A scandal for Denver?

A scandal for Denver?
"Former DNC chief Don Fowler delivers the Democratic grown-ups' message, on the record, as reported in the Charlotte Observer--
If Edwards fails to clear up the story in short order, he risks party officials deciding not to have him speak or, if they do, creating a distraction from a week focused on Barack Obama accepting the nomination.
'If there is not an explanation that's satisfactory, acceptable and meets high moral standards, the answer is 'no,' he would not be a prime candidate to make a major address to the convention,' said Don Fowler, a former Democratic National Committee chair."

The Edwards "lovebaby" story gonna be BIG!

The audacity of Bathos!

The American Spectator: "Since the MSM hasn't seen fit to accurately publicize this amazing insight, I must insist that the senator's complete Obama-fuels program be immediately broadcast to the nation. This bold nine-point initiative will make both oil imports and new domestic drilling completely unnecessary by the end of Barack's eight-to-ten-year presidency."
Point two: Diet and exercise. If Americans lose, on average, ten pounds per person, each national car trip will be lighter by three billion pounds -- saving enough fuel in a year to offset weeks of ANWR oil production. This healthy-choice initiative will also allow Michael Moore and Al Gore to make outsized personal contributions to energy independence.

(hat tip to Atlanta Lou for "The audacity of Bathos")

U.S. mail carrier demands kilt uniform option

U.S. mail carrier demands kilt uniform option
"A 6-foot-tall, 250-pound mail carrier wants the U.S. Postal Service to add kilts as a uniform option for men."

First presidential campaign plane in history to have all American flags removed

First presidential campaign plane in history to have all American flags removed.

Does anyone suspect a pattern here?

Clinton Leaves Option Open for Convention Floor Vote

Clinton Leaves Option Open for Convention Floor Vote
"Hillary Clinton told a group of supporters recently that she has not yet decided whether she will put her name in for a roll-call vote at the Democratic convention in Denver later this month."

heh.....

Inflation of the truth?

Political Punch: "it’s impossible to assert that taking these fuel savings actions would exceed future offshore oil volumes, and in fact, one might argue that the combination of achieving these savings AND developing new supply would doubly enhance US energy security.'"

Hospitals 'infested with vermin'

Hospitals 'infested with vermin'
"The cleanliness of most NHS hospitals in England is threatened by frequent invasions of rats, fleas, bedbugs, flies and cockroaches, a report claims."

Ain't free govment "healthcare" great!

'Saturday Night Live' makes CNN rethink

'Saturday Night Live' makes CNN rethink
"There was something sort of fun about watching the folks at CNN squirm when they were asked a slightly tough question.
'Why did it take a skit on 'Saturday Night Live' to change the tone of the Democratic primary coverage?' asked a member of the Television Critics Association.
'Did it take a skit to change the coverage?' replied David Bohrman, the head of CNN's Washington bureau who heads up the network's political coverage.
Well, after an 'SNL' sketch depicted a debate in which Hillary Clinton was asked tough, unfair questions while Barack Obama was tossed softballs, things did seem to change."

Meebee the GOPers might want to exploit this proof of bias?

Harley's trump Euro-nuts

"Reason enough to vote for John McCain:

"A couple hundred thousand Berliners made a lot of noise for my opponent.I'll take the roar of 50,000 Harleys any day."

Al Dente: The Mother of All Hot Dogs--HillBilly's Homewrecker

Al Dente: The Mother of All Hot Dogs--HillBilly's Homewrecker
"This hot dog is without a doubt the deadliest of all hot dogs. It's known as the 'Homewrecker' and it's available at HillBilly Hotdogs in West Virginia.....

The Homewrecker is a 3.5-lb. weapon of cardiovascular mass destruction. ...... Assured intestinal wreckage will run you $14.99. Finish it in under 12 minutes and you get a free burial t-shirt. "

Ummm, hotdog......

Telstar Logistics: Flight Report: Airborne in an Emirates A380 at SFO

Telstar Logistics: Flight Report: Airborne in an Emirates A380 at SFO: "Flight Report: Airborne in an Emirates A380 at SFO"

Very nifty ride!
Thanks to "Landslide Bob" for the link!

Gun-control groups fear top activist was NRA spy

Gun-control groups fear top activist was NRA spy: "A gun-control activist who championed the cause for more than a decade and served on the boards of two anti-violence groups is suspected of working as a paid spy for the National Rifle Association, and now those organizations are expelling her and sweeping their offices for bugs.
The suggestion that Mary Lou McFate was a double agent"

You go girl!

Detroit, Flint among 'fastest-dying' cities in US

Detroit, Flint among 'fastest-dying' cities in US: "Detroit and Flint have made Forbes magazine's list of what it calls the nation's 10 fastest-dying cities."

And Jennie and BHussein want to the same to Michigan and the entire nation!
Do what Flint and Detroit do and you'll get Flint and Detroit!
Who'd of guessed....

Detroit 3 ask up to $40 billion in loans

Detroit 3 ask up to $40 billion in loan

"Detroit's three automakers are urging Congress to make as much as $35 billion to $40 billion in low-cost loans available during the next two to three years to assure that the companies survive long enough to retool and build a new generation of fuel-efficient vehicles."

These crooks made suicide deals with big crook unions, gave themselves millions in executive bonuses and made crappy products for decades and they want the taxpayer to bail them out!!!!!?

Thank God the buggy whip companies aren't still around!

Sewer leak spews 18x more E.coli into lake

Sewer leak spews 18x more E.coli into lake
"Sanitary sewer water entered that storm sewer system after a valve failure at a nearby lift station. After the 20- or 30-year-old valve failed, sewer water leaked into the lift station's parking lot and made its way into the storm sewers."

Government screws up..... no problem.
Imagine if this was a tax paying business that filled the lake with filth!

BUSH GOTS SEOUL!!... Pro-American Protesters Give Bush a HUGE Korea Welcome!!

BUSH GOTS SEOUL!!... Pro-American Protesters Give Bush a HUGE Korea Welcome!!
"Amy explains that none of the pro-Bush rallies were government sponsored; they were voluntary rallies by Koreans who appreciate Pres. Bush and the United States."

Congress Shuts Down 'Insane' College Financial Aid for Sex Offenders

Congress Shuts Down 'Insane' College Financial Aid for Sex Offenders
"Some of the nation's worst sex offenders will no longer be eligible to receive generous educational financial aid packages while they are confined in treatment centers under a bill approved by Congress."

Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State
"are you aware that Bobby Kennedy was McCarthy's right-hand guy? Or that many Democrats and Republicans were concerned about the verifiable infiltration of Soviet spies into our government and cultural organs? Or that, as Mr. Voight points out, commies were actually mass murderers greatly deserving of our vigilance?"

Environmentalists' Hold on Congress

Environmentalists' Hold on Congress
"For several decades, environmentalists have managed to get Congress to keep most of our oil resources off-limits to exploration and drilling. They've managed to have the Congress enact onerous regulations that have made refinery construction impossible. Similarly, they've used the courts and Congress to completely stymie the construction of nuclear power plants. As a result, energy prices are at historical highs and threaten our economy and national security."

These enviro-nuts are at war with our American way of life.
And so are those politicians who do their evil bidding.

CBS Turns Doubled GDP into 'Disappointing' News, ABC & NBC Silent

CBS Turns Doubled GDP into 'Disappointing' News, ABC & NBC Silent
"Second quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) doubled to 1.9 percent, up from 0.9 percent in the first quarter, the Commerce Department announced Thursday morning as consumer spending rose 1.5 percent in the quarter ending June 30, up from 0.9 percent in the first quarter, and U.S. exports soared 9.2 percent, way up from 5.1 percent in the first three months of 2008.
Yet the CBS Evening News centered a story around 'disappointing' news about the supposedly 'struggling economy' (with that on screen) -- while ABC and NBC, ....... didn't utter a syllable Thursday night about the big GDP jump.

No media bias in economic reporting.....yeah right......
And they wonder where their viewers went.

Obama: Tap nation's oil reserve to help gas prices

Obama: Tap nation's oil reserve to help gas prices
"In a reversal, Barack Obama proposed Monday that the government sell 70 million barrels of oil from its strategic petroleum stockpile to help reduce gasoline prices."

Gee, "a reversal".
BHussein isn't a flip flopper, he's a spinning top!

Seoul probes civilian 'massacres' by U.S.

Seoul probes civilian 'massacres' by U.S. 'Of course the U.S. government should pay compensation. It's the U.S. military's fault,' said survivor Cho Kook-won, 78, who says he lost four family members"

WHY ARE WE STILL IN S KOREA????????

David Paton - Telegraph

David Paton - Telegraph: "Paton was well aware of the dangers. In a letter to his wife, to be read in the event of his death, he wrote of facing “an ordeal from which I might never return”. He went on: “It may be of some comfort to you to know that if I go down, at least I go down in an attack, and I want you to hold your head high as I am managing to do despite my forebodings.”"

Pelosi firm: No vote on offshore drilling

Pelosi firm: No vote on offshore drilling

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday ruled out a vote on new offshore oil drilling even as Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said he might be open to a compromise that included it."

Yes!

There IS a difference in political parties!

Particles of Spirit

Particles of Spirit: "The Muskegon Chronicle showed us, once again, their amazing inability to edit their stories and pictures before printing them on the front page of the Sunday morning edition."

The Crypt: House Republicans go back on the floor Monday to talk gas prices - Politico.com

The Crypt: House Republicans go back on the floor Monday to talk gas prices - Politico.com: "Continuing with their guerilla tactics from last week, House Republicans will be back on the floor Monday to talk gas prices, even though Congress is in recess, and they may stay there all week."

Tyson Foods . . . the Official Olympic Sponsor of IslamoFascism:

Debbie Schlussel: "Well, folks, here it is--the beginning (or maybe the middle) of the end of America as we know it. Tyson Foods is now ending employees' paid day off for Labor Day and, instead, giving 'em the paid day off for the Muslim festival, Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan. It is the most important holiday in Islam."

Global Warming Did It! Well, Maybe Not.

Global Warming Did It! Well, Maybe Not.
"Somewhere along the line, global warming became the explanation for everything. Right-thinking people are not supposed to discuss any meteorological or geophysical event -- a hurricane, a wildfire, a heat wave, a drought, a flood, a blizzard, a tornado, a lightning strike, an unfamiliar breeze, a strange tingling on the neck -- without immediately invoking the climate crisis. It causes earthquakes, plagues and backyard gardening disappointments. Weird fungus on your tomato plants? Classic sign of global warming."

The Political Ignorance of Swing Voters

The Political Ignorance of Swing Voters
"swing voters - on average - tend to be far more ignorant about politics than the rest of the electorate."

Chester cites uncertainty over coal

Chester cites uncertainty over coal: "Chester says. Large plants capable of running continuously rather than just during periods of peak demand can cost $2 billion a piece to build, one reason the last big power plant capable of running 24/7 came on line in 1984."

Stanley Kurtz on "Obama's Lost Years."--

Stanley Kurtz on "Obama's Lost Years."
"The senator's tenure as a state legislator reveals him to be an old-fashioned, big government, race-conscious liberal.'"

John McCain (parody of Eric Clapton's Cocaine)

John McCain (parody of Eric Clapton's "Cocaine")

The Margarita Grille, GR shut down!

Popular downtown bar closed
"A popular Grand Rapids nightclub has closed its doors just weeks after city officials began discussions to revoke the bar's liquor license."

So In The Tank They Don't Know They Are In The Tank

So In The Tank They Don't Know They Are In The Tank

Michael Powell of the Times probably does not even realize how laughably tilted his first two paragraphs are in his story about Obama and race.
"Senator Barack Obama is a man of few rhetorical stumbles, but this week a few of his words opened a racial door his campaign would prefer not to step through."

Whore Of Babylon-By-The-Bay Turns Off Lights, Microphones, Cameras In People's House -- Expels Press

Whore Of Babylon-By-The-Bay Turns Off Lights, Microphones, Cameras In People's House -- Expels Press
Queen 9% was not amused when Republicans tried to block adjournment and refused to leave the House floor after the Democrats irresponsibly voted for a 5-week paid vacation for themselves but not for an energy bill that would help the American people."

Muskegon Chamber Voter Guide

Muskegon Chamber

WHO SHOULD I VOTE FOR?

AUGUST 5th PRIMARY
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from the Muskegon Area Chamber of Commerce

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Obama's Global Tax

Obama's Global Tax
"A plan by Barack Obama to redistribute American wealth on a global level is moving forward in the Senate. It follows Marxist theology — from each according to his ability, to each according to his need."

READ THIS!

Libs accuse GOPers of offering "fear" of B Hussein!

Fear of B Hussein?

How 'bout this:

1. Most liberal voting Senator in the Senate.
An even more liberal voting record in the Illinois senate.

2. A promise to increase taxes on every American and company in America by supporting the expiration of the current tax law.

3. Absolutely ZERO foreign policy or managerial experience!

4. His long association with the "Chicago Democratic Machine". The most corrupt political organization in America.

5. His "triple-double-back-flipper-with-reverse-where-am-I" on his plans for our military support in Iraq.

6. His lifelong association with haters of our country, America.
Rev "God Damn America" Wright, the Weather Underground terrorists who bombed and murdered Americans.
And who reiterated their contempt for Americans AFTER 9-11.

7. His promise to expand federal government spending and government control at every level.

8. His visiting "all 57 states". He's just not that smart. folks.....

9. His popularity among the European, Cuban, Venezuelan, Hammas, San Francisco leftist elites.

They don't like America as it is, they want us to be Europe. Do you?

10. His refusal to allow American resources: Nuclear, oil shale, drilling for oil on American soil, coal to "bridge" our energy needs to the next technology.

Folks, windmills and solar don't work yet. We tried wind power on sailing ships and sailors 200 years ago preferred ENGINES.

Vote for Obama and expect to see real change, real big and real soon.

Remember, the Germans voted for change in 1932.

They got change, all right!

Muskegon Towhship Elections

Snarky Huntress: Muskegon Towhship Elections
"Everything is decided August 5th for the Muskegon Township Trustees, Clerk, and Treasurer.
There are 8 people running for the 4 seats on the Township Board as Trustee."

"Ms Snarky" gives an excellent reason to vote "FOR" a candidate rether than "against".

Summers Vindicated; Feminists Spinning

Summers Vindicated; Feminists Spinning

Yikes!

Imagine "angry" feminists!

A serious redundancy.....

Al Gore's Curiously Cost-Free Plan to Re-Power America

Al Gore's Curiously Cost-Free Plan to Re-Power America
"This massive push for no-carbon electricity production would help prevent climate change and cut our dependence on foreign oil. Of course, great-souled visionaries such as Gore do not concern themselves with piddling and mundane issues such as who will pay for this marvelous no-carbon energy future and how much it will cost."

Rove cited for contempt of Congress

Rove cited for contempt of Congress
"The House Judiciary Committee has voted to hold former White House strategist Karl Rove in contempt of Congress"

Hey!
Where do I sign up!

It is, really.... redundant.....

FBI investigates DPS over funds

FBI investigates DPS over funds: "The FBI is investigating Detroit Public Schools for possible misuse of at least $500,000 in funds connected to a program aimed at retaining and attracting students in the beleaguered district,"

Obama's Global Tax

Obama's Global Tax

"Election '08: A plan by Barack Obama to redistribute American wealth on a global level is moving forward in the Senate. It follows Marxist theology — from each according to his ability, to each according to his need."

Obama notes 'tragic' US past

Obama notes 'tragic' US past
"'I personally would want to see our tragic history, or the tragic elements of our history, acknowledged,' the Democratic presidential hopeful said.
'I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it's Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds.'"

L.A. blocks new fast-food outlets from poor areas

L.A. blocks new fast-food outlets from poor areas
"The Los Angeles City Council has approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a low-income area of the city.
The moratorium unanimously approved Tuesday is a bid to attract restaurants that offer healthier food choices to residents in a 32-square-mile area of South Los Angeles.
Councilwoman Jan Perry says residents at five public meetings expressed concern with the proliferation of fast-food outlets in the community plagued by above-average rates of obesity."

Snarky Huntress: 10 Blooms Hummingbirds Can't Refuse

Snarky Huntress
10 Blooms Hummingbirds Can't Refuse

I love hummingbirds.
Hummingbirds don't love me.
Ms Snarky may help Gordo with his affliction!

Gov. checks out Benton Harbor post-riot progress

Gov. checks out Benton Harbor post-riot progress
"Jennifer Granholm spoke at a church Tuesday morning and visited a development that features a Jack Nicklaus-designed public golf course.
The state promised after the rioting to kick off several new programs to provide area residents with more educational, job and housing opportunities."

No talk of new jobs and the booming downtown?
Give 'em a new golf course and the riots stop?
Maybe the French ought to try this.........?

Another audit critical of Mich. child care program

Another audit critical of Mich. child care program
"For the second straight week, a state audit has been released criticizing Michigan's handling of child care for low-income families.
Auditor General Thomas McTavish said Tuesday the Michigan Department of Human Services potentially made $231 million in improper and in some cases fraudulent payments to day care providers."

So wrong on so many levels.
Why is the state in the daycare business?
It's obvious they can't provide an unecessary service without hundreds of millions of waste and fraud.
What is this program's total cost?
How much more $$$ are we taxpayers gonig to add to this disaster?

Fruitport Township passes support motion for casino

Fruitport Township passes support motion for casino
"The Fruitport Township clerk told 24 Hour News 8 there was a surprise move at Monday night's meeting to discuss a proposed casino on the property of the former Great Lakes Downs in Muskegon County's Fruitport Township.
A motion was passed to support the Little River Band of Ottawa Indian's proposal without any restrictions.
The meeting was scheduled to be informational but some board members were surprised that a motion was brought up for a vote."

I'm not for or against but ramming this thing through is starting to sound fishy.

Developing oil shale is best choice

Developing oil shale is best choice
"Democrats control Congress, so Americans ought to be asking about their plan to lower gas prices. Let's hope their plan doesn't rest on solar, wind and geothermal, because planes, trains and automobiles don't run on electricity. They run on oil — mostly foreign oil — 97 percent of the time. Let's also hope the Democrats' plan doesn't rest on ethanol to break our dependence on foreign oil, because it can't."

Can The Liberal National Media Be Trusted To Report The Facts?

Can The Liberal National Media Be Trusted To Report The Facts?

quote of the day

"QUOTE OF THE DAY: If you like what Jennifer Granholm has done for Michigan, and what Kwame Kilpatrick is doing for Detroit, you'll love what Barack Obama is going to do to America."

My Way News - Study: 'Pre-dementia' is rising, especially in men

'Pre-dementia' is rising, especially in men

Too Cuil!

Cuil

Marketing pitch aims to end population drop in Holland

Marketing pitch aims to end population drop in Holland

"The City Council is expected to vote Aug. 6 on a proposal to spend $50,000 on the first phase of the campaign, which would include a Web site highlighting local neighborhoods and other benefits of living in the city.
Since the 2000 Census, Holland's population has fallen 3 percent,"

WOW!
A web site!
I guess taxes, city regulation, the decline of the school system, crime, home values declining, etc. are not the problem...
The problem is the city doesn't have a cool web site!

Meebee the problem is the city has idiots running the city?

Police: Man shot churchgoers over liberal views

Police: Man shot churchgoers over liberal views
"An unemployed man accused of opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people at a Unitarian church apparently targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal social policies, police said
Monday."

Is it time to consider banning "liberal views"?
After all, if it saves just one life.........

Crime skyrockets in 1 county, plummets right next door

Crime skyrockets in 1 county, plummets right next door
"One of the wealthiest counties in America reports crime skyrocketing by 22 percent in the first quarter of 2008, while its neighbor saw crime plummet by 19.3 percent in the same time period – coinciding with a get-tough policy on illegal immigration."

Neighbors: Accused shooter everyone's friend, hated Christianity

Neighbors: Accused shooter everyone's friend, hated Christianity
"The man accused of a mass church shooting this morning was described by his Powell neighbors as a helpful and kind man, but one who had issues with Christianity."

Wonder where that hate came from.......

New Jersey Man Killed by Flying Cocktail Glass

New Jersey Man Killed by Flying Cocktail Glass
"Authorities say an 80-year-old New Jersey man died from injuries suffered when his wife hurled a cocktail glass and struck him in the head."

Isn't it time we banned "flying cocktail glasses"?

If it saves just one life.......?

Man riding low-riding bicycle killed on Musketawa Trail

Man riding low-riding bicycle killed on Musketawa Trail
"A 55-year-old Grandville man was killed Sunday morning while riding his bike on the Musketawa Trail."

Isn't it time we considered closing Musketawa Trail?
Or at least making illegal those Rans Recumbent low-riding bicycles?

I mean, if it saves just ONE life............

SEN. JOHN EDWARDS CAUGHT WITH MISTRESS AND LOVE CHILD!

SEN. JOHN EDWARDS CAUGHT WITH MISTRESS AND LOVE CHILD!
"Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a Los Angeles hotel"

U.S. schools eye four-day week to cut fuel costs

U.S. schools eye four-day week to cut fuel costs
"Facing a crippling increase in fuel costs, some rural U.S. schools are mulling a solution born of the '70s oil crisis: a four-day week."

Why not cut back to 1 day a week?
Isn't "mother earth" more important than kids?

Victor Davis Hanson on The Boomer Legacy

Victor Davis Hanson on The Boomer Legacy
"Barack Obama, a child during the ’60s, is imbued nonetheless with that decade’s “hope and change” messianic sermonizing. Now he wants a new mammoth government-funded “civilian national security force,” one “that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded” as the Pentagon."

Wonderfully written.
Read it all.

The Soldier Voting Scandal

The Soldier Voting Scandal
"Rep. Roy Blunt, the House Republican whip, on July 8 introduced a resolution demanding that the Defense Department better enable U.S. military personnel overseas to vote in the November elections. That act was followed by silence. Democrats normally leap on an opportunity to find fault with the Bush Pentagon. But not a single Democrat joined Blunt as a co-sponsor, and an all-Republican proposal cannot pass in the Democratic-controlled House."

This is disgusting.

This IS the democrat party today.

Woman Charged With Assault After Trying to Make Allergic Neighbor Eat Peanut

Woman Charged With Assault After Trying to Make Allergic Neighbor Eat Peanut
Robyn Lee, 23, was riding in a car with Shanna Ferguson when she attempted to put a peanut in Ferguson's mouth,"

$3 trillion USA budget!

Ten Thousand Commandments
"President George W. Bush’s federal budget for fiscal year (FY) 2009 proposed $3.107 trillion in discretionary, entitlement, and interest spending. This was the first-ever $3 trillion budget in the United States. Many other countries’ governments consume more of the national output than the government does, but in absolute terms, ours is the largest government on planet Earth. President Bush was also the first president to deliver a $2 trillion federal budget, as recently as 2002."

DNC host's tax-free gas : Updates : The Rocky Mountain News

DNC host's tax-free gas "The committee hosting the Democratic National Convention has used the city's gas pumps to fill up and apparently avoided paying state and federal fuel taxes."

No gas-tax cut for "little people".

The political party of "The Queen of Mean", Leona Helmsly!

Dispicable hypocrites!

New York Times 2Q profit drops 82 percent

New York Times 2Q profit drops 82 percent: "New York Times Co. says its second-quarter earnings fell 82 percent from the year-ago quarter boosted by a one-time gain. Meanwhile, print advertising revenue continued to shrink."

heh....

Reeths-Puffer school board gives superintendent high marks

Reeths-Puffer school board gives superintendent high marks
"According to the board's evaluation, Cousins 'exceeds expectations' in all areas of job performance, including: Fiscal responsibility; leadership; judgment; communications; organizational development; professional development; motivation; decisiveness; and community relations."

Nice for the big teacher union members.Too bad there are no marks for "student education" or "learning" or.... horror, MEAP!!!

Not a word about "student achievement" or "taxpayers".

Same old, same old.....

Will the parents and taxpayers ever realize that the system is rigged totally for the big union and the little things like student scores, parental satisfaction and taxpayers aren't even mentioned?

Employers know the truth.

Best of the Web Today - WSJ.com

Best of the Web Today - WSJ.com: "One Conventional Bomb Can Ruin Your Whole Day
We'll give you three guesses which political leader said this:
Throughout our history, America's confronted constantly evolving danger, from the oppression of an empire, to the lawlessness of the frontier, from the bomb that fell on Pearl Harbor, to the threat of nuclear annihilation. Americans have adapted to the threats posed by an ever-changing world.
Hint: The speaker was born in Hawaii. Thinking that perhaps it was a transcription error, we checked the video, and sure enough, he actually said 'the bomb.' Could our speaker be mixing up Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima, or Nagasaki? In any case, it's perhaps the biggest Pearl Harbor goof since Sept. 7, 1988, when George H.W. Bush got the month of the attack wrong."

Best of the Web Today - WSJ.com

Best of the Web Today - WSJ.com: "Flint, of course, would claim that she was standing up for a principle--for, in the AP's words, 'the privacy rights of library patrons.' Have you noticed, though, how the people who assert this principle are never patrons but always librarians? We'd say this is really a case of status envy. Librarians want their 'profession' to be treated with the same respect society affords the practice of medicine or law. (We should note that people in our own line of work are vulnerable to the same criticism, as evidenced by this item on proposed shield laws.)
Here is a case in which police searching for a missing girl were forced to waste precious time because a bureaucrat, acting on her own authority, said 'Show me the paper' instead of 'How can I help?' Judith Flint is no heroine."

Police: Man operating riding lawnmower had blood alcohol level more than 5 times the legal limit

Police: Man operating riding lawnmower had blood alcohol level more than 5 times the legal limit
"The driver of riding lawnmower was so drunk -- more than five times the legal limit -- that he slumped over the wheel as it circled in an intersection before he fell to the ground and passed out"

I sure hope it wasn't an ozone action day!

T. Boone Pickens' plan for your pocketbook: empty it!

Winningreen ENERGY Alert NO. 24

T. Boone Pickens’ plan for your pocketbook: empty it
By Tom Randall Date: July 21, 2008

Situation: Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens is touting his grand new plan for energy independence: generate electricity with windmills thereby freeing natural gas to be used in vehicles instead of gasoline.
It is a scam. It would raise gas prices. Currently, when natural gas is used to generate electricity, it is almost exclusively in “peaker” plants — plants of relatively small capacity (usually about 250 megawatts) that can be turned on and off at short notice to boost output during peak demand periods. Baseload plants, which produce most of our electricity, are fired with less costly coal or nuclear energy but they must run almost continuously because they can’t be easily or economically stopped and restarted.
Generating large amounts of electricity with wind also requires natural gas peaker plants to take up the slack when the wind doesn't blow at the required speed to drive a wind turbine.
Therefore, for every 1,000 megawats of wind generation you would need four new natural-gas-fired peaker plants.

This would require the U.S. to burn more natural gas, not less. Less would be available for non-electricity purposes, such as transportation and, particularly, home heating,

The increasing use of natural gas for electricity is one of the principal reasons your natural gas home heating costs have been skyrocketing in recent years. Pickens’ scheme would only increase this price spiral as environmentalists block increased gas supplies.

Response 1: Pickens, in his commercials and opinion pieces, fails to mention his extensive holdings in wind farms and natural gas. He does say that he has been an “oil man” most of this life. Well, now he’s a wind and gas man…’scuse the pun.

Response 2: The fact is wind and solar are not renewable resources. There is nothing we can do to renew them. They are capricious resources that must be regularly replaced by conventional energy.

Response 3: If Pickens were truly interested in clean abundant energy he would be touting genuinely clean coal-to- liquids technology and absolutely emission-free and nearly limitless recyclable nuclear energy.

Response 4: Pickens could also go back to being an oil man and break the grip of foreign producers by producing oil from shale where we have reserves greater than any country in the world located in just three western states.

Link: Read more about "Pitfalls in Pickens Plan" at: http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/2008/07/10/pitfalls-in-the-pickens-plan/

Just like the ethanol scam.

Bank Mess

Bank Mess: It Started With Gov't Intervention: "Blaming the lenders is the party line of congressional Democrats as well. What we need is more government regulation of lenders, they say, to protect the innocent borrowers from 'predatory' lending practices.
Before going further down that road, it may be useful to look back at what got us into this mess in the first place."

YouTube - Lets see the Dog Whisperer do this!!

YouTube - Lets see the Dog Whisperer do this!!

No bias?

Rasmussen Reports™
"The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey found that 49% of voters believe most reporters will try to help Obama with their coverage, up from 44% a month ago."

With credibility gone, the MSM continues its "stay-the-course" plunge into denial.

Gay float takes top honor in Hall parade

Gay float takes top honor in Hall parade: "Tensions reached the point where an FBI agent holding a video camera followed the float in a golf cart during last year's Blossomtime parade, in case anyone perpetrated a hate crime, Gorman said."

CARPE DIEM: Citizens More Taxed Now Than Under King George

CARPE DIEM: Citizens More Taxed Now Than Under King George

Brightest Ideas of the Week

Brightest Ideas of the Week

"Cut their pay, send them home
4 Facing an unexpectedly strong public outcry, Louisiana’s reformist Gov. Bobby Jindal reversed course and vetoed legislation that would have doubled the pay of Bayou State legislators from $16,800 to $37,500.
Details: “It is clear to me that the legislative pay raise is, in itself, a threat to our reform movement and our progress as a state,” Jindal said. Outraged voters had filed recall petitions against five legislative leaders pushing the raise.

Let people vote on tax hikes
5 A new Scott Rasmussen poll finds that 57 percent of those surveyed believe voters should have a chance to vote a tax hike up or down before it goes into effect.
Details: Nearly the same percentage told Rasmussen that government doesn’t need additional tax revenues to fund essential operations. And 51 percent said they expect Barack Obama to raise taxes if he’s elected president."

First to register handgun, owner 'doesn't fit' profile - Examiner.com

First to register handgun, owner 'doesn't fit' profile - Examiner.com: "McVey found the cops very encouraging of her gun ownership. “I asked them, ‘Do you mind good people owning guns?’ ” she said. “One said, ‘It will help make our job easier.’ ”"

Double JJ Ranch files for bankruptcy

Double JJ Ranch files for bankruptcy: "Just weeks after nearly 50,000 fans from across the United States came to the Double JJ Ranch for the Rothbury Music Festival, the owners filed for bankruptcy in federal court.
The owners filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in the US Western District Court."

CARPE DIEM: U.S. Exports More Than China or Japan

CARPE DIEM: U.S. Exports More Than China or Japan: "The U.S. exports more ($1.024 trillion) than any country in the world except Germany ($1.133 trillion), and more than China ($974 billion) or Japan ($590 billion). Data available here."

The Volokh Conspiracy - -#1216572130

The Volokh Conspiracy - -#1216572130: "interesting national Qunnipiac poll on various legal issues. Of particular interest, the poll asked the following question:
'The Supreme Court has recently ruled that a mandatory death penalty for child rape is unconstitutional. Do you favor or oppose the death penalty for persons convicted of child rape?'
Here are the results:
Favor: 55 percent
Oppose: 38 percent
DK/No Opinion: 7 percent
This would seem to further undermine Justice Kennedy's claim in Kennedy v. Louisiana that there is a national consensus opposing the death penalty for child rape."

Instapundit.com -

Instapundit.com -: "STRATEGYPAGE:
While the mass media continues to feature wars and terrorism, the overall trend continues away from such unpleasantness. Such stories are anathema to the mass media, because they do not attract eyeballs, and revenue. That's the way people are, and the result is a distorted view of trends in global violence.
Worldwide, violence continues to decline, as it has for the last few years. Violence has also greatly diminished, or disappeared completely, in places like Iraq, Nepal, Chechnya, Congo, Indonesia and Burundi. Even Afghanistan, touted as the new war zone, is seeing less violence this year than last.
All this continues a trend that began when the Cold War ended, and the Soviet Union no longer subsidized terrorist and rebel groups everywhere.
Now if we can just get the Saudis and Iranians to stop. Read the whole"

'Time' Publishes Definitive Obama Puff Piece

'Time' Publishes Definitive Obama Puff Piece
"No news publication has dared to barely scratch the surface like this before,' columnist and campaign reporter Michael King wrote in The Washington Post Tuesday. 'This profile sets a benchmark for mindless filler by which all other features about Sen. Obama will now be judged."

Chefs invest in Muskegon downtown's future with bistro

Chefs invest in Muskegon downtown's future with bistro
"Longtime Muskegon residents will remember 1133 Third in downtown Muskegon as the site of Big Bob's Restaurant -- Muskegon's bygone 'omelet king.'
But two weeks ago, Jeremy and Jamie Paquin opened Mia & Grace, turning a classic 'greasy spoon' that sat vacant for more than 15 years into a sophisticated eatery that would fit in on a Manhattan street."

MSU coach Izzo makes summer home in Grand Haven

MSU coach Izzo makes summer home in Grand Haven
"'Two years in a row, I went to Kuwait for a week,' Izzo said. 'I lived in the barracks with U.S. troops; that was pretty interesting.'"

Most eligible state kids miss free summer lunches

Most eligible state kids miss free summer lunches: "The Michigan Department of Education took over the summer meal program in 2004, and its outreach efforts have added about 200 sites for a total of about 960. Even so, only about 15 percent of the 460,000 children who are eligible take advantage of it, the Detroit Free Press reported Sunday."

Instapundit.com -

Instapundit.com -: "Too much U.S. presence might interfere with corruption! 'As long as the American troops are in the country, auditors have armed protection and can be very effective at revealing the thefts and getting the thieves punished."

For Some Ohioans, Even Meat Is Out Of Reach

For Some Ohioans, Even Meat Is Out Of Reach
"The rising cost of food means their money gets them about a third fewer bags of groceries — $100 used to buy about 12 bags of groceries, but now it's more like seven or eight. So they cut back on expensive items like meat, and they don't buy extras like ice cream anymore."

And not a minute too soon!

CARPE DIEM: Cartoons of the Day

CARPE DIEM: Cartoons of the Day

chizumatic.mee.nu

chizumatic.mee.nu: "In order for 'alternate energy' to become feasible, it has to satisfy all of the following criteria:

1. It has to be huge (in terms of both energy and power)
2. It has to be reliable (not intermittent or unschedulable)
3. It has to be concentrated (not diffuse)
4. It has to be possible to utilize it efficiently
5. The capital investment and operating cost to utilize it has to be comparable to existing energy sources (per gigawatt, and per terajoule).

If it fails to satisfy any of those, then it can't scale enough to make any difference. Solar power fails #3, and currently it also fails #5. (It also partially fails #2, but there are ways to work around that.)

The only sources of energy available to us now that satisfy all five are petroleum, coal, hydro, and nuclear."

Grand Valley State University board increases tuition 13 percent

Grand Valley State University board increases tuition 13 percent
"Trustee Noreen Myers said many families are struggling financially and will be devastated by a $1,000 hit. A freshman will pay $8,196, up from $7,240. Upperclassmen will pay slightly more.
'I'm really troubled by this increase in light of the troubled economy in Michigan at this time,' Myers said. She and Michael Thomas voted against the hike, a rare dissent on the board."

Grand Valley State University to offer benefits to any live-in partner

Grand Valley State University to offer benefits to any live-in partner
"In a surprise move, Grand Valley State University trustees on Friday added benefits for unmarried couples to the health insurance they offer employees.
The benefit will apply to gay couples, as well as any other live-in partner or friend who is an unrelated adult and has lived with a faculty member or staff member for 18 months or more."

McCain Talks with GM workers

McCain Talks with GM workers
".--Speaking to a group of General Motors Corp. employees, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) promised to provide a $5,000 tax credit for Americans who buy electric-powered cars such as the future Chevy Volt and 'other automobiles that put us on the path to energy independence,' even as he suggested he might alter his climate plan to aid the auto industry."

Do As They Say

Do As They Say
"Of course, this spartan existence would be for the masses only. The elites will still be able to live their lives of opulence, just as high-ranking communists in the Soviet Union, the nomenklatura, had private Chaika lanes in Moscow streets that members of the working class — Marx's proletariat — were forbidden to drive on."

'Rig' The Election

'Rig' The Election
"When President Bush lifted the executive order banning exploration and drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf, two things happened almost immediately: The world price for oil started to drop and the Democrats panicked. They could no longer hide under the umbrella the order provided.
On Sept. 30, when the Interior Department's 2008 appropriations expire, the Democrats will have to reauthorize the congressional ban and explain to the voters why."

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