Monthly Archives: June 2010
Why did Team Obama refuse Dutch offer to help clean up oil spill?
Jill has some pretty damning stuff and be sure to read it all.
I can’t wait to hear Gibbs explain this. Perhaps the Dutch should have gone through Jake Tapper instead of the Obama administration and BP.
Three days after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, the Dutch government offered to help.
It was willing to provide ships outfitted with oil-skimming booms, and it proposed a plan for building sand barriers to protect sensitive marshlands.
The response from the Obama administration and BP, which are coordinating the cleanup: “The embassy got a nice letter from the administration that said, ‘Thanks, but no thanks,’” said Geert Visser, consul general for the Netherlands in Houston.
Now, almost seven weeks later, as the oil spewing from the battered well spreads across the Gulf and soils pristine beaches and coastline, BP and our government have reconsidered.
U.S. ships are being outfitted this week with four pairs of the skimming booms airlifted from the Netherlands and should be deployed within days. Each pair can process 5 million gallons of water a day, removing 20,000 tons of oil and sludge.
Well, I am glad Obama’s lack of experience at anything but community organizing has not hurt anything yet. Aren’t y’all?
You want hateful stereotypes?
If you do,then follow Stacy McCain’s advice, and look Leftward!
Obama Oddly Unpopular
in Former Slave States
– Josh Marshall, Talking Points MemoYeah, thanks Josh. I live in Maryland, a ”former slave state” where Obama got 62% of the vote. But never mind that. What does affluent Ivy League a–hole Josh Marshall have to say about Alvin Greene winning the Democrat primary in the “former slave state” of South Carolina?
C’mon, Josh, tell me: Is it OK for white Democrat Vic Rawl to assert that the election of a black Army veteran in a “former slave state” is somehow illegitimate?
Read all of McCain’s spanking of yet another Liberal suffering from Racial Obsession Syndrome, and a fever that only bashing the South will cure.
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Democrat Congressman Caught On Video Assaulting Student – WTKR
A video posted on YouTube by a conservative blogger shows North Carolina Congressman Bob Etheridge assaulting a student who asked him if he supports the “Obama agenda” while walking down a Washington street.
Etheridge, a Democrat from the 2nd District, is seen grabbing the camera from one of at least two men filming the encounter, then grabbing his wrist and demanding to know who they are.
The story, posted on Breitbart.com by Mike Flynn identifies the men as students. In the video, the men never identify themselves by name, but say they’re students working on a project. Their faces are blurred in the video.
Etheridge eventually grabs one around the neck and then the shoulders and refuses to let him go. The man eventually gets away and the video ends.
The video was picked up by the Drudge Report with the title “SHOCK VIDEO: Congressman Assaults Student on Washington Sidewalk…”
According to WTVD, National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Jon Thompson e-mailed the station the following comment:
“Bob Etheridge has lost it. His conduct is unbecoming of a member of Congress. It’s bad enough that he’s joined Obama’s assault on North Carolina jobs, but his physical assault on a college student goes beyond the pale.”
Etheridge issued the following statement Monday:
“I have seen the video posted on several blogs. I deeply and profoundly regret my reaction and I apologize to all involved. Throughout my many years of service to the people of North Carolina, I have always tried to treat people from all viewpoints with respect. No matter how intrusive and partisan our politics can become, this does not justify a poor response. I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse.”
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U.S. Finds Vast Mineral Wealth In Afghanistan – Fox News
U.S. geologists have discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, possibly amounting to $1 trillion, President Hamid Karzai’s spokesman said Monday.
Waheed Omar said the findings were made by the U.S. Geological Survey under contract to the Afghan government. “The result of the survey has shown that Afghanistan has mineral resources worth $1 trillion.”
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Rawl Files Protest Of Tuesday’s Election Results – WCBD
Monday Democrat Candidate for U.S. Senate Vic Rawl announced that his campaign filed a protest of last Tuesday’s election results with the South Carolina Democratic Party.
Rawl said he filed the protest, not for his “personal or political gain”, but on behalf of the people of South Carolina. “There is a cloud over Tuesday’s election,” said Rawl.
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75,000 Uzbeks Flee Ethnic Riots In Kyrgyzstan – Forbes
Mobs of rioters slaughtered Uzbeks and burned their homes in Kyrgyzstan’s worst ethnic violence in decades, sending more than 75,000 members of the ethnic minority fleeing the country.
More than 100 people were killed in southern Kyrgyzstan and more than 1,200 wounded in days of attacks, according to government estimates Sunday. The true toll may be much higher.
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Iranian “Aid” Ships Head To Gaza – Reuters
Iran is sending “aid” ships to blockaded Gaza – a move likely to be considered provocative by Israel which accuses Tehran of arming the Palestinian enclave’s Islamist rulers, Hamas.
One ship left port on Sunday and another will depart by Friday, loaded with food, construction material and toys. The boats would be part of international efforts to break Israel’s isolation of the Gaza Strip.
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Flash Floods Swamp Oklahoma City – USA Today
Flash flooding across Oklahoma City stranded motorists on their morning commutes Monday, prompting at least a half-dozen rescues and at least three interstate closures, authorities said.
No injuries were immediately reported but drivers were being warned to stay off the roads, Oklahoma Police Lt. Gamille Hardin said. Portions of interstates 35, 44 and 235 were closed, as were numerous smaller roads.
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Election Official: I’d Testify Obama Not Born In Hawaii – WorldNetDaily
The former Honolulu elections clerk who says Obama was “definitely” not born in Hawaii and has no birth certificate from any Hawaiin hospital says he’s willing to testify in court to those facts.
“The things I’ve said, I don’t mind testifying in court,” Tim Adams, the senior elections clerk for the city and county of Honolulu in the 2008 campaign, told WND in an exclusive interview.
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USU Space Satellite Discovering New Asteroids – Deseret News
NASA announced recently that a space satellite designed and built in Utah has discovered an astonishing number of new asteroids – and a few dozen have orbits that bring them close to Earth.
Since the launch by NASA in December, the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer satellite has been taking an infrared picture every 11 seconds. The people who designed and built the WISE satellite are ecstatic.
I just knew it would come to this
Well, the Obama finger-pointing tour rolls on, and now, it seems, it is our fault!
The best thoughts on illegal immigration you will ever read
From Stormbringer!
Maybe we should turn to our history books and point out to people like why today’s American is not willing to accept these new kind of immigrants any longer. Back in 1900 when there was a rush from all areas of Europe to come to the United States, people had to get off a ship and stand in a long line in New York and be documented.
Some would even get down on their hands and knees and kiss the ground. They made a pledge to uphold the laws and support their new country in good and bad times. They made learning English a primary rule in their new American households and some even changed their names to blend in with their new home.
This is great, go read it all.
Thank you Mike Pence
I am liking this Congressman more and more. He gets it! He sees the need for America to stand behind Israel. I wish our President did. Video via Theo Spark
What is a must-see blog?
Well, if you want to know, head over to The Classic Liberal, Very high quality stuff there!
Your DaleyGator Blog of the Day
Is Donald Douglas’s American Power, Donald is one of the best going! He offers up hard hitting analysis, and even hot babes like Heidi Klum
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At Least 16 Dead, Dozens Missing In Arkansas Floods – Fox News
Floodwaters that rose as swiftly as 8 feet an hour tore through a campground packed with vacationing families early Friday, carrying away tents and overturning RVs as campers slept. At least 16 people were killed, and dozens more missing and feared dead.
Heavy rains caused the normally quiet Caddo and Little Missouri rivers to climb out of their banks during the night. Around dawn, floodwaters barreled into the Albert Pike Recreation Area, a 54-unit campground in the Ouachita National Forest that was packed with vacationing families.
The raging torrent poured through the valley with such force that it peeled asphalt off roads and bark off trees. Cabins dotting the river banks were severely damaged. Mobile homes lay on their sides.
Two dozen people were hospitalized. Authorities rescued 60 others.
Marc and Stacy McNeil of Marshall, Texas, survived by pulling their pickup truck between two trees and standing in the bed in waist-deep water.
“It was just like a boat tied to a tree,” Marc McNeil said, describing how the truck bobbed up and down.
They were on their first night of camping with a group of seven, staying in tents. The rain kept falling, and the water kept rising throughout the night, at one point topping the tool box in the back of the truck.
“We huddled together, and prayed like we’d never prayed before.” Stacy McNeil said. They were able to walk to safety once the rain stopped.
After the water receded, anguished relatives pleaded with emergency workers for help finding more than 40 missing loved ones.
At one point, Gov. Mike Beebe said the death had climbed to 20. But Beebe’s office later revised that figure to 16, saying he had relied on an erroneous figure after talking to an emergency worker at the scene.
Still, authorities agreed that the death toll could easily rise. Forecasters warned of the approaching danger during the night, but campers could easily have missed those advisories because the area is isolated.
“There’s not a lot of way to get warning to a place where there’s virtually no communication,” Beebe said. “Right now we’re just trying to find anybody that is still capable of being rescued.”
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Crist Vetoes Bill Requiring Ultrasound Before Abortion – WPLG
Gov. Charlie Crist vetoed a Republican-backed bill that would have required women seeking a first-trimester abortion to pay for an ultrasound exam and, with few exceptions, view the image.
Crist, a former Republican who is running for the U.S. Senate as an independent, said that requirement would put an “inappropriate burden” on women seeking abortions and violate their privacy rights.
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Saudi Arabia Gives Israel Clear Skies To Attack Iranian Nuclear Sites – London Times
Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran s nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal.
Defence sources in the Gulf say that Riyadh has agreed to allow Israel to use a narrow corridor of its airspace in the north of the country to shorten the distance for a bombing run on Iran.
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Obama Attended Fundraiser Instead Of Memorial – Outside The Beltway
President Obama did not attend the May 25 memorial service for the workers who died in the Deepwater Horizon explosion because he was en route to a fundraiser for Sen. Barbara Boxer.
At Thursday’s White House briefing, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked why Obama did not attend the service. The president’s spokesman answered, “I’d have to look at the schedule. I don’t know the answer.”
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45 Killed In Kyrgyzstan Ethnic Clashes – CNN
At least 45 people are dead and more than 632 have suffered various injuries in the latest violence in the city of Osh in southern Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz officials said Friday.
Speaking from the capital, Bishkek, the nation’s top health official, Dinara Sagynbayeva, said casualty numbers have been rising during the day and are not final.
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Retail Sales Drop 1.2 Percent In May – Yahoo News
Retail sales plunged in May by the largest amount in eight months as consumers slashed spending on everything from cars to clothing. The big drop raises new worries about the economy.
The Commerce Department says that spending fell 1.2 percent last month. Auto sales were down 1.7 percent but there was weakness in a number of areas. Excluding autos, sales fell 1.1 percent.
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Obama Renews Call For $30 Billion Plan To Boost Hiring – CNBC
President Obama Friday repeated his call for Congress to pass a $30 billion package to foster hiring and help tackle painfully high levels of unemployment.
“I’m hopeful the House will pass these measures next week and that the Senate will follow as soon as possible – with support from both Democrats and Republicans,” Obama said in the White House Rose Garden.
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Russian Parliament Votes To Strengthen KGB Successor – KyivPost
Russia’s parliament voted to boost the powers of the successor to the Soviet KGB, allowing it to summon people it believes are about to commit a crime and threaten jail for those who disobey it.
Rights groups said the proposed regulations could be used by the FSB security service to detain opposition activists and independent journalists and undermine President Medvedev’s promises to foster civil rights.
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Buffalo Head Falls, Traps Man In Recliner – Chicago Sun-Times
Most people would only worry about being crushed by a buffalo out in the wild. It turns out the animals can be dangerous when they’re mounted on walls, too.
Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies say a man in the Florida Keys had to call 911 when a stuffed water buffalo’s head which was mounted on a wall fell on him and pinned him as he slept in a reclining chair.
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A 23-year-old man in the US, accused of snipping the hair of unsuspecting bus passengers, has been sentenced to two years and four months in prison.
Oregon investigators said Jared Weston Walter cut large clumps of hair from three women and stuck glue in the hair of one woman on Portland-area buses in the past year. Walter had pleaded guilty to two counts of witness tampering.
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Drunken Washington Man Breaks Into Bank To Sleep – CBS News
Police in Ellensburg, Wash., said a drunk man looking for a place to sleep broke into the basement of a bank. Surveillance video shows the man breaking a basement window about 3 a.m. Saturday and leaving before 8 a.m.
Police tracked down the 21-year-old by Tuesday and arrested him at his home for investigation of second-degree burglary and malicious mischief.
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Attorney Earns Jail Ban Over Underwire Bra – First Coast News
An attorney claims she couldn’t visit her client at a Florida detention center because of the undergarment she was wearing. The attorney says an underwire bra set off a metal detector at the Miami Federal Detention Center.
Guards wouldn’t let the woman inside, so she removed the bra and again tried to enter. Then the guards refused to let her inside because she wasn’t wearing a bra.
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