Blog Smith

Blog Smith is inspired by the myth of Hephaestus in the creation of blacksmith-like, forged materials: ideas. This blog analyzes topics that interest me: IT, politics, technology, history, education, music, and the history of religions.

Thursday, December 16, 2010

'The sea gave her back':

Wonder in Israel as ancient Roman statue buried for centuries is uncovered by powerful winter storm.

TSA, Bread and Circuses

Food prices rise sharply

and there's more to come

McConnell: Dems Using "Christmas Break As An Inducement" To Pass Omnibus

RealClearPolitics - Video - McConnell: Dems Using "Christmas Break As An Inducement" To Pass Omnibus

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) touts his one page continuing resolution that would "simply continue the government through February 18th."

"I would hope that it would make sense on a bipartisan basis, this one-page continuing resolution on Feb 18th as an alternative to this 2,000-page monstrosity that spends a half a billion dollars a page," McConnell said on the Senate floor.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Ian Hunter 10 December 2010, Pawling, NY, Town Crier Cafe

Excerpts: Ian Hunter 9/17 Danbury CT and 12/10 Pawling NY


Battipaglia Calls Obama-CEO Meeting a `Photo Op'

The socialist president plays host to capitalism, Op-Ed by Dana Milbank

Same o, same o, song and dance from Boeing.

Cf. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/15/AR2010121505744_2.html?sid=ST2010121503366

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- James McNerney, chief executive officer of Boeing Co., talks about today's meeting between President Barack Obama and and 20 company executives in efforts to accelerate the U.S. economic recovery. McNerney, speaking with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television's "Bottom Line," also discusses Boeing's plan to hire "four or five thousand people" in 2011 because of export growth. (Source: Bloomberg) (Bloomberg)

Battipaglia Calls Obama-CEO Meeting a `Photo Op'

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Joseph Battipaglia, market strategist at Stifel Nicolaus & Co., talks about President Barack Obama's meeting with business leaders in Washington today. He talks with Matt Miller, Carol Massar and Dominic Chu on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart." Independent trader Andrew Keene also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)

Only business can put Obama back on top

By Mort Zuckerman

Austrian Fined for Traditional Yodeling: Offended Muslims

Austria: Judge Rules That Yodeling Offends Muslims.

Russia: clashes between racist hooligans and mostly Muslim ethnic minorities

1,000 detained in Russia to prevent ethnic clashes.

U.S. missile-defense test fails over Pacific

Test was a repeat of a failed exercise in January.

Senate girds for last-minute showdown on spending

Unclear if Republicans have the votes to block it

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Iraqi Christians Seek Western Help

Amid Wave of ‘Religious Cleansing’

Do Americans Really Care About Our National Security?

Contributing Editor Dave Gaubatz

Racist Comments From Dream Amnesty Supporters Replace Whites

Will UCLA and Dream Act Amnesty Groups Denounce Racist Comments?


Illegal aliens given Dream Amnesty to replace whites? As the US Senate hangs within a few votes of passing Dream Act Amnesty for illegal aliens any day before Christmas 2010, Dream Amnesty supporters make and cheer racist comments against white Americans!

On December 13, at the Levitt Pavilion in the historic MacCarthur Park, UCLA's Kent Wong gave another exhilarating speech at "The DREAM Act is alive" vigil held where he expressed his admiration to DREAMers, their evolution of this country and generation, and how will go on to do many great things with their lives and for this country.

"I'm proud of the DREAMers who have changed the course of this country," Wong said. "I am so proud of the DREAMers who have take over the chambers of the US senate, who have taken over the office of John McCain... Who have marked on foot from Florida to Washington, DC."

"We will win the dream act soon -- very soon," he exclaimed. "When that day comes, we will celebrate with millions and millions of people of people across this country who are standing with you tonight. Who stand for justice, who stand for democracy and equal opportunities for all."

"When that day happens, the young people of the DREAM Act movement, will go on to accomplish and do great things with your lives," he said. "You will go on to become lawyers, teachers, doctors and members of the US congress to replace those old white men... You are the hope and future of this country. You are hope and future of your generation."

If Dream Act Amnesty passes, millions of Americans will be DISPLACED and REPLACED in their jobs, seats in college, and elections.

According to Dr. Wong, that replacement will be racially motivated and targeted.

The Move Toward Revolution

Should Muslim Teacher Be Paid to Make Mecca Pilgrimage?

teacher sues U.S. school after being denied three weeks unpaid leave to make pilgrimage to Mecca.

The Federal Government has brought the case on behalf of Safoorah Khan, claiming that it is a violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

After a year of work the teacher asked to be compensated so that she could fulfill her religious duty.

The government asked the court to order the school district to adopt policies that reasonably accommodate its employees' religious practices and beliefs, and to reinstate Khan with back pay and also pay her compensatory damages.

In November 2008, Khan filed a complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which found reasonable cause that discrimination had occurred and forwarded the matter to the U.S. Justice Department.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Bill Clinton for a Third Term (or preface to Hillary)?


Obama and Bill press conference both surreal and astounding.

Obama gave yet another brief, halting, and clearly uncertain explanation of the tax rate proposal, then Obama indicated he was going to let Bill Clinton “speak briefly.” Where Obama had spoken to the press for less than 3 minutes, Bill took center stage and spoke, without teleprompter, and with a concise and authoritative understanding of issues ranging from tax rates to Haiti, for the next half hour.

At the 6:35 mark, Obama made his first attempt to cut off Bill and take back the podium. Clinton disregarded Obama’s move, and continued to speak – managing to talk over Obama while still maintaining his instantly recognizable “aw shucks” tone of voice. It is at that moment we note the first clearly visible anger come from Obama. From this point on, Bill is completely off script. He is now effectively “running the show” – and Obama knows it.

By the 8:20 mark, the White House Press Corps begins asking Bill questions while Obama stands next to the former president, looking increasingly uncomfortable and agitated.

At the 10:28 mark Obama folds his arms across his chest, staring down the reporter who continues to pose questions to Bill. At 10:55 Obama again attempts to retake the podium – Bill does not give it up. It is at that point Obama, current Complainer-in-Chief, looks down at his watch and declares he is 30 minutes late for a Christmas party, and that, “Gibbs will call last question.” (Even though Obama has actually only been at the press conference for about 10 minutes) A clearly terse handshake between Obama and Bill is undertaken, followed by Obama’s abrupt turn away from the podium and a short walk to the door.

It is at this moment, some 11 minutes into the press conference, the situation does indeed enter into the surreal. Obama is now off camera as another reporter poses the next question to Bill while using the title “Mr. President”. For the next 20 minutes, Clinton is speaking to the nation from the White House, without the use of a teleprompter, without specific preparation of the questions being posed – and he intelligently responds.

At about the 16:00 minute mark, a member of the press asks Bill if Obama should be a one term president. Bill, while briefly stating he does not believe that to be the case, spends far more time defending Democrats in Congress- the very group who now openly challenge Obama’s competence as president in now-infamous four letter terms.

American Education?

A number of stories about the sad state of American schools and the kids they dis-serve.

Fat is a National Security Issue: "We can’t just leave it up to the parents"

Michelle Antoinette warns about the latest national security threat: fat.

Now that the kids are fed in schools;

"We can’t just leave it up to the parents." The federal government will feed the children and raise the children as well.

Obama Giveth, Obama Taketh

Obama, Haley go head to head.

"Obama rejected Haley's request to repeal the health care bill - but said he'd consider letting states opt out of its mandates." These are very disturbing points. Is it just me who notices that the Obamination simply decrees this that or the other thing? Don't we have the separation of powers anymore? Don't we have laws? This is corruption, pure and simple. Laws are made for others and they only apply if and when people want them to apply. Companies, unions, are exempted and now it looks like states can get out of the onerous provisions as well. Very, very strange times indeed.

Judge Calls Health Law Unconstitutional, Commerce Clause Does Not Apply


U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson said the law's requirement that most Americans carry insurance or pay a penalty "exceeds the constitutional boundaries of congressional power."

Hudson wrote that the Interstate Commerce Clause wasn't sufficient for Congress to establish the individual mandate. He said Congress lacked precedent for "regulation of a person's decision not to purchase a product, notwithstanding its effect on interstate commerce or role in a global regulatory scheme."

The Commerce Clause is an enumerated power listed in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3). The clause states that the United States Congress shall have power "To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes."

The individual mandate "would invite unbridled exercise of federal police powers."

Capretta Interview on Obama's Health-Care Law

Cf. http://www.bloomberg.com/video/65230850/

Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- James Capretta, a health-care fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, discusses today's ruling on the Obama administration's individual health-care mandate. U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson in Richmond, Virginia, today ruled that the requirement in President Barack Obama’s health-care legislation that most citizens maintain minumum health coverage is unconstitutional because it goes beyond Congress’s powers to regulate interstate commerce. Capretta talks with Bloomberg's Megan Hughes. (Source: Bloomberg)

New Low in Support for Health Care Reform

Sunday, December 12, 2010

London Riots

Winter of Discontent: London fee riots not the end, The Spirit of '68?


Attack on Charles and Camilla


(Paris, May 1968) Beauty is in the Street

7-10 Years for the American Recovery

Ian Hunter, The Narrows Center, Fall River, MA 12/11/2010

Boy

Angel Of Eighth Avenue

Arms and Legs

Wash Us Away

I Wish I was Your Mother


I Wish I was Your Mother

I Wish I Was Your Mother


Irene Wilde


Michael Picasso


Michael Picasso


Sea Diver/Letter To Brittania From The Union Jack

Sea Diver


The Ballad of Little Star/Somewhere


Letter to Brittania From the Union Jack


Sweet Jane


Roll Away The Stone/All The Young Dudes/We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Roll Away The Stone / All the Young Dudes / We Wish You A Merry Christmas


Roll Away The Stone / All the Young Dudes / We Wish You A Merry Christmas


Ageless Ian Hunter rocks The Narrows in Fall River

Set list

Words, Big Mouth
The Great Escape
Wash Us Away
Boy
Arms & Legs
Soul of America/Man Overboard
Wash Us Away
Angel of 8th Avenue
Irene Wilde
Girl From the Office
Flowers
River of Tears
Michael Picasso
Sea Diver
Letter to Brittania From the Union Jack
Ballad of Little Star
Somewhere
Sweet Jane
Roll Away the Stone/All The Young Dudes/We Wish You A Merry Christmas





In depth: Google's Cr-48 Chrome notebook

Google sent notebooks loaded with Chrome OS to beta testers.

Analysis: WikiLeaks battle

A new amateur face of cyber war?

Saturday, December 11, 2010

Friday, December 10, 2010

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Noah's Park: Kentucky 'Ark Encounter' Plans Full Scale Replica of Noah's Ark

BMI's Top 10 Worst Economic Myths of 2010


In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell

Orwell Quote

In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell

SPECIAL REPORT: More Than 1000 International Scientists Dissent Over Man-Made Global Warming Claims

Challenge UN IPCC & Gore

15 Really, really, useful tools for your Windows desktop - Free

Create a faster, more productive Windows environment.

The Real Story Behind China’s Energy Policy And What America Can Learn from It

Inhofe: Playing Up China’s Green Energy Status Is 'Pretext for Imposing That Statist Vision on the American Economy'

Iranian Missiles Can Reach the U.S.

Iran Placing Medium-Range Missiles in Venezuela; Can Reach the U.S.

London Update

Students attack Prince Charles' car after fee hike.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

DynCorp, ExGreenBerets Military Elite Exploit Bacha Bazi (Boy Play) to Afghan Police

The Day the Dollar Died

NIA Analysis for December


Why it's possible to have massive inflation with rising unemployment.

A video produced by the National Inflation Association.

US Textbooks: Muslim America


Saudi-funded textbooks being used in America's K-12 classrooms.

Teaching, among other things, that Jesus was a "Palestinian," the state of Israel never existed, and that the Muslims discovered America before Columbus. At this rate, perhaps even Saudi grade-school textbooks, complete with jihadi and dhimmi declarations, will come to instruct American school-children.

ooo OOO ooo

"Public Schools Teach the ABCs of Islam," by Erick Stakelbeck for CBN News, October 9, 2008:

CBNNews.com - Several recent studies have shown that American students are alarmingly ignorant about U.S. history and world events.

Experts have contributed the problem to everything from failing schools to substandard teachers.

But what about content?

For instance, did you know that Muslims discovered America? Or that Jerusalem is an Arab city? That's just some of the "history" that students in America's K-12 classrooms have been taught in recent years--with the help of taxpayer money.

A new report by the non-profit Institute for Jewish and Community Research finds that American high school and elementary textbooks contain countless inaccuracies about Christianity, Judaism, Israel and the Middle East.

The Institute examined 28 of the most widely-used history, geography and social studies textbooks in America. It found at least 500 errors.

One book ignored the Jewish roots of Christianity, saying the faith was founded by a "young Palestinian" named Jesus.

Another stated as fact that the Koran was revealed to Mohammed from God.

Yet another said ancient Jewish civilization contributed "very little" to to the arts and sciences.

Textbooks like these are used by millions of schoolchildren in all 50 states.[...]

Harvard is one of 18 universities that receives government funding under Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965. To qualify for that funding, the universities are required to conduct outreach to K-12 teachers, helping them to shape lessons for schoolchildren. Elementary and secondary teachers have taken full advantage of the arrangement: after all, they believe they're getting expert insight on Islam and the Middle East from distinguished university scholars.

"You have a lot of politically naive teachers--well intentioned teachers who do want their students to learn more about Islamic history," says Stotsky. "It has not been well covered in most history courses they've ever taken, so they do genuinely want to learn more for themselves and teach their students more."

In some cases they may be getting more than they bargained for: the Saudi government has donated millions of dollars to Middle East Centers at universities that receive Title VI funding.

The Harvard Middle Eastern Studies Center--whose recommendations to the Massachusetts Board originally drew Stosky's concern--is one of them. As CBN News reported earlier this year, the Harvard Center received a $20 million donation from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal in 2005. Georgetown University--another title VI recipient--also received $ 20 million from the Prince that same year.

It's through these Title VI university centers--all of them government-sanctioned and taxpayer supported--that Saudi-funded materials find their way into K-12 classrooms.

"Saudi donations to American universities should be seen in a much larger picture of Saudi promotion of a Saudi point of view," said Daniel Pipes, Director of the Middle East Forum in Philadelphia. "Whether it be Islamic or political, the Saudis have a point of view. And they have been very clever and very generous over the decades to promote that point of view."

The Trouble with Textbooks: Distorting History and Religion

Don't Be an Ass About Airport Security

The enemy is inventive and imaginative. Our response is neither. By Christopher Hitchens

Silent Monks Sing Hallelujah

Silent Monks Sing Hallelujah, 3:00

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

After the Mosque: Jihad on the Home Front

NOAA rescues Civil War-era coastal charts, now available online

Preserve America

AGENDA: Grinding America Down

AGENDA: Grinding America Down (Trailer) from Copybook Heading Productions LLC on Vimeo.

American Taxpayers Fund Islamist Propaganda

Pacifica Radio to add audio news feed from Al Jazeera English network.

Opening Gay Private Who Supports Obama Reveals Biggest Security Breach in American History

"Brad was reprimanded for putting mundane video messages to friends on YouTube that carelessly revealed sensitive information."

"He’d graduated from training as an intelligence analyst with a security clearance."

"Brad was pulling for the celebrity freshman senator from Illinois, Barack Obama."

"Tthe Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy is the worst thing about being in the military. “`I’ve been living a double life,'” he said.

The Inside Story of the Oklahoman Behind the Biggest Military Intelligence Leak Ever

Debt-hit Irish raise taxes, cut spending, minimum wage, welfare payments...

Toughest budget in Ireland's history clears 1st parliament vote; more hurdles loom.

Shanghai Students Top World Rankings on Math Test

U.S. Teans Ranked 25th

Monday, December 6, 2010

Red Skelton, The Pledge Of Allegiance


Comedian Red Skelton (1913 – 1997) explains the Pledge to another generation.

WikiLeaks cables: Poland wants missile shield to protect against Russia

This is an update on Poland and as I have pointed out the Russkys are outmaneuvering Obama and abandoning a reliable old-time ally, Poland.

Philly Cops Stopping & Searching Random People On The Streets


TSA-Style Pat Downs Hit Philly Streets

The move was also hit by a class action suit filed by the ACLU on behalf of State Representative Jewell Williams.

Majority of Muslims want Islam in politics, poll says

They have mixed feelings about the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, the survey shows.

The majorities in Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan and Nigeria would favor changing current laws to allow stoning as a punishment for adultery, hand amputation for theft and death for those who convert from Islam to another religion. About 85% of Pakistani Muslims said they would support a law segregating men and women in the workplace.

Daniel Hannan Comparison Between US And Europe


Daniel Hannan is a Member of the European Parliament

“If you look at the policies being pursued by your current rulers they amount to a comprehensive strategy towards Europeanization. This is a sustained attempt to change the character of The Republic into something else.

I am living in your future and believe me you are not going to like it.“

Daniel Hannan Warning About Our Transformation Into Europe

Time to Think the Obvious

A Democratic Primary Challenge To Obama's Reelection

Help Obama Learn More About America

Lawmakers to Obama: Correct reference to US motto as 'In God We Trust'...

Free Internet a Civil Right for ‘Every Nappy-Headed Child’



Obama FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, daughter of Congressman James Clyburn.


He added "hos" but this is the same racially charged phrase that Don Imus used in getting fired, but later re-instituted, in talk radio.

Terrorists Hang Out: Wal-Mart

BIG SIS INVADES WAL-MART: 'IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING'

Sunday, December 5, 2010

The Forgotten Man, painting, John McNaughton

Saudis Fund Islamic Terror

Mideast funding of militants irks U.S.: WikiLeaks

Texan calls for jail time for enforcing Obamacare

Proposal defines demanding compliance as felony with penalty of 5 years, $5,000.

James Madison wrote in the Virginia Resolution of 1798 that states not only have a right, but a duty to step in when the federal government oversteps its authority.

According to Madison:

That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the powers of the federal government, as resulting from the compact, to which the states are parties; as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting the compact; as no further valid that they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights and liberties appertaining to them.

When Jesus' Nativity is a myth and Obama's is gospel

A Different Christmas Poem

The PC "Night Before Christmas"

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Young and Muslim in America: Cell Phone Video of The Christmas Tree Lighting bomber

http://www.kptv.com/local-video/index.html?grabnetworks_video_id=4444265

This is a cell phone video of a Muslim in Oregon who attempted to bomb Pioneer Courthouse Square where 25,000 infidels gathered during a Christmas Tree lighting ceremony.

FOX 12 Obtains Exclusive Video Of Mohamed Mohamud (hat tip Jack M)

We don’t know much about why this recording was made, but the source says it was taken following a confrontation.

From the video:

“He wants a fight. That’s what he wants, and he’s trying to do.…

You know what the whole West thing is? They want to insult our religion. They want to take our lands. They want to rape our women while we're bowing down to them. This is what they want. This country and Europe and all those countries, that's all they want. They want Muslims to --"

The recording appears to be edited, and we don’t know what led up to the recording or who he’s talking about.

Again, from the video:"If I met him, I would get five, six Muslims, beat the (expletive) out of him.

That's something I have zero tolerance for. When it comes to our prophet, nobody can say anything. They're calling it freedom of speech. It's not freedom of speech. They're doing it.”

The Fed is Failing and Has Failed For 100 Years

US House passes symbolic tax-cut renewal

Taxes raised on people with money to hire workers.

Bloggers Forced Out of Van Jones Event by St. Louis Campus Police

Citizen journalist Adam Sharp visited a Washington University (St. Louis, MO) event to question former Obama Green Czar and self-professed communist, Van Jones.

Fortunately, Sharp was accompanied by fellow blogger, Patch W. Adams of PoedPatriot.com, as each share a different perspective of the same event. Wrote Sharp, “With Jones visiting Washington University in St. Louis it was once again time for citizen journalism to fill the vacuum left by the ‘mainstream media’.”

From the beginning, organizers appeared upset when Sharp called out questions to Van Jones about any role in the removal of Andrew Brietbart from ABC’s Election Night programming, through Jones’ Color of Change organization. He went on to ask if Van Jones was really a 9/11 “Truther,” and at an attempt at humor, he complimented him on his music. “No chance of you busting a freestyle, Van?” Sharp added, “I’m a big fan of his rap.”

After some maneuvering offstage, officials then came forward to order everything be shut off and claiming Sharp was violating the University’s “intellectual property rights,” despite the visible evidence of cameras all over the hall. Sharp was then accused of being with FoxNews local Channel 2 (as if that’s a bad thing). Soon after, uniformed campus police arrived to forcefully remove both bloggers from the hall.

The first video, by Adam Sharp of SharpElbowsStL:


Eisenbeis Interview on Fed Disclosures

Cf. http://www.bloomberg.com/video/64960242/

Dec. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Eisenbeis, chief monetary economist at Cumberland Advisors, discusses the Federal Reserve's report on users of its $3.3 trillion in emergency programs. Eisenbeis speaks with Erik Schatzker on Bloomberg Television's "InsideTrack." (Source: Bloomberg)

Fed aid in financial crisis went beyond U.S. banks to industry, foreign firms

"The American people are finally learning the incredible and jaw-dropping details of the Fed's multitrillion-dollar bailout of Wall Street and corporate America," said Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.), a longtime Fed critic whose provision in the Wall Street regulatory overhaul required the new disclosures. "Perhaps most surprising is the huge sum that went to bail out foreign private banks and corporations."

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Outrage Over Taxpayer-Funded Exhibit

EU Speech Euro Ideal as Economic Collapse Looms


British politician and the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage has slammed EU bosses over European crisis. "It's even more serious than economics because if you rob people of their identity, if you rob them of their democracy, then all they are left with is nationalism and violence. I can only hope and pray that the Euro project is destroyed by the markets before that" - Farage said at the end of his speech.

Turkey: Austria, Austrian MP Ewald Stadler to Turkish Ambassador: "People Sick and Tired of One-Way Street Tolerance Babble Which You Feed On"


Austrian MP Ewald Stadler powerful address to Turkish Ambassador.

BitTorrent Based DNS To Counter US Domain Seizures

A group of enthusiasts is developing a new, decentralized and BitTorrent-powered DNS system. The Dot-P2P project is in development.

Obama Lied About Offshore Oil Drilling sites...

Obama raises American unemployment: sends more jobs overseas.

Treasurys lower on data, Europe aid report


Why are we so tied to foreign companies?

US Ready to Back Bigger EU Stability Fund: Official

While we squander the future of America's children the regime is set to bail out foreigners. Why?
What's 43,000 Pages and 16 Feet Tall?

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Peer-reviewed paper says terrorists could fool clothes-penetrating tools

TSA's nude scans would miss taped-on bombs

A budget-balancing proposal from the CATO Institute achieves fiscal equilibrium in only ten years

Libertarian Plan Balances the Federal Budget by 2020 Without Raising Taxes

The lunatic who thinks he's Barack Obama

By Spengler

RealClearPolitics - Video - Dem Sen. Bennett On Lame Duck Session: "It's All Rigged"


The Senate is rigged?

A hot microphone caught a conversation between a male and female Senator.

"Because -- because, it's all rigged. I mean, the whole conversation is rigged. The fact that we don't get to discussion before the break about what we're going to do in the lame duck is just rigged. This stuff's rigged," the Senator said.

Cf. http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2010/11/bennet-angry-over-senate-process-caught-hot-mic-stuff-rigged

Cf. http://dailycaller.com/2010/11/30/c-span-hot-mic-picks-up-discussion-on-senate-floor-its-all-rigged/

Monday, November 29, 2010

Train Kept A'Rollin'

Aerosmith - Train Kept A Rollin,' 1974, 5:11



Yardbirds - Train Kept A Rollin' (1966 with Jeff Beck), 2:22



TINY BRADSHAW ~ THE TRAIN KEPT A-ROLLIN ~ 1951, 2:41


Hezbollah in Mexico

Obama Identity

What is the PNC Christmas Price Index® ?

The Interactive 2010 PNC Christmas Price Index

The Price of Christmas from 1984 to 2010

Game (one for the over 13 age crowd: Economics Trivia Game

Big Polluters Freed from Environmental Oversight by Stimulus

BP, Westar, and DuPont Among Companies Exempted from Environmental Law

Wikileaks: the Arab leaders use their friends in Washington to expand their own positions of power

A Superpower's View of the World

Brennan said President Obama looked forward to seeing the King at the G-20 summit in London. “Thank God for bringing Obama to the presidency,” the King answered, which has created “great hope” in the Muslim world. “May God grant him strength and patience, Abdullah continued, “May God protect him. I’m concerned about his personal safety. America and the world need such a president.”

Assange is teasing Obama over drip, drip Wikileaks releases

The State Department cables are revealing about the Obama regime:

They go up to 28 February 2010, offering a potential window on Obama’s foreign policy which may well not show it in the sainted light he would prefer. It seems to me that Assange is teasing Obama, letting him know what WikiLeaks has and making him sweat.

Local TSA Agent Speaks Out On Pat-Downs

At least one staffer has gone on the record as objecting to the new procedures.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Nov.13 2010 Unsuspecting Shoppers were Victims of a Christmas Flash Mob

Wikileaks: Obama Wrong on Iran Nuke Program

Back in 2007 it was common knowledge that Iran was working on a nuclear weapons program.

That’s why it was such a shock in December 2007 that National Intelligence Estimate assessment released a controversial report that claimed Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003.

Far left Senator Barack Obama attacked then President Bush after the report was released:

“It is absolutely clear that this administration and President Bush continues to not let facts get in the way of his ideology.. They need, now, to aggressively move on the diplomatic front… They should have stopped the saber rattling — should never have started it.”

Now, thanks to the Wikileaks document dump, we find out that this report by leftists in the NIE was horribly inaccurate. In fact less than four months after the NIE report was released the Saudi regime was begging the US to “cut off the head of the snake” and put an end Iran’s nuclear weapons program.

The far left Guardian posted the document:

Here’s the transcript:

10. (S) The King, Foreign Minister, Prince Muqrin, and Prince Nayif all agreed that the Kingdom needs to cooperate with the US on resisting and rolling back Iranian influence and subversion in Iraq. The King was particularly adamant on this point, and it was echoed by the senior princes as well. Al-Jubeir recalled the King’s frequent exhortations to the US to attack Iran and so put an end to its nuclear weapons program. “He told you to cut off the head of the snake,” he recalled to the Charge’, adding that working with the US to roll back Iranian influence in Iraq is a strategic priority for the King and his government.

Obviously, this shows that Obama and the far left were on the wrong side of history once again.

…And, Bush was right.

COICA Bill S. 3804 Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act

COICA Bill S. 3804 Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act


The Electronic Frontier Foundation: The COICA Internet Censorship and Copyright Bill

Tech Dirt: Why Voting For COICA Is A Vote For Censorship

Demand Progress: COICA Fact Sheet

US, SKorea launch war games in tense Yellow Sea

War games

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Leftists Advocate Violence Against TEA Party

Workers World Party Activist - "I Got My Scope on You Tea Party Fascists"

Bill Whittle What We Believe, Part 7: American Exceptionalism

Fly With Dignity

Fly With Dignity
features an illustrative photo depicting the TSA assault on Americans.

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  • Abbot, Edwin A., Flatland;
  • Accelerate: Technology Driving Business Performance;
  • ACM Queue: Architecting Tomorrow's Computing;
  • Adkins, Lesley and Roy A. Adkins, Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome;
  • Ali, Ayaan Hirsi, Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations;
  • Ali, Tariq, The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads, and Modernity;
  • Allawi, Ali A., The Crisis of Islamic Civilization;
  • Alperovitz, Gar, The Decision To Use the Atomic Bomb;
  • American School & University: Shaping Facilities & Business Decisions;
  • Angelich, Jane, What's a Mother (in-Law) to Do?: 5 Essential Steps to Building a Loving Relationship with Your Son's New Wife;
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