3/13/13

Joke of the Day...


I was
in Ft. Myers, Florida the other day
and I saw a
bumper sticker on a parked car that read,
"I miss Detroit."

So, I
broke the window, stole the radio, shot out two of the tires,
and left a
note that read,
"I hope this
helps!"

Barack Obama's Diary: Hot Stuff

Dear Diary: I met with Sultan of Brunei today. Dudes! I have Air Force  One to fly me around, but this guy also has a 747 and he pilots it himself. Pretty impressive, huh?  With the absurd little Kim Jong Un making waves int North Korea it behooves us to have stock of Kimchi -- that fermented, spicy cabbage dish that Koreans love. White House chef Sam Kass has embarked on a project to convert some of Michelle's veggie garden cabbages into Kimchi. Some was proudly presented to me when I was having lunch with Joe Biden today. Joe offered to try it on my behalf.  He took a large mouthful and began chewing, but quickly  his jaws stopped moving, his face tuned an alarming vermilion-pink and tears started in his eyes. "Lord Luv yah!"  he exclaimed, gulped down a glass  of water and said: " What the heck is that stuff?"  "Just "Kimchi, Joe," I said in a casual voice. It goes well with dog." But enough about me.

3/12/13

2016 Race: Most stand with Rand

The majority of conservatives stand with Rand as the 2016 Republican presidential nominee, according to a new poll.  After polling 190,000 conservatives, Contract From America found that Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is the favored GOP presidential pick for 2016. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio are two other popular choices for 2016. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush are running last in a pool of 32 candidates. Details here.

Obama 'eyeing leftist radical as Labor Secretary'

President Obama reportedly intends to nominate in-your-face radical leftist lawyer Thomas Perez as his next Secretary of Labor.  Now an assistant attorney general at the U.S. Department of Justice, Perez
led the Obama administration's assault on voter ID laws last year. Perez is apparently in favor of Saudi-style anti-blasphemy laws.  In Saudi Arabia offenders can be condemned to death merely for insulting Islam.  Read more: 

Joke of the Day...

An airplane was about to crash; there were 5 passengers on board, but only 4 parachutes. The first passenger, a Romanian said, "I have my children and large family. My family needs me!"  He took the first pack and jumped out of the plane. The second passenger, Whoopi Goldberg, said, "I'm a well known comedian and actor who has a lot to give this country".  So, she grabbed the second pack and jumped.
The third passenger, Joe Biden said, "I am the Vice President of the United States and I am the smartest person in this plane, and the smartest Vice President this country has ever had.  Our country looks up to me as a great leader!'  So, he grabbed the pack next to him and jumped out. The fourth passenger, Billy Graham, said to the fifth passenger, a 10-year-old schoolgirl, "I have lived a full life and served my God the best I could.  I will sacrifice my life and let you have the last parachute." The little girl said, "That's okay Rev. Graham.  There's a parachute left for you.  America's smartest Vice President took my school bag."



Obama's $1.5million question: Why are lesbians fat?

The National Institutes of Health, a government agency, has awarded $1.5 million to study biological and social factors for why “three-quarters” of lesbians are obese and why gay males are not, calling it an issue of “high public-health significance."  Read More

3/11/13

Rand renews his stand on war, tax and aid

Appearing on CNN’s Situation Room, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) urged that the United States bring its troops home from a costly war in Afghanistan, cut foreign aid, especially to potentially hostile countries like Egypt, and take serious steps towards reforming entitlements and the tax code. He also said that, like his father Ron, he believes he can appeal to the youth vote and help make the GOP competitive in “blue and purple states.”

White students told to wear 'white privilege' wristbands

The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction runs several programs that heavily emphasize racial issues in public schools.  Some feel that one of those programs – an Americorps operation called VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) – encourages white students to wear a white wristband “as a reminder about your (white) privilege.” Read more

VA support collapses under Obama

The Department of Veterans Affairs' ability to quickly provide service-related benefits has virtually collapsed under President Barack Obama.  Internal VA documents, obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting and authenticated by the agency, reveal that delays newly returning veterans face before receiving disability compensation and other benefits are far longer than the agency has publicly acknowledged. The documents also offer insight into some of the reasons for those delays.
The agency tracks and widely reports the average wait time: 273 days. But the internal data indicates that veterans filing their first claim, including those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, wait nearly two months longer, between 316 and 327 days. Those filing for the first time in America’s major population centers wait up to twice as long – 642 days in New York, 619 days in Los Angeles and 542 days in Chicago. More here.    [Thanks:BJS]

Cartoon: Nate Beeler


[The Columbus Dispatch]

Judge blocks Bloomberg's soda ban

A state judge has stopped Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration from banning the sale of large sugary drinks at New York City restaurants and other venues, a major defeat for a mayor who has made public-health initiatives a cornerstone of his tenure, The Wall Street Journal reports. The city is "enjoined and permanently restrained from implementing or enforcing the new regulations," New York Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling decided. More here.

Cartoon: Barksdale

[Thanks: ECS]
[Magic Valley.com]

Why the GOP now stands with Rand

 At least for the time being, Rand Paul is the effective leader of the Republican Party.  The GOP's shellacking in 2012 has thrust a new generation of Republicans -- including leaders like Rubio, Paul Ryan, Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal and Chris Christie -- into the spotlight. But it's Paul who has become the clearest voice of the new guard in the Republican Party. And he is effectively driving the entire GOP message right now. Read more.    [Thanks: BJS]

3/10/13

Whose People's House?

[From Aftermath]

Barack Obama's Diary: Nyaaa, nyaaah!

 Dear Diary: After Christmas in the  doghouse it was time for golf again today. Nyaaa, nyaaa, Michelle!  I thought to myself as I was driven in The Beast out  out to  Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay, with trip director and golf buddy Marv Nicholson. At the links we met up with Hawaiians Bobby Titcomb and Mike Ramos and Chicagoans Eric Whitaker and Chicagoans Eric Whitaker and Marty Nesbitt. On the down-low, this was my 156th game since taking office in 2009. Meantime, I have a right to be proud...look at how much happier and prosperous this nation has become since then. But enough about me.