August 23, 2010
(via POLITICO.com) DOCTORED PHOTO ALERT!!! How can you tell the editors at Politico doctored this photo? No…it’s not their clever backdrop of a golf course fairway. (That’s a believable location, given how much time he spends there as opposed to at the White House.) No, silly. Think unbelievable. What’s the real clue that there’s no way this could be true? No teleprompters!

(via POLITICO.com)

DOCTORED PHOTO ALERT!!!

How can you tell the editors at Politico doctored this photo?

No…it’s not their clever backdrop of a golf course fairway. (That’s a believable location, given how much time he spends there as opposed to at the White House.)

No, silly. Think unbelievable. What’s the real clue that there’s no way this could be true?

No teleprompters!

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August 17, 2009
Fifth person pleads guilty to passport snooping

When someone pooh-poohs your concern over having your medical records put into a government database through National Health Information Technology, remind them of dear Mr. Kevin Young, who worked for the State Department for 22 years and as of today, pleaded guilty “to illegally accessing more than 125 confidential passport applications for celebrities, professional athletes and a politician”

Once your private medical info has been divulged to the world, no amount of prosecution of the leaker (or lack of prosecution as we have often seen) can restore your privacy and dignity.

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August 15, 2009
GEICO Sends a Message to Glen Beck Viewers

GEICO Sends a Message to Glen Beck Viewers


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July 9, 2009
“ You simultaneously ban and tax soda the same way you do with smoking…tobacco. Can’t smoke it anywhere these days, but they’ll let you buy it with much of the price going to the government.

— DemFools commenting on Riehl World View’s post titled “More On Health Care Reform,” which asks how you can simultaneously ban and tax soda

We continue:

BTW, anyone else notice the odd phenomenon of a rash of “legalizing for the sake of taxing” marijuana stories these past couple days? It looks like many of the very same people that take the time to exhibit their displeasure whenever there’s a whiff of smoke around (manufacturing disapproving coughs and waving their hands at imaginary smoke curls in the air) do not fear the primary or secondary smoke of wacky tabacky. There’s a cloud of hypocrisy wafting in from the horizon.

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“ Pete Rawlings comments “I’d rather have someone who agrees with me 50-70% of the time than another Schumer, Boxer, or Franken.” But liberal/moderate Republicans will be voting with Schumer, Boxer and Franken much more often than with you.

— DemFools commenting on Riehl World View’s post titled “Republicans Recruit Stimulus Advocate Ayotte?”

We continue:

Look at CQ Politics’ Vote Studies of 2009 To Date. Snowe and Collins vote with Obama 92% of the time and with the Republicans 42%/44% (respectively) of the time. A Democrat in their seat would be a far better bet—especially since it would force the Republicans to put someone up to run against the traitors. Why would you hope to use Republican time and money to get another Snowe/Collinsesque liberal vote? That’s just surrendering your liberty and freedom willingly. Fight for what you believe.

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June 25, 2009
NYC Could Require Anti-Smoking Signs At Retailers

The story, at wcbstv.com, says:

The New York City health department is moving forward with a plan that would require about 12,000 cigarette retailers to post large anti-smoking signs.

It’s billed as the first such regulation in the United States.

The eye-level signs would have information about the harmful effects of smoking, possibly with an image.

The assistant commissioner for tobacco control, Sarah B. Perl, says it can be effective to display gruesome health effects such as amputations and throat cancer.

The city’s Board of Health is now seeking public comment. At the earliest, it would vote in September.

If the proposal is passed, the department says it’s poised to fend off lawsuits.

We have a better idea:

All NYC government offices, council chambers and the like should have giant signs (posted at eye level with gruesome photos) warning constituents of the dangers that government poses to their life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.


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May 31, 2009
“ There are “more problems than we thought,” Obama told a man who asked him about his first months in office.

— from “Obama stops at Five Guys for cheeseburger” at msnbc.com

Good grief. Just what did he “think” it was going to be? Sitting behind a big, pretty desk bored and twiddling his thumbs during the morning; heading out with the limo for some local afternoon adoration at a burger joint; and then firing up three planes and hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses in the evening to jet off for a little date night?

 

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May 21, 2009
Guess what year this photo was taken. (via Boston.com) At the website, the photo caption reads: Russian BTR-90 Infantry fighting vehicles roll down the street in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 7, 2009, during a final rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade. It appears that the rest of the world is not buying into this whole “lay down your arms, ‘cause everybody’s our buddy” philosophy the White House is trying to popularize. Know what’s the best argument for why we don’t engage in our own displays of military awesomeness? It’s not that we shouldn’t be crass or intimidating to the world (and thereby create more jihadists against us). It’s that if we were to have tanks and missile launchers and such start rolling down our streets, the American people would run away screaming, fearful that the weaponry was aimed at them. Sad, but true…as proven by an Air Force One flight over New York.

Guess what year this photo was taken.

(via Boston.com)

At the website, the photo caption reads:

Russian BTR-90 Infantry fighting vehicles roll down the street in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 7, 2009, during a final rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade.

It appears that the rest of the world is not buying into this whole “lay down your arms, ‘cause everybody’s our buddy” philosophy the White House is trying to popularize.

Know what’s the best argument for why we don’t engage in our own displays of military awesomeness?

It’s not that we shouldn’t be crass or intimidating to the world (and thereby create more jihadists against us).

It’s that if we were to have tanks and missile launchers and such start rolling down our streets, the American people would run away screaming, fearful that the weaponry was aimed at them.

Sad, but true…as proven by an Air Force One flight over New York.

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Are we right to be unconcerned about a huge country that, in the year 2009, still feels the need to drag out a collection of Topol-M missile launchers and other heavy-duty military hardware for a Victory Day parade? Are we part of their intended audience? (via Boston.com)

Are we right to be unconcerned about a huge country that, in the year 2009, still feels the need to drag out a collection of Topol-M missile launchers and other heavy-duty military hardware for a Victory Day parade?

Are we part of their intended audience?

(via Boston.com)

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Would these parading Russian soldiers defy Putin and refuse to take up arms against the U.S. simply because of the personal magnetism of our President Obama?

Would these parading Russian soldiers defy Putin and refuse to take up arms against the U.S. simply because of the personal magnetism of our President Obama?

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