LEE RODGERSOBAMA TURNS NATION INTO CRASH-TEST
DUMMY ...
GREECE TODAY, AMERICA TOMORROW? ...
McCAIN, LOOK IN THE MIRROR
GREECE TODAY, AMERICA TOMORROW? ...
McCAIN, LOOK IN THE MIRROR
News headline ...
"PRESIDENT PRICKLY IN ROSE GARDEN"
Well, they got it half right.
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Always remember and never forget: No government agency set up to solve a "problem" ever has or ever will really solve it, because to do so would mean everyone working (?) in that agency would become unemployed.
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No matter the outcome of today's election, Greece is a failed nation -- and Obama has this country on the same track. Too many government workers, too much government-union power and a "live for today" attitude that has them buried in debt. Grasping, childish short-sightedness has prevailed far too long in Athens, and is mirrored in Washington, D.C.
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Jose e-mails with a question about Obama's unconstitutional order to let illegal aliens stay AND give them job training that unemployed black Americans might want to consider ...
"One aspect that has not been brought up, or I have missed: when these 16 - 30 year old illegals become legal to work, how will that affect the same age group and educationally-equivalent black community? Some 800,000 'new' workers thrown into a pool with a black community already having a 30% or greater unemployment rate sounds like a disaster for the Chosen One's black base supporters."
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The lead investigator for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse – which already has found probable cause that Barack Obama’s publicly released birth certificate is a forgery – says any Hawaii documentation for Obama’s birth that exists would probably be of little value.
Mike Zullo, a retired New Jersey detective now heading Arpaio’s volunteer investigative team, explained in an interview that at the time of Obama’s birth during the state’s early years, Hawaii birth documentation routinely was purchased by foreigners for children not born in the state.
-- Vision to America --
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Burt Prelutsky takes a more-than-skeptical view of Obama's finding it "offensive" that anyone would suspect he or his lackeys leaked national security information ...
"The gall of the man! He has meetings with three or four close advisors, and the next thing you know, New York Times paperboys are on the sidewalk, shouting, 'Extry! Extry! Read all about it! A Pakistani doctor told the CIA where Osama bin Laden was hiding!' or 'Read all about how the United States and Israel successfully hacked into Iran’s nuclear computers! or 'Read all about how Barack Obama personally directs drone attacks from the 16th tee!'
"Everyone, including those on Obama’s side of the aisle, knows exactly how the NY Times was fed those various items intended to make Obama look like a combination of Alexander, the philosopher king, and Gen. George 'Old Blood and Guts' Patton. As I see it, he either placed a phone call, had Eric Holder run an errand or hand-delivered the self-aggrandizing information himself."
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Senator John McCain is upset over Obama's leak of vital national security information, as he should be. He should also look in the mirror if he wants to see someone who bears considerable responsibility for the ongoing disaster that IS the Obama regime.
He ran a marshmallow 2008 campaign against a sly, sinister opponent, and the nation got Obama as a result. Now the biggest "star" in the family is McCain's wacko daughter, going on national TV to advocate legalizing marijuana, assorted left-wing causes and acting like the spoiled brat she is.
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Looking at Egypt today, I wonder how the starry-eyed fools and brainless media cheerleaders feel about their cherished "Arab spring."
Anyone with the slightest knowledge of the country -- and I've spent a good bit of time there -- would have known that only wildly misguided optimists would have expected other than the choice now being made between a continuation of a military-dominated dictatorship or the tyranny and oppression of a fundamentalist Muslim regime.
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Wes has a pertinent question, in light of the increasing cigarette taxes ...
"Could it be that more teenagers are smoking pot because they can't afford cigarettes?"
And, in light of Obama's decision not to enforce our immigration laws, reader Seth asks, "Why should ANYONE obey any law he disagrees with? How would the IRS react if I decided not to pay my taxes?"
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Brett Decker (Washington Times) evaluates the 99% ...
"A brand new Cadillac Escalade hybrid rolled down the posh streets of Old Town Alexandria, Va., on Friday morning. On the tailgate of this $78,000 luxury SUV was an Obama campaign bumper sticker carrying a simple message: “99%.” These limousine liberals just don’t get it.
"The 99 percent slogan rips off rhetoric from the Occupy movement, the confused collection of left-wing misfits and unemployed college graduates that has soiled public parks across America. According to this minority of malcontents, they represent the vast majority who are not served by The Establishment, whether that be banks, corporations, the school system, the military-industrial complex or whatever institution the paranoid mind perceives to be part of some ruling-class conspiracy to keep the masses down.
"These people aren’t losers, you see, they are the heroic but oppressed 99 percent. The remaining 1 percent are the privileged overlords. Somehow, President Obama, who is teeing up to play his 100th golf game since taking office three years ago, is worshipped by the liberal rabble as the savior of the little guy."
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Jay Leno --
"In New Orleans, the daily newspaper has eliminated 84 newsroom jobs. But the publisher said those positions could be reinstated if this whole Internet thing turns out to be a fad."
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Seen in print: "the media have a large ROLL to play in the election."
No, they have a ROLE to play ... unless they turn into a bakery product or, more aptly, toilet paper.
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Economics Professor Walter Williams with a strong recommendation that we look in the mirror when we worry about the economy ...
"What we're witnessing in Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal and other parts of Europe is a direct result of their massive spending to accommodate the welfare state. A greater number of people are living off government welfare programs than are paying taxes. Government debt in Greece is 160 percent of gross domestic product. The other percentages of GDP are 120 in Italy, 104 in Ireland and 106 in Portugal. As a result of this debt and the improbability of their ever paying it, their credit ratings either have reached or are close to reaching junk bond status.
"Here's the question for us: Is the U.S. moving in a direction toward or away from the troubled EU nations? It turns out that our national debt, which was 35 percent of GDP during the 1970s, is now 106 percent of GDP, a level not seen since World War II's 122 percent. That debt, plus our more than $100 trillion in unfunded liabilities, has led Standard & Poor's to downgrade our credit rating from AAA to AA+, and the agency is keeping the outlook at "negative" as a result of its having little confidence that Congress will take on the politically sensitive job of tackling the same type of entitlement that has turned Europe into a basket case.
"I am all too afraid that Benjamin Franklin correctly saw our nation's destiny when he said, 'When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic'."
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Making the rounds on the internet ...
The Presidential election in 2012 was too close to call. Neither Mitt Romney nor Obama had enough votes to win. There was much talk about ballot recounting, court challenges, etc., but a fishing competition seemed the sportsmanlike way to settle things. Both men were to be sent out separately on an isolated frozen lake and return at 5 p.m. with their catch for counting by a neutral team.
At the end of the first day, Romney returned to the starting line and he had 10 fish. Soon Obama returned and had no fish. At the end of the 2nd day Mitt came in with 20 fish and Obama came in again with none.
That evening, the Democrats got together secretly and said, "We think that Mitt Romney is cheating. Tomorrow, Barack, spy on him and see just how he is cheating."
The next night after Mitt returns with 50 fish and Obama none, the Democrats got together for the report on how the Republican was cheating. Obama said, "You are not going to believe this, but he's cutting holes in the ice!"
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It's Father's Day. If yours is still around, count yourself lucky. Let him know he's appreciated.
When your dad is gone, most of us feel a hole in the heart that never quite heals. Same when mom is no longer with us. Most of us are what we are because of them.
I was talking recently with a friend who lost both parents in a fairly short time. Mine died twenty-plus years apart. But we agreed on our common reaction. Along with the pain, when the second parent goes, whether it's mother or father, it's a vivid reminder of our own place in the cycle of life.
If you're the oldest child, the demographic reality reminds us, "You're next."
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Jimmy Fallon--
"President Obama gave a major speech where he defended his handling of the economy. And there were tons of people in the audience, since nobody had to be at work."
"...and now, if you'll excuse me..."