate" among Venezuelans. He denied that he's trying to silence critics, telling supporters they "should not allow themselves to be manipulated" by detractors who "accuse the government of persecuting journalists."

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Name That Party! Holocaust Museum Shooter Edition!

Yup.

“The anti-semitism of von Brunn is the first thing one notices when visiting these bizarre websites. However, like those of most “white supremacists”, many of von Brunn’s political views track “Left” rather than “Right.” Clearly, a re-evaluation of these obsolete definitions is long overdue.

For example, he unleashed his hatred of both Presidents Bush and other “neo-conservatives” in online essays. As even some “progressives” such as the influential Adbusters magazine publicly admit, “neoconservative” is often used as a derogatory code word for “Jews”. As well, even a cursory glance at “white supremacist” writings reveals a hatred of, say, big corporations that is virtually indistinguishable from that of anti-globalization activists.

James von Brunn’s advocacy of 9/11 conspiracy theories also gives him an additional commonality with individuals on the far-left.

None of this will surprise readers of Jonah Goldberg’s bestseller Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change , which clearly demonstrates that “fascism” of the kind advocated by the British National Party (BNP) and the likes of James W. von Brunn is just as likely to reflect “leftwing” views as “rightwing” ones.”

Funny. I bet this little tidbit will be all over the news tonight.

Thanks.

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Virginia to Begin Segregating Lesbians In Prison?

Yes! My exhaustive internet research for "women + lesbians+ prison" led to this story, and it is actually newsworthy.

They say dozens were moved in an attempt to split up relationships and curb illegal sexual activity at the 1,200-inmate Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women in Troy. Some straight women were sent to the wing strictly because of their appearance.

Civil rights advocates called the moves unconstitutional punishment for "looking gay."

Fluvanna Warden Barbara Wheeler denied that any housing decisions were made based on looks or sexual orientation, and said doing so would be discriminatory.

Inmates said life in the so-called "butch wing" or "locker room wing" wasn't much different than other units. But both inmates and employees said the unit was locked down more often than others, and the women said they were verbally harassed by staff.

Lawsuits to begin in 3..2..1...

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Under the radar

Carrie Prejean is no longer Miss California, FYI.

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