Monday, September 29, 2008
ToDaZeD Disquieting Idea
intent? or opportunism?
I’ve had the feeling that somehow, somewhy we’re being Alinski’ed. After days of MSM screeching about the End of the World, “we’ll all be living in Hoovervilles Obamavilles,” crashcrashcrash!, “Danger Will Robinson!"-ing, I got that ol’ waidaminnithere... feeling. Stuff like this doesn’t help:
Soren Dayton at Red State: [nancy Pelosi] I have an alternative hypothesis: she wanted the bill to fail. I have three pieces of evidence.
...Nancy Pelosi and the House Democrats had a way to win this vote today. Either out of incompetence or strategy, they walked away from that opportunity.
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One of the reasons we need Republicans on this is to keep the left-wing bullshit out of it.
Democrats are willing to keep that out—in exchange for the bipartisan cover provided by Republican votes.
But if Republicans aren’t voting for it, Democrats will have to put all that ACORN shit in again to bribe their utraliberal minority members.
Which is what they’re now promising to do. ...
I’m real clear that I’m in over my head on this - despite reading up on it obsessively. As over my head as Uh-bama at a real job. Still, I get these funny hits off all the hysteria. Serious threats oughtn’t to have such attendant hysteria—or, more realistically, the difference between the hysterics and those discussing serious business in a serious manner ought to be much more clearly discernible.
Just Me™?
uhm... yeah...
...things that make us go hmm duh d’oh!
From the Blogfodder:
A READER AT A MAJOR NEWSROOM EMAILS: “Off the record, every suspicion you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true. We have a team of 4 people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 in arizona. Not a single one looking into Acorn, Ayers or Freddiemae. Editor refuses to publish anything that would jeopardize election for O, and betting you dollars to donuts same is true at NYT, others. People cheer when CNN or NBC run another Palin-mocking but raising any reasonable inquiry into obama is derided or flat out ignored. The fix is in, and its working.” I asked permission to reprint without attribution and it was granted.
Thank You, Nancy
for being the dumbest box of hammers gavels we evah done see’d
Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said he believed that a speech Pelosi gave angered a dozen Republicans who intended to vote for the bill. “They were there reluctantly, and it didn’t take much to turn them off,"
“When was the last time anyone ever asked you for $700 billion?’’ whaa? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) asked the House near the close of debate Monday.
“It’s a staggering figure.... $700 billion, a staggering number, but only a part of the cost of the failed Bush economic policies to our country,’’ whaaaaa? Pelosi said, blaming Bush for inheriting a budget surplus whaaaaa? and turning it into a record deficit with “ reckless economic policies.... “It’s really an anything goes mentality, no regulation, no supervision, no discipline.” whaaaaaaaaa?!? In a D-controlled, “ most open and honest Congress in history,” for the chiiiiildren???!!
“And if you fail, you will have a golden parachute, and the government will bail you out,’’ Pelosi said. “Those days are over. The party is over.’’ well it is *now*
Sunday, September 28, 2008
If yer gonna be near Flah-ridda soon....
this oughta be great
I am very happy to announce the opening of my first photography exhibit. During my travels I have taken thousands of photos, only a small portion of which have been published. Some of these images will be on public view for the first time when Picture Perfect Frame Shop in Lakeland, Florida, hosts the Moment of Truth in Iraq Photo Exhibit. From September 25 to November 8, the gallery will feature forty images which have been specially prepared for this event. All images will be available for purchase, along with copies of my books Moment of Truth in Iraq and Danger Close. The proceeds will help fund my work in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Although I will be in Afghanistan, I cordially welcome everybody who can make it. If you’re in the Central Florida area, please come see the exhibit. It will really mean a lot to me.
Michael Yon
Picture Perfect Frame Shops, Inc.
4525 South Florida Avenue, Suite 28
Lakeland, Fl 33813
863-644-9951Grand Opening on September 25 starting at 9:00 a.m.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
ToDaZeD Coveted Endorsement
oh yeah!
Look, Uh-Bambi - more bitter clingers who can kick your a$$.
[Yes - I meant Mikey]
Maybe she's *not* such a fluffpuff....
or maybe, mining for obsidian, she bumped into gold
COURIC: What is your favorite movie of all time?
McCAIN: “Viva Zapata.” It’s a movie made by Elia Kazan. It was one of the trilogy of “A Streetcar Named Desire” and “On the Waterfront” and “Viva Zapata.” Marlon Brando stars in it. He plays Zapata.
It’s a heroic tale of a person who sacrificed everything for what he believed in, and there’s some of the most moving scenes in that movie that I’ve ever seen. And one of them is he gets married—the night of his wedding night—he gets up and he and Jean Peters are in their hotel room—this little room and she says “what’s the matter?”
And he says, “I gotta go to Mexico City tomorrow. I’ve gotta be with Pancho Villa and Madero and these people.” He says “I can’t read.” And she reaches over and takes the Bible from the table and opens it up and starts, “In the beginning.” You know, it’s a great scene. It’s great, and there’s many others that are wonderful too, especially when he dies—when he gives everything for his country and what he believes in.
...
OBAMA: Oh, I think it would have to be “The Godfather,” One and two. Three not so much. So-so, but that, that saga I love that movie.
COURIC to Obama: Do you have a favorite scene?
OBAMA: Love, love those movies. I—you know—so many of them. I think my favorite has to be—you know, the opening scene of the first Godfather where ... the caretaker comes in and, you know, Marlon Brando is sitting there and he’s saying “you disrespected me. You know and now you want a favor.”
You know it sets the tone for the whole movie. Now there --
COURIC: And all hell breaks lose, right?
OBAMA: Yeah, right. I mean there’s this combination of old world gentility and, you know, ritual with this savagery underneath. It’s all about family. So it’s a great movie.
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He had me at "But really, it isn't."
don’t complicate the crap outta straightforward stuff
...in 2005 Alan Greenspan told Congress how urgent it was for it to act in the clearest possible terms: If Fannie and Freddie “continue to grow, continue to have the low capital that they have, continue to engage in the dynamic hedging of their portfolios, which they need to do for interest rate risk aversion, they potentially create ever-growing potential systemic risk down the road,” he said. “We are placing the total financial system of the future at a substantial risk.”
...But the bill didn’t become law, for a simple reason: Democrats opposed it on a party-line vote in the committee, signaling that this would be a partisan issue. Republicans, tied in knots by the tight Democratic opposition, couldn’t even get the Senate to vote on the matter.
...It is a classic case of socializing the risk while privatizing the profit. ...Now that the collapse has occurred, the roadblock built by Senate Democrats in 2005 is unforgivable. Many who opposed the bill doubtlessly did so for honorable reasons. Fannie and Freddie provided mounds of materials defending their practices. Perhaps some found their propaganda convincing.
But we now know that many of the senators who protected Fannie and Freddie, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd, have received mind-boggling levels of financial support from them over the years.
...Senator John McCain was one of the three cosponsors of S.190, the bill that would have averted this mess.
Full Disclosure: Kevin Hassett, director of economic-policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, is a Bloomberg News columnist. He is an adviser to Republican Senator John McCain…
Still - it’s worth consideration.
all depends on whose ox is being Gored...
Bad ox! Bad!!
Where is Al Gore when you need him? Three years ago, the former vice president blasted “digital brownshirts” who “harass and hector any journalist who is critical of the president.” He meant the mortal threat to the Republic of bloggers and angry Republican e-mailers. But times change, and the digital legions are greater nowadays on Mr. Gore’s side. Thus we don’t hear much fretting at all about the Obama Action Wire, which, unlike the brownshirts of yore, is actually managed by Barack Obama’s campaign to muzzle critical media.
ToDaZeD Jaw Drop
and quote of the day
Colorado, where 11-year-old Daxx Dalton ... has been suspended for refusing to remove a homemade t-shirt that reads: “Obama is a terrorist’s best friend.” Dalton’s suspension was reportedly for willful disobedience and defiance, not for wearing the shirt. ...
Dann Dalton, Daxx’s father, told MyFOXColorado.com that the school is making a mistake by suspending his son and that he intends to sue the district. “It’s the public school system,” he said. “Let’s be honest, it’s full of liberal loons."
E. Christopher Murray… the president of the New York chapter of the Civil Liberties Union sent the Law Blog the following in an e-mail: “The wearing of this t-shirt can only be prohibited if it could cause a risk of material disruption at the school… this case clearly seems to be an illegal curtailment of this student’s rights."
Country First?
he said/he said
These a-holes couldn’t make a sane judgement if our lives depended on it. sheesh.
oh… wait....
September 24, 2008 Tomorrow morning, I will suspend my campaign and return to Washington after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative. I have spoken to Senator Obama and informed him of my decision and have asked him to join me.
From Obama’s Minnesota spokesman Nick Kimball:
“At 8:30 this morning, Senator Obama called Senator McCain to ask him if he would join in issuing a joint statement outlining their shared principles and conditions for the Treasury proposal and urging Congress and the White House to act in a bipartisan manner to pass such a proposal. At 2:30 (ET) this afternoon, Senator McCain returned Senator Obama’s call and agreed to join him in issuing such a statement. The two campaigns are currently working together on the details."
Gamed.
*sigh*
I was wondering… Now I know.
[yeah - it’s kinda inside CA politics, but remember, “as goes California, so goes the nation."]
The Scent of Rat Floats Gently Down The Street
bein’ had?
Not that I comprehend this situation to any sufficient degree—but I got Red Flags shooting up like fireworks from styrofoam Greek-esque columns.
Peruse these articles and see what you think.
But far from saving the economy, there is ample evidence that the March bailout of Bear Stearns’ creditors simply prolonged, postponed and added to the pain.
This is because “moral hazard,”—the ability to take risks knowing that someone will bail you out—was increased, and firms didn’t make the hard choices about restructuring.
...And in a recent paper presented at the prestigious Jackson Hole Symposium held by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, professors from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the University of Frankfurt conclude that, “Given the characteristics of the markets where Bear Stearns operated, it is quite possible that...no contagion would have occurred."
Here’s a leedle more background on He Who Would Become The King
By Robert Novak: [10.1.2007]
...Although Paulson was a generous Republican contributor and prodigious Bush fundraiser (over $100,000) in the 2004 cycle, his earlier political giving was more varied. He contributed to Bill Clinton in 1992, Democrat Bill Bradley’s 2000 presidential campaign, the feminist Emily’s List and Wall Street’s favorite Democrat, Chuck Schumer. Most of the Paulson family’s Democratic contributions come from the secretary’s wife, Wendy, who has supported Hillary Clinton.
All this was known to Bush in May 2006 when he tapped Paulson as a Treasury chief who would command respect on Wall Street. It should be no surprise then that he is regarded in his own administration as less a true Republican secretary than a transition to the next Democratic Treasury...
The above is recommended reading - waay more info.
Dubya is in danger of having a very long lasting legacy. And my kids - and yours - who are gonna have to pay for it are getting pissed.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
ToDaZeD Mental Image Of The WEEK!
carry it with you
Obama: [Audacity of a Dope Hope]
"I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views."
He seems vapid and hesitant because he’s never really sure if the answer he’s giving is the right one. He’s worried that his minders are going to have to turn him around so he can explain away any “inartful” statements. Think of it like this: every time Obama says “uh” on camera, what he’s really doing is flinching from the possibility that his campaign manager, David Plouffe, is going to whack him on the nose with a newspaper. Again. Hence the stutter.
Gabriel Malor, Stand up and Let ‘em see ya!!
60 Minutes - pfaff -- Updated & Bumped
can. not. watch.
So instead, I’ve been reading The Case Against Barack Obama - the unlikely rise and unexamined agenda of the media’s favorite candidate. Interesting stuff.
David Freddoso first goes through The One’s rise in and acquiescence to Chicago politics—names like Emil Jones, Richard Daley, John Stroger, Todd Stroger, Alice Palmer, Forrest Claypool.... I still haven’t gotten to the part where Freddosso lists Uh-bama’s accomplishments at comuuuunity organizer...
Then Freddoso goes through the odd circumstances and bit of luck that actually led to Obama’s win in the early caucuses [Hillary was no body’s second choice] and on to his voting records as compared to his claims of being a “reformer.” Which he seems to be - if by “reformer” you mean “guy who votes the strict party/machine line.
After a discussion of the absurd cult-of-personality Obamessiah phenom, Freddosso goes into some things I had missed, for instance:
Obama wants—and has effectively voted—to abolish secret-ballot elections in the workplace when employees determine whether to unionize. This is a gift long sought by union organizers who have watched their ranks deplete over the years as private sector unions become less relevant to workers.
[110th Congress 1st session, roll call vote no. 227 June 26 2007]
Every assertion is footnoted to the source. I like that. Kinda dispels the notion that this is a an author passing off fiction as biography, duddn’t it?
I also found interesting Obama’s recollection of “just
Frank” - Frank Marshall Davis, black poet and Communist whose presence got the charter revoked from the Hawaii chapter of the NAACP. In Audacity, Obama quotes [or recreates] his conversation with “Frank” after the incident when his Grandmother was, in the fashion of the “typical white person,” so effected by the black man on the street. Obama sought Frank’s council on the matter. Obama’s grandfather and Frank were buddies who would sit, converse, sip whiskey and enlist the help of young Obama to create dirty limericks.
[Your grandfather] can’t know me, not the way I know him. maybe some of those Hawaiians can, or the Indians on the reservation. They’ve seen their fathers humiliated. Their mothers desecrated. But your grandfather will never know what that feels like. That’s why he can come over here and drink my whiskey and fall asleep in that chair you’re sitting in right now. Sleep like a baby. See that’s something I can never do in his house. Never. Doesn’t matter how tired I get, I still have to watch myself. I have to be vigilant, for my own survival ... [snip in Freddosso] What I’m trying to tell you is your grandma’s right to be scared. She’s at least as right as Stanley [grandfather] is. She understands black people have a reason to hate. That’s just how it is. For your sake, I wish it were otherwise. But it’s not. So you might as well get used to it.
I guess he learned well from Frank the divisiveness of “typical white people.”
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Yet More:
Looking up the above vote I ran across this bit of data:
Barack Obama has missed 295 votes (45.9%) during the current Congress.
Barack Obama has voted with a majority of his Democratic colleagues 96.0% of the time during the current Congress. This percentage does not include votes in which Obama did not vote.
Yeesh - someday, instead of banging on endlessly about the creepy crap the oppo has done, I’ll be able to write glowingly about the terrific and *cough* hopeful policies that my favorite candidate has just proposed.
[... yeah.. I know… don’t wake me up just yet, ‘k?]
Amazing. My tiny moronblog has been monitored *cough* by the Obamathugs. I’m ...honored.
brb *quick shower* *checks locks* Ok - what was I saying?
For a ...refutation of the claim that “Frank Marshall Davis… whose presence got the charter revoked from the Hawaii chapter of the NAACP” [which info I got from Freddosso] see comments to this post.
Therein also find one of the dumbest statements ever about what America “professed to be” and communist tools. Authored by an actual communist tool. Who claims to be “Frank’s” offspring. ‘mazin’...
Biden: Throwing *Himself* Under The Bus?
helluva feat, Uh-Bambi...
Lends credence to the InterToob rumor that Biden will somehow disappear to be replaced by ???????? . Even El Rushbo is discussing it. ...perhaps as a means to pre-empt the move?
Do they really think folks won’t question the Judgement of a candidate who picked an a$$hat who likes the flavor of his Florsheims? do they really fear the PUMAs that much? Or think the loss will be covered by the potential gain?
Astounding.
OR *clicky*clicky*
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