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The left's response to Sarah Palin

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:48:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is what passes for news on the left these days.

Democrats Continue to Stay Classy...

The leading Democratic blog Huffington Post cracks Trig Palin "retarded jokes" in celebration of the news that Sarah Palin will be resigning as governor.

This, of course, is not the first time the Huffington Post launched an awful attack on Sarah Palin.

HuffPo contributor Michael Seitzman wrote a sick hit piece earlier: "I want to have sex with Palin on my Barack Obama sheets"

This was just the latest attack on Sarah Palin and her children. Most of the attacks, of course, were ignored by the state-run media. But, when David Letterman cracked rape jokes about her 14 year-old daughter the poor media was forced to report on it.

Tags: liberals, huffington post, bias, hate, palin, politics

TAKING STEPS TO FIGHT GLOBAL WARMING.

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:53:47 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Taking Steps to Fight Global Warming

While it’s encouraging to see Congress taking steps to reduce global warming, the approach championed at the moment — cap and trade — is fraught with perils and ineffectiveness. The biggest drawback is the creation of a trillion-dollar market in carbon futures and derivatives, a speculator’s playground that has economic disaster written all over it.

Your admonishment to the Senate notwithstanding, the bill that was passed in the House appears dead on arrival. A simpler, more effective and politically viable option is a tax on carbon, with revenues returned to Americans through income and payroll taxes to offset higher energy costs. Such proposals have already been introduced by both Republicans and Democrats in the House, making it a solution both parties appear willing to support.

Come late fall, when the Waxman-Markey bill has languished in the Senate, lawmakers will see the need to move on to Plan B — the carbon tax.

Tags: global, warming

Barney Frank: Let’s Spend TARP Profits Before Taxpayers Can Get Them

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:04:28 GMT

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clipper's remarks: the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act” and apply it to a trust fund that Frank has long wanted to create for low-income rental housing. (The measure, unfunded, was part of last year’s bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.) Next, Frank would take $1.5 billion from TARP dividends for a so-called “neighborhood stabilization” fund. Republican critics have charged that both measures might allow federal dollars to be distributed to activist groups like the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, or ACORN.

Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch recently complained that TARP funds are “now being used as a go-to solution to address all of our nation’s economic ills.” Hatch and Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln recently introduced a bill that would require that TARP money goes back to the Treasury for debt reduction. Spending the dividend payments now, as Frank proposes, would reduce the chance that TARP might ever be a break-even deal for the taxpayers.

Clip Source: coachep.com

Byron York is on to Barney Frank, who’s hand has been caught in the cookie jar, AGAIN.

When President Obama announced on June 9 that some financial institutions would be allowed to repay Troubled Asset Relief Program dollars, he said the massively expensive TARP bailout had made money for the federal government.

But now Rep. Barney Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has come up with a proposal to spend any TARP profits before they can be returned to the taxpayers. Last Friday, Frank introduced the “TARP for Main Street Act of 2009,” a bill that would take profits from the program and immediately redirect them toward housing proposals favored by Frank and some fellow Democrats.

Frank wants to spend the money before it can be used to pay down anything. First, the “TARP for Main Street” proposal would take $1 billion “from dividends paid by financial institutions that have received financial assistance provided under…

Tags: acorn, barney frank d-mass., fannie and freddie, tarp borrowers-repay loans, “tarp for main street”

Obama's attitude

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:14:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: There's 3 branches for a reason. This was Bush's problem as well

Clip Source: www.salon.com

If the bill goes down, Obama won't forget Doggett's role, Democrats say.

It's "stunning that he would ignore the wishes not just of his president, but of his constituents and the country,” said an administration official.

Tags: president, sin, branches of government

If you aren't sick now, you soon will be

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:45:58 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Unreal. But wait, Obama PROMISED his taxes would not effect anyone making under $250k a year. You mean he lied? No way.

So, once GWB's tax cuts for the rich expire, the average family making $40,000 a year see an increase of over $1000 in federal taxes.

Then, Cap & Trade will cost us around $4000 a year in higher utilities and costs (and I think that is way underestimated)

Then, forced health care will run another $12k for a family.

Then what?

Wonder how we will pay to feed our kids?

Oh, that's right, tax the "rich" and give the rest of us food stamps.

Great plan. Really doubt it will workout for most of us.

Clip Source: finance.yahoo.com

Under Senate health care plan, either way you pay

Under a Senate health care plan, you pay your own medical insurance premium or pay a fine

In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would be required to carry health insurance just like motorists must get auto coverage now. The government would provide subsidies for the poor and many middle-class families, but those who still refuse to sign up would face fines of more than $1,000.

The details were unveiled Thursday in a health care overhaul bill supported by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.

The Congressional Budget Office estimated the fines would raise around $36 billion over 10 years. Senate aides said the penalties would be modeled on the approach taken by Massachusetts, which now imposes a fine of about $1,000 a year on individuals who refuse to get coverage. Under the federal legislation, families would pay higher penalties than individuals.

Tags: healh care, depression, destitute, poverty

National Black Republican Association calls on Democrat Party to apologize for racism

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:25:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Socialist policies suck. They're not good for any of us.

From the article: "They believe the socialist policies of the Democrat Party harm blacks, rather than help them, and serve to further racial tensions through victim-mongering."

"Chairman Rice spells out how the socialism of the Democrat Party uses a “despicable..strategy …to keep blacks poor, angry, and voting for Democrats.” And further, that “the socialist policies of the Democrats have destroyed the economic and social fabric of black communities.”

"She states that there are two main reasons for black support of the Democrat Party, despite the fact that most blacks are generally conservative. First is the Democrats’ false branding of the Republican Party as being racist. And second, is the deeply-rooted belief that “the government must do something for blacks”. Whereas the Republican Party promotes self-sufficiency among the black community, the Democrat Party insists on blacks’ dependence on the government. "

Clip Source: www.nbra.info

The Democratic Party Owes Blacks An Apology By Frances Rice

Clip Source: www.examiner.com

The National Black Republican Association (NBRA) has issued a petition requesting President Obama to issue a proclamation of apology to black Americans for the Democrat Party’s 150-year history of racism in America. The organization’s current newsletter, “The Democratic Party Owes Blacks an Apology” by Chairman Frances Rice, outlines the reasons for the petition.

The NBRA is not asking this of our government, our country, American citizens, nor the Republican Party. They are asking it solely from the Democrat Party. Further, they ask Democrats to stop “issuing unwarranted apologies on behalf of America, while simultaneously using racial politics for partisan political gain.”

Clip Source: www.nbra.info

Clip Source: www.examiner.com

The organization places the blame for current racial divides in America at the feet of the Democrat Party.

Clip Source: ray-dox.blogspot.com

So the Democrat election poster below -- which I believe to date from 1876 -- is quite indicative of the political party polarities of the day:

Clip Source: www.nbra.info

Clip Source: tinypic.com

Tags: nbra, proclamation of apology to black americans, democrat party’s 150-year history of racism in ame, frances rice

Congress's Travel Tab Swells

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:02:49 GMT

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Clip Source: online.wsj.com

Congress's Travel Tab Swells

WASHINGTON -- Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as the Galápagos Islands.

The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995, and has nearly tripled since 2001, according to the Journal analysis of 60,000 travel records. Hundreds of lawmakers traveled overseas in 2008 at a cost of about $13 million. That's a 50% jump since Democrats took control of Congress two years ago.

Lawmakers say that the trips are a good use of government funds because they allow members of Congress and their staff members to learn more about the world, inspect U.S. assets abroad and forge better working relationships with each other.

Although complete travel records aren't yet available for 2009, it appears that such costs continue to rise.

Man-Made Disaster

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:20:25 GMT

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clipper's remarks: (c) Auctioning of assigned amounts or emission allowances at the international and/or domestic level; (More taxes)

(d) A uniform global levy on CO2 emissions, with exemption for LDCs; (More taxes)

(e) Levies on emissions from international aviation and maritime transport; (More taxes)

(f) A tax on air travel; (More taxes)

(g) A share of proceeds from market-based mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol. (More taxes)

(h) A global levy on international monetary transactions. (More taxes)

Gee, I detect pattern.

Well, that should help pay off the country-killing deficit caused by the Obama Depression Budget.

Investors Business Daily calls the EPA's finding -- that carbon dioxide is toxic, and therefore should be regulated -- "Man-Made Disaster"

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=330822830678035

Clip Source: directorblue.blogspot.com

A couple of months ago, global citizen Barack Obama promised the world a bold new strategy

The climate change scam was birthed by the United Nations. A bunch of bureaucrats, losers and scam-artists formed businesses designed to profit from the very recommendation they made: to start forcing countries to cap-and-trade carbon emissions using "credits" or "offsets".

The grift was originally called "The Kyoto Protocol". But the scam has since undergone a name change reminiscent of the re-branding global warming has undergone -- to "Climate Change"

It's now known as "The Bali Action Plan" and you can read it online.

(a) An assessed contribution from developed country Parties as a percentage of gross national product or gross domestic product; (Taxes)

(b) An assessed contribution from all Parties, except LDCs, based on a predefined set of criteria, including GHG emissions, respective capacity and population; (More taxes)

Tags: "the bali action plan", climate, democrats, economy, obama, rebranding "global warming", united nations scam, waxman

"We Now Have A Total Gangster Government"

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:56:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) speaking on the House floor documents it nicely.

If the United States Marines landed on Capitol Hill with guns blazing, there would be wild applause across the nation.

Clip Source: curmudgeonlyskeptical.blogspot.com

"We Now Have A Total Gangster Government"

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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) speaking on the House floor: Now weve moved into the realm of gangster government. We have gangster government when the Federal Government has set up a new cartel and private businesses now have to go begging with their hand out to their local hopefully well politically connected Congressman or their Senator so they can buy a peace offering for that local business. Is that the kind of country we are going to have in the future?

If the United States Marines landed on Capitol Hill with guns blazing, there would be wild applause.

Tags: democrats, gangsterism, communism

Congress's Travel Tab Swells

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:59:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold; From Italy to the Galápagos
Lawmakers frequently bring along spouses on congressional trips. If they take commercial flights, they have to buy tickets for spouses. If they fly on government planes -- as they usually do -- their spouses can fly free.
Paris Air Show
In mid-June, Sen. Daniel Inouye (D., Hawaii) led a group of a half-dozen senators and their spouses on a four-day trip to France for the biennial Paris Air Show. An itinerary for the event shows that lawmakers flew on the Air Force's version of the Boeing 737, which costs $5,700 an hour to operate. They stayed at the Intercontinental Paris Le Grand Hotel, which advertises rooms from $460 a night.

The lawmakers were invited to a dinner party at the U.S. Embassy and had cocktails at a private party at the Eiffel Tower. Mr. Inouye attended a dinner sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association, a U.S. trade group. Another senator on the trip, Alabama Republican Sen. Ri

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold; From Italy to the Galápagos

The Journal analysis, based on information published in the Congressional Record, also shows that taxpayer-funded travel is a big and growing perk for lawmakers and their families. Some members of Congress have complained in recent months about chief executives of bailed-out banks, insurance companies and car makers who sponsored corporate trips to resorts or used corporate jets for their own travel.

The Journal analysis shows that the government has picked up the tab for travel to destinations such as Jamaica, the Virgin Islands and Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

Tags: bring spouses, congress waste, italy galapogos paris, taxpayer funded trips

Californians are sinking themselves

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:47:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The immediate source of California's financial problems is a lethal combination of ideology and rules. It is deeply politically divided, and its governmental mechanisms are completely broken. Bay Area leftists stare at Orange County conservatives across an unbridgeable abyss; a large and potent group of anti-government libertarians faces off against an equally powerful group of pro-tax, proactive government liberals. If California, like most states, required only a simple majority to pass its budget, the disagreements between these camps could be worked out; after all, the Democrats control the Legislature. But California requires a two-thirds majority, which gives the GOP, now dominated by anti-government, anti-tax ideologues, veto power over the process. The result is deadlock.

Clip Source: www.salon.com

Left to right: Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mario Savio, president pro tem of the state Senate Darrell Steinberg and former President Ronald Reagan.

July 2, 2009 | The world's eighth-largest economy has just gone belly-up. When midnight tolled on Tuesday night with legislators and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger still deadlocked over how to resolve the state's staggering $24 billion budget shortfall, California became unable to pay its bills. The state will have to begin issuing IOUs to its creditors as early as Thursday. It is the worst budget crisis in the state's modern history.

There is an unreal, almost dreamlike quality about this moment. Dreadful things are about to happen: Hundreds of thousands of children will lose their healthcare. Five thousand state workers will be laid off. Massive cuts will decimate education at every level.

Tags: california, ideology, vs, .economy, sinking, ship, of, state

Support

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:39:56 GMT

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Clip Source: www.thepeoplescube.com

Tags: class, envy, socialism, democrats

Congress's Travel Tab Swells

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:24:55 GMT

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Clip Source: online.wsj.com

The cost of so-called congressional delegations, known among lawmakers as "codels," has risen nearly 70% since 2005, when an influence-peddling scandal led to a ban on travel funded by lobbyists, according to the data.

taxpayer-funded travel is a big and growing perk for lawmakers and their families

Tags: politics, government, spending, finance, budget

Cap and Trade must die must die in the Senate; thanks to House Republicans

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:16:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks: We may now safely conclude that whomever leads in green technology will certainly trail the world in economic development. Especially when leading the way means we discard energy sources that are reliable and affordable. By doing so, we ensure less money in the pockets of individuals.

Cap and trade will be an embedded tax in everything from the car we drive, to the A/C that keeps us cool, to the gas we use to operate vehicles, to the food we eat, to the very air we breathe. All industries that make things or produce things (including food) emit carbon. Therefore, everything is subject to this program, and the “little guy” pays for it all in the end.

What do these politicians in the House of Representatives hope to achieve through this bill? Reduce emissions and save the planet we assume. Why then, are we emulating the European Union’s famed ETS (Emissions Trading Scheme), which actually saw emissions RISE by 1.9% from 2005 to 2008? Could it be that our politicians are not REALLY

Clip Source: www.examiner.com

The Cap and Trade debacle must die in the Senate; thanks to House Republicans

On Friday, June 26th, the United States House of Representatives passed the Waxman-Markey bill, commonly known as cap and trade. We know that this bill will force our energy rates to “skyrocket”, as President Obama promised on the campaign trail. We know that cap and trade does little or nothing to help the environment. We know that cap and trade will send millions of jobs overseas…to countries like China and India that are among the worst polluters in the world. We know everything there is to know about the cap and trade program, including that it will cost the average American household over $3,000 a year in higher energy costs, gas prices, and so on. But perhaps the most important information gleaned from the passage of this bill, is that we now know that there are 211 Democrats and 8 Republicans with fanatical and fascist inclinations.

Tags: cap & trade, rob & steal, dumb & dumber

priceless:'English-only supporters hold conference, can't spell conference

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:31:20 GMT

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clipper's remarks: oh my gosh! lol...wtf? figures

Clip Source: www.alternet.org

Priceless: 'English-Only' Supporters Hold Conference, Can't Spell 'Conference'

Speaking under a misspelled banner, right-wingers who want to make English the official language of the U.S. showed no sense of irony.

On Saturday, Pat Buchanan hosted a conference to discuss how Republicans can regain a majority in America. During one discussion, panelists suggested supporting English-only initiatives as a prime way of attracting "working class white Democrats." The discussion ridiculed Judge Sotomayor for the fact that she studied children’s classics to improve her grammar while attending college. The panelists also suggested that, without English as the official language, President Obama would force Americans to speak Spanish.

One salient feature of the event was the banner hanging over the English-only advocates. The word conference was spelled “Conferenece.” View it here:

Tags: political, humor