OBAMA & DEMS IN 2005: 51 VOTE ‘NUCLEAR OPTION’ IS ‘ARROGANT’ POWER GRAB AGAINST THE FOUNDER’S INTENT
In this video from 2005 you will view leading Dems pontificating about the so called Senate "Nuclear Option", otherwise known as "reconciliation"; a rarely employed tactic to stifle filibuster and allow for a simple majority to prevail. The Dems are singing a very different tune today and refuse to rule out use of the tactic to ram through their monstrous health care bill.
The special election to fill the Ted Kennedy U.S. Senate Seat will be held January 19, 2010. We strongly urge everyone who is fed up with Democrat/Liberal machine politics in Boston and Washington to come to the polls on that Tuesday and cast a vote for Scott Brown. About the man and his beliefs:
State Senator Scott Brown has led the fight in Massachusetts against wasteful government spending and higher taxes. He is a free-market advocate who believes our strength as a nation flows from its people. He believes in a culture of family, patriotism and freedom. At his September 12 announcement of candidacy for the U.S. Senate, Senator Brown articulated a core set of beliefs that guide his thinking.
Government is too big and that the federal stimulus bill made government bigger instead of creating jobs
Taxes are too high and are going higher if Congress continues with its out-of-control spending
The historic amount of debt we are passing on to our children and grandchildren is immoral
Power concentrated in the hands of one political party, as it is here in Massachusetts, leads to bad government and poor decisions
A strong military and vigorous homeland defense will protect our interests and security around the world and at home
All Americans deserve health care, but we shouldn't have to create a new government insurance program to provide it
Amazing that in a Bay State dominated by leftists a conservative has come within striking distance of victory against Martha Coakley, the robotic candidate in lockstep with the Obama,Reid, Pelosi, and Patrick agenda.
We've dumped Dodd in Connecticut and Dorgan in North Dakota; now let's continue the momentum towards turning our nation back from the disastrous course set by Obama & Co.
Police Officer James Crowley is a class act.Below is the officer's press conference following the beer picnic. He is the consummate professional and I suspect we will be seeing much more of him. "Joe the Plumber" rose to fame in an earlier episode of Obama dumbspeak; now welcome Sgt James Crowley to national prominence.
Sgt. Crowley garnered much support from his collegues in the Cambridge P.D., including officer Kelly King, pictured below; and, Sgt Leon K. Lashley who found himself embroiled in the controversy by being at the scene of the arrest of Prof. Gates. (video below)
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There is an interesting sidelight to the Obama-Gates-Police controversy. We are reminded of Obama's presence in Cambridge MA over 20 years ago while a student at Harvard. The Somerville (MA) News reported on March 7, 2007:
Before Barack Obama was a United States senator and a presidential hopeful, he was a Harvard University law student living in Somerville who parked in bus stops and accumulated hundreds of dollars in parking tickets. And for nearly two decades those parking tickets went unpaid, until a representative of Obama’s settled all his outstanding debts with Cambridge’s Traffic, Parking and Transportation Department Jan. 26.
Obama attended Harvard Law School from 1988 to 1991. During his time at Harvard, Obama lived at 365 Broadway in Somerville, according to his parking tickets. Records from the Cambridge Traffic, Parking and Transportation office show that between Oct. 5, 1988 and Jan. 12, 1990 Obama was cited for 17 traffic violations, sometimes committing two in the same day. The abuses included parking in a resident permit area, parking in a bus stop and failing to pay the meter. Twelve of Obama’s 17 tickets were given to him on Massachusetts Avenue.
In one eight day stretch in 1988, Obama was cited seven times for parking violations and was fined $45. Thirteen of the 17 violations occurred within one month in 1988.
Obama’s disobedience of the rules of the road earned him $140 in fines from the City of Cambridge. The tickets went unpaid for over 17 years and $260 in late fees were added to the tab. On Jan. 26, the fines and late fees were paid in full. The final tally for Obama’s parking breaches was $400, according to Cambridge Traffic, Parking and Transportation.
One wonders if Barack Obama's previous encounters with Cambridge authorities predisposed him, in the Gates case, to speak out rashly, and by his own admission, without" knowing all the facts". Obama's propensity to flout the law manifests even today in his unwillingness to prove his eligibility to hold his office and his refusal to reveal much of anything about his past (i.e college records, early writings etc) except what he allows us to know from his published memoirs.
Obama has described as "stupidity" the actions of Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley in the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates. Prof. Gates, accompanied by a friend, was attempting to break into his own house, which activity a passerby interpreted as an attempted burglary prompting a call to the police. What happened next is described in the police report. (PDF)
In the video below Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas supports Sgt Crowley and takes questions from the press:
At the website "The Root" where Gates is Editor-in-Chief, Gates is interviewed:
Henry Louis Gates Jr.: I’m outraged. I can’t believe that an individual policeman on the Cambridge police force would treat any African-American male this way, and I am astonished that this happened to me; and more importantly I’m astonished that it could happen to any citizen of the United States, no matter what their race. And I’m deeply resolved to do and say the right things so that this cannot happen again.
Of course, it will happen again, but … I want to do what I can so that every police officer will think twice before engaging in this kind of behavior.... (read more)
As to settling the matter over a beer as proposed by Obama and agreed to apparently by Gates and Crowley, a commenter at The Root opines:
"I don't want to hear the rants and or ravings of an idiot like Skippy Gates or Obama and how either of them thinks they can teach me anything about racism. I stopped listening long ago. They are both out of touch completely. Obama needs to get back to trying to solve the country's real problems. And I am sorry but race isn't high on the list....Now we have to hear about how an insignificant nerd with an over indulgent opinion of self is going to sit down and drink alchohol to solve the world's racism problems. Can this country get anymore ludicrous? When has alchohol ever solved anything?...Here's a couple of guys who are so used to having a captive audience of yes men and now they're convinced the rest of the world works that way. Skippy.....if you want to change the world, you just blew your best opportunity to be a vehicle for that change. Public opinion just passed you by. Sarge......if you fall into this trap it will be one of the saddest days in American history. Sargeant.....you are being set up. Be the bigger man by TURNING DOWN the invitation to partake in this scam."
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Voodoo Economicsactually Works; Obama Care Never! They're gonna Rham it down our throats! This will be almost impossible to undo once Obama the Destroyer is gone.
This surprise comes from the pen of Chris Muir who produces Day by Day Cartoon:
Here's an earlier view of Biker Sarah:
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On last evening's Leno Barack Obama made a lame joke attempt referencing Special Olympics by way of explaining his ineptness at bowling. Cognitively impaired Special Olympics bowler Kolan McConiughey would like to take on Obama in the alley! He'll tear him up! By the way, isn't Obama cognitively disabled when he is without his Teleprompter?
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - The top bowler for the Special Olympics looks forward to meeting President Barack Obama in an alley.
"He bowled a 129. I bowl a 300. I could beat that score easily," Michigan's Kolan McConiughey (KO-lahn Mc-KAHNA-he) told The Associated Press in an interview Friday.
The athletic-minded president made an offhand remark Thursday on "The Tonight Show" comparing his weak bowling to "the Special Olympics or something." He quickly apologized and told the Special Olympics chairman he wants to have some of its athletes visit the White House to bowl or play basketball.
McConiughey, who is mentally disabled, is just the bowler for the job. He's bowled five perfect games since 2005.
The 35-year-old McConiughey has been bowling since he was 8 or 9. His advice for Obama? Practice every day.
Kolan McConiughey is shown at Colonial Lanes in Ann Arbor, Mich., Friday March 20, 2009. McConiughey, who is cognitively impaired, has bowled five perfect games since 2005. President Barack Obama made an offhand remark on "The Tonight Show" Thursday comparing his bowling to "the Special Olympics or something." He quickly apologized and told the Special Olympics chairman he wants to have some Special Olympic athletes visit the White House to bowl or play basketball. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Tags: jay leno,barack obama,special olympics,bowling,cognitive impairment,teleprompter,teleprompter blog,mr burgess,
Mr. No by Chris Muir at Day by Day Cartoon Tags: chris muir,cay by day cartoon,conservative punk,john galt,ayn Rand,casino gambling,chris matthews,barack obama,tingly feeling,stimulus trillions,
Mr Obama has told Republicans in Washington to stop listening to the right-wing talk show host Rush Limbaugh, risking a new culture war with conservative voters..... After less than a week in office, Mr Obama's presidency is already encountering the very partisan bickering he had pledged to stamp out during his first 100 days....
He... told (Republican House leaders)... to break free of the confrontational mindset epitomised by Mr Limbaugh, the highest paid talk show host in America. "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done," Mr Obama said.... His comments followed a blunt attack on him by Mr Limbaugh, who declared on air that he hoped Mr Obama would fail as president because otherwise it will usher in socialism.
What Limbaugh actually said:
"“So yes, I would hope he would succeed if he acts like Reagan. But if he’s going to do FDR — if he’s going to do The New New Deal all over, which we will call here The Raw Deal — why would I want him to succeed? Look, he’s my president. The fact that he is historic is irrelevant to me now. It matters not at all. If he is going to implement a far-left agenda... Look, I think it’s already decided: a $2 trillion in stimulus? The growth of government? I think the intent here is to create as many dependant Americans as possible looking to government for their hope and salvation. If he gets nationalized health care, I mean, it’s over, Sean. We’re never going to roll that back. That’s the end of America as we have known it, because that’s then going to set the stage for everything being government owned, operated, or provided. Why would I want that to succeed? I don’t believe in that. I know that’s not how this country is going to be great in the future; it’s not what made this country great. So I shamelessly say, “No! I want him to fail.” If his agenda is a far-left collectivism — some people say socialism — as a conservative heartfelt, deeply, why would I want socialism to succeed? “
The day is surely drawing near! Obamassiah has mounted the Democrat donkey and is approaching the Holy City for his triumphal entry! The countdown continues! Will the ball descend in Times Square? I don't know. TV hosts are breathless. They're fawning over Obambi, the Young Prince. It's quite sickening, actually..... From DummieFunnies
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Bernardine Dohrn for Attorney General: Regarding Barack Obama's choices for various positions in his administration, William Ayers had this to say: (12/27/08)...
"I would have picked (Linda) Darling-Hammond (for Education Secretary), but then again I would have picked Noam Chomsky for state, Naomi Klein for defense, Bernardine Dohrn for Attorney General, Bill Fletcher for commerce, James Thindwa for labor, Barbara Ransby for human services, Paul Krugman for treasury, and Amy Goodman for press secretary. So what do I know?"
Bernardine Dohrn, September 1969.
Social Security: The Greatest Ponzi Scheme: Dr. Walter E. Williams said on the Rush Limbaugh program today: (123108)
"Social Security is a ponzi scheme identical to Madoff's. Rather than generate wealth through productive investments, both schemes transfer wealth from newer investors to older investors."
Bobby Rush, Illinois Congressman and former Black Panther, plays the race card:
"Let me just remind you that there presently is no African-American in the U.S. Senate ... I will ask you to not hang and lynch the appointee as you try to castigate the appointer. I don't think that anyone -- any U.S. senator who's sitting in the Senate right now -- wants to go on record to deny one African-American for being seated in the U.S. Senate."
"The president of the United States now for 50 years is followed at all times, 24 hours a day, by a military aide carrying a football that contains the nuclear codes that he would use and be authorized to use in the event of a nuclear attack on the United States." "He could launch the kind of devastating attack the world has never seen."He doesn't have to check with anybody. He doesn't have to call the Congress. He doesn't have to check with the courts. He has that authority because of the nature of the world we live in."
(Vice-President Cheney-Dec 21,2008) Awesome power to be passing on to a rookie!
In an interview yesterday on Fox News Sunday Cheney "mocked Vice President-elect Joe Biden's grasp of the Constitution, defended former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and said President Bush 'doesn't have to check with anybody' before launching a nuclear attack."
The Vice-President was combative and unapologetic regarding the Bush administration's vigorous actions which have kept the nation free from further attack these eight years.
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From Day by Day Cartoons by Chris Muir: Tags: nsdap,nazi,parsing,just words,democrats,obama words,obama promises,chris muir,barack obama,nationalization,socialism
We have all heard the saying "Good things (or bad) come in threes". Commentator Janet at Texasdarlin' has this idea: You know how things sometimes happen in threes?
1. OJ finally gets it. 2. Casey Anthony finally gets it. 3. Obama ………………………………………. We've added some illustrations:
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