History for February 22 - On-This-Day.com

History for February 22 - On-This-Day.com
Birth anniversary of George Washington (1732-99), first president of the US.

Birth anniversaries of baseball manager Sparky Anderson (1934-2010), Robert Wadlow, world’s tallest man (1918-40), Edward M "Ted" Kennedy, coward/murderer/scumbag posterboy

Anniversary of the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980—when the US Olympic hockey team upset the Soviet hockey at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics. The US went on to win gold after defeating Finland two days later.

Happy Birthday! Lea Salonga 1971, Robert Young 1907
 

1630 - Quadequine introduced popcorn to English colonists at their first Thanksgiving dinner. 

1819 - Spain ceded Florida to the United States. 


1860 - Organized baseball’s first game was played in San Francisco, CA. 


1879 - In Utica, NY, Frank W. Woolworth opened his first 5 and 10-cent store. 


1969 - Barbara Jo Rubin became the first woman to win a U.S. thoroughbred horse race. 


1973 - The U.S. and Communist China agreed to establish liaison offices. 


1984 - The U.S. Census Bureau statistics showed that the state of Alaska was the fastest growing state of the decade with an increase in population of 19.2 percent. 


1997 - Scottish scientist Ian Wilmut and colleagues announced that an adult sheep had been successfully cloned. Dolly was actually born on July 5, 1996. Dolly was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell. 

Marc Faber & Jim Rogers On Our "Clueless, Ignorant, Dangerous" Leaders

Marc Faber & Jim Rogers On Our "Clueless, Ignorant, Dangerous" Leaders | Zero Hedge:
"Both are uber-bearish central-bankers and politicians...
Marc Faber:
"Both candidates are clueless and completely artificial..."
 Jimmy Rogers: "It's worse than clueless, because they think they know what they're doing.. and so they are dangerous! 
If they were just clueless and looked out the window, we wouldn't have a problem, but they think they have the solution - but their solutions are what's making the situation worse..."
 Marc Faber: "That is precisely the point. 
It is very dangerous to have ignorant people believing that they know something!"

GM Promotes Gay Rights as Company-Wide Problems Mount

GM Promotes Gay Rights as Company-Wide Problems Mount | National Legal and Policy Center:

General Motors continues to find innovative ways to make political points while losing market value. The company continues its heavy ad spending, this time at the Olympics. The marketing wizards at GM are trying to tap into theLGBT consumer market, which equals approximately 3.5% of the total population. At the same time, GM shares are getting hit once again as higher inventory levels are leading to heavy discounting. The company still looks a lot like Government Motors.

.....GM seems determined to impress its political masters in Washington, rather than investors. If that is not the case, GM shareholders should be even more worried about management credibility as the company continues to focus on all the wrong things. 

I doubt that heterosexual, tax-paying, truck buying males — GM's most important consumers — are going to be swayed by GM's gay Olympics ads. Nor does the company's reliance on tax subsidies to promote the pseudo-green Chevy Volt make them any points.

Obama's america------UC Berkeley Liberals Expose Elementary Kids to Giant Penis and ‘Pin-The-Tail on the Anus’ Game

UC Berkeley Liberals Expose Elementary Kids to Giant Penis and ‘Pin-The-Tail on the Anus’ Game

As debates continue on whose job it is to educate children and teens about sex- the parents or schools- University of California Berkeley, a liberal haven of radical social agendas, gave young elementary school children quite an “education” as they filed past a man in a giant penis costume who was handing out condoms and were exposed to other school-sponsored sex games such as “pin-the-tail on the anus.”

According to Campus Reform:

A group of elementary and middle school students touring University of California – Berkeley last week were exposed to a man in a giant penis costume and school-sponsored sex games.

“All day long, little kids were prancing by the dental dam demonstrations, sex-themed games of chance, and the guy in the penis suit,” student Claire Chiara said in an interview with Campus Reform Thursday.

The children were led through the campus quad while Berkeley students were playing “pin-the-tail on the anus” and tossing condoms through holes on a poster board meant to represent vaginas and anuses.

There was also a man dressed as a giant penis handing out condoms, although he was not permitted to hand them to the children.

The events were not spontaneous but pre-planned as part of the school’s celebration of National Condom Week.

“Every day of the week, we have kids aged 6-18 touring our school, which is fantastic — but not during the National Condom Week,” Chiara said. “It was poor planning on the part of the Tang Center to put up the Sex Ed tent in front of Sproul Hall, as that is the most popular spot on campus for tour groups to stop.”

- See more at: http://www.tpnn.com/2014/02/20/uc-berkley-liberals-expose-elementary-kids-to-giant-penis-and-pin-the-tail-on-the-anus-game/#sthash.5dPeGAdZ.dpuf

25 Charged in Largest Medicaid Fraud Bust in D.C. History

25 Charged in Largest Medicaid Fraud Bust in D.C. History « CBS DC:
"WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Federal authorities say 25 people have been charged in a wide-ranging scheme to obtain millions of dollars in fraudulent Medicaid payments from the District of Columbia government.
U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen calls it the largest health-care fraud case in the city’s history.
It involved bogus claims for home care services, a category of Medicaid claim that has grown dramatically in the city over the past eight years.
Machen says fraud is largely responsible for the increase in those claims.
The uptick in billings for home care — from $40 million in 2006 to $280 million last year — was part of what tipped off authorities to illegal activity, U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen said."

Your tax dollars at "work"---Washington State Hires Fake Rappers to Recruit Young People for Obamacare

Washington State Hires Fake Rappers to Recruit Young People for Obamacare | Truth Revolt

he ever increasing effort to wrangle young people into Obamacare, the Washington Health Benefit Exchange has spent tons of taxpayer cash on some ads featuring a fake hip-hop duo questioning several Washington residents who signed up through Washington Healthplanfinder according to MyNorthwest.

"These new ads use humor and pop culture references to get people's attention as well as make a serious message stick," says Michael Marchand, Director of Communications at the Washington Health Benefit Exchange. "I think the first thing that when people initially see the ads is they're immediately caught off guard and the reaction is 'What did I just watch?' The more people watch them the more they seem to like them and it seems to have almost that Napoleon Dynamite/Anchorman feel to it, and the more you see the movie you realize there's layers to it."

The ads have been met with criticism from media outlets. KIRO Radio's Dori Monson said, "it's like a middle-aged person's idea funny," a sentiment Michael Marchand vehemently disagreed with."

With 2015 budget request, Obama will call for an end to era of austerity

With 2015 budget request, Obama will call for an end to era of austerity - The Washington Post:

"President Obama’s forthcoming budget request will seek tens of billions of dollars in fresh spending for domestic priorities while abandoning a compromise proposal to tame the national debt in part by trimming Social Security benefits.

 With the 2015 budget request, Obama will call for an end to the era of austerity that has dogged much of his presidency and to his efforts to find common ground with Republicans. "

Quote Of The Day

Quote Of The Day » Black & Right

This is a great example of the “embrace of the free expression of ideas”, fraudulently promoted by almost all institutions of higher learning.

What really bothered me is, the whole idea is that at a liberal arts college, we need to be hearing a diversity of opinion. I don’t think we should be tolerating (Robert George‘s) conservative views because that dominant culture embeds these deep inequalities in our society. We should not be conceding to the dominant culture by saying that the so-called “progressive left” is marginalizing the conservative.
— Erin Ching, Class of ‘16

I personally don’t think it fair Erin Ching will be singled out because her views are consistent with the vast majority of thinking on liberal campuses like Swarthmore.

It’s sad that professors continue to distribute one-sided presentations to impressionable young people, turning them into the closed-minded they claim to abhor.

Ex-CBO Chief: Obamacare's Work Disincentive ‘Exactly the Same’ As Welfare’s

Ex-CBO Chief: Obamacare's Work Disincentive ‘Exactly the Same’ As Welfare’s | CNS News:

"There’s no difference between the disincentives to work found in the Affordable Care Act and welfare payments, says the former director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

“It’s exactly the same thing,” Douglas Holtz-Eakin, now president of the American Action Forum (AAF), told CNSNews.com.

 “Many low income workers will figure out that if they work more, they’ll have to give up their tax credits and some Obamacare subsidies.

They’ll add up the benefits and conclude it’s not worth it to work another day or another shift,” the economist said. "

Take a moment and let it really sink in! This nothing short of AMAZING!

THE NEW WELFARE MAP

Make sure you read to the bottom...

Quite an eye opener...

These 11 States now have More People on Welfare than they do Employed!

Last month, the Senate Budget Committee reports that in fiscal year 2012, between food stamps, housing support, child care, Medicaid and other benefits,

the average U.S. Household below the poverty line received $168.00 a day in government support. What's the problem with that much support?

Well, the median household income in America is just over $50,000,which averages out to $137.13 a day.

To put it another way, being on welfare now pays the equivalent of $30.00 an hour for a 40-hour week, while the average job pays $20.00 an hour.

               

Furthermore:

There are actually two messages here.  The first is very

interesting, but the second is absolutely astounding - and explains a lot.

           A recent "Investor's Business Daily" article provided very

interesting statistics from a survey by the United Nations International

Health Organization.

           Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years

after diagnosis:

            U.S.                      65%

            England                46%

            Canada                 42%

           Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received

treatment within six months:

            U.S.                       93%

            England                15%

            Canada                 43%

           Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it

within six months:

            U.S.                       90%

            England                15%

            Canada                 43%

           Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within

one month:

            U.S.                       77%

            England                40%

            Canada                 43%

           Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million

people:

            U.S.                       71

            England               14

            Canada                18

           Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are

in "excellent health":

            U.S.                      12%

            England                 2%

            Canada                 6%

           And now for the last statistic:

           National Health Insurance?

            U.S.                       NO

            England              YES

            Canada               YES

           Check this last set of statistics!!

           The percentage of each past president's cabinet who had worked

in the private business sector prior to their appointment to the cabinet.

You know what the private business sector is; a real-life business, not a

government job.  Here are the percentages.

           T. Roosevelt.................... 38%

           Taft................................ 40%

            Wilson .......................... 52%

           Harding........................... 49%

           Coolidge......................... 48%

           Hoover ........................... 42%

           F. Roosevelt..................... 50%

           Truman........................... 50%

           Eisenhower................ .... 57%

           Kennedy......................... 30%

           Johnson.......................... 47%

           Nixon.............................. 53%

           Ford................................ 42%

           Carter............................. 32%

           Reagan............................ 56%

           GH Bush.......................... 51%

            Clinton .......................... 39%

           GW Bush........................ 55%

           Obama............................. 8%

           This helps to explain the incompetence of this administration:

only 8% of them have ever worked in private business!

           That's right!  Only eight percent---the least, by far, of the

last 19 presidents!  And these people are trying to tell our big

corporations how to run their business?

           How can the president of a major nation and society, the one

with the most successful economic system in world history, stand and talk

about business when he's never worked for one?  Or about jobs when he has

never really had one?  And when it's the same for 92% of his senior staff

and closest advisers?  They've spent most of their time in academia,

government and/or non-profit jobs or as "community organizers."

They should have been in an employment line.

           Pass this on because we'll NEVER see these facts in the main

stream media

Truth often lost in rumor mill of gay hate crimes

Truth often lost in rumor mill of gay hate crimes - Washington Times:
"Did you hear about the two gay dads whose daughter got a nasty rejection note for her tie-dye birthday party? 
Or the homophobic slurs written around an Ivy League college dorm? 
Or the two lesbians who came outside one day and found homophobic words spray-painted on their garage door?
Thanks to the Internet, the whole nation can be driven to outrage over rude and outrageous events — events that, it turns out, never happened or were perpetrated by the “victims” themselves."

NBC, CBS, and ABC Silent on Obama’s Plan to Infiltrate Newsrooms

NBC, CBS, and ABC Silent on Obama’s Plan to Infiltrate Newsrooms:

 "Given that blatant abuse of power and chilling attack on free press, one would think that every news outlet throughout the country would be outraged over the latest revelation that Obama wants to send FCC agents to monitor the selection of news stories for reporting.

This is a yet another massive and unconstitutional overreach on the part of Obama.

The tactic is described by Jay Sekulow of ACLJ as an intimidation tactic like that used by repressive regimes to silence the press. 

But, not all news networks reported on this shocking story.

ABC, NBC, and CBS were all silent regarding this attack on freedom of the press. 

A search on the websites of CNN and MSNBC also found no report on this unconstitutional power grab and attack on freedom of the press."

OooooKay....They promise to bring in $98 million.....and they're gonna spend $99 MILLION to "fix" the effects of pot smoking?!!!-----Governor: Colorado pot market exceeds tax hopes

Governor: Colorado pot market exceeds tax hopes

DENVER (AP) — Colorado's legal marijuana market is far exceeding tax expectations, according to a budget proposal released Wednesday by Gov. John Hickenlooper that gives the first official estimate of how much the state expects to make from pot taxes.

The proposal outlines plans to spend some $99 million next fiscal year on substance abuse prevention, youth marijuana use prevention and other priorities. The money would come from a statewide 12.9 percent sales tax on recreational pot. Colorado's total pot sales next fiscal year were estimated to be about $610 million.

Retail sales began Jan. 1 in Colorado. Sales have been strong, though exact figures for January sales won't be made public until early next month.

The governor predicted sales and excise taxes next fiscal year would produce some $98 million, well above a $70 million annual estimate given to voters when they approved the pot taxes last year. The governor also includes taxes from medical pot, which are subject only to the statewide 2.9 percent sales tax.

Video: “I thought the Affordable Care Act would save $2500 per family?”

Video: “I thought the Affordable Care Act would save $2500 per family?” « Hot Air:
"Senator Amy Klobuchar and Rep. Tim Walz came back to Mankato, MN yesterday to meet and greet constituents at South Central College, along with Rep. Collin Peterson.
The three Democrats addressed an agricultural symposium, where Peterson talked at length about the farm bill.
But KEYC’s Ryan Gustafson captured a priceless moment when one attendee wanted to know why Democrats promised that ObamaCare would save families $2500 a year in premiums:"

Union dues fund all progressive destruction. Keep 'em OUT-------- South Carolina governor says Ford, GM, Chrysler union jobs not welcome in state

South Carolina governor says Ford, GM, Chrysler union jobs not welcome in state | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:

"South Carolina is glad to have nonunion jobs from BMW, Michelin and Boeing, but don’t expect any factories from Ford, General Motors, Chrysler or other companies with unionized workforces.

According to Gov. Nikki Haley, they’re not welcome.

Haley said Wednesday that she discourages companies from building new facilities in South Carolina if they are planning to bring a union with them."

History for February 21

History for February 21 - On-This-Day.com

Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX (Feb 21-22). Seewww.cowboy-poetry.org

In 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated.

Happy Birthday! Charlotte Church, Gary Lockwood, Alan Rickman

1842 - John J. Greenough patented the sewing machine.
 

1848 - The Communist Manifesto was published by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. 

1878 - The first telephone directories issued in the U.S. were distributed to residents in New Haven, CT. It was a single page of only fifty names. 


1904 - The National Ski Association was formed in Ishpeming, MI. 













1916 - During World War I, the Battle of Verdun began in France. The battle ended on December 18, 1916 with a French victory over Germany. 


1947 - Edwin Land demonstrated the Polaroid Land Camera to the Optical Society of America in New York City. It was the first camera to take, develop and print a picture on photo paper all in about 60 seconds. The photos were black and white. The camera went on sale the following year. 


1965 - Malcolm X was assassinated in New York City at the age of 39 by assassins identified as Black Muslims. 


1975 - Former U.S. Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up. 


1988 - In Baton Rouge, LA, TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart confessed to his congregation that he was guilty of an unspecified sin. He announced that he was leaving the pulpit temporarily. Swaggart had been linked to an admitted prostitute.

Obama White House: After Minimum Wage Increase, Employers can Learn to Accept ‘Lower Profit Margins’

Obama White House: After Minimum Wage Increase, Employers can Learn to Accept ‘Lower Profit Margins’:

The White House sprang into action on Tuesday and defended the minimum wage increase as a function of helping millions of lower-class Americans make ends meet. Jason Furman, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Betsey Stevenson, Council of Economic Advisers member wrote on the official White House website (emphasis added)

“Overall the logic for the finding that raising the minimum wage does not result in large adverse impacts on employment is that paying workers a better wage can improve productivity and thereby reduce unit labor costs. These adjustments, along with others that firms can make, help explain why the increase in the minimum wage need not lead to a reduction in employment. Higher wages lead to lower turnover, reducing the amount employers must spend recruiting and training new employees. Paying workers more can also improve motivation, morale, focus, and health, all of which can make workers more productive. In addition, by reducing absenteeism, higher wages can increase the productivity of coworkers who depend on each other or work in teams. In addition, businesses can adjust in other ways rather than reducing employment (for example, by accepting lower profit margins). CBO’s estimates do not appear to fully reflect the increased emphasis on all of these factors from the recent economics literature.”

Well federal grant fraud is a crime...right?-----Women, children and puppies hurt most!-----------Climate change brings more crime

Climate change brings more crime - latimes.com:

"A new study broadens a notion held by the earliest criminologists: Periods of higher temperatures -- on an hour-by-hour or week-to-week basis -- are likely to produce more crime.

The study by Matthew Ranson of Abt Associates, a research and consulting firm in Cambridge, Mass., suggests global warming will trigger more crimes including murders and rapes over the next century, with social costs estimated to run as high as $115 billion.

Between 2010 and 2099, climate change can be expected to cause an additional 22,000 murders, 180,000 cases of rape, 1.2 million aggravated assaults, 2.3 million simple assaults, 260,000 robberies, 1.3 million burglaries, 2.2 million cases of larceny and 580,000 cases of vehicle theft, the study published this week in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management says."

Armed Mom fights back against home invaders forcing them to retreat!

Armed Mom fights back against home invaders forcing them to retreat!:
"Watch as this armed Mother fights back against home invaders on Detroit’s west side.
As you know it ALWAYS pays to be prepared.
Imagine the tragedy that would have occurred in this situation if the gun grabbers had their way and this mother and her children were left defenseless!
Fortunately, this was not the case and she and her children not only survived, but scored a victory for the good guys!"

OMG, it's a war against gravity!!!----------------Don't just sit there! It could be harmful later in life

Don't just sit there! It could be harmful later in life:

"Sitting too much, sometimes called sitting disease, may increase the risk of disability in people over age 60, a new study suggests.

Adults this age spend an average of two-thirds of their waking time being sedentary -- roughly nine hours a day, the research showed.

 Every additional hour adults over age 60 spend sitting increases by 50% their risk of being disabled for activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing and walking, says the study's lead author Dorothy Dunlop, a professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Too many people "have very low levels of activity," she says."

ObamaFraud cooking the books.... again-----------More than 12,000 congressional staffers have enrolled in health plans through Obamacare

More than 12,000 congressional staffers have enrolled in health plans through Obamacare - The Washington Post:
"Thousands of people have purchased health coverage through the District of Columbia’s new small-business insurance marketplace, but only a tiny fraction of them actually own or work for a small business.
The rest are members of or work for a single large organization — Congress."

Pure, unadulterated waste of time...and MONEY!-------------Federal report says U.S. regulations exceed cost of India's economy

Ken Braun: Federal report says U.S. regulations exceed cost of India's economy | MLive.com

With a cost of $1.8 trillion per year, the price of federal regulations is nearly as large as every penny of annual economic activity taking place in Russia, India, Italy or Canada, four of the eleven biggest economies on Earth. 

......Frightening as this all sounds, the truly terrifying news is the source of the information. 

It’s not Fox News or a Republican talking point. 

It’s not a university research paper or from a think tank. 

Instead, it’s an estimate produced by the federal government itself.

OMG! The potheads are discovering private competition....what a concept.....dude.....--------People In Other States Say Colorado Pot Is Better, Stronger

People In Other States Say Colorado Pot Is Better, Stronger « CBS Denver:
"SAN ANTONIO, Texas (CBS4) – Colorado is one of 20 states where medical marijuana is legal and one of two states where recreational pot is legal for adults.
Texas is not one of those states, but some people who live there claim they are getting high thanks to family and friends shipping the drug to them.
One woman living in San Antonio, who didn’t want her identity revealed, told CBS station KEYE-TV she smokes pot every day.
“I have friends and other acquaintances who know people there,” said the woman.
Her hookup isn’t the dealer down the street but lives in Colorado and sends it to her.
Since marijuana was legalized in Colorado, pot smokers in other states claim they can get better quality marijuana since there is more competition."

Wisconsin SEIU's message: Nice job you got there, be a shame if you lost it

Wisconsin SEIU's message: Nice job you got there, be a shame if you lost it | WashingtonExaminer.com:
"Here's how it works: Milwaukee County officials approved a living wage requirement for local government contractors to pay at least $11.33 per hour. 
SEIU's Wisconsin Jobs Now campaign was the main backer of the requirement.

But the new law includes a convenient way for contractors to avoid having to pay the living wage — they can agree to force their employees to join SEIU.
Pay up or else.

In other words, SEIU's message is this: 
You can pay us this way or you can pay us that way, but the bottom line here is you are going to pay.

The union doesn't care which way you go.
If a contractor opts to pay the living wage, the union can claim credit, thus strengthening its appeal to workers to join voluntarily.
Or the contractor can get off the hook by shifting the burden to employees who then have to pay the SEIU for the privilege of holding a job.
Expect to see this approach more frequently across the country as unions cast about for ways to reverse the membership decline that has been evident for years."

Why is the Obama Administration Putting Government Monitors in Newsrooms?

Why is the Obama Administration Putting Government Monitors in Newsrooms? | RedState:
"The Obama Administration’s Federal Communication Commission (FCC) is poised to place government monitors in newsrooms across the country in an absurdly draconian attempt to intimidate and control the media.

Before you dismiss this assertion as utterly preposterous (we all know how that turned out when the Tea Party complained that it was being targeted by the IRS), this bombshell of an accusation comes from an actual FCC Commissioner."

Drivers ticketed for failing to clear snow off vehicles under new 'ice missile' law

Drivers ticketed for failing to clear snow off vehicles under new 'ice missile' law | Mail Online:
"Drivers ticketed for failing to clear snow off their vehicles under new 'ice missile' law
New Connecticut law lets police cite motorists who drive with snow, ice piled atop their vehicles
Lawmaker began pushing law after a sheet of ice flew off a truck, struck his wife's windshield
The law highlights a problem for the trucking industry: 
How do you get ice off an 18-wheeler?"

.......At $120 per summons that amounts to $27,600 in tickets in a month and a half.

The fine is $75, plus $45 in various surcharges.

I Am a Ukrainian

Vote or pay. Simple choice------Want to vote absentee in Muskegon County's upcoming school millage election? Here's how

Note this "helpful" article neglects to tell us the amount of the millage election.
It is $43 MILLION!

Want to vote absentee in Muskegon County's upcoming school millage election? Here's how | MLive.com: "MUSKEGON, MI -- Saturday is the deadline to obtain an absentee ballot to vote in Tuesday's Muskegon County-wide school millage election.

The county's 11 traditional public school districts are seeking a 10-year 1-mill property tax increase to pay for security and technology improvements.
The measure is being pursued by the Muskegon Area Intermediate School District, which will forward all proceeds of the tax to the school districts on a per-pupil basis."

Gov't Monitors in Newsrooms? FCC to Look Into Media Decision-Making

Gov't Monitors in Newsrooms? FCC to Look Into Media Decision-Making | Fox News Insider:
"In a controversial move, the Obama administration is looking to send the FCC in to investigate how the media chooses stories.
Shannon Bream reported this morning on the plan, which is quickly drawing criticism as a possible infringement on the freedom of the press.

The Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs (CINs) initiative was proposed last May
.
The FCC explained that it wanted information from television and radio broadcasters "to ascertain the process by which stories are selected, station priorities (for content production quality, and populations served), perceived station bias, perceived percent of news dedicated to each of the eight CIN's and perceived responsiveness to underserved populations."

The FCC has identified eight CINs, or key topics that the government believes should be covered."

The Official Forecast of the U.S. Government Never Saw This Winter Coming

The Official Forecast of the U.S. Government Never Saw This Winter Coming - Businessweek:
"Surprised by how tough this winter has been?
You’re in good company:
Last fall the Climate Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted that temperatures would be above normal from November through January across much of the Lower 48 states. 
This graphic shows just how wrong the official forecast of the U.S. government was:"