Business is booming in the tattoo removal industry

Need a job?  "Just some helpful guidance for my listeners.  If you are looking for a job and want to be taken seriously, I hope you don’t have a tattoo.  If you do, get it removed.  In fact, if you are looking for a job, the tattoo removal business is booming!"
.... "Tell me how un-cool I am.  Tell me how wrong I am for making derisive comments about those of you with all of that graffiti on your bodies.  In the meantime, young people with more sense than you will be out there taking your jobs." Neal Boortz


Tattoo Removal Booms in Slow Job Market

Ugliest Tattoos   "The sadness, when you realize that your tattoo artist lies about how to spell deceit, will bring you pain."

Delete will take aim at unwanted tattoos  " "Almost everyone I've talked to has said, 'Oh, my friend is dying to get one removed,' or people who have tattoos will actually start undressing and show it to me. . . . Once you start talking about it, everyone knows someone who has a bad tattoo."

Once Zimmerman decided to open her own tattoo-removal studio, she got busy doing everything she needed to do to make her dream a reality."

Barry of Arabia

How Can Obama’s Middle East Policy Possibly Get Worse? Answer: Look at Syria
"Now the administration has unveiled a new and equally terrible policy. I’ll let the New York Times’ reporters explain it:

President Obama will push for the departure of President Bashar al-Assad under a plan that calls for a negotiated political settlement that would satisfy Syrian opposition groups but that could leave remnants of Assad’s government in place. The success of the plan hinges on Russia, one of Assad’s staunchest allies, which has strongly opposed his removal. Obama, administration officials said, will press the proposal with President Putin of Russia at their meeting next month. Obama’s national security adviser raised the plan with Putin in Moscow three weeks ago.

"Good grief! There are four different acts of strategic insanity involved in this paragraph. They are…"...

"And that, friends, is why I spend so much time bashing Obama’s Middle East policy, because it is so very bad and dangerous."  Rubin Reports

Also by Mr. Rubin: What to Say When You’re Handed the Obama-Is-Good-for-Israel Talking Points

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/06/01/99859

In Syria, Iran Helps Asad, al-Qaida Foments Violence;  More here.

Rumsfeld to Newsmax: Military, Not Presidents, Should Engage in Targeted Kills  But remember, presidential oversight worked so well for LBJ in Vietnam. H/T to CalChronicle

Jerusalem Post: The Obama administration insists on clinging to the fantasy that it can convince the Iranians to give up their nuclear weapons program.  "US President Barack Obama’s policies are just as irrational as the ones that Barak is urging Israel to implement in order to win Obama’s support. And Obama’s rationales for adopting these policies are just as divorced from reality as Barak’s are.  "The place where this irrationality is displayed most prominently today is in Obama’s policy regarding Iran."  CAROLINE B. GLICK

DEBKAfile: Obama nixes French-Saudi plan to finish Assad by bombing his palace (Pictured at right)

"Our Washington sources report that Obama consistently resisted repeated French and Saudi efforts to jump aboard their initiative.
"The Saudi defense minister at one point in their conversation told the US president harshly that it was time for the Americans to stop talking and start acting. But Obama remained unmoved."

Victor Davis Hanson: The Bad/Good Idea of Removing Assad  "After lots of interventions, we have learned one thing about loud Arab reformers, especially those who were educated at Western universities: They damn us for supporting their dictators; they damn us for removing them; they damn us for interfering in their affairs when we help promote democracy; and they damn us as callous when we just let them be."

Target Sells Shirts to Help Pro-Gay Marriage Group

Christy Media   "Target's move comes two years after it endured a backlash from gay rights supporters for giving $150,000 to a campaign group backing the conservative Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, Tom Emmer, who narrowly lost to Democrat Mark Dayton in a race that went to an automatic recount. The donation set off protests and calls for a boycott from a constituency that had seen Target as an ally.
"Supporters of gay marriage see Minnesota as having the potential to halt their long losing streak in statewide votes."

Maybe they will begin selling Green Lantern merchandise now.

Green Lantern re-launched as brave, mighty and gay   

" Green Lantern, one of DC Comics' oldest and enduring heroes no matter what parallel earth he's on, is serving as a beacon for the publisher again, this time as a proud, mighty and openly gay hero.

"The change is revealed in the pages of the second issue of "Earth 2" out next week, and comes on the heels of what has been an expansive year for gay and lesbian characters in the pages of comic books from Archie to Marvel and others."

I miss the simpler childhood where we could enjoy children's things without being indoctrinated by those with political and cultural agendas. TD

Axelrod’s Anti-Romney Message Gets Drowned Out

NY Times  " “Most of the events I go to, or many of the events I go to, there are large groups of, if you will, Obama supporters there heckling me,” Mr. Romney said. “If they’re going to be heckling us, why we’re not going to sit back and play by very different rules. If the president is going to have his people coming to my rallies, and heckling, why, we’ll show them that, you know, we conservatives have the same kind of capacity he does.” "


Via Instapundit: When Romney Fights Back, Politico Declares the Day ‘Nasty’.
"The only reason the corrupt Politico is declaring today "nasty" is because Their Precious One lost the Chicago street fight he is never supposed to lose. As you can read here andhere, Romney is proving this is no longer 2008 and that worries the media as much as it does the Obama campaign."

 Mitt Promises Tit-for-Tat – Will Send His Supporters to Obama Rallies …Then He Does

Last week Barack Obama sent his campaign supporters down to a Romney event in Philadelphia to protest.

"In response to this, Mitt Romney promised reporters today, “If the president wants to send his supporters to my rally, we’ll show him that we have the same capacity as he does.” "And Mitt delivered. 

"Romney supporters met Obama senior strategist David Axelrod at his anti-Romney event in Massachusetts."

The Obama Kill List

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/05/30/99658

President Obama's secret kill list   "The leader of the government regularly sits down with his senior generals and spies and advisers and reviews a list of the people they want him to authorize their agents to kill. ... The leader once condemned any practice even close to this, but now relishes the killing because he has convinced himself that it is a sane and sterile way to keep his country safe and himself in power. The leader, who is running for re-election, even invited his campaign manager to join the group that decides whom to kill.
(Emphasis added)


The Left’s just-war theory: It’s okay if Obama does it.  "The Times notes that “Mr. Obama’s record has not drawn anything like the sweeping criticism from allies that his predecessor faced.” True enough. It hasn’t been subjected to a highly politicized assault at home and abroad by people desperate to put it in the worst possible light and even make it a war crime.""
Rich Lowry is the editor of National Review.

Nanny Bloomberg again (updated)

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/05/31/99856

 Rick Moran:  We're saved! Bloomberg to ban sugared sodas over 16 oz.  "This is nonsense, and most people are going to see through it. It is a classic American political response to a non-political problem; make it appear that politicians are "doing something about the problem" of obesity when, in actuality, there is no political solution -- at least none that you could get away with in America."
Below: a Rich Terrell update

http://terrellaftermath.com/

Bozell Column: Ed Schultz's Wisconsin Campaign

Newsbusters  "Ed Schultz is the kind of shameless liberal hack who can go on air standing in front of screaming labor-union crowds in Madison calling for Gov. Scott Walker’s head on a platter, and then turn around and announce that “Fox News is an arm of the Republican Party.” "
....
"A new Media Research Center study shows “The Ed Show” guest count tilted against Walker by 237 to 1. Think about this. One person supporting Walker, two-hundred and thirty-seven against. Contrast this with “The O’Reilly Factor’s” guest count on the subject: twelve guests for Walker, eight opposed, seven neutral."

Yeah, THAT Ed Schultz  "Schultz’s apology was as full and heartfelt as any I have ever seen from a media figure (as it should have been). He rightly called his comments “vile,” and revealed that he tried to reach Ingraham by telephone to apologize personally, but was only able to leave a message. More than anything, Schultz seemed to grasp the gravity of what he had said, and his shame and embarrassment were palpable as he asked Ingraham for forgiveness."

President Bush sees his portrait today

The Unveiling of the White House Bush Portrait    "Michelle Obama thanked the Bushs(sic) for their warmth and grace, all very proper.  But seeing George and Laura Bush reminded me of what class looked like in the White House. It's good the Obamas(sic) now know how to act when they return in a 4 years for their unveiling."

LA Times photo (right)


Politico: "Everyone got the joke, and Obama flashed a big smile and chuckled appreciatively, but try as he might, he couldn’t stick entirely to the high road during his tribute remarks. During one passage, some East Room guests alert to any hints of friction shot nervous glances at one another, and one woman could be seen mouthing the word “ouch." "

Hope 'n' Change

"For the past four years, Barack Obama has disparaged, mocked, and blamed George W. Bush for everything which is wrong with our country - with a special emphasis on those things which have gotten a helluva lot worse under Mr. Obama himself. Just last week, the world's most powerful golfer accused Bush of creating sneaky tax breaks for the "wealthiest Americans," savaging the education system, and stealing healthcare from the elderly...all of which is a pretty good trick for a guy who seems to be spending most of his time working with wounded veterans."
More excellent photos here.


Rush Limbaugh: Obama Gives Standard Stump Speech at George W. Bush's Portrait Unveiling (Video included)

OBAMA:  The months before I took the oath of office were a chaotic time.  We knew our economy was in trouble, our fellow Americans were in pain, but we wouldn't know until later just how breathtaking the financial crisis had been, and still over those two and a half months --

....

 RUSH:  It's "Mr. President, you went out of your way." It's not "George, you went out of your way."  Anyway, he couldn't help himself.  This is a day where all this is set aside but he has to point out, it was bad, and it was worse than we knew. It was worse than they told us, but even two and a half months, in the midst of the crisis, President Bush went out of their way to make sure the transition to us was seamless.  The months before I took the oath were chaotic, the economy was in trouble, fellow Americans were in pain. 

"So you got Bush sitting there and the country sucked when I got here 'cause of you, buddy, even though we're unveiling your portrait today. It was so bad, we didn't know how bad it was until we actually got in here, George."... 

The Loan Arranger

http://terrellaftermath.com/



http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2012/05/war-on-capitalism/

Eric Holder and the black pastors (Updated)

Update: Libs still whining about the right to vote  "If Barack Obama loses in November, you will most assuredly hear the cries of racism from the same panic-stricken Obama sycophants who are currently claiming that voter ID laws are purposefully disenfranchising black Americans.  Rational discussion of Mitt Romney will be set aside because he didn’t rightfully win the presidency, thanks to the right-wing conspiracy!

Eric Holder Integrates Church and State in Anti-Voter ID Pushback  "During a House subcommittee hearing last spring Rep. John Culberson of Texas accused Holder of refusing to prosecute members of the Black Panther Party. The AG took offense insisting "his Department of Justice does not enforce the law in a race-conscious way."

"Is helping black pastors to get the vote out -- all on the taxpayer's dime I might add -- not being "race conscious?" And how about that pesky separation of church and state violation?"

Attendees of Eric Holder event think Operation Fast and Furious is a movie [VIDEO]
"Attorney General Eric Holder gave the keynote address at a meeting of the Congressional Black Caucus and the Conference of National Black Churches on Wednesday morning.

"Following the speech, The Daily Caller asked attendees what they thought of Operation Fast and Furious, the ATF gun-walking operation that lost track of thousands of trafficked firearms across the Mexican border, resulting in the deaths of a U.S. Border Patrol agent and hundreds of Mexican citizens."


Attorney General Holder briefs black pastors on election law   "That’s why we can’t make do without Eric Holder, folks.  It takes a lot of self-discipline to avoid turning an important office like Attorney General into a gushing fountain of political hackery."  


Unreal: Holder To Brief Hundreds Of Black Pastors On How To Campaign For Obama…

Quoting Beltway Confidential:   "Cleaver said they would not tell pastors which candidate to support. They will let them know who to regard as the good guys, though (hint: not Republicans). “We’re going to talk about some of the draconian laws* that have cropped up around the country as a result of the 17 percent increase in African American votes,” Cleaver said, describing voter ID laws as a form of Jim Crow-style “poll tax” on seniors and black voters."
*Meaning voter ID laws to prevent cheating.


Rush Limbaugh: Reprehensible Holder Scares Black Voters  "...if the New Black Panthers can engage in near-criminal activity and voter intimidation at a polling place and Holder lets that go, what the heck is he gonna do to a black minister who crosses the line on politicking from the pulpit? Nothing!"

Armed EPA Agents Visit Ashville Man

EPA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Alan Caruba  "Sometimes a small incident says volumes about a large government agency. In this case the Environmental Protection Agency.
"Around 1.45 PM on May 23, Ashville, North Carolina resident Larry Keller was in the midst of an international call which he had to cut short in order to answer his front door. He found two armed agents of the EPA who were accompanied by an Ashville Police officer." 
....
"The only option at this point is to rid the nation of the Obama administration, crack down on the EPA, and rid us of the threat it poses in its efforts to deny entire industries from providing the energy the nation requires and attacks our agricultural and ranching communities for practices that reflect its normal operation."

Related: U.S. v. Heicklen: The Nullification of Free Speech  "No matter what your stance may be on the issues of drug decriminalization or jury nullification, the right to peaceably and reasonably discuss either matter in public should be allowed without question. To arrest someone for discussing a matter of public concern peaceably in a public place—that’s a crime against free speech."

Taiwanese Animation Company Recreates Obama And The Choom Gang…

Weasel Zippers: "You knew this was coming."