Obama's jetset fitness trainer helps shed pounds, adds to global warming | J.P. Freire | Beltway Confidential | Washington Examiner

Obama's jetset fitness trainer helps shed pounds, adds to global warming | J.P. Freire | Beltway Confidential | Washington Examiner: "With a schedule as hectic as President Obama's it must be hard to stick to a training regimen without help -- but why does he insist on having his old trainer fly out from Chicago to D.C. regularly when Obama and his wife exhort the rest of us to drive less? And in a recession?"

Sacrifice for thee, but not for me.

Saint Ted

Ted Kennedy, Party Man « Hot Air: "Kennedy’s message was simple. He proposed an unabashed quid pro quo. Kennedy would lend Andropov a hand in dealing with President Reagan. In return, the Soviet leader would lend the Democratic Party a hand in challenging Reagan in the 1984 presidential election. “The only real potential threats to Reagan are problems of war and peace and Soviet-American relations,” the memorandum stated. “These issues, according to the senator, will without a doubt become the most important of the election campaign.”"

I guess that's why he's the "Lion of the Left". Or was it the brothel incident?

Obama to governors: Stop vilifying public employees! « Hot Air

Obama to governors: Stop vilifying public employees! « Hot Air: "Barack Obama addressed the nation’s governors today with sympathy over budgetary crises, but a warning not to solve their shortfalls by infringing on the rights of public employees. He also scolded governors for vilifying and denigrating PEUs, which raises the question of whether Obama has bothered to look at the protests in Wisconsin and elsewhere. Besides, the governors in question are mainly fighting to limit collective bargaining rights to a standard that the federal government prohibits for its own employees."

The hypocrisy on Obama's part, of course, is that Federal Government employees have fewer "rights" (less collective bargaining power) than what is proposed by the States.

Of course, he's counting on the fact that most people won't know that...

NY Times Blows Story on Drilling “Dangers” « Hot Air

NY Times Blows Story on Drilling “Dangers” « Hot Air: "File this article under the heading of one more attempt to prevent the development of any domestic energy supplies unless they fit in with the green /renewable energy agenda. And that’s the same agenda which, while it may serve a great purpose in the future, still can’t finance itself without massive government subsidized support."

Is there anyone who still categorizes the NYT as "non-fiction"?

A Tough Assessment of Christie

Chris Christie's Second Act by Nicole Gelinas - City Journal: "The governor may have good reason to proceed carefully. Maybe he figures, for example, that doubling those local tax rebates, while nauseating to contemplate, is necessary to show good will—and to get voters to pick Republican lawmakers who will pursue tougher fiscal measures. The problem is that nobody, Christie included, has done enough yet to earn the citizenry’s trust in such matters. And the governor’s half-measures risk sending the message to voters that it’s safe to spend again, when it most assuredly is not."

If You Were to Measure Global Warming, What Metric Would You Use?

Missing The Major Point Of “What Is Climate Sensitivity” | Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.: "Even with respect to the subset of climate effects that is referred to as global warming, the appropriate climate metric is heat changes as measured in Joules (e.g. see). The global annual average surface temperature anomaly is only useful to the extent it correlates with the global annual average climate system heat anomaly [most of which occurs within the upper oceans]. Such heating, if it occurs, is important as it is one component (the “steric component”) of sea level rise and fall."

I've been saying this for years. It's nice to see it finally in print.

There's a Lesson Here

American Thinker: Welcome to Brazil: Lessons for the American People to Learn: "If there is a cautionary tale about the Brazilian economy, it is that here one can see the future -- the American future. Not only are huge chunks of the economy being nationalized like in Brazil, but you will find you have to pay to play if you want to get off the ground floor. The dark side to Big Government, no matter how well-meaning in concept, is that it can squeeze anybody it wants at any time it chooses and it squeezes at will if you don't get into line.

Both parties soon will offer everything to everybody in order to buy a vote. We already saw that in the 2008 presidential election when even the leading Republican candidates insanely wanting to 'fight for the American people' with more programs and more government. Without immediate correction from Tea Party-types, America and Brazil will soon share the same fate, only they are going in opposite directions toward economic gridlock."

One reason why Wisconsin needed union reform: captive benefits « Hot Air

One reason why Wisconsin needed union reform: captive benefits « Hot Air: "Just remember that when people tell you that the cause for which they’re fighting isn’t about money, it usually is."

The Cause.

Heritage and Reason Tell It

If you rely on "traditional" media for your information, you probably should watch this video, because you won't have heard this elsewhere.

White House Energy Policies Making U.S. Less Competitive, Costing Jobs « Hot Air

White House Energy Policies Making U.S. Less Competitive, Costing Jobs « Hot Air: "There seems to be no inclination on the part of the White House to change course from increasing the cost of doing business for those who largely still can’t do any business while the permitorium continues."

By what calculus could this be justified as anything but a deliberate attempt to destroy American energy production?

New Zeal: "Stop Obama's Union Bosses"

New Zeal: "Stop Obama's Union Bosses"

You need to gt to Trevor's blog. He does a great job.

Excellent New Ad

While I'm lukewarm on Republicans, I think they've done a good job on this ad.

Things haven't changed much from 1886

American Thinker: Your Money Belongs To Politicians: "'I sit on a man's back, choking him, and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means-except by getting off his back.' "

Beatings will continue until morale improves.

Obamateurism of the Day « Hot Air

Obamateurism of the Day « Hot Air: "If Obama wants to talk about the effects of a government shutdown, is it too much to ask that the purported Constitutional scholar learn about them first?"

Oh, he knows alright. He's just hoping you don't.

Amazing Stupidity

Bozell: Not Wrestling Girls | CNSnews.com: "The ESPN columnist ended this sneering diatribe by suggesting this 15-year-old boy “wasted” his dream of a championship, and was just uncomfortable with girls being on Earth. After Joel was eliminated in an overtime match, Reilly wrote, “He was reportedly on his way back home to Marion, Iowa, where his mom was about to deliver her eighth child. For the kid's sake, I hope it's a boy.”"

So, standing for your principles is a "waste" of a dream? Sad.

The Barbarians at the Gate

Hate-A-Rama: The Vulgar, Sexist, Racist, Homophobic Rage of the Left | CNSnews.com

This is starting to get a little worrisome, as the ComSymp in Chief won't do anything to restore order if need be.

Crony Capitalism

Obama’s Top Adviser on Job Creation Has Presided Over a Company That Shed Jobs | CNSnews.com: "President Barack Obama named Jeffrey Immelt, chief executive officer of General Electric since 2001, as chairman of the jobs council last month. GE faced hefty fines from the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2009 and 2010.
According to GE’s own Web site, in 2005, GE employed 160,000 U.S. workers. By 2009 that fell to 138,000. Meanwhile non-U.S. jobs gradually increased from below 160,000 in 2005 to about 170,000 in 2008. But in 2009, the figures dropped below 160,000 jobs again."

Crony capitalism.

General Ordering Probe into Report of Mind Tricks | CNSnews.com

General Ordering Probe into Report of Mind Tricks | CNSnews.com

Mind control on Senators. Also in today's show: Sight gags for the blind.

So where does Obama stand on Unions?

Oh, yeah.  So do you think there could be truth to the rumors that public sector union rallies are being coordinated by Obama and his minions?

CBO: Jobs Created and Saved By Stimulus Cost At Minimum An Average of $228,055 Each | CNSnews.com

CBO: Jobs Created and Saved By Stimulus Cost At Minimum An Average of $228,055 Each | CNSnews.com

This is why socialist countries go broke.

CNN’s Crowley Learns That Secretary Rumsfeld Is Also A Myth Buster « The Greenroom

CNN’s Crowley Learns That Secretary Rumsfeld Is Also A Myth Buster « The Greenroom: "The equation of Middle East policy with a popularity contest is ludicrous. And in any event, a cursory look at statistics indicates that President Obama, even as a Nobel Laureate, has not changed global opinions about America."

But hey, why let facts get in the way of a good myth?

Michelle Malkin » Video: Rhode Island union supporter to cameraman – “I’ll f**k you in the ass, you faggot”

Michelle Malkin » Video: Rhode Island union supporter to cameraman – “I’ll f**k you in the ass, you faggot”: "At AFSCME’s “solidarity” rally in Providence, Rhode Island on Tuesday, a cameraman was accosted by a fuming pro-union protester. The cameraman had his back to the goon, who appears to accost him unprovoked. The goon screams:
“I’ll f**k you in the ass, you faggot!”"

Dang, those Tea Party people are an ugly, racist, violent bunch.

Gutless Union Thug Attacks Young Conservative Woman — Emerging Corruption

Gutless Union Thug Attacks Young Conservative Woman — Emerging Corruption: "The double standard is so glaring one could go blind. At a pro-union rally in Massachusetts on Tuesday, Rep. Mike Capuano said, “I’m proud to be here with people who understand that it’s more than just sending an email to get you going. Every once and awhile you need to get out on the streets and get a little bloody when necessary. So where are the media screamers demanding all Democrats apologize for this guy’s provocative remarks?
Apparently, the unions have taken him at his word. Yesterday a gaggle of union protesters from the Teamsters, AFSCME, SEIU, AFT, CWA, and others showed up at the DC offices of Freedomworks to protest Freedomworks’ support of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. One of these union thugs struck Freedomworks employee Tabitha Hale.
What a punk!
Great job fella! Bet you’re feeling like a real man tonight!"

Civility for thee, but not for me.

Rove: Obama's Badger State Blues - WSJ.com

Rove: Obama's Badger State Blues - WSJ.com: "Events in Wisconsin have offered a vivid contrast between two chief executives. One (Mr. Walker) is taking meaningful steps to achieve fiscal balance. The other (Mr. Obama) is encouraging public employees to violate their contracts while his policies cause record deficits and reckless spending."

Good article by Rove.

Michelle Malkin » Letter of the day: The plight of the conservative public school teacher

Michelle Malkin » Letter of the day: The plight of the conservative public school teacher: "Despite what some among us would like to believe it is not because of our creative ideas. It is not because of the merit of our positions. It is not because we care about children and it is not because we have a vision of a great public school for every child."

Bob Chanin former NEA top lawyer. It's for the children.

Christians Jailed for Preaching Christianity to Muslims in Michigan — Emerging Corruption

Christians Jailed for Preaching Christianity to Muslims in Michigan — Emerging Corruption: "Rezkalla and Josh Hogg were standing on a public sidewalk handing out the Gospel of John to those willing to accept the booklet as they passed by. It only took a couple of minutes for the Dearborn, Mi. police to swarm in and put a stop to this violation of Sharia Law."

Wow.

10 Health Insurance Companies Get ObamaCare Waivers -- for Their Own Employees | CNSnews.com

10 Health Insurance Companies Get ObamaCare Waivers -- for Their Own Employees | CNSnews.com: "The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has granted waivers to 10 health insurance companies, including giants such as Cigna and Aetna and divisions of Blue Cross Blue Shield, from the requirements of the new health care law, also known as ObamaCare."

Heyyyy, weren't the insurance companies in favor of O'BamaCare? This is soft fascism in action.

Two-Thirds of Wisconsin Public-School 8th Graders Can’t Read Proficiently—Despite Highest Per Pupil Spending in Midwest | CNSnews.com

Two-Thirds of Wisconsin Public-School 8th Graders Can’t Read Proficiently—Despite Highest Per Pupil Spending in Midwest | CNSnews.com: "Two-thirds of the eighth graders in Wisconsin public schools cannot read proficiently according to the U.S. Department of Education, despite the fact that Wisconsin spends more per pupil in its public schools than any other state in the Midwest."

It's obvious the teachers need more money and benefits to produce a good result.

Green jobs company Solyndra | Obama endorsed | squanders stimulus money | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment

Green jobs company Solyndra | Obama endorsed | squanders stimulus money | The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment: "According to a Feb. 17 letter signed by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, Michigan Republican, and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns, Florida Republican, to Energy Secretary Steven Chu, the Fremont, Calif.-based solar panel manufacturer squandered $535 million of stimulus money."

Hey, green jobs worked in Spain, why can't they work here. What? They didn't work in Spain? They wrecked Spain's economy? How could that be?

Barack Hussein Alinsky | CNSnews.com

Barack Hussein Alinsky | CNSnews.com: "As a large and furious demonstration was under way outside and inside the Capitol in Madison last week, Barack Obama invited in a TV camera crew from Milwaukee and proceeded to fan the flames.
Dropping the mask of The Great Compromiser, Obama reverted to his role as South Chicago community organizer, charging Gov. Scott Walker and the Wisconsin Legislature with an 'assault on unions.'
As the late Saul Alinsky admonished in his 'Rules for Radicals,' 'the community organizer ... must first rub raw the resentments of the people; fan the latent hostilities to the point of overt expression.'"

Once a "community organizer" always a "community organizer". This pathetic excuse for a man will never rise beyond that.

Barack Hussein Alinsky | CNSnews.com

Barack Hussein Alinsky | CNSnews.com: "As a large and furious demonstration was under way outside and inside the Capitol in Madison last week, Barack Obama invited in a TV camera crew from Milwaukee and proceeded to fan the flames.
Dropping the mask of The Great Compromiser, Obama reverted to his role as South Chicago community organizer, charging Gov. Scott Walker and the Wisconsin Legislature with an 'assault on unions.'
As the late Saul Alinsky admonished in his 'Rules for Radicals,' 'the community organizer ... must first rub raw the resentments of the people; fan the latent hostilities to the point of overt expression.'"

Once a "community organizer" always a "community organizer". This pathetic excuse for a man will never rise beyond that.

Almost no chance Obama budget adopted: Moody's | Reuters

Almost no chance Obama budget adopted: Moody's | Reuters: "Moody's, which has recently warned about the rising likelihood of a negative outlook on the U.S. triple-A rating, noted that the estimated budget deficit of 10.9 percent of GDP for this year represents the largest shortfall since the World War II, resulting from the extension of the tax cuts introduced by former President George W. Bush."

Of course, government spending has nothing to do with it...

'No One Should Live Below A Certain Income Level,' U.N. Secretary-General Says | CNSnews.com

'No One Should Live Below A Certain Income Level,' U.N. Secretary-General Says | CNSnews.com: "The United Nations, which marked a 'World Day of Social Justice' on Sunday, Feb. 20, is calling for a 'new era' in which all the people of the world have access to basic services and 'decently' paying jobs."

A tragic study of the naivete of the left. Let's see, where to begin? Ok, let's take the "jobs" thing.

Whence come economically sustainable jobs? Last time I checked, they came from an economy that produced something. A productive economy is founded on (enforceable) property rights. An economy that is dominated by government and produces nothing of value is not sustainable, and does not produce worthwhile jobs. Likewise, a society that arbitrarily confiscates property from those who produce, or a society in which a person can enforce their property rights only with violence is not going to prosper.

So, as sad as it is, people who cannot produce sufficient value to even feed themselves (why don't they find some land somewhere and grow something, or find somebody who is growing something and help them?) are probably lost causes. There must be a down-side to the inability to produce. Rather than giving them "jobs" (leftist code for "welfare"), let's teach them and encourage them to produce something.

New Zeal: "All in the Family" - Obama to "Lula" - A Very Few Degrees of Separation

New Zeal: "All in the Family" - Obama to "Lula" - A Very Few Degrees of Separation

Once again, Obama is linked to Marxism.

The Bottom of the Teachers’ Union Barrel? « Hot Air

The Bottom of the Teachers’ Union Barrel? « Hot Air: "If kids don’t learn, and if teachers aren’t to blame, then teachers aren’t an important part of the process.

Think about it: The kids don’t learn. They don’t learn if teachers make $10000. They don’t learn if teachers make $80000. The teachers are not to blame. Just ask them. So why wouldn’t we pay them the $10000 (or less) if the result is the same?

It goes for teachers the same as it goes for President Obama: if nothing that ever happens is your fault, then you are useless.

Kohath on February 20, 2011 at 2:34 PM"

What a shot! Blammm!!

Getting Rich Off the Taxpayers: School Administrators Double Dipping Pensions — Emerging Corruption

Getting Rich Off the Taxpayers: School Administrators Double Dipping Pensions — Emerging Corruption: "It must be nice to work for the government. Sadly it’s the most lucrative way to make a living in American history. To “win life’s lottery” all you have to do is get a job with the government — whether the federal or state government — at practically any level and voila, welcome to easy street. Here we have yet another case of the milking of the taxpayer by our “public servants,” this time it’s school superintendents that jump from state to state in order to double or triple their pension takings."

The backlash is coming...

Getting Rich Off the Taxpayers: School Administrators Double Dipping Pensions — Emerging Corruption

Getting Rich Off the Taxpayers: School Administrators Double Dipping Pensions — Emerging Corruption: "It’s all up and down the line in state pensions. People are “retiring” only to go on to a new job, doubling pensions, and becoming quite well off. All the while, the people paying the bills are lucky if they can ever retire, working themselves into the grave so that state workers can quit working at relatively young ages and lean back enjoying life to the fullest."

Can governments really be trusted with so much of our money?

Michelle Malkin » The ‘Union Hires Non-Union Picketers’ Story of the Day

Michelle Malkin » The ‘Union Hires Non-Union Picketers’ Story of the Day: "Unions hiring non-union labor to walk picket lines certainly isn’t a rarity, but this story from Michigan has some bonus irony: The business a local carpenter’s union hired homeless people to picket is a company that is a partner of the same shelter in which some of those homeless picketers live. People are being paid in the neighborhood of $10 an hour to saw off the same branch on which they’re sleeping, but I guess on the bright side at least Big Labor’s hypocrisy and astroturfing measures are putting people to work."

A world gone mad...

American Thinker: Obama's Economics of Deception

American Thinker: Obama's Economics of Deception: "Barack Obama, perhaps the most dishonest president in modern history, has, in a cynical abdication of leadership, not only proposed a budget that, if adopted, is guaranteed to destroy the financial future of the country, but he has done so while lying about a supposed economic recovery underway. His proclivity to do or say anything to enhance his image or achieve his ends was amply on display at a press conference held on the 16th of February."

Disturbing.

An Open Letter to My Congressman, Dr. Michael Burgess

Dear Dr. Burgess,

I was shocked and deeply disappointed that the House Republicans were unable to pass the Republican Study Committee's measure that was designed to show seriousness in tackling our country's horrific financial situation (as serious as you can call cutting 7% of the DEFICIT mind you, not the overall budget -- I don't know your views, but a 7% cut to the DEFICIT seems pretty piddling to me), and increase the cuts to $100bn.

Please, please tell me that we have new vision in the Republican party that isn't going to continue down the path of being "Democrat Lite"?!?  Now is the perfect time to seize the initiative and do the right thing by our children and grandchildren and get this so-far failed generation off their backs and out of their pocketbooks.

As I have stated in previous correspondence to you, I believe it is irresponsible and immoral for our government to spend more than it takes in revenue.  You say on your website: "As a fiscal conservative, I will continue to restrain discretionary spending."  But then you say "...while still allocating sufficient funding levels to meet the needs of our American communities."

Firstly, discretionary spending is but a small part of the overall financial mess.  Let's stipulate that we both understand that fact.  For emphasis: Discretionary spending is about 19% of the budget. 19% of $4 trillion is about $760 bn.  How much is the projected deficit?  $1.5 TRILLION.  So, ELIMINATING ALL DISCRETIONARY SPENDING STILL DOES NOT BALANCE THE BUDGET.  So, am I to understand from your website that you're perfectly OK with the federal government spending more than it takes in revenue?

Secondly, where in the constitution is it required that the federal government "meet the needs of our American communities?"  Nowhere.  And let me explain why: In everything it has done (save WWII), the federal government has demonstrated itself to be entirely inept: Nobody pretends Social Security is a going concern anymore; Medicare/Medicaid is a financial disaster; the Department of Education has failed miserably; the EPA is focused like a laser beam on destroying American industry; "welfare" programs have condemned generations to poverty; Obamacare is a fraud and will ruin our flawed but nonetheless best-in-the-world health care system; immigration is a mess and everybody knows it; the "war on drugs" is a fiasco -- any high school kid can get whatever kinds of drugs his friends tell him he wants, while Mexican drug violence creeps across our borders.  I don't believe any of this is news to you.

And we get the House Republicans without even the resolve to cut an additional $22bn from the DEFICIT?  I knew this was going to happen.  I just KNEW it!! The Republicans are going to try to better their record of having missed the last few boats by missing the WHOLE DAMNED FLEET!!

I have spoken to many people here in the beautiful community of Lantana.  There is a parade forming, and I certainly hope that you have a secret plan to get in front of it, because from where I stand, it looks like you're going to be at the magazine stand two streets over when the music starts playing.

I'm sorry to have to express my frustration in such blunt terms, but these are serious and troubling times.  Our elected representatives cannot continue to pretend that everything is going to be fine if we can cut back on expenditures for paper-clips.  Entitlements are the SS Titanic Disaster, and those who are too timid to speak out for real reform will get sucked down in the vortex of the hulking wreckage as it slips below the surface of fiscal viability.

Please, Dr. Burgess, can you distinguish yourself by taking a strong and unambiguous stand about the need for getting in order the federal government's entire fiscal house?  Otherwise, you're simply rearranging deck-chairs while the band plays on, and that doesn't end well.

Commodity Food Price Index - Monthly Price - Commodity Prices

Here comes the inflation I've been warning about:

Commodity Food Price Index - Monthly Price - Commodity Prices

Treasury Secretary Says Obama Budget Plan Could Lead to ‘Unsustainable Obligations’ | CNSnews.com

Treasury Secretary Says Obama Budget Plan Could Lead to ‘Unsustainable Obligations’ | CNSnews.com: "“You’re absolutely right that with the president’s plan, even if Congress were to enact it, and even if Congress were to hold to it and reduce those deficits to three percent of GDP over the next five years, we would still be left with a very large interest burden and unsustainable obligations over time,” Geithner said."

And so....?

Dems on the run: Wisconsin senators to leave Illinois for undisclosed location « Hot Air

Dems on the run: Wisconsin senators to leave Illinois for undisclosed location « Hot Air: "Obama’s shtick has always been to stay above the fray while his surrogates get nasty, then cover his ass when asked about it later by vaguely insisting that “both sides” should behave better. He won’t intervene to calm things down, which is why his “let’s disagree without being disagreeable” rhetoric has always been a fraud. You’re seeing a particularly stark illustration of that today."

Good shot.

American Thinker: Another Liberal Ponzi Scheme

Uhh oooh:

American Thinker: Another Liberal Ponzi Scheme: "History appears to be repeating itself. Consider the following logic:
1. Green energy needs more access to money.
2. Banks should be encouraged to loan them this money.
3. This will only happen with government intervention.
4. So-called 'green bonds' are the instruments for hiding the risk.
As reported in an article on Energy Central, this is, in essence, the conclusion of a study by Barclays and Accenture."

American Thinker: Alfred E President

American Thinker: Alfred E President: "What could Alfred E. President do? He could ask for a repeal of ObamaCare so that a truly bipartisan healthcare reform could be adopted. He could propose entitlement reforms, rather than waiting to counter-punch any Republican proposals. He could insist that missile defense be the heart of our defense budget. He could ask for a comprehensive reduction of all federal requirements on states and all existing federal roadblocks to growth, so that drilling for oil and construction of nuclear power plants could start oh, say, yesterday. He could call ethanol a no longer so funny joke. He could issue a spirited re-affirmation of the faith of Christians and Jews and express the opinion that holding fast to that heritage is the only true hope of world peace.

Or Alfred E President can watch the world unravel on his watch. He can fiddle while Rome burns. He can say nothing risky, do nothing real, and wait to be re-elected. What are our prospects for having a real president when we need him? So far, so bad."

Sorry, I just had to post this.

It seems appropriate more now than ever, as this clown is demonstrating he is without a single clue. The budget? Only a fool could propose something so out of touch. Egypt? You're kidding, right?

 I warned of this in '07 and '08. This man's complete lack of any of the skills required of a President of the United States is simultaneously astonishing and pathetic. On one hand, I wish he would just go away: resign or something. On the other hand, can you imagine a President Biden?

It's apparent to me that Obama lacks any critical thinking skills, or if he does actually analyze problems in a rigorous, disciplined sort of way, he gets steered completely wrong by his coterie of clownish advisors (I mean, Austan Goolsbee?  For real?).  Which ever is the case, the outcome is going to be a big, big problem.  Dark days are ahead.

Chris Christie pr0n

White House Defends Obama Budget Statement Declared False By Non-Partisan Fact Checker, GOP | CNSnews.com

White House Defends Obama Budget Statement Declared False By Non-Partisan Fact Checker, GOP | CNSnews.com: "“Because of interest costs – which amount to $884 billion in 2021 alone – the debt is projected to grow during every year of the president’s budget. (It's also a bit of an exaggeration to call 2017 ‘the middle of this decade.’),” Politifact said. “We think the president’s statement is likely to mislead a lot of Americans about what his budget would do. So we rate Obama’s statement False.”"

Of course it's false. No amount of "let me be clear" and "as I've always said" will escape the simple arithmetic: The budget projects expenditures greater than income in every year up to 2021. You can't add up a bunch of negative numbers and expect to get a positive result.

Michelle Malkin » Government Budgets to Hire 1,054 Physicians to Implement Initial Phase of Obamacare

Michelle Malkin » Government Budgets to Hire 1,054 Physicians to Implement Initial Phase of Obamacare: "Look at the new IRS budget (PDF) for health care law implementation and it’s clear nobody will be turned away based on preexisting financial condition — and house calls won’t be a problem."

Yep.

Michelle Obama: First Lady of Junk Science | CNSnews.com

Michelle Obama: First Lady of Junk Science | CNSnews.com: "'The result is that we cannot discover whether breastfeeding is correlated with obesity because infant formula or bottle feeding leads to subsequent overeating or disposition to being overweight, or whether those parents who breastfeed are also more likely to offer their children green beans instead of French fries. Despite weak evidence, there is a lingering conviction that formula causes obesity among pediatricians and the press; if anything, the study about infants should make us reflect more carefully on this conclusion.'"

Aaah, what the hell. Any excuse for more tax and regulation is a good excuse.

EPA Can’t Provide Documentation Supporting Claim Linking Autism to Contaminated Water | CNSnews.com

EPA Can’t Provide Documentation Supporting Claim Linking Autism to Contaminated Water | CNSnews.com

For those who haven't yet cracked the code, here it is: When regulatory zealots like the greenies (most of whom are just anti-westernists in disguise) want to regulate something, they need a mysterious disease that affects cute, pathetic little children to cite as being caused by whatever it is they want to regulate. So, if you're against their regulation, then you are "against the children", and "want children to have disease X".

Autism is perfect -- after all you saw Rain Man, right? All autistics are cute, adorable, quirky people with profound insights that can teach us all something. Hey, if it's so great, why do they want to prevent it?

Never mind that cognitive dissonance, there's nothing behind the curtain. So, sure enough, before long, some statistically suspect "study" reviewed by other statistical illiterates, is going to appear showing how drinking water causes autism. Then it's going to be "settled science". Heyyyy, where have I heard that before?

Here's the newsflash: they don't give a damn about the children or about autistics. If they did, they wouldn't prostitute them for their agenda.

Obama to GOP: I’ll veto your budget if you try to cut … defense « Hot Air

Obama to GOP: I’ll veto your budget if you try to cut … defense « Hot Air: "Yes, please don’t send him a bill that burdens future generations. You know how he hates that."

Enough said.

Obama’s Big Budget Lie: Falsely Claims Receipts Will Equal Outlays by Mid-Decade, Debt Will Not Increase | CNSnews.com

Obama’s Big Budget Lie: Falsely Claims Receipts Will Equal Outlays by Mid-Decade, Debt Will Not Increase | CNSnews.com: "In a press conference today, President Barack Obama falsely claimed that under the budget he released on Monday federal revenues would equal expenditures by mid-decade and that the national debt would not increase."

Has it really come to this? "We've always been at war with Eastasia". Very unsettling.

Here we go: House GOP vows to tackle entitlements in new budget « Hot Air

Here we go: House GOP vows to tackle entitlements in new budget « Hot Air: "If they’re going to call Obama gutless for not tackling entitlements — which he is — then he can’t very well turn around and make a deal with the GOP on Social Security and Medicare. It’d look like a total cave; his base would go nuts. Better for him to stay away and accuse Republicans during the campaign of wanting to raid granny’s bank account because they hate old people or whatever. Because, see, that’s what a leader who’d ostensibly rather be a great one-term president than a mediocre two-termer would do. He’d duck the biggest issue of his time, then demagogue the hell out of it for electoral gain. That’s what Lincoln would do, no?"

Whack.

Florida's Scott takes businessman's ax to budget | Reuters

Florida's Scott takes businessman's ax to budget | Reuters

Astounding bias in this article. It's not news, it's opinion. Shameful, really.

New Paper “Random Walk Lengths Of About 30 Years In Global Climate” By Bye Et Al 2011 | Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.

New Paper “Random Walk Lengths Of About 30 Years In Global Climate” By Bye Et Al 2011 | Climate Science: Roger Pielke Sr.: "For this random walk length, the observed standard deviations of maximum temperature and minimum temperature yield respective expected maximum excursions on land of 1.4 and 0.5 C and over the ocean of 2.3 and 0.7 C, which are substantial fractions of the global warming signal.”"

So, in other words, it's very difficult to distinguish "global warming" from random temperature fluctuations caused by natural variability. Color me surprised!

Egyptian Labor Unrest Grows After Uprising | CNSnews.com

Egyptian Labor Unrest Grows After Uprising | CNSnews.com: "Thousands of Egyptian state employees, from ambulance drivers to policemen and transport workers, protested Monday in Cairo to demand better pay and conditions in a wave of labor unrest unleashed by the uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak."

Gee, I wonder if unions and socialists are involved here.

What Did Wade Rathke Know About Egypt that the CIA Didn’t and What Will Obama Do Now? — Emerging Corruption

What Did Wade Rathke Know About Egypt that the CIA Didn’t and What Will Obama Do Now? — Emerging Corruption: "Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Diane Feinstein of California commented after the hearing that the intelligence reports she had seen were inadequate."

So, ACORN knew about the uprising in Egypt in October, 2010, but the CIA didn't. What's going on here?

American Thinker: Does Obama Want the Best for America or Does He Want to Destroy It?

American Thinker: Does Obama Want the Best for America or Does He Want to Destroy It?: "So, our president does indeed think that as a people, Americans will be 'better' in the wake of the 'fundamental transformation' that he wants to impose upon us. So the O'Reillys and Medveds are correct in this respect. However, neither Rush, myself, nor the large numbers of Americans who love the liberties for which our forefathers labored indefatigably to bequeath to us are likely to receive much consolation from this. After all, the fact remains that his intentions aside, our president is determined to see the historic nation that is the real America go the way of the dinosaur."

A reasonable reconciliation of "Obama the Idiot" and "Obama the Deliberate Destroyer of America".

Financial Audit of the Department of Health & Human Services Reveals Concerning Findings for FY2010 - Right Now - Tom Coburn, M.D., United States Senator from Oklahoma

Financial Audit of the Department of Health & Human Services Reveals Concerning Findings for FY2010 - Right Now - Tom Coburn, M.D., United States Senator from Oklahoma: "Nearly $800 Million Dollars “Could Not Be Explained” Differing Between HHS’ Records and Treasury Department Records. “Based on our review and discussions with management, we noted differences of $794 million that could not be explained.”"

But they'll be fine handling 20% of the US economy.

John Bolton: Help make Obama a one term President! | The Right Scoop

John Bolton: Help make Obama a one term President! | The Right Scoop

Make mine rare. Really red.

Cutting Spending

Obama’s 3AM phone call from Egypt « Hot Air

Obama’s 3AM phone call from Egypt « Hot Air: "This idea of “America the stupid bully” is a staple of left-wing political thought. Remember “Ask yourself why they hate you”? That’s another manifestation of the same principle. For the left wing it is not just an article of faith, but a Known Fact that every time America interferes in the affairs of another country, the result is death and disaster.

Obama is nothing if not doctrinaire left wing, and I think this idea of “New America the former bully who learned its lesson and leaves everyone else alone” is the philosophical foundation of Obama’s foreign policy.

Of course, just as with all the other left wing policies that Obama has adopted, it doesn’t survive real world test."

‘US Weekly’ Publishes Fake Hannity/Palin Story…as Real! | The Blaze

‘US Weekly’ Publishes Fake Hannity/Palin Story…as Real! | The Blaze

More clowns. Today's a funny day.

Maddow Falls for FAKE Story About Conservatives & Sarah Palin | The Blaze

Maddow Falls for FAKE Story About Conservatives & Sarah Palin | The Blaze

Layers and layers of fact-checkers.

American Thinker: Hyperinflation is A Small Price to Pay?

American Thinker: Hyperinflation is A Small Price to Pay?: "We will have hyperinflation because there is no way or intention of withdrawing the excess funds from the banking system."

Buy gold, silver, land.... Short the US dollar by borrowing to buy hard assets.

Video: CBO admits ObamaCare will kill 800,000 jobs « Hot Air

Video: CBO admits ObamaCare will kill 800,000 jobs « Hot Air

But at least illegal aliens will have health insurance.

Obamateurism of the Day « Hot Air

Obamateurism of the Day « Hot Air: "Let’s pose a little history test. What American President said this, and where did he say it?

[N]o system of government can or should be imposed on one nation by any other."

Words, just words...

Video: Four reasons why big government hurts the economy « Hot Air

Video: Four reasons why big government hurts the economy « Hot Air: "That government which governs least, governs best."

Video: Why we’ll miss Robert Gibbs « Hot Air

Video: Why we’ll miss Robert Gibbs « Hot Air

Does anybody like this guy?

Michelle Malkin » Obamacare: The comic book

Michelle Malkin » Obamacare: The comic book: "“I guess it’s appropriate to create a comic book version of the Non-Affordable Healthcare Bill, after all, we know the savings we’re supposed to see from it is pure fiction.”"

Obama: Oh, by the way, I haven’t raised taxes once « Hot Air

Obama: Oh, by the way, I haven’t raised taxes once « Hot Air: "The idea that Obama did not raise taxes is just plain wrong."

Is it wrong for the President to lie?

Obama's "tough budget cuts" in pictures

Obama's "tough budget cuts" in pictures: "The anticipated 2012 budget deficit will be $1,500,000 million ($1.5 trillion). This means we are borrowing that amount from our children to fund all of the Democrats' Utopian spending programs."

Utopia better get here soon!

Michelle Malkin » Al Sharpton’s theme song: Lien on me

Michelle Malkin » Al Sharpton’s theme song: Lien on me: "When last we visited the financial monkey business taking place in race-hustling Rev. Al Sharpton’s non-profit “National Action Network” last September, an internal audit showed delinquent taxes, shoddy bookkeeping, and campaign finance law-skirting."

Looks like the "Reverend" Al is a crook. I guess race-baiting wasn't paying enough on its own.

Save the Planet

Some good points here.

American Thinker: Clarice's Pieces: The Incredible Lightness of Obama

American Thinker: Clarice's Pieces: The Incredible Lightness of Obama: "But the presumptive contempt of Judge Vinson's order is not the only sign that the administration sees itself as above the law. In Louisiana, Judge Feldman looked at Secretary Salazar's refusal to follow his ruling on resumption of drilling permits in the Gulf and found the Obama administration in contempt."

If you couldn't see that O'Bama and his minions had complete contempt for the rule of law from their behavior with respect to the car industry, it should now be obvious. Maybe it is time to start considering the "i" word.

NBC News: Making No Difference

NBC News: Making No Difference

I never watch that channel, but this article is quite interesting.

American Thinker: ObamaCare vs. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

American Thinker: ObamaCare vs. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness: "Even absent a sufficient understanding of the underlying principles, only willful blindness could account for a person's inability to acknowledge the abundant factual accounts of misery and oppression that have been the result in every case where such 'rights' as health care have been forcibly imposed on a people by their government. Such claims as 'health care is a right' are not merely mistaken -- they are wicked and destructive. It is such 'rights' that are currently destroying our society, and resolutely refuting them is the only way we can save ourselves."

Interesting analysis.

Obama calls on business to do more to boost U.S. | Reuters

Obama calls on business to do more to boost U.S. | Reuters: "'If we make America the best place to do business, businesses should make their mark in America,' Obama said in his weekly radio address. 'They should set up shop here, and hire our workers, and pay decent wages and invest in the future of this nation. That's their obligation.'"

Yet we're going to throw ObamaCare, labor unions, the EPA, OHS and countless other alphabet agencies at them. Not to mention an insanely high corporate tax rate, and massive cost uncertainty.

And just to be sure the message isn't clear, throw in calls to "punish your enemies", "make the rich pay", and endless tossing around of the "fat cats" rhetoric.

Apart from those things, the USA is a great place to "set up shop".

With all due respect to the President, he's either clueless or cynically saying one thing while doing another. My guess is that's a bit of both.

Ex-Ambassador Left Luxembourg Embassy in 'State of Dysfunction,' Watchdog Finds - FoxNews.com

Ex-Ambassador Left Luxembourg Embassy in 'State of Dysfunction,' Watchdog Finds - FoxNews.com

Smart power.

Video: Koch protests include calls to lynch Clarence Thomas; Update: Common Cause “outraged” over comments « Hot Air

Video: Koch protests include calls to lynch Clarence Thomas; Update: Common Cause “outraged” over comments « Hot Air: "Yes, these comments come from the attendees, not the speakers at the protest organized by Common Cause at the Koch political conference, but according to the media rules on covering the Tea Party, that makes all liberals racists, and also responsible for the murders committed by Kermit Gosnell in his abortion clinic in Philadelphia. Right?"

Yes, that new tone of civility...

Sacrifice for me, but not for thee: Taxpayers foot bill for Carter’s landscapers « The Greenroom

Sacrifice for me, but not for thee: Taxpayers foot bill for Carter’s landscapers « The Greenroom

This is worth it -- the Archie Bunker clip is a nice touch.

Obama Invites Crisis If He Ignores Ruling - Investors.com

Obama Invites Crisis If He Ignores Ruling - Investors.com: "The decision by federal judge Roger Vinson striking down President Obama's signature health care law effectively ends ObamaCare unless some higher court overturns it.

In spite of this overwhelming rebuke of the law, some Birkenstock-wearing legal analysts are trying to argue that Vinson's ruling could be ignored by the administration.

That's why this week's action by Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is so significant. Van Hollen has taken the proper step of following the law, which now says that ObamaCare is unconstitutional in its entirety, relieving Wisconsin of any obligation to follow it.

It is the responsibility of every state attorney general in the nation to follow Van Hollen's lead, and halt any actions to implement this unconstitutional law. To do otherwise will open states up to legal liability."

American Thinker: Obama Well Knows What Chaos He Has Unleashed

American Thinker: Obama Well Knows What Chaos He Has Unleashed: "My fear is that Obama is not naïve at all, but he instead knows only too well what he is doing, for he is eagerly promoting Islamic power in the world while diminishing the West and Israel, however much innocent blood will flow as a result. "

That's it in a nutshell.

Did Obama agree to expose British nuke secrets in START pact? « Hot Air

Did Obama agree to expose British nuke secrets in START pact? « Hot Air: "We do not increase our standing among friends or foes when we stab the former in the back for the sake of the latter. Instead, we look craven, disloyal, and inept."

Pretty much summarizes O'Bama and his minions.

Justice Clarence Thomas should be sent “back to the fields”… Wait, what? | The Right Sphere

But racists on the left are really just a bunch of fun loving folks whose vitriolic rhetoric would never inspire anybody to go on a gun rampage.

Justice Clarence Thomas should be sent “back to the fields”… Wait, what? | The Right Sphere

American Thinker: Obama: A Roman God Updated?

American Thinker: Obama: A Roman God Updated?: "It is bad enough when a politician tries to hide reality in order to hide from it. That can be ignorance, or it can be cowardice, human qualities we can understand if not approve of. When a president promises economic recovery and growth while acting widely to de-industrialize the economy and devalue the currency, he is depriving the people of their wealth by deception; he is a swindler recalling the Biblical advice: Put not your faith in princes. "

The Obama waivers start to spread « Hot Air

The EPA has onerous new regulations on new power plants. One just got a big exception: the Avenal Power Center in California.

Interesting note, they're using General Electric 7FA Gas Turbines with Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) and one General Electric Steam Turbine.

Guess who is head of the O'Jobs Commission? Why, it's Immelt, the, ummmm, CEO of General Electric.

Saaayyyy, is that a coincidence?

Or is it fascism -- the pinnacle of crony capitalism?

The Obama waivers start to spread « Hot Air

President Obama and His Promises -- Has 'Change' Finally Arrived? - FoxNews.com

President Obama and His Promises -- Has 'Change' Finally Arrived? - FoxNews.com:

"The mark of a true leader is someone who does what he promises. A leader is also someone who will work with the opposition even though he does not have to.

By those measures, is Obama a leader?

FoxNews.com - Worst Winter Weather Ever or a Just a Snow Job of Epic Proportions?

Apocalypse no...

FoxNews.com - Worst Winter Weather Ever or a Just a Snow Job of Epic Proportions?

Obamateurism of the Day « Hot Air

Ed Morrissey provides an excellent analysis of the White House's "rebuttal" of the decision declaring Obamacare unconstitutional:

Obamateurism of the Day « Hot Air: "Quick: name the private-sector goods and services that the federal government requires in the Civil Rights Act, the Voting Rights Act, or even the Social Security Act. Answer? None. Social Security is a tax system with defined benefits payouts from the government, and no one doubts that the federal government has the power to tax. The Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act require the federal government to enforce the Constitution, not citizens to buy sample ballots or shop at certain stores. The entire response is a big non-sequitur — and if this is how they defended ObamaCare in Vinson’s court, small wonder they lost, and lost big."

Whack!

Both barrels.

Review & Outlook: The Constitutional Moment - WSJ.com

Excellent article on the recent Obamacare case.

Review & Outlook: The Constitutional Moment - WSJ.com

American Thinker: Obama's Rathole Moment

American Thinker: Obama's Rathole Moment:

"It is almost as if Obama believes that in some dysfunctional inner-city school, there are kids with poor English skills about to drop out, but if we just rescue them and get them to return to the classroom and study algebra, America's future will be saved. Yes, a bunch of middle-aged, nerdy white males got us to the moon, but it will take an entire village of ethnically, racially diverse and gender-balanced people, many of whom were the first in their family to finish high school, let alone attend college, to get us to Mars -- a Spaceship Rainbow."

Direct hit. Read the article.