Good morning! We have been burning the candle at both ends trying to get things in place in the new digs, so please help yourselves to the news this morning and remember, please, to respect our posting policy. When he finally wakes from his code-induced slumber, Bare may be updating to share his own special take on the news. Until then, enjoy the company of our fine staff, and hang with us while you sip your morning coffee. (Welcome new C2ers!)
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While you wait for the doors to open I've brought a thermal pot of coffee and some cups.
And some reading material, material that will impact you life.
The "Bacus Bill" as it stands, amends are being voted on.
- Chairman’s Mark America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009
- September 22, 2009 CBO Analysis of Baucus proposal.
- September 22, 2009 Letter to Senator Grassley (R-IA)
- September 24, 2009 Scoring Implications of Modifications to the Chairman’s Mark.
- Flow Chart on how to keep your current plan.
- All the President’s Mandates Compulsory Health Insurance Is a Government Takeover
JCM's Top Ten Reason to Oppose Health Care Reform.
And why we don't need no stinkin' plan when we say no.
And a shameless blog pimp.
Posted by JCM
UPDATE:
Doubling Down on a Flawed Insurance Model
Obama's plan takes the problems of the current system—mandates, runaway spending and more—and makes them worse.
Good morning, everyone! The doors are now open! We apologize for the inconvenience!
ReplyDeleteHi RB, quite a busy night wasn't it?
ReplyDeleteAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhere's the muthafriggin defense???
grumble grumble grumble
From The Politico
ReplyDeleteSen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) received a handwritten note Thursday from Joint Committee on Taxation Chief of Staff Tom Barthold confirming the penalty for failing to pay the up to $1,900 fee for not buying health insurance.
Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor and could face up to a year in jail or a $25,000 penalty, Barthold wrote on JCT letterhead. He signed it "Sincerely, Thomas A. Barthold."
*wanders in quivering* I was seriously jonesing out here. Know what it's like when you smoked your last cigarette and realised that the store doesn't open for hours?
ReplyDelete/that's the way I feel right now.
Oh yeah, Good morning everyone. Was the fruitcup properly stored before the place was closed for the night?
Hi RB, quite a busy night wasn't it?
ReplyDeleteQuite. Finally got to bed about 4 hours ago. Argh.
Daniel Schwammenthal hits it out of the park, again:
ReplyDeleteThe mufti [of Jerusalem] "invented a new form of Jew-hatred by recasting it in an Islamic mold," according to German scholar Matthias Küntzel. The mufti's fusion of European anti-Semtism—particularly the genocidal variety—with Koranic views of Jewish wickedness has become the hallmark of Islamists world-wide, from al Qaeda to Hamas and Hezbollah. During his time in Berlin, the mufti ran the Nazis' Arab-language propaganda radio program, which incited Muslims in the Mideast to "kill the Jews wherever you find them. This pleases God, history and religion." Among the many listeners was also the man later known as Ayatollah Khomeini, who used to tune in to Radio Berlin every evening, according to Amir Taheri's biography of the Iranian leader. Khomeini's disciple Mahmoud Ahmadinejad still spews the same venom pioneered by the mufti as do Islamic hate preachers around the world.
Muslim Judeophobia is not—as is commonly claimed—a reaction to the Mideast conflict but one of its main "root causes." It has been fueling Arab rejection of a Jewish state long before Israel's creation.
I don't want to look, do I?
ReplyDeleteGood morning.
ReplyDeleteHere's more evidence that the stimulus plan is not working out well, regardless of Biden's ramblings:
Unemployment safety net under stress
Nearly 10 million collecting, but extended benefits run out soon
http://www.marketwatch.com/column/Capitol%20Report
"The safety net erected in 1935 to protect workers' families and the economy from the harmful effects of unemployment has been shredded, threatening to leave several million people without any income after a year out of work.
In the first week of September, 9.5 million Americans were claiming unemployment insurance benefits of some sort, including about 3.7 million people who were receiving extended benefits, which are available only after being jobless for more than six months."
And here is the real bad part of this:
"For the first time on record, more than half of those who first file for unemployment insurance ultimately exhaust their regular benefits after 26 weeks without finding work.
In August, the unemployment rate was 9.7%, with nearly 15 million people counted as officially unemployed. Of that total, more than 5 million people had been out of work longer than six months, and yet were still actively looking for work. Untold millions more had simply given up and were no longer counted in the official unemployment statistics."
The problem is, there is no reason for employers to create new positions as long as you have Washington constantly threatening to enact legislation that will punish employers. Why take the risk?
I think you will see a surge in small businesses run from the home and "off the books" as the long term unemployed turn to both legal and illegal means to try to put food on their tables.
And all the while, the MSM will blame conservative talk show hosts.
Health Care it's for your own good because we know better.
ReplyDeleteSincerely your congresscritter.
Lucius Septimius,
ReplyDeleteDon't like Obama's proposals? Go to jail.
And the Leftys call Bush a fascist.
Morales Named “World Hero of Mother Earth” by UN General Assembly
ReplyDeleteLA PAZ – The president of the United Nations General Assembly, Rev. Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, on Saturday declared Bolivian President Evo Morales as “World Hero of Mother Earth” in a ceremony at the presidential palace in this capital.
With a medal and a parchment scroll, the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization named Morales “the maximum exponent and paradigm of love for Mother Earth” in the resolution for his decoration that was read during the ceremony.
The document added that the decision was taken “after extensive consultation” among representatives of the General Assembly’s member countries.
D’Escoto recalled that Morales “was the one who most helped” the United Nations declare last April 22 as International Mother Earth Day, or “Pachamama” as Mother Earth is said in Bolivia’s Aymara Indian tongue.
Uh huh. Follow the money
3 wood,
ReplyDeleteI have an idea, since the Stimulus is such a smashing success let's let them run health care too!
*gah*
3 wood,
ReplyDeleteAnd all the while, the MSM will blame conservative talk show hosts.
Lefty Logic can make anything possible.
In sports news, the Chicago Bears visit the Seattle Seahawks this Sunday. For the first time in a long time, I feel confidant that the Bears can win a road game. The Seahawk's starting QB is out, and the Bear's QB Cutler is starting to get his timing with the Bear's receivers. It is obvious that the Bear's defense did not lose much when Urlacher got injured. I've been pointing out for several years now that Urlacher is a shell of what he once was, you could block him that last year or so with a 180 lb running back and take him out of the play easy. Bears are favored by 2, I see them covering easy.
ReplyDeleteRev. Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann
ReplyDeleteAnti-semite.
Liberation Theology
Anti-American.
Sandinista.
In words a frackin' Marxist.
Hi Geepers, nice to see you. Hope you've been doing well.
ReplyDelete3 wood....
ReplyDeleteGO SEAHAWKS!
;-)
"GO SEAHAWKS!
ReplyDelete;-)"
Well, you never know, but the Seahawks are a banged up team.
Good morning, everyone! Or afternoon here! It's raining here. Damn those talk show hosts, don't they understand I need to RIDE???
ReplyDeleteLucius, Kuntzel is really excellent.
ReplyDelete3 wood - as bad as it is here, it's a frigging nightmare in Spain. I saw a piece the other day - over 3 million unsold homes with unemployment expected to reach 25% by next year.
3 wood,
ReplyDeleteYeah, same as last year already.
*bangs head on table*
The problem is, there is no reason for employers to create new positions as long as you have Washington constantly threatening to enact legislation that will punish employers. Why take the risk?
ReplyDeleteI think you will see a surge in small businesses run from the home and "off the books" as the long term unemployed turn to both legal and illegal means to try to put food on their tables.
And all the while, the MSM will blame conservative talk show hosts.
How true. Why start a business? Why hire anyone?
Of course, the reason the government does this is that since the late nineteenth century, the government has been wedded to the concept that we should all work for either big corporations or the state. It is the underlying conception of socialism -- modern socialism is, of course, the reconception of "community" as the factory as opposed to the agrarian village (the ideal of the eraly utopian socialists).
Since the 1940s and the "New Deal" (which should be known as the "Raw Deal") the Federal Government has increasingly been hostile to small enterprise. Having grown up in a small business I can tell you of the ever expanding nightmare of regulations -- regulations that the major corporations could dodge or pass the burdon on to their smaller dealers or subcontractors.
One would think that the clear failure of the major industries, in large part because of socialist labor and regulatory policies, would provide a lesson. Apparently not. I guess that all the reason in the world is powerless against the money, floozies, and thugs the unions can wave in the face of lawmakers.
Good morning RB. Glad to see we're back up.
ReplyDeleteSorry for the drive by, but I'm off to my daughters volleyball tournament.
bbl
Morning AW - how's the homework thingy?
ReplyDeleteMorning 3 wood.
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm doing fine thanks.
Great to be here amongst friends.
As eatitorwearit said yesterday: it's nice not to be surrounded by rabid paranoid hyenas.
Geepers said...
ReplyDeleteLucius Septimius,
Don't like Obama's proposals? Go to jail.
And the Leftys call Bush a fascist.
Obama is not a fascist -- you know that. He is the Great, Nuanced, Articulate, Leader.
Grilled hyena can be mighty yummy.
ReplyDeleteI haven't asked what we have going on this weekend due Monday. I will soon. We have one girl left from the sleep over, once she heads home, I'll find out.
ReplyDeleteRyan update: He was OH SO CUTE last night wearing jeans and a white button down shirt. He was on the dancing floor bustin' moves such as the worm forwards AND BACKWARDS.
Go Bears!
ReplyDeletenow now Geeps, don't be goin' round giving hyenas a bad name.
ReplyDeleteObama is not a fascist -- you know that. He is the Great, Nuanced, Articulate, Leader.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed Sarkozy's take on the Dear One. Its bad, however, when France has more cojones that us. Seriously, lefties, that is a sign of BAD.
Oldest Boy's team won last night under the lights 18-6 (they're just starting learning to kick, and the field was an absolute mess)
ReplyDeleteThey're 3-0-1 on the season so far and have beaten the two best teams. They've got great spirit too. On one play last night the QB got hit as he released and was intercepted for a touchdown. The next series they came back and five plays later were in the endzone. What pretty much put the game away at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Well, this weekend has just been great for me. :/
ReplyDeleteFridge is dead, and I can't even talk to my landlord about it right now. Good thing I don't have much in it at the moment. Hopefully things will pick up by tonight.
Here are the French being snots about Julia Child
ReplyDelete“Julia Child’s cuisine is academic and bourgeois,” said Julie Andrieu, a television personality and cookbook author. “It shows that in America, the cliché of beef, baguette and canard farci remains.”
For Jean-Claude Ribaut, the food critic at Le Monde, Ms. Child was more like “a mediator who promoted the French lifestyle in the United States, but had no influence on restaurateurs.”
The one meal I've sat down to made by a French woman was appalling. The only thing she got right was the rice - and that was boil-in-the-bag
I still like Sarkozy. He's got a long row to hoe and has to play according to rules that are stacked against anyone even vaguely conservative (vide Merkel). But his wife is plus hot, and that's worth something.
ReplyDeleteHey Paladin!
ReplyDeleteI showed my husband your email last nite - we busted our guts laughing for about an hour!
Julia Child was an America-bashing leftist snob. Her TV persona notwithstanding, I find her cook books condescending and insulting.
ReplyDeleteMorning Bare.
ReplyDelete4 hours of sleep ?
I'm impressed. I wouldn't be able to function.
Lucius
ReplyDeleteBut his wife is plus hot, and that's worth something.
Yeah, well, she's also a tramp. She was living with one man while having an affair with his son - whose baby she had.
Nice girl.
LS
ReplyDeleteJulia? No way!
(or did you forget the sarc tag?)
I didn't say she was a nice girl. Just hot.
ReplyDeleteRush Limbaugh on the Jay Leno Show Part 1
ReplyDeleteNo sarc.
ReplyDeleteI read portions of Julia's autobiography. I was disgusted. Alongside endless snarky liberal platitudes, she went on about how backwards, course, ignorant, etc. Americans were, and how vastly superior Europeans were.
REally? Hunh. I'll have to read it (I love her cookbookds, btw)
ReplyDeleteAtilla: re: Julia Child, there was a tribute show on her on the Food Network a couple of years ago where a lot of celebrity chefs talked about her in glowing terms. Some of them give props to her for getting them into the industry.
ReplyDelete/glad you both liked the e-mail. ;)
Ok, now I'm hungry. Back after foraging.
ReplyDeleteHi folks. How's things? Heard about this blog and thought I'd stop in. Watching UNC vs. Georgia Tech at the moment.
ReplyDeleteLincolntf,]
ReplyDeleteWelcome!
If anybody out there has their life savings in British pounds, hold onto your wallet:
ReplyDeletePound Slides on Speculation BOE Favors Declines to Buoy Economy
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a_g9vagVySC8
"The pound fell to its lowest level in almost six months against the euro on speculation the Bank of England favors a weaker currency to help revive the economy.
The British currency also dropped below $1.60 for the first time since July 8 after the Newcastle Journal cited Bank of England Governor Mervyn King as saying the pound’s weakness was “helpful.” Policy makers said there may be “false dawns” in the recovery, according to the minutes of their most recent meeting released this week.
There’s “growing concern over the financial position of the U.K.,” said Lee Hardman, a currency strategist at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. “Added to the negative pound sentiment this week were the comments from King that the bank favors the weaker pound as a means to rebalance the economy.”
A weak pound means that british goods are cheaper for foreign buyers to purchase. In economics it's called the "Beggar Thy Neighbor" policy.
But with this world wide recession, who is going to buy their stuff? Everybody is hurting.
Well, even if some insist that Obama is the redeemer, Europe understands him completely
ReplyDeleteObama Renounces USA's Claim to Leadership
Didn't take long, did it?
ArmyWife, please do check your mail.
ReplyDeleteGot to do some chores. Later.
ReplyDeleteA weak pound means that british goods are cheaper for foreign buyers to purchase. In economics it's called the "Beggar Thy Neighbor" policy.
ReplyDeleteBetter than "Bugger Thy Neighbor," I suppose.
3 wood.
ReplyDeleteGive Global Socialism a Chance!
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Lucius,
ReplyDeleteSame thing I think........
Give Global Socialism a Chance!
ReplyDeleteDamn straight! Gotta prove that Lenin was right!
Hi JCM. Also Callahan, 3 wood, etc. Hi to all you guys. I'm sure there are others I'll recognize. Just trying to make doubly sure my ID/passsword, etc. is working. Looks like it is.
ReplyDeleteJust a few more eggs!
ReplyDeleteHi Lincolntf, and welcome.
ReplyDeleteGood morning y'all - from a cool (64 degrees booming all the way up to......67 degrees) and rainy Charlotte!
ReplyDeleteHope y'all are doing well and I know that RB has been working his ass off!
Good thing you're a young man, Bare!
:)
Hey there Lincolntf - despite the numbers, this is realwest! Good to see you!
ReplyDeleteAnd good to see all y'all!
Hey 3 wood, if you're still around, what were the latest unemployment figures - did Obama create a bunch of more jobs?!?
Good morning (Realwest), RB has had only 4 hours of sleep this past night.
ReplyDeleteHe really is working incredibly long hours for us.
6p00e55005f9c78834,
ReplyDeleteRealwest!
Good morning to you, sit down, how do you like your coffee? We got fresh NY bagels with smear, butter crescents or a blue berry coffee cake.
Hi ya real!
ReplyDeleteOk, could it be any more obvious?
And there's a virtual parade of pie-throwers.
Of course, French President Francois Sarkozy may reverse his foreign minister’s stance. Yet it is extraordinarily significant that a major ally supposedly wowed by Obama’s charisma and popularity, can publicly do the equivalent of throwing a pie into the president’s face with no consequences.
And there's a virtual parade of pie-throwers. Obama’s Arab-Israeli policy was derailed by similar responses. Israel refused to bow to American demands stated in the most extreme, public, peremptory manner and Obama gave in. Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and other Arab states all publicly made clear that they would defy the president and reject the confidence-building measures with Israel he request. Obama smiled and thanked them for their help.
Then the same thing happened with his Iran policy. First, Russia and China rejected his efforts to get their agreement to increased sanctions. Now, France may be doing the same thing. In between, the White House accepted an insulting Iranian message for talks.
Could it be any more obvious? Obama’s salient international characteristic is not popularity but weakness. Already, Obama has been defied or has buckled under to a long list of countries including: China, Egypt, Iran, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Venezuela, and now perhaps France.
Hey Ya'll ... finally got back in ... just a drive-by have to get back to work ... just wanted to say Hey! ... and um ... could someone please stop the rain down this way ...
ReplyDeleteThanks to RunningBare and all who are contributing to this site and cannot wait to get to the new house ...
Hope everyone has a great day! ... see ya'll soon ...
Weakness? But anyone knows that the "submissive" partner in BDSM is really the dominant personality.
ReplyDeleteLucius,
ReplyDeleteUseless Nations is more perverse than Up Your Alley.
Morning, callahan.
ReplyDeleteElections tomorrow in Germany ?
Gimme the lowdown, if you feel so inclined.
Good morning realwest. How are you doing today?
ReplyDeleteMorning, Real!
ReplyDeleteMan, I sure hope you brought some doughnuts...
Hey good morning Callahan23 and JCM!! Good to see y'all out here.
ReplyDeleteAnd trust me Callahan23 I KNOW Bare's been working like mad for us!
Hey JCM - I brought bagels and bialy's - you brought bagels, butter crescents and blueberry coffee cake?!?
Whoa - it's near lunch time and I really shouldn't snack on anything, but that blueberry coffee cake- well, OK,if you insist I'll just take this teeny little piece! Thank You - hey, try the bialy's - they are reall fresh!
Okay, during the Leno show there's an electric car challenge. Rush drove the car, there is an Algore obstical and Rush ran over Algore twice
ReplyDeleteBut I can't get the Youtube videos to load, can some check that out? See if they have the same problem or is it just me?
Callahan23 said...
ReplyDeleteArmyWife, please do check your mail.
I did...and nothing new of note. Did it go to the verizon account?
Hi PaladinPhil - I'm doing ok, just a litle tired from doing chores! How are you doing my friend?
ReplyDeleteAnd Sasquatch - donuts?!? We have a veritable feast (thanks to JCM) and you want donuts?!?!
Man, it's no wonder you're so large!!
:)
Hey Phil, Real West.
ReplyDeleteGood to see ya.
Morning RB, Cal, Lucius, Phil, AW, Atilla, Geepers, 3 wood, JCM, sos...all
ReplyDeleteThe Saturday morning dust-off(with real chem-trails).
Some of you might find this very, very interesting, it's Stratfor's take of Medvedev & The Won on the possibility of further Iranian sanctions.
You will love the beginning, I assure you. ;)
JCM said...
ReplyDeleteI get "This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions."
What the hell did i DO last night...
No more Liberty Pub for me.
Oops, missed lincoltf's arrival !
ReplyDeleteMorning, Lincoln, long time no type.
Real-I like donuts.
I can wear one on each finger.
Awesome invention they are.
Hey Atilla the Honey - DAMN, I SURE LOVE THAT NIC!
ReplyDeleteWell I said when Obama first took office, that he was gonna try to make the USA more Loved By the World, but that no matter what he said, when the Free World realized that the USA under Obama would no longer be able to provide the Defense Umbrella that the Euro's have built their socialistic "paradises" under, that they would turn on him (and regrettably US) in a NYC minute.
I didn't actually forsee that he'd get SO MANY countries pissed off at us.
Maybe, since he doesn't particularly respect America, he isn't surprised that a significant part of the World woulnd't either.
Okay here's the Rush clip.
ReplyDeleteenuff - yeah I'm holding my breath waiting for Russia to 'friend' us.
ReplyDeleteBut the Kremlin has made clear its will to extend what it considers a triumph. It’s talking up a plan that Russia sees as containing an alliance-splitting downside for the United States whichever way it turns.
Even more problematically, should a deal for the helicopter carriers materialize, it would open the door — at least in the view of an American specialist on international arms transactions — for European allies to sell arms to China.
That’s a horrific idea for the American military
enuff,
ReplyDeleteSanctions are only going to work if everyone is 100% on board.
Russian has long term interest in Iran, access to oil and land access to warm water ports (that one goes back to Peter the Great). Russian via Bulgaria had a piece of the unrest that destabilized the Shah's regime with the intent of setting up a puppet gov't. Rabbit Bait pulled the rug in Iran so fast and green lighted the Mad Mullahs that Russia missed the window. Russian has been supply arms and tech to Iran.
The trend I'm seeing is not a pleasant one at all.
enuff said...
ReplyDeleteMorning enuff.
Lucius Septimius said...
ReplyDeleteWeakness? But anyone knows that the "submissive" partner in BDSM is really the dominant personality.
And you know that how? ;)
Good afternoon, everyone. And a special welcome to Lincolntf. Glad you found us.
Hey JCM - I get "This video is not available in your country due to copyright restrictions." just the way Sasquatch did - what did YOU do in the Pub last night?! Hmmmmm?
ReplyDeleteSquatch,
ReplyDeletehere is the lowdown you requested.
The CDU (conservative, by German measures) is currently the highest in the polls as they are currently the major-partner in the governing coalition.
The SPD (the junior partner, social democrats) has lost a lot in the polls but is currently almost tied to the support the FDP (liberal democrats, freer markets, liberal in the sense as towards the economy) can generate.
The party 'Die Linke' (a direct descendent of the unity-party of the East German state) are a force (regrettably) to be reckoned with.
The Greens also are able to generate above 10% support.
Who and what constellation the new government will look like is a matter of lots of speculation.
I seriously have no idea what the outcome will be. I certainly hope for a CDU/FDP coalition.
/ but the crazy is very strong in Germany
Real,
ReplyDeleteI don't remember being in the Pub last night...........
JCM said...
ReplyDeleteReal,
I don't remember being in the Pub last night...........
you were there, all right, and I have video.
Good point, RW. Once Europe starts calculating what they are going to have to pay for their own defense in the next 10,20,30 years they are going to be longing for the days of U.S. "hawks".
ReplyDeleteAs you say, some already are.
The trend I'm seeing is not a pleasant one at all.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Obama promised Israel "crushing" sanctions.
They're getting impatient...
Wee Won wrote a check he can't possibly cash when he promised that.
ArmyWife,
ReplyDeleteOh, Cr.........
How much do you want?
ArmyWife,
ReplyDeleteI did...and nothing new of note. Did it go to the verizon account?
Yes it did. Only email i could find on your blog.
Atilla...the Russian's are in a perfect position to present a Eurocentric defense proposition the Euro's won't be able to refuse.
ReplyDeleteWe'd better hope Merkel wins the election tomorrow.
Good morning everyone. Welcome lincolntf!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that,Cal.
ReplyDeletesas,
ReplyDeleteIran is willing to endure sanctions, especially with porous borders on the east and north. The Cult of the 12th Imam is a strong motivator with the Mad Mullahs and Dinnerjacket. The cost they are willing to pay is extraordinarily high, classical deterrence and sanctions are ineffective in this case.
I don't see many options on the table for us. Most of the options let the centrifuges spin and development go forward, Iran is giving all the signs of being close to the finish line. The optimistic scenario I see isn't looking likely, that's internal regime change.
The longer we delay the inevitable the hard it's going to be.
JCM...the Russian's want to use 'incentives' - that ought to tell meathead all he needs to know BUT...
ReplyDeleteUgly is right.
JCM
ReplyDeleteIran is willing to endure sanctions
Not only that, China is building them a huge, new refinery
Not only that, China is building them a huge, new refinery
ReplyDeleteWe should wait until the ribbon cutting.....
Then flatten it.
Barack Obama: President Pantywaist restores the satellite states to their former owner
ReplyDeleteBarack Obama’s chances of re-election in three and a half years’ time may be evaporating at unprecedented speed, but his presidential ambitions could still be realised in another direction. He would be a shoo-in to win the next Russian presidential election, so high is his popularity now running in the land of the bear and the knout. Obama has done more to restore Russia’s hegemonial potential in Eastern and Central Europe than even Vladimir Putin.
His latest achievement has been to restore the former satellite states to dependency on Moscow, by wimping out of the missile defence shield plan. This follows on his surrender last July when he voluntarily sacrificed around a third of America’s nuclear capability for no perceptible benefit beyond a grim smile from Putin. If there is one thing that fans the fires of aggression it is appeasement.
h/t Instapundit
Atilla,
ReplyDeleteTeeth grinding, mind numbing, incredible, irresponsible STUPIDITY ON AN EPIC SCALE.
Heh, Mark Steyn: Dog-Feces and Ice Cream.
ReplyDeleteHi Enuff! Um Atilla - and others out here, let's try to keep two things in mind - unintentional though it may be, Obama's Cap and Trade bill makes clear that the US (under the LEFT) want's energy independence - import less oil. Whether it'll work is doubtful, but just suggesting it and actually seeming to work on it has all of the OPEC nations nervous - and Russia's biggest source of Cash is Oil. Competition for Oil suppliers is NOT a good thing for Russia. Secondly, Russia's conventional military just plain, ole fashioned SUCKS. And it has for years now. Hell they got their asses handed to them in a 10 year war with Afghanistan and, under Bush, we took Afghanistan in less than two months. Now Obama looks to be screwing that up, but the fact is that military vs. military (conventional) the US could wipe the floor with Russia - and it's TRYING to get maybe 4 or so helicopter carriers; we already have 8 in service.
ReplyDeleteWhile Russia is taking advantage of Obama (who can blame them) Europe is not, in matters of National Defense, STUPID. In 3+ years, we'll have a new POTUS willing to use our military in appropriate fashion - and Russia MAY be able to take delivery of those helicopter carriers at about the same time. Who the hell is gonna maintain the carriers, and especially the helicopters for Russia is an open question as is what helicopters and who's gonna fly 'em.
As for the ME, well, Israel is more than capable enough of taking care of itself - with or without help from Obama and the US (and I'd bet money that no matter what Obama SAYS, he backs Israel if it comes to that).
Obama has clearly weakened everyone vis a vis a resurgent Russia (but keep your eyes on China too) but it isn't irreprable damage.
And sooner or later, the dumber than a box of rocks Obama will wake up - hopefully before his term expires and if he does, then all bets on Russia are losers.
Callahan23 said...
ReplyDeleteArmyWife,
I did...and nothing new of note. Did it go to the verizon account?
Yes it did. Only email i could find on your blog.
try rgequestrian at gmail and then I'll get you the real one from there.
There was talk of Iran raising the price of gas a while ago to cut down on use. I think it was 10 cents a liter or something they pay for it. Very heavily subsidized. Went under the bus during the elections, but that wouldn't go over too well internally.
ReplyDeleteAll of that's moot though.
MockMoods been stockpiling like a mofo, has contracts in hand for October with France, Russia, and China, and I read Qatar is starting to send it in.
Obamas' big push point is starting to look like a stupid little red reset button....
I'm going to revise my comment.
ReplyDeleteIt's not stupidity. I've couched my words for too long.
By training and inclination, from his mothers feet to those he appoints Obama has a single thread throughout his life. That thread is Marxism.
It's not stupidity on an epic scale.
He is true to form, following his entire life's path. While it may not be an overt intentional selling out of America ie. a conscience plan, liberty and everything we stand for, he cannot make any other decisions because it is not in him to see any other path. Every decision he makes is guided by his life long training.
He can make no other decision, it's not stupidity, it's his training and thought processes.
Atilla, I sometimes wonder if Obama's handlers ever let him hear criticisms like that one. I grant that Obama probably never learned anything useful about the Cold War during his academic years, but today does he have a single adviser who is wiling to give him a quick lesson?
ReplyDeleteHe's starting to look scary dumb.
real
ReplyDelete- the crap and tax bill will not pass
- you are speaking of Russia in military terms. The issue is its sphere of influence and how it will intimidate Europe into toeing ITS line and not the US.
- the damage WILL be irreperable if Europe figures out they can't trust us at all - which I believe they are in the process of doing.
Real,
ReplyDeleteExcellent points.
Unless The Won Wee has a come to Jesus moment (the real one) not the one in the mirror. He's a one term president. The house stands a good chance of flipping in '10. With a strong (R) POTUS candidate in '12 the Senate will be in reach.
Lincolntf
ReplyDeleteHe's starting to look scary dumb.
Oh, he's scary, but he's not dumb. JCM is right - this is exactly what he is - and it was obvious to anyone who cared to look from the very beginning.
Suicide bombs kill 16, wound about 150 in Pakistan
ReplyDeleteTwo suicide attacks killed 16 people and wounded more than 150 in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, showing Taliban militants are still able to strike despite heightened military operations and the slaying of their leader last month.
CM said...
ReplyDeleteReal,
Excellent points.
Unless The Won Wee has a come to Jesus moment (the real one) not the one in the mirror. He's a one term president. The house stands a good chance of flipping in '10. With a strong (R) POTUS candidate in '12 the Senate will be in reach.
which begs the question - who is the Strong Contender? Will it be Mitt again? Guiliani? Thompson with his A game? An unknown who hasn't presented him/herself yet?
real...I've got to go along with Atilla. Let me find something from yesterday.
ReplyDeletebbiaw
who is the Strong Contender? Will it be Mitt again? Guiliani? Thompson with his A game? An unknown who hasn't presented him/herself yet?
ReplyDeleteThe (R)s need to get their feces consolidated.
They need to nationalize the '10 mid-terms like Gingrich did in '94.
After '10 we can start the search for the POTUS candidates.
Good afternoon good people.
ReplyDeleteArmyWife,
ReplyDeletetry rgequestrian at gmail and then I'll get you the real one from there.
Done.
Truck Monkey!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to our humble digs!
Welcome Lincolntf !
ReplyDeleteDisturbing is this President.
ReplyDeleteHe knows how the leaders of the world see him.
Weak and exploitable.
He can make no other decision, it's not stupidity, it's his training and thought processes.
This is so true it hurts.
And they all knows it. Yet down the road he shall go.
Hello Truck Monkey!
ReplyDelete"Oh, he's scary, but he's not dumb. JCM is right - this is exactly what he is - and it was obvious to anyone who cared to look from the very beginning."
ReplyDeleteI hear ya. I guess "dumb" isn't exactly the right word, but anyone who wants to weaken the U.S. to the benefit of Russia, China, Iran, etc. can't really be considered smart, either.
Is dumbsmart a word?
Morning, Truck Monkey !
ReplyDeleteCan't help it, every time I see your nic, I think of this
I'm sure you've never heard that before.
Lincolntf
ReplyDeleteLet me propose a thought experiment for you.
If Obama WANTED to destroy this country, what would he do differently?
Hey y'all - sorry, I got called away and have to run now to eat and medicate BUT, Russia's sphere of influence is based upon it's own financial situation and it's military. Still. And while I agree with the assessment of Obama/Marxism, I still don't see him being more than a one term POTUS. And if there's one thing that's stronger in Obama than Marxism it's his narcissim.
ReplyDeleteIt just isn't IN HIM to be whipped around by other nations and insulted the way he has been and will continue to be unless he starts to get tough - like it or not - with America's enemies.
his ego will simply not allow him to keep on taking it.
And, fwliw, I don't think the 2012 GOP Presidential candidate will come out of the pack we have right now.
Anyway, as usual, just as everything starts rolling, I have to leave now!
Hope you all have a great day and that I get the chance to see you all down the road later on!
Can't help it, every time I see your nic, I think of this
ReplyDeleteI heard that at the old place when humor was allowed if not encouraged. Hey SoS. I thought I'd pop in to say hello before I go to my sons football game this afternoon.
Good afternoon Truck Monkey. Any relation to the trunk monkeys?
ReplyDeletePaladin. They are funnier than I am.
ReplyDeletesleep tight real, see ya later!
ReplyDeleteAttila,
ReplyDeleteI don't think Obama wakes up and defines himself as a Marxist, I don't think he ran to implement a plan to destroy America.
However he has never evaluated his core principals, studied what they rest on, he is merely the sum of his upbringing without critical examination of it.
That said, his course as it is, IMHO a expression of the sum of his life, would be little different from a real Manchurian candidate.
Iran announces missile drill
ReplyDeleteThe missile drill, codenamed Great Prophet 4, is scheduled to start Sunday and continue for several days, thereby taking place while Israelis mark the Jewish Year's holiest day, Yom Kippur.
The Guards' Air Force Commander, General Hossein Salami, said that the exercise's objective is to "present the will of the great Iranian nation and to safeguard its revolutionary and national aspirations."
During Yom Kippur, yeah thats just a total coincedence.
Hell, maybe they'll blow up something "important" by accident. Oops, sorry 'bout the house,ShortShit.
If Obama WANTED to destroy this country, what would he do differently?
ReplyDeleteTrade everything West of the Mississippi to Vladimir Putin for a sack of magic beans?
See, Lincolntf, like this
ReplyDeleteAdministration Will Cut Border Patrol Deployed on U.S-Mexico Border
Hey SoS. I thought I'd pop in to say hello before I go to my sons football game this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteHi backatcha, and best of look to him this afternoon.
Hopefully, they're playing the Lions.
Gare-un-teed win !
JCM
ReplyDeleteIMHO a expression of the sum of his life, would be little different from a real Manchurian candidate.
walks like a duck
talks like a duck
QUACK!
Lincolntf said...
ReplyDeleteIf Obama WANTED to destroy this country, what would he do differently?
Trade everything West of the Mississippi to Vladimir Putin for a sack of magic beans?
I don't think Obama views what he is doing as "ruining". I believe he thinks he is doing the right thing. His view of what this country should look like is different than mine and yours - but he believes he is "fixing" what ails us.
I think General David Petraeus will make a surprise announcement in 2011 throwing his hat into the ring as the GOP candidate.
ReplyDeleteBye, bye Obama
:')
DesertSage said...
ReplyDeleteI think General David Petraeus will make a surprise announcement in 2011 throwing his hat into the ring as the GOP candidate.
Bye, bye Obama
:')
My husband is having dinner with Gen. Petraeus next Sunday. Perhaps I'll have him ask that very question...
AtillaTheHoney said...
ReplyDeleteDo you think he's going to succeed in destroying the country? Or rather, how far will he get if that is indeed his goal?
I have to say, the speed with which he has moved has been staggering.
DS,
ReplyDeleteI hope Patraeus know about your plane ;-)
Hey Desert! Good to see you here. If Petraeus runs he will win. By a good margin. The nation is in full blown Barry fatigue right now and it has only been 9 months. It is my fervent hope that someone other than the "known" GOP entities steps forward to unite the party. This country needs a 'Reagan' now more than ever.
ReplyDeleteI have to say, the speed with which he has moved has been staggering.
ReplyDeleteHe has to. The people are waking up.
Dammit, FASTER JIM !
I predict a flameout on engines 1 and 2.
(OK, I WANT a flameout on 1 & 2.)
My husband is having dinner with Gen. Petraeus next Sunday. Perhaps I'll have him ask that very question...
ReplyDeleteWell that is just too friggin' cool for words.
Truck Monkey! You finally made it....welcome!
ReplyDeleteIt took having to endure four years of Carter to get Reagan.
Four years of Obama foisting Leftist/socialist policies on this country and the people will be screaming for someone else. If Pertaeus wanted it it would be is for the asking.
(OK, I WANT a flameout on 1 & 2.)
ReplyDeleteMaybe we can sabotage the engines in the 2010 elections.
McChrystal troops request shelved pending review
ReplyDeleteKABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has submitted a request for more troops, a spokesman said Saturday, but the Pentagon will hold it while President Barack Obama decides what strategy to pursue.
General Stanley McChrystal hand delivered his long-awaited request to U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Admiral James Stavridis, said spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Tadd Sholtis.
Officially in the hands of lemmefinishmywaffle.
AW
ReplyDeleteMy husband is having dinner with Gen. Petraeus next Sunday.
WHAAATT?!
jealous mutter mutter mutter
General Patraes is quite smart, and very charismatic. This is an interesting concept...
ReplyDelete*sigh* I hate cable techs. Bastard disconnected me while dealing with the other tenant. No warning what so ever. Back up now, hope it doesn't happen again.
ReplyDeletesos
ReplyDeleteYeah, well waffles better stop waffling right quick or we'll miss the opening for the spring offensive
Paladin, not your day, huh?
ReplyDeleteMaybe we can sabotage the engines in the 2010 elections.
ReplyDeleteFrom your lips....
Gridlock would be a dream come true.
AW,
ReplyDeleteWell have you hubby tell the Gen.
RUN! RUN! RUN!
ATH: Not my foooking weekend. Is it too early to start drinking?
ReplyDeleteAW,
ReplyDeleteWell have you hubby tell the Gen.
RUN! RUN! RUN!
I just got off the phone with Mr. AW (Dustoff Doc, whatever he is here) and he is excited about asking that! But it's Oct. 5th that he is having dinner (my dates were wrong). Tomorrow he is meeting with the Sergeant Major of the Army. Anything we want to ask him?
AW,
ReplyDeleteHe should run.
jeebus
ReplyDeleteNicola Roxon (above) is the health minister of Australia. She has come up with a new way to save money, by denying “expensive” medications to cancer patients.
Australia already controls drugs via its Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee.
Roxon is lobbying the committee to further restrict the dispensing of drugs.
“Dying cancer patients could be weaned off taxpayer-funded drugs as the Federal Government is confronted with spiralling health costs,” the Courier-Mail reported.
Aussie death panels
Paladin
ReplyDeletehttp://blogs2.dailymail.com/donsurber/2009/09/25/24/#more-83
5 pm somewhere, dude..........
oops! meant to quote your drinking question
ReplyDeleteHow great would it be to have General P as president...... AW, tell the old man to ask him about it. I would give til it hurt if he would throw his hat into the ring.
ReplyDeleteTurkish military captures 7 pirates
ReplyDeleteThe military says the commandos aboard the TCG Gediz raided the skiff early Saturday following a request to block it before it could attack two ships bearing the flag of Panama.
A statement on the military's Web site says a navy helicopter aboard the frigate also took part in the operation.
ok, so we tell the good General to run, and lets suppose he does. Is it rude for me to suggest I be his campaign manager? Or to insist, by virtue of being me, that I should play a major role in his administration? ;) Oh if only I could so something like that!
ReplyDeleteIn other words, when President Obama addressed the General Assembly and Security Council he already knew that Iran was ignoring international standards, and its latest violations endangered international peace and security more than ever before. And yet he deliberately refused to put Iran on the agenda of the Council summit — the same Council that he claimed bore responsibility for responding to such threats.
ReplyDeletePresident Obama knew that if the magnitude of the Iranian threat were revealed yesterday, the emptiness of his resolution would have been embarrassingly obvious and his cover blown. In public, at the highest levels of the U.N, he heralded generalities as significant. In private, he was petitioning lower levels of the U.N. to act on startling specifics of the Iranian threat.
Why did the president not present this same evidence to the Security Council, the body with “the authority and the responsibility to respond”? Why did he not challenge world leaders to deal with the same Iranian threat that he privately was pressing upon U.N. bureaucrats?
There is only one possible answer: President Obama does not have the political will to do what it takes to prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb.
AW - go for it!
ReplyDeleteBut let me warn you - I married my husband on one condition - that he would NEVER run for public office (and yeah, he was being asked to - not for the first time either). So how do think Mrs. P would feel about this?
ATH -
ReplyDeleteThe political will? Or the knowledge? It must be incredibly difficult for him to digest that these creeps don't want to be our friend even though HE is President. He honestly thought he could fix everything just with dialoguing. If it was so easy, every President before him would have done this - but O didn't see it that way. He thought, and believed, he was somehow special.
sas,
ReplyDeleteI predict a flameout on engines 1 and 2.
Don't need a flameout, we seeing CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain).
Mrs. P knows first hand what it feels like to be second to a career - she has been her entire marriage - as do I. It comes with marrying a Soldier.
ReplyDelete'Course, I don't know Mrs. P, I am simply channeling my thoughts!
Don't need a flameout, we seeing CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain).
ReplyDeleteLOL, much better and exactly right !
AW
ReplyDeleteOh, I understand, but politics can be brutal on the family. Are their children grown?
CFIT... also known as a crash. Excellent. I always chuckle when the flight attendants go through their pre-flight blurb that no one ever listens to. "In case of water landing, your cushions may be used as a flotation device." First of all. A water 'landing' is a crash, and the first thing that I will do with the seat cushion is use it as a toilet.
ReplyDeleteHoly Crap!!!! Just discovered a bunch of pictures I had forgotten about. :)
ReplyDelete/next week is going to be fun folks.;)
ATH - yes, 2 grown children.
ReplyDeleteAtilla, real...re: Russia - Weakening America is a strategic goal of the current Russian regime.
ReplyDeleteTruck Monkey,
ReplyDeleteI read NTSB reports for the fun of it. (I'm a sick puppy).
The language is down right hysterical.
My absolutely favorite.
NTSB Identification: MIA92FA051 .
THE PRIVATE PILOT AND A PILOT RATED PASSENGER WERE GOING TO PRACTICE SIMULATED INSTRUMENT FLIGHT. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE'S RIGHT WING FAIL IN A DIVE AND CRASH. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE AND BODIES REVEALED THAT BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE PARTIALLY CLOTHED AND THE FRONT RIGHT SEAT WAS IN THE FULL AFT RECLINING POSITION. NEITHER BODY SHOWED EVIDENCE OF SEATBELTS OR SHOULDER HARNESSES BEING WORN. EXAMINATION OF THE INDIVIDUALS' CLOTHING REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF RIPPING OR DISTRESS TO THE ZIPPERS AND BELTS.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S IMPROPER INFLIGHT DECISION TO DIVERT HER ATTENTION TO OTHER ACTIVITIES NOT RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF THE FLIGHT. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE EXCEEDING OF THE DESIGN LIMITS OF THE AIRPLANE LEADING TO A WING FAILURE.
Translation:
Whoopie is not recommended while flying an airplane.
enuff
ReplyDeleteO absolutely and the only person who's surprised by it is The Won.
My nightmare is that Russia decides it's payback time in Afghanistan.
gotta switch laundry again...bbiab
ReplyDeleteAtilla,
ReplyDeleteIran is low hanging fruit for the Russians, with a bigger paycheck.
(IMHO)
JCM,
ReplyDeleteWhoopie is not recommended while flying an airplane.
LOL - at least when you are flying it yourself.
Passengers should though. ;-)
enuff
ReplyDeleteI'm reading the Frontpage interview with the KGB guy. It reminds me of something a girlfriend from Ukraine told me. Her husband worked in the archives in Kiev and one day he came home and said "We're leaving". Just like that. He saw something in there that absolutely terrified him and to this day he won't tell her what it was. When Putin arrived on the scene I asked her about him. She said "You only need to know 3 things. K. G. B."
Atilla, it's not just Afghanistan, Putin has made huge inroads across the Mid-East. ...and the Arabs are absolutely frothing because they know damned well Obama's not going to do a friggin thing to stop Iran.
ReplyDeleteDid someone mention The Yom Kippur War of 1973?
ReplyDeleteBBL
I know the Saudis are really worried. They have no use for ShortShit and every time they finger those worry beads they're really praying for Israel to do something already.
ReplyDeleteenuff,
ReplyDeleteDuring the Cold War, and the beginnings of the Islamic Radical Terror operations. We have to keep in mind two things.
The Arab Islamic World was in the Russian Sphere of Influence. Many leaders in the Arab World have Russian training.
The first terror groups in the '60s and '70s were in large part trained, funded and controlled by the KGB.
Afternoon, ellybelly!
ReplyDeleteI'm procrastinating doing the laundry BUT my bagel dough is happily getting pummelled senseless in my bread machine.
So it's all good.
Fresh homemade bagels!
ReplyDeleteI am so coming over to your house!
;-)
JCM,
ReplyDeleteNo question about it but with the rise of, lets just call it, Islamic fundamentalism most of the ME marxist's are all but gone. Look at the demographics of Russia - they make the Euro's look healthy.
OK --- Michigan pulled it out. I can breathe now.
ReplyDeleteGo Illini!
Hi Ya Trixie!
ReplyDeleteYou got the bagels, I'll bring the beer.
enuff
ReplyDeleteLook at the demographics of Russia - they make the Euro's look healthy.
I've got something around here that predicts Russia will be majority Muslim by 2050
They have more abortions that live births.
JCM
ReplyDeleteI usually buy one for my breakfast at the deli at work and lately they've been disappointingly bland. So I finally remembered that I've a bread machine and a great recipe so I get to make my own. I'm a little dim sometimes when it comes to remembering schtuff I have behind closed cupboard doors.
One batch garlic and the other sesame. I'll expect you at dinnertime. :D
The first terror groups in the '60s and '70s were in large part trained, funded and controlled by the KGB.
ReplyDeleteAlthough before that,back into the 1930s, SS types played a key role in training and organizing Arab terrorists. Sadat was a creature of the Nazis -- he was supposed to lead a reveolution of officers when Rommel's army got to a certain point in their advance on Cairo.
As far as the "controlled" part, I'm not so sure. They took arms and training, cooperated, and even took some direction, but were also loose canons. The ideology-KGB types loved them; the operational-KGB not so much.
Miss Trixie -- baking bread is one of the great joys in life.
ReplyDeleteI've got a recipe for a very simple and quick bread that I often make to go with dinner in the winter time.
Lucius,
ReplyDeleteThe "controlled" is a very loose definition. The Russians didn't mind the Chaos one bit. Maybe the KGB suggested operations would be better.
Atilla! Right now I'd love a beer. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLater I'm going to make some soup - not quite sure what kind I'm jonesing for but it will have teeny meatballs, roma tomatoes, crushed chilies and kissed with garlic.
Lucius
ReplyDeleteI've got a recipe for a very simple and quick bread
Well, let's have it then! (the recipe I mean)
dinner thread! I was just being asked what dinner would be - we have a "game night" party at our neighbors after dinner, so something light. Soup sounds like a good option - but what kind?
ReplyDeleteTrixie
ReplyDeleteI might add some pasta to that - maybe angel hair broken in half?
AW
ReplyDeleteWell, I don't know where you live so don't know what the weather's like - gaxpacho is always good if it's hot out.
Miss Trixie -- baking bread is one of the great joys in life.
ReplyDeleteAbsotively. Last week I made a double batch of Caramel Pecan Sticky Rolls for the orifice and my colleagues were all over them like monkeys on a cupcake!
Gone in 20 minutes - unbelievable.
Miss Trixie -- my pleasure:
ReplyDeleteDaily Bread (one loaf)
1/2 tbl active dry yeast
1 1/4 cup warm water
1 tsp honey
2 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups white bread flour (plus more for kneading)
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
Vinegar
Cornmeal
Mix water, yeast, and honey; cover and let sit about 15 minutes. Meanwhile, mix together dry ingredients in a large bowl. Add liquid and mix together. Knead on a floured surface for about 15 minutes. Cover and let rise until doubled (about an hour -- I usually set mine on top of the water heater). Punch down dough, shape into a round loaf, place on a baking stone or greased cookie sheet -- sprinkle baking surface with cornmeal before placing the loaf on it. Brush or mist the loaf with vinegar. Cut a cross in the top of the loaf and place in a cold oven. Bake at 400 degrees for about 45 minutes. After about 10 minutes, mist a second time with the vinegar -- helps to make a better crust.