Chris Rock - How not to get your ass kicked by the police!

I guess Henry Lewis (aka Skip) Gates must have missed this little tidbit of very useful information. Maybe NObama could benefit from watching it also.

Red White and Blue

Ed with the answer: "Red states, white people and blue uniforms."



Johhny with the question: "Which colors does NObama hate the most?"

The joke and the picture above were both shamelessly stolen from a comment in the Washington Post by "Past Your Eyes". For you youngsters who never got to enjoy the show, this was a favorite segment on the Johnny Carson Show for years. Ed would give the answer and Johnny ("Carmac" if I remember correctly) would make a big deal of rubbing the envelope with the question in it on his forehead and "fortell" what the question was. Then he would make a big display of opening the envelope to discover that he was correct. I guess you had to be there to really appreciate it. I am not sure he has the colors in the correct sequence. White people may very well be number 1 on his hate list, but I am quite sure that the blue uniforms are correct in third place.

W.W.A.A.D. # 1

What Would Average American Do.

I have decided to start a new series of posts entitled W.W.A.A.D. From time to time, NObama will do or say something that will inspire me to give my opposing view and I will explain what I would do differently, were I the POTUS. I think readers will find a marked difference in our styles. Talk about your "understatement"!!!


Well, it didn't take the lead dummycrat very long to inspire me. I no more than came up with this new format when I found this gem in today's (July 22nd)news:

However, Obama continued, "I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that [Gates case]. But I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home; and, number three, what I think we know separate and apart from this incident is that there's a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. That's just a fact."

Here's the link to the article.

My answer would have been more like this:

"Well, not having been there and not knowing exactly what went on, all I can say is that it seems as though things got a bit out of control. I have no way of knowing who is to blame for that. I am confident that the City of Cambridge and the State of Massachusetts are competent enough to sort the whole thing out and handle things accordingly, without me adding to the problem by interjecting national politics into the mix. Next question?"

This story does not appear to be going away. Follow this link for NObama's follow-up and see how much worse he managed to make the whole affair. Here's just a teaser few paragraphs of what he and his idiot Gibbs had to say.

"I have to say I am surprised by the controversy surrounding my statement, because I think it was a pretty straightforward commentary that you probably don't need to handcuff a guy, a middle-aged man who uses a cane, who's in his own home," Obama said.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said today that the president was not calling the Cambridge police officer stupid when he criticized his actions in the Gates incident.

On whether the president regrets the use of his words, Gibbs said: "No. He was not calling the officer stupid. The situation got out of hand."

NObama was "surprised"? Most anyone with a frigging BRAIN CELL would have expected some serious backlash. What an idiot! Gibbs, get your facts straight!! He most certainly DID call Sgt. James Crowley stupid!
God, when will these idiots get a frigging clue? Gibbs, as of right now your name has been changed. You are now "D.C. Bob". You are even more STUPID than Baghdad Bob ever thought of being!

As most of you probably know by now, the police in Cambribge and Massachusetts, as well as, I suspect, throughout the country, extremely pissed off at our not-so-beloved POTUS for being so unbelievably arrogant as to say ANYTHING AT ALL about this incident. The pompous asshole just can not seem to learn that sometimes it is best to keep one's piehole SHUT!! Some things are NOT a result of racism no matter WHO claims that to be the case. If the frigging asshole that tried to break into his own home and then got pissed off at the police for questioning him had been WHITE, do you really think the cops would have been fine with that? I think NOT!! No one has the right to get belligerent with authority for just doing their job. Here's a few more paragraphs of how people close to the scene are reacting to this story:

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A black police officer who was at Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s home when the black Harvard scholar was arrested says he fully supports how his white fellow officer handled the situation.

Sgt. Leon Lashley says Gates was probably tired and surprised when Sgt. James Crowley demanded identification from him as officers investigated a report of a burglary. Lashley says Gates' reaction to Crowley was "a little bit stranger than it should have been."

Asked if Gates should have been arrested, Lashley said supported Crowley "100 percent."

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A multiracial group of police officers on Friday stood with the white officer who arrested a prominent black Harvard scholar and asked President Barack Obama and Gov. Deval Patrick to apologize for comments the union leaders called insulting.

Dennis O'Connor, president of the Cambridge Police Superior Officers Association, said Obama's remarks were "misdirected" and the Cambridge police "deeply resent the implication" that race was a factor in the arrest.

"President Obama said the actions of the CPD were stupid and linked the event to the history of racial profiling in America," O'Connor said. "The facts of the case suggested that the president used the right adjective but directed it to the wrong party."

The charge was dropped Tuesday, but Gates has demanded an apology, calling his arrest a case of racial profiling.

FUCK HIM!! There is NO WAY he deserves an apology and there is NO WAY I would have dropped the charges. What a crock of SHIT that was!!! Any apologies due in this mess are due from F###ing NObama!! Our police deserve much better than that!

Time to Quit Smoking!

NH man charged 23 quadrillion dollars for smokes

MANCHESTER, N.H. — A New Hampshire man says he swiped his debit card at
a gas station to buy a pack of cigarettes and was charged over 23 quadrillion dollars.

Josh Muszynski checked his account online a few hours later and saw the 17-digit number — a stunning $23,148,855,308,184,500 (twenty-three quadrillion, one hundred forty-eight trillion, eight hundred fifty-five billion, three hundred eight million, one hundred eighty-four thousand, five hundred dollars).

Muszynski says he spent two hours on the phone with Bank of America trying to sort out the string of numbers and the $15 overdraft fee.

The bank corrected the error the next day.

Bank of America tells WMUR-TV only the card issuer, Visa, could answer questions. Visa, in turn, referred questions to the bank.

I bought my first cigarettes when I was 14 years old. They cost me 19 cents a pack. I bought a pack of Camels yesterday. It cost me $6.21. Between NObama, the biggest taxer and spender President we ever had, and Governor Lynch, the biggest taxer and spender Governor New Hampshire ever had, they are taxing us smokers to death!

When I saw the above article, I just had to assume that our esteemed Democrap politicians had really gone and done it this time. I do believe that if they thought they could get a way with it, they would try, maybe not to that extreme, but I'm sure they would love to see at least a doubling of the price. ASSHOLES!! They want to take my cigarettes, my booze, AND my guns away from me. ASSHOLES!!

Here's the link to the article. You might get a kick out of the responses people left.

Update July 17! Here's an update article with a little explanation and apology (sort of) from Visa.

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Visa said Wednesday that a "temporary
programming error" caused to a Manchester man and thousands of others across the
country to be charged quadrillions of dollars for small purchases.

Josh
Muszynski just wanted to buy a pack of cigarettes at a Mobil gas station, so he
was shocked to see a charge on his bank statement of more than $23 quadrillion.

"I thought my card had been compromised," Muszynski said. "I thought
somebody had bought Europe with my credit card. It was very concerning."

Because Muszynski didn't have that much in his account -- no one does,
as it's hundreds of times the gross domestic product of the world -- he was even
charged an overdraft fee. The charge and fee have since been removed, but
Muszynski took evidence of the astronomical number to the manager of the Mobil.

"The gentleman it happened to came in with his laptop and showed me that
number, and I couldn't believe it," said manager Debbie Rodriguez.

Rodriguez said she sells cigarettes for only $5 and change.

Customer Mike Johnson was so stunned when Muszynski showed the amount
that he paid for his gas and then forgot to actually pump it. He returned soon
after.

"Yeah, it scared me that much," Johnson said. "You guys threw me
way off."

The amount is difficult for people to grasp. It's more than
2,000 times bigger than the national debt. For $23 quadrillion, someone could
buy the Mobil station 33 billion times. If it's sports and entertainment you're
after, you could buy 420 million Verizon Wireless Arenas.

And if your
dream is to buy every building in the city of Manchester, you could do it 2
million times for that amount of cash.

Muszynski said if he had that
much cash, he'd start by bailing out General Motors.

Although Muszynski
originally described the affected card as a debit card, Visa said debit cards
weren't affected. He was technically using a cash pay card, which was affected
by the glitch, along with prepaid cards.

Visa said the incident will
have no financial impact on cardholders' finances or credit. The company said it
regretted the inconvenience to customers and has taken steps to ensure it
doesn't happen again. It also noted that the Mobil gas station isn't responsible
in any way for the error.

Here's the link.

Did our Tea Parties do this?

I visited my Senator's web page today (this post was written a week ago and I just now posted it) and found this:

"Mail Delay

Please note that due to heightened security in the U.S. Capitol, mail service to my Washington, D.C. Senate office is significantly delayed. If you have any correspondence that is time sensitive, please use alternatives such as e-mail, phone, or fax."

I wonder if a flood of Tea Bags had anything to do with it, or maybe it's because Napolitano's list of "Right Wing Extremists" is so long. Gee, for a "few" protesters, we sure seem to have made an awful nuisance of ourselves huh. I mean, the media said there were only a few of us and we would fizzle out and not be a problem, right? NObama didn't even know we were protesting, he must be leading quite the sheltered life.

The reason I went to her site was to send an e-mail concerning Cap and Trade. Here it is. Please consider doing the same to your Senators.

Cap and Trade regulations will be the biggest hidden tax this country has ever seen. Any Senator who sees it as anything else is very badly mistaken! There is no way that the associated costs of this ridiculous package will be absorbed by the businesses incurring them, they will be passed on to us consumers. This does not stop at the electric utilities. Fuel, food, anything that requires heat or power to manufacture, and anything that requires transportation will cost us more. I am aware that you support going "green" and believe in Global Warming, but please don't let your personal feelings dictate your vote on this matter. With all of the other exorbitant spending going on lately, WE CAN NOT AFFORD anything of this magnitude. You Senators and Representatives we sent to Washington to represent US are not doing such a great job so far. I hope your counterparts in the House will be looking for new jobs next year because of their voting records, and we are watching your every vote also. You can redeem yourself a little by voting AGAINST this one. AT LEAST READ THE WHOLE THING BEFORE YOU VOTE!!!!!!! Thank you for considering this request.

I know you attract more bees with honey than with vinegar but I couldn't help myself. The bitch just pisses me off and it is very hard to stay civil. At least I didn't swear at her! Oh, and I also didn't type in red or big fonts either, just capital letters.

A Reporter With BALLS!

On AOL Politics Daily, long-time White House reporter Carl Cannon bluntly declared that the political press gave Sarah Palin a raw deal in the 2008 campaign, and seriously failed to scrutinize Joe Biden, especially his fact-mangling and odd statements in the vice presidential debate. Cannon summed up:

In the 2008 election, we took sides, straight and simple, particularly with regard to the vice presidential race. I don't know that we played a decisive role in that campaign, and I'm not saying the better side lost. What I am saying is that we simply didn't hold Joe Biden to the same standard as Sarah Palin, and for me, the real loser in this sordid tale is my chosen profession.

He goes on to highlight 6 points during the Vice-Presidential debate where Joe "The Gaffe" Biden went way beyond gaffes and either out and out LIED or was so damned confused about the facts that he does NOT deserve to be in ANY political position at all. The biggest blunder was when he tried to explain the duties of the VPOTUS. He didn't have a frigging clue!! You really have to read the whole article. You can find it by following this link.

When you are done reading about many things WE already knew, but the press decided to ignore, you might wonder "Who is this Carl Cannon? Who is this BRAVE soul that is FINALLY outing the biased media?" Why didn't he fess up BEFORE THE ELECTION. I guess we'll never know. He could have saved our country A WHOLE LOT OF GRIEF! Follow this link for a description of his history. Here's the main part of it:

And pick them up he did. He covered the White House for The Baltimore Sun from 1993 to 1998, then moved to the National Journal in 1998 to cover the same beat. Cannon went on to win the Ford Prize in 1999 for Distinguished Reporting of the Presidency for his coverage of Bill Clinton.

He won the Beckman award this year for a National Journal cover story on Michael Gerson, the chief wordsmith for George W. Bush. That award was given on April 29 at this year's dinner hosted by the White House Correspondents' Association, an organization for which Cannon had served as president.

God Bless America Again - Bobby Bare

Here's another excellent song and clip from an excellent songmaster. Did I detect a tear of two as you watched this?


Bobby Bare


GOD BLESS AMERICA AGAIN

God bless America again.
You must know the trouble that she's in.
Wash her pretty face, dry her eyes and then
God bless America again.

Narration:
You know I wish God would bless America again
Like he did way back there when it all began.
He blessed her then, and we sort of took it for granted
And didn't ask again
So lets just kinda' hold her hand now that's all
In case she stumbles, lets don't let her fall

God bless America again.
You must know the trouble that she's in.
Wash her pretty face, dry her eyes and then
God bless America again.

Narration:
I don't understand everything I read and hear
About what's wrong with America.
When you don't have a lot of book learnin'
There's many things you don't understand
But I know this much, she's like a mother to me
And I love her with all my heart
And let me tell you this Sir, everything I am
Or ever hope to be, I owe to her.

God bless America again.
You must know the trouble that she's in.
Wash her pretty face, dry her eyes and then
God bless America again.

Oh yes God bless America again...

Bozo Barney

See the Asshole in the picture above? Just WAIT until you find out what he's up to this time! He wants to take any and all profits from the TARP repayments and spend them on--wait for it--people that don't pay taxes--AGAIN! If you will remember, any profits were supposed to go toward paying down debt. That was one of the things added into the bailout package to garner the necessary votes to get that piece of shit legislation passed. There is NO WAY, at this early stage of the game to even know if there will be a profit. Sure, maybe a few dividends are being collected right now, but who's to say that all the principal will ever get repaid? What will cover any losses that may, and probably will occur when some of the recipients go belly-up? When is that damned queer going to get aids and die? That's probably the only way we will ever get rid of the jerk, Massachusetts doesn't ever seem to vote the dumb bastards out of office. Kennedy is proof of that! Another thing, why did I have to stumble on this story? This bullshit SHOULD have been front page news in every paper and on every channel!

I am asking EVERYONE who reads this to contact your Senators and Representatives to vote AGAINST this theft! Call, write, or e-mail everyone you know and ask them to do the same. Write a blurb for your local newspapers. Get the word out to the max. If WE don't fight this stupid crap, it is our own fault. Here's the entire disgusting article for your reading displeasure. Here's the link.

Washington Examiner
By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
07/01/09 9:19 PM EDT
When President Obama announced on June 9 that some financial institutions would be allowed to repay Troubled Asset Relief Program dollars, he said the massively expensive TARP bailout had made money for the federal government. "It is worth noting that in the first round of repayments from these [TARP recipients], the government has actually turned a profit," the president said. Indeed, TARP supporters have long held out the hope that the program might be profitable.

But now Rep. Barney Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has come up with a proposal to spend any TARP profits before they can be returned to the taxpayers. Last Friday, Frank introduced the "TARP for Main Street Act of 2009," a bill that would take profits from the program and immediately redirect them toward housing proposals favored by Frank and some fellow Democrats.

In exchange for receiving TARP money, financial institutions were required to hand over shares of preferred stock that paid a dividend for the government. In theory, if a financial institution paid the dividend faithfully, and then repaid the TARP money, then the government would turn a profit. Last month, the General Accountability Office (GAO) reported that, through June 12, 2009, the government had received $6.2 billion in dividend payments. The original TARP legislation required that money made from the program "shall be paid into the general fund of the Treasury for reduction of the public debt."

Frank, however, wants to spend the money before it can be used to pay down anything. First, the "TARP for Main Street" proposal would take $1 billion "from dividends paid by financial institutions that have received financial assistance provided under…the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act" and apply it to a trust fund that Frank has long wanted to create for low-income rental housing. (The measure, unfunded, was part of last year's bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.) Next, Frank would take $1.5 billion from TARP dividends for a so-called "neighborhood stabilization" fund. Republican critics have charged that both measures might allow federal dollars to be distributed to activist groups like the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, or ACORN.

The "TARP for Main Street" bill would also spend $2 billion, apparently from remaining TARP funds, to subsidize people who are delinquent on their mortgages, and another $2 billion to "stabilize multifamily properties that are in default or foreclosure."

Frank's proposal comes at a time when Republicans, and some Democrats, are expressing concern about the continued use of TARP money. Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch recently complained that TARP funds are "now being used as a go-to solution to address all of our nation's economic ills." Hatch and Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln recently introduced a bill that would require that TARP money goes back to the Treasury for debt reduction.

Spending the dividend payments now, as Frank proposes, would reduce the chance that TARP might ever be a break-even deal for the taxpayers. "We don't know if TARP is going to be making any money, so taking the dividend payments going back to Treasury is pretty questionable," says one House GOP aide. Indeed, in its June report, the GAO revealed that 17 troubled institutions have not paid their dividends, much less repaid the TARP money itself. And last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that three other institutions were not paying dividends. But now, Frank is proposing that dividends be spent immediately. "It defeats the idea of taxpayer protection," says the GOP aide.