Hump Day Report: Barking Dogs, Smoking Guns

ALOHA, ALL!!   Have you noticed how the Democrats are suddenly and mysteriously silent about gun control lately?  While there was some chatter after Gabriel Giffords was shot, they haven’t said a word especially in light of the school shooting in Ohio.  What gives?  Have they suddenly realized that  the Second Amendment gives us a constitutional right to bear arms?  Don’t hold your breath – it’s merely a political move.  It seems that more and stricter gun control measures are less popular than ever.  Has Fast & Furious turned around and bitten them in their despicable okoles?  Some stats:

• Support for an outright ban on handguns is at an all time low of just 26%
• More Americans oppose (53%) rather than support (43%) a ban on semi-automatics (or so-called “assault riffles”), a flip from the peak of Democrat led gun hysteria in the 1990’s
• Fewer Americans than ever – just 43% – say gun laws should be “more strict”, while 44% say “less strict” and 11% say “kept the same”
• And 60% say that we should better enforce current laws, with only 35% supporting passage of more laws

So the Democrats realize that pushing for gun control is a LOSER issue for them heading into November.  Which is exactly why the Republicans should seize upon it.  Here’s a great, no-nonsense commentary:  The campaign dog that hasn’t barked – yet | Conservative Outpost  Summed up in a couple of sentences:  ”Remember, issues win campaigns. And the fact that Democrats aren’t talking about guns means that they don’t want to. Make them.”

Where has all the ammo gone?   This notice appears on the site Georgia Arms   It seems Obama and the Democrats have been good for business.  In fact, sales of guns and ammo have been at high levels for the past three years.  Have you bought yours yet?   Gun Sales In America Soar … AGAIN   (Shaka to Lee for the links)

In Other News:

Mark Levin: I will donate $50,000 to Obama if he will debate me for one hour « Hot Air  I would LOVE to see this one!!!!!!  ”I’ll tell you what — I will give, are you ready for this Mr. Producer? I will give $50,000 to Obama’s Super PAC if he will debate me for one hour.” Since Obama has been traveling the country in search of smaller donations, Levin asked, why not take him up on his bigger offer?”

One of the best ads I’ve seen in a LONG time!  (Shaka to Dick for the link)  

Harry Reid Reverses Course on Judges; Political Stunt Backfires  Ha Ha!!!  Harry needs to go back to Nevada and his pomegranate trees.  ”Reid, hoping to paint Republicans as obstructionists on judges, held up passage of the House-approved JOBS Act. Reid charged that the minority had “refused to allow us to even vote” on nominees and “prevented the Senate from doing its constitutional duty.” But those bombastic claims were easily dismissed by a quick review of history.”

Jim Belushi Raises Money for Obama, Castro | FrontPage Magazine  Bye Bye Belushi – I’ll never watch another one of your movies!  ”As he chummed it up with regime apparatchiks in Cuba (where the average annual salary is $230), Jim Belushi was fresh from last month’s $38,500-per-plate Obama fundraiser in Beverly Hills where he shared the honors alongside George Clooney.”

White House-Backed Review of Energy Department Loans Omits Solyndra | CNSNews.com  They thought we wouldn’t notice???  Rand Paul grills this guy – be sure to watch the video.  ”An “independent review” commissioned by the White House to evaluate loans issued by the U.S. Department of Energy did not include a review of DOE loans to failed alternative energy projects such as Solyndra and Beacon Power.”

"Honey, can you buy my pills for me?"

Sandra Fluke can’t afford contraception, but expensive trips to Europe… not a problem! | Liberty News Network  Knock me over with a feather.  She can’t spend $9/month on birth control pills but takes  trips to Europe with her boyfriend, Adam Mutterperl (turns out she’s not gay, I guess.)  What a fraud this woman is!!!  Be sure to check out the link for more pictures of their excellent European vacation.  ”They recently traveled to Spain and Italy together.  It was a lovely getaway for the women’s rights activist and her rich socialist boyfriend. Here the two lovebirds are roughing it late at night in Barcelona – drunk.”

And there’s more….turns out the downtrodden Ms. Fluke traveled to Tuscany, Pompeii, and even Hawaii in the past couple of years!  She’s got it so tough being a poor law student.  

This Japanese temple is actually a stone's throw from my house. If only I had known we had such a distinguished visitor!

YES…ALL THESE PHOTOS ARE REAL AND EASILY ACCESSED ON MUTTERPERL’S FACEBOOK PAGE.  You think maybe he likes the publicity and attention?  Why else would he leave all these pictures there for anyone to see?  UPDATE:  MUTTERPERL HAS NOW MADE HIS FACEBOOK PAGE PRIVATE – but I captured these pictures before he did!  To read more about him and his wealthy socialist-leaning socialite Boston blueblood family, go here:  Sandra does Spain – Common American Journal

Final Thoughts (Lots of good ones so I picked more than one this time):

“The Second Amendment is the Equal Rights Amendment.” Jannalee Tobias

“An armed society is a polite society.” Robert A. Heinlein

“The great object is, that every man be armed.” Patrick Henry  (Dear Patrick – I would add “woman” too!)

And…for Sandra Fluke:  ”Who let the dogs out? Who, who, who, who, who?” Baha Men

OKAY…it’s Friday so here you go 

GOD BLESS AMERICA – PASS THIS ON – REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!!

Hump Day Report: Obama’s Tyranny

ALOHA, ALL!!  Will Congress halt 0bama’s incessant power grab?  He has thumbed his nose at the Constitution so many times it’s difficult to keep track.  Then again, that’s part of the plan – overwhelm the system.  What 0bama is doing with his unconstitutional actions is similar to the old adage:  tell a lie often enough and it becomes the truth.  0bama claims he needs to do these things because of the “do-nothing” Congress.  In reality, he is ruling by fiat.  The Heritage Foundation has put together a current list of all the ways 0bama and his administration have acted outside their scope of powers.  The four appointments last week were flat-out illegal:   Obama’s Arrogant Authoritarianism  Begging the question:  What are you gonna do about it, Congress?

Don’t believe the media hype – Romney won big.  Dem Spin: Romney Won Big in NH, But ‘Fell Far Short of Meeting Expectations’  Getting 40% of the vote in a 6-way race is a big win.  Debbie “The Doofus” Wasserman Schultz claims:  ”[T]he premise of his candidacy is unraveling,” Schultz said, adding that Romney leaves New Hampshire “wounded by a series of episodes that made it clear to voters – both in New Hampshire and for those watching across the country – that he is completely out of touch with the concerns of America’s working and middle-class families.”  Really, Debbie?  Of course, you do know first-hand what “out-of-touch” means.

To wit:  Michelle Malkin » Femme-a-gogue Debbie Wasserman Schultz smears Tea Party, exploits Tucson massacre anniversary  ”After a year of unhinged Tea Party-bashing and false accusations from New Tone Democrats, the DNC and DWS have done nothing to tone down their own poisonous, hypocritical vitriol.”

He’s nipping at something.  Ron Paul claims he’s closing in on Romney…he’s “nipping at his heels.”  OK, let’s get this straight:  If Paul could come close anywhere it’s New Hampshire.  He got 23%.  South Carolina?  Not so much, dear doctor.  Everywhere else?  Dream on Paulists.  Ron Paul To Everyone But Mitt: Drop Out   However, I agree with Sarah Palin that the GOP should not dismiss Paul’s support nor his followers (read the comments at the link – holy moly!  These people are like rabid dogs.)  But Paul needs to go away…maybe run off with Debbie Doofus.

The gift that keeps on giving.  Look who’s smiling at Gingrich and Perry – Fresh Ink Fresh Ink  ”…having the Republicans eat their own actually makes the Bain story more potent than we ever could because it instantly validates it as a line of attack and falls on independent ears as a matter of legitimate debate, not as a partisan line of attack,” one of the strategists told TPM.”

UPDATE:  EPA case at Supreme Court.  Supreme Court Justices ‘Blast’ EPA for Telling Idaho Couple They Can’t Build on ‘Protected Wetlands’   “Because of the administrative compliance order, you’re really never going to be put to the test, because most land owners aren’t going to say, ‘I’m going to risk the $37,000 a day,” Roberts said. “All EPA has to do is make whatever finding it wants, and realize that in 99 percent of the cases, it’s never going to be put to the test.”

ICYMI:

U.S. debt is now equal to economy – Common American Journal  The soaring national debt has reached a symbolic tipping point: It’s now as big as the entire U.S. economy.

U.S. Taxpayers Cover Nearly Half the Cost of U.N.’s Global Warming Panel – Common American Journal  A study by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) determined that the United States funded the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations’ authority on alleged man-made global warming, with $31.1 million since 2001, nearly half of the panel’s annual budget.

Bankrupt Solyndra seeking to pay bonuses – Washington Times  ”Now seems an unlikely time for handing out bonuses at bankrupt Solyndra LLC, but that’s the plan of company attorneys intending to dole out up to a half-million dollars to persuade key employees to stay put.”

Final Thought:  ”All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.”  Thomas Jefferson

GOD BLESS AMERICA – PASS THIS ON – REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER

Hump Day Report: Obama, The Fly Whisperer

ALOHA, ALL!!  I know you’ll enjoy this illustration.  It’s another great depiction from Antonio Branco and needs no explanation.  But don’t you recall flies swarming around Barry in an interview not too long ago?  In fact, he actually caught one of them.  But that’s not the only encounter Barry’s had with flies:  What’s this creepy thing with Obama and flies? « The Stuttering Messiah  Now the mystery is solved!!  Antonio’s cartoon shows why they’re attracted to him.

We don’t need no stinkin’ jobs!   This is priceless – Accuracy in Media went down to the OWS utopia in D.C. as “headhunters,”  telling people that they were hiring.  You MUST listen to the excuses for not wanting jobs.  And be sure to watch to the very end to find out the result of their employee search.  

Teachers are doing OK.  Study: Public school teachers aren’t underpaid – Common American Journal  ”…new research from The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute suggests a majority of public school teachers are making more than they likely would in the private sector.”

Can’t wait to see all those redacted pages.  White House Subpoenaed, Stimulus Loans Under Investigation  ”…the Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General is “is investigating more than 100 potential instances of criminal abuse of stimulus loan monies,” according to a Daily Caller report.”

AN IMPORTANT HOLIDAY MESSAGE FROM A TRUE PATRIOT!  Most of us can’t imagine what it must be like far from home during the Holiday Season.  That’s because someone else has made that sacrifice for us.

This year, Eagles UP is introducing our holiday “Picture This” initiative, where everyone can participate in sending our troops our warmest holiday wishes.  It will mean so much to our deployed heroes in Afghanistan.  Everyone can participate – families, individuals, civic groups, the football team, the local deli employees, your church group or synagogue – everyone…all you need is a camera and holiday spirit!

Simply snap a picture of your best holiday cheer and email it to me at USMCdaughter1@aol.com.  It will become part of a slide show that will be sent to Afghanistan and shown in the DFAC of a major base there.  If you’d like to include a brief message, I’ll be sure to insert it into the photo.  Imagine seeing the faces and smiles of so many who support them from back home.  Happy Chanukah and Merry Christmas take a different dimension.  A copy of the slideshow will also be shown on our website during the month of December.

So, take your picture, email it to me in either .jpg or .bmp format and send your love and appreciation to our troops far away this holiday season!!

“Some gave all, some still are…NEVER FORGET!  www.eaglesup.us  

The list is growing.  Connie Mack | Eric Holder Resignation | Fast and Furious | The Daily Caller  ”Attorney General Eric Holder’s service in the Obama administration may be coming to an end. Thirty members of Congress are now calling for Holder’s immediate resignation — a number that grows larger every day.”  UPDATE – Add 4 more:  Eric Holder | Fast and Furious | Congress | The Daily Caller

The Misery Index is back.  Remember this indicator used during the Carter years?  It gauges the economy based on inflation and unemployment rates.  Here’s how it looks today (BTW, if you’re on Twitter, be sure to follow @PatBell and @GOPLabs):

Do you think this would happen if they were Muslims?  HHS Accused of Turning Its Back on Catholic Health Care | CNSnews.com  ” Witnesses told a House panel on Wednesday that the Obama administration’s definition of a “religious employer” under Obamacare must change immediately, or else Catholic and other pro-life health care providers will be forced to choose between violating their consciences or curtailing access to care.”

Then this shows up in my inbox:  Hotel boots anti-sharia conference – Common American Journal  ”…when hotel officials learned that sharia critics Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer were scheduled to speak, they promptly canceled the event and returned the deposit, citing security concerns.”

ICYMI:  House Republicans have passed FIFTEEN jobs bills that are sitting on Harry Reid’s desk.  He refuses to act on them (hey Nevada….thanks again for re-electing this idiot.  OOPS!  I’m digressing again.)   So when Barry goes around the country on his taxpayer-funded re-elecion tour claiming the Republicans don’t have a plan, it’s a lie.  Check this out:  

Final Thought:  ”If you do not let my people go, I will send swarms of flies on you and your officials, on your people and into your houses.” Bible: Exodus 8:21

GOD BLESS AMERICA – PASS THIS ON – REMEMBER IN 2012!!

Hump Day Report: Are You Freaking Kidding Me??????

ALOHA, ALL!!  You’ll be asking the same question when you hear the latest about Solyndra.  It turns out internal documents relating to Solyndra show signs of being altered by the Department of Energy. This comes in the midst of the White House refusing to turn over the Solyndra documents.  (Sidenote:  the documents that have shared are so heavily redacted that they pretty much look like sheets of paper full of black marks.)  HUH??? Why aren’t heads rolling over this entire fiasco??  And check it – the source for this story is not Fox News or some “right-wing” media outlet, but CNBC of all places:  Energy Department Altered Loan-Related Releases – US Business News – CNBC  But it looks like the DoE realized the gig was up and returned the documents to their original content as a result of CNBC’s inquiry about the changes.  What…so that makes it all go away????  These criminals in this administration need to pay for their abuses.  In the Solyndra case, that’s means Energy Secretary Steven Chu is at the top of the list (he’s standing next to “Big Sis” Janet Napolitano in the picture above.)  This is a guy who wants gas to be $9 a gallon.   He wants everyone to move to cities, get rid of their cars and only use public transportation.  He doesn’t care that many of America’s goods are delivered by trucks, and that rising gas prices mean rising prices for…well…lots of other things, too.  He’s so far from reality he lives in his own little universe.  Just like his boss.  Then again, he lives in DC.

More “Freaking Kidding Me” stuff.    Car Company Gets U.S. Loan, Builds Cars In Finland – Common American Journal  ”With the approval of the Obama administration, an electric car company that received a $529 million federal government loan guarantee is assembling its first line of cars in Finland, saying it could not find a facility in the United States capable of doing the work. Vice President Joseph Biden heralded the Energy Department’s $529 million loan to the start-up electric car company called Fisker as a bright new path to thousands of American manufacturing jobs..”

More stonewalling and corruption exposed.  Rep. Issa: NLRB Withheld Emails Showing ‘Lack of Impartiality’ in Boeing Case  ”House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa accused the National Labor Relations Board of another misstep in the agency’s complaint against Boeing Co., this time alleging it deliberately withheld documents from the committee to hide potentially damaging email exchanges between NLRB staffers.”

Where everything is rosy.  Beltway Salaries Make Political Capital of U.S. Richer Than Silicon Valley – Bloomberg  ”Federal employees whose compensation averages more than $126,000 and the nation’s greatest concentration of lawyers helped Washington edge out San Jose as the wealthiest U.S. metropolitan area, government data show.”  (Thanks to Carl for the story.)

Then again…..I just saw this sign in front of an Army/Navy store in Bethesda, Maryland:  

But don’t be a REAL job creator.  AmericanJobCreators.com Dispatches from the Road: Deardorff Family Farms Story  ”I always thought my Dad went to work in a free-market economy. If you make the right decisions, you’re profitable. And if you make the wrong decisions, you’re not,” said Mr. Deardorff. “Now that I sit in his chair, I am amazed at how much I have to weave my way through government, government regulation and how that plays into our decision-making process.”  Be sure to read this story….and the importance of fish ladders (not kidding.)

And what planet does he inhabit?  Reid Says Private-Sector Employment Is ‘Just Fine’  ”Debating the Senate’s proposed $35 billion bailout for state and local governments, Reid argued, “It’s very clear that private sector jobs have been doing just fine. It’s the public sector jobs where we’ve lost huge numbers, and that’s what this legislation is all about.”

Another one bites the dust.  The End of Qadhafi  ”Former Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi is dead from wounds he suffered during his capture near his hometown of Sirte, according to Reuters reports.”  Barry/Barack will take credit.  Does he deserve it?  Let’s wait and see where all of Qadhafi’s weapons end up.

Aw Joe – there you go again acting like the crazy uncle.  Say Anything » Biden To Reporter: “Don’t Screw Around With Me”  

Final Thought:   “Coal is my worst nightmare.” Stephen Chu

GOD BLESS AMERICA – PASS THIS ON – REMEMBER IN 2012!!

Hump Day Report: Obama and Bloomberg *Heart* OWS

Another great image from Kevin Jackson's "The Black Sphere." Do the OWS idiots realize Barry/Barack is a capitalist pig?

ALOHA ALL!!  You think it couldn’t get any weirder with the OWS crowd?  Think again.  It turns out they have connections to Mayor Bloomberg’s significant other – a possible explanation as to why they didn’t need to get a permit to take over Zuccotti Park.  The park is privately owned, a holding of Brookfield Properties, a company co-chaired by John E. Zuccotti, who served as deputy mayor in Abe Beame’s administration. When asked about the protesters’ continued stay at the park, Zuccotti told the New York Times, “My guess is that we basically look to the police leadership and mayor to decide what to do.” We can’t help but wonder if Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s judgment might be a bit clouded. One of the board members of Brookfield Properties is Diana Taylor, the mayor’s longtime companion.  Check out the incestuous chart here:  Muck tracker – Hizzoner’s connection to Zuccotti Park 

And this from Business Insider:   Here’s The Real Reason Why Occupy Wall Street Protesters Aren’t Getting Kicked Out Of Zuccotti Park  ”Coming on the heels of the Solyndra debacle, the Obama administration has just approved a $168.9 million loan guarantee for the Granite Reliable wind farm project owned by Brookfield Asset Management (BAM). Among its many holdings BAM owns Brookfield Renewable Power, which owns the Granite Reliable and it also owns Brookfield Office Properties, whose holdings include the now famous Zuccotti Park. The Department of Energy finalized the loan guarantee less than a week after Occupy Wall Street protesters took to Zuccotti Park.”

So it looks like the people at Brookfield Asset Management, in exchange for letting their park be used by the protesters, got a $168 million loan guarantee from the regime. But it doesn’t stop there. “The Granite Reliable Power Project under construction in Coos Bay, New Hampshire is the state’s largest wind farm and the New Hampshire Union Leader questions why Brookfield would need federal subsidies at all, particularly following the bankruptcy of Solyndra,” and why is GE getting subsidies when they don’t need the money? “Mayor Bloomberg’s announcement Monday that protesters could remain as long as they liked, also raised a few eyebrows and it turns out he has a personal connection to Brookfield as well. The mayor’s longtime domestic partner Diana Taylor is on the Board of Directors at Brookfield Properties along with John E. Zuccotti himself.”

So you wonder why they don’t need permits? They don’t need permits because the mayor’s compromised, the girlfriend’s compromised, Obama’s compromised, in the middle of all this is a $170 million loan guarantee to Zuccotti’s Granite Reliable wind farm project. And the price for that is letting them use Zuccotti Park.

Things that make you go “HMMMM.”  (Thanks to alert HDR reader Maggi for the story and link.)

More stupidity.  Energy Dept Should Have Sought Legal Opinion on Solyndra Loan, Treasury Official Tells Congress – Common American Journal  ”Treasury Department officials said they could not recall another time the government put the interest of private investors in front of those of taxpayers before the loan restructuring for the bankrupt but politically connected solar panel firm Solyndra. Further, one department official told a House panel that the restructuring of the $535 million loan should have been reviewed by the Justice Department.”

Oh no!!  How can he go on??????   Presidential podiums pilfered? « Hot Air  ”That’s right, a truck carrying the president’s teleprompter (jokingly referred to as TOTUS, or the teleprompter of the United States), podiums, and audio equipment was stolen in Virginia, WWBT-TV reports. The Department of Defense confirmed the heist, but it’s unclear if the thieves targeted the vehicle for what it contained or simply got “lucky.”

No teleprompters here:  War: Romney and Perry bicker over illegal immigration; Update: Palin grades the debate « Hot Air  ”…here’s the closest America has ever come to an actual fistfight breaking out during a debate. (Except for that time Hillary got Obama in a headlock, of course.) So this is what Romney sounds/looks like when he loses his cool, huh?”

I think Harry Belafonte is a racist.  Harry Belafonte Insults Herman Cain—but Hails Fidel Castro  “Harry Belafonte recently denounced Herman Cain as a “bad apple,” a “false Negro” and as someone who was “denied intelligence” and “denied a view of history” (whatever that means). Belafonte said these things on the Joy Behar show, as the host, Behar, snickered her approval of Belafonte’s every vocalization, often before they were decipherable.”

Tanning tax woes.  IRS’s Difficulty Collecting Tanning Tax Is a Troubling Sign  ”The difficulty the IRS is having collecting the tanning tax is a worrying harbinger of more trouble to come for Obamacare. Besides collecting all the taxes Obamacare increased, the IRS has to determine if all 300 million Americans have health insurance approved by the Department of Health and Human Services—every month! If the IRS has so much trouble collecting a simple excise tax from a few thousand businesses, how is it going to achieve the exponentially more daunting task of determining if every citizen has government-approved health insurance 12 times a year?”

Wanna bet they don’t say the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance in class?    McAllen Texas Students Forced to Recite Mexican Pledge and National Anthem  ”Students in a Texas public high school were made to stand up and recite the Mexican national anthem and Mexican pledge of allegiance as part of a Spanish class assignment, but the school district maintains there was nothing wrong with the lesson.”

Howard Stern’s take on OWS. (NOTE:  if you don’t like the F word, don’t listen.  It turns out the OWS bots like to use it fairly often.)  

Final Thought:  “People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.” –Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

GOD BLESS AMERICA – PASS THIS ON – REMEMBER IN 2012!!

HDR: Zo = Must See TV!!

ALOHA, ALL!!   If you only watch one video all year, make it this one!  Zo (AlfonZo Rachel) hits it out of the park with his latest installment.  He set up shop across the street from an 0bama fundraiser at the House of Blues…where lefties were protesting Barry.  It’s hilarious to see how they respond to his calling them racist because they are protesting the policies of a Black President.  It’s even more hilarious to see their reactions when they are confused for being Tea Party folks….by other lefties!!!  LOL – it doesn’t get any better than this!!!  

Meanwhile, Back On Wall Street.     Video: Leftist “Occupy Wall Street” Protester Berates Jewish Man, “You’re a Bum, Jew”… – Common American Journal  and WATCH: Melee Breaks Out Between Wall Street Protesters and NYPD | Video | TheBlaze.com  Guess what, fools?  If you cross a police barrier you better be ready to pay the consequences.

Nice Work If You Can Get It.  Obama’s Daughters Are Listed as ‘Senior Staff’ in Order to Bilk Taxpayers For Their Travel and Vacation – Common American Journal  ”On June 28, 2011, we filed a FOIA request seeking the mission taskings, transportation records, and passenger manifests for Michelle Obama’s Africa trip. Our FOIA lawsuit extracted some interesting information…The passenger manifests confirm the presence of Obama’s daughters, Malia and Sasha on the trip. The two girls are listed as “Senior Staff.”

United.  Flap with Marco Rubio causes six GOP candidates to boycott Univision debate in January « Hot Air  ”After the Spanish-language TV network Univision reportedly tried to coerce Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) into an interview, six GOP presidential candidates say they will boycott Univision’s proposed presidential debate in January if the network doesn’t apologize.”

Once Is Not Enough.  Solyndra: House seeks more Obama White House e-mails, as revelations continue – The Washington Post  ”Newly released e-mails show the Obama administration’s Energy Department was poised to give Solyndra a second taxpayer loan of $469 million last year, even as the company’s financial situation grew increasingly dire.  The department was still considering providing the second loan guarantee to the solar-panel manufacturer in April and May 2010, at a time when Solyndra’s auditors were already warning that the company was in danger of collapsing.”  ARE YOU KIDDING ME????????  THIS IS BLATANT INCOMPETENCE!

GREAT VISUAL!  Which President Increased Debt the Most?  ”The facts show, however, that the Obama Administration is well on its way to accumulate an unprecedented mountain of debt. The chart below provides a more accurate comparison of President Obama’s debt record to that of his predecessors.”

Another Good One From The Heritage Foundation:  What the Top 10 Percent of Earners Really Pay in Taxes

SURE – Why Should Anyone Make a Profit?  Obama: Banks Don’t Have ‘Inherent Right’ to ‘Certain Amount of Profit’ – Common American Journal  ”In an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Obama was asked if the government can stop banks from imposing a new debit card fee on their customers. “Well, you can stop it because … if you say to the banks, ‘You don’t have some inherent right just to — you know, get a certain amount of profit if your customers are being mistreated. That you have to treat them fairly and transparently.’

She’s Out But She’ll Never Be Down!  Palin: 5 Reasons She Will Remain Relevant – Investors.com  ”Sarah Palin’s decision not to run for president left many of her supporters dispirited. We’re more sanguine. Fact is, there are more than enough reasons why Palin will continue to lead and to matter.”

Final Thought:  

GOD BLESS AMERICA – PASS THIS ON – REMEMBER IN 2012!!  

NOTE:  There won’t be a Hump Day Report the week of October 10.  I have a crazy/busy travel schedule…gotta work to pay those taxes for the 47% who pay none!!!! 

HDR: Fair Weather Friends

ALOHA, ALL!!   Poor Barry – everyone’s abandoning him!  Even his new BFF Warren Buffett seems to be contradicting 0bama on what he’d like to see for his namesake tax.  Turns out dear old Warren wants to see a very high income threshold before his “Buffett Tax” kicks in.  This is quite a change from Buffett’s original opining about how the $1 million threshold seemed fair.  Hmmm…..is Warren having second thoughts about supporting his wonder kind now that his poll numbers are in the tank?  Then there’s Dickie Durbin, who says the Democrat controlled Senate doesn’t have the votes to pass Barry’s jobs bill.  Aw – it’s getting lonely at the top.      Abandon ship? Dick Durbin, Warren Buffett change tone on jobs plan – Common American Journal

Then There’s This Guy:    Robert Johnson is the founder of BET, an 0bama supporter and fundraiser.  He and spoke out against the president’s recent rhetoric demonizing the rich in America:  ”I’ve earned my success. I’ve earned my right to fly private if I choose to do so. And by attacking me, is not going to convince me that I should take a bigger hit because I happen to be wealthy.”

But The Crap From The Tides Foundation Is OK????  Two FL School Districts Refuse to Distribute Constitution Booklets Donated by 9/12 Project – Common American Journal  ”Two Florida school districts won’t be handing out pocket-sized Constitutions to their eighth graders because they were donated by the local 9/12 Project, prompting concerns from school officials about the “opinions and viewpoints” the booklets contain.”

Enter One Very Concerned Mom:    I just received a copy of Marybeth Hicks’ book, “Don’t Let The Kids Drink The Kool-Aid”and am looking forward to reading it….I think.  Not sure I’ll be able to sleep after reading it.

I Guess They Finally Read The Bill.  White House Admits Obamacare Raised Insurance Premiums | The Weekly Standard  ”So what about that $2,500 in [insurance] savings the president pledged? White House deputy chief of staff Nancy-Ann DeParle insists families will see that savings — by 2019.”

Another Excellent Resource From The Heritage Foundation!  First Principles | American Founding, Limited Government, Liberty  It contains tons of resources and must-reads and basic answers on core themes:  the American founding, Constitutional government, progressivism and liberalism and more.

It Just Gets Curiouser and Curiouser.    TOP OBAMA FUNDRAISER OK’ED SOLYNDRA LOAN at DickMorris.com  ”Who arranged the Solyndra loan? A top Obama fund raiser named Steven J. Spinner who, according to ABC, worked to “pick and select fantastic projects” for DOE to fund. During the campaign, he was responsible for raising at least half a million dollars for Obama. Now, he told associates that he “helped oversee the more than $100 billion of loan guarantee and direct lending authority” for DOE’s green-energy lending program. And what a coincidence! Spinner’s wife, Allison’s law firm Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati got $2.4 million in legal fees to handle the legal work in connection with the Solyndra loan.”

Well, Well, Well.  Partisan Trends – Rasmussen Reports™  ”The number of Republicans and Democrats in the country is just about even. In fact, the gap between the parties is the smallest it has ever been in nearly nine years of monthly tracking.”

You Might Be A Racist If (Cont’d):  So, What’s All This “Niggerhead” Brouhaha About? Ah, Activist Journalism. Should Have Known… | All American Blogger  ”In the early years of his political career, Rick Perry began hosting fellow lawmakers, friends and supporters at his family’s secluded West Texas hunting camp, a place known by the name painted in block letters across a large, flat rock standing upright at its gated entrance. “Niggerhead,” it read.”  No, Perry didn’t name it that – be sure to read this story and how Herman Cain was baited into the discussion the smear Rick Perry.

Final Thought:  ”Why be fake? In the end, the truth comes out and when that happens, you’re standing alone.” Unknown

GOD BLESS AMERICA – PASS THIS ON – REMEMBER IN 2012!!

HDR: You Might Be A Racist If….

ALOHA, ALL!!  It’s Friday – Let’s roll!  Note I won’t be numbering the HDR any longer since I figure anything beyond 200 is a bonus

BREAKING NEWS!  Terrorist Recruiter Anwar Al-Awlaki Killed in Yemen by U.S. Drones and Hellfire Missiles | CNSnews.com  ”The U.S. airstrike that rained Hellfire missiles on al-Awlaki was run by the U.S. military’s elite counterterrorism unit, the Joint Special Operations Command, the same unit that got bin Laden, the AP reported. Friday’s successful kill was the result of counterterrorism cooperation between Yemen and the U.S. that has dramatically increased in recent weeks, even as Yemen has plunged deeper into turmoil as protesters try to oust President Ali Abdullah Saleh, U.S. officials said.”

You Think This Will Be On MSNBC?  Black Pastor Sues Obama & Democratic Party for Racism – Common American Journal  ”Reverend Wayne Perryman began the lawsuit (case C11-1503) along with journalist Robert Parks because he was fed up with all the rhetoric coming from the left, blaming all of Obama’s failures on race. Perryman and Parks began researching the Democrat Party and became enraged when they noticed the Democrat Party—via their website–was whitewashing their own history.”

What Part of “Stupid” Don’t They Understand?  Energy Department approves $1 billion in solar energy loan guarantees – Common American Journal  ”The Energy Department announced Wednesday that is has finalized more than $1 billion in loan guarantees for two separate solar energy projects.  The decision comes several weeks after Solyndra, a California-based solar manufacturer that received a $535 million loan guarantee from the Obama administration in 2009, filed for bankruptcy and laid off 1,100 workers, setting off a firestorm in Washington.”

Stuck on Stupid.  Crony Capitalism: $737 Million Green Jobs Loan Given to Nancy Pelosi’s Brother-In-Law | The Weekly Standard  ”The Energy Department announced Wednesday that is has finalized more than $1 billion in loan guarantees for two separate solar energy projects. The decision comes several weeks after Solyndra, a California-based solar manufacturer that received a $535 million loan guarantee from the Obama administration in 2009, filed for bankruptcy and laid off 1,100 workers, setting off a firestorm in Washington…PCG’s number two is none other than “Ronald Pelosi, a San Francisco political insider and financial industry polymath who happens to be the brother-in-law of Nancy Pelosi.”

Time To “Unlike” Facebook?? FreedomTorch.com – Facebook Forms Political Action Committee  ”The Wall Street Journal reported today that on Sunday, Facebook Chief Operations Officer, Sheryl Sandberg, held a star-studded fundraiser for Barack Obama that raised $2.5 million in one night. In his talk President Obama said to the audience gathered at the Facebook COO’s mansion, “all of you have a commitment to a particular vision of what America should be.” He elaborated on that vision saying they held in common, “the values of shared prosperity, being good stewards of the environment, making sure that we are investing in our kids, making sure that everybody has a shot.”  (Thanks to Cindy for the link.)

Must Be the Early Bird Special.  Michelle Obama: ‘Just relax’ with my husband – Maggie Haberman – POLITICO.com  ”The emails from the Barack Obama reelect about winning a dinner with the president as a randomized reward for contributing to the campaign have gotten a bit more intense as time goes on, and the latest one, from the first lady, emphasizes that the winner of such a prize shouldn’t freak out about it.”  Note:  all you have to donate is THREE DOLLARS to be entered to win.  THREE DOLLARS????  LOL!  (Thanks to Opa for the link.)

Who Wouldn’t Want to Dine With Jimmy 0bama?    WOW….Barry’s truly channeling Jimmy! Let’s hope he shares Jimmy’s fate as well.

ICYMI:  RAISING CAIN at DickMorris.com  ”If you could feel the Earth move under your feet today or last night, it’s not an earthquake. It’s the new Fox News poll which shows Herman Cain vaulting into a third place finish, only 6 points from the lead in the GOP nomination race.”  Some Cain facts (thanks, Susie!):

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics.
• Master’s degree in Computer Science.
• Mathematician for the Navy, where he worked on missile ballistics (making him a rocket scientist).
• Computer systems analyst for Coca-Cola.
• VP of Corporate Data Systems and Services for Pillsbury (this is the top of the ladder in the computer world, being in charge of information systems for a major corporation).
• All achieved before reaching the age of 35. Since he reached the top of the information systems world, he changed careers.
• Business Manager. Took charge of Pillsbury’s 400 Burger King restaurants in the Philadelphia area, which were the company’s poorest performers in the country. Spent the first nine months learning the business from the ground up, cooking hamburger and yes, cleaning toilets. After three years he had turned them into the company’s best performers.
• Godfather’s Pizza CEO. Was asked by Pillsbury to take charge of their Godfather’s Pizza chain (which was on the verge of bankruptcy). He made it profitable in 14 months.
• In 1988 he led a buyout of the Godfather’s Pizza chain from Pillsbury. He was now the owner of a restaurant chain. Again he reached the top of the ladder of another industry.
• He was also chairman of the National Restaurant Association during this time. This is a group that interacts with government on behalf of the restaurant industry, and it gave him political experience from the non-politician side.
• Having reached the top of a second industry, he changed careers again
• Adviser to the Federal Reserve System. Herman Cain went to work for the Federal Reserve Banking System advising them on how monetary policy changes would affect American businesses.
• Chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. He worked his way up to the chairmanship of a regional Federal Reserve bank. This is only one step below the chairmanship of the entire Federal Reserve System (the top banking position in the country). This position allowed him to see how monetary policy is made from the inside, and understand the political forces that impact the monetary system.
• After reaching the top of the banking industry, he changed careers for a fourth time.
• Writer and public speaker. He then started to write and speak on leadership. His books include Speak as a Leader, CEO of Self, Leadership is Common Sense, and They Think You’re Stupid.
• Radio Host. Around 2007—after a remarkable 40 year career—he started hosting a radio show on WSB in Atlanta (the largest talk radio station in the country).
• He did all this starting from rock bottom (his father was a chauffeur and his mother was a maid). When you add up his accomplishments in his life—including reaching the top of three unrelated industries: information systems, business management, and banking—Herman Cain may have the most impressive resume of anyone that has run for the presidency in the last half century.  Oh yeah – he also battled and beat Stage IV colon & liver cancer.  But even though he’s Black, he must be a racist because he’s a Republican and supports the Tea Party movement.  Oh wait!  Some drone on O’Reilly named Jehmu claimed that Cain proves “nerds can be bigoted, too!” Nice one, flunkie.

Final Thought:  ”Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complainin’. Stop grumblin’. Stop cryin’. We are going to press on. We have work to do.” –Barack Obama to the Congressional Black Caucus  (BTW, according to 0bama’s minions, leaving off the “gs” like I did here is racist:  MSNBC: AP racist for dropping g’s in transcribing Obama’s speech « The Greenroom.  Hi there, AttackWatch.com!)

GOD BLESS AMERICA – PASS THIS ON – REMEMBER IN 2012!!   

HDR 200: 200? Wow!

Shout Out To Antonio Branco (Freedom's Battle) on this 200th HDR For Letting Me Use His Great Art!!!

ALOHA, ALL!!!  Today’s HDR is a milestone – number 200!  It seems like just yesterday that I started penning my thoughts, first in an email blast and now a blog.  Hmm…I wonder how many  times I’ve been turned into 0bama’s AttackWatch goons?  Yet y’all keep on reading!!!  Thanks to all of you for your continued support.  We have a common goal:  to turn this country around so we’re facing in the right direction again.

Not surprising, I’m traveling (again) today so this edition will be a series of “Quick Links” starting off with one of my faves…Dirty Harry Reid.

How Harry Reid Manufactured a Crisis Over Disaster Aid  ”Listening to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) or reading The New York Times yesterday gave the impression that disaster relief victims were suffering from a lack of government aid.  “Without additional funding,” Reid warned, “thousands of people who have lost literally everything they owned will be forced to go without food and shelter….So the agenda of the tax-and-spend crowd is now clear. President Obama created the problem by overusing FEMA on disasters a record 222 times so far this year where federal aid was not essential. Then liberals manufactured a crisis and exploited disaster relief victims in order to keep expanding the size of government. What’s worse is that the some members of the media played along with it.”

Why the DOJ Gave Up Its Delaying Tactics in the Obamacare Litigation  ”It’s certainly possible that the Administration really believes its troubling legal theory that Congress can regulate practically anything, as long as some chaos-theory connection can be found between the desired government regulation and something in commerce—which means everything. But there are several other factors that made further government delay untenable.”

GOP lawmaker demands independent probe into Solyndra – The Hill’s E2-Wire  ”A Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee is calling on the White House to appoint an independent investigator to examine the administration’s decision to approve a $535 million loan guarantee for a now-bankrupt solar company. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) said the Obama administration should have quickly appointed a special investigator to look into Solyndra, the failed California-based solar-panel manufacturer, after the company announced late last month it would file for bankruptcy and lay off 1,100 workers.”

‘Obama money’: Thought it couldn’t get any worse than Solyndra? – Common American Journal  ”President Obama’s nominee for Commerce secretary served as chairman of the board of a solar energy company that recently received a $1.37 billion federal loan guarantee – the largest the Department of Energy has ever given for a solar power project.  Now that company, BrightSource Energy, is to build the world’s largest solar power plant amid concerns such ventures may be too risky an investment for the federal government.  In June, BrightSource Chairman John Bryson was nominated by Obama to head the Commerce Department.”

Solyndra’s Creditors Include California Democratic Party | Fox News  ”Among the roughly 5,000 creditors named by Solyndra, a bankrupt solar energy company that is under investigation for losing a half billion dollars in federal loans, is the California Democratic Party, which says it doesn’t know why.”

Congress to Investigate Planned Parenthood Abortion Business | LifeNews.com  ”A Congressional committee has taken the first steps in investigating the Planned Parenthood abortion business over abuses ranging from financial disparities to its compliance with federal regulations on taxpayer funding to concerns that it is covering up cases of sex trafficking.”

How About A Little Humor?  (From The Patriot Post):

Obama at the Bank

Barack Obama walks into the bank to cash a check. “Good morning, Ma’am,” he greets the cashier, “could you please cash this check for me?”

“It would be my pleasure, sir. Could you please show me your ID?”

“Truthfully, I did not bring my ID with me as I didn’t think there was any need to. I am President Barack Obama, the president of the United States of America!”

“Yes, sir, I know who you are, but with all the regulations, monitoring of the banks because of impostors and forgers, etc, I must insist on seeing ID.”

“Just ask anyone here at the bank who I am and they will tell you. Everybody knows who I am.”

“I am sorry Mr. President but these are the bank rules and I must follow them.”

“I am urging you please to cash this check.”

“Ok, this is what we can do Mr. President: One day Tiger Woods came into the bank without ID. To prove he was Tiger Woods he pulled out his putting iron and made a beautiful shot across the bank into a cup. With that shot we knew him to be Tiger Woods and cashed his check. Another time, Andre Agassi came in without ID. He pulled out his tennis racquet and made a fabulous shot, making the tennis ball land in my cup. With that spectacular shot we cashed his check. So, Mr. President, what can you do to prove that it is you, and only you, as the president of the United States?”

Obama stands there thinking and finally says, “Honestly, there is nothing that comes to my mind. I can’t think of a single thing I’m good at.”

“Will that be large or small bills, Mr. President?”

The New Heimlich Maneuver

GOD BLESS AMERICA – PASS THIS ON – REMEMBER IN 2012!!!

HDR 197: Do You Pay Your “Fair Share”?

ALOHA, ALL!!  It sounds like being Warren Buffet’s secretary is a terrible job, right?  After all, she pays more taxes than her boss.  Even Warren – the so-called “Oracle of Omaha” – says so.  So it must be true.  But wait a minute – it turns out she doesn’t pay more in taxes:   AP fact check: Secretaries don’t pay more taxes than their bosses « Hot Air  Do Buffett and Obama really think we’re going to fall for this bunk??  But according to Barry, this isn’t class warfare.  Um….so choosing the example of a secretary and multi-billionaire mogul is just a coincidence? Right. Meanwhile, here are some facts from The National Tax Payer’s Union:  

A couple of great links from The Heritage Foundation:  $1.5 Trillion in New Taxes  and Heritage Responds to Obama’s Debt Reduction and Tax Proposal

Think it’s Only the “Millionaires” Who Will Pay More?  New government fees pepper Obama deficit plan – Common American Journal  ”Air travelers, federal workers, military retirees, wealthier Medicare beneficiaries and people taking out new mortgages are among those who would pay more than $130 billion in government revenues raised through new or increased fees.”

Check out this SEIU puke calling for the need to create a crisis (thanks to Sue for the link):  

This is classic Saul Alinsky & Cloward & Piven stuff.  BTW, how many times have you been arrested? This guy talks about how he was really scared the first time he was.  Yet Tea Party folks are extremists??????

And Even Levi’s Calls for Unrest.  Did you hear about the ad pulled from TV in the UK?  Here it is:  

You’d think the folks at Levi’s would try to distance themselves from the rioting message, but quite the contrary:  ” Robert Hanson, global president of the Levi’s brand, told Reuters as recently as July that the company couldn’t help but see a correlation between unrest by young people across the globe and its “Go Forth” campaign.”  Brilliant – no more Levi’s for me!

Corruption Continued.  White House offered “guidance” to second witness in LightSquared inquiry   ”A second witness, a head of a federal agency, says the White House also offered him “guidance” by asking him to insert a paragraph expressing confidence in LightSquared’s efforts.”  Then there’s this:  Surprise: Solyndra execs to take the Fifth at congressional hearings next week – Common American Journal  and this:  Issa Wants Special Prosecutor To Investigate “Fast and Furious” Scandal… – Common American Journal

And It Gets More Interesting.  LightSquared | Darrell Issa | House Oversight Investigation | The Daily Caller  ”Citing concerns over alleged White House influence in dispersing loans, California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa announced that the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee would begin an investigation into the wireless startup LightSquared. On C-SPAN’s Washington Journal Tuesday morning, Issa, who chairs the Oversight Committee, named LightSquared along with the embattled solar energy company Solyndra as examples of “crony capitalism.” “I want to see when the president and his cronies are picking winners and losers,” he explained, “that it wasn’t because there were large contributions given to them.”  DARRELL ISSA = MY NEW HERO!!

And One More Video – I HAD to post this one!  Regardless of what you think of Rick Perry, this is powerful!  And it’s the way to beat 0bama…using his own words.  BTW, you’ve likely noticed I’ve been using zeros for the “O” in Barry’s name for quite some time.  I’m glad to see that Perry agrees he’s “President Zero.”  

Final Thought:  ”There Are Two Ways To Enslave A Country…. One Is By The Sword. The Other Is By Debt.” — John Adams

GOD BLESS AMERICA – PASS THIS ON – REMEMBER IN 2012!!