Monthly Archives: February 2010

“Dalai Lama To The Back Of The Bus Please”

A picture is worth a thousand words.
(H/T Kathy)
Obama defies China by meeting Dalai Lama (but makes him leave via rubbish bags at side exit)
The Dalai Lama and U.S president Barack Obama met for the first time at the White House today, defying furious protests from China.
The two Nobel Peace Prize winners seemed intent on keeping [...]

Stewart Rhodes Of Oathkeepers On O’Reilly, 2.18.2010

Yesterday, Bill O’Reilly interviewed Mark Potok of the Southern Law Poverty Center who made comments about how fearful he was of the Oathkeepers (see here).
Today, O’Reilly interviewed Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oathkeepers.  It appears that Bill thinks it is perfectly reasonable to suspend the 2nd amendment given a state of emergency, and that the [...]

House Oversight Report: Follow the Money: ACORN, SEIU and their Political Allies

Rep. Darrell Issa’s committee has released their report on ACORN, SEIU and their cronies.  What follows is the executive summary of the 68 page report, found here. (H/T Clementine) I am sure it will be interesting reading, like this nugget:
ACORN has received $5,609,338.00 dollars from SEIU. Anthony Hill, a State Senator from Florida, was simultaneously [...]

Glenn Beck, 2.18.2010: American Revolution vs. French Revolution

Glenn begins this show with the news of Joseph Stack, the software engineer who flew his plane into a building housing the IRS in Austin, Texas. He uses his opening monologue to restate that Americans are not violent and that we do not need another “revolution” in our country.  Though I agree with his premise [...]

The Price Of Big Government

No one is going to argue that teachers, firefighters, and policemen deserve better wages and benefits considering the crucial work they do.  Most would argue though that “other public sector employees” probably should not be growing at an alarming rate when one looks at the numbers facing the states.
From FT:
US states face $1,000bn retirement gap
By [...]

Judge Napolitano Thinks The Tea Party Movement Should Co-Opt The Republican Party

The Judge agrees with us about doing a Borg on the republican party.

Mark Potok Of Southern Poverty Law Center Attacks The Oathkeepers

…and the ‘right-wing rebellion’ of the tea parties.  Mark seems to know us better than ourselves, since I did not realize that I am secretly terrified of the federal government building concentration camps that we can be herded off to by foreign soldiers. I also did not realize that the democrats and indies that come [...]

SC Rep. Mike Pitts Pushes To Ban Federal Reserve Notes

Ain’t gonna happen, but does raise the issue a notch.  The silver lining to the impending economic storm?  When it comes time to pay the piper, it will be our opportunity to ABOLISH THE FED once and for all!
South Carolina Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Federal Currency
South Carolina Rep. Mike Pitts has introduced legislation that would [...]

Glenn Beck, 2.17.2010: The Fed Holds $5.1 Trillion In Our Debt

This is a highly entertaining show today, and I think Glenn must be on extra sugar because the screaming and dog barking sections are a riot – and Lord knows, we need to be laughing right now before the tsunamic crashes on top of our heads.  Glenn talks about fruit cellars, and I suggest you [...]

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