The hard-working folks over at Recovery.gov, ever on guard for that rare instance of government inefficiency that occurs only once in a decade or so, have responded with commendable speed to news reports of erroneous/incompetent/fraudulent data in the records of stimulus money spent to save [...]
I just looked up the summary of Ohio data on Recovery.gov and here's some of what I found. Compare the numbers for jobs created/"saved" and money wasted spent for Ohio's 18 congressional districts, and the numbers for the ten nonexistent districts that turned up.
District Jobs Porkulus 1 - Dreihaus (D) 349.7 $1,063,584,388 2 - [...]Statements like these rekindle my belief that America still has a chance:
If you have been reading us for any length of time, you know that we used to make fun of "Dubya" nearly every day...parroting the same comedic bits we heard in our Democrat circles, where Bush is [...]Under Nancy Pelosi's version of ObamaCare,
Americans who do not maintain "acceptable health insurance coverage" and who choose not to pay the bill's new individual mandate tax (generally 2.5% of income), are subject to numerous civil and criminal penalties, including criminal fines of up to $250,000 and imprisonment of [...]In Flanders Fields
By Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short [...]
If jihadist ideology is supposedly a perversion of true Islam, how can it be "Islamophobic" to identify and remove jihadists from our military?
More questions
Perpetual RINO weasel David Frum drives to the hoop for a dunk on Sarah Palin ... and gets stuffed by Doctor Zero:
That isn't a glass of sherry gripped in David Frum's sweaty fist, Palinistas. It's a mug of scalding hot coffee, and' [...]We had 606 voters today. Pretty high for an off-off-year election. If memory serves, we had around 750 voters show up for the 2008 election.
He told The Associated Press he was disappointed, and "deeply upset" that Scozzafava endorsed Owens.
"How could she'" [...]
Want a scare? I know it's Halloween, but this is genuinely frightening.
Not good. Not good at all.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis released third-quarter gross domestic product numbers yesterday, and overall real growth at 3.5 percent was pretty good.But examining the components' [...]
Robert Stacy McCain, Ali Akbar, and Erick Erickson are doing yeoman's work covering the rise of Doug Hoffman and the fall of RINO Dede Scozzafava in the special election for the vacant U.S. House seat in New York's 23rd District. Could it be that the NRCC [...]
This is what Congress plans to ram down your throat before you have a chance to stop them.
H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health Care for America Act [...]
Barack Obama went to Dover AFB to meet the caskets of fallen troops returning from Afghanistan.
Ah, such a refreshing difference! Golly, it's so wonderful to have Professor Hopenchange in charge now. As we all know, a single photo op on the' [...]
Maybe I'm just indulging my inner Tom McMahon here, but I suspect this is what passes for candidate selection strategy among the leaders of the Republican Party.
How else do you explain Dede Scozzafava?
' [...]
That's what it's like when you find yourself debating an ObamaCare supporter.
It's frustrating to constantly drag the conversation back to the key question, no matter how many times the ObamaBot switches topics. We have to try anyway, since these mush-brained emotion-ruled' [...]
I know, I know. It's about as sporting as clubbing baby seals, but I can't resist.
Thanks. I feel better now.
[...]Oh, joy. The City of Cleveland just won the competition to host the 2014 Gay Games. Here's the relevant audio from the first two hours of last night's Bob Frantz Show:
Hour 1Hour 2
I don't see the point in creating a homosexualized version of the Olympics. If' [...]
I say the following as a retired U.S. Coast Guard commissioned officer who swore and upheld a solemn oath to defend the Constitution.
Newsmax's John L. Perry is either nuts, a naïve fool, or a childish attention-seeker. His latest column speculating on the possibility of a U.S. military coup' [...]
When it comes to American foreign policy, we should stick to twenty basic principles, implemented in four easy steps.
[...]Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell recently filed a tax lien against ACORN for $548,000:
The subpoenas from Caldwell, served last month, became widely known this week. They were served on the former chief of ACORN, Wade Rathke, who now runs the offshoot Acorn International, as well as Whitney Bank, [...]
Click on the images below to see them at full size.
Before Obama's site was scrubbed:
After Obama's site was scrubbed:
See the difference? Look at the second bullet point.
It's a [...]
ACORN shares office space and personnel with the Service Employees International Union. SEIU and other unions in the Big Labor alliance funnel millions of dollars to ACORN. ACORN and Big Labor lobby for the same legislation, endorse the same partisan political [...]
For your viewing disgust, courtesy of Big Government, here's part one:
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Remember ... ACORN is using your tax dollars to conduct these activities. Are you tired of this scummy group yet?
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9:15 PM Update: The ACORN employee in the pink shirt is Tresa Kaelke (née Tresa Berhow, née' [...]
Are the stated goals of ACORN substantially the same as yours ... and do you expect anyone to believe you if you deny it?
More questions [...]A teaser from last night:
Saul Alinsky's corpse must be spinning at high RPM right now. Set your DVR to record Glenn Beck's show on Fox News Channel this afternoon. It's gonna be a doozy.
Hat tip: Freedom's Lighthouse
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9:58 AM Update: Glenn just said on the radio that it [...]
Do you remember Project Vote's efforts on behalf of Barack Obama's presidential campaign? Do you remember the $832,598.29 "oopsie" of a payment from Obama's campaign to ACORN affiliate Citizens Services,' [...]
... according to the not-so-subtle excuse offered by NPR blogger Frank James in defense of ACORN:
Meanwhile, conservatives show no signs of letting up....
It's also important to keep in mind that ACORN's workers are coming from the same low-income neighborhoods the organization serves, with all [...]
The vote was 83-7, with 9 not voting. Incredibly, überliberal Sherrod Brown (D-OH) voted with the majority. He's worried about his re-election prospects. He should be.
Now let's see which way former labor lawyer and perpetual union suck-up Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH) decides to go.
Next, the Congress [...]
Here's a not-so-subtle warning to any uppity American in Baltimore thinking of exposing the scummy and crooked organization that spawned President Obama: if you embarrass ACORN by revealing its true nature, you'll become a target for the State's Attorney, a slavering Obamabot prosecutor.
Patricia Jessamy is the Maryland State's Attorney responsible for Baltimore. When she heard that two conservatives went undercover with a hidden camera and busted ACORN for facilitating child prostitution, mortgage fraud, and several other scuzzy activities, she wrote them a commendation.
Just kidding. She's threatening to send them [...]
Since Andrew Breitbart and Glenn Beck have broken the news that ACORN, Barack Obama's favorite bunch of community organizers, have been caught on camera in a prostitution and mortgage fraud scheme, I figured the whole mess needed a catchy title to get noticed by the mainstream' [...]
As part of of The 2,996 Project, I'm remembering Jon C. Vandevander of Ridgewood, NJ, who was 44 on September 11th, 2001.
He was a Vice President at Carr Futures, and on that morning he was at work' [...]
What would it take for President Barack Obama's administration to collapse?
A dozen czars resigning in disgrace? A Cabinet member or two caught taking bribes? Another attack by islamic terrorists? Hyperinflation? A presidential sex scandal?I'm just wondering, since the stench of radical leftism in Washington is getting so bad that I can smell it [...]
As part of of The 2,996 Project, I'm remembering Damian Meehan, a Carr Futures employee (along with Jon Vandevander) who died in the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. He was 32. The following biography was' [...]
Sure, Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst against President Obama would once have been thought rude. Thirty years ago, shouting such an accusation at a president addressing a joint session would have been nearly inconceivable ... but this ain't 1979.
American popular culture is much [...]
During tonight's joint session, Barack Obama faced a critic brave enough to call his dishonesty what it is:
For yelling "you lie!", I just sent Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina a $10 campaign contribution. If he hadn't apologized for his supposed rudeness in calling a lie [...]
Another week, another address to a joint session of Congress. When in doubt, David Axelrod has just one prescription:
Obama's planned address to a joint session of Congress next week "will insert the president into the heated debate in a way he has'" [...]Why do we need The Maximum Leader to hector a captive audience of America's children to work hard for the country? His prepared remarks are full of barely-concealed creepy collectivist tripe.
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Update: The OmniPresident sings in the Key of Me!
Jim Towey's editorial touched off the debate over the VA Death Book, so here's a copy to read for yourself.
Your Life, Your ChoicesThis pamphlet's clearly quite slanted toward the euthanasia' [...]
Just dropped into my inbox:
Fellow Alums: The Superintendent of the Academy, RADM J. Scott Burhoe, asked me to forward the following email, which he has distributed to the Academy staff re: the Alex Simonka investigation.V/R
CDR Jim Sylvester, USCG (ret) '71
President
USCGA Alumni Association
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Dear Academy Community,
We all were' [...]
Have you wondered why SEIU and the rest of Obama's union thug buddies have been pushing the House's version of Obamacare so avidly? Thanks to Warner Todd Huston's and Ed Morrissey's digging, I've cut and pasted Section 164 for you to examine. Take a look at this' [...]
According to the Lorain County 912 Project, our most left-wing U.S. Senator has an event scheduled this evening:
Health Insurance Reform - Town Hall (Let's Get It Done: Health Insurance Reform Now Events)Sen. Brown town hall - Mansfield w/ State Director John Ryan.
Monday, August 24, 2009
7:00 - 9:00' [...]
This e-mail from Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH) just landed in my inbox. She's hiding behind a telephone conference call to avoid facing her constituents in the 13th District.
August 21, 2009Dear Mr. Konsen,
Thank you for contacting my office regarding' [...]
It's targeted at Zack Space for being a servile little toady to Nancy Pelosi.
Has anybody heard it on the air down there?
Hat tip: Campaign Spot
' [...]Courtesy of the Chronicle-Telegram:
An Elyria woman said a member of Congresswoman Betty Sutton's staff asked her to leave a public meeting held Tuesday in Lorain because the woman wanted to know if she could ask the congresswoman questions during the talk.Nichole Reynolds, Sutton's chief of staff, said the [...]
For months now, President Obama has been insisting that Obamacare will not come between you and your doctor. He's claimed over and over that if Obamacare passes and you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. Period. End of story. All claims to the contrary are malicious lies' [...]
She must be a secret agent. Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH) does a better job of staying covert than any Representative we've ever had here in Ohio's 13th District. She's never published her schedule for this summer recess, so her constituents' [...]
Bravo to Zach Lahn, for having bigger balls than 99% of the media! I hope this young man's ready for the Joe The Plumber treatment, courtesy of ACORN and SEIU.
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
President Obama spent the majority of' [...]
Unless I'm missing something obvious, Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH) still has not released a schedule of her public events for this month. We're 15 days into the U.S. House's summer recess, and there are 23 days left.
Where's Betty?
Her constituents in the 13th District have' [...]
Stephen Glover admits that the truth hurts:
In treating almost every cancer, America apparently does better than Britain, sometimes appreciably so. According to a study in Lancet Oncology last year, 91.9 per cent of American men with prostate cancer were still alive after five years, compared with only 51.1per [...]Jonah Goldberg explains:
Under the plan discussed at President Obama's infomercial-esqe town halls, America would cut costs and expand coverage while avoiding rationing. Apparently, it's paranoid to think that's too good to be true.Imagine you're in charge of bringing pie to a company picnic. You're planning to provide dessert' [...]
Hey, fellow residents of Ohio's 13th Congressional District! Look what I found!
Legislative Luncheon with Congresswoman Betty SuttonEvent Sponsors: AT&T Ohio, Akron Children's Hospital, Oriana House, Inc.
Congress has been in the headlines [...]
His stealth town hall was sniffed out anyway, though.
Nice work, Shelby Holliday!
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7:57 PM update: At least one anti-Obamacare questioner got to actually ask a question.
I hope this guy didn't follow him home.
You can't hide, Sherrod.
[...]The Other McCain has several good points:
The people who control access to Republican leaders go out of their way to prevent their bosses from ever having direct contact with any rank-and-file conservative who wants to help. It's a tragically familiar story....
A key reason the [George] Allen campaign couldn't [...]
Rep. Betty Sutton (D-OH) is worried:
Hmmm ... Betty might be right. As a long-time labor union lawyer, she's in a position to know. I mean, just look at her contributors for the 2008 and 2010 election cycles.
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7:30 PM update: Scary constituents!
Copley Township' [...]The House of Representatives adjourned on July 31st. It's now day 12 of their 35-day summer recess, and my Representative has still not released any details of her schedule. Betty Sutton's staff assures me that there will be two public events at some point, somewhere. They assure [...]
I took this picture on July 28th just outside Fat Head's Saloon (click for full size):
I'm pretty sure that car belongs to one of the owners of the brewery. What a jerk.
[...]FreedomWorks knows how to grovel:
Washington, DC -- Today, FreedomWorks released an apology to leftist political organizations, including MoveOn.org, the Democratic National Committee, the AFL-CIO, and ACORN for our apparent ignorance of the fine art of political discourse.FreedomWorks' August Recess Call to Action encouraged grassroots citizens to attend Congressional' [...]
Washington Post reporter Alec MacGillis doesn't like the power wielded by U.S. Senators from states with small populations. He writes:
The Senate Finance Committee's "Gang of Six" that is drafting health-care legislation that may shape the final deal -- without a public insurance option -- represents six states that [...]Is he lying now ...
... or was he lying then?
If you have two brain cells to rub together, the answer's obvious.
' [...]President Obama's media flacks ask all patriotic Americans to inform on their friends and neighbors who dare to ask impolitic questions about Dear Leader's past speeches on socialized medicine. Since I'm as patriotic as the next guy, I did my part this morning:
[...] Dear Zack,
In this letter you told Nancy Pelosi that you couldn't support the Obamacare bill if it wasn't budget neutral. Yet you violated your commitment and voted for the bill on Friday, July 31st. Obamacare is anything but budget-neutral. It obliterates the budget.
Douglas Elmendorf, director of [...]I've called and e-mailed my Congresswoman's very polite and helpful staff several times a week for a month, and so far there's still no schedule for Betty Sutton's activities during the House's August recess. I wonder why she's leaving her staff and constituents twisting in the wind?
[...]
Either he was lying then, speaking to safe pro-Obama crowds, or ...
... he's lying now. My money's on "lying now." We conservatives and libertarians have been screaming about this Trojan horse for years. Will you undecideds and moderates finally wake up, please?
[...]Senator Teddy Kennedy (D-MA) is one of 16 people who will receive America's highest civilian award on August 12th.
Mary Jo Kopechne could not be reached for comment.
