Dreamland, USA

Victor Davis Hanson  "Like children, we turn on any spoilsport parent who nags us to stop borrowing, cut entitlements and government spending, start drilling and building power plants, get real about dictators in the Middle East, and keep vigilant against radical Islamic terrorists.
"So we will keep dreaming until creditors, oil exporters, enemies or terrorists wake us up."

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/ericallie

 

Obama blames everyone but himself for high gas prices

Rick Moran  "The president's energy non-policy of funding solar, wind, and god-knows-what-other kind of power while doing everything to prevent opening new oil fields to exploration and development is not to blame for high gas prices, says the president."

As long as the subject of Obama's integrity is raised, consider this:

Obama's Executive Order coming to cut off funding to his political opponents?  "The White House last week began circulating a draft executive order that would require companies seeking government contracts to disclose contributions -- including those that otherwise would have been secret -- to groups that air political ads attacking or supporting candidates."

When we accept the endorsements from silly celebrities regarding whom to elect as president, this is what we get for leadership. Obama, the choice of Russell Brand and daytime talk show hosts.

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/garymccoy

Not True: Obama Suggests Minnesota Bridge Collapse Was Caused By Infrastructure Spending Cuts

sayanythingblog  "Liberals have long used the tragic 2007 collapse of a major bridge in Minneapolis to bolster talking points about what they characterize as a lack of funding for infrastructure. The problem is that the bridge didn’t collapse for want of maintenance.
"It collapse[d] because of a design flaw."

Chicago Tribune

CNS News: Obama Falsely Blames Bridge Collapse on Insufficient Federal Spending "Instead, the NTSB determined that the bridge collapsed partly because federal transportation inspectors did not properly inspect the design and did not give “adequate attention” to the parts of the bridge that caused the failure."
Did Design Flaws Doom the Minneapolis Bridge?  From the Engineering Ethics Blog September 01, 2008.

 Investigators Find Design Flaw to Blame for Minneapolis Bridge Collapse

TW post appeared in the Freedom Fighter's Journal

Vigil for Peace seeks end to wars in the Middle East This post appeared earlier in the TW. Visit the
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ANY WONDER WHY CALIFORNIA IS BROKE?

Chuck's Blog "We all know that the only places they can cut are Police and Firefighters.
"It doesn’t matter whether you are a Democrat, a Republican or Independent. This list has to shock you. Over the years, our politicians have created this enormous pork barrel of agencies that employ over 350,000 people directly and countless more via contracts with the State. All of these people get salaries, medical coverage and pensions at our expense and amost all are unionized. Take a good, close look. Unbelievable? No. Believe it!"
Hat tip to Tom Mills, Santa Maria, Ca.

San Fransisco has 8,000 city/county employees making $100,000 a year? A transit car cleaner making $108,000?

Obama Appoints Former SEIU Official to Investigate … Wait For It … Union Corruption

Weasel Zippers  "Fox, meet hen house."

Former SEIU Official Appointed by Obama to Investigate Union Corruption, Cuts Number of Investigators  "But, now that Lund is in charge of OLMS, the AFL-CIO’s exaggerations are taken seriously at DOL, despite their past record of demonstrably false expert calculations and comments.
"To borrow a phrase from Obama supporter and ACORN founder Wade Rathke regarding NLRB appointee Craig Becker, “Here’s a big win no matter how you shake and bake it,” John Lund being appointed to oversee internal union corruption

http://terrellaftermath.com/

GM to investigate after Chevy Volt hybrid catches fire for SECOND time in a week - even though it was unplugged

Daily Mail  "When his garage burned down last week, Storm Connors defended his beloved hybrid cars charging inside and said they couldn't have caused the fire.
"But the environmentally-friendly credentials of his Chevy Volt - and the green driver's carbon footprint - took another hit today when its battery caught fire again, even though the car was unplugged."

Mystery: Mr Connors's Chevy Volt was gutted in last week's blaze -
but this morning its battery reignited in a second fire

 

CNN Guest Calls Out Host’s Bias: How Can You Deny it With a ‘Straight Face?’

The Blaze  "Over the weekend, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) called out Christiane Amanpour and the media for going soft on Obama during the budget battle. It was an entertaining clip. But the one you’re about to see may top it."

From Drudge: REPORTER TURNS AGGRESSIVE WITH OBAMA

Obama to reporter: 'Let me finish my answers' next time  "After some jousting about the size of his loss in Texas in 2008 -- the president said it was "a few percentage points," but it was more like 11 -- Obama told his interviewer: "If what you're telling me is that Texas is a conservative state, you're absolutely right.""

News 8 goes one-on-one with President Obama  "After the interview, Obama pointed out that he doesn't like an interviewer challenging his comments.
""Let me finish my answers the next time we do an interview, all right?" he said."

Obama spokesman: 'I'm not going to take your questions' "Reporters' questions often go unanswered. When replies are given, they frequently are more scripted than meaningful. Public employees generally are required to obtain permission to share their expertise, and when interviews are allowed, a media 'handler' is listening in to keep control over what is said. And when replies come via e-mail, it's unclear who has written them," they wrote. "

Mr. Obama and liberals in charge of Washington

Mr. Magoo Goes to Washington  "The bloom is gone, the magic dissipated (remember: “this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow”?). And what’s left?
"My friend and I were pondering that. Arrogance. That’s one thing that’s continued unabated — a function, I suggested, of the Magoo myopia.
"And then the penny dropped. Obama’s arrogance is often remarked upon, even by his less starry-eyed supporters. Arrogance, a chilly disconnection with common reality. (Don’t like the price of gas? Buy a new, smaller, more fuel-efficient car. How many kids do you have, for God’s sake?) Some diagnose narcissism. Maybe so. But here’s the extraordinary thing:
"Obama actually believes he is doing a good job."
Does all this remind you of Maxwell Smart of the 1960's?

Obama Gimmick "As Barack Obama travels around the country on the campaign trail .. and yes, he is officially on the campaign trail .. make sure to keep your eye on this little gimmick that he is pulling."....
"This ignorance [of voters] is what has led us to this monumental moment in history and it is now time for the few informed voters to take the lead." Read about stealth tax hikes here.

Michael Barone: President Whatever  "As his partisan and petulant speech showed, Obama realizes things are not going his way." 
Remember this word as it is applied to Obama more than any other term: Petulant

–adjective;  moved to or showing sudden, impatient irritation, especially over some trifling annoyance: a petulant toss of the head.

http://zappatrust.deviantart.com/

From Dhimmi England: When will a Clergymans collar be deemed offensive to Muslims?

Up Pompeii  "...a man who drives a van, in said van was a leaf crucifix, a small palm cross, for this most haenous of crimes he now faces dissmissal from his job.
"This small palm cross has been deemed offensive "to others" this is clearly "newspeak" for Muslims.
"But his bosses at publicly funded Wakefield and District Housing (WDH) in West Yorkshire – the fifth-biggest housing organisation in England – have demanded he remove the cross on the grounds it may offend people or suggest the organisation is Christian. Mr Atkinson’s union representative said he faces a full disciplinary hearing next month for gross misconduct, which could result in dismissal."

More here, including pictures. "‘I have worked in the coal mines and served in the Army in Northern Ireland and I have never suffered such stress. The treatment of Christians in this country is becoming diabolical. It is political correctness taken to the extreme.’

"But he added: ‘I have never been so full of resolve. I am determined to stand up for my rights. If they sack me, so be it. But I am standing up for my faith.’"

The office where Colin Atkinson's boss has a poster
of [Cuban] revolutionary Che Guevara on the wall