LEE RODGERS"I KILLED BIN LADEN! VOTE FOR ME!" --
OBAMA ...
SEEKING FREEDOM? DON'T TURN TO AMERICA ...
BELITTLING THE BUCK; DOLLAR CONTINUES TO SHRINK
SEEKING FREEDOM? DON'T TURN TO AMERICA ...
BELITTLING THE BUCK; DOLLAR CONTINUES TO SHRINK
Every woman's dream-come-true romance ...
White girlfriend to Barack Obama: "I love you."
Obama: "Thank you."
From " Barack Obama: The Story," by David Maraniss.
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"I’ve had enough of: I’ve had enough of using terrorism as a wedge issue in our politics. I’ve had enough of that. I’ve had enough of that. You know, I – I don’t know about you, but I think the war against terrorism isn’t supposed to crop up between September and November of even numbered years, and yet that seems to be the pattern. There is a sudden burst of activity, a sudden urgency about this whole thing three months before an election every other year.” -- Senator Barack Obama, September 17, 2006, in Indianola, Iowa.
So said the man who just made a midnight campaign trip to Afghanistan, continuing to brag about killing bin Laden as if he'd pulled the trigger himself. The man who, a year ago, was saying it would be "unseemly" to "spike the football" -- over-celebrate -- the killing of the mass murderer. Now it's his only issue to get re-elected.
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"For years before he became President and then on the campaign trail in 2008, Obama railed against and denounced the very policies and procedures that ultimately led to the Bin Laden kill. The capture and kill of Osama bin Laden was ten years in the making. And during those years, Barack Obama excoriated George W. Bush for "enhanced interrogation techniques" and waterboarding three (!) top jihad killers. Thousands of lives were saved, but Obama cared more about Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's sore nose. Now he is taking credit for those very things?" -- Pamela Geller, AmericanThinker.com
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My friend John Parker reflects on May Day, which the "Occupy" thugs and other assorted left-wing mobs just celebrated ...
"You are right about the craziness on May Day. As a former radio intercept analyst (electronic communication spy) in the Air Force, I can report that everyone worked on that special day. The commies would get so drunk they would often send out classified information in plain text rather than take the time to encode it. It was always our biggest intelligence gathering day."
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No surprise that Obama's regime is selling-out blind Chinese opponent of the dictatorship there, Chen Guangcheng, who escaped from the Communist government and sought refuge in the U.S. Embassy. Take an unprincipled government -- ours -- and add a burden of debt to China plus a gutless leadership in Washington and the outcome was easily foreseen. A blind man who speaks out against a brutal dictatorship asks the U.S. to save him and we throw him to the wolves. Makes you proud to be a 'merican, doesn't it? This Obama/Hillary bunch gives whores a bad name.
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The lying by "global warming" fraudsters never ends. Australia, which has been a hotbed of such nonsense, provides the latest example. With reality exposing the "warming" scam-artists, some have been caught in a monstrous lie, claiming that evil opponents of their conspiracy have issued death-threats. An investigation reveals that no such threats ever occurred.
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The Southwest Regional Director of the EPA who endorsed crucifixion as a way to set an example for oil company executives who disagree with some of the insane environmentalist opposition to drilling did resign.
Nevertheless, this is a very minor satisfaction, since the mentality that spawned such idiocy still pervades that mesbegotten agency. And the crackpots that head other government departments are still endangering the nation. People like Eric Holder at the Justice Department, Kathleen Sebelius at Health & Human Services, Janet Napolitano at Homeland Security, et al.
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Thomas Sowell gets to the bottom line regarding business taxes ...
"A small headline in the 2nd section of the Wall Street Journal last week told a bigger story than a lot of front page banner headlines. It said, 'U.S. Firms Add Jobs, but Mostly Overseas.'
"Just as there is no free lunch, there is no free class warfare. Some people may be inspired by President Obama's talk about making 'the rich' pay their undefined 'fair share' of taxes, or taking away corporations' 'tax breaks.' But talk is not always cheap. It can be very costly to those working people who are looking for jobs that the Obama administration's anti-business policies are driving overseas."
Reality check: There are few things made in this country that can't be made elsewhere, and it defies common sense to believe that customers, in the U.S. or abroad, are going to pay a dollar for an American-made item when an identical product made elsewhere can be had for half the price.
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If you don't think Obama, Bernanke and their platoons of stooges have seriously reduced the value of the dollar (and if you haven't learned that already at the supermarket) either visit a foreign country and try to spend the once-treasured U.S. greenback or go to any currency exchange site on the internet and compare the rate versus any major -- or minor -- foreign currency.
Example: For many years, it took 315 Japanese yen to buy one American dollar. This morning, the rate is 80 yen to the dollar.
By the way, I've often heard media people who should know better refer to the yen as Chinese money. It is not. China's currency is the yuan.
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Freedom of speech is under attack in Tunisia. It may be recalled that last year's so-called "Arab Spring," which captured the fantasies of the American left, began in that Arab nation. Only people as stupid as American leftists could have believed any other outcome possible. Islam and freedom of expression cannot co-exist. Nowhere. Ever. No chance.
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Who can understand the art world? Edvard Munch’s painting “The Scream” sold for a record $119,922,500 at auction in New York City. Yet I've found no buyer for my painted Elvis on velvet. Or my classic, "Dogs playing poker."
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Last week's "Bring Your Child to Work Day" resulted in a learning experience for some youngsters whose parents work at the State Department. Their visit included attendance at a press briefing. The major subject: the Secret Service scandal involving prostitutes in Colombia.
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The cable news race is no race at all. The latest ratings show Fox News with more than three times as many viewers as CNN.
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Who are the wealthy "one percent" that the whiny left despises? Economist Prof. Walter Williams pulls back the curtain ...
"Loudoun County, Va., has a median household income of $119,540, making it the nation's richest county. Virginia's Fairfax County is next, with a median household income of $103,010; the median price of a house is $507,800. Third is Howard County, Md., where the median household income is $101,771. These three richest counties have seven nearby high-income neighbors, which include Arlington and Montgomery counties. The nation's richest counties are close to Washington, D.C., where people come to do good and wind up doing well for themselves.
"These 1 percenters are not wealthy right-wing Republicans; they are Obama's liberals. How can one tell? It turns out that seven of the 10 wealthiest counties in the Washington area voted overwhelmingly for Obama in 2008. These liberals portray themselves as 99 percenters when they are really 1 percenters. They're simply running a deceitful rope-a-dope, aided by the mainstream media, on the American people."
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A sincere thank-you to those kind enough to ask about my boy Calvin. The World's Greatest Dog came through his surgery well, although it is a sad sight to see a poor animal tethered to IVs and not knowing why. A couple of days in the animal hospital, then he'll be home to begin six weeks of rehab on his repaired knee.
In a sad footnote, his surgery was delayed for a couple of hours so the veterinary surgeon could deal, pro bono, with a pregnant dog who'd obviously been dumped on a road and hit by a vehicle. A caring person had stopped, picked her up and brought her in. The vet surgically delivered the puppies and repaired her several broken bones.
It's worth repeating: People who abuse animals will likely, sooner or later, abuse other people.
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A crime report from New Jersey features a 27-year-old man who has clearly chosen the wrong line of work. He broke into a parked car and hid in the back seat floor until the owners, sisters aged 93 and 94, returned from shopping. He then pulled a knife and demanded the keys, intending to steal the car.
Instead of cooperating, the elderly sisters fought him until he ran away, to be caught later by police.
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Another misguided malefactor is the man who exposed himself to a woman ... at the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind.
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Sam, who periodically peruses these pronouncements, asks, "If Americans won't do manual labor, who are the shovel ready jobs for -- Manuel?"
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News from the animal kingdom ...
A lost parakeet was found in a suburb of Tokyo and returned to its owner when the bird told police his address. The owner, a 64-year-old woman, had previously lost another parakeet and, determined that it not happen again, had taught her new bird to speak his address.
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Reader Stanley takes note of some timeless quotes ...
Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.' - Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)
Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement. - Mark Twain
Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year. - Victor Borge
I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury. - Groucho Marx
I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back. - Zsa Zsa Gabor
Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. - Winston Churchill
And the cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good, spit it out.
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John forwards this brief but painful exchange of communications ...
Wife texting husband at work. "Windows at home frozen - what should I do?"
Husband - "spray some de-icer or pour hot water on them"
Wife a few minutes later - "Done that - now computer won't work at all"!
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Jimmy Kimmel --
"The Octomom, who filed for bankruptcy, has agreed to star in an adult film. How is it possible that the Octomom resorted to porn before she resorted to "Dancing With the Stars?"
"...and now, if you'll excuse me..."