Monthly Archives: January 2010
Ali Landry your bonus Daley Babe
Saw this at the Washington Rebel, and just had to post this. I have always thought Ali Landry was one of the all-time beauties, and hey, the rest of the post is good too! That Washington Rebel is know for Damn Fine Bloggin’!
Why IS Dave C the last to know?
So Dave C is perplexed, and frustrated that he was the last to know the one of the most beautiful women in the world, Jessica Simpson, did a duet with one of the greatest bands in rock history, ZZ Top.
Jessica looks awesome, love that georgeous hair, but Dave should know that, until I saw this on his blog, I did not know. So Dave, you were not the LAST one to know. But, I wonder if Dave knew that ZZ Top also worked with the hotness of Carmen Electra?
No doubt that these two ouststanding hotties are today’s Daley Gator Daley Babes
More Hopey-Changey Economic News
Global Stocks Tumble On Obama Bank Plans – New York Times
Commodity prices tumbled and global stocks posted their worst week in months on Friday as investors turned to safer assets after U.S. President Barack Obama’s move to curb risk-taking by banks sparked widespread unease.
Oil slid under $75 a barrel as nearly all commodity prices were pressured by Obama’s proposals on Thursday to limit banks’ trading activities, which have boosted their presence heavily in commodities.
U.S. stocks fell more than 2 percent in the worst week since March for the Dow, and since October for the Nasdaq and S&P 500. The slide erased all gains for stocks in 2010.
The CBOE Market Volatility Index , known as Wall Street’s fear gauge, rose 55.6 percent since Wednesday in its biggest three-day jump in almost three years.
The sour mood intensified on Friday with uncertainty over the pending confirmation vote for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second term as two Senate Democrats said they would vote against Bernanke.
Pelosi goes back to square one!
Ed Morrissey has the good news
The dream of cramming down the Senate version of ObamaCare died as Scott Brown arrived in Washington DC to prepare to enter the Senate as the first Republican from Massachusetts in 38 years, which was both coincidental and providential. Nancy Pelosi announced late this morning that she can’t get the votes necessary to move it to Obama’s desk:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she does not have the votes needed to pass the Senate version of the health care bill.
“I don’t see the votes for it at this time,” Pelosi told reporters in a briefing.
After Democrats lost their 60-vote supermajority in the Senate Tuesday after Republicans won an upset victory in the Massachusetts special election to replace the late Ted Kennedy, House passage of the current Senate health bill appeared to be one of few options available for Democrats hoping to complete their year-long quest to pass health reform.
Ed has a great comment that sums up my feelings quite well.
Either way, it’s an ignominious defeat for Obama and Pelosi, whose radical approach and “I won” attitude finally caught up with them. Even with massive majorities and a filibuster-proof caucus, they could not jam down a massive government intrusion into the private sector through Congress. They overreached, and now they have been exposed as radicals in the middle of an election year.
Why do Liberals hate women in bikinis?
Michelle Malkin is wondering
What is it with the Left’s obsession over conservative women and swimsuits?
The trash bloggers of the far Left are eagerly digging up “dirt” on the wife and daughters of the GOP Sen.-elect from Massachusetts.
Call it the Palinization of the Browns.
The Huffington Post just sent out a blast e-mail advertising a music video that Brown’s wife, Gail Huff, appeared in from 1984.
Yeah, 1984.
And they’re trafficking a perfectly innocuous photo of Brown and his daughters in swim wear on a family vacation.
Again, I repeat: Big freaking deal.
Yes, Leftists, YES, Republican women wear bikinis, YES, Republicans have sex, YES, we might even get a bit kinky now and again. We are not, nor have we ever been prudes, so get over your inane obsession with painting us as a bunch of celebate losers.
Why I should have gone to work for NBC!
45 million to NOT work for them? That is what Conan gets? Damn! I would not work for them for FAR less than that! Come on NBC, save some money next time. Pay ME not to work for you.
Paul Krugman, a man with Obamagasms Deficit Disorder
Oh no! Tragedy of tragedies! Paul Krugman has lost his ability to reach Obamagasm!
Paul Krugman from the New York Times has now realized that Obama “wasn’t the one we’ve been waiting for
Maybe House Democrats can pull this out, even with a gaping hole in White House leadership. Barney Frank seems to have thought better of his initial defeatism. But I have to say, I’m pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama, who seems determined to confirm every doubt I and others ever had about whether he was ready to fight for what his supporters believed in.
Heartbreaking isn’t it?
FBI Gets ‘Muslim Mafia’ ‘Smoking-Gun’ Documents – WorldNetDaily
12,000 pages on CAIR terror ties turned over in reply to subpoena
Responding to a federal subpoena served by the FBI, lawyers for a former Air Force special agent who conducted a private undercover probe of the Council on American-Islamic Relations have turned over thousands of pages of internal documents that allegedly confirm the D.C.-based Muslim group’s role as a front for terrorist groups that seek Islam’s domination over the U.S.
As WND reported, FBI agents entered the capital law offices of Cozen O’Connor in the nation’s capital Nov. 24 with a warrant to obtain 12,000 pages of documents gathered by P. David Gaubatz and his son Chris in a daring six-month undercover penetration of CAIR. The younger Gaubatz served as an unpaid intern for the group that was designated an unindicted terrorist co-conspirator in the trial of the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation, the largest terrorist-finance case in U.S. history. Chris Gaubatz says he was able to collect the documents after CAIR leaders asked interns to shred them.
The FBI’s move suggests the federal government wants to see the papers as part of its interest in CAIR, its founders and their Hamas terrorist links.
Among the documents, which are cited in “Muslim Mafia” by WND Books, is evidence CAIR works behind the scenes to mislead and deceive the FBI on behalf of terrorism suspects and has cultivated Muslim moles inside law enforcement who have tipped off FBI terror targets.
Unbelievable!
Democrats Propose $1.9T Increase In Debt Limit – Yahoo News
Senate Democrats (Communists) on Wednesday proposed allowing the federal government to borrow an additional $1.9 trillion to pay its bills, a record increase that would permit the national debt to reach $14.3 trillion.
The unpopular legislation is needed to allow the federal government to issue bonds to fund programs and prevent a first-time default on obligations. It promises to be a challenging debate for Democrats (Communists) who, as the party in power, hold the responsibility for passing the legislation.
It’s hardly the debate Democrats (Communists) want or need in the wake of Sen.-elect Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts. Arguing over the debt limit provides a forum for Republicans to blame Democrats (Communists) for rising deficits and spiraling debt, even though responsibility for the government’s financial straits can be shared by both political parties.
The measure came to the floor under rules requiring 60 votes to pass. That’s an unprecedented step that could mean that every Democrat (Communist) no matter how politically endangered, may have to vote for it next week before Brown takes office and Democrats (Communists) lose their 60-vote majority.
Pictures of Ayla Brown in a bikini?
Why the Hell not? That is what my blogging partner would say And that is what Stacy McCain says so………
Yes, that’s right: The “American Idol” daughter of newly-elected Sen. Scott Brown — who posed nude as Cosmo’s 1982 “Sexiest Man” — was once photographed in a bikini with her father and (gasp!) her teenaged sister!
What a terrible scandal! How dare those Republicans wear bikinis! What would happen if the formerly bikini-clad Ayla Brown showed up at CPAC with Glenn Beck? It would be enough to break Moe Lane’s aged heart.
It’s time for conservative bloggers to unite in support of this scandlous shamelessness! Just as we ruthlessly exposed the horrors of Hanna Giles in a bikini, so we must join together in the crusade for more Ayla Brown bikini photos.
Yep! Republicans wear bikinis too!
Your blog headline of the day
Gotta give it to The Other McCain for this. Guess Who’s a Neo-Confederate Faux News Tea-Bagger Extremist?
Ah, so now Obama is in no rush to jam healthcare bills through?
What could have possibly changed his mind? Hmmmm, I guess he gets it now, or at least he is pretending to for political expediancy
Obama insisted today that the Senate wait for Brown to be seated before they make any changes to its version of the health care reform legislation.
“Here’s one thing I know and I just want to make sure that this is off the table: The Senate certainly shouldn’t try to jam anything through until Scott Brown is seated,” the president said. “People in Massachusetts spoke. He’s got to be part of that process.”
“I think point number two is that it is very important to look at the substance of this package and for the American people to understand that a lot of the fear mongering around this bill isn’t true,” Obama said.
Obama also said it was important for the American people to take a look at the substance and details of the health care reform legislation that Congress is considering.
Well, gee Mr. President, I agree we ought to have a look too. Except YOU and reid, and Pelosi were the ones who have been trying likle Hell to rush this through. YOU were the one who broke their promise about allowing C-Span televising health care debates. YOU were the one not giving anyone any time to check out the bill sir.
So, sir, understand that you still have a tremendous credibility gap here. In other words sir, we do not believe you, and will not until your actions back up your words!
UPDATE!! Looks like Obama is not the only one waking up. Dave C notes that Jim Webb is slowing down too
Maybe he’s realizing that yeah, the current health care bill is a turd sandwich the Democratic controlled Congress was going to shove down the throats of America
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Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) said the upper chamber shouldn’t move forward with healthcare or any other bills until Brown is sworn in.“In many ways the campaign in Massachusetts became a referendum not only on health care reform but also on the openness and integrity of our government process,” Webb said in a statement. “To that end, I believe it would only be fair and prudent that we suspend further votes on health care legislation until Senator-elect Brown is seated.”
Amazing what a good spanking will do isn’t it?
Carol checks in with a new attitude from Barney Frank
Consider the following from The American Spectator:
“I have two reactions to the election in Massachusetts. One, I am disappointed. Two, I feel strongly that the Democratic majority in Congress must respect the process and make no effort to bypass the electoral results. If Martha Coakley had won, I believe we could have worked out a reasonable compromise between the House and Senate health care bills. But since Scott Brown has won and the Republicans now have 41 votes in the Senate, that approach is no longer appropriate. I am hopeful that some Republican Senators will be willing to discuss a revised version of health care reform because I do not think that the country would be well-served by the health care status quo. But our respect for democratic procedures must rule out any effort to pass a health care bill as if the Massachusetts election had not happened. Going forward, I hope there will be a serious effort to change the Senate rule which means that 59 votes are not enough to pass major legislation, but those are the rules by which the health care bill was considered, and it would be wrong to change them in the middle of the process.”
That is Rep. Barney Frank speaking. Folks, when Barney Frank admits that it is time to listen to the voters there is only one thing to say, WE WON!
We won one seat, but folks, do not let your guard down, keep applying the pressure, this is NOT the time to ease up or relax. Politicians LIE, and will keep lying if we stop doing what we are doing. Hold their feet to the fire!
Alleged Burglar Showers, Cuts Hair, Fries Chicken – Yahoo News
An eastern Pennsylvania man was charged after he allegedly broke into a home, cut his hair and prepared fried chicken before being discovered. The man was charged with breaking into the home in Easton, about 50 miles north of Philadelphia. According to court documents, the homeowner returned home Sunday to discover him watching TV and cooking chicken.
Authorities said the man threw a rock through a front door window to get inside and appeared to have rummaged through every room in the house. He also took a shower.
The man faces burglary, criminal trespass and other charges and was being held on $15,000 bail.
Obama’s First Year: Failures And Broken Promises – News Max
Exactly one year ago today, President Barack Obama swept into the White House on winds of promised change. But a Newsmax look back at his first 365 days in office finds far fewer highlights than lowlights.
On the positive side, Obama no doubt raised the image of America abroad, as demonstrated by his selection as the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, and he drew praise by going to Dover Air Force Base to witness the return of some American soldiers killed in action.
He signed legislation in February to expand publicly funded insurance for children, reducing the number of uninsured youth by half.
He saw the Senate confirm his choice for the Supreme Court, (racist) Sonia Sotomayor, as the first Latino justice on the high court.
And he set a new record for getting Congress to vote a president’s way, clinching 96.7 percent of the votes on which he had clearly staked a position — breaking the record set by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965, according to Congressional Quarterly.
Some would say that passage of the $787 billion stimulus package should also be viewed as an Obama success in that it may have staved off an even deeper economic meltdown.
But on the negative side, Obama’s first year has been marked by failures, gaffes, broken promises and other missteps, including:
* Within days of taking office, Obama broke his pledge not to raise any taxes on those making less than $250,000 a year by imposing a tax hike of 61 cents on a pack of cigarettes. According to Americans for Tax Reform, measures supported by the president would hike taxes by $2.1 trillion over 10 years.
* Just weeks after moving into the White House, Obama signed an executive order to shut down the detainee center at Guantanamo Bay and ordered it closed within a year. Nearly a year after he signed the order, the facility remains open.
* The administration decided to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other 9/11 terrorists in a civilian court in New York rather than in a military court, prompting critics to predict a “public show trial.”
* Obama traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark, in an effort to convince Olympics officials to stage the 2016 games in Chicago. They chose Rio de Janeiro instead.
* Obama also traveled to Copenhagen for the much-ballyhooed climate change conference, but the bid to forge a broad alliance against global warming fell short, and the Obama-favored cap-and-trade legislation appears to be dead in Congress.
* The president dithered for months before finally agreeing to send additional troops to Afghanistan, then drew criticism for setting a date for U.S. withdrawal. A recent Quinnipiac University poll found that less than half of respondents approve of Obama’s handling of the war overall.
* Obama said he would end the war in Iraq. In the year since he took office, 473 more soldiers have died there and elsewhere, and troops remain in Iraq.
* Obama’s efforts to seek a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear program have produced no results and the Islamic Republic appears more determined than ever to acquire nuclear weapons.
* Diplomacy has also failed to rein in North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs.
* When mass demonstrations against the Iranian government broke out in June, Obama angered and disappointed opponents of the regime by sidestepping any condemnation of Iran’s use of force against protesters, and said the Islamic Republic had time to regain “legitimacy” in the eyes of the Iranian people.
* Despite a campaign pledge to allow C-SPAN to televise congressional meetings, Obama and the Democrats have rebuffed a request from C-SPAN to air healthcare discussions and the final version of the healthcare bill will now be hammered out behind closed doors.
* Obama also pledged to usher in a new era of bipartisanship, then went more than six months without meeting with Republican leaders on healthcare.
* Obama stirred outrage when he appeared to bow to Saudi King Abdullah at a G-20 meeting in London, a move the Washington Times called an “extraordinary protocol violation.” Despite the criticism, the president also bowed to Japanese Emperor Akihito during a November visit trip to Tokyo.
* Candidate Obama vowed that no lobbyists would work in his White House. President Obama waived that rule in June for Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn, who was a registered lobbyist for a defense contractor. Other lobbyists serving in the Obama administration include Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative, and Cecilia Munoz, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House.
* Obama angered ally Israel by calling for an end to new Jewish settlements in the West Bank, then backed down when Israel’s prime minister refused to halt new construction.
* The Obama White House launched an all-out attack on Fox News in an attempt to stifle opposition to its liberal policies, only to see ratings for the cable network soar.
* Obama had to accept ultimate responsibility when the so-called underwear bomber incident exposed serious gaps in the system for detecting and preventing terrorist plots.
* Security at the White House itself was shown to be porous when two uninvited guests crashed an event honoring the prime minister of India.
* Obama nominated former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to be Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Daschle withdrew his name amid a growing controversy over his failure to accurately report and pay income taxes.
* The confirmation of Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor was stalled when it came to light that her husband had paid about $6,400 to settle numerous tax liens against his business dating to 1993.
* At his Senate confirmation hearings, it was revealed that Treasury Secretary nominee Timothy Geithner had not paid $35,000 in self-employment taxes for several years. He also deducted the cost of his children’s sleep-away camp as a dependent care expense, when only expenses for day care are eligible for the deduction.
* Annette Nazareth, who was nominated for Deputy Treasury Secretary to help Geithner, withdrew for undisclosed “personal reasons” following a month-long probe into her taxes and other matters.
* President-elect Obama designated New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson for appointment to the Commerce Secretary position. A month later, Richardson announced his decision to withdraw his nomination as a result of an investigation into improper business dealings in New Mexico.
* Obama appointed Van Jones to be the administration’s “green jobs” czar in March. But he became embroiled in controversy over his past political activities, including his 1990s association with a Marxist group and a public comment disparaging Congressional Republicans, and resigned in September.
* Nancy Killefer stepped down from consideration to become the government’s first chief performance officer when it was learned her past performance included failure to pay taxes for her household help.
* In July, Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., was arrested at his home by Cambridge, Mass., police officer Sgt. James Crowley, who was responding to a report of a break-in, and charged with disorderly conduct. Obama created a furor by commenting that the Cambridge police acted “stupidly” in arresting the African-American teacher. That led to the Obama-moderated “Beer Summit” between Gates and Crowley, which Townhall.com called “the most demeaning moment of any president in recent memory.”
* When the administration announced that the U.S. Census would be directed by the White House under the auspices of Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Republicans warned that will politicize apportionment of House seats, redistricting, and distribution of federal aid.
* Obama appointed as his Secretary of Commerce Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, who had voted in 1995 to abolish the Commerce Department. In the face of reports that the administration would move the Census, typically run by the Commerce Department, out of Gregg’s jurisdiction, he withdrew his name from consideration.
* When British Prime Minister Gordon Brown became the first head of government to visit the White House, Obama let word out that the bust of Churchill that Prime Minister Tony Blair had presented to the U.S. as a gift from the British people had been returned to the British Embassy.
* Obama also canceled a joint news conference with Brown and excluded British reporters from covering Obama’s press conference, an act the London Daily Telegraph called “rudeness personified towards Britain.”
* A month later he gave a gift to Queen Elizabeth: An iPod full of his own speeches.
* Obama eased travel and remittance restrictions on Cuba. But Fidel Castro later said Obama “misinterpreted” what his brother Raul had said. Cuba would not be willing to negotiate about human rights, Castro insisted.
* Obama and his staff vacillated on whether to prosecute those who carried out “enhanced interrogations,” first saying that CIA operatives carrying out orders were in the clear, then later saying it would be up to Attorney General Eric Holder to decide whether some officials should be prosecuted.
* The stock market hit a seven-year low, with the Dow dipping below 7,000, after Obama likened the market to political “tracking polls,” suggesting they’re unimportant.
* In the first appearance ever by a sitting president on late-night television, Obama remarked to Jay Leno that his bowling ability is “like Special Olympics, or something.” He soon issued an apology for his insensitive remark.
* Obama betrayed allies Poland and the Czech Republic by canceling plans to build a missile defense shield in those nations to guard against an attack from Iran. Obama reportedly wanted Russia’s help in resolving the nuclear weapons issue in Iran, but Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said he would not “haggle” over Iran and the missile shield.
* In his inaugural address, Obama called on Americans to adopt a spirit of sacrifice. But the $49 million cost of his swearing-in ceremony was triple the cost of Bush’s first inaugural.
* Obama said in February that approval of his $787 billion stimulus package was urgent. Congress got its work done on a Friday, but Obama and his wife Michelle flew off on Air Force One to Chicago for the Valentine’s Day weekend and dined at a romantic restaurant before flying back to Washington on Monday to sign the bill.
* Obama promised workers at Caterpillar Inc. that his stimulus bill would save their jobs. Caterpillar CEO Jim Owens later said there would be more layoffs at the company.
* Obama pledged during his campaign to slash earmarks to no greater than 1994 levels, which would be 1,318, according to the Washington Times. Then he signed into law some 9,000 earmarks, totaling about $5 billion.
* Obama promised in February to crack down on executive pay for companies that take “exceptional” amounts of bailout money. But he did nothing to stop 73 executives from AIG, which has received $170 million in bailout funds, from taking home bonuses of up to $6.4 million.
* Obama’s promise of a public option in the healthcare reform plan — a government-run insurance plan that would compete with private insurers — has died in the Senate. His plan to allow lower-cost drug imports into the U.S. was also defeated.
Looking at the high and low points of Obama’s first year, it is no surprise that his job approval rating has plummeted from around 70 percent when he took office to below 50 percent today. And the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll found that 62 percent of Americans now say the country is on the wrong track, the most in 11 months.
Soft-On-Terrorism Corruptocrat TSA Nominee Resigns – Michelle Malkin
Thump, thump, thump. With media attention focused last night on the Massachusetts Miracle, the White House found its opening to throw a disastrous homeland security nominee under the bus.
GOP Sen. Jim DeMint and Washington Examiner columnist Byron York deserve great credit for keeping the heat on would-be TSA chief Erroll Southers, as well as CNSNews.com and the Washington Post
Southers blamed his withdrawal on “politics.”
But it was his deceptive answers to Congress about improperly accessing FBI files to snoop on an ex-wife’s boyfriend, coupled with his security-undermining unionization zeal and his disturbing assertion that the war on terror should be treated on par with global warming, that earned him Obama bus skid marks.
DeMint’s statement:
January 20, 2010 – WASHINGTON, D.C – Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) made the following statement after President Obama’s nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Erroll Southers, withdrew his name from consideration:
“Americans deserve a leader at TSA with integrity and with an unwavering commitment to putting security ahead of politics. The White House never responded to requests for more information relating to Mr. Southers false testimony to Congress and his censure by the FBI for improperly accessing files. And Mr. Southers was never forthcoming about his intentions to give union bosses veto power over security decisions at our airports. TSA screeners can already join unions, but collective bargaining would force TSA officials to ask union bosses for permission to make critical security changes. The Senate could have had an open and transparent debate this week to approve Mr. Southers, but apparently, answering simple, direct questions about security and integrity were too much for this nominee. I hope the President will quickly put forward a new nominee that is fully vetted and that will put the safety of the American people first.”
Massachusetts Turns From Blue To Brown!
Coakley concedes! Scott Brown has just won Ted Kennedy’s old U.S. Senate seat! Obamacare is now in serious trouble! HOORAY!!!
Brown looking strong in early results
Just saw on Fox News that with 52 % of the precincts rerorting, Brown is up by six points…..
Seven points (53-46) with 60 % reporting now. Olbermann’s head is going to POP!
Seven points is still the lead, 65 % of precincts reporting…………..
Happy birthday to General Lee and Stonewall Jackson
Two of the finest men to ever draw breath. Honor, duty, sacrifice, and gallantry are but a few of the reasons I admire these men so much. Both were born in January, Lee’s birthday is today, and Jackson’s is the 24th.
More at Southern Appeal and at the SCV blog And here is a great tribute to the Christian character of both men
Booker T. Washington, America’s great Black-American Educator wrote in 1910, “The first white people in America, certainly the first in the South to exhibit their interest in the reaching of the Negro and saving his soul through the medium of the Sunday-school were Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.”
God bless these men, and another great man also born in January. My grand-father Randall Allen was born on January 26, 1911, and is now residing in Heaven, and I often wonder if he has met Generals Lee and Jackson up there. No doubt they would enjoy his cornread and collards.
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