Anything Goes Friday!

After Nancy Pelosi's meltdown yesterday calling the insurance companies "villains," Harry Reid also attacked the insurance companies as part of a larger Democrat strategy for the August recess.  It'll be a tough fight for them to demonize the insurance companies since most Americans like their own insurance coverage, especially as Republicans point out that after five years most Americans could lose their own plan.

 

Blue Dogs might have rolled over, but there was still enough of a concession to make many of the House liberals angry enough to threaten to kill the bill.  The Blue Dogs still, though, voted against an amendment to prevent the surtax from doubling in 2013.  On the good news side, the Senate Finance Committee will not vote on a bill before the August recess.

 

The Obama administration was surprised to find that Americans love what they consider to be free money, and right now plans to shut down the "cash for clunkers" program after this weekend, while the House races in their last day before recess to pass a $2 billion extension to the program.  One car salesman says that "if they can't administer a program like this, I'd be a little concerned about my health insurance."  That just about sums it up, folks, and Doug Powers says that will be enough to help kill Obamacare.  The Heritage Foundation says that it was doomed to fail from the start.

 

A poll commissioned by the Daily Kos (so I'm not sure how much I trust it) shows that 28% of Republicans don't believe Obama was born in America.  See how that works when it comes time to take back Congress next year.

 

There's a lot of talk about the new economic report.  Francis Cianfrocca at RedState.com has the only thing you need to read about it.

 

Russia is going to drill for oil off of Cuba.  That means that there are now two countries that can drill for oil closer to the coast of the United States than American oil companies can.

 

It turns out that colder climates are linked to longer lifespans in animals.  This makes liberals' hatred for global warming illogical, given what they're trying to do to old people through socialist medicine.

 

Half of Americans would prefer to cut mail delivery than to have the federal government subsidize the postal service.

 

Some Republican members of Congress are trying to get the charges against the New Black Panther Party in Philadelphia reinstated.

HoCo Taxes To Rise

Nancy Pelosi finally came unhinged in talking about insurance companies today.  This comes as liberals are unhappy with the deal that was made with the Blue Dogs and President Obama is losing a lot of support on health care and in his overall job performance.  With no vote coming on healthcare until October, we may have been successful in putting this off.

 

The House health care bill includes the establishment of "medical homes" for the elderly and disabled.  This is terrifying.

 

Even with the Blue Dogs' compromise yesterday, keep in mind that the history of government health care always shows skyrocketing costs which will inevitably be paid for by workers, while significant profits will be realized by lawyers.

 

Here's a parasite story that explains the high costs of health care from New York.  It's all about somebody not wanting to pay for themselves.

 

From formerly-Great Britain, a 25-year-old unemployed fat woman is complaining because she lost welfare money after she lost weight.

 

Thanks to the health Nazis, cigar makers are having a lot of trouble.  Jobs will be destroyed.

 

With the "beer summit" tonight, only 30% of voters give Obama good marks for his handling of the Gates incident.  Even the choice of beers is raising some controversy.

 

The stock market has been rising lately, just as the anti-prosperity agenda of the Democrats seems to be fizzling.

 

John Stossel points out that the minimum wage destroys jobs.

 

Protests are starting to erupt in Iran again.

 

Your tax dollars at work:  "stimulus" money is going to art houses that show pornography.  The only difference between art and pornography is a government grant.

 

Over 1,200 businesses in Rhode Island face closure because they haven't paid sales taxes.  I'm on the side of the government in this one.

 

Dan Rather wants the Obama administration to step in to save the media.

 

The federal government is still trying to figure out how to pay back auto dealers under the Cash-for-Clunkers program.

 

The voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party in Philadelphia was dropped after consultation with the number three guy in the Obama Justice Department.

 

The Taliban has a new rule book calling for fewer suicide attacks.  They're running out of martyrs.

 

New York City is trying to get rid of its homeless people, so they're giving them one-way plane tickets to the destination of their choice.  Many of them have been sent to Atlanta.

 

Both the Houston County Commission and the Houston County Board of Education voted to raise taxes yesterday.  Both boards had one member courageous enough to vote against it.

Georgia Has A Spa?

Karen Handel, Republican candidate for Governor, will join us today at 5:30.

 

President Obama had his town hall meeting yesterday with the old and senile wing of the Democrat Party, more commonly known as the AARP, and somebody actually asked him about end of life issues.  Obama never answered the question truthfully, but the Heritage Foundation published what would be the effect of ObamaCare on seniors.  HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says that fighting obesity is one of the major goals of ObamaCare, probably by taxing foods that the health Nazis don't like.

 

House Democrats have managed to come to a compromise with the Blue Dogs to cut the cost of their bill by $100 billion.

 

Theodore Dalrymple has an excellent piece on this so-called "right" to health care.

 

The Obama administration is still using the old tactic of "blame Bush" to protect itself from criticism.

 

Obama found a place to cut the federal budget:  $60 billion from the military, while it's fighting two wars.

 

Democrats in Oregon are taking credit for creating 3,236 jobs with $176 million in stimulus money, even though those jobs lasted an average of only 35 hours.

 

The House Financial Services Committee passed a bill to limit pay for executives.

 

The Post Office is considered "high risk" by the Government Accountability Office.

 

Almost half of voters believe that America's best days are in the past.

 

The Vancouver Sun had a nice piece yesterday about a renowned global warming skeptic.

 

Far-left liberal Maxine Waters wants to challenge the Blue Dogs because they won't cooperate enough with the liberals.

 

Obama's approval ratings are at all time lows, but the worst part for him is the fact that now 48% of adults realize that he is very liberal.

 

Oil prices are starting to rise again, and so is the demagoguery about "speculators," which are really just investors.

 

You can now be sued over a tweet.  That's probably why the British government issued a 20-page document with guidelines on tweeting for government employees.

 

The City of Atlanta is rushing to spend $30 million in federal tax dollars in the next five months before the money expires.  Bureaucracy is getting in the way of redistribution.

 

The former CFO of the State Department of Natural Resources abused services at the state-run spa.  Wait, why does Georgia have a state-run spa?  Another DNR employee, who makes $109,000 per year, admits that he does nothing.

 

Make sure you get all of your shopping finished tonight.  The state tax-free weekend begins at midnight tonight.

 

Warner Robins now in the house flipping business.

Dems to Tax Boob Jobs, Botox

Guess which then-Senator-elect complained in 2004 about the Bush Administration rushing legislation through Congress without time to debate or read it?  Here's a hint:  he is now President of the United States.

 

The birthers won't go away, which is causing a real headache for Republicans.  White House Press Secretary was even asked about that yesterday, and Lou Dobbs has even gotten on board with the conspiracy theory.

 

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court by a 13-6 vote.  The only Republican to vote for her was Lindsey Graham.

 

You have to love this headline:  July has been disaster for Obama, Hill Dems.

 

Obese people cost the country an estimated $147 billion last year just for health care.  In response, the health Nazis want to tax food that they consider bad and even sodas.

 

Democrats are also considering a tax on plastic surgery to raise revenue for socialized medicine as they acknowledge that they will not pass a bill in either side of Congress this week and the Democrats even consider dropping some of their core goals in an attempt to gain Republican support.  Republicans, by the way, have yet to release their own version of a health care bill.  If you needed to know why Republicans are in so much trouble, there's your answer.

 

Despite the fact that old people will be denied health care and pushed into their death beds by socialized health care, the AARP had a town hall meeting with Obama earlier this afternoon.

 

Investor's Business Daily says that socialist medicine is a form of reparations from an allegedly post-racial President.

 

A majority of Americans believe that health care costs will rise under socialist medicine, and a plurality of Americans is opposed to the Democrats' plans.

 

Seven Islamic terrorists were caught in North Carolina yesterday before being able to attack anybody.

 

The Obama administration is going to try to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay in just 24 hours after they come up with a plan for doing so.  This should be interesting.

 

What happens to high-paying jobs when politicians raise taxes and attack bonuses?  Look to London and learn.

 

Retiring Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) says that the Republicans are so down because the party has been taken over by Southerners.  Squishy moderates like Voinovich are the reason Republicans are down.

 

I've gotten some e-mails about this, so here it is.  You won't believe how little it takes to be a federal criminal.

 

Congressional Republicans managed to eliminate $8.7 million in government spending intended to connect whalers in Massachusetts with their whaling ancestors in Alaska and Hawaii.

 

At least two Republicans are looking at running against Sanford Bishop next year.  They need to hurry up and decide, but this could be the year to beat him.

 

A state audit shows that the DOT engaged in dishonest accounting to cover the fact that they had a shortfall.

I'm Back!

The McCain campaign lawyers dug into the birth certificate issue.  The fact that they couldn't find anything is proof that there isn't anything there.

 

Cash-for-clunkers has started, and it turns out that it will not have the effect that the politicians claimed that it would have, and it may hurt private charities.

 

Stimulus money has gone to pay for toilet repairs and for ham.  In St. Louis, about 1600 teenage workers did not get their paychecks on time for their so-called "stimulus jobs."  After Arizona Senator Jon Kyl suggested ending the "stimulus" spending the governor of Arizona received a letter threatening to cut off all stimulus spending in that state.  To add insult to injury, the most anti-lobbyist administration in history has lifted restrictions on lobbyists asking for money for stimulus projects.  The American people are starting to get it, as only 25% of voters believe that the "stimulus" has helped the economy.

 

The socialized medicine bill continues to be honed by the Democrats as they try to push it through Congress, but the more the public sees the worse this thing gets.  The Congressional Budget Office exposed the lie that the Democrats' bill would result in health care savings, as people would use more rather than less health care because it would appear free.  Democrats are also trying to start taxing what they call "gold plated" health insurance policies because only the hated rich have those.  Even though the CBO said that the House bill would cost over $1 trillion, there are some sections of the bill that were not even included because of the language in the bill.  Congressman John Conyers (D-Michigan) says that there is no point even reading the bill because he won't understand what it says anyway.  Right now, it looks like the bill will not pass because there aren't even enough Democrats supporting it to make it law.

 

Democrats are censoring the constituent communications of Congressman John Carter (R-TX) because they don't like the fact that he described their health plan as "government run."

 

In Oregon, some terminally ill patients have been denied care from their state-run insurance program and offered assisted suicide instead.  If you think that won't happen nationally, then think again.  There is a provision in the bill that requires end-of-life counseling for old people.  You'll also lose the freedom to make choices in your health care, and your doctor will lose the ability to decide with you what health care choices to make.

 

All of the support for the bailouts could end up costing $23.7 trillion, or about one and a half times the size of the whole United States economy.

 

A conservative kiosk will not be allowed at a mall in Charlotte because some people got offended and because the owners of the mall are Democrat donors.  This is the mall's right.

 

I'm sure you all know by now about the arrest of the race pimp in Cambridge, Massachusetts last week.  Make yourself more informed by reading the police report.

 

Octomom is going to have a reality show.

 

Reason number 6,782 why I will never run for office:  politicians spend money on professional snoops to dig up dirt on their opponents.

 

The Warner Robins City Council voted down raises for themselves unanimously last week.  Just three weeks ago there was plenty of support for the idea on the council.  Then we got to it.

 

Clifford Holmes will run for mayor in Warner Robins.  Donald Walker will be re-elected.

 

The Houston County Board of Education had two of their public meetings last week on the proposed millage rate increase.  The first meeting had about twenty people, while at the second meeting only one person showed up.  Unless there is a large public outcry, they will proceed with this.

 

Houston County Commissioners are also working on raising taxes, with only a little bit of opposition.

 

Governor Perdue announced last week that teachers will take 3 furlough days and all state agencies will face an approximately 5% budget cut.  Houston County schools will close for two days to cut costs, while Peach County will go to a four-day school week to save money.

Americans Against Socialist Medicine

Your must-read of the day:  Socialist America Sinking.

 

While the Senate is starting to delay on socialist medicine, the House is pushing forward, with two committees passing their portions of the bill today.  The Wall Street Journal points out that the high earners who will be hit with the massive new income taxes will probably legally stop paying the taxes, while Nancy Pelosi thinks she's going to be able to confiscate so much income from high achievers that she'll be able to reduce the deficit, which is either dishonest or ignorant.  Remember, the CBO scored the House socialist medicine bill at a little over $1 trillion, but considering their record with predicting the cost of entitlement programs it might be reasonable to expect it to cost about $6 trillion by the time it's implemented.  Right now, Americans oppose the House bill by a 50-42 margin and oppose the idea of a government health insurance company by a 50-35 margin.

 

Protests are back in Iran, and the police responded with tear gas.  We should be supporting this.  In Honduras, ousted would-be tyrant and dictator Manuel Zelaya is calling for a civil war to get his power back.  We should not be supporting that.

 

Now the White House's spin is that the "stimulus" bill was never meant to stimulate the economy, but to "stabilize" the downturn.  At this point, if the economy recovers they can't claim any credit, but if it continues to tank it's on them.  The RNC is responding with Obama vs. Obama on the stimulus.

 

Clown Prince Vice President Joe Biden told the old people's wing of the Democrat Party, the AARP, that the government has to spend money to keep from going bankrupt.  The Congressional Budget Office, which is both nonpartisan and nonstupid, says otherwise.

 

Until the request showed up on the Drudge Report yesterday evening, the Bureau of the Public Debt was looking for a humorist.  Senator Byron Dorgan killed that, and destroyed a few jobs in the progress.

 

The labor unions are giving up on one part of the "card check" bill.  Chances are they won't get a bill now; it's just too late.

 

An Islamic supremacist group is going to hold their first conference in the United States, and it's half about advancing the Obama agenda.

 

Four out of every five Americans think that Wall Street benefitted more from the bailouts than did taxpayers.  What most people are ignoring is who benefitted the most:  politicians.

 

We now have proof that a number of Democrats had their votes for cap-and-trade paid for by their more liberal colleagues.

 

Former Governor and Senator Zell Miller had some choice words for the Obama administration.

 

"Bad heroin" is killing people in Atlanta.  Isn't that Darwin at work?

 

The Georgia Music Hall of Fame might have to close if they can't raise their operating expenses.

 

Another candidate for Warner Robins City Council announced yesterday to run against Clifford Holmes, assuming he doesn't run for Governor.

Public Option Not an Option

The Senate Finance Committee is threatening to hit insurance companies with $100 billion worth of new taxes to pay for their version of the socialist medicine bill.  Of course, if you look at the House Democrats' version, that won't matter anyway because if they pass it there won't be a private insurance industry.  As a nurses group lines up in support of socialist medicine, House committees are pushing towards votes on their bill that may fail thanks to the Blue Dogs, who actually appear to be relevant for once.  As much as the Democrats like to talk about the fact that health care reform will cut costs, the Congressional Budget Office says that, as we all know, health care will cost the federal government more money on health care under the Democrats' plans, and Massachusetts is being sued by a hospital that is losing money under their government-run health insurance plan.  If you're unemployed, at least you can find a job paying between $11-16 per hour to campaign for socialist medicine.

 

Economist Stephen Moore calls President Obama's economic policies "the greatest threat to freedom and liberty in our lifetime."  More people need to say this.

 

President Obama's approval rating has dropped by 9 points in the last month.  People are finally figuring out what they voted for, and they don't like it.

 

Members of the House who voted for cap-and-tax are being hammered by their constituents.  Keep it up, folks, right up to the point where you kick them out of office.  Then start following up on their replacement.

 

The IRS has failed to collect taxes from 18 percent of all filers who owe more than $1 million per year.  This is the same government that Democrats want to run your health care.

 

The debate continues to rage over whether the F-22 is worth the money.  It definitely is not worth the money if it is only as a pork project for some Senators.

 

One out of every 84 homes in the United States has received a foreclosure filing through the first half of this year.  Why are people so worried over 1.2%?

 

The Social Security Administration had a $700,000 taxpayer-funded junket at a high-end resort in Phoenix, Arizona last week.

 

A South Carolina judge declared the state law barring underage drinking unconstitutional.  If an 18-year-old can fight and die for America, why can't that same 18-year-old drink alcohol?

 

State lawmakers are going to give up one day's pay per month through at least the rest of the calendar year, including Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle.  That will save the state a grand total of about $140,000.

 

For those of you interested, you can get either a spa treatment or a round of golf with the Republican state Senator of your choice for $10,000.

 

Another candidate for Warner Robins City Council announced his intentions to run today.  At least this one has an idea; too bad it's a stupid one.

Senate Committee Passes Health Care Bill

While most, including the media, were paying attention to the Sotomayor hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee, the Senate Health Committee approved a version of the socialized medicine bill that allegedly costs $600 billion and will penalize small businesses and include a government-run insurance plan and a mandate on all Americans to get insurance.  Also, yesterday evening the House Democrats issued their health care bill, an over 1000 page monstrosity that would make health care a "right."  The House bill will slam the successful with a 5.4 percent surtax and will be especially hard on small businesses that do not provide health insurance for their employees.  The bill also includes mandates on what the competing private sector plans will need in order to qualify as a health insurance plan and a 2.5% tax on anybody who does not get a qualifying plan.  The Congressional Budget Office has already scored the House bill, saying that it will cost just over $1 trillion over the next 10 years, but that is misleading since 83 percent of the spending will be in the last five years of the estimate.  Obama is willing to give up bipartisanship to get the bill passed.  For a preview of what will happen under ObamaCare, how about the fact that in the United Kingdom there is a 9-month wait for arthritis treatment?

 

The guy who claimed that he shouldn't have to go to Afghanistan has had his orders revoked.  Can anybody say Section 8?

 

There is a battle between some Republican Senators over funding the F-22 program.  I've started to have my own doubts as to whether the F-22 is worth the money.  It seems that it might be a bad design.  Also attached to the Defense Funding bill is the Matthew Shepard hate crimes bill, which could force some Senators to choose between the F-22 and criminalizing thought.

 

At least one liberal is opposed to Sotomayor, and in opposing the nominee he is pointing out the problem with these circus confirmation hearings.  The number of anti-abortion protestors who have been removed from the hearings is up to five.  Congratulations, you are all nuts and you make your position look foolish.

 

How does $9.3 million in rebates for consumers who buy energy efficient appliances stimulate the economy?  How about a ferry for Savannah?

 

In another attempt to make everybody dependent upon government, Congressman George Miller (D-CA) wants you to pay for more people to go to college.

 

The Obama administration is considering allowing unemployed people to rent their homes after being foreclosed.

 

Congress is trying to take control of the automakers by forcing them to reopen closed dealers.  This is what happens when government gets power over business.

 

Ousted leftist Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is calling for an "insurrection" to get himself put back in power.  This is the guy that President Obama is supporting.

 

Hamas claims that Israel is dumping aphrodisiac gum on Hamas to "corrupt the young."

Obama: Unemployment to Continue to Rise

An Army reservist in Columbus claims that he doesn't have to go to Afghanistan because he believes in that dumbass "Obama doesn't have a birth certificate" theory.

 

House Democrats' health care bill will be introduced later this afternoon, and they want to pass it before they go on the August recess.  Republicans also have their own rival plan that further proves that they couldn't hit water if they fell out of a boat.  Even the Washington Post is confirming that Obama is playing hardball to get his health care plan passed, comparing him to another thug President, Lyndon Johnson.  To pay for their health care plans, House Democrats plan to raise taxes on more than a million small businesses.

 

The economy is not recovering, and is worse than everybody thinks.  The "stimulus" has been a complete and utter failure, but not because they included worthless "tax cuts" like at least one Democrat claims.

 

In today's edition of "hope and change," President Obama said today that unemployment will continue to rise for several months.

 

The federal budget deficit hit $1 trillion yesterday.

 

Sonia Sotomayor said that her "wise Latina" comments were a botched attempt at inspirational speaking.  She also said that she can't be anti-gun because she has friends who hunt.  Judge Andrew Napolitano says that Sotomayor's biases will come out once she's on the Supreme Court.  Despite the fact that she is clearly a liberal and that a plurality of Americans still opposes her confirmation, I think the Republicans should just allow her to be confirmed without much of a fight, but just use this as a way to point out to the American people that elections mean things.  Besides, she sends a thrill up Chris Matthews' leg, which is at least entertaining, if not also disturbing.

 

Democrats are going to have a hard time explaining why it's a bad thing for the CIA to have a plan to kill members of al-Qaeda.  Isn't it a bad thing that the plan was never used?

 

Minority broadcasters want a bailout next.

 

The tax code is so convoluted that the government could probably increase revenues with a 0% tax rate.

 

How does $12 billion for community colleges stimulate the economy or create jobs?

 

A teleprompter panel broke at a White House speech yesterday afternoon.  I'm not sure how he finished his speech, because the broken panel was on his left.  He's not very good at looking to his right.

 

Your tax dollars at work:  Georgia State University will get an $800,000 grant to study bullying in schools.

 

Jim Marshall has a good idea:  put nuclear power plants on military bases.

 

The Warner Robins City Council is considering an increase to the hotel tax.  Hotel owners in Byron and Perry are excited.

Obama: Stimulus Working

The confirmation hearings for Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court began this morning, and the 19 members of the Judiciary Committee are spending the day each making statements, and questioning Sotomayor begins tomorrow.  These hearings really are nothing, because the thing they should be talking about is the Constitution.  Ranking Republican Jeff Sessions calls Sotomayor "out of the mainstream," leading the empty rhetoric.  It looks like there will be no Republican filibuster against Sotomayor, which is fair.  What is not fair is the fact that supporters of Sotomayor are trying to trash the firefighter involved in the New Haven case.

 

Kim Jong-Mentally-Il may have pancreatic cancer.  It looks like I have to get busy trying to come up with a nickname for Kim Jong-Un.

 

President Obama had an op-ed in the Washington Post yesterday defending his stimulus package, and his weekly radio and internet address was used to urge people to be patient and let the stimulus work.  Back in January, when he was still trying to sell the stimulus, Obama promised that it would take effect putting people back to work "immediately."  Tax Cheat Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has a message for people who have lost their jobs:  jobs lost now are "necessary and healthy" for the economy.

 

The pay czar is trying to decide whether AIG will be allowed to give another round of deserved bonuses.

 

With the minimum wage about to increase, it's time to look at what that will actually mean for low-income earners.

 

This flap in Washington about the secret CIA program that Democrats claim they were not informed about is just meant to distract you from the real issues of health care, cap-and-trade, and the failure of the Obama "stimulus" program.

 

Democrats have agreed on a tax hike to fund their socialist health care plan that could send the top federal income tax rate to 45%.  What the Democrats need to be doing is learning from the failures of RomneyCare in Massachusetts, which would show what will happen under ObamaCare.  Republicans are busy pointing out that rationing is inevitable under the Obama health plan, and it might be working because a plurality of voters now opposes the Democrats' plan for health care.  Obama is getting desperate as the timetable for passing a bill keeps getting pushed back, so he's going to bring some of the top lawmakers to the White House to turn some screws.

 

Al Gore admitted that cap-and-trade will bring about "global governance."  Barbara Boxer says that if we don't pass it, there will be droughts, floods, fires, loss of species, damage to agriculture, worsening air pollution and more.  Way to scare everybody, Babs.  All of this for a false theory based on a lie that they can only sell by scaring the hell out of everybody.

 

At least one key Republican is prepared to get rid of "No Child Left Behind."  This is what the Republicans need to be doing:  repudiating and trying to undo their big-government programs from the Bush Administration.

 

While speaking in Ghana over the weekend, President Obama made the statement that "no business wants to invest in a place where the government skims 20 percent off the top."  Given American tax rates, 20% doesn't seem so bad, which begs the question:  Is he even listening to what the teleprompter is telling him to say?

 

The D.C. City Council wants students in their city to be able to take advantage of the voucher program that Democrats killed.

 

Swearing actually makes you feel less pain.

 

A girl in New York fell into an open manhole while texting.

 

The Macon Telegraph had a nice story on the Mayor's race here in Warner Robins, and the fact that half of City Council is up for re-election.

Was Obama Looking? Plus More Important Issues

ABC has the video of Obama checking out that girl's behind at the G-8 summit, and it is a less obvious conclusion.  I still think he looked, and I don't blame him.  He didn't know that she's only 16.  This picture seems to be a bit more conclusive; Barack was looking this time.

 

On issues that actually matter, some are predicting that Iran could have a nuclear bomb within a year.  What will Barack do if the Mad Mullahs refuse to talk to him?  Also, Obama became the first President to greet and shake hands with Moammar Qadhafi.

 

Congressman Jack Kingston has introduced an amendment that would require all czars to be confirmed by the Senate.  Congressman Tom Price has introduced the Reducing Barack Obama's Unsustainable Deficit Act.

 

Breather James Hansen called the cap-and-trade bill "less than worthless," which is actually correct according to the EPA.

 

House Democrats have had to delay the socialization of medicine bill, likely because they can't figure out how to pay for it.  Max Baucus had a few ideas, mostly hinging on the idea of punishing the evil, hated rich.  They might have less trouble paying for the bill if they would stop putting so many pork projects in the bill.

 

Reuters gives us a sob story today that illustrates the problem with the current employer-based health care model.

 

Congress is trying to figure out what to do with the rest of the TARP money.  Here's a novel idea:  give it back to taxpayers.

 

Government Motors emerged from bankruptcy this morning, with the federal government owning nearly 61% of the company.

 

Sonia Sotomayor is starting the confirmation process with numbers similar to those of Harriet Miers.  Remember what happened to her?

 

Tax increases are destroying jobs in California.  Democrats elsewhere, are you paying attention?

 

Independents are starting to shift away from President Obama.  They're the idiots who elected him.

 

The Houston County School Board voted yesterday to raise your taxes.  They will have three public hearings in the next few weeks to hear from you, so let them have it.

 

There might be a new state agency created just for the purpose of tracking "stimulus" money.  That will cost us more money, but probably not as much as the $18 million that the federal government will spend to redesign Recovery.gov.

 

Ugly men are more fertile.  This should be good news for me if I ever decide to spawn.

Buffett: "Stimulus" Was Like Viagra

Here's another nugget of brilliance courtesy of Jason Pye's daily quote from Thomas Jefferson.

 

President Obama's approval index was at +30 two days after taking office.  Now he's at a -8.  You think Americans are starting to wake up?  LA Times blogger Andrew Malcolm hopes that old people who don't support Obama die before 2012.

 

This idea of a second "stimulus" just won't go away.  Warren Buffett said that the first "stimulus" was like Viagra and candy, and that we need a second one.  Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell says that the second "stimulus" needs to focus on jobs.  After the Obama administration sold the "stimulus" as something that would "create or save" 3.5 million jobs, and work quickly, you can count this as a failure on their part.  Of course, how do you create jobs if the money you're spending is going towards programs for urban outdoorsmen or if you're too busy using political considerations to divvy up the money rather than send it to where it is actually needed?  Apparently Obama isn't thinking about this.  He's too busy thinking about controlling you with cap-and-trade and socialist medicine.

 

When the chief economist at Morgan Stanley talks about an economic "train wreck," what do you think he's referring to?  Here's a hint:  he doesn't blame it on rich people.

 

Democrats have decided that they don't want to tax health care benefits after all, except maybe for the hated rich.  I like this idea that should cut costs on health care:  make members of Congress who vote for socialist medicine be the first customers.  It'll never happen then.  The Wall Street Journal says what I've told you all along:  the "public option" is a Trojan Horse.

 

Breathers have finally picked out the ideal temperature for the world:  two degrees Celsius above what it is now.  Set your personal thermostat accordingly, or they'll do it for you.  One of the things that could kill cap-and-trade is a debate over the effect on international trade.  At least one Democrat, Senator Robert Byrd, has blasted cap-and-trade because of the effect it would have on his home state of West Virginia.  Here are some details on that wonderful "retrofit" stuff that is included in the bill.

 

The United States Department of Agriculture is going to have the power to regulate all food sold in schools, including in vending machines.  Say good-bye to any food that the health Nazis don't like.

 

The AP is finally starting to realize that Obama's plans to raise taxes only on the hated "rich" are unrealistic.

 

The climate czar told auto industry executives to "put nothing in writing, ever" regarding CAFE standard negotiations.

 

Only in the peaceful, serene, loving, caring religion of Islam would a man be beaten, detained, and ordered to promise not to engage in immoral activities for the crime of walking on the beach with a woman.  This is another reason we should be supporting people who are protesting in Iran again.

 

Fifty black kids attack six white people while yelling "This is our world" and "This is a black world" and police aren't sure whether to call it a hate crime?  If the roles were reversed there would be no question about it.

 

The White House misspelled the President's name in a press release.  Don't you just love how competent this administration is?

 

About 9,300 state employees have taken or are scheduled to take furloughs this fiscal year.  They should have made the day of the Michael Jackson Memorial one of those furlough days, since nothing else got accomplished that day.  Of course, furloughs are the coward's way out.

Campaign Finance Reports

Courtesy of Georgia Legislative Watch.

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And, just FYI, here are the contribution limits.

Obama Blows It In Russia

The Swiss government is protecting Swiss bank UBS and their clients from the Obama Administration's attempts to tax Americans' money that they send overseas.

 

There is a lot of buzz in Washington over the idea of a second "stimulus" package.  This may just be a diversionary tactic as they take up cap-and-tax in the Senate and socialized medicine.

 

Speaking of socialized medicine, the Senate may not tax individual health care benefits to pay for their plan because they don't have the support to do it.  They worry that the CBO might issue another cost estimate of around $1.5 trillion that the American people won't like, and those supposed "cost cutting" deals that the administration is negotiating might only cover up some hidden costs.  Some are also wondering who will say no to patient requests for care after we start rationing, but I think it might be the insurance czar that Obama would name.  Members of the House, of course, won't read this bill either.

 

Republicans are still trying to use the firefighters' case to attack Sonia Sotomayor.  Senate Committee hearings start next week, and this is the best chance Republicans have to keep her off the Supreme Court.

 

President Obama continued the ineptitude of his foreign policy by thanking Russia for Alaska and giving Russia credit for ending the Cold War.

 

Jamie Dupree found more bureaucracy that will be created by the cap-and-trade bill.  Maybe if members of Congress had read the bill they would have seen some of this.  Meanwhile, small businesses are angry over the cap-and-trade bill passing the House because they know it will harm them.

 

Union leaders will meet with Obama next week.  They'll talk about card check, but I have a feeling the fact that the SEIU wouldn't allow a competing union to organize won't be a major topic of conversation.

 

Here's a novel idea:  treat borrowers like adults.

 

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says that time is running out for a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear situation.

 

Obama's Assistant Attorney General told the Senate that Islamic terrorists captured on the battlefields have Constitutional rights.  Meanwhile, the Obama administration has decided that detainees may not be set free if they are acquitted, but held indefinitely.

 

In response to American policies meant to cut the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan, Taliban members now cross-dress to escape American soldiers.

 

I love this line about the Obama administration's response to the Honduran situation:  "Never has the U.S. bent over so far backwards to accommodate a tyrant."  The State Department meddled in the situation by getting the President of Costa Rica to mediate talks between would-be dictator Manuel Zelaya and the legitimate government of Honduras.

 

I hadn't planned on talking about the campaign finance reports from the candidates for Governor, but the numbers that came in were so interesting that I just can't help myself.  On the Republican side, Nathan Deal led, followed by Eric Johnson, with John Oxendine and Karen Handel running a distant third and fourth.  On the Democrat side, Thurbert Baker took a big lead, even beating the bottom four Republicans, but remember that Roy Barnes hasn't officially started his campaign.

 

The Houston County Commission is starting to implement the emergency alert system that we voted for in November.  So far, consider me underwhelmed.

 

Former Warner Robins City Councilman Doug McDowell will run for election again after losing in 2007.

Rich People To Pay For Big Government

Environmentalists are not even trying to hide the fact that they just want to punish "rich" people, and especially the United States, so now they want to force rich countries to pay for lowering carbon emissions.  Al Gore is now comparing the fight against global warming to the battle against the Nazis.  Just like I was pondering yesterday, the cap-and-trade bill will increase regulations on fireworks.

 

The House is planning on including a surtax on the rich to pay for socialist medicine.  Liberal think-tanks have also been doing focus group studies to figure out how to sell socialized medicine to the American people.  After the buzzwords "hope" and "change you can believe in" won the Presidential election last year, the left has figured out that they need to talk about "stability."  Hospitals are already working on making you pay even more for the poor people in their attempt to not be crippled by the Obama administration plans.

 

The Obama Administration now officially has more czars than Russia did.

 

An Obama advisor says that the United States should consider a second "stimulus" package.  The first one is working so well, after all…

 

Here is your clueless politician quote of the day.

 

The United States is warning about new plans from al-Qaida.  Of course, they won't waterboard anybody to make sure that we don't get attacked, so gird your loins.

 

President Obama said today in Russia that "The future does not belong to those who gather armies on a field of battle or bury missiles in the ground."  Just a few hours later, American missiles were used to let some Islamic terrorists claim their virgins.  I like the latter much more.

 

In a direct rebuke of Clown Prince Vice President Joe Biden, Obama said that the United States has not given Israel approval to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.  He also explained his support for the would-be dictator of Honduras and almost referred to "President Putin."  Foreign policy is now a train wreck.

 

The Republicans on the House Oversight Committee issued a report explaining how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributed to the housing meltdown.  It's a shame that this won't be read by enough people to make a difference.

 

Check out President Obama's record of sacrifice while he asks you to sacrifice for the greater good.

 

Little people want the FCC to ban the use of the word "midget" on broadcast television and probably radio as well.

 

Prepare for another rise in the unemployment rate, as the minimum wage will rise in a couple of weeks.

 

The Houston County Tax Digest is in, and the County Commission and Board of Education will be raising taxes.

 

The NAACP managed to blackmail the ACC out of holding their baseball tournament in South Carolina over the Confederate Flag.

 

The Warner Robins City Council met last night, to discuss higher pay for the Mayor and members of Council, a stricter gaming ordinance, and to suspend another liquor license for 30 days.