Sticker Shock: Experts Say World Food Program's Afghan Relief Effort Overpriced

Sticker Shock: Experts Say World Food Program's Afghan Relief Effort Overpriced
"The United Nations’ World Food Program, or WFP, is preparing to launch a mammoth, three-year relief operation in Afghanistan this year for 7.4 million people at a cost of $1.2 billion — but less than half of that amount will actually go to purchasing food for the war-ravaged country.

The majority of the money — nearly $730 million — is being spent on shipping, land transportation, handling, office construction and U.N. staffing and administration costs, according to program documents obtained by Fox News.

Outside experts consulted by Fox News say that some of the costs are more than 100 percent higher than they need to be"

General Dynamics to close Norton Shores facility

General Dynamics to close Norton Shores facility
"General Dynamics Land Systems, a national defense contractor based in the Detroit area, announced Monday it will close its Muskegon Technical Center on June 14, company officials said.

About 100 employees — mostly engineers — will have the option to transfer to General Dynamics headquarters in Sterling Heights or another facility in nearby Shelby Township, said spokeswoman Rae Higgins."

More "hopie, changie" for Muskegon from Jenny and her "yes we can" friend in DC.

Green Police: Audi Super Bowl Ad

This is a weird ad.

Red Eye Celebrates Third Year By Topping CNN Prime Time Last Week

Red Eye Celebrates Third Year By Topping CNN Prime Time Last Week
"And it’s coming at a time when the 3amET show is seeing big ratings in the A25-54 demographic – even topping CNN prime time last week.

....This time, the show had better ratings in the A25-54 demographic than Campbell Brown at 8pmET and Larry King at 9pmET, and tied Anderson Cooper at 10pmET (Monday-Thursday)."

Holy moley!

A 3 AM Fox show that no one has heard about beats CNN PRIME TIME!

Imagine the loneliness of the mokes on MSNBC....is Prozac generic yet?

Obama's Budget Means Higher Taxes and Lower Living Standards - WSJ.com

Obama's Budget Means Higher Taxes and Lower Living Standards

"Moody's Investors Service's warning last week that the AAA credit rating of the United States is in jeopardy raises fresh concern about the nation's fiscal health.
The question to ask about the president's eye-popping budget, also rolled out last week, is whether it prepares the country for its future—or shackles it to past decisions that our leaders would rather not confront.

President Obama's blueprint gave us a federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2010 of $1.6 trillion, about 10.6% of GDP.
While one expects bigger budget deficits in a downturn, the administration expects the deficit and debt buildup to persist.

By 2013, it forecasts that deficits will bring about a debt-to-GDP ratio of 72%, unprecedented in our experience except during a major war.

The problem is spending.

Despite Mr. Obama's words about restraint, the new budget proposes more spending—1.8% of GDP for 2011 to be precise—and a higher level, roughly one percentage point of GDP higher, in subsequent years"

2013 is only 3 years away!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And EVERY city, county and state in our country is ignoring the very SAME disaster that will hit us ALL soon!

The local problem is government employee pay and benefits!

Too much pay for too little work for too little benefit for the taxpayer.

And automatically growing every year!

If you love your kids or grandkids, you MUST get involved!

Iran anniversary 'punch' will stun West: Khamenei

Iran anniversary 'punch' will stun West: Khamenei
"Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran is set to deliver a 'punch' that will stun world powers during this week's 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution.
'The Iranian nation, with its unity and God's grace, will punch the arrogance (Western powers) on the 22nd of Bahman (February 11) in a way that will leave them stunned,' Khamenei, who is also Iran's commander-in-chief, told a gathering of air force personnel."

Mark your calendar!
Obama will probably send out invites to his class action lawyer comrades in advance.

‘We Weren’t Told’: Hoekstra Fires Back at Claim GOP Knew Christmas Bomber was Mirandized

‘We Weren’t Told’: Hoekstra Fires Back at Claim GOP Knew Christmas Bomber was Mirandized

Our next governor is calling the Obama administration "LIARS".

And provides proof!

I like it when one of the good guys takes a powerful stand against those who lie to the citizens of our great country.

You go Pete!

10 Amazing Free Fall Survivors

10 Amazing Free Fall Survivors - Oddee.com

Obama's Approval Most Polarized for First-Year President

Obama's Approval Most Polarized for First-Year President
"The 65 percentage-point gap between Democrats' (88%) and Republicans' (23%) average job approval ratings for Barack Obama is easily the largest for any president in his first year in office, greatly exceeding the prior high of 52 points for Bill Clinton."

Seriously!

88% of democrats approve of Obama's performance as president?!

And we let those people have drivers licences?!

Where are the "studies" corrolating voting patterns with IQ .......

Taxpayers to Fork Out $2.5 Million for Single Census Ad During Super Bowl

Taxpayers to Fork Out $2.5 Million for Single Census Ad During Super Bowl
"Taxpayers might want to pay close attention to this Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast or they'll miss Uncle Sam's 30-second, $2.5-million reminder to stand up and be counted."

You have to click the link to see this very odd TV ad from last night's Super Bowl telecast.

Not only is it another idiotic wast of taxpayer future-money, it is so weird that most who watched didn't have a clue what is was about.

This article is from FoxNews.

You probably didn't see it on any of the other Obama pandering "news" operations.

Update: Suspect in custody after security breach at Detroit Metro Airport

Update: Suspect in custody after security breach at Detroit Metro Airport
"The Detroit Free Press reports it appeared the man , who they describe as Arabic, did not appear to understand English as he passed through screening.
But police who took him into custody said that was not the case."

This could be another clear case of terrorists "testing the system".
Or not.
But it is sad that I tend to trust a newspaper over the local police in matters of terrorism and security.

AirTran to begin flights out of Grand Rapids, airfare price competition expected

AirTran to begin flights out of Grand Rapids, airfare price competition expected
Discount airline AirTran Airways will begin air service from Gerald R. Ford International Airport in May, with two flights a day to Baltimore and one to Orlando."

This is wonderful news.

But the newspaper's headline "... price competition expected" is perplexing.

Either they think their average reader needs help in understanding the concept of competition or that concept is new to the writer.

I'm not sure which is more disappointing.

Illinois lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen withdraws

Illinois lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen withdraws
"Illinois Democratic Lieutenant Governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen announced Sunday evening that he is withdrawing from the race amid revelations about his personal history."

YouTube - AccuWeather.com Snowpocalypse Now! Meteorologist Freakout

YouTube - AccuWeather.com Snowpocalypse Now! Meteorologist Freakout

Danica!

Danica Patrick!

"Danica Patrick appeared to earn that respect Saturday night, in several ways, during the most famous sixth-place finish in Daytona history:"

Paterson denies Business Insider Report on Monday resignation

UPDATE: Paterson denies Business Insider Report on Monday resignation - Water Cooler - Washington Times
"We asked Paterson's deputy communications director Marissa Shoenstein for a response and she emailed the following: 'There is absolutely zero truth to these rumors.
The governor is not resigning.'"

After Toyota's Hit, Why Invest Here?

Investors.com - After Toyota's Hit, Why Invest Here?
"Toyota isn't just a foreign company operating in the U.S.
It's a foreign investor, with a $16 billion investment here and 30,000 American workers."

Investors.com - Jobless Recovery?

Investors.com - Jobless Recovery?: "The jobs data for January showed modest improvement, with unemployment dropping to 9.7% from 10% and the number of jobs lost coming in at a mere 20,000. Good news, but not nearly good enough."

Investors.com - The Great Unraveling

Investors.com - The Great Unraveling

The Great Unraveling
Posted 02/05/2010 07:16 PM ET
Climate Change: Professional global warming alarmists better think about looking for new jobs. It looks like they're in for a long, cold winter — and a frigid spring and summer as well.
Those who've been spreading global-warming fears must be waking up each morning and asking themselves: What's going to happen today? A new revelation about the corruption of climate science has become almost a daily event.
On Thursday, the U.K.'s Telegraph reported that India was pulling out of the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and forming its own agency to study global warming. Why? Because the Indian government feels it can't depend on the IPCC's work.
And why should it? The concerns about the IPCC's accuracy are justified. A day after India's announcement, the Netherlands asked the U.N. to explain why the IPCC had said in its 2007 report that 55% of the country was below sea level when the Dutch themselves have reckoned that only 26% of the nation is that low.
This is the same IPCC that said in the same 2007 report that the Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035 — though there's no scientific study to confirm the claim. It was based on the hunch of one scientist who expressed his opinion to a reporter.
The IPCC withdrew the assertion when it became widely known that it was bogus. But if the panel hadn't been called out, we suspect it would have kept mum.
Compounding the headaches for warm-mongers is a probe being launched by the British Parliament into the Climate Research Unit e-mail scandal. The inquiry is intended "to determine whether there is any evidence of the manipulation or suppression of data which is at odds with acceptable scientific practice and may therefore call into question any of the research outcomes."
This isn't terribly fresh news, having been announced on Jan. 22 by Parliament. But news that casts doubt on global warming tends to move slowly, if at all, in the U.S. media. If not for the foreign press, the inquiry would be virtually unknown in this country.
That 2007 report helped the IPCC win a share of the Nobel Prize. But its work is looking less credible by the day. Can any of its claims be trusted?
Its authors — who merely compiled others' work and did no research of their own — sure haven't inspired confidence in their work. In fact, their blunders are quickly pushing the global warming farce toward a grand collapse.

Swine Acronym Ordered Out of Barclays Capital Reports

Swine Acronym Ordered Out of Barclays Capital Reports
"The securities unit of London-based Barclays Plc told analysts yesterday not to use the acronym for Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain in notes to clients, according to a memo obtained by Bloomberg News.
The mandate from Valerie Monchi was sent to research staff.

The Piigs nickname has grown increasingly popular in the last month as investors dumped assets in the euro zone’s smaller economies on concern the countries will struggle to control budget deficits."

Anti-Greed Michael Moore Wants Taxpayer Money

CARPE DIEM: Anti-Greed Michael Moore Wants Taxpayer Money
"'A Michigan Republican state senator is calling out filmmaker Michael Moore for requesting $1 million in tax subsidies for his movie “Capitalism: A Love Story,” in which the filmmaker decried the government bailout of Wall Street executives."

This $million subsidy would be coming from a bankrupt state.
You know the one.
The state with no money to fill pot holes or plow highways.
Yeah, that one.

India forms new climate change body

India forms new climate change body
"The Indian government has established its own body to monitor the effects of global warming because it “cannot rely” on the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change"

Inside the New World of Airline Coupons - WSJ.com

Inside the New World of Airline Coupons
"'Now just about every airline has a promo-code box on its Web site,' says George Hobica, founder of Airfarewatchdog.com, which sends alerts to its members when promotional codes are issued.
Some of the stealth deals are eye-popping.
UAL Corp.'s United Airlines, for example, is offering a free ticket plus two domestic-upgrade coupons to certain members of its frequent-flier program."

Tea Party Convention organizer: Tancredo gave 'fantastic speech' - CNN.com

Tea Party Convention organizer: Tancredo gave 'fantastic speech' - CNN.com
"Asked if he agrees with Tancredo's description of Obama, Phillips said,
'The word 'socialist' is a word you don't want to be labeled with in the American political system.
It's got a lot of negative connotations, but it also has a very specific political meaning.
It refers to a specific political ideology.
I think it is very clear that that is the political ideology of Barack Obama.'"

If he walks like a socialist, talks like an ignorant socialist, bullies like a dictatorial socialist and hangs around with socialists and Communists, he's gotta be a socialist.

I get the sense that the author of this article intended to shock with the "socialist" comment and denegrate the Tea Party movement.
He fails.

Seeking Security for Retirement Funds

Seeking Security for Retirement Funds

"And for the record, the one group that ought to wholeheartedly support this idea is AARP, the association of retired persons. But they won't.
Know why? Because they receive millions of dollars from insurance companies they endorse and co-market.
AARP rarely bites the hand that feeds them.
So I would encourage the AARP nonprofit directors to put their members’ interests ahead of their corporate subsidiary’s business interests, for a refreshing change."

AARP is a liberal whore that preys on its unsuspecting customers in order to buy senators and congressmen..

There is also the fact that public pensions are going broke in just every state in the USA.
Check this out:
http://www.nebraska.tv/Global/story.asp?S=11912755

This is an awful idea!

Portugal near political crisis over debt

Portugal near political crisis over debt
"His warning came as Portuguese bonds and shares came under fire for the second day running as concerns over sovereign debt spread from Greece to other high-deficit countries in the eurozone."

Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians for 2009

Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians for 2009
"Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2009 list of Washington's 'Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.'
The list, in alphabetical order, includes:"

The FEC and the Federal Campaign Finance Law Brochure

The FEC and the Federal Campaign Finance Law Brochure

Lucianne.com News Forum - corpse_man

Lucianne.com News Forum - corpse_man

Pension Pulse: Whither Deflation?

Pension Pulse: Whither Deflation?