David Corn

Nailed it - these kooks are so twisted and bass ackwars!

"Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Hate destroys a man's sense of values and his objectivity. It causes him to describe the beautiful as ugly and the ugly as beautiful, and to confuse the true with the false and the false with the true."

~ Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)

Notoriety's Missing Links

Online Files Scrubbed After Museum Shooting

http://tinyurl.com/mnq9pp

"Terry McAauliffe" is a used car salesman

THAT is exactly what he seems like to me too.

lol

In the Rushbo universe, anyone doing anything Rushbo can't stand behind or support is definitionally a far left liberal communist pinko bum with tendencies to besmirch all rightward thinking true Americans

Some day Rushbo will get the OED to codify this as the only true definition of a liberal or progressive.

Rushbo groks all lefties. Viva Rushbo!

Right-Wing Neocons Rooting For Ahmadinejad Win

American neoconservatives have often used the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to bolster their case for aggressive action against Iran. So the assumption might be that they would be rooting for Iranians to take care of the problem themselves by electing reformer Mir Hossein Mousavi in today's vote..

Instead, they're rooting for the anti-American bogeyman to stay in power.

Middle East Forum Director Daniel Pipes said in a speech at the Heritage Foundation that he would vote for Ahmadinejad if he could:

http://tinyurl.com/nkyjgj

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Neocons want Obama to fail, for Ahmadinejad to win.

Neocons are traitors. Simple as that.

Scrawled on a notepad found in the car of Holocaust Museum shooter James von Brunn Wednesday:

“Obama does what his Jew owners tell him to do.”

Spoken to reporter David Squires by President Obama’s former mentor, counselor and pastor the same day:

“Them Jews ain’t going to let him [President Obama] talk to me.”

Leftist bloggers and the government-run media would have you believe that von Brunn has more in common with “right-wingers” (libspeak for “conservatives”) than with any other group.

But these quotes are evidence of a certain like-mindedness between the shooter and the neo-Marxist pastor of the church Barack Obama used to attend before his inauguration as this country’s 44th president.

Both Wright and von Brunn are racists who hate Jewish people. Both adhere to variations of socialist doctrine. Conservatives recoil in horror at both racism and socialism. These are not our people. Those pointing their fingers at the right over the madman who killed Stephen Tyrone Johns, the good man who tried to be helpful to von Brunn by opening the museum door for him, should look closer to home.

O'Reilly responds to DC...........

O'Reilly: "By the Way Far Left Loons Out There- Holocaust Museum Killer Has Me Listed As A Bad Guy"

Bill O'Reilly addresses the Far Left loons--

"By the way for you Far Left loons out there here's something very interesting. You know the guy who murdered the security guard at the Holocaust Museum has me listed on his website as a bad guy."

Fraudsters eye huge stimulus pie, consultant says
Companies will face extra requirements to prevent problems

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Swindlers, con men, and thieves could siphon off as much as $50 billion of the government's planned stimulus package as the money begins flooding the economy in coming months, according to David Williams, who runs Deloitte Financial Services Advisory and counsels clients on fraud prevention.

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Thank God Joe Biden is in charge and promised this wouldn't happen!

Obama's Spiritual Mentor Admits "Zionist" is Just Code for "Jew"

—Ace

Admits it by saying that when he said "them Jews," he meant "them zionists."

Tomatoh tamatoh with these people. Whenever they get called on their antisemitism, they claim they just hate Zionists. Well, Wright blamed "them Jews," not "them Zionists." So when speaking his mind, unguardedly, he revealed himself.

What he says now that Wright has been given a talking to by non-Jewish political flacks (told to make the call by "them Jews," of course) is meaningless.

Mel Gibson should have said this, eh? "When I said 'Jews start all the wars,' I meant 'zionists start all the wars.' And when I called that woman 'sugar-tits,' I meant to call her 'sugar-zionists,' too."

Incidentally, on this point Wright is in 100% agreement with Holocaust Museum Murderer Von Braunn. From Von Braunn's notebooks:

Obama was created by Jews. Obama does what his Jew owners tell him to do.
If only them Jews had allowed Von Braunn to speak to Obama, perhaps this crime might have been averted.

Obama: We Must be Vigilant Against Anti-Semetism, But No Way in Hell Could I Possibly Chastise My Former Spirtual Advisor: Vigilance begins in the home, dickbag.

Barack Obama, Resident of the United States:

"This outrageous act reminds us that we must remain vigilant against anti-Semitism and prejudice in all its forms. No American institution is more important to this effort than the Holocaust Museum, and no act of violence will diminish our determination to honor those who were lost by building a more peaceful and tolerant world."

This is so obvious I hate saying it, but yeah: You think the media might notice this if the President whose spiritual advisor was making anti-semitic remarks even as he calls for "vigilance against anti-semitism" were a Republican?

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Hmmm, waht about it DC?

Conservatives have so completely lost their bearings that they can't get their taking points straight. They think a white supremecist is an Obama supporter. The humor in the contradiction of a Geezer Skinhead supporting a black president is evidently lost on them.

They think that somebody (Von Brunn) who was a part of the birther movement (questioning the authenticity of Obama's birth certificate like Limbaugh and our very own Fredward) is a member of the liberal left.

They think that someone who frequently posted and cited info from the website FreeRepublic was a liberal.

I could go on and on citing the identical opinions held by Von Brunn & Rush, Boehner, Palin and Fredward; but I think the point has already been made. And if you persist in saying that Von Brunn was a lefty, I'd like to formally welcome Rush, Fredward, Sister Sarah and the entire Conservative Clown Show to winning side of the aisle. Align yourself any way you wish. We'll just keep laughing our asses off at you.

The conservative movement lead by Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin has become the laughingstock of the political world. Enjoy the Late Night Funnies courtesy of the Conservative Clown Show.

"The newest nominee for the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, broke her ankle at LaGuardia Airport. Broke it in three places. And listen to this, at least two of those breaks have to be approved by the Senate."
--David Letterman

"She broke it right out there at LaGuardia Airport, stumbled on a thing and busted her leg, very painful. But fortunately, Rush Limbaugh's maid was right there at the gate with a little. 'Here, try a little…'"
--David Letterman

"And then, Rush said he hopes her ankle doesn't heal."
--David Letterman

"Rush Limbaugh is in the news. Last week, Rush Limbaugh said that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was a racist. But this week, Rush says he may support her. Yeah. Limbaugh says that he can't support Sotomayor until he's 100% sure she's a racist."
--Conan O'Brien

"Rush Limbaugh, you know Rush Limbaugh? The new face of the Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh. He says now, listen to this, he says now that he might support Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Yes, depending on how much OxyContin he can get his hands on."
--David Letterman

"Rush Limbaugh said today he might change his mind about something. I'm like, what?! He said he might support President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court. Wow! Sounds like someone got a new prescription."
--Craig Ferguson

"Rush and his ilk have come up with a name for the first Hispanic on the Supreme Court that's been 99% white men for 200 years, and that name is 'reverse racist.' She is a racist, and someone has to stop her, because for too long, white men have been kept down by powerful Puerto Rican women."
--Bill Maher

"On his radio show yesterday, Rush Limbaugh called supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a 'reverse racist.' I got to hand it to Limbaugh. That guy is a reverse genius."
--Jimmy Fallon (with apologies to Krazee Karl Rove)

"Judge Sotomayor said she seemed overwhelmed today (by her nomination), and she said it really won't sink in until she hears Rush Limbaugh say he hopes she fails."
--Jay Leno

"Well, over the weekend you know, there was some more back and forth between former Secretary of State Colin Powell and Rush Limbaugh. It's getting nasty. I don't know, General Powell versus Rush Limbaugh. You know, unless it's a pie eating contest, I gotta go with Powell, okay?"
--Jay Leno

How George Tiller Drove his Own Employee to Join Operation Rescue

LifeSite ^ | June 12, 2009 | Kathleen Gilbert

ENID, Oklahoma, June 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A former employee of Kansas late-term abortionist George Tiller has shared how her gruesome experiences at Tiller's abortion facility drove her away from her pro-choice views and into a life of activism for the rights of the unborn.

Luhra Tivis, who was hired as a temp worker for Tiller and eventually became a full employee for one year, discussed her story Tuesday with the Enid News & Eagle in the wake of Tiller's death May 31. Tiller was shot and killed while serving as an usher in his Lutheran church. His family has stated that Tiller's Wichita abortion facility, Women's Health Care Services, will not reopen.

In addition to normal secretarial work, Tivis told the Eagle that she "underwent some sales training" when she began work in 1988. In a separate testimony, published on the Pro-Life Action League's website, Tivis explained: "I thought they were going to tell me how they want the information sheet filled out and how to keep the phone record and this and that.

"But what I was handed instead was a packet of information - materials to study - on how to be a high-pressure salesperson over the phone, like telemarketing: how to convince somebody to buy your product."

Though Tivis says Tiller assured her at the outset that he only performed late-term abortions on "severely deformed" children or for a medical crisis, Tivis says she soon came to realize that Tiller's words were not consistent with his practice.

“I was seeing eight- and nine-month pregnant women come in,” she said, “and out of those two dozen a week, only about 2 percent had medical deformities. I thought I was pro-choice back then, but week after week I kept seeing these women coming in with healthy babies and I saw all the records. I didn’t think that was right.”

Tivis' testimony is congruent with the allegations of Operation Rescue, who had frequently denounced Tiller for killing perfectly healthy late-term babies. At the time of his death, Tiller was under investigation by the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts for performing illegal late-term abortions.

Discussing the typical abortion procedure, Tivis told the Pro-Life Action League in a previous interview: "[the mothers] have a sonogram, first thing and he tells them, 'Oh, you're not that far along.' He's very happy to take their money. Then the first thing he does to them is he kills that baby, because once that baby is dead, they can't change their mind and get their money back.

"He uses the sonogram — a tool for life — to kill the baby. He uses that to guide the needle into the baby's heart and he injects it with digoxin, which is a heart medication and it slows the baby's heart down.

"The second day, the women come in and they have little group counseling sessions, but they don't do any counseling until after that baby is already dead."

Livis described the testimony of a Southwest Kansas woman who had written a letter to Tiller, which Tivis says the abortionist distributed to his staff to read, describing her third-trimester abortion there as "the most horrible experience of her life."

"Although I was not down in the basement for any more than just a few seconds when those women were down there, I got a very vivid description of what actually went on down there from this woman," said Tivis, referring to a room in the facility where women would give birth to their babies' corpses following an abortion. "She said that women were crying and screaming and there was blood everywhere - blood running down their legs and it was just horrible.

They think a white supremecist is an Obama supporter.

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Nope- he's an Obama hater like you all that are Bush haters! (same genetics)

He's a socialist like Obama and the left wingers. If Obama were white this guy would be worshipping him like you the sheeple.

More funnies courtesy the Conservative Clown Show....

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am in so much trouble, because ? I'll tell you why - the governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, is angry with me. Fuming, angry, seeing red, and has called me 'pathetic.' Yup, that's right. Honestly, I haven't been called pathetic - well, since the honeymoon, actually."
--David Letterman

No, Letterman isn't advocating for Willow's honeymoon.

"But, I won't kid you. I was feeling a little depressed when I heard that the Governor was mad at me and called me 'pathetic.' To cheer myself up, I went out and spent $150,000 on clothes, and I feel better now."
--David Letterman

No, he isn't accusing Willow of spending ridiculous amounts of money to cheer herself up.

"You know who was in town this weekend, went to a Yankee game? Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska. And she was up there with Rudy Giuliani. They were sitting together. And their seats were, well, let me tell you where their seats were. They were way, way in far right field. They were so far right. Crazy."
--David Letterman

No, Letterman isn't accusing Willow of being "crazy."

"Sarah Palin got there early and she was taken to her seat, shown to her seat, by Joe the Usher."
--David Letterman

No, Letterman isn't accusing Willow of relying on the help of a known dipstick like "Joe the Usher."

"While she was at the Yankee game, Sarah Palin managed to spend $150,000 on hats and t-shirts."
--David Letterman

No, he isn't accusing Willow of getting a pimp hat at Yankee Stadium.

"One awkward moment, though, during the game. Maybe you heard about it, maybe you saw it on one of the highlight reels, one awkward moment for Sarah Palin at the Yankee game. During the seventh inning, her daughter was knocked up by Alex Rodriguez."
--David Letterman

No, he isn't joking about Willow getting knocked up. Which one was the one that got knocked up? Bristol?

"But Sarah Palin -- it was exciting, because everybody loves New York City and she spent the entire weekend here in New York City. And late yesterday afternoon, as a matter of fact, she actually pulled out her rifle, and she shot that thing on Donald Trump's head.."
--David Letterman

No, he isn't accusing Willow of shooting Trump's toupee.

This is why the GOP is in such a sad state. No sense of humor (or even and understanding of the basics of the english language.)

They think that someone who frequently posted and cited info from the website FreeRepublic was a liberal.

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Hmm, I frequently post on DC site, must mean I'm a liberal.

Hahahaha!

I could go on and on citing the identical opinions held by Von Brunn vs Rev Wright (Obamas mentor) as I have already.

Clint brings the funny!

lol

Thanks!

It's kind of sad how the left is using this jew hating racist ( I'm talking about Von Brunn not Obamas mentor) in distraction of the failed policies that the Dear Leader has implemented.

Clint, what was the unemployment rate when Obama started?

What is it now?

What did he promise it would be if we passed his porkulus bill?

When will it start going back down instead of up?

I will provide you with the answers if this is too hard, let me know?

James von Brunn, the man who allegedly shot and killed a guard at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., was a Darwin-lover who hated the Bible and Christians, and defies media efforts to classify him as a stereotypical "right-winger," according to reports.

The Moonbattery blog revealed von Brunn advocated the socialist policies espoused by Adolf Hitler and used Darwinian theory to support his anti-Semitism.
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Yup, he's a lefty all right!

Looks like DC should have done some reading himself before call Rushbo not so bright!

NOW puts Letterman on it's official "CREEPER" list!

Now that's funny!!!!

"Looks like some here yesterday would have us believe this nut job was a republican!"
Posted by: freddie June 11, 2009 1:46 PM

Fredward thinks the murderer is a Lefty Liberal.

"Nope- he's an Obama hater...."
Posted by: freddie June 12, 2009 1:43 PM

Huh?

Definition
Schozofrenia is a loss of contact with reality, usually including false ideas about what is taking place or who one is (delusions) and seeing or hearing things that aren't there (hallucinations).

Seek help, Fredward. And soon.

"Hmmmm, if only Barack would have showed us his real birth certificate, instead of fighting it in court, this wouldn't have happened. Damn shame!"
Posted by: freddie June 10, 2009 8:01 PM

from the guys at Factcheck:
http://tinyurl.com/5lqr4v

Q: Has Obama's birth certificate been disclosed?
Is Barack Obama a "natural-born citizen"? It is hard to believe he could get this far in the electoral process and not have a sufficient answer to this question, I admit, but has his birth certificate been disclosed?

A: Yes. His campaign made a copy public after speculation by conservative bloggers that he might not be a "natural-born citizen."
We asked for and received a copy from the Obama campaign. It is too large to display full size on this page, but you may click on this link to see a copy of the document just as we received it.
==+==
This is a common theme amongst the Holocaust deniers, teabaggers, skinheads, and the christianists that cheered the death of Dr. Tiller.

As CONSERVATIVE columnist David Horowitz at the National Review sez:
http://tinyurl.com/629zso

Obama Derangement Syndrome
Shut up about the birth certificate.
By David Horowitz
December 8, 2008 4:00 AM

"The continuing efforts of a fringe group of conservatives to deny Obama his victory and to lay the basis for the claim that he is not a legitimate president are embarrassing and destructive."

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Really, man. Give it up. I don't know what it's like out there on the fringe; but it can't be too much fun. According to Horowitz, you're an embarrassment to the Conservative Clown Show.

Fredward thinks the murderer is a Lefty Liberal.

"Nope- he's an Obama hater...."
Posted by: freddie June 12, 2009 1:43 PM

Huh?
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He's a socialist that hates blacks like KKK bird, another liberal lefty

Q: Has Obama's birth certificate been disclosed?
Is Barack Obama a "natural-born citizen"? It is hard to believe he could get this far in the electoral process and not have a sufficient answer to this question, I admit, but has his birth certificate been disclosed?

A: Yes. His campaign made a copy public after speculation by conservative bloggers that he might not be a "natural-born citizen."
We asked for and received a copy from the Obama campaign. It is too large to display full size on this page, but you may click on this link to see a copy of the document just as we received it.

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As the Pravda wrote:

The Sheeple will believe anything their messaih tells them...

No need for the real proof when a fake can be submitted, heh?

How about them unemployment numbers Clint?

"The continuing efforts of a fringe group of conservatives to deny Obama his victory and to lay the basis for the claim that he is not a legitimate president are embarrassing and destructive."

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You got me there, reminds me of the fringe fools that said Bush stole the election in 2000...

The only difference is that Bush really did win.....

hahaha

This is a common theme amongst the Holocaust deniers, teabaggers, skinheads, and the christianists that cheered the death of Dr. Tiller.

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Wow! Dude you've really got to turn off Keith Olberman - he's rotting your brain.

Really, man. Give it up. I don't know what it's like out there on the fringe; but it can't be too much fun. According to Horowitz, you're an embarrassment to the Conservative Clown Show.

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Liberals are soooo bitter...... I could really care less that Barry's not a natural born citizen. He is sinking under his failed progressive policies faster than Jimmy Carter in the 70's. It's actually fun to watch...

Yes, Capt, the Late Night Funnies never fail. It is so hard to choose from all the jokes. My favorite is The Daily Show, tho. One of the recent bits:

JON STEWART: Reverberations continue over Barack Obama's address to the Muslim world in the Egyptian city of Cairo. It was a speech designed to appeal to Middle Eastern moderates. Was there a hidden agenda?
ON SCREEN: Fox News' Sean Hannity saying Obama wanted to give '9/11 sympathizers a voice on the world stage.' Hannity then plays a clip that appears to back him up.
STEWART: Holy crap! Why doesn't any other news station tell us Obama was giving voice to 9/11 sympathizers?
ON SCREEN: Obama, during his speech, saying he's 'aware there are some who would justify the offense of 9/11 but let us be clear, al Qaeda killed nearly 3,000 people on that day. The victims were innocent men, women and children. These are not opinions to be debated. These are facts'.
STEWART: Oh, that's why. Because if you play the rest of the clip, you see Obama was doing the OPPOSITE of that."

STEWART: "Although, in Sean's defense, if the second half of a sentence was that important, wouldn't it be in the front? While Sean Hannity uses moral certainty to decide and then report, his cohorts have been less straightforward
ON SCREEN: FNC's Bill Hemmer says it's 'interesting' Obama didn't go to Israel on this trip. FNC's Gretchen Carlson also says it's 'interesting' that Obama, before he left, said America could now be considered a 'Muslim nation'.
STEWART: I'm not saying your mother's a whore, I'm just saying, isn't it interesting she has money? And I don't really know what she does during the day."
(Watch video clip)
http://tinyurl.com/kv8osj

I thought this exchange was pretty Muthreffin funny:

"CNN Poll: Bush, Cheney Popularity Grows
Wednesday, June 3, 2009 1:48 PM"
By: Jim Meyers
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"Wow! Another six months and Bush will have a better approval rating than Barry--lol"
Posted by: freddie June 3, 2009 6:35 PM

"LMAO Did y'all catch THIS line in the post?...
"...a new poll of REPUBLICANS reveals." hahaha"
Posted by: Alan June 3, 2009 10:09 PM

How connected are the Conservative Clown Show and the Domestic Terrorists connected?

The christianist that murdered Dr. Tiller was in frequent contact with representatives and coordinators of Operation Rescue (Republican Candidate Randall Terry's goon squad). As much as they deny it, they have domestic terrorist freaks like Scott Roeder who murdered Dr. Tiller in church weaving in and out of their organization:
http://tinyurl.com/odrr98

And as much as they would like to distance themselves from the skinheads, check out this picture of Conservative Clown Show Presidential candidate Ron Paul with the leader of Stormfront (a radical white supremecist group).
http://tinyurl.com/lzy2mz

No, really, how connected are the connections between those connected connections?

Did I mention that these skinheads are drawn to the Conservative Clown Show by their anti-immigration stance? No more brown people for them, thank you very much.

Yeah, I linked Little Green Nutjobs in my post above. Uh-huh. How 'bout the Jawa Report?
Ron Paul supporters invite white supremecist to address their conference:
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/189921.php

By the way, in case you were curious who attended that Values Voter Debate that was attended by the leader of Stormfront (and was used as a phot-op by Ron Paul), check out the retinue:
http://tinyurl.com/me43mh
Joseph Farah, founder and C.E.O. of WorldNetDaily will moderate the first ever Values Voter Presidential debate September 17th at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, in Ft. Lauderdale Florida.

"Don't miss it!" said Phyllis Schlafly, President of Eagle Forum, and Values Voter host committee member. "This debate will ask questions that other TV debates ignored." To make sure those questions are actually answered, Farah said he will use his role to "persuade the candidates to focus more precisely on what was asked."

Seven Republican candidates have confirmed their attendance, but hundreds of encouraging calls are being made to the few remaining unconfirmed candidates. "If they care about our votes, they'll care about our values," said Rick Scarborough, President of Vision America, and Values Voter host committee member. "And ALL of the candidates who care about our values will be at the Values Voter Debate in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on September 17th."

Pro-family leaders who'll be asking the questions include: Star Parker, of the Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), Bobby Schindler, of Terri's Fight, Don Wildmon, Chairman of the American Family Association, Tom Scott, President and CEO of Sky Angel Television Network, Paul Weyrich, President of the Free Congress Foundation, Judge Roy Moore, Chairman of the Foundation for Moral Law, Rabbi Aryeh Spero, of the Jewish Action Alliance, Richard Thompson of the Thomas More Law Center, Brent Bozell, of the Media Research Center, Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, who fought for the right of Military Chaplains to pray in Jesus name, Vic Eliason, of VCY America, who will be broadcasting the event live for radio on Satellite, and Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel.

So Clint are you telling us that there are no pro-life democrats?

I thought your party was the big tent party?

How connected are the Conservative Clown Show and the Domestic Terrorists connected?

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Only six months of Barry and already three domestic terrorists attacks on US soil?

More failed promises from Barry........

Bush kept us safe from these crazy dudes for seven years... Barry, not so good!

"Wow! Another six months and Bush will have a better approval rating than Barry--lol"
Posted by: freddie June 3, 2009 6:35 PM

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Dude, you left out the best post where waterboarding Cheney has a better approval rating than queen botox Peolsi.

Sarah Palin should send Dave Letterman (creepy 62 year old white male) a box of condoms cuz his slutty fanatsy of Willow (14 year old) will get all three of the Palin girls pregnant just from the sleaze of it.

The US economy lost 598,000 jobs in January.
The US economy lost 706,000 jobs in February.
The US economy lost 742,000 jobs in March.
And, in April, 539,000 jobs were lost.
Chains you can believe in~~~~~~
Posted by: freddie May 8, 2009 1:01 PM

From the Bureau of Labor and Statistics (the entity that compiles all that information):
http://tinyurl.com/mr27vp

Net Change (all employees)

July 2008 -128,000
Aug. -175,000
Sept. -321,000
Oct. -380,000
Nov. -597,000
Dec. -681,000
2009
Jan. -741,000
~~Obama takes office January 21st~~
Feb. -681,000
March: -652,000
April: -504,000(p)
May: -345,000 (p)

Notice how the direction the numbers are going? Increasing job losses under Bush (worse than any job losses under Obama, worst since The Depression), decreasing job losses after Obama takes over?

Let's go back and see how the Bush transition worked out in the same timeframe, July through May (via the BLS):

July 2000 +163,000
Aug. +3,000
Sept. +122,000
Oct. -11,000
Nov. +231,000
December +138,000
2001
Jan. -16,000
Feb +61,000
Mar. -30,000
April -281,000
May -44,000

Job gains under Clinton to job losses under Bush.

How 'bout the stock market? Dow loses almost half of it's value in the last year of Bush's presidency and is up 10% since Obama took over.

Blaming the Guy Who Came Before Doesn’t Work Long

“Blaming Bush just is not going to resonate,” said Ed Gillespie, left, former aide to President George W. Bush.

“Nobody’s trying to duck responsibility or make excuses,” said David Axelrod, right, senior adviser to President Obama.

Published: June 11, 2009

WASHINGTON — As President Obama struggles to turn around the moribund economy and confront multiple international issues, he wastes few opportunities to remind the country that the problems are not of his making.

“The financial crisis this administration inherited is still creating painful challenges for businesses and families alike,” Mr. Obama said this week as he proposed spending limits.

“We inherited a financial crisis unlike any that we’ve seen in our time,” he said last week as he thrust General Motors into bankruptcy.

His advisers and allies follow the same script. “The Obama administration inherited a situation at Guantánamo that was intolerable,” James L. Jones, the national security adviser, said of the military prison in Cuba. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the Obama foreign policy in the same vein. “We inherited a lot of problems,” she said.

Mr. Obama is hardly the first president to point to his predecessor. Ronald Reagan blamed Jimmy Carter for the poor economy he inherited, just as Bill Clinton blamed the first President Bush and the younger Mr. Bush then blamed Mr. Clinton. Former Bush aides like Karl Rove argue that Mr. Obama has done it more extensively and routinely than other presidents have, although the Obama team denies that.

But at a certain point, a new president assumes ownership of the problems and finds himself answering for his own actions. For Mr. Obama, even some advisers say that moment may be coming soon.

Mr. Obama got a taste of that in recent days as he and his White House were put on the defensive trying to explain why the unemployment rate had risen to 9.4 percent when his staff had predicted it would peak at 8 percent as long as Congress passed his stimulus plan, which lawmakers dutifully did. Mr. Obama obviously did not create the recession passed to him, but it was his administration that set the expectation that his policy would keep it from deepening as far as it has.

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Would ya look at that! The NYT, of all papers, is telling Clint and Alan to man up and own it!

LOL

Ya Clint unemployment is going down under Obama!

That's funny!

Yes stock market is up 10%, now you guys love wall street all of a sudden. Give me a break!

Dude your economy analysis is like Flans analysis of health insurance.

Fredward, you keep saying funny stuff like this:
"Hey Alan, your democrats were in control of the budget and oversight last two years of Bushie so can't spin that one. "
Posted by: freddie June 9, 2009 1:53 PM

As I've posted before, the budget process begins and ends with the President. with the record number of filibusters by the Conservative Clown Show and vetoes by President Bush, Republicans own the Trillions of dollars of deficit that were stacked up by the Bush Administration. These were deficits that were accumulated despite the fact that Obama has inherited the worst Recession since The Great Depression and the Conservative Clown Show inherited a thriving economy and a shrinking government debt.
Civics 101 by the Artist formerly known as Pandemoniac
http://tinyurl.com/nqhs7d

American Gays and Lesbians Feel Betrayed by Obama

Der Spiegel (Germany) ^ | June 12, 2009 | Marc Pitzke

More and more Americans support equal rights for gays and lesbians and oppose the ban on openly homosexual soldiers serving in the military. But Barack Obama seems to be behind the curve on gay rights -- and the calls for him to act are getting louder. Not even the rain kept them away. First, there was only a handful, then a few dozen, and finally thousands. They marched from New York's West Village through the traffic to Union Square, chanting. Many carried posters and banners many with slogans like "Civil rights now," "Equality for all families" and "No tolerance for...

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Looks like not all the sheeple are drinking the same kool aid!

Biz-ar-o

As I've posted before, the budget process begins and ends with the President.
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Then I guess the NYT's is right.

Man up and own it -

Obamas failure to fix unemployment and the economy was either wrong or a lie. Probably a little of both.

"Ya Clint unemployment is going down under Obama!
That's funny!
Yes stock market is up 10%, now you guys love wall street all of a sudden. Give me a break!"
Posted by: freddie Author June 12, 2009 3:31 PM

No. Not unemployment. Read carefully, it helps.

I'm talking about Job Losses. As you've been told over and over and over again on this blog, unemployment is one of the last things to turn around after a recession. First the bleeding stops (job losses). That is happening right now.

The CCS is so schizoid abou the Dow. They tried to blame the losses on Obama and doesn't know what to do about its rebirth. Intellectual honesty was never a strong suit of the Conservative Clown Show.

As for the Dow's numbers, it tells a spectacular story about our country's economic growth. Look at the historic trend. It ramps up during Bush the Elder's and Clinton presidencies then goes belly up under Bush. The record for peacetime sustained GDP growth (aside from stock market growth)? Yes, back when Big Dawg was president.

This is yet another one of the Legacies of the Conservative Clown Show that Obama has to deal with. So many messes to clean up, so little time (and no help from the CCS).
http://tinyurl.com/afknyt

Analysis: Republicans May Gain Ethics Issue

Friday, June 12, 2009 4:25 AM

WASHINGTON — The revelation that Democratic appropriations kingpins may face a House ethics investigation of their campaign receipts from lobbyists for recipients of government grants and contracts moves Republicans closer to gaining a corruption issue in 2010.

Republicans know well how lapses in ethical standards can sink a political party. They lost control of the House in the 2006 midterm election, succumbing in part to accusations from Democrats that the GOP had produced a "culture of corruption" in which lobbyists showered gifts on lawmakers in exchange for government contracts and other legislative favors.

The Democratic chairman and senior Republican on the House Ethics Committee dropped their political bomb Thursday night, announcing that the panel is reviewing the practice of lawmakers steering money and contracts to favored companies, and then receiving campaign contributions in return for the "earmarks."

The announcement came months after the Justice Department began a criminal investigation of the matter and a repetition of House votes on Republican motions — all of them defeated — calling for an ethics probe of lawmakers who engage in what is often called a "pay-to-play" system for funneling federal dollars to select companies and projects.

The review could turn into a full-blown ethics investigation later, with the potential for scathing reports that could become campaign fodder.

Democratic Reps. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, Pete Visclosky of Indiana, and Jim Moran of Virginia, all members of the money-dispensing House Appropriations Committee, received significant campaign donations from lobbyists from a defunct firm, PMA, and its clients — companies that got money for pet projects.

Their risk is that Republicans will be able to depict them as the personification of corruption, much in the way Democrats portrayed former Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas and ex-GOP Reps. Bob Ney of Ohio and Duke Cunningham of California going into the 2006 election. Ney and Cunningham both were sentenced to federal prison.

Republicans can take credit for smoking out Thursday's announcement of the ethics inquiry. Eight times this year, Republicans kept the PMA issue in the public eye — forcing votes on a resolution demanding an ethics investigation of lawmakers tied to the lobbying firm.

The resolution didn't mention Murtha, chairman of the defense appropriations subcommittee and a legend for steering defense contracts to his western Pennsylvania district. While others who sponsored pet projects also received PMA-related money, politically the resolution was largely about Murtha, a Vietnam Marine Corps veteran who has spent 35 years in the House and is one of Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi's mentors.

While majority Democrats defeated the resolution each time, Republicans kept picking up Democrats with successive votes — many of them first- or second-term lawmakers.

The first vote to demand an inquiry was backed by 17 Democrats, the last by 29. Many of those Democrats had campaigned for strict ethical standards, some winning by narrow margins in what had been Republican districts. They didn't want to chance being branded as hypocrites.

"I come from a town that has a scandal du jour — Chicago. And that (ethics reform) has always been my issue," said Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill, who was sworn in as a House member April 21 but wasted no time in supporting the Republican-proposed resolution.

Added Rep. Paul Hodes, D-N.H., "My job is to be an independent voice for New Hampshire."

Some of the Democrats just squeaked through in the last election. Freshman Rep. Bobby Bright of Alabama, who replaced a retiring Republican, won with just over 50 percent of the vote. So did first-termer Walt Minnick, D-Idaho, also elected from a Republican district with less than 51 percent.

Quigley, on the other hand, won about 70 percent of the vote and Rep. Henry Johnson, D-Ga., was unopposed for his second term in 2008.

Pelosi tried to blunt the Republican offensive by arranging a lecture to party members by the former top Democrat on the House Ethics Committee, Rep. Howard Berman of California.

Berman told Democratic colleagues in a closed meeting that there's a right and wrong way to start an ethics investigation. The wrong way was let the minority party initiate one.

"I assume he (Berman) wasn't there by accident," said freshman Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn.

Himes said he voted with the Republicans "because I think it's really important for Congress to clean up the relationship between earmarks and campaign contributions."

In desperation, the Democrats countered with their own resolution — instructing the ethics committee to declare whether they were investigating the link between earmarks and campaign donations. That's just what the committee did Thursday.

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Cheney says thanks Pelosi!

First the bleeding stops (job losses).

Tell that to the 689 GM dealerships that were forced to closed under the Obamanomics.

Bleeding stop - that's also very funny.

I guess if you believe the Kos Kids have a real copy of Barry's birth certificate instead of the proven forgery, that is, then you will also believe that your supreme god is bringing down unemployment and stopping jobs losses.

Are we close to utopia yet?

Hey Clint I would love to let you ramble on about what a thrill you get up your leg about Obama but someone has to actually creat jobs out here in the real world so I must be off!

Good luck with the stock market! I'm sure you're all in now that Obama is bringing it up 10%.

Yippeeeee!

Gingrich Accuses Sotomayor of Faking Broken Ankle

House Speaker Newt Gingrich accused Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor today of faking a broken ankle in order to get sympathy votes during her Senate confirmation.

"She's only wearing that fake cast to help her rack up votes," Mr. Gingrich said. "The minute she's confirmed, she'll whip it off and start dancing a jig."

While Ms. Sotomayor reportedly broke her ankle while rushing to catch a plane, the former House Speaker said, "The fake-ankle-cast thing is the oldest trick in the book."

Mr. Gingrich said that if Ms. Sotomayor was counting on arousing the empathy of Republican senators by faking a broken ankle, she was "sorely mistaken."

"Ms. Sotomayor needs to brush up on her law," he said. "Last time I checked, empathy was unconstitutional."

http://tinyurl.com/l563h8

Slutty Flight Attendants March in Solidarity with Palin

Alaska governor Sarah Palin received a resounding vote of support today in her war of words with David Letterman as thousands of slutty flight attendants marched on Mr. Letterman's TV studio in New York.

The protest march, organized by the National Association of Slutty Flight Attendants, attracted as many as twenty thousand slutty marchers, according to NYPD estimates.

"Say it loud, we're slutty and proud!" chanted the protesters, who lined the sidewalks in front of Mr. Letterman's studio to show their support for the Alaska governor.

Kendra Kalounis, the executive director of the slutty flight attendants' group, said she had canceled a tanning appointment to attend the march and added that slutty flight attendants were a political force to be reckoned with.

"Do you know the difference between a regular flight attendant and a slutty one?" she said. "Lipstick."

http://tinyurl.com/ny2tn4

GOP ‘Compromises’ on Health Care: ‘Public Option’ Available Only Upon Death

“WE’RE PREPARED TO SUPPORT A GOVERNMENT OPTION THAT’LL COVER ALL FUNERAL EXPENSES, INCLUDING THE EMBALMING FLUID THAT OUR PARTY SEEMS TO HAVE A MONOPOLY ON THESE DAYS.”

http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=7424

Leader Limbaugh: Chalk One Up to Obama, DNC

http://tinyurl.com/nvqr9u

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Rush is the perfect GOP leader. He isn't elected and can say anything no matter how outrageous.

Polls are instructive:

Blaming the Guy Who Came Before Doesn’t Work Long
Posted by: freddie June 12, 2009 3:24 PM

Do you think the current economic conditions are mostly something President Obama inherited or are they mostly a result of his own policies?"

Inherited His Own Unsure
6/1-3/09 74 18 8
4/21-23/09 80 14 6
4/1-3/09 76 13 11

from:
http://www.pollingreport.com/budget.htm

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folks still aren't blaming Obama. They know that Bush just put them through the economic ringer. Most Americans don't suffer from the Obama Derangement Syndrome that you seem to suffer from. Even folks that didn't vote for Obama know that he got saddled with the worst economy since The Great Depression.

0% of R's think of GW as a party leader . . .

America’s Sea of Red Ink Was Years in the Making

[...]

You can think of that roughly $2 trillion swing as coming from four broad categories: the business cycle, President George W. Bush’s policies, policies from the Bush years that are scheduled to expire but that Mr. Obama has chosen to extend, and new policies proposed by Mr. Obama.

The first category — the business cycle — accounts for 37 percent of the $2 trillion swing. It’s a reflection of the fact that both the 2001 recession and the current one reduced tax revenue, required more spending on safety-net programs and changed economists’ assumptions about how much in taxes the government would collect in future years.

About 33 percent of the swing stems from new legislation signed by Mr. Bush. That legislation, like his tax cuts and the Medicare prescription drug benefit, not only continue to cost the government but have also increased interest payments on the national debt.

Mr. Obama’s main contribution to the deficit is his extension of several Bush policies, like the Iraq war and tax cuts for households making less than $250,000. Such policies — together with the Wall Street bailout, which was signed by Mr. Bush and supported by Mr. Obama — account for 20 percent of the swing.

About 7 percent comes from the stimulus bill that Mr. Obama signed in February. And only 3 percent comes from Mr. Obama’s agenda on health care, education, energy and other areas.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/business/economy/10leonhardt.html?hp

Look at the trends that show whether the country is on the right track or if things are getting worse:

During the Bush era:
from 60% right track in 2002
to 20-something% right track in 2008.
Check out the kewl grafs:
http://tinyurl.com/m2vl8u

During the Obama Era:
Right track and Wrong track have almost merged with many polls showing most Americans think we're on the right track.
http://tinyurl.com/9p4d9c

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Realism, the cold kind, still applies. There are still enough people under economic duress to say that Obama has a hellish Bush economic shitpile to climb. As some would say: Yippeeeee!

Obama hasn't led the country out of the Bush Ditch yet. But after a mere 150 days or so, what kind of fool would expect him to cure a situation that hasn't been this bad since The Great Depression?

More fun with grafs:
Congressional approval in decline since 2002
http://tinyurl.com/lefur7

The reason?

Republican approval ratings in the twenties and Democratic approval ratings in the thirties and forties.

Disapproval ratings for Republicans are through the roof, consistently in the 70s, while disapproval for Dems is in the mid fifties.

Americans don't like Congress much, especially Conservative Clown Show members of Congress.

National Health Care
Day of Service

This summer, Organizing for America will fight to ensure Americans receive much-needed health care reform in 2009. Community service is a critical piece of our health care campaign and our National Health Care Day of Service on June 27, 2009 will highlight its importance.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/hcservice/

Polls polls polls. They are not created alike. Rasmussen is the best example.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Just 42% of likely voters now believe the United States and its allies are winning the War on Terror,
Posted by: freddie April 29, 2009 1:24 PM

49% Oppose Closing Guantanamo Prison Camp (38% Favor)
Rasmussen Reports ^ | May 26, 2009
Ouch!
Posted by: freddie May 26, 2009 1:41 PM

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll (lowest positive rating yet)
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Posted by: freddie May 26, 2009 7:03 PM

New Rassmussen poll-
Obamas negatives are now equal to his postives for the first time.
Posted by: freddie June 5, 2009 2:20 PM

Oh my: GOP now leads Dems by six points on economy in Rasmussen
June 8, 2009
Posted by: freddie June 8, 2009 7:21 PM

All slanted in favor of the GOP. Why rASSmussen? It has to do with the way they do their polling. They tend to poll a group that they call "likely voters." Then they tilt their results in favor of the GOP by including more GOP voters because (as their web site says): "Republicans are a bit more likely to participate in elections than Democrats."
http://tinyurl.com/2d34ul

So they begin by tilting their party affiliation in their direction. They tend to count more people as being Reds than other polls. Then they poll more RepubliCONS than Dems because "Republicans are a bit more likely to participate in elections than Democrats. "

Is this statistically verified? In a word, no. In the last two elections Republicans are (NOT) more likely to participate in elections than Democrats. According to who?

According to the guys who monitored the votes.

“A downturn in the number and percentage of Republican voters going to the polls seemed to be the primary explanation for the lower than predicted turnout,” the report said. Compared to 2004, Republican turnout declined by 1.3 percentage points to 28.7 percent, while Democratic turnout increased by 2.6 points from 28.7 percent in 2004 to 31.3 percent in 2008."
http://tinyurl.com/6pzvg3

Only once in the last 8 election cycles has there been a higher number of Republican voters than Dem voters.
http://tinyurl.com/l7hxen

There are more Dems than Reds in the U.S. More Dems than Reds have turned out for the last 8 elections. So why do rASSmussen polls tilt to the right?

Exactly. They soothe souls of those who suffer from Obama Derangement Syndrome. And they fall for it EVERY time.

Has anyone noticed that right wingers commit murder whenever they are upset? Seems very much like Muslim behavior.

No matter. Conservatives never do anything worthwhile for this nation. They back a known drug abuser, felon and racist like Rushbo and claim to be amazed that anyone would consider them racist. Well, it may be unfair to damn them all just because their hero is, well we all know what he is.

Wow kalpal, it is amazing how you can preface the condemnation of someone's racism with your own biggoted statement equating murderous behaviour and Islam. Please do us all a favor and stop trying to help.

SHOCKER: Buchanan Prefers "The Old Bigotry" To Affirmative Action

[...]

Here's the full context:

Thus, Sotomayor got into Princeton, got her No. 1 ranking, was whisked into Yale Law School and made editor of the Yale Law Review -- all because she was a Hispanic woman. And those two Ivy League institutions cheated more deserving students of what they had worked a lifetime to achieve, for reasons of race, gender or ethnicity.
This is bigotry pure and simple. To salve their consciences for past societal sins, the Ivy League is deep into discrimination again, this time with white males as victims rather than as beneficiaries.

One prefers the old bigotry. At least it was honest, and not, as Abraham Lincoln observed, adulterated "with the base alloy of hypocrisy."

http://tinyurl.com/m3qqhk

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GOPasaurs are going extinct for a reason, eh?

Conservative Randall Terry Abandons Personal Responsibility Clause of the Right-Wing Manisfesto .. for Now

Anti-abortionist extremist Randall Terry now blames Obama for his extremist compatriots coming off the rails. He wants Obama to take the blame for the murder of Dr. George Tiller and the security guard at the Washington Holocaust Museum.

When was personal responsibility abandoned by the right wing conservatives? Seems like with some conservatives, ring-wing principles fall prey to relativism, which, of course, is a bad word in conservative circles.

Seems like with some conservatives, liberal who commit crimes are responsible for their actions, period; conservatives who kill are not. When non-conservatives ask why young Muslims are joining Al Qaeda and taking up arms against the US, conservatives consider those questions of no consequence. Understanding the enemy isn't important. When conservatives take up arms and kill other Americans, then it becomes important to search for the reason why. Obama is their reason.

http://tinyurl.com/lmx6t4

Off-topic: A different dubiously guilty man is set to die June 17:

https://secure.aclu.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=1581&page=UserAction&JServSessionIdr011=osat65lvj5.app24a

For Republicans, the Forces Aren't With Them

There has been much chatter about who now speaks for the Republican Party, and whether the GOP has a message or an agenda to combat President Obama's popularity. Those questions are important to the party's future, but the most serious problem remains the deeper demographic and political forces at work in the country.

For the past few months, political analysts and demographers have been poring over the results of the 2008 election and comparing them with presidential results from the past two decades. From whatever angle of their approach -- age, race, economic status, geography -- they have come to a remarkably similar conclusion. Almost all indicators are pressing the Republicans into minority status.

http://tinyurl.com/mhhtvu

Obama Approval Rating Exceeds 50% in States Containing 445 Electoral Votes

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/06/obama-approval-rating-exceeds-50-in.html

Insure justice for Reggie Clemons

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Ahmadinejad Wins Stanley Cup

In what many are describing as an upset victory of unprecedented proportions, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins last night to win the 2009 Stanley Cup, Iran's Interior Ministry announced today.

According to the ministry, which Mr. Ahmadinejad runs, the Iranian hard-liner defeated the Penguins by a score of 6-0, scoring two hat tricks in the victory.

But Penguins star Evgeni Malkin immediately disputed Mr. Ahmadinejad's claim, arguing that the Iranian president did not even appear in the game.

Mr. Ahmadinejad scoffed at Mr. Malkin's charge, stating, "He's just pissed that I was named MVP."

The Iranian president took time out from celebrating his Stanley Cup win to announce that he had just been named Poet Laureate of England.

http://tinyurl.com/m2abw5

I wonder . . .

DHS put out a report about RW extremists. They have all the "Patriot Act" powers, we know they wiretap, sneak and peek warrants are a given.

Who dropped the ball on James von Brunn?

Maybe the insane and unconstitutional powers of FISA court and the rest are just a waste of time and money.

Someone took me to task for equating Islam with murder.
Since I grew up in the middle east I know that Islam is the religion of peace. I would never equate Islam with mass murder of innocent women and children during a funeral march or at Friday prayers nor even shopping for food at the local Suq..

I have taken note lately that whenever someone in most Islamic nations becomes angry about any political matters, people tend to be murdered in large numbers. Perhaps there are single killings but we tend not to hear much of those. Group murders are so much more sexy as far as the media is concerned.

I still hear about so called honor murders because Islam considers it acceptable behavior to kill one's own family if one is unhappy about the behavior of one of them, generally a female. Men are rarely the targets of honor killings.

What I do not hear all that often is clerics demanding that mass murders cease and issuing fatwas against murders of funeral mourners or adherents praying at their local mosques.

Maybe that evil left wing media, or is it right wing, I forget which, is keeping us all in the dark about the clerics demanding that mass murders cease. Maybe not?

Any society that resigns itself to the murder of women and children walking behind a coffin to the graveyard for a funeral, is one I would not wish to equate with peace and love.