Sunday Morning News and Notes

NFL picks to follow.

Here's the news:

-Sarah Palin knocks 'em dead at the Gridiron Dinner. The loud and rambunctious Barney Frank was overshadowed; a news event in itself.

-The Inquirer dutifully tells us that Corzine's loss in New Jersey had nothing to do with Obama even though it had a great deal to do with Obama.

-When even Trudy Rubin notes the Obama plan for Af-Pak is going to be construed as weak, you know it's a sign of weakness. Will someone please alert Greg Sheridan.

-Dude, the Tiger Woods story just get nastier and nastier. Why even get married?

-Montgomery Burns had a nice election in NYC and it didn't cost him a penny. No word on what Smithers said about it.

-Dana Milbank, Obama love and broken hopes. The media is inconsolable that the savior of their collective dreams is not exactly what he seemed.

Tuesday Night News and Notes

How y'all doin'?

Here's what's up:

-Barney Fwank gets punk'd by a Harvard student.

-Un-American activities at a school I attended for 3-years.

-No one fisks like Tim Blair.

-The Congressional Black Caucus praises Fidel Castro. Old loony Barbara Lee was happy but Bobby Rush was effusive saying "It was almost like listening to an old friend". I guess if your "old friend's" are murdering commies, it is.

-We can always count on the Aussies.

-Hey, the Muslims are happy. You wouldn't like them when they're not.

-The Vice Gaffer tries to explain the administrations issues with calling the War on Terror "War on Terror" and fails miserably.

The Sad State of the US Media

The liberal media in the US is still in the throes of Obamania and it looks as though it won't end soon although we've seen some come to heir senses.

Here we have two examples. Firts we have Hardball where Chris Matthews is owned by Ari Fleischer. Second, we have Andrea Mitchell actually apologizing to Barney Frank for reporting on Obama nominee's tax problems. My goodness, the media reporting that the nominee for Treasury Secretary didn't pay taxes when he will run the IRS is a reason to plead guilty.

Oy.

It's going to be a long four years, folks.

Signing An Entire Generation Away

Barack Obama today signed the single largest bill ever and one that by many accounts will accomplish very little. Claudia Rosett notes that he has broken yet another of his campaign promises:

Today, Obama returned to Denver, and with elaborate ceremony signed the $787 billion “stimulus” bill passed last Friday by Congress, which runs to more than 1,070 pages. That left fewer than 96 hours between passage and signing (thus also violating his promise about posting legislation for five days on the internet before signing, to allow for transparency and comment).

When did Obama even find time to skim this monster bill? Let alone go through it “line by line?”

Obama enjoyed an intervening weekend heavy on R&R. Carbon-emissions-notwithstanding (personally I don’t care how much carbon he emits, but Obama wants all the rest of us to sacrifice on this front), on Friday Obama flew with his family and entourage to Chicago, where he helicoptered in from the airport, to spend time at his Chicago mansion and — as The New York Times put it — see a few friends and “reconnect to the rest of the country.”

Today marks the day that we as a country sentenced our grandchildren to a life of paying for our collective sins. we spent when we didn't have it and allowed a government to pass legislation that allowed encouraged business to run roughshod over the populace. But we citizens didn't exactly curb ourselves and we now face the result.

The problem I have is that we suffer no consequences; Barney Frank and Chris Dodd colluded with Fannie Mae and Countrywide respectfully allowing them to grant loans that should have been denied. Business doesn't suffer because they've gotten a bailout but we the people get essentially nothing from this bill unless you are a lobbyist or a union member.

The correct action should have been to do nothing or at the very most a stimulus package based on tax cuts and basic spending. Call it our penitence for irresponsible behavior. Anyone with kids knows that they learn a hell of alot more responsibility when they have to suffer then when they get exactly what they wanted when they performed the bad behavior in the first place.

American government and it's citizens needed to be grounded or at the very least been issued a timeout; instead we were rewarded for our bad behavior big time.

The Top Ten News Stories of 2008

It's been a weird year to say the least. One in which history was made on several fronts while issues that were paramount twelve months ago have gone by the wayside.

Here's my list of top stories.

10. The Mumbai Terror Attacks
A small group of Islamic zealots attacked a train station, a Jewish center (where they tortured the Jews) and two hotels and held one of India's most important cities hostage for days. This incident showed once again how a small group of motivated Muslim terrorists can attain maximum news coverage and kill the maximum amount of people including women and children to attain their goals. The repercussions have yet to be completely felt as India and Pakistan are in a hostile mode still.

9. The Irrelevance of Environmentalism/Global Warming Hysteria
Last year at this time, the global warming alarmist's were looking as if they were going to win; they had a huge majority of people convinced that the Earth is getting warmer and it is either the fault of the human race as a whole or the US in particular. Then gasoline hit $4.00 per gallon and every one's sense of environmentalism was tossed to the side of the road. "Drill baby drill" became the rallying cry. Add to that the record low temps experienced in Southern California, Las Vegas and parts of Europe and the words of Al Gore seem to have lost much of their urgency. Global warming has been disproved to all except the worshippers at the altar of Gaia.

8. The Mortgage Meltdown
A recession was already in the offing but the financial crisis got infinitely deeper when many established firms were rocked by a sudden drop in housing prices and foreclosures. Government sponsored entities Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were shown to have been the main contributors along with inane government policies implemented by the likes of Barney Frank and Chris Dodd. Because of their policies, corporations that were big players for a hundred years suddenly ceased existing.

7. Obama Beats Hillary
He started in Iowa and gained traction before crossing the finish line on vapors. Fueled by enormous donations and former Clinton cronies who bailed on Hillary when they saw the wind blowing in Obama's direction, BHO delivered several knock-out blows. His campaign used the race card expertly and that card trumped the sexism card in the end. Amazingly, the media dropped the candidate they've been shilling for since 2004--Hillary--and instead used the same tactics against her that they've been using against Republicans for decades. The schadenfreude was awesome to say the least.

6. Government Bails Out Businesses
President Bush gave the finger to the free market system and bailed out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Banks and AIG. American auto manufacturers were also given assistance (except Ford) without even providing a clear plan to solvency and sustainability. We, the American taxpayer, became the owners of some of the biggest firms on the planet.

5. Natural Disasters
As in most years, nature will make us remember who's boss. Hurricanes in Texas, Cyclones in Myanmar and earthquakes in other areas such as China killed tens of thousands. While Hurricane Ike caused massive damage to the Texas Gulf Coast, the people of that area managed to pick themselves up and dust themselves off without free handouts from FEMA, concerts played for their benefit or any of the things that were afforded to those who suffered in the aftermath of Katrina.

4. The Downfall of Many (Democrat) Politicians
Rod Blagojevich, Charles Rangel, Wayne Bryant, Vincent Fumo, Chris Dodd, Eliot Spitzer...They all had bad years ethics-wise. The Blago scandal will play out well into 2009 and Obama and Rahm Emanuel will get drawn deeper into it due to the amateurish way they've dealt with their first scandal. It seemed like it was only Republicans getting indicted for corruption (and we had our share), but this year was the year of the Democrat perp walk. Look for more as we move into the new year.

3. Sarah Palin Enters the Political Landscape
Like a meteor or someone with more staying power? That's yet to be decided but Governor Palin electrified the conservative base and turned a landslide Obama victory into just a win. She energized crowds and was credited by Sen. Chambliss with putting him over the top in Georgia. No one has had to weather the withering negative media attention directed at her on issues not even related to politics: her daughters pregnancy, insane, formerly respected members of the media calling into question whether or not her child was actually her child, members of that same group of heathens questioning (and then cowardly deleting his post) whether her pre-natal care contributed to her son Trig's Down Syndrome and myriad other biased attacks. While Obama was not even vetted on the most basic issues, Palin was subjected to a media enema on a daily basis and smiled the entire time.

2. Obama Wins Presidential Election
America is not racist. Who knew? Well, many of us did but it took a man from Chicago's machine politics to prove it. BHO bested the Clintons and whooped an outwitted McCain in the general election while maintaining an above the fray approach thanks to a compliant media. Interestingly, once Obama won he realized that he would be insane to govern from the far-left like he promised the barking moonbats on the left and has nominated a fairly center-left cabinet. The liberals are still insane over this, a fact that makes me very happy.

1. The US Wins the War in Iraq
To the consternation of liberals (and the media) the world over, the American military turned around a certain loss into a rousing victory. The defeat that liberals wanted so badly was in their grasp and President Bush, John McCain and a General named Petraeus constructed a strategy that led to a coalition government with a mandate and the eradication of Baathism in Mesopotamia. Plus, it was the central fight in the greater War on terror and we made a serious statement to al-Qaeda. Our boys and girls did it with skill, brains and guts and should be commended. Note that this barely makes any of the top ten news stories of this year on any major news site. It only goes to prove the bias if you ask me; where else but in America circa 2008 can a nation win a war that was considered lost and it not be the top news story of that year?

Tuesday Afternoon News

On this sleety, cold day--the first fireplace day of the year--I bring you the latest buzz from around the Internet:

Vets for Freedom takes it to Murtha who is in a real battle for his Congressional seat. It doesn't pay to accuse US Marines of murder, Congressman.

The Dems are stacking the deck in Ohio. Cheating comes quite naturally to them. Felons, the homeless, the deceased and finally people who don't exist at all are all pulling for Obama.

Rep. Barney Frank is gearing up to spend your money with reckless abandon. perhaps he'll even legalize prostitution clubs in his apartment so he doesn't have to deal with that unfortunate illegality again.

Some of the media have retained their respectability.

When your little-watched news channel gets ridiculed by both Hollywood libs and conservatives, it may be time to hang it up. love the rip at Olbermann.

All links from the great Lucianne.com including this editorial cartoon:

Barney Frank: Let's Reduce Defense Spending 25%

Hey, we need to get those who have been repeatedly beaten down by evil capitalists some money asap so we'll just take 25% of our military funding while we're at war to do it:

Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said Democrats will push for a stimulus package after the November election, and called for a package reducing defense spending by 25 percent while saying Congress will "eventually" raise taxes.

Frank told the editorial board of the SouthCoast Standard-Times that he wanted to reduce defense spending by a quarter, meaning the United States would have to withdraw from Iraq sooner.

"The people of Iraq want us out, and we want to stay over their objection," he said. "It's extraordinary."

Frank also said the post-election stimulus package will focus on spending for building projects, extending unemployment benefits, and further supporting states' healthcare costs. "We'll have to raise taxes ultimately," Frank said. "Not now, but eventually." Frank told the Standard-Times that if Democrats cannot secure the votes they need in November, they will try again in January, when they will likely have stronger majorities in the House and Senate.

So Rep. Frank wants to make sure our infrastructure, unemployment benefits and health care is intact at the expense of our military. That'll make Osama bin Laden really happy.

People like Frank will ensure that 2010 looks like 1994 all over again. We have two weeks to make our case that these people will destroy America. It's probably too damn late.

Friday Faves

How one idiot became a horde of GOP thugs.

The NY Times (yes you read that correctly) reports on some shady donations to Obama. Yeah, they temper it a bit but still reported it.

Screwy Louie Farrakhan has declared that Barack Obama is the Messiah. Sorry Louie, the media beat you to that months ago.

The WSJ calls out Sen. Chris Dodd on Countrywide. If a Republican had been in bed with a mortgage lender as much as Dodd and Franks were, it would be on a non-stop loop on CNN.

Obama camp accused of stealing gun group e-mail list. I would imagine that none of the shooters are going to vote for him anyway. Maybe he's amassing the list so he knows whose guns to take first come January 21, 2009.

2008 will be remembered for two things: it was the year that the media sold it's collective soul and gave up any pretext of impartiality and the year that Democrats corrupted the voting system in ways previously unfathomable.

O'Reilly Pummels Barney Frank

It's about damn time. Barney Frank was the number one Representative out there in 2003 saying that Fannie and Freddie were just fine, nothing to see there. O'Reilly took him to task and Frank was a stumbling, lying fool by the end:


Update: Shocka! Barney Frank's boyfriend was a heavy at Fannie and it looks like the Congressman has some explaining to do about some funny business.