Family Told Obama NOT To Wear Soldier Son's Bracelet... Where is Media?
"Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a roadside bomb in 2006, recently said on a Wisconsin Public Radio show that his family had asked Barack Obama to stop wearing the bracelet with his son's name on it. Yet Obama continues to do so despite the wishes of the family"
Obama is a despicable panderer.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Study: Students in advanced math classes do worse
Study: Students in advanced math classes do worse
"Once unavailable to many minority and poor children, algebra is becoming widely accepted as a must-have for eighth-graders.
Algebra is considered a “gateway” course for higher learning. Students who take it that year are on track for calculus as seniors. President Bill Clinton made eighth-grade algebra a priority, and an influential 1995 book labeled algebra “The New Civil Right.”"
Why is algebra necessary simply to graduate?
What about reedin', ritin' and addin'?
"Once unavailable to many minority and poor children, algebra is becoming widely accepted as a must-have for eighth-graders.
Algebra is considered a “gateway” course for higher learning. Students who take it that year are on track for calculus as seniors. President Bill Clinton made eighth-grade algebra a priority, and an influential 1995 book labeled algebra “The New Civil Right.”"
Why is algebra necessary simply to graduate?
What about reedin', ritin' and addin'?
Senate OKs $25B loan for automakers
Senate OKs $25B loan for automakers
"The largest federal aid ever offered to the U.S. auto industry passed the Senate today, as a $25-billion loan program won final approval from Congress after a three-month industry blitz."
"The largest federal aid ever offered to the U.S. auto industry passed the Senate today, as a $25-billion loan program won final approval from Congress after a three-month industry blitz."
Obama emotionally recalls fallen soldier: What's his name?
Obama emotionally recalls fallen soldier: What's his name?
"Getting some notice -- not enough -- is Obama's failure to remember the name of the fallen soldier on his bracelet. At least Fox is covering it:"
"Getting some notice -- not enough -- is Obama's failure to remember the name of the fallen soldier on his bracelet. At least Fox is covering it:"
Media Mum on Barney Frank's Fannie Mae Love Connection
Media Mum on Barney Frank's Fannie Mae Love Connection
"Frank has argued that family life “should be fair game for campaign discussion,” wrote the Associated Press on Sept. 2. The comment was in reference to GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her pregnant daughter. “They’re the ones that made an issue of her family,” the Massachusetts Democrat said to the AP.
The news media have covered the relationship in the past, but there have been no mentions since 2005, according to Nexis and despite the collapse of Fannie Mae. The July 3, 1998, Reliable Source column in The Washington Post reported Frank, who is openly gay, had a relationship with Herb Moses, an executive for the now-government controlled Fannie Mae. The column revealed the two had split up at the time but also said Frank was referring to Moses as his “spouse.” Another Washington Post report said Frank called Moses his “lover” and that the two were “still friends” after the breakup"
Ah, the wonderful "unbiased" MSM.
"Frank has argued that family life “should be fair game for campaign discussion,” wrote the Associated Press on Sept. 2. The comment was in reference to GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her pregnant daughter. “They’re the ones that made an issue of her family,” the Massachusetts Democrat said to the AP.
The news media have covered the relationship in the past, but there have been no mentions since 2005, according to Nexis and despite the collapse of Fannie Mae. The July 3, 1998, Reliable Source column in The Washington Post reported Frank, who is openly gay, had a relationship with Herb Moses, an executive for the now-government controlled Fannie Mae. The column revealed the two had split up at the time but also said Frank was referring to Moses as his “spouse.” Another Washington Post report said Frank called Moses his “lover” and that the two were “still friends” after the breakup"
Ah, the wonderful "unbiased" MSM.
Global warming has paused
Global warming has paused
"Recent studies by the Hadley Climate Research Center (UK), the Japan Meteorological Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the University of East Anglia (UK) and the University of Alabama Huntsville show clearly that the rising trend of global average temperature stopped in 2000-2001. Further, NASA data shows that warming in the southern hemisphere has stopped, and that ocean temperatures also have stopped rising."
"Recent studies by the Hadley Climate Research Center (UK), the Japan Meteorological Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the University of East Anglia (UK) and the University of Alabama Huntsville show clearly that the rising trend of global average temperature stopped in 2000-2001. Further, NASA data shows that warming in the southern hemisphere has stopped, and that ocean temperatures also have stopped rising."
Friday, September 26, 2008
School counts suffer as families flee area
School counts suffer as families flee area
"School districts already dealing with declining birth rates are suffering another 'worrisome' hit this year -- drops in enrollment as students' families seek jobs elsewhere.
School officials counted their students Wednesday -- counts that will be used to determine how much per-pupil state aid districts will receive. In Muskegon County, enrollment fell by 485 students, a 1.6 percent drop."
It's ALL about money, not kids.
Nor parents.
Nor taxpayers.
No gleeful "class sizes smaller, better!"
No giddy "Smaller classes mean less need for taxpayer dollars for teachers!"
No hopeful "Parents to see lower taxes and kids closer attention from teachers!"
Nope.
It's ALL about the money...... and that says everything about education and its willing cheerleaders in The Chronicle.
"School districts already dealing with declining birth rates are suffering another 'worrisome' hit this year -- drops in enrollment as students' families seek jobs elsewhere.
School officials counted their students Wednesday -- counts that will be used to determine how much per-pupil state aid districts will receive. In Muskegon County, enrollment fell by 485 students, a 1.6 percent drop."
It's ALL about money, not kids.
Nor parents.
Nor taxpayers.
No gleeful "class sizes smaller, better!"
No giddy "Smaller classes mean less need for taxpayer dollars for teachers!"
No hopeful "Parents to see lower taxes and kids closer attention from teachers!"
Nope.
It's ALL about the money...... and that says everything about education and its willing cheerleaders in The Chronicle.
Letterman-sad...
The David Letterman has descended, over the years, into a sort of a one man "The View".
A good friend of mine who has been an avid fan for decades has finally stopped watching.
He said it's just too sarcastic and politiaclly biased.
Too bad Letterman cares not.
A good friend of mine who has been an avid fan for decades has finally stopped watching.
He said it's just too sarcastic and politiaclly biased.
Too bad Letterman cares not.
Four Pinocchios for Biden's Tax Fabrication - Fact Checker
Four Pinocchios for Biden's Tax Fabrication
"However, Biden conveniently overlooks the fact that the Republican nominee is offering tax-payers a credit that should cover the cost of going out and buying insurance."
"However, Biden conveniently overlooks the fact that the Republican nominee is offering tax-payers a credit that should cover the cost of going out and buying insurance."
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Dems paid $1.4 million for failed state ballot proposal
Dems paid $1.4 million for failed state ballot proposal
"The Michigan Democratic Party provided nearly all the $1.4 million spent supporting a failed ballot proposal that would have rewritten several sections of the state constitution, according to campaign finance reports submitted Wednesday."
And those democrat scumbags and their willing enablers in ithe Michigan media covered up this attack on freedom!
Sick and disgusting!
"The Michigan Democratic Party provided nearly all the $1.4 million spent supporting a failed ballot proposal that would have rewritten several sections of the state constitution, according to campaign finance reports submitted Wednesday."
And those democrat scumbags and their willing enablers in ithe Michigan media covered up this attack on freedom!
Sick and disgusting!
Drunk driver hits K'zoo police cruiser
Drunk driver hits K'zoo police cruiser: "A Kalamazoo man is behind bars after allegedly hitting a police cruiser and taking off."
Kids, don't try this at home!
Kids, don't try this at home!
Obama's $100K Englewood garden grant being probed :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: The Watchdogs
Obama's $100K Englewood garden grant being probed
The Watchdogs: "A $100,000 state grant for a botanic garden in Englewood that then-state Sen. Barack Obama awarded in 2001 to a group headed by a onetime campaign volunteer is now under investigation by the Illinois attorney general amid new questions, prompted by Chicago Sun-Times reports, about whether the money might have been misspent.
The garden was never built. And now state records obtained by the Sun-Times show $65,000 of the grant money went to the wife of Kenny B. Smith, the Obama 2000 congressional campaign volunteer who heads the Chicago Better Housing Association, which was in charge of the project for the blighted South Side neighborhood."
The Watchdogs: "A $100,000 state grant for a botanic garden in Englewood that then-state Sen. Barack Obama awarded in 2001 to a group headed by a onetime campaign volunteer is now under investigation by the Illinois attorney general amid new questions, prompted by Chicago Sun-Times reports, about whether the money might have been misspent.
The garden was never built. And now state records obtained by the Sun-Times show $65,000 of the grant money went to the wife of Kenny B. Smith, the Obama 2000 congressional campaign volunteer who heads the Chicago Better Housing Association, which was in charge of the project for the blighted South Side neighborhood."
Chronicle among papers letting go young carriers
Chronicle among papers letting go young carriers
"Those papers will come from The Chronicle in downtown Muskegon until Oct. 20, when printing of the paper will be moved to the Walker facility of The Grand Rapids Press. The Chronicle and The Press are owned by the same company.
Only those 18 and older will be allowed to pick up bundles of newspapers at the depots and have a route in their name."
Exhibit A in why The Chronicle is a dying "news"paper.
1. No explanation of WHY the kids are being fired. Just a mention that The Chronicle is "among" other papers making similar business destroying decisions.
2. No mention of future delivery rates or "time of delivery" changes.
3. No mention of ANY benefit to either The Chronicle, its owners OR the customer.
This smelly paper has gone beyond being worthy of wrapping dead fish.
Ba bye Commie Chronicle........
"Those papers will come from The Chronicle in downtown Muskegon until Oct. 20, when printing of the paper will be moved to the Walker facility of The Grand Rapids Press. The Chronicle and The Press are owned by the same company.
Only those 18 and older will be allowed to pick up bundles of newspapers at the depots and have a route in their name."
Exhibit A in why The Chronicle is a dying "news"paper.
1. No explanation of WHY the kids are being fired. Just a mention that The Chronicle is "among" other papers making similar business destroying decisions.
2. No mention of future delivery rates or "time of delivery" changes.
3. No mention of ANY benefit to either The Chronicle, its owners OR the customer.
This smelly paper has gone beyond being worthy of wrapping dead fish.
Ba bye Commie Chronicle........
Sports fans = Political Fans
The Volokh Conspiracy - -: "How Political Fans are Like Sports Fans - Why Voters are Highly Biased in their Evaluation of Political Information"
How do we get out of the dangerous box in which public policy is determined in elections where most voters are either rationally ignorant about even basic political information or highly biased in their evaluation of what they do know? There is no easy answer to that question. In the article linked above and in some of my other scholarship (e.g. - here), I suggest that we consider making fewer decisions through the political system and more through free markets and civil society - where people have much stronger incentives to both seek out information and evaluate it at least somewhat rationally.
How do we get out of the dangerous box in which public policy is determined in elections where most voters are either rationally ignorant about even basic political information or highly biased in their evaluation of what they do know? There is no easy answer to that question. In the article linked above and in some of my other scholarship (e.g. - here), I suggest that we consider making fewer decisions through the political system and more through free markets and civil society - where people have much stronger incentives to both seek out information and evaluate it at least somewhat rationally.
Sheep sex doesn't make man a sex offender
Judges: Sheep sex doesn't make man a sex offender
"A Calhoun County man who sodomized a sheep will not have to register as a sex offender because the sheep cannot be considered a victim of sexual assault under Michigan law, a court ruled this week."
Shari Lewis must be giddy in her grave!
(what WAS her hand doing up LambChop's shirt for all those years?)
"A Calhoun County man who sodomized a sheep will not have to register as a sex offender because the sheep cannot be considered a victim of sexual assault under Michigan law, a court ruled this week."
Shari Lewis must be giddy in her grave!
(what WAS her hand doing up LambChop's shirt for all those years?)
If Someone Has Sex with a Sheep, Must He Register as a Sex Offender?
If Someone Has Sex with a Sheep, Must He Register as a Sex Offender?: "If Someone Has Sex with a Sheep, Must He Register as a Sex Offender?"
Is Michigan going to displace New Zeeland as the haven for sheep love?
Florida Democrat Congressman: Palin 'Don't Care Too Much What They Do With Jews and Blacks'
Florida Democrat Congressman: Palin 'Don't Care Too Much What They Do With Jews and Blacks': "said Hastings. 'Anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks."
... and this is what democrats elect to office.
Anyone hear Obama's response to one of his own supporter's racist comments.............?
... and this is what democrats elect to office.
Anyone hear Obama's response to one of his own supporter's racist comments.............?
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Democrats to let offshore drilling ban expire
Democrats to let offshore drilling ban expire
"Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in an months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set off by $4 a gallon gasoline prices this summer."
YES!
"Democrats have decided to allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week, conceding defeat in an months-long battle with the White House and Republicans set off by $4 a gallon gasoline prices this summer."
YES!
Friday, September 19, 2008
Woman Gets Life Sentence for Sex With 5-Year-Old
Woman Gets Life Sentence for Sex With 5-Year-Old
"Florida woman has been sentenced to life in prison for having sex with a 5-year-old boy.
Kelly Lumadue, 33, was found guilty Thursday of having sex with the boy 12 years ago, when she was 21, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
Lumadue told the jury she had sex with the child under the direction of her now-deceased husband, who was a professional pornographer, the paper said.
Police arrested Lumadue in 2003 after a garbage collector found the tapes in a box on the curb of Lumadue's Volusia County home, the Sentinel said."
"Florida woman has been sentenced to life in prison for having sex with a 5-year-old boy.
Kelly Lumadue, 33, was found guilty Thursday of having sex with the boy 12 years ago, when she was 21, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
Lumadue told the jury she had sex with the child under the direction of her now-deceased husband, who was a professional pornographer, the paper said.
Police arrested Lumadue in 2003 after a garbage collector found the tapes in a box on the curb of Lumadue's Volusia County home, the Sentinel said."
"Conservatives have stronger startle reflexes?"
Lucianne.com News Forum: "Conservatives Have Stronger Startle Reflexes?
National Geographic News, by Brian Handwerk
Original Article
Posted By:Sector7G, 9/18/2008 11:31:10 PM
As Barack Obama and Joe Biden tussle with John McCain and Sarah Palin over the mantle of change in the U.S. presidential race, they may all be losing a little-known constituency: people who startle easily. Voters with heightened physical reactions to perceived threats—blinking or sweating when exposed to 'threatening' images—may be less likely to vote for change, a new study says."
National Geographic News, by Brian Handwerk
Original Article
Posted By:Sector7G, 9/18/2008 11:31:10 PM
As Barack Obama and Joe Biden tussle with John McCain and Sarah Palin over the mantle of change in the U.S. presidential race, they may all be losing a little-known constituency: people who startle easily. Voters with heightened physical reactions to perceived threats—blinking or sweating when exposed to 'threatening' images—may be less likely to vote for change, a new study says."
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Instapundit.com -
Instapundit.com -: "I would put together a commercial that said…
James A. Johnson - former Fannie Mae CEO and Obama Advisor
Just cost you billions in taxes
Franklin Raines – former Fannie Mae CEO and Obama Advisor
Just cost you billions in taxes
Barack Obama – If we can’t afford his advisors, how can we afford him?"
James A. Johnson - former Fannie Mae CEO and Obama Advisor
Just cost you billions in taxes
Franklin Raines – former Fannie Mae CEO and Obama Advisor
Just cost you billions in taxes
Barack Obama – If we can’t afford his advisors, how can we afford him?"
Monday, September 15, 2008
Thinking Outside the Lox - WSJ.com
Thinking Outside the Lox - WSJ.com: "I shall probably vote for John McCain in this year's presidential election. But I am not locked in on my vote, and if the McCain-Palin campaign gets dramatically stupid, I could go the other way. I make no claim to be an original political thinker, but, unlike so many of my co-religionists, I feel a nice sense of freedom, knowing that I am able to think, so to say, outside the lox."
Atlantic Magazine Might Sue McCain-Smearing Photographer | NewsBusters.org
Atlantic Magazine Might Sue McCain-Smearing Photographer
"The magazine's editor, James Bennet, told Fox News's Megyn Kelly Monday that he was deeply sorry about this incident, and that The Atlantic isn't taking it lying down (audio available here, partial transcript follows, h/t NBer blonde) :
JAMES BENNET, EDITOR 'THE ATLANTIC': I'm already drafting a letter of apology [to McCain]. I mean, this photographer went in there under our auspices to take a covershot for us. Again, we stand by the picture, and we produced a terrific story on John McCain...But while she was there, she behaved in an incredibly underhanded and unprofessional way. [...]
MEGYN KELLY, HOST: What do you do to shut down her use on her website, not just of that covershot, but the disgusting things she has done to John McCain's image on her website which I won't repeat here?
BENNET: She's violated the terms of our agreement with her, or our contract with her. So, we're taking steps. We're looking into steps we can see to do something about that.
KELLY: Are you considering a lawsuit?
BENNET: We're looking into what we can do.
KELLY: Would that be including legal action?
BENNET: If we can, if it's available to us, yeah.
KELLY: Has she been paid?
BENNET: No.
KELLY: Will she be?
BENNET: No."
"The magazine's editor, James Bennet, told Fox News's Megyn Kelly Monday that he was deeply sorry about this incident, and that The Atlantic isn't taking it lying down (audio available here, partial transcript follows, h/t NBer blonde) :
JAMES BENNET, EDITOR 'THE ATLANTIC': I'm already drafting a letter of apology [to McCain]. I mean, this photographer went in there under our auspices to take a covershot for us. Again, we stand by the picture, and we produced a terrific story on John McCain...But while she was there, she behaved in an incredibly underhanded and unprofessional way. [...]
MEGYN KELLY, HOST: What do you do to shut down her use on her website, not just of that covershot, but the disgusting things she has done to John McCain's image on her website which I won't repeat here?
BENNET: She's violated the terms of our agreement with her, or our contract with her. So, we're taking steps. We're looking into steps we can see to do something about that.
KELLY: Are you considering a lawsuit?
BENNET: We're looking into what we can do.
KELLY: Would that be including legal action?
BENNET: If we can, if it's available to us, yeah.
KELLY: Has she been paid?
BENNET: No.
KELLY: Will she be?
BENNET: No."
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Frantic day on Wall Street as banks teeter - International Herald Tribune
Frantic day on Wall Street as banks teeter - International Herald Tribune: "In one of the most extraordinary days in Wall Street's history, Merrill Lynch is near an 11th-hour deal to avert a deepening financial crisis while another storied securities firm, Lehman Brothers, hurtled toward liquidation, according to people briefed on the deal."
Climate change chicanery - Telegraph
Climate change chicanery - Telegraph: "There has also been an acclaimed new paper by Michael Mann, the creator of the iconic 'hockey stick' graph, purporting to show that the world has recently become hotter than at any time in recorded history, eliminating all the wealth of evidence to show that temperatures were higher in the Mediaeval Warm Period than today."
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Cleared: Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law - Climate Change, Environment - The Independent
Cleared: Jury decides that threat of global warming justifies breaking the law
"The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided yesterday."
"The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided yesterday."
Friday, September 12, 2008
Probe into how Google mix-up caused $1 billion run on United - Times Online
Probe into how Google mix-up caused $1 billion run on United
"The comedy of errors began with just one reader who went to the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s website and viewed a 2002 article on United Airlines’ bankruptcy.
That single visit in the early hours of Sunday morning, a period of low traffic, apparently bumped it into a 'Popular Stories' in the business section.
At 1:37am, an electronic Google program swept through the paper’s website for new stories and spotted the link.
Google says its program scanned the piece and, seeing there was no 2002 dateline, indexed the article for inclusion on its news pages.
Three minutes and two seconds later, Google News readers started viewing the story on the Sun Sentinel’s Web site."
This is either a miserably written article (duh!) or more likely a Google employee who found a way to take the date tag off the United story.
Lots more to come on this scam......pity the poor investing friends/family of those Google workers who had the ability to de/re-tag posts.
bummer dudes!
"The comedy of errors began with just one reader who went to the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s website and viewed a 2002 article on United Airlines’ bankruptcy.
That single visit in the early hours of Sunday morning, a period of low traffic, apparently bumped it into a 'Popular Stories' in the business section.
At 1:37am, an electronic Google program swept through the paper’s website for new stories and spotted the link.
Google says its program scanned the piece and, seeing there was no 2002 dateline, indexed the article for inclusion on its news pages.
Three minutes and two seconds later, Google News readers started viewing the story on the Sun Sentinel’s Web site."
This is either a miserably written article (duh!) or more likely a Google employee who found a way to take the date tag off the United story.
Lots more to come on this scam......pity the poor investing friends/family of those Google workers who had the ability to de/re-tag posts.
bummer dudes!
Hateful or fools?
Instapundit.com -: "September 12, 2008
OKAY, I THOUGHT THE OBAMA COMMERCIAL MOCKING MCCAIN for not using a computer was dumb because it would alienate older voters. But it turns out it's a lot dumber than that:
The reason he doesn't send email is that he can't use a keyboard because of the relentless beatings he received from the Viet Cong in service to our country. . . . McCain's severe war injuries prevent him from combing his hair, typing on a keyboard, or tying his shoes.
Oops. Another unforced error from the Obama campaign, which seems to have had a lot of those lately. The above is from 2000 -- don't these people know how to use Google? Or NEXIS? Or something?
UPDATE: Ouch: 'It's extraordinary that someone who wants to be our president and our commander in chief knows how to send an e-mail ...but not how to do a five-minute Google search.' Or even how to hire someone who can . . . .
ANOTHER UPDATE: On that note, reader Amy Lopez notes that Obama was recently touting his experience managing his campaign as evidence of his executive ability. That argument isn't looking as strong after the past couple of weeks.
MORE: Epic Fail: 'This whole Obama thing has *got* to be a put-on by the DNC. Any minute Allen Funt will pop out and they’ll announce the real ticket is Hillary Clinton and Phil Bredesen (or Mark Warner) or something, right?'
posted at 07:14 PM by Glenn Reynolds"
Is this the "real" change these folks want to bring to America?
OKAY, I THOUGHT THE OBAMA COMMERCIAL MOCKING MCCAIN for not using a computer was dumb because it would alienate older voters. But it turns out it's a lot dumber than that:
The reason he doesn't send email is that he can't use a keyboard because of the relentless beatings he received from the Viet Cong in service to our country. . . . McCain's severe war injuries prevent him from combing his hair, typing on a keyboard, or tying his shoes.
Oops. Another unforced error from the Obama campaign, which seems to have had a lot of those lately. The above is from 2000 -- don't these people know how to use Google? Or NEXIS? Or something?
UPDATE: Ouch: 'It's extraordinary that someone who wants to be our president and our commander in chief knows how to send an e-mail ...but not how to do a five-minute Google search.' Or even how to hire someone who can . . . .
ANOTHER UPDATE: On that note, reader Amy Lopez notes that Obama was recently touting his experience managing his campaign as evidence of his executive ability. That argument isn't looking as strong after the past couple of weeks.
MORE: Epic Fail: 'This whole Obama thing has *got* to be a put-on by the DNC. Any minute Allen Funt will pop out and they’ll announce the real ticket is Hillary Clinton and Phil Bredesen (or Mark Warner) or something, right?'
posted at 07:14 PM by Glenn Reynolds"
Is this the "real" change these folks want to bring to America?
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