An apology letter to Mr. Obama

An apology letter to Mr. Obama | The Matt Walsh Blog:
The fact is, a rodeo clown in Missouri made fun of you.
Nothing can ever ease the pain he has caused.
This sort of crass lampooning of public officials has never happened at a rodeo until now, and I know that because a bunch of people who have never been within 150 miles of a rodeo said so. 

And then — worse still — the crowd erupted in applause at the spectacle of a guy in an Obama mask being chased by a rampaging bull. 

Racists, the lot of ‘em! 

I mean, Bush never got this sort of treatment. 

Nobody ever mocked or satirized him. 

No crude jokes were told about him. 

Nobody ever wished violence or death upon him.

Ever. 

You know why? 

Because he’s white. 

White presidents always get treated nicely, especially white Republicans. 

Just ask Lincoln. 

The whole country agreed for over two centuries that we don’t ever insult presidents, then you get into office and all of a sudden every day is Pick on the President Day. 

Outrageous!
Besides, you are due some respect. 

You’ve earned it. 

You’ve done nothing but serve these people and make their lives better, and this is how they treat you? Ungrateful brats. 

You should drone bomb these haters.

 Just kidding. 

But seriously, you should.

What Global Warming? 2012 Data Confirms Earth In Cooling Trend

What Global Warming? 2012 Data Confirms Earth In Cooling Trend | CNS News:
“When one carefully reads the report, we find that the NOAA findings actually do confirm precisely what the skeptics have been claiming all along:
1. The Earth has stopped warming.
2. The climate models exaggerated future warming [caused by] CO2 climate sensitivity is much lower than we first thought."

DC Transgender Law Allows Birth Certificate Revision

DC Transgender Law Allows Birth Certificate Revision:
"A new law in Washington DC allows individuals to change the sex designation on their birth certificate based on the gender they personally identify as, no matter what sexual organs they actually have.
It's called the Marriage Officiant Amendment Act of 2013 and it repeals the old law that requires a surgical sex-change operation for an official gender switch on an individual's birth certificate.
Now, people who want to change their assigned sex in the eyes of the state only need to provide a written request and a signed statement from a healthcare provider."

NBC's Meet The Press Falls To 21-Year Ratings Low

NBC's Meet The Press Falls To 21-Year Ratings Low | Mediaite:
"Meet the Press–the longest-running show on network television, as its announcer reminds the audience every week–has recently fallen to a 21-year low. "

Shock!

What Global Warming? 2012 Data Confirms Earth In Cooling Trend

What Global Warming? 2012 Data Confirms Earth In Cooling Trend | CNS News:
 "The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently released its “State of the Climate in 2012” report, which states that “worldwide, 2012 was among the 10 warmest years on record.”
But the report “fails to mention [2012] was one of the coolest of the decade, and thus confirms the cooling trend,” according to an analysis by climate blogger Pierre Gosselin.
“To no one’s surprise, the report gives the reader the impression that warming is galloping ahead out of control,” writes Gosselin. 
“But their data shows just the opposite.”

MEA President Goes After Local Teachers' Union President

MEA President Goes After Local Teachers' Union President [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"His most recent target is Jim Perialas, president of the Roscommon Teachers Association, an independent teachers' union that was formed after Roscommon teachers voted to decertify and form a local union last year.
Cook sent out an email recently to MEA members that said Perialas negotiated a contract that cut compensation for Roscommon teachers "up to 20 percent."
The email went on to attack Perialas, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy and others who support the state's right-to-work law, which gives teachers the freedom to choose whether they want to financially support a union in order to have a job.
The problem is that Cook's claims about 20 percent cuts aren't true, Perialas said. "

What's harder to understand is why teachers seem to be just fine with their union bosses lying to them.

FORMER ILL. REP. JESSE JACKSON JR. TO BE SENTENCED

News from The Associated Press:
"Former Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandra, learn their fates Wednesday when a federal judge sentences the one-time power couple for misusing $750,000 in campaign money on everything from a gold-plated Rolex watch and mink capes to vacations and mounted elk heads."

Scum, spawn of scum, wife of scum, daughter-in-law of scum.
Democrats all.

More than half of public assistance recipients in job-training program found employment, report says

More than half of public assistance recipients in job-training program found employment, report says | OregonLive.com:
"But only 39 percent of participants were able to get off state-sponsored medical programs, and 22 percent were able to get off food stamps.
The statistics indicate the jobs participants found were relatively low-paying -- enough to disqualify them from receiving cash welfare but not from food stamps or medical assistance."

Ficano could present plan today for over-budget Wayne County jail project

Ficano could present plan today for over-budget Wayne County jail project | The Detroit News:
"Detroit— Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano could present a plan Wednesday on what to do with an over-budget jail whose construction delays are costing taxpayers about $500,000 per week.

Ficano’s aides are scheduled to meet with county commissioners at 2 p.m. to lay out options, two months to the day after he imposed a 60-day work stoppage on the project at Gratiot and Madison.
County officials have spent about $120 million on the project so far.

Ficano stopped work June 6 after contractors estimated the 2,000-bed facility would cost $391 million, 30 percent more than budgeted. "

Former top city hall official pleads guilty in Detroit pension fund bribery case

Former top city hall official pleads guilty in Detroit pension fund bribery case | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"A former City Hall operative in Detroit pleaded guilty to bribery today, admitting he pocketed $15,000 in cash bribes from an Atlanta businessman in exchange for political favors involving dealings before the city’s embattled pension funds."

Bidnez as usual.....

The Gruesome Story of a Murdered Tennessee Couple You May Have Never Heard

The Gruesome Story of a Murdered Tennessee Couple You May Have Never Heard – But That You Will Never Forget | Video | TheBlaze.com:
"By the time Christian was taken into the living room, the five attackers realized they had left their DNA on their victim.
In an attempt to cover their tracks, they poured bleach down her throat and on her body before they wrapped her body in black garbage bags and covered her head in a plastic grocery bag.
“She was then placed in a garbage can in the kitchen of the house — all of this while she was still alive,” Beck noted.
“Channon Christian’s last minutes on earth were spent slowly suffocating in a garbage can after she had been savagely beaten and raped for hours,” he added.
Beck slammed “so-called” civil rights leaders Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson for failing to demand justice in the brutal case.
He criticized the media just as harshly for failing to give the story the coverage it deserved."

Black on white crime .... that doesn't really exist.... right?

Salon Warns Public Workers: Your Pensions Are Not Safe

Salon Warns Public Workers: Your Pensions Are Not Safe | Via Meadia:
"It’s taken a while, but mainstream publications are finally coming to terms with the severity of the public pension crisis. 
After Detroit declared bankruptcy last month, the NYT noted that Chicago could be next in line.
Now Salon is weighing in with an even more expansive warning that Detroit’s and Stockton’s attempts to discharge their pension obligations in bankruptcy may tempt other states and cities with similar public pension woes:"

North Carolina governor signs measure requiring voter ID

North Carolina governor signs measure requiring voter ID | The Detroit News:
"North Carolina’s governor on Monday quietly signed a measure into law that overhauls the state’s election laws to require government-issued photo IDs at the polls and to shorten early voting, moves that drew stinging criticism and threats of legal action from the NAACP and other groups."

Stay strong!

OFA Gets Zero Attendance for Climate Change Rally

OFA Gets Zero Attendance for Climate Change Rally | Washington Free Beacon:
"Not a single person showed up at the Georgetown waterfront Tuesday for a climate change agenda event put on by Organizing for Action, the shadowy nonprofit advocacy group born out of President Obama’s 2012 campaign,"

Obamacare 'navigators' program invites massive fraud

Obamacare 'navigators' program invites massive fraud | WashingtonExaminer.com:
That identity theft and insurance scams will occur once the Obamacare mandate kicks in on Oct. 1 is one of the few things on which supporters and opponents of the program agree.
The reason is simple: Thousands of poorly trained "navigators" -- they're certified after 20 hours of online study -- will be assisting people who sign up for Obamacare.
Paid $58 per application and $25 per annual renewal, these navigators will gain access to Social Security numbers, tax information and other sensitive personal information.
They will not have to undergo background checks.
The Department of Health and Human Services will not verify their employment histories. 

Nor will HHS check to see if they have criminal records.
The opportunity and incentive for fraud have rarely been so inviting.

Online map helps Great Lakes region deal with climate change

Online map helps Great Lakes region deal with climate change | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:
"ANN ARBOR — The University of Michigan and an independent research group have developed an interactive map designed to help local officials in the Great Lakes region deal with climate change.
...The map provides social, economic and demographic statistics on 225 counties in the eight-state region.
It includes data about municipal spending, land use and climate-change characteristics such as temperature patterns.
Information tables cover topics such as employment trends in climate-vulnerable sectors such as farming, timber and tourism.
There’s also data on local population groups that might be susceptible to extreme heat, including the elderly and people below the poverty line."

Ex-Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway starts prison sentence

Ex-Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway starts prison sentence | The Detroit News
Democrat

Lansing Regional Sister Cities Commission: There are no ties with St. Petersburg, Russia to sever

Lansing Regional Sister Cities Commission: There are no ties with St. Petersburg, Russia to sever | MLive.com:
"LANSING -- On Monday, the Lansing City Council passed a resolution formally calling on its sister cities commission to sever sister city ties with St. Petersburg, Russia due to gay rights violations.
On Tuesday, the Lansing Regional Sister Cities Commission said that's impossible as no such ties exist."

AFL-CIO to target Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, other Republican governors in 2014 election cycle

AFL-CIO to target Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, other Republican governors in 2014 election cycle | MLive.com:
"AFL-CIO Political Director Michael Podhorzer said Tuesday that the labor organization plans to focus its 2014 election efforts on defeating a group of Republican governors, including Michigan's Rick Snyder."

Report finds social reasons behind Michigan's alarming rate of death in black male community

Report finds social reasons behind Michigan's alarming rate of death in black male community | MLive.com:
Figure 1 clearly shows that white females have the lowest age-adjusted death rate while African American men have the highest. In fact, the rate for African American men is 1.85 times higher. 

Donated school supplies sought by Muskegon social service agency

Donated school supplies sought by Muskegon social service agency | MLive.com:
"MUSKEGON, MI -- Community members are encouraged to show their support for education by donating backpacks and school supplies for families who can't afford them."

Another entitlement on its way to being chiseled into the rich cultural stew that is choking our country.

Nude swimmers warned of GONAD-GOBBLING FISH ON THE LOOSE

Nude swimmers warned of GONAD-GOBBLING FISH ON THE LOOSE • The Register:
"Swedish men have been told to stay out of the water after a gonad-gobbling fish known as the "ball cutter" was spotted in the wild.
The warning was issued after fisherman caught what appears to be a 21cm-long pacu fish in the Oresund Sound between Denmark and Sweden.
Related to the famous Amazonian piranha, the pacu is famous for its taste for nuts of both the human and vegetable kind."

Google: Gmail users ‘have no legitimate expectation of privacy’

Google: Gmail users ‘have no legitimate expectation of privacy’ — RT USA:
"Just as a sender of a letter to a business colleague cannot be surprised that the recipient's assistant opens the letter, people who use Web-based email today cannot be surprised if their emails are processed by the recipient's [email provider] in the course of delivery,” the motion reads in part.
“Indeed, 'a person has no legitimate expectation of privacy in information he voluntarily turns over to third parties.’"

Instapundit » Blog Archive » BYRON YORK COMPARES THE RODEO CLOWN OUTRAGE with the abuse and violent language aimed at George W. B…

Instapundit » Blog Archive » BYRON YORK COMPARES THE RODEO CLOWN OUTRAGE with the abuse and violent language aimed at George W. B…:

AUGUST 13, 2013

BYRON YORK COMPARES THE RODEO CLOWN OUTRAGE with the abuse and violent language aimed at George W. Bush by members of the establishment.
Yeah, but he’s a rodeo clown.
The common folk should know their place.
I wonder if he’ll have to go into hiding, like George Zimmerman or Nakoula Nakoula, to escape the mob-frenzy whipped up by the President’s political apparat.
But here’s the truth: All this outrage is really an admission that Obama is weak, and can’t withstand the kind of criticism routinely directed at other presidents, from Nixon to Clinton to Bush.
President Asterisk, indeed.
UPDATE: Flashback: Liberals Were Silent When George Bush Dummies Were Used at Rodeos.
Bush wasn’t a media creation who would collapse like a rodeo dummy if subjected to criticism or mockery.
Plus this:

IOWAHAWK:
   Key issues of the American left
2007: war, deficits, civil liberties
2013: impertinent rodeo clowns.

They must be crushed!

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Posted at 9:50 pm by Glenn Reynolds  

Bankrupt? Detroit leaders still chasing away jobs

Bankrupt? Detroit leaders still chasing away jobs | The Detroit News:
"The loss of the pet coke loading business comes as Detroit also mourns the death of dynamic American Axle CEO Richard Dauch, coincidentally a few months after union intransigence had forced the demise of his huge Detroit auto parts plant at a loss of 300 jobs."

Rodeo clowns asked to take 'sensitivity training'

Rodeo clowns asked to take 'sensitivity training' - Washington Times:
"But the state commission went further, saying it will require that before the Rodeo Cowboy Association can take part in any future state fair, “they must provide evidence to the director of the Missouri State Fair that they have proof that all officials and subcontractors of the MRCA have successfully participated in sensitivity training.”

Clowns ordered to 'sensitivity training'...
Announcer, Rodeo President Resign...
'I know I'm a clown, Obama just running around acting like one, doesn't know he is one'...
MO CONTROVERSY SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL...
'It's entertainment'...
NAACP: DOJ, Secret Service Should Investigate...

Obamacare exemption — None dare call it treason

HURT: Obamacare exemption — None dare call it treason - Washington Times:
"Even by the standards of Washington, this is one sick, twisted and deceitful deal. Quite possibly, it is a whole new low, even for the federal government."

The Mother of All Scandals

Works and Days » The Mother of All Scandals:

A False Campaign?

The election of 2012 may well have been altered by the Benghazi cover-up, in ways that transcend debate moderator Candy Crowley’s puerile and unprofessional efforts to shield Obama from Romney’s questioning about the deaths. 

Imagine the fallout on voters had we been told from the very beginning that an al-Qaeda affiliate had stormed our consulate — ill-prepared and unable to obtain needed beefed-up security, reliant for safety on local suspect tribal militias, in a country that had deteriorated into a failed society after our Libyan bombing — and slaughtered four Americans, apparently stationed in Benghazi to help in some way a covert CIA operation.

So here we have it: a beleaguered “consulate” that was refused additional security and relied on local militias, apparently due to administration worry over destroying an Obama campaign narrative of a reborn Libya and dying al-Qaeda. 

A CIA operation of some sort supplied something to someone, but what and why and to whom, we are not supposed to know.

Four Americans, the very best the country had to offer, are dead, denied assistance when assistance could have saved them — the why and the how and the when of it all we are not told. 

We fear it might have been a crackpot cost-benefit analysis: four lives versus another Mogadishu and an Obama November defeat.

We know only that the dead were far more heroic than the leaders who chose not to aid them.

And in reaction to all this, we jail a petty video maker, who makes the perfect scapegoat as a supposedly right-wing Islamophobic hate monger whose take-down advances our president’s politically correct narrative of Muslim outreach. 

That yarn required a president, secretary of state, and UN ambassador to lie repeatedly. 

When we ask questions, witnesses are browbeaten, the knowledgeable fade into the Washington woodwork, the luminaries have all left their offices, and we are left with “phony” scandal and “what difference does it make.”

All in all — the mother of all scandals.

CVS requires photo ID for purchasing nail polish remover

CVS requires photo ID for purchasing nail polish remover | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:

But ID to vote....RACIST!!!!!
Blacks must not use nail polish remover, right?

AND THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE . . .

AND THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WILL BE . . .:
The formula holds.
Here's how it works: A black candidate for president automatically wins 93 to 96 percent of the black vote. This is considered by liberals to be "acceptable" racism.
Thus, Democrats will easily carry urban areas with large African-American populations.
This includes cities like New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Newark, Cleveland and Detroit. If, of course, there still is a Detroit at the next election.
This edge usually adds up to a Democratic victory in New York, California, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio and Michigan – states with about 180 electoral votes of the 270 electoral votes needed for a victory.
Next we come to Latinos. 
As a Republican, I must ask is there anything more that Republicans can do to discourage Latinos from voting for a Republican Presidential candidate?
I think not.
Then of course there is the union vote. Democrats own that, too.
Liberals? Would they love another black president?
You bet their bleeding hearts they would.
And finally we come to your ordinary, garden-variety Democrat voters. 
Loyal? 
They are the most loyal voters on earth.
They will vote for a perv like Anthony Weiner for Mayor of New York before they would vote for a Republican.
Same goes for Democrat Eliot Spitzer, who will buy his election for Comptroller the same way he bought women as prostitutes.
So in 2016 an African-American politician will be the Democratic candidate for president.
I give you The Honorable Cory Booker as the next President of the United States.