Morning Bell: Obama’s New Regulations Cost Billions

Heritage "If you fly across the country, it’s easy to see signs of America’s ingenuity and productivity — skyscrapers in New York City, steel mills in Pennsylvania, factories in Chicago, farmland in the Great Plains, and the glittering technology of Silicon Valley. But what you can’t see, though it’s very real, is the invisible web of red tape crawling forth from Washington, crisscrossing the landscape, strangling job creators, tying down entrepreneurs, and tangling America’s engine of innovation in a mess of regulations. Under the Obama Administration, those endless miles of government-imposed directives has kept getting longer, as The Heritage Foundation reveals in a new study released today."
....
 "On top of the thousands of regulations the Obama Administration has already implemented — costing America billions of dollars — more are on the way, promising to continue to drag down the economy and hamper job growth. Congress can and should take action to get this regulatory burden under control so that Americans can be free to get the country’s economic engine moving at full throttle once again."

Obama still drowning business in ocean of rules 

"This runs counter to what we’ve heard from the president’s apologists. Over the past several months, they’ve been bragging about his rule-making record. As the president himself said during his most recent State of the Union address: “I’ve approved fewer regulations in the first three years of my presidency than my Republican predecessor did in his.” 

"But a new report from the Heritage Foundation, “Red Tape Rising,” shows just the opposite is true. This administration has been on a rule-making tear."

Astute Bloggers: "A VOTE AGAINST MITT NOW IS A VOTE FOR OBAMA IN THE FALL."

ASTUTE BLOGGERS  "SANTORUM CANNOT WIN THE NOMINATION." 

HE ADMITS IT.HIS ONLY HOPE IS KEEPING MITT FROM WINNING IT ON THE FIRST BALLOT.THAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE - IT MIGHT NOT BE.IF - AFTER PRIMARY SEASON IS OVER - AND IF NOBODY HAS ENOUGH DELEGATES TO WIN THE NOMINATION ON THE FIRST BALLOT, THEN NON-SUICIDAL SUPER-DELEGATES MIGHT ANNOUNCE THEY'LL BE VOTING FOR MITT AND HAND THE NOMINATION ON THE FIRST BALLOT.SO, WHY DRAG IT OUT TO THE CONVENTION? WHO DOES THAT HELP MOST?OBAMA! 

 Hope n' Change will be the first to admit that today's cartoon isn't exactly subtle... but then, neither is the message that the American people are sending to the president.
"The president has, however, one solid accomplishment under his belt (no hand lotion joke intended), which is...(drum roll, please)...the killing of Osama bin Laden.
"Or, more accurately, the fact that he didn't have a politically expedient way of stopping Seal Team Six from killing Osama bin Laden.
"Which is why the president's new bought-and-paid-for political mockumentary, "The Road We've Traveled," pays so much attention to Osama's death...showing Barack Obama furrowing his brow in heavy thought and courageously jutting his chin while violins play emotion-stirring music and Tom Hanks (no, really!) narrates the story of the bravest decision ever made by a human being: to sit in a room thousands of miles from any danger while wearing golf clothes and mentally planning his next vacation to Martha's Vineyard."

 http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/03/11/97238

Bozell Column: Who's Really Bashing Women?

Newsbusters "If the woman is a liberal – an apparently full-blooded authentic female – then NBC and MSNBC are more likely to bend. Liberals who wanted Hillary Clinton to beat Barack Obama in 2008 actually campaigned against Chris Matthews as in need of a Sexism Watch for suggesting she was “witchy” and had a voice like “fingernails on a blackboard.” David Shuster got suspended for suggesting Hillary was “pimping out” her daughter Chelsea on the campaign trail.    

""But women like Sarah Palin don’t get a fraction of that politeness, even from other women. Former ABC reporter Jami Floyd came on MSNBC in November 2010 and said, “The governor says she’s an extraordinary asset to her party. I say she’s an extraordinary ass, frankly.” "

Michelle Obama Will Appear On Letterman Next Week? REALLY? 

"Gee…Will there be any SLUT JOKES?

Will there be any jokes about her daughters getting knocked up by baseball players?

Remember, Obama made a personal call to Sandra Fluke because he was thinking of his daughters."

David Axelrod Cancels Appearance on Bill Maher's Show "Makes you wonder if pressure from Fox News's Greta Van Susteren last week helped the Administration's decision.

"Whatever it was, the next step is for Obama to instruct his Super PAC to return Maher's $1 million donation, and for all Democrats currently holding office to refuse Real Time invitations. "Maybe then Maher will get the message that not having sponsors doesn't entitle him to say these disgusting things about women on television."

SLUT-GATE HYPOCRISY: EXPLOSIVE AUDIO OF NBC'S AL SHARPTON TRASHING 'HOMOS,' 'CHINAMEN,' AND 'CRACKERS'

Breitbart "If offensive slurs are a problem for the left, why does Al Sharpton have a primetime slot on MSNBC?

"The left has started a war against Rush Limbaugh -- a war it cannot win. Limbaugh said something for which he later apologized, and rather than accept that apology, the left and its media allies decided to exploit the situation, turning it into a crusade to take an opposing voice off the air."

"Using MSNBC's own standards, should the man who once said the following be allowed to hold a primetime MSNBC slot?

David Dinkins, you wanna be the only nigger on television, only nigger in the newspaper, only nigger that can talk. Don't cover them, don't talk to them, 'cause you got the only nigger problem. 'Cause you know if a black man stood up next to you, they would see you for the whore that you really are.

"That's MSNBC's Al Sharpton--many years ago, but just as shocking today. I can already hear the excuse -- that it's okay for him to use the N-word because he's black."
....True, Sharpton said these things long before he was on MSNBC. But his history was well known, and the lack of outrage from the left when he was elevated to primetime highlights the hypocrisy of their anti-Rush censorship crusade. MSNBC President Phil Griffin knew that Sharpton said this sort of stuff regularly--that, in fact, such bigotry and radical rhetoric was an integral part of the Sharpton persona. He hired him nonetheless. One has to wonder if Brian Williams, Matt Lauer, and Tom Brokaw are proud.

"Over to you, MSNBC!"

Shocking audio tapes of MSNBC star Sharpton surface. "One could go on and on here. This is before you even get to MSNBC's Sharpton calling the prosecutor in the Tawana Brawley case, who is Jewish, "Mr. Hitler." This is before you get to the New York Post reporting Sharpton saying "I have no problem with Khalid Muhammad." Khalid Muhammad, of course, was the one-time number two to Louis Farrakhan, well on record as saying of Jews that they were "hooked-nose, bagel-eating, lox-eating, so-called Jews" with "hairy hands" that are "pimping the world." "

A dooming, foreboding piece in the Wall Street Journal on California -- and what the Once Golden's State's liberal-progressive slide into hell means for the rest of the country:

Left Coast Rebel 

"Long a harbinger of national trends and an incubator of innovation, cash-strapped California eagerly awaits a temporary revenue surge from Facebook IPO stock options and capital gains. Meanwhile, Stockton may soon become the state's largest city to go bust. Call it the agony and ecstasy of contemporary California. California's rising standards of living and outstanding public schools and universities once attracted millions seeking upward economic mobility. But then something went radically wrong as California legislatures and governors built a welfare state on high tax rates, liberal entitlement benefits, and excessive regulation.."
 

Israel to be Barackstabbed Again?

Jessica Rubin "For many commentators it is clear that Obama's real sympathies lie with Palestine and not Israel. His entire educational background from Wright to Bell to Rashid Khalidi and his dealings with CAIR and other Islamist fronts reinforce this view.
"Now Obama is back in the campaign mode again and making the same promises he made in 2008. If he wins in 2012 there will be no need for the US Jewish vote. Then the Obama's ship of state, unhampered by the need for the Jewish vote, will fly its true colors. 

"As Stanley Kurtz writes; "This is why supporters of Israel should fear Obama's reelection. In 2013, with his political vulnerability a thing of the past, Obama's pro-Palestinian sympathies would be released from hibernation, leaving Israel without support from its indispensable American defender." "

Caroline Glick : An Obama Foreign Policy  Jun 23rd, 2011   "What Gates is effectively saying is not that economic forecasts are gloomy. US defense spending comprises less than five percent of the federal budget. If US President Barack Obama wanted to maintain that level of spending, the Republican-controlled Congress would probably pass his defense budget. What Gates is saying is that he doesn’t trust his commander in chief to allocate the resources to preserve America’s superpower status. He is saying that he believes that Obama is willing to surrender the US’s status as a superpower." 


Israeli Airstrikes Kill 6 in Gaza; Militants Fire 30 Rockets at Israel 

The Jerusalem Post  

DEBKAfile: Israel develops its own bunker buster  "The MPR-500 bridges an operational gap between the 250-pound US GBU-39 small-diameter bomb, 1,000 of which were approved for sale to Israel and the 5,000-pound GBU-28 American super-bunker buster. DEBKAfile notes: The IMI’s presentation of the MPR-500 took place at the height of Israel’s argument with the Obama administration over the need for a near-term strike on Iran’s nuclear sites – especially those Tehran is busy transferring to fortified underground bunkers."

Obama's mentors and circle of friends who shaped his outlook

Derrick Bell’s Love for New Black Panther Party Founder, and White House Counsel

"Harvard Law Professor Derrick Bell praised the anti-Semitic founder of the New Black Panther Party. Another strong supporter of Bell was eventually Obama White House counsel Cassandra Butts, the White House lawyer when the New Black Panther voter intimidation case was dismissed.

"Powerline has the story of Derrick Bell praising the venomous anti-Semite Khalid Muhammad, former head of the New Black Panther Party. The dots that Powerline connected are the dots between Derrick Bell, Khalid Muhammad and the New Black Panther Party. But White House counsel Cassandra Butts was also involved in the now-famous Harvard Law School rally for Bell. Butts helped organize the rally supporting Bell and escorted him to be introduced.

"Butts, nearly 20 years later, may have played a role in the dismissal of the New Black Panther voter intimidation case according to multiple reports."

Eric Holder Supports the Al-Qaeda Vote Well...it can kinda work out that way if you think about it.

THE VETTING: OBAMA'S FAVORITE CONGRESSMAN HANGS WITH COMMIES

Congressman Danny Davis  "At that time—just eight years ago—Congressman Danny Davis was continuing his efforts to help move then-State Senator Obama up the Chicago political food chain. And not that long ago—in fact, just two weeks—that Congressman Davis was honored by People’s World, a news website, at the Communist Party U.S.A.’s headquarters in Chicago for a lifetime of “inspiring leadership.” "

THE VETTING: CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST SAYS OBAMA'S FRIENDS 'CHOSE RACIAL IDIOCY'

Obama: Slurs Against Conservative Woman Are Fine But Not So With Liberal Women

Independent Sentinel  "What does Obama think about Letterman’s foul and insulting language towards conservatives, specifically conservative women?

We know he was repulsed by Rush Limbaugh’s language towards Sandra Fluke, the poser and activist. He even called Fluke to offer his help – poor dear.  But he has not said a word about the vile rants by Letterman and Maher.

We now have our answer. His SuperPac took and is keeping a million dollars from Bill Maher. Michelle Obama is going on Letterman’s show."...

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/03/09/97170

Team Obama’s Negative Ads Against Palin (No, this is not a 2008 article)  "The Obama campaign wishes so badly it could run against a divisive national figure like Sarah Palin that it’s decided to just pretend it actually is. Here’s Obama’s latest ad, which attacks Palin for calling him a radical (via HotAir):"

From "The View": HASSELBECK: WHY DON’T FEMINISTS ‘BURN THEIR BRAS’ WHEN CONSERVATIVE WOMEN ARE ATTACKED? (Video)

SLUT-GATE HYPOCRISY: FIRST LADY TO APPEAR ON LETTERMAN  "The same White House demanding that Rush Limbaugh be taken off the air is apparently okay with the First Lady of the United States appearing with the same David Letterman who "joked" about Sarah Palin's 14 year-old daughter getting "knocked up" by Alex Rodriguez and compared the Governor herself to a "slutty flight attendant.""

Iran and Obama

Thomas Sowell  "If you were an Israeli, how willing would you be to risk your national survival on Obama's promise to stand by your country? If you were a leader of Iran, what would you make of what Obama said, except that an election year might not be the best time to attack Israel?"
....

Jerusalem Post

"At the end of the Second World War, Winston Churchill said, "There never was in all history a war easier to prevent by timely action than the one which has just desolated such great areas of the globe." It might even have been prevented "without the firing of a single shot," Churchill said.

"Early in Hitler's career as dictator of Germany, the Western powers -- indeed, France alone -- had such overwhelming military superiority that an ultimatum to Hitler to stop rearming would have left him little choice but to comply. But the price of stopping him went up as time went by and he kept on rearming.

"When Hitler sent troops into the Rhineland in 1936, in defiance of two international treaties, he knew that Germany at that point had nothing that would stop the French army if it moved in. But France was too cautious to act -- and caution can be carried to the point where it becomes dangerous, as France discovered when a stronger Germany conquered it in 1940."

Obama asks Bibi not to attack Iran until after election  "Meanwhile, the gap between the US and Israel grows over the definitions of the Iranian threat. Obama won't allow Iran to possess a bomb. Israel won't allow Iran to have the capability to build one. The differences between the two sides are that if Israel agrees to the American formulation, it will be too late to stop Iran from actually constructing a bomb.

"That is unacceptable to Netanyahu, while Israel's red line is unacceptable to Washington. There appears to be little Obama can do to deter the Israelis from attacking while Israel can do nothing to satisfy Washington.

"The standoff will continue as long as Obama is president"

The Jerusalem Post: Charles Krauthammer; Obama vs. Israel: Priority No. 1? Stop Israel  "the Obama administration has acquiesced to yet another round of talks with the Iranian mullahs."

Via Israel Matzav:  15 Seconds in Sderot  What Islamists have done to Israeli life. God be with them if they go to war with Iran, and I do believe He will.

Hat tip to SHAWARMA MAYOR
The Legality of Attacking Iran  "The main point is that no one serious still thinks it was wrong for Israel to destroy the Osirak reactor. But for the destruction of that reactor, Saddam Hussein would be sitting on top of a nuclear weapon right now, having annexed Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia would have had little choice but to become either a satellite of Baghdad, a permanent U.S. occupation zone, maybe with a nuclear weapon of its own. That’s why Israel’s similar attack on a Syrian facility in 2007 hardly drew a whimper of protest from the international community."

More on the Fluke Flack

How many times have I heard Rush quote Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals: "Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
"Limbaugh is likely to make this controversy work for him. For years, he's been tweaking the media and using its pushback to generate interesting/funny/pithy material. This pushback may be a lot more than he wanted from that particular tweak, but if he's the master of radio that he purports to be, he'll get it working for him."


Obama Fares Worse Among Women after Month-Long Contraception Mandate Battle  "Then, from March 7 to 10--a week into the national media firestorm surrounding Rush Limbaugh's degrading remarks about Georgetown Law student and liberal activist Sandra Fluke--Washington Post/ABC conducted another poll. It found Obama's approval rating at 46 percent, down four points from February, and his disapproval rating at 50 percent, up four points from February."


From Noisy Room.  Hey, I like this guy:

American Thinker: Gloria Allred Inserts Self into Fluke Controversy  "One must, at some point, question whether leftists like Allred -- who have lived so long in the plastic bubble of chic leftism, without accountability to anyone or to anything -- can grasp even the tiniest slivers of decency and integrity.  Forget that this zealous quasi-advocate for (radical leftist) women has never demanded that David Letterman in calling for the statutory rape of Sarah Palin's daughter -- and Letterman, unlike Rush, never apologized for his remarks -- or Ed Shultz in calling Laura Ingraham a "slut" should be investigation by prosecutors.  The savaging of brave conservative women, or just girls who happen to be children of those women, does not seem to trouble Allred at all."


Charles Krauthammer Schools Nina Totenberg on Romney Not Denouncing Limbaugh
"NPR's Nina Totenberg got a much-needed education Friday on the hypocrisy of the media's treatment of conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh's comments about Georgetown University law student and women's rights activist Sandra Fluke."

Video: Congressman Joe Walsh Unleashed: Obama is Destroying What Makes This Country Great!

Nice Deb  "“The America that our founders started that we lived under for over 100 years – where it was your life,  it was your money,  it was your freedom – government’s up there, somewhere, and every once in a while we have to deal with it –that America is long gone.”

"He says the fight is with the Nancy Pelosi Democrats:

“They truly want everyone in this country to be dependent on government. They truly want government to run everyone’s health care . They truly don’t believe in the first words of the First Amendment that give you a right to practice your faith.”

"He also had some things to say about the Republican primary candidates. If they don’t get us fired up, TOUGH, he said.

"Walsh said said he would run through a wall to get whoever the nominee is elected; “I know every day that this gentleman is in the White House – Folks! He is destroying what makes this country great. Don’t demand perfection from our nominee – say PRAYERS for him.” "

"I agree with all of that except his sympathy for the people who didn’t vote in 2008 because they were dissatisfied with McCain. We DID know enough about Obama in 2008 to have been just as motivated to get to the polls as we are this time around. Republicans who sat on their hands, or worse – voted for Obama – have a lot to answer for."

The Fluke Charade

Mark Steyn  "As I understand it, Sandra Fluke is a young coed who attends Georgetown Law, and recently testified before Congress.

"Oh, wait, no. Update: It wasn’t a congressional hearing; the Democrats just got it up to look like one, like summer stock, with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid doing the show right here in the barn, and providing a cardboard set for the world premiere ofMiss Fluke Goes to Washington, with full supporting cast led by Chuck Schumer strolling in through the French windows in tennis whites and drawling, “Anyone for bull****?”

"Oh, and the “young coed” turns out to be 30, which is what less evolved cultures refer to as early middle age."... 

....

"“Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom,” wrote Benjamin Franklin in 1784. In the absence of religious virtue, sexual virtue, and fiscal virtue, one might trust to the people’s sense of sheer preposterousness to reject the official narrative of the Fluke charade. Yet even that is not to be permitted. Full disclosure: I will be guest-hosting for Rush Limbaugh this Monday, so it would not be appropriate for me to comment here on Rush’s intervention. But let me say this. Almost every matter of the moment boils down to the same story: The Left’s urge to narrow the bounds of public discourse and insist that “conventional wisdom” unknown to the world the day before yesterday is now as unquestionable as the laws of physics. Nothing that Rush said is as weird or as degrading as what Sandra Fluke and the Obama administration are demanding. And any freeborn citizen should reserve the right to point that out as loudly and as often as possible."

http://conservativedailynews.com/2012/03/war-on-women/

Campus President Rebukes Limbaugh-Supporting Professor/  U. of Rochester intimidates a professor and allows students to disrupt his class.

"At least 17 students even barged into Landsburg’s class and formed a line blocking him off from his students. (Landsburg continued to lecture.) And UR president Joel Seligman sent out a memo blasting Landsburg’s blog entries, saying that he was “outraged that any professor would demean a student in this fashion.”

"Thankfully for free speech, however, Seligman also said:

Professor Landsburg has the right to express his views under our university’s deep commitment to academic freedom.

"Landsburg responded to Seligman in a fourth blog entry."