The Decline and Fall of Barack Hussein Obama, March 20, 2010

RASMUSSEN POLL:
Obama Approval Index: -21 (matching trend low)
Strongly Approve 23%
Strongly Disapprove 44%

Total Approval 43% (trend low)
Total Disapproval 56%

Democrats, Undocumented Journalists Tout Fake Health Reform CBO Numbers

"This estimate is therefore preliminary, pending a review of the language of the reconciliation proposal...."

Horse race reporting unhinged?

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Organizations: Community, Commune, Communism

They all share the same root word.

The Democrat Banzai Charge

Wikipedia defines "Banzai charge" as a term applied during World War II by the Allied forces to human wave attacks mounted by infantry forces of the Imperial Japanese Army. These attacks were usually launched as a suicide attack to avoid surrender and dishonor or as a final attempt at maximizing the odds of success in the face of usually numerically superior Allied forces.

It seems very fitting to characterize the last-ditch efforts to pass ObamaCare with reconciliation as a Banzai charge.

The Wall Street Journal today opined:

A string of electoral defeats and the great unpopularity of ObamaCare can't stop Democrats from their self-appointed rendezvous with liberal destiny—ramming a bill through Congress on a narrow partisan vote. What we are about to witness is an extraordinary abuse of traditional Senate rules to pass a bill merely because they think it's good for the rest of us, and because they fear their chance to build a European welfare state may never come again.

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The vehicle is "reconciliation," a parliamentary process that fast-tracks budget measures and was created in 1974 as a deficit-reduction tool. Limited to 20 hours of debate, reconciliation bills need a mere 50 votes in the Senate, with the Vice President as tie-breaker, thus circumventing the filibuster. Both Democrats and Republicans have frequently used reconciliation on budget bills, so Democrats are now claiming that using it to pass ObamaCare is no big deal.

President Obama is expected to endorse reconciliation in remarks this morning.

And in doing so, Obama is asking volunteering Democrats in Congress to Banzai charge into the withering fire of voter discontent. If voters who elected Obama as the great unifier have become disillusioned by his failure to bring about the change he campaigned on, just wait until Democrats pass Obama's health care reforms.

We can only "hope" that voters will remember the damage wrought by liberal exteemism married to a complicit press and prevent a Democrat majority for generations to come.

Undocumented Journalist: Campbell Brown of CNN

In an effort to expose unqualified journalists working in the field without documentation, I will identify whether or not a so-called 'professional' journalist actually holds a degree in journalism or communications.

Why is this important?

Documented journalists have been taught in college to not only cover the who, what, where, when, why, and how of news, but they have also learned the reasons why the framers of the Constitution protected the press from the government in the First Amendment, and the role the press plays as the Fourth Estate by providing final checks and balances over the political process in the United States. Journalist malpractice can thus be exposed through training or lack thereof.

Simply put, it is not the job of the press to hold one political party more or less accountable than another. It is the job of the press to objectively report the truth.

Campbell Brown was born Alma Dale Campbell Brown on June 14, 1968 in Ferriday, Louisiana, the daughter of former Louisiana Democratic State Senator, Secretary of State, and Insurance Commissioner James H. "Jim" Brown Jr. She grew up in Natchez, Mississippi and attended Trinity Episcopal Day School. She was also a cheerleader. She was kicked out of the elite Madeira School for sneaking off campus to go to a party.

Brown graduated from Regis College in Denver with a bachelor of arts degree in political science. Brown is an undocumented journalist because she does not hold a degree in journalism or communications.

My country, left or lefter, the results of a Democrat poll

If Sarah Palin was at your feet dying of thirst and you had a cold 2-liter bottle of Diet Pepsi, what would you do?

Seventy-one percent said they would "probably let her lick the sweat off their balls."

Twelve percent said they would offer her a "nice turd" or a "couple of rocks."

What animal does Sarah Palin remind you of?

Forty-one percent asked, by way of clarification, if a maggot is an animal.

What would you do if Jesus was at your door?

Forty-one percent said they would keep him at bay with a bong pipe or a baseball bat until their local school board arrived.

Twenty percent said they would sell their house before the neighborhood got any worse.

Is there anything more exciting than watching people arguing in circles with straw men?

Seventy-six percent said no.

Twenty percent said, "Unprotected sex, but only with multiple members of the same sex."

What is the greatest scientific achievement in the history of humankind?

Twenty-four percent said, "man-made global warming."

Fifty-nine percent said, "trying to find clean clothes when our parents are on vacation."

Is it ever okay for men to touch the remote?

Twenty-two percent said, "Only to switch to MSNBC."

Twenty-six percent said, "Only to switch to Bravo."

Twenty-nine percent said, "Only to switch to Project Runway."

Do you trust any mainstream TV or print publications?

Eighty-one percent said, "Only MSNBC."

Nineteen percent said, "Bravo."

Is it ever okay to be against abortion?

Twenty-one percent said, "Yes, but only when the parents are crack heads and have an IQ of 75 or lower."

How God-damned is America?

Twenty-nine percent said, "Humongously."

Twenty-seven percent said, "Ginormously."

Twenty-six percent said, "Bodaciously."

Twelve percent simply hyperventilated.

Source

Coffee Party? Don't Burn Your Bottom Lip

Click here for a Tour de Insipide from The Washington Post.

The Decline and Fall of Barack Hussein Obama, Feb. 26, 2010

RASMUSSEN POLL:
Obama Approval Index: -20
Strongly Approve 23%
Strongly Disapprove 43%

Total Approval 44% (all time low)

Health Insurance Reform for Idiots

The quickest way to fix any cost and coverage issues with health insurance is to simply let insurers sell across state lines. Period.

The Decline and Fall of Barack Hussein Obama, Feb. 22, 2010

RASMUSSEN POLL:
Obama Approval Index: -19
Strongly Approve 22% (all time low)
Strongly Disapprove 41%

Total Approval 45%

I have been asleep since 1941 and woke to find Japan had won the war....

Obama gives Japan's Emperor Akihito a bow....

Economy Grows in Q3, Recession Over? Not by Definition, Technically....

October 29 update: The Commerce Department, in its first estimate of third-quarter gross domestic product on Thursday, said the economy grew at a 3.5 percent annual rate, the fastest pace since the third quarter of 2007, after contracting 0.7 percent in the April-June period.

[. . .]

The surge in consumer spending and residential investment was likely driven by government stimulus programs.

The same-old, same-old shuffle scam....

A recession is defined simply as a period when GDP falls (negative real economic growth) for at least two quarters. Some economists prefer a definition of a 1.5% rise in unemployment within 12 months.

Keep this in mind and apply it to any media or government claims that the recession is easing or over.

U.S. GDP by quarter at a glance.

Economy returns to growth after a year of declines

Fair and Balanced: Mmm, Mmm, Mmm.....

Some undocumented journalists at play.

White House Boasts We "Control" News Media

If ever there was a time to be very afraid in the American newsroom, the time is now....

Here are some recent quotes from administration operatives about their relationship with the Fourth Estate. It's time journalists started taking them at their word.

"Very rarely did we communicate through the press anything that we didn't absolutely control," White House Communications Director Anita Dunn recently said.

"One of the reasons we did so many of the David Plouffe videos was not just for our supporters, but also because it was a way for us to get our message out without having to actually talk to reporters," said Dunn, referring to Plouffe, who was President Barcak Obama's chief campaign manager.

Continued Dunn: "Whether it was a David Plouffe video or an Obama speech, a huge part of our press strategy was focused on making the media cover what Obama was actually saying as opposed to why the campaign was saying it, what the tactic was. … Making the press cover what we were saying."

Dunn was speaking at a Jan. 12, 2009, event focusing on Obama's media tactics and hosted by the Global Foundation for Democracy and Development.

On Sunday, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel told CNN that President Obama does not want "the CNNs and the others in the world [to] basically be led in following Fox," urging other news organizations to stop reporting and instead join the administration's attempt to marginalize the FOX News channel.

Obama senior adviser David Axelrod went further by calling on media outlets to join the administration in declaring that Fox is "not a news organization."

"Other news organizations like yours ought not to treat them that way," Axelrod counseled ABC's George Stephanopoulos. "We're not going to treat them that way."

While journalists cannot redeem themselves for their lack of professionalism in covering Obama's election by now taking an objective look at his administration, perhaps journalists will, out of a desire for self-preservation, actually start to take an objective look. Then again, I know better.

Recession Over? Not by any Definition, Technically....

October 12 update: despite idiotic media reports to the contrary, nothing has changed to alter the realty of the data released less than two weeks ago....

A recession is defined simply as a period when GDP falls (negative real economic growth) for at least two quarters. Some economists prefer a definition of a 1.5% rise in unemployment within 12 months.

Keep this in mind and apply it to any media or government claims that the recession is easing or over.

U.S. GDP by quarter at a glance.

October 2, 2009: U.S. unemployment at 9.8 percent, adjusted to a real 17 percent.

Disturbing Video: School Kids Taught to Praise Obama

This video was filmed taken in June 2009 at the B. Bernice Young Elementary School in Burlington, NJ.

Lyrics:

Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
He said that all must lend a hand [?]
To make this country strong again
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
He said we must be clear today
Equal work means equal pay
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
He said that we must take a stand
To make sure everyone gets a chance
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
He said Red, Yellow, Black or White
All are equal in his sight
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama
Yes
Mmm, mmm, mm!

Barack Hussein Obama

Jump to

Hello, Mr. President we honor you today!
For all your great accomplishments, we all [do? doth??] say "hooray!"
Hooray Mr. President! You're number one!
The first Black American to lead this great na-TION!
Hooray, Mr. President something-something-some
A-something-something-something-some economy is number one again!
Hooray Mr. President, we're really proud of you!
And the same for all Americans [in?] the great Red White and Blue!
So something Mr. President we all just something-some,
So here's a hearty hip-hooray a-something-something-some!
Hip, hip hooray! (3x)

Hope, Biden Style: GOP Wins Would be "End of the Road" for Obama's Agenda

Vice President Joe Biden on Monday said if Republicans succeed in winning back the House in 2010, it would be the "end of the road" for the White House's agenda.

Out of the mouths of babes....

Read it.

Million Selling Book Never Reviewed by NYT, Washington Post

The mainstream media no longer qualifies to be called "mainstream"

Without ever having been reviewed by either the New York Times or the Washington Post, Mark Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto has now sold one million copies, according to its publisher, Threshold Editions.

Read the report.

Public's Trust in Media Accuracy and Fairness Crashes to 20-Year Low

In a rather predictable shadowing of any reliable poll taken of Barack Obama, the public’s assessment of the accuracy of news stories is now at its lowest level in 20 years. I guess that's what happens when, as a journalist, you begin to see your job as promoting an ideological agenda -- or an individual -- instead of simply reporting truthfully the news.

In the open source Internet age, biased reporting is self destructive. The only thing more self-destructive for the press is being in denial of their bias.

Read it.

2 Million Protest Obama, Democrats in DC

The interesting thing to keep in mind here is that unlike the American press, the British press, who reported the story linked below, could care less about covering for Obama and the Democrats....

Read it.