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By JAMES TARANTO
If a certain sort of conservative tends to be moralistic about sex, liberals tend to be moralistic about money. That makes Tom Daschle the equivalent of a televangelist caught in a sex scandal.
Daschle, now President Obama's nominee for secretary of health and human services, was first elected to Congress in 1978 as a Democrat from South Dakota. In 2004, in the final throes of the Bush majority, voters ousted him from the Senate.
Forced into the private sector, he returned to Aberdeen, S.D., and eked out a living growing wheat on the Daschle family farm. As if! Actually, he stayed in Washington, joined a lobbying firm--albeit as a 'special policy adviser,' since as a former senator he was prohibited by law from 'lobbying'--and raked in the bucks. The prairie populist became a plutocrat, as the Washington Post reports:
Without becoming a registered lobbyist, he made millions of dollars giving public speeches and private counsel to insurers, hospitals, realtors, farmers, energy firms and telecommunications companies with complex regulatory and legislative interests in Washington.
Daschle's expertise and insights, gleaned over 26 years in Congress, earned him more than $5 million over the past two years, including $220,000 from the health-care industry, and perks such as a chauffeured Cadillac, according to the documents.
We thought of a catchy term for people who claim to be tribunes of the poor while getting driven around by a chauffeur. We're going to call them 'limousine liberals.'
Anyway, there was one little 'glitch,' as the Washington Post calls it. Daschle, who in 1998 said, 'Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter' "
Monday, February 02, 2009
"LET THEM EAT STEAK"
"LET THEM EAT STEAK"
"Is Barack Obama an insensitive lout who serves $100 per pound steaks to his elite guests and turns up the heat in the White House high enough to grow orchids while a million of his countrymen are without power and dozens are freezing to death? If not, why not?
Solely because that is not the story the media want to tell. Many on the web--but no one in the mainstream media--have commented on the fact that Obama has not even pretended to do anything about the massive ice storm that has disabled much of Kentucky and neighboring states. It took days for FEMA to swing into action. Why is that not a scandal?"
"Is Barack Obama an insensitive lout who serves $100 per pound steaks to his elite guests and turns up the heat in the White House high enough to grow orchids while a million of his countrymen are without power and dozens are freezing to death? If not, why not?
Solely because that is not the story the media want to tell. Many on the web--but no one in the mainstream media--have commented on the fact that Obama has not even pretended to do anything about the massive ice storm that has disabled much of Kentucky and neighboring states. It took days for FEMA to swing into action. Why is that not a scandal?"
Michigan crafts stimulus wish list
Michigan crafts stimulus wish list
"Michigan officials, like those in many states across the nation, are crafting a multibillion dollar wish list for road improvements and other projects in anticipation of an expected federal stimulus package."
So while we tighten our fiscal belts, the "leaders" of Michigan are searching for MORE ways to spend OUR money.
Disgusting!
And consistent....
"Michigan officials, like those in many states across the nation, are crafting a multibillion dollar wish list for road improvements and other projects in anticipation of an expected federal stimulus package."
So while we tighten our fiscal belts, the "leaders" of Michigan are searching for MORE ways to spend OUR money.
Disgusting!
And consistent....
Fed cash reviving options for Granholm
Fed cash reviving options for Granholm
"Now the prospect of nearly $3 billion in federal stimulus money for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1 has the Democratic governor cautiously looking over her dream list again."
Read on to see what see will do with the "stimulus".
Disgusting!
"Now the prospect of nearly $3 billion in federal stimulus money for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1 has the Democratic governor cautiously looking over her dream list again."
Read on to see what see will do with the "stimulus".
Disgusting!
Daschle -- And Solis, Too
Daschle -- And Solis, Too
"a new issue has arisen concerning another Obama cabinet nomination, that of Rep. Hilda Solis to be Secretary of Labor.
Solis had a rough hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee when she declined to answer all sorts of seemingly noncontroversial questions about her positions on basic labor issues. (Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus wrote a frustrated account of the hearing, asking, 'How can senators consent if they have no clue what policies they might be consenting to?') Now, some committee members want to know more about Solis' relationship with a pro-labor group called American Rights at Work. On the group's website, Solis is listed as a member of the board of directors, and she also served as Treasurer of the organization from 2004 to 2007. The question is whether Solis, who as a member of Congress is prohibited from lobbying Congress, fully disclosed her relationship with the group."
The "Leona Helmsley" democrats seem to lack..... gravitas... or are they simply crooks?
"a new issue has arisen concerning another Obama cabinet nomination, that of Rep. Hilda Solis to be Secretary of Labor.
Solis had a rough hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee when she declined to answer all sorts of seemingly noncontroversial questions about her positions on basic labor issues. (Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus wrote a frustrated account of the hearing, asking, 'How can senators consent if they have no clue what policies they might be consenting to?') Now, some committee members want to know more about Solis' relationship with a pro-labor group called American Rights at Work. On the group's website, Solis is listed as a member of the board of directors, and she also served as Treasurer of the organization from 2004 to 2007. The question is whether Solis, who as a member of Congress is prohibited from lobbying Congress, fully disclosed her relationship with the group."
The "Leona Helmsley" democrats seem to lack..... gravitas... or are they simply crooks?
Social Security: National Ponzi Scheme
Social Security: National Ponzi Scheme
"In 1940, there were 42 workers per retiree, in 1950 there were 16, today there are three and in 20 or 30 years there will be two or fewer workers per retiree."
"In 1940, there were 42 workers per retiree, in 1950 there were 16, today there are three and in 20 or 30 years there will be two or fewer workers per retiree."
Man beaten with beer mug during fight at Pittsfield Township bar
Man beaten with beer mug during fight at Pittsfield Township bar, police say
"witnesses told police that the 21-year-old Ann Arbor man struck the victim in the head repeatedly with a glass beer mug"
Isn't it time we started considering the licensing of beer mugs?
People don't mug people with mugs if Dixie Cups are at hand..
Mugs force drunks to mug people.
Seriously, if it saves just one beer drinker's life....
"witnesses told police that the 21-year-old Ann Arbor man struck the victim in the head repeatedly with a glass beer mug"
Isn't it time we started considering the licensing of beer mugs?
People don't mug people with mugs if Dixie Cups are at hand..
Mugs force drunks to mug people.
Seriously, if it saves just one beer drinker's life....
CARPE DIEM: With All Due Respect Mr. President......
CARPE DIEM: With All Due Respect Mr. President......:
"'There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jumpstart the economy.'
~PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA, JANUARY 9 , 2009
With all due respect Mr. President, that is not true.
There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jumpstart the economy.
Notwithstanding reports that all economists are now Keynesians and that we all support a big increase in the burden of government, we the undersigned do not believe that more government spending is a way to improve economic performance.
More government spending by Hoover and Roosevelt did not pull the United States economy out of the Great Depression in the 1930s.
More government spending did not solve Japan’s “lost decade” in the 1990s.
As such, it is a triumph of hope over experience to believe that more government spending will help the U.S. today.
To improve the economy, policymakers should focus on reforms that remove impediments to work, saving, investment and production.
Lower tax rates and a reduction in the burden of government are the best ways of using fiscal policy to boost growth."
"'There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jumpstart the economy.'
~PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA, JANUARY 9 , 2009
With all due respect Mr. President, that is not true.
There is no disagreement that we need action by our government, a recovery plan that will help to jumpstart the economy.
Notwithstanding reports that all economists are now Keynesians and that we all support a big increase in the burden of government, we the undersigned do not believe that more government spending is a way to improve economic performance.
More government spending by Hoover and Roosevelt did not pull the United States economy out of the Great Depression in the 1930s.
More government spending did not solve Japan’s “lost decade” in the 1990s.
As such, it is a triumph of hope over experience to believe that more government spending will help the U.S. today.
To improve the economy, policymakers should focus on reforms that remove impediments to work, saving, investment and production.
Lower tax rates and a reduction in the burden of government are the best ways of using fiscal policy to boost growth."
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Call for obese children to be taken into care
Call for obese children to be taken into care
"SEVERELY obese children should be notified to child protection authorities, and even taken into care, if their parents are unwilling or unable to help them lose weight, experts have argued."
Yikes!
If our country did this in Muskegon, half the kids would be in "fat camp"!
Ain't liberalism great?
"SEVERELY obese children should be notified to child protection authorities, and even taken into care, if their parents are unwilling or unable to help them lose weight, experts have argued."
Yikes!
If our country did this in Muskegon, half the kids would be in "fat camp"!
Ain't liberalism great?
CARPE DIEM: Your Tax Dollars At Work, Saving Jobs in Brazil: GM to Invest $1 Billion of Bailout Money in Brazil
CARPE DIEM: Your Tax Dollars At Work, Saving Jobs in Brazil: GM to Invest $1 Billion of Bailout Money in Brazil
Your TV and local news told you about this.....right?
When are you gonna wonder why you don't know these FACTS in advance of giant money grab from YOUR pocket?
Your TV and local news told you about this.....right?
When are you gonna wonder why you don't know these FACTS in advance of giant money grab from YOUR pocket?
THE RUSH LIMBAUGH REVIVAL
THE RUSH LIMBAUGH REVIVAL
"In a repeat of anti-Rush history (see 'vast right wing conspiracy,' et al), the White House broadside backfired ....... Rather than dividing the GOP, it united them.
Not a single Republican voted for the Obama plan after unprecedented wooing, courting, and cajoling.
The Rush Effect is incontestable.
Which begs the question: Why did Obama - who told House GOP leaders 'you can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done' - even bring him up?"
Could it be that "Barry and the libs" just don't get it?
"In a repeat of anti-Rush history (see 'vast right wing conspiracy,' et al), the White House broadside backfired ....... Rather than dividing the GOP, it united them.
Not a single Republican voted for the Obama plan after unprecedented wooing, courting, and cajoling.
The Rush Effect is incontestable.
Which begs the question: Why did Obama - who told House GOP leaders 'you can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done' - even bring him up?"
Could it be that "Barry and the libs" just don't get it?
Financial trouble puts quick end to farm making high-end cheese from water buffalos
Financial trouble puts quick end to farm making high-end cheese from water buffalos
"'They had a whole business plan and (Cummings) had a good system set up,' said Mike DiBernardo, an economic development specialist with the state Department of Agriculture. 'They were ramping up, working on getting that volume up, and it all comes to a screeching halt.'
The agriculture department funded a $50,000 marketing study for di Bufala in 2006 that showed a 'very lucrative and strong market' for mozzarella and yogurt made from water buffalo milk."
Ummm.... our state, Jenny-and-the-dems, gave this 12th generation inbred $50,000 to tell him it was a GREAT idea and he bellies up in a few months!!!!!!!
Folks, when are we gonna get a hint that these "free money" scum from our state government don't need any more of our money?
"'They had a whole business plan and (Cummings) had a good system set up,' said Mike DiBernardo, an economic development specialist with the state Department of Agriculture. 'They were ramping up, working on getting that volume up, and it all comes to a screeching halt.'
The agriculture department funded a $50,000 marketing study for di Bufala in 2006 that showed a 'very lucrative and strong market' for mozzarella and yogurt made from water buffalo milk."
Ummm.... our state, Jenny-and-the-dems, gave this 12th generation inbred $50,000 to tell him it was a GREAT idea and he bellies up in a few months!!!!!!!
Folks, when are we gonna get a hint that these "free money" scum from our state government don't need any more of our money?
Blue Cross requests rate increases in Michigan
Blue Cross requests rate increases in Michigan
"The requested average rate increases are 56 percent for individual plans,"
Holy shittake!
"The requested average rate increases are 56 percent for individual plans,"
Holy shittake!
"Let them eat cake"
Muskegon County prepares for 150th birthday
"The county wants to throw itself a birthday party.
July 18 will mark Muskegon County's 150th anniversary as a governmental unit, and thanks to $10,000 from the county's board of commissioners, a celebration is in the works......
And two massive cakes, one of which is expected to be large enough to feed 5,000 people, will take center stage at Taste of Muskegon, a culinary festival that has drawn thousands of food lovers downtown."
Interesting that the county's board of commissioners would be kind enough to pony up $10,000 from their own pockets for us cake eaters!
Oh..... it isn't the commissioners who are paying?
It's US PEOPLE???
Our broke county has EXTRA tax moolah for cake?
This ain't right.
Folks, remember how the "Let them eat cake" deal worked out for Marie Antoinette.
"The county wants to throw itself a birthday party.
July 18 will mark Muskegon County's 150th anniversary as a governmental unit, and thanks to $10,000 from the county's board of commissioners, a celebration is in the works......
And two massive cakes, one of which is expected to be large enough to feed 5,000 people, will take center stage at Taste of Muskegon, a culinary festival that has drawn thousands of food lovers downtown."
Interesting that the county's board of commissioners would be kind enough to pony up $10,000 from their own pockets for us cake eaters!
Oh..... it isn't the commissioners who are paying?
It's US PEOPLE???
Our broke county has EXTRA tax moolah for cake?
This ain't right.
Folks, remember how the "Let them eat cake" deal worked out for Marie Antoinette.
We show tolerance to 'gays' and get tyranny in return
PETER HITCHENS
We show tolerance to 'gays' and get tyranny in return:
"We are forced to say that we think homosexuality is a good thing, that homosexual couples are equal in all ways to heterosexual married couples.
Most emphatically, we are compelled to agree that homosexual couples are just as good at bringing up children as the children's own grandparents.
Better, in fact.
Many people who believe nothing of the kind now know that their careers in politics, the media, the Armed Services, the police or schools will be ruined if they ever let their true opinions show.
I am sure that many of them regularly lie about their views, to avoid such trouble."
The "free speech" American media would love to have England's intolerance right here in the good old USA!
We show tolerance to 'gays' and get tyranny in return:
"We are forced to say that we think homosexuality is a good thing, that homosexual couples are equal in all ways to heterosexual married couples.
Most emphatically, we are compelled to agree that homosexual couples are just as good at bringing up children as the children's own grandparents.
Better, in fact.
Many people who believe nothing of the kind now know that their careers in politics, the media, the Armed Services, the police or schools will be ruined if they ever let their true opinions show.
I am sure that many of them regularly lie about their views, to avoid such trouble."
The "free speech" American media would love to have England's intolerance right here in the good old USA!
Details of medical marijuana law still hazy as April implementation approaches
Details of medical marijuana law still hazy as April implementation approaches
"Come April 4, Michigan residents suffering from certain illnesses will be allowed to use marijuana for medicinal purposes, but one big, lingering question remains: How do they get the drug without breaking state and federal criminal laws?
The answer appears to be as hazy as Cheech and Chong's van"
Why are we ALWAYS voting on initiatives that are so poorly written?
"Come April 4, Michigan residents suffering from certain illnesses will be allowed to use marijuana for medicinal purposes, but one big, lingering question remains: How do they get the drug without breaking state and federal criminal laws?
The answer appears to be as hazy as Cheech and Chong's van"
Why are we ALWAYS voting on initiatives that are so poorly written?
Michigan school officials call MEA early retirement idea 'a bad proposal'
Michigan school officials call MEA early retirement idea 'a bad proposal'
"the plan would boost pension benefits by about a third to encourage school employees to retire this year. A teacher with 30 years of service who earns $70,000 would see his or her pension set at $42,000 a year under the plan, compared to $31,500 under the normal formula. An estimated 90,000 school employees would qualify for the plan."
This is an enormous rip off of the taxpayer's money.
Remember the AVERAGE FAMILY income in Muskegon county is about $38,000.
We work hard for our families and the teacher union thugs work hard to take more and more of our money.
"the plan would boost pension benefits by about a third to encourage school employees to retire this year. A teacher with 30 years of service who earns $70,000 would see his or her pension set at $42,000 a year under the plan, compared to $31,500 under the normal formula. An estimated 90,000 school employees would qualify for the plan."
This is an enormous rip off of the taxpayer's money.
Remember the AVERAGE FAMILY income in Muskegon county is about $38,000.
We work hard for our families and the teacher union thugs work hard to take more and more of our money.
Flushing more of OUR hard earned money down the UNION THUG's drain.
Muskegon school board member Charles Nash resists efforts to get him to resign
Muskegon school board member Charles Nash resists efforts to get him to resign
"School officials fear the efforts to remove Nash could create divisions on the board, especially since he has raised the issue of racism during efforts to get him off the school board.......
During a special school board meeting last week to discuss the issue, school board attorney Gary Britton said it was his opinion that Nash was in conflict by serving on both boards and that he should resign. Britton also advised the board it could seek an opinion from the state's attorney general. A state legislator also could request such an opinion, a county elections officials has said."
Hold on!
I thought Prez Barry's coronation was supposed to end this auto-defence!
I guess not.
It's just too good to stop using.....kids learn the same thing.... but a little different.....
"School officials fear the efforts to remove Nash could create divisions on the board, especially since he has raised the issue of racism during efforts to get him off the school board.......
During a special school board meeting last week to discuss the issue, school board attorney Gary Britton said it was his opinion that Nash was in conflict by serving on both boards and that he should resign. Britton also advised the board it could seek an opinion from the state's attorney general. A state legislator also could request such an opinion, a county elections officials has said."
Hold on!
I thought Prez Barry's coronation was supposed to end this auto-defence!
I guess not.
It's just too good to stop using.....kids learn the same thing.... but a little different.....
Obama hates white people and wants them to die
"With nearly 1.5 million people in the mid-west without power during a cold snap, what other possible reason is there that this new 'competent' administration and FEMA would be failing so spectacularly in helping in this natural disaster?
It's got to be that Obama hates white people and wants them to die!"
What's good for the media goose is good for the media gander?
Bumps in the Road: Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces Tax Questions Over Car and Driver
"I've always gotten pleasure cheating on my income tax, but the creme de la creme is cheating via electronic filing."
Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces Tax Questions Over Car and Driver
"This is the second Cabinet nominee of President Obama's to face questions of tax malfeasance. Geithner paid more than $34,000 in taxes during his vetting process for income earned at the International Monetary Fund. Earlier, Commerce secretary nominee Bill Richardson withdrew his name from consideration after reports of a federal investigation involving whether his office engaged in 'pay to play,'"
Wow, this is BIG!
3 crooks in 10 days!
A new record for appointing crooks?
I'm sure we'll see the the unbiased media screaming "culture of corruption".... right?
"This is the second Cabinet nominee of President Obama's to face questions of tax malfeasance. Geithner paid more than $34,000 in taxes during his vetting process for income earned at the International Monetary Fund. Earlier, Commerce secretary nominee Bill Richardson withdrew his name from consideration after reports of a federal investigation involving whether his office engaged in 'pay to play,'"
Wow, this is BIG!
3 crooks in 10 days!
A new record for appointing crooks?
I'm sure we'll see the the unbiased media screaming "culture of corruption".... right?
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