The odyssey of Vince Offer, the ShamWow guy

Here is the commercial that made him famous

After that he did the Slap Chop commercial. But then Offer ran afoul of the law by punching out a...well, lady of the night... er, working girl. 

Wikipedia gives us this: "On February 7, 2009, Offer was arrested in Miami Beach, Florida on a charge of felony battery after an altercation with a 26-year-old prostitute. Offer contended that he struck the prostitute when she "bit his tongue and would not let go." Prosecutors later declined to file formal charges against either individual."



But now Vince is back in this Schticky commercial. (I love a guy who makes fun of himself. Attaboy, Schticky).  Here's a brief bio of the Israel-born Offer Schlomi.  
Yes, that's his real name, Offer.

Obama’s One-Man Rule; Is Obama thumbing his nose at the Constitution? Read and decide.

Michael Barone via Neal Boortz:   [Obama's] "scorn for the Constitution is something else. 

That scorn has been expressed most recently in his “recess” appointments of members of the National Labor Relations Board and the chairmanship of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The quotation marks are appropriate because when he made the appointments the Senate was not in recess as the Constitution requires."

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"The Framers of the Constitution saw it a different way. When the Senate refuses to confirm a presidential appointee, that person does not take office. When the Senate is not in recess, the president cannot make a recess appointment.
"The Framers thought it more important to limit power than for government to act quickly. Barack Obama disagrees."


Naturally the legal cover was provided by Obama's Justice Department headed by Eric Holder, whose department also refused to enforce immigration laws and to declare Black Panther voter intimidation illegal. As the above article points out:

The White House has belatedly trotted out an opinion from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (headed by a political appointee) saying that the president was justified in considering the Senate in recess, because the sessions it was holding every three days were just pro forma or, in the words of Obama defenders, “gimmicks.”

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/01/16/95481

Question of the Day

Neal Boortz asks:  "If Bain Capital had taken a look at Solyndra, would they have invested $500 million in that mess?"


Bain Capital and the Little Steel Mill That Could  "Romney’s firm is behind one of American steel's few recent success stories."
"For every tragic story of a company that  fails at the expense of its workers and investors, there are stupendous successes such as that of Steel Dynamics, and they would not happen without the capital and expertise of firms such as Bain." 

Workers World Party on the Occupy Wall Street Movement

NoisyRoom.net  "The pro-North Korea/Cuba, Workers World Party is heavily involved in the Occupy Wall Street movement.
" “Defend Occupy Wall Street,” Larry Holmes, WWP First Secretary, speaking at the Workers World Forum in New York City, Nov. 18, 2011."

Marines show the Taliban who is number one. (Updated)

Michael Ledeen: Pissing on the Enemy  "To the media pack, the “pissing story” was a welcome present, because they can unleash their full primal scream of righteous indignation against the Marines, whom they resent because the Marines are so very good at what they do.  DIGRESSION:  As an institution, the military, at least temporarily, is the best we’ve got, and the Marines are the best of the lot, both because they’re relatively small, and because they are well led."
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"If I were advising the secretaries of state and defense I’d say:

1.  Treat it as a routine matter.  “Boys will be boys.  Especially in war.  Stuff happens.  We enforce our rules.”
2.  Don’t pass judgment, even hypothetically.  Just say, it’s been referred to the investigators.  When we find out what happened, we’ll get back to you.
3.  If Karzai delivers more moral lectures, have the president of the United States give a speech about Afghan sexual culture, including the treatment of young boys by older men, and the treatment of women by all Afghan men.  And then suggest, ever so sweetly, that Karzai is not really in a strong position to lecture us.

 General Patton urinates into the Rhine river in Germany  ""I drove to the Rhine River and went across on the pontoon bridge. I stopped in the middle to take a piss and then picked up some dirt on the far side in emulation of William the Conqueror." General George S. Patton, March 1945"

Blackfive: THE NATURE OF WARRIORS.... "The nature of warriors is something that only warriors will ever know.  Those that have never experienced this will never know why these men felt the need to do what they did.  But if our military is going to be effective in the long run, our enemies must fear us.  They must believe that we are capable of unspeakable evil and every now and then, we have to pull back the curtain a little and let them see a smidgen of what we are holding the lid on while we bomb them further into the stone age.  That fear of what those warriors are capable of will save lives."


Update from Hot Air:  Rep. Allen West on the reaction to the Marines incident: “Shut your mouth; war is hell” "Words of support for the troops are needed now as always, but they’re hardly forthcoming. The Republican presidential candidates, for example, have made no statements of support for the predominantly well-behaved troops as a buttress against the effects on public opinion of the administration’s eager denouncement of the few. William Kristol highlights their silence:"


Taliban atrocities show what real war crimes are  "If the photos of the U.S. troops become an issue, the United States should show pictures of Taliban members standing around, while masked, watching their leader behead a helpless captive."


Maybe this guy in black is one of those our Marines were doing the number one over. Picture from a video at BareNakedIslam; find it yourself; the sight is too disturbing to link to. 
Sorry if this photo is offensive, but I wanted you to remember just who the bad guys were in that photo of the Marines. TD

Life-Changing Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Heritage  "The greatest tribute to the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., is not to name a street in his honor or celebrate a national holiday. It is to recognize and support those who are working to carry out his vision, those who empower those facing the greatest obstacles through personal relationships that restore the fabric of civil society—without the need for federal government intervention.
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"Among those ranks of individuals who are carrying out Dr. King’s vision are three young men—Curtis Monroe, Michael Toland, and Roger Marshall—who give their time, talents, and earnings from their day jobs serving as coaches and mentors of at-risk youths in the Benning Terrace public housing development in Washington, D.C.....
"Their investment is truly a powerful, living, and longlasting tribute to the vision and sacrifice of Dr. King."

Personal opinion posted at http://olbroad.com/:   "If Dr King saw the poverty pimps (examples: Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Charles Rangel, and yes, even Barack Obama), making their living off of keeping others from success, I honestly believe he would be appalled!"  One of the Tunnel Wall's all-time favorite posts is this Martin Luther King, Jr. post from Jan 17, 2011. That post also sends you to this reflection of Dr. King and his political descendants. 

 MARTIN LUTHER KING, ECONOMIC EQUALITY AND THE 2012 ELECTION  "The Obama administration could help ameliorate some of the pain minorities are feeling in the jobs sector, but its focus on white-collar information jobs, academia and the green economy has done little to help this already underserved community.

"But will these failures have political consequences in 2012? It’s hard to say."  Trust me, this is no pro-Republican article.

Open Thread: Martin Luther King Jr.  "Black conservatives of national stature, such as Clarence Thomas, Ward Connerly, Michael Steele, Jesse Lee Peterson, Alan Keyes, Don Scoggins, Alvin Williams, Ken Blackwell, Thomas Sowell, Star Parker and Walter Williams are routinely castigated by the Black Supremacists, as "Uncle Toms" and "puppets." Yet these are the men and women who really understand King's central message about character."

Barack's Toy Box

When he isn't out playing with Air Force One, that is.

http://terrellaftermath.com/