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H/T CDR Salamander

Now THIS is What My Tax Dollars are FOR

By God, I think I'll "forget" a deduction this year.

This is how I want my tax dollars used. Blow these bastards to their virgins.



H/T Apache Clips

Great Comic

H/T Brutally Honest

More Spending, Less Work

Here's a great (well, informative anyway) chart regarding the coincidence of Obama deficit spending and the unemployment rate. Now, as we all know, just because 2 sets of data move together does not mean they affect each other. Just because temperatures go down at night when the sun goes down does not mean that the temperature reduction causes darkness. I should know about this...I was an economics major in college. Ahem. So here's the chart:

What do you think? Me? Well, I think that tax cuts for businesses and individuals would raise employment (if your company's taxes went down, you'd have more money to hire a few more workers). You wouldn't think that last statement was controversial. (Would you?) But liberals have labeled it "trickle-down economics" and say it doesn't work.

It does work. I'll tell you one thing...those lines in the chart above should scare the crap outta Democrats who are thinking about another "stimulus" plan. How does that first stimulus look like it's working for ya?

And just who is going to pay off those deficits? (Hint: Inflation)

H/T The American (Journal of the American Enterprise Institute)

Screw Apple -- and Nike, PG&E and Exelon

Honestly, I don't have a problem if someone is stupid enough to believe in global warming. I mean, we don't put folks in jail for believing in UFO's or the Loch Ness Monster or...whatever.

But for a company -- a company -- to come out in favor of a tax increase and a change (not for the good) in the living standards of Americans...well, that's un-American. These guys can kiss my fat rear end. I guarantee you one thing - they'll never get another dollar from me.

In a letter to Thomas J. Donohue, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce, Apple’s vice president of worldwide government affairs, Catherine Novelli said: “Apple supports regulating greenhouse gas emissions (emphasis mine), and it is frustrating to find the Chamber at odds with us in this effort.”

Novelli is referring to the Chamber’s recent opposition to the Waxman-Markey bill, a resolution “to create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.”

The Washington Post says that the Chamber has become one of the biggest opponents of emissions-reducing legislation. Donohue issued a statement last week about the bill, saying: “It is neither comprehensive nor international” and it “would almost certainly spur retaliation from global trading partners.”

Apple subsequently resigned from the Chamber, “effective immediately.” Three other companies have left the Chamber because of its position on climate policy; Pacific Gas and Electric, PNM Resources, and Exelon. Nike also relinquished its position on the board, but not its membership.

Nike? Nike? FFS people. Just make the damn shoes...we'll decide who to run over with them.

Swoosh this, Phil.

H/T App Advice

Olympics? Phfffft.

H/T Moonbattery

Are we Having Fun Yet?

Yup.



Just a bunch of old farts playing golf.

Obama Bans Texting While Driving for Gov't Employees

I know...why doesn't he just ban nuclear weapons?

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Gizmodo

Obama Bans Government Employees From Driving While Texting

An executive order from President Obama bans all government employees—including soldiers and postal workers—from texting while driving if they're working, driving one of Uncle Sam's cars or using one of his cellphones. Meaning we're all next.

From my cold, dead hands, chump.

H/T Gizmodo

Obama Fails Chicago -- and the Country

Here's what CNN says about failing to get the Olympics in Chicago (emphasis mine):

"Although the White House says the trip was the right thing to do, some Republicans say it will have some consequences for the president...White House senior adviser David Axelrod said that although the results were "disappointing," Obama did the best he could."

Here's my comment: CNN says (above) that "some Republicans say...". How about the entire country says "Obama is a freaking idiot, and he wasted how much money on this trip?" Seriously, how much did it cost? What was the carbon footprint?

And freaking Jessie Jackson wants to know what happened. Dirtbag.

Kiss my ass, President Obama. Support the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

GOLF

About to participate in a 30th anniversary golf tourney. A bunch of us from college are getting together in Central Texas to drink, play golf, drink, tell old stories, and drink. Oh yeah...steaks, too. Our poor wives are joining us. They'll be sorry.

I'll post some pictures and a few stories (with the names changed to protect the guilty) through the weekend.

Toad, Tutti, god, Dad, Prez, Dewey...I don't even have to make up names...those were our nicknames.

We're only missing Mouth and The Horn...but that's a whole 'nuther story.

Sarah 2012

I like Sarah Palin. For many reasons.

I like this look. It's one that she could shoot at Imadinnerjacket and he'd piss his pants.

That's a serious Presidential Look, right there.
And she's a Blue Star Mom. There's no topping that.

Now, would you be scared if Obama looked at you? In any way?

H/T American Power

How to Get out of Iraq and Afghanistan

I like it...

H/T American Digest

Debra Winger -- Wingnut

Must have had a lobotomy...it's the only thing that would explain it.




Are you freaking kidding me? What if her daughter had been raped and sodomized? Would she forget it?

If that was my daughter, they would just need to leave me alone with him for 15 seconds.

A Tax is a TAX, you moron

I have given up on being respectful to Obama. He's a moron. Worse...he thinks you and I are morons.



It's a TAX, stupid!

H/T Hot Air and RNC

Terrorist in Dallas - and What to Do

I was traveling to Detroit on business this week when the plots were announced. The wife and I drove down to Dallas yesterday from Wisconsin. On our drive, we discussed these terrorist plots recently uncovered, especially the Dallas bomb plot. You see, our son regularly works in the building that was targeted. As soon as she heard about the plot, she called him to make sure he knew.

Now, the folks in Dallas seem be shrugging the entire thing off. At it's heart, I think it's because Texans have a healthy faith in law enforcement. We respect cops and what they do, and we support the FBI and CIA as they try to root out nutjobs like this. We don't really worry too much about our rights getting trampled on. As long as the FBI stops this kind of thing, I'm not going to complain if Dallas Police have a roadblock and want to look in the back of my Suburban before they let me into the parking garage.

But what do we do with this punk?



I'll tell you the first thing we should do: Give him a good beating. Look, the FBI stung this guy. We have the evidence on him, and they actually waited to arrest him until after he tried to blow up what he thought was a bomb. So don't give me any crap about "innocent until proven guilty". He proved himself guilty as soon as he used that cellphone to try to bring down that building.

So here's my prescription for this POS:

1. Waterboard him. I'll supply the water, the board, and the tape recorder. Find out as much as we can about him and who he worked with, as fast as we can, using any means possible. I don't give a good g-damn if we hurt his feelings. Thinking about my son dying in that building if that bomb had gone off gives me all the incentive I need to ignore this SOB's rights. He gave up any rights he had once he started this plot.

2 Shoot him full of drugs. Give him whatever truth drugs are needed to get him to spill. Ruin his brain -- turn it to mush.

3. Once he's done giving us whatever he knows, don't send him to Gitmo. Send him to the Dallas Gun Club. Give good Texans the right to take out our frustrations on this weasel. I want to beat the crap out of him, then shoot him. Happy to do it. No second thoughts, no guilt, no regrets. I will be happy to personally put a bullet in this guy's brain.

I'll tell you something else. Texans are proud...we are proud of Texas and of the United States. We want the FBI protecting us against this kind of plot, and we really want our military along the border with Mexico to close it off (assuming we're not going to build a fence). But if one of these morons gets through, and we find out that the FBI was stringing him along, we'll secede from the union and shoot all Muslims on sight. You mark my words.

I speak for all Dallas natives. If you moved here from NY or Boston or LA...stay out of it.

This is personal.

Mr. President -- Pull up your Socks

For crying out loud...doesn't he have any more class than this?
Dumb question.

I guess we should be thankful he doesn't wear sleeveless...oh, never mind.

Can we Just Shoot Down Brzezinski's Plane?

Are you freaking kidding me? Brzezinski was interviewed by The Daily Beast (whatever that is) and was reported in The Weekly Standard. He said what?

DB: How aggressive can Obama be in insisting to the Israelis that a military strike might be in America’s worst interest?

Brzezinski: We are not exactly impotent little babies. They have to fly over our airspace in Iraq. Are we just going to sit there and watch?

DB: What if they fly over anyway?

Brzezinski: Well, we have to be serious about denying them that right. That means a denial where you aren’t just saying it. If they fly over, you go up and confront them. They have the choice of turning back or not. No one wishes for this but it could be a Liberty in reverse.

My dad was an Air Force pilot. Here he is in 1957.

He's no longer around for me to ask him, but I can tell you what he'd do if given the lawful(?) order to shoot down an Israeli F-16. Might go something like this:

Controller: Payday 21, bandit is at your 12 o'clock high, 50 miles, IFF indicates Israeli F-16. Consider hostile; repeat: consider hostile.

Payday 21: Right...what's that pesky Jooo gonna do, raise the interest rate on my mortgage?

Controller: Payday 21, you are cleared missiles hot.

Payday 21: OK, what's up? Is there an Iranian bandit on his tail that you want me to shoot down? 'Cause I can do that, you know.

Controller: Ah, negative Payday 21. Your target is Israeli F-16.

Payday 21: Oh, I see. I get to be an ace today, is that it? Shoot down an Israeli F-16, a Saudi F-15, then a German Typhoon , a French Mirage F-1, then top it off with a British Tornado? Cool. Then afterwards you'll hold the court-martial on the airfield as soon as I land, right?

Controller: Payday 21, knock it off. Your target is Israeli F-16; you are ordered to engage and shoot down. Acknowledge.

Payday 21: Are you freaking kidding me?

Controller: Negative, Payday 21. Repeat: You are ordered to shoot down Israeli F-16. Acknowledge.

Payday 21: In your dreams, pal.

Controller: Payday 21, that's a DIRECT ORDER!

Payday 21: Give your order to the girl at McDonalds. I'm RTB. You come fly this puppy and shoot down one of our allies!!!

He'd then land at the closest friendly airfield, resign his commission, and come home. No one would dare arrest him.

Brzezinski: now there's a plane he'd shoot down.

H/T The Weekly Standard

Hole in One

Unfortunately, not mine...he made $1 million on this shot.



One day...

H/T Shout First, Ask Questions Later

Lies and the Lying Liars...uh, Never Mind.

I think that one of the main reasons that so many on the left and right are against the President's health care proposal (well, technically, it's Congress' bill, but Obama says it's his, so whatever) is that Obama keeps making preposterous claims about his plan. These claims are just so stupid that we all recognize b.s. when we hear it. And we're not buying it.

Take the fervor over Rep Joe Wilson's outburst ("You Lie!"). Obama continues his idiotic claim (yep, his lie) that under his plan, illegal aliens will not be covered or be able to get free health care. THIS STATEMENT IS A LIE! The current bill in Congress does specifically say that illegals are not covered. BUT -- there are no provisions in the bill that require health care providers to establish whether or not the person claiming benefits is legally entitled to them. So even though the left points out there is wording in the bill denying coverage to illegals, it's a hollow requirement.

We have E-Verify for employers to verify that potential workers are here legally. Why not add a provision that says folks must prove that they are legal residents or legal aliens to get insurance coverage from (ugh) the government?

Look -- we have laws that say the drinking age is 21. And we have laws that say the bar or the liquor store must check an ID card to make sure the drinker is of legal age. What's so freaking hard about requiring proof of citizenship or legal residency status?

I'll tell you what's so hard -- the hard left doesn't want it! They want to give universal health care to all who have the sniffles...no matter how they got into this country. I call "bullshit" on this. Prove you're legal, and get coverage.

We can offer health care to the 10 million or so who can't afford it without screwing up the system for the rest of us.

My advice to Congress: Get it done the simple way -- or you're going to find yourself out on your backsides come 2010.

Freedom in Action - Compare to Terrorists

I like the Weasel Zippers website. Great stuff over there. I was reading this blog post tonight after I wrote my own blog post earlier. What struck me was this: Look at the face of freedom in the United States. I mean that literally...look at the faces of all of those folks who protested in DC:


Then check out the faces of the Muslim terrorist sympathisers in Harrow (UK).



Notice anything different about these two groups? Take your time.

Do you see anyone in DC who is trying to cover their face with a scarf?

For all of the idiocy of Obama and his cronies, we still have rights in this country. That includes the right to peaceably assemble and express our opinions without fear of the government arresting us or torturing us. I'm not saying that the UK government would arrest or torture these Islamic wackos. These protesters fear their own kind -- sharia-loving morons who will kill them if they express support for the west, say, or they worry about being identified and investigated (rightly) by the police and MI-5 if they show their faces during pro-Islamic violence rallies.

Anyway, we're free to scream at our government without fear of reprisal. Most of the world does not enjoy the freedoms that we take for granted. This is why you should always thank a soldier in the airport.

Think about these pictures and your freedoms the next time a lefty weirdo neighbor tells you Bush = Hitler or Cheney believes in torture.

H/T Weasel Zippers and The Corner