This is basically 2012 shortened down to five minutes... How long are we going to blind ourselves to this garbage, and continue to ignore facts?\
Source: Wired
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
-UN's ridiculous climate change summit in Copenhagen opens with ridiculous video
This is basically 2012 shortened down to five minutes... How long are we going to blind ourselves to this garbage, and continue to ignore facts?\
Source: Wired
Monday, November 30, 2009
-Joy Behar: Wah Wah Racism blah blah Black Friday whine Great White Guilt etc.
The Great White Guilt strikes again! At least Whoopi makes the comment at the end that "no one would have thought of that if you hadn't said it JOY." Hmm... Whoopi Goldberg displaying common sense? Maybe this is the end of the world...
But alas, it wasn't meant to be... Whoopi went back to her usually whining about how white people have kept her down.
Goldberg: Oh, hello and welcome to ‘The View.’ Today is Black Friday, all day long. And I’m going to stay black all day because of it.
Behar: Isn’t it a little racist to call it Black Friday?
Goldberg: Well, I would have called it African American Friday, but that’s taking something away from it.
Behar: But there’s a negative connotation to it? Or does it mean something else?
Goldberg: No, it’s like when you make all the money – you’re in the black.
Behar: So it’s positive?
Goldberg: Yeah. It’s in the black, so it’s a huge great thing.
Behar: A lot of times, like blackmail is negative, black sheep.
Goldberg: Black people.
Behar: No, not black people.
Goldberg: But it used to be, it used to be.
So very profound Whoopi!
And here we see Joy making up for the evils of the white race by being cordial to an African-American:
h/t IHatetheMedia
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
-Fellow Muslim won't condemn Nidal Malik Hasan; has "no pity" for Fort Hood victims
Here's the transcript:
Duane: I’m not going to condemn him for what he did. I don’t know why he did it. I will not, absolutely not, condemn him for what he had done though. If he had done it for selfish reasons I still will not condemn him. He’s my brother in the end. I will never condemn him.
Lee: There might be a lot of people shocked to hear you say that.
Duane: Well, that’s the way it is. I don’t speak for the community here but me personally I will not condemn him.
Lee: What are your thoughts towards those that were victims in this?
Duane: They were, in the end, they were troops who were going to Afghanistan and Iraq to kill Muslims. I honestly have no pity for them. It’s just like the majority of the people that will hear this, after five or six minutes they’ll be shocked, after that they’ll forget about them and go on their day.
h/t IHatetheMedia
Monday, November 9, 2009
-Guest Post: The State of the Nation
I am officially disgusted with what are country is becoming.
A man from Home Depot was fired for wearing a pin that said “God Bless America.” Now how is that so offensive to atheists and liberals that this man had to be fired? Did he really impose his religious views so predominantly that it insulted shoppers? This is similar to the woman who was told to remove her American Flag from her window when her son was serving overseas. Why do we persecute those who are just living out their lives as Christians or as patriots?
Christians are the most persecuted people in our country today. It is not the Muslims or the Jews. Why is it that stores can’t say “Merry Christmas” or sell “Christmas Trees.” I am fed up with these liberals and I will not have my freedoms oppressed because they are afraid that it might offend some Muslim or atheist. They have the freedom to do, say and protest anything there heart desires, but when a conservative or Christian expresses their beliefs they are instantly ridiculed and attacked for simply expressing a different view. I am not insensitive to others views, I just have an opinion of my own.
It comes down to the double standard and political correctness our society has today.
A lady can’t hang a flag to show support for her country and son, but anti-war liberals can protest at soldier’s funerals and show truly hateful signs.
A man can’t wear a pin that says “God Bless America”, but atheists can hang posters all over New York City saying “A million New Yorkers Do Fine without God…Are You.”
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One that I find very disrespectful are the posters that say “What goes around comes around.” Why is okay for these people to blatantly disrespect the men and women who put their lives on the line day in and day out for them just to be ridiculed by the people they are protecting?
This is the country we live in today….and I am disgusted.
I will not shy away from my faith or my conservative beliefs because it might offend some liberal, atheist, or Muslim. They offend me, my fellow Marines, and my country every day with hate speech and protests of their own. I will not stand for this double standard any longer.
GOD BLESS AMERICA. GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS. GOD BLESS OUR FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM AND RADICAL ISLAM.
~Barrett Mays, USMC
Thursday, November 5, 2009
-DailyKos readers weigh in on the Fort Hood shootings
I actually feel for this guy if he was pushed to go this far that he flipped out and killed 12 and injured 31 (the number at this moment.) I hate that he did this and there are so many grieving and worried families but I doubt this was driven because he simply did not want to go over there on his first tour.
If this is true, this is indicative of a much larger disaster imminently waiting to happen for many, many other soldiers about to be deployed. We can’t keep this up sending these soldiers over time after time and expecting them to come back without being mentally and emotionally affected. This is very very tragic.
How very say for the people who lost their lives, their families, for the moderate Muslim who already have so much difficulty in this country right now.
And my heart really goes out to all the soldiers with PTSD. They need much more support and treatment. It’s immoral to bring people back from war and leave them in psychological torture chambers.
Also, I think we should re-examine soldier training. They are taught to de-humanize the enemy so they can kill easier. How do you “undo” that? What are we doing to these poorsoldiers?
And then came ‘Nam, and it’s been all downhill since
-Malik Nadal Hasan murders twelve soldiers at Fort Hood, media ignores his name
From Fox News:
A military doctor who feared an impending war deployment is believed to be the gunman behind a shooting rampage Thursday afternoon at the Army's Fort Hood in Texas that killed 11 and wounded 31 before the gunman was fatally shot.
Two soldiers were taken into custoy [sic] as possible suspects, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone told reporters Thursday evening, though the pair later were released and it isn't clear whether they they were involved in the violence.
Authorities have not identified the gunman publicly, but official sources have named Major Malik Nadal Hasan, a psychiatrist who reportedly didn't believe in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and wanted out of the military before he was set to be deployed overseas.
And since you can't put it much more eloquently than they did, here is how the gentlemen at I Hate the Media evaluated the media situation:
We hear that a Major Malik Nadal Hasan has murdered, execution-style, twelve soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas. Political correctness be damned. To us, the shooter doesn’t sound Baptist, doesn’t sound Catholic, doesn’t sound Jewish, doesn’t sound Hindu, doesn’t sound Buddhist. What does that leave? We wonder. But, we do recall the story of the founder of the Muslim-American BridgesTV network that beheaded his wife in Buffalo, New York. His name? Muzzammil Hassan.
It should be very, very interesting to see how this plays out.
UPDATE: Previous reports on Hasan being killed at the scene are incorrect; he is in stable condition at a local hospital.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
-Planned Parenthood director quits after watching an abortion ultrasound
After eight years working at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bryan, Texas, including two years as its director, Abby Johnson suddenly decided that she could no longer participate in abortions. What pushed Johnson out was both an ultrasound of an abortion and a renewed emphasis on the cash-generating business in the failing economy. After being told to deemphasize prevention and market for abortions, Johnson finally had enough:
From KTBX College Station:
According to Johnson, the non-profit was struggling under the weight of a tough economy, and changing it’s business model from one that pushed prevention, to one that focused on abortion.
“It seemed like maybe that’s not what a lot of people were believing any more because that’s not where the money was. The money wasn’t in family planning, the money wasn’t in prevention, the money was in abortion and so I had a problem with that,” said Johnson.
Johnson said she was told to bring in more women who wanted abortions, something the Episcopalian church goer recently became convicted about. …
Johnson now supports the Coalition For Life, the pro-life group with a building down the street from Planned Parenthood. Coalition volunteers can regularly be seen praying on the sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood. Johnson has been meeting with the coalition’s executive director, Shawn Carney, and has prayed with volunteers outside Planned Parenthood.
“It seemed like maybe that’s not what a lot of people were believing any more because that’s not where the money was. The money wasn’t in family planning, the money wasn’t in prevention, the money was in abortion and so I had a problem with that,” said Johnson.
Johnson said she was told to bring in more women who wanted abortions, something the Episcopalian church goer recently became convicted about. …
Johnson now supports the Coalition For Life, the pro-life group with a building down the street from Planned Parenthood. Coalition volunteers can regularly be seen praying on the sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood. Johnson has been meeting with the coalition’s executive director, Shawn Carney, and has prayed with volunteers outside Planned Parenthood.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
-Taliban attacks United Nations in Kabul
From Fox News:
KABUL — Gunmen with automatic weapons and homicide vests stormed a guest house used by U.N. staff in the heart of the Afghan capital early Wednesday, killing at least 10 people including six U.N. staff, officials said. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility, saying it was meant as an assault on the upcoming presidential election.
Heavy gunfire reverberated through the streets shortly after dawn and a large plume of smoke rose over the city following the attack on the hostel in the Shar-e-Naw district. Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahman said seven people were killed, including some attackers.
U.N. spokesman Adrian Edwards confirmed that six U.N. staff were among the dead. He said 20 U.N. staff were living at the guest house, some of them known to be registered there but he was unsure whether all were there at the time of the attack.
It will sure be interesting to hear the UN make excuses for terrorists this time, when it is their own.
-Barney Frank finally tells the truth to the American people
1:05 - "We are trying on every front to increase the government."
Monday, October 26, 2009
-Obama has played as much golf as Bush did in nearly three years
From Politico:
President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years.
CBS' Mark Knoller — an unofficial documentarian and statistician of all things White House-related — wrote on his Twitter feed that, "Today - Obama ties Pres. Bush in the number of rounds of golf played in office: 24. Took Bush 2 yrs & 10 months."
This news comes on the heels of today's news that Obama played golf with a woman — chief domestic policy adviser Melody Barnes — for the first time since taking office.
Remember how the media would tear Bush apart for what he did in his "spare" time? That's what happens when you don't learn how to control the media during your campaign.
-A Little Taste of your ObamaCare Future
Milwaukee residents lined up in the rain and waited hours for flu shots. Mike O’Keefe brought a sign that put the whole thing in perspective.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
-Barack Obama, our benevolent leader, refuses pensions to World War II veterans
From McClatchy News Service via Moonbattery:
In a strongly worded message to Congress outlining its priorities for a military spending bill, the Obama administration today said it disapproved of including money for pensions for 26 elderly members of the World War II-era Alaska Territorial Guard.
Friday, September 25, 2009
-Video: Schoolchildren taught to praise Barack Obama
Lyrics
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Song 1:
Mm, 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 fair 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
Song 2:
Hello, Mr. President we honor you today!
For all your great accomplishments, we all doth say "hooray!"
Hooray, Mr. President! You're number one!
The first black American to lead this great nation!
Hooray, Mr. President we honor your great plans
To make this country's economy number one again!
Hooray Mr. President, we're really proud of you!
And we stand for all Americans under the great Red, White, and Blue!
So continue ---- Mr. President we know you'll do the trick
So here's a hearty hip-hooray ----
Hip, hip hooray!
Hip, hip hooray!
Hip, hip hooray!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
-Obama lies right to the face of the people he governs
And the always reliable truths he spouted during his campaign in 12/7 where he says how ACORN will help shape his agenda.
h/t Mofopolitics
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
-GUEST POST: Racism, Liberals, and the Dysfunctional Media
Why does that make a person a racist? Is it sole because they disagree with a minorities view? Minorities always find a way to shut down any opposing view: they pull the race card. At the beginning of Barack Obama’s campaign for the presidency I was swayed by then Senator Obama’s charismatic speeches. Then as I did more research into his policies, I found many policies and plans he would enact if elected that I did not agree with. Over the course of the campaign I found myself being called a racist because I would not vote for Obama. I would engage initially in a friendly debate and ask “Why do you support Senator Obama?” Many responses I received included “He represents change” or “He is such a cool guy.” When I attempted to engage in a debate about his policies and revealed that I disagreed with them, I was immediately accused of being a racist. I disagree with the majority of President Obama’s policies, but I am not a racist. The only race I see is the Human race. A racist would vote for an individual sole on race…as many of the individuals who voted for Senator Obama did. There was a 90% increase in minority voters from the previous election to this one. To them, I am a racist because I disagreed with his policies and the direction he would take our country ….Interesting.
Another statement that drives me crazy that liberals love to use is “How could you not support a public option, or welfare, don’t you want to help out your fellow Americans.” Well of course I want to help out fellow Americans. Anyone who reaches into his own pocket to help out a fellow citizen should be applauded. However it if I was to reach into the pocket of a neighbor and take money to give to the homeless man down the street, I would be arrested for theft. That is essentially what the government is doing and will do with programs such as welfare and a public option.
I WANT THE GOVERNMENT OUT OF MY POCKET
~Barrett Mays
-Democrats ban saying virutally anything negative about President Obama
Democratic House Members decide to put the kibosh on freedom of speech...
From Politico:
House Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) has released a helpful, updated primer for members regarding their conduct on the floor and in committees.
Especially useful: The section on how to properly insult the executive branch in the in the chamber.
Under section 370 of the House Rules and Manual it has been held that a Member could:
• refer to the government as “something hated, something oppressive.”
• refer to the President as “using legislative or judicial pork.”
• refer to a Presidential message as a “disgrace to the country.”
• refer to unnamed officials as “our half-baked nitwits handling foreign affairs.”
Likewise, it has been held that a member could not:
• call the President a “liar.”
• call the President a “hypocrite.”
• describe the President’s veto of a bill as “cowardly.”
• charge that the President has been “intellectually dishonest.”
• refer to the President as “giving aid and comfort to the enemy.”
• refer to alleged “sexual misconduct on the President’s part.”
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
-George Bush gets laughed at and interrupted by Congress during his State of the Union address
And our pal Obama sure wasn't going to miss the party...
h/t Gateway Pundit
-Perez Hilton offers words of wisdom on health care
Apparently this clown thinks his audience is stupid and doesn't need reasons or explanations. Kind of like Obama and his nonsense health care speech? Follow the crowd sheeple. Don't worry, ol' Obama will take care of everything.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
-National Republican Congressional Committee ad shows compilation of Town Hall videos
Sunday, September 6, 2009
-Van Jones Resigns
It's a sad sad day in conservative blogger world. No more writing about radical Communist czar Van Jones.
The Associated Press reports:
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's adviser Van Jones has resigned amid controversy over past inflammatory statements, the White House said early Sunday.
Van Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly "green jobs" with the White House Council on Environmental Quality was linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the 2001 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans.
The resignation comes as Obama is working to regain his footing in the contentious health care debate.
Jones issued an apology on Thursday for his past statements. When asked the next day whether Obama still had confidence in him, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said only that Jones "continues to work in the administration."
The matter surfaced after news reports of a derogatory comment Jones made in the past about Republicans, and separately, of Jones' name appearing on a petition connected to the events surrounding the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. That 2004 petition had asked for congressional hearings and other investigations into whether high-level government officers had allowed the attacks to occur.
"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones said in his resignation statement. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."
Jones said he has been "inundated with calls from across the political spectrum urging me to stay and fight."
But he said he cannot in good conscience ask his colleagues to spend time and energy defending or explaining his past.
Jones flatly said in an earlier statement that he did not agree with the petition's stand on the 9/11 attacks and that "it certainly does not reflect my views, now or ever."
As for his other comments he made before joining Obama's team, Jones said, "If I have offended anyone with statements I made in the past, I apologize."
via FoxNews
Friday, September 4, 2009
-Montel Williams tells Michele Bachmann to slit her wrists
More evidence of the pathetic state of liberal talk radio. Is it any wonder conservatives are the only ones worth listening to?
Thursday, September 3, 2009
-"I Pledge Allegance to the Earth" Posters coming to a classroom near you
"Well, how about this one? This was sent in by a listener of the radio program. This is a poster that was in their child's classroom. Look at this. I pledge allegiance to the Earth.
We have people that want to ban the pledge of allegiance to the flag, but now, the teachers are trying to get the kids to pledge allegiance to the Earth? The Earth and the environment are the progressive replacement for God. This is not my opinion. Read about the early 20th century progressives.
You will bow. You will obey, and you will worship it. It is above you."
But don't let your kids have all the fun! Own your own propaganda piece! Get it here.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
-Ahmadinejad's spiritual advisor says raping prisoners is permissable
This is so warped and disgusting.
Israel National News reported via Gateway Pundit:
Ahmadinejad's spiritual advisor told followers this week that raping prisoners is okay but wash your hands first...
But, if the prisoner enjoys it then please don't repeat the rape.
But, if the prisoner enjoys it then please don't repeat the rape.
According to the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC), an independent Israeli intelligence analysis organization, Mesbah-Yazdi is considered Ahmadinejad's personal spiritual guide. A radical totalitarian even in Iranian terms, he holds messianic views, supports increasing Islamization, calls for violent suppression of domestic political opponents, and, according to the ITIC, "declared that obeying a president supported by the Supreme Leader was tantamount to obeying God."
At the Jamkaran gathering, Mesbah-Yazdi and Ahmadinejad answered questions about the rape and torture charges. The following text is from a transcript alleged by Iranian dissidents to be a series of questions and answers exchanged between the ayatollah and some of his supporters.
Asked if a confession obtained "by applying psychological, emotional and physical pressure" was "valid and considered credible according to Islam," Mesbah-Yazdi replied: "Getting a confession from any person who is against the Velayat-e Faqih ("Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists", or the regime of Iran's mullahs) is permissible under any condition." The ayatollah gave the identical answer when asked about confessions obtained through drugging the prisoner with opiates or addictive substances.
"Can an interrogator rape the prisoner in order to obtain a confession?" was the follow-up question posed to the Islamic cleric.
Mesbah-Yazdi answered: "The necessary precaution is for the interrogator to perform a ritual washing first and say prayers while raping the prisoner. If the prisoner is female, it is permissible to rape through the vagina or anus. It is better not to have a witness present. If it is a male prisoner, then it's acceptable for someone else to watch while the rape is committed."
This reply, and reports of the rape of teen male prisoners in Iranian jails, may have prompted the following question: "Is the rape of men and young boys considered sodomy?"
Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi: "No, because it is not consensual. Of course, if the prisoner is aroused and enjoys the rape, then caution must be taken not to repeat the rape."
Where are the people who complain about torture in Guantanamo now? Why don't they speak up against this? Where is the ACLU? Pathetic.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
-Quote of the Day: Harry Reid on Ted Kennedy's death
Harry is paving a quick path out of office. Good riddance.
Q: How will U.S. Sen. (Edward) Kennedy's death affect things?
A: I think it's going to help us. He hasn't been around for some time. We're going to have a new chairman of that committee, it'll be, I don't know for sure, but I think Sen. (Chris) Dodd, (D-Conn.). He has a right to take it. Either him or (U.S. Sen. Tom) Harkin, (D-Iowa), whichever one wants it can have it. I think he (Kennedy) will be a help. He's an inspiration for us. That was the issue of his life and he didn't get it done.
Haha Harry. This may be the most honest he's been in a very long time.
h/t Jammie Wearing Fool
-Van Jones, Communist and Obama Czar, calls Republicans A$$holes
Monday, August 31, 2009
-Organizing for America website says we are "heirs of Bin Laden"
In case you can't read that...---* RECLAIM OUR LAND FROM THE HEIRS OF, YES: BIN LADEN *---* YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE *---
In case you haven't seen it in the News: Republican Representatives, Senators, GOP Party Leader, GOP Political Machine top personnel (e.g., Gingritch), etc etc etc --- they're ALL every one of them applauding and encouraging their zealot-horde by merrily referring to them as "Proud Right-Wing Terrorists". Google it - I'm not pulling your leg.
But don't hate them: Misguided citizens are easy-pickings for demagogues, whom they blindly follow because they’ve been trained all their lives not to question the dogma of their religion, so it’s natural for them NOT TO QUESTION what’s being spoon-fed to them by their FALSE PROPHETS who, themselves, shamelessly seek Worldly Glory.
They don’t apply the simple Test: “Am I being led closer to God, when I do what these folks say? – Or, am I on a Bullet-Train to the Devil, and I’m just a pawn to make these folks richer and more powerful?” Because, you know: the Faith one has in God, is different from faith one should have in Man. And you need to be even MORE skeptical, when one of ‘em says that God picked them for something or another. You can bet whatever they’re doing is making them more powerful/ more wealthy, and certainly less pious, no? Ooops, and following them is making YOU less pious too, in thought, and in deed. Yesseree, it’s a real thing to chew on.
Just remember: We Are The Super-Heroes Who Yes WE DID, and YES, WE SHALL commence administering Super-Hero Karate Chops, beginning now.
Oh, and can some of you facebook and tweat this around? I'm not that good at it yet.
IF YOU MISS THIS DAY, JUST DO IT OVER THE WEEKEND – IT'LL ALL GET REPORTED TO THE RESPECTIVE SENATORS ON MONDAY, ANYWAY.
- Rasmussen: Obama Job Approval hits new low of 46%
Presidential Job Approval
Approve 46%
Disapprove 53%
- 66% of Independents disapprove
- 30% of voters strongly approve, 41% strongly disapprove
He's struck the iceberg, and he's slowing sinking.
-Charlie Rangel, chairman of the committee that writes tax laws, fails to report over a million dollars of income
Charlie Rangel, Democratic congressman from New York and chairman of the House Ways and Means committee. This man truly is the cliche corrupt and pathetic politician of the common man's nightmares. The man doesn't know how to file his own taxes, and yet he is worthy of writing tax laws? Just check out his Wikipedia page for a slew of scandals and tasteless comments. If the media was doing its job this would be common knowledge.
From the New York Post:
Rep. Charles Rangel failed to report as much as $1.3 million in outside income — including up to $1 million for a Harlem building sale — on financial-disclosure forms he filed between 2002 and 2006, according to newly amended records.
The documents also show the embattled chairman of the Ways and Means Committee — who is being probed by the House Ethics Committee — failed to reveal a staggering $3 million in various business transactions over the same period.
This week, Rangel filed drastically revised financial-disclosure forms reflecting new, higher amounts of outside income and numerous additional business deals that had not been reported when the reports were originally filed.
In 2004, for instance, Rangel reported earning between $4,000 and $10,000 in outside earnings on top of his $158,100 congressional salary.
But the amended filings show that after the sale of a property on West 132nd Street, his outside income that year was somewhere between $118,000 and $1.04 million.
h/t I Hate the Media
Sunday, August 30, 2009
-Kennedy kids exploited at funeral for the sake of Obama Care
h/t Gateway Pundit, Jammie Wearing Fool, Hot Air
Saturday, August 29, 2009
-Cop to Town Hall Protestor: This ain't America no more
Friday, August 28, 2009
-Proposed Bill would give Obama control of... the Internet
From CNET news:
Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.
They're not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, have spent months drafting behind closed doors. CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft of S.773 (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency.
The new version would allow the president to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" relating to "non-governmental" computer networks and do what's necessary to respond to the threat. Other sections of the proposal include a federal certification program for "cybersecurity professionals," and a requirement that certain computer systems and networks in the private sector be managed by people who have been awarded that license.
"I think the redraft, while improved, remains troubling due to its vagueness," said Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance, which counts representatives of Verizon, Verisign, Nortel, and Carnegie Mellon University on its board. "It is unclear what authority Sen. Rockefeller thinks is necessary over the private sector. Unless this is clarified, we cannot properly analyze, let alone support the bill." …
If your company is deemed "critical," a new set of regulations kick in involving who you can hire, what information you must disclose, and when the government would exercise control over your computers or network.
And no, this isn't about terrorism either. No good intentions here.
In May, President Obama acknowledged that the government is "not as prepared" as it should be to respond to disruptions and announced that a new cybersecurity coordinator position would be created inside the White House staff. Three months later, that post remains empty, one top cybersecurity aide has quit, and some wags have begun to wonder why a government that receives failing marks on cybersecurity should be trusted to instruct the private sector what to do.
Let's just continue to watch as our freedoms and America is eroded away right before our eyes.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
-ABC News poll asks "What do the Kennedys mean to you?"
What Do the Kennedys Mean to You?
Is there a single memory of a member of the Kennedy clan that sticks out in your mind? Do you think they are better known for their work in government, or as a wealthy and powerful family? And with the passing of Sen. Ted Kennedy, do you think another member of the family will emerge as its public leader? Tell us your thoughts...
There are sure to be more responses throughout the day, they are classic. Poor ABC.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
-Give birth in a bathroom in Great Britain, thanks to government healthcare
One word: Change! The change from a comfortable hospital bed with caring professionals and people you love around you to to a public restroom, prying eyes, and excruciating pain!
The Daily Mall reports:
Thousands of women are having to give birth outside maternity wards because of a lack of midwives and hospital beds.
The lives of mothers and babies are being put at risk as births in locations ranging from lifts to toilets - even a caravan - went up 15 per cent last year to almost 4,000.
Health chiefs admit a lack of maternity beds is partly to blame for the crisis, with hundreds of women in labour being turned away from hospitals because they are full.
Latest figures show that over the past two years there were at least:
* 63 births in ambulances and 608 in transit to hospitals;
* 117 births in A&E departments, four in minor injury units and two in medical assessment areas;
* 115 births on other hospital wards and 36 in other unspecified areas including corridors;
* 399 in parts of maternity units other than labour beds, including postnatal and antenatal wards and reception areas.
Additionally, overstretched maternity units shut their doors to any more women in labour on 553 occasions last year.
Babies were born in offices, lifts, toilets and a caravan, according to the Freedom of Information data for 2007 and 2008 from 117 out of 147 trusts which provide maternity services.
h/t Bluegrass Pundit
-Ted Kennedy is dead
I was told never to speak ill of the dead, so I won't. Even though I desperately want to. Maybe I'll change my mind later, so people know the truth not just the media spin.
Ted Kennedy
1932-2009.
Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
-9/11 is now the "Day of National Service" according to Obama
The Obama White House is behind a cynical, coldly calculated political effort to erase the meaning of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks from the American psyche and convert Sept. 11 into a day of leftist celebration and statist idolatry.
This effort to reshape the American psyche has nothing to do with healing the nation and everything to do with easing the nation along in the ongoing radical transformation of America that President Obama promised during last year's election campaign. The president signed into law a measure in April that designated Sept. 11 as a National Day of Service, but it's not likely many lawmakers thought this meant that day was going to be turned into a celebration of ethanol, carbon emission controls, and radical community organizing....
On the Aug. 11 call, Yearwood and other leaders kept saying repeatedly that they wanted 9/11 to be used for something "positive," "forward-leaning," and "productive," said a source with knowledge of the teleconference.
The plan is to turn a "day of fear" that helps Republicans into a day of activism called the National Day of Service that helps the left. In other words, nihilistic liberals are planning to drain 9/11 of all meaning.
"They think it needs to be taken back from the right," said the source. "They're taking that day and they're breaking it because it gives Republicans an advantage. To them, that day is a fearful day."...
Monday, August 24, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
-America's Nation Parks: The new racist hotspots, according to ABC
Newsflash! The President is black, and won pretty handily. And political correctness aside, has anyone stopped to consider that black people may be *gasp* different than white people? Maybe black people don't want to visit a national park. Maybe white people generally like uppity activities like that. It's okay to speak in generalities when they are on point.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
-Cash for Clunkers: The debacle continues. Even Rep. Joe Sestak isn't happy.
Even liberal socialized healthcare pusher Rep. Joe Sestak realizes Cash for Clunkers is a stupid bureaucratic nightmare, and that is exactly what it has become.
The federal government has only reimbursed auto dealers for 2 percent of the claims they've submitted through the popular "cash for clunkers" program, a Pennsylvania congressman said, calling on the Obama administration to help speed up the process.
Rep. Joe Sestak, D-Pa., called for "immediate action" to address the problem in a statement Sunday, after writing a letter to President Obama Saturday expressing his concerns.
In the letter, Sestak said only 2 percent of claims have been paid and that four of every five applications have been "rejected for minor oversight."
In recent days, auto dealers across the country have been complaining that the reimbursement payments are slow to process. And they said some of their applications were being rejected because of apparent procedural issues. The statistics Sestak cited suggest those complaints are not based on isolated incidents.
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