Month: March 2009

Under Obama Stock Market Sees Worst First Quarter Since 1939

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President Obama keeps racking up a dreadful record:** The stock market had its worst January in 113 years.** The stock market had its worst February since 1933.** The Dow has dropped faster under Obama than any other new president in 90 years.** In March the dollar saw its worst drop in value in 25 years.** And, today we found out that the stock market had its the worst first quarter since 1939.The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the first quarter of 2009 down 13%.The Wall Street Journal reported:The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished the first quarter of 2009 at 7608.92, down 13%.

10 Tax & Spend Facts For the Tax Day Tea Party Protests

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The US debt is so large that America couldn’t qualify to join the EU.President Obama expects the deficit level to be 12% of GDP this year larger than Great Britain’s record 10% deficit to GDP.According to Heritage, Obama will quadruple the deficit this year.The media does not want to dwell on these facts but there’s more…The Institute For Policy Innovation released these facts in time for the Tax Day Tea Party Protests:Ten Tax Facts for Tax Day Tea PartiesPresident Barack Obama and the U.S.

Obama In Europe: Will Continue to Bash America & Bush

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Barack and Michelle Obama arrived in Great Britain today.He plans on speaking to European allies this week and bashing America and Bush.The BBC reported:Our correspondent says President Obama will assert that the US has changed, that America is willing to listen and engage, but he will also insist that America still has the capacity to pull the world in the right direction.

Dem Judge Arrested On Inmate Sex Charges & Spankings (Video)

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“Once inside the room, according to the sources, the judge would ask the young men to drop their pants and prepare to be spanked with what they described as a wooden or fraternity-like paddle.”Democrat Judge Herman ThomasHanding Out Punishment to the Naughty Jail Boys Here’s today’s media edition of name that party.Former Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas was charged with 57 counts of inmate sex.

Democrat Senator Announces Painful Cuts in Pentagon Budget

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With US forces battling foes in two countries in The War on T—– the Democrats announced today that the Pentagon budget will be slashed this year.Breitbart reported:Senate defense committee chairman says Pentagon budget will include large, painful cuts.

Chris Matthews Calls Governor Palin a "Mail-Order Bride"

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Classy as always, Chris Matthews and Newsweek reporter Howard Fineman dissed popular Governor Sarah Palin last night.Matthews went so far as to call Governor Sarah Palin a “mail-order bride” during the segment:Hat Tip HotAirSurely the feminists will surge to Sarah Palin’s defense and demand an apology from liberal hack Chris Matthews.Surely they will.

Rush Limbaugh: "Obama Believes People Who Have Wealth Stole It" (Video)

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“It is this world, a world where cruise ships throw away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince see in a year, where white folks’ greed runs a world in need, apartheid in one hemisphere, apathy in another hemisphere.”Barack ObamaThe Audacity of HopeBarack’s reaction to a racist speech by Jeremiah WrightAudio Here Rush Limbaugh attacked Barack Obama today for his constant assault on America’s producers.El Rushbo did not hold back.Greta Van Susteren played the video from Limbaugh’s show today:Rush Limbaugh exposed the Obama plan today:Based on what we’ve seen with General Motors and the banks, if he fails, America is saved.

Dems Ready to Hit Palin With the Rush Limbaugh Treatment

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Dems ready to take over where the media left off…Democratic operatives are finalizing their plans to attack popular Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.The Plum reported:Multiple Democratic strategists say the party plans to increasingly elevate Palin in the same manner it has employed Rush for weeks, using her high-visibility, her social conservatism, and memories of her harsh attacks on Obama during the campaign to tar the GOP as partisan, obstructionist, and backward-looking.James Carville, a key architect of the Limbaugh strategy, says Dems will be seeking to elevate Palin more and more, because she’s “an identifiable person who has a hook,” unlike GOP leaders like Eric Cantor and Mitch McConnell.“Her name conjures up all kinds of reactions in people’s minds,” Carville told me, adding that her association with the campaign will be used to portray the GOP as hidebound and to alienate moderates.

Change! Starting Today Team Obama Will Stand Behind Your Car Warrantee

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But, will he inflate your tires?(NY Daily News)No wonder Team Obama supported a race car this past year…Dear Leader just took over GM and Chrysler.Reuters reported:In recent months, my Auto Task Force has been reviewing requests by General Motors and Chrysler for additional government assistance as well as plans developed by each of these companies to restructure, modernize, and make themselves more competitive.Year after year, decade after decade, we have seen problems papered-over and tough choices kicked down the road, even as foreign competitors outpaced us.

5 Arrested In G20 Bomb Plot

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British police arrested 5 suspected terrorists who were planning attacks on the G20 meetings this week in London.

British Archbishop Thanks Muslims For Bringing Religion Back to England

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A year ago the Archbishop of Canterbury said that Islamic (Sharia) courts in Britain seemed “inevitable” and could aid “social cohesion” even though women have no rights under such a system.This weekend Archbishop Rowan Williams thanked Muslims for bringing religion back to Great Britain.Muslim.net reported: In an unprecedented move by a Western Christian leader, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has praised British Muslims for bringing back religion and ethics into public life.

President Lula's Big CNN Announcement: Brazil Will Become Great Oil Producer

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Already this year Democrats have scrapped oil and gas leases in Utah, permanently banned drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), and nixed offshore drilling.In fact, for decades Democrats have blocked efforts to responsibly develop this nation’s energy resources, transforming vast areas of opportunity into “The No Zone.”But, not Brazil…Fareed Zakaria interviewed Brazilian President Ignacio Lula da Silva yesterday day on CNN.

Senate Votes to Allow ACORN Funding in Youth Brigades Bill

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(Updated with new Obama Youth graphic)Just when you thought this Leftist bill could not be any more disturbing…The Senate just voted to allow ACORN funding in the Youth Brigades Bill.Here comes the Obama youth.Hat Tip JayThe Senate on Friday killed an amendment that would exclude funding for ACORN in Obama’s Youth Brigades bill (53-43).

Newsweek Cover: "Obama Is Wrong"

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Newsweek boldly announces this week: “Obama Is Wrong”But, it’s not what you think…The liberal mag features a piece on Far-left columnist Paul Krugman who believes Obama is not spending enough and is too close to Wall Street(?)FOX Business reported, via :Paul Krugman has emerged as President Barack Obama’s toughest liberal critic, writes Newsweek Editor-at-Large Evan Thomas in his profile of Krugman in the current issue.

Change! Obama Fires GM CEO Rick Wagoner

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Obama just canned the CEO of General Motors?The Politico reported:The Obama administration asked Rick Wagoner, the chairman and CEO of General Motors, to step down and he agreed, a White House official said.On Monday, President Obama is to unveil his plans for the auto industry, including a response to a request for additional funds by GM and Chrysler.

Obama to Hold Global Anti-Energy Forum Next Month in DC

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Already this year democrats scrapped oil and gas leases in Utah, permanently banned drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), and nixed offshore drilling.Democrats won’t allow nuclear energy.

When Cut-&-Runners Collide… Biden Thanks Zapatero For Help in Iraq

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Cut-&-Runner Joe Biden thanked Spain’s Prime Minister and Cut-&-Runner José Luis Zapatero in Chile yesterday for all of his help in Iraq.(Zapatero withdrew Spanish troops from Iraq when he was elected.)International socialist leaders met this weekend in Chile.Barcepundit and HotAir reported:MAN, BIDEN IS A GAFFE WITH LEGS: during his meeting with Spain’s prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in Chile yesterday, Biden thanked Zapatero for his effort…

Change? Iranian Experts Helping North Korea With Missile Launch

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Weren’t they supposed to behave and like us now that Dear Leader started talking nicey-nice?You’d think that internet greeting would count for something.(ISNA)Iranian experts are helping the North Koreans with their missile launch.The AFP reported:A group of Iranian missile experts is in North Korea to help Pyongyang prepare for a rocket launch, Japan’s Sankei Shimbun newspaper reported on Sunday.North Korea has said it will launch a communications satellite over northern Japan between April 4 and 8, and the report said the 15-strong Iranian delegation had been in the country since the beginning of this month.It includes senior officials with Iranian rocket and satellite producer Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group, the daily said, quoting unnamed sources.The Iranians brought a letter from their President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il stressing the importance of cooperating on space technology, it added.The United States and its Asian allies suspect North Korea is using the launch as a cover for a long-range missile test.

AIG Board Member Named to Obama's Task Force on Tax Reform

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President Barack Obama attacked AIG last saying the insurance giant was in financial straits because of “recklessness and greed.” Obama announced that he intended to stop AIG from paying out millions in executive bonuses.The AP: But, that didn’t stop Obama from naming one of AIG’s board members to his task force on tax reform.CNN reported:One of the people named this week to President Obama’s new Task Force on Tax Reform is a member of the AIG board of directors.Martin Feldstein, a professor of economics at Harvard University, has been on the board of American International Group since 1988.

Personal Computers Could Be Open to Government Access Under New Obama Copyright Plan (Video)

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The Obama Administration is currently negotiating the ACTA Agreement with several international partners.The proposed agreement would empower security officials at airports and other international borders to conduct random ex officio searches of laptops, MP3 players, and cellular phones for illegally downloaded or “ripped” music and movies.Russia Today warned about this controversial agreement:From the video- The personal computer may soon be not-so-private, with the U.S.

Obama Dealt Major Defeat Before G20 Summit

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Finally, some sanity.German leader Angela Merkel dealt British Prime Minister Brown and US President Barack Obama a defeat today by scrapping their plans for a global “New Deal.”The Times Online reported, via Drudge:GORDON BROWN’S carefully laid plans for a G20 deal on worldwide tax cuts have been scuppered by an eve-of-summit ambush by European leaders.

Biden's Daughter Caught On Tape Snorting Coke

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Joe Biden and daughter AshleyWell, here’s another distraction.Biden’s daughter was caught on tape snorting coke.The New York Post reported:A friend of the daughter of Vice President Joseph Biden is attempting to hawk a videotape that he claims shows Ashley Biden snorting cocaine at a house party this month in Delaware.

Thousands Line Up For Mark Levin Book Signing

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Have you ever seen anything like this?Thousands line up in Virginia at Mark Levin book signing:Mark Levin’s book Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto (Hardcover) is still #1 on .com:Here’s a review from :Conservative talk radio’s fastest-growing superstar is also a New York Times bestselling phenomenon: the author of the groundbreaking critique of the Supreme Court, Men in Black, and the deeply personal dog lover’s memoir Rescuing Sprite, Mark R.

Soros Warns That Britain Is Looking at Possible Depression- May Seek IMF Rescue

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The Soros-funded Far Left think tank Center for American Progress helped shape the Obama Administration’s agenda.This group is led by former Clinton and current Obama advisor John Podesta.George Soros, the man who broke the Bank of England, warned today that England may need to seek assistance from the IMF to bail it out of its current crisis.Soros also warned of a global depressionThe Times Online reported, via LGF:Britain may have to go to the IMF for a huge financial bailout, the influential investor George Soros warns today.

Taliban Destroy NATO Trucks– Kill 50 In Mosque Blast

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The Long War Journal reported today that a Taliban suicide bomber killed more than 50 worshipers and wounded more than 125 in an attack at a mosque in Pakistan’s tribal areas along the border with Pakistan.Also, Taliban militants destroyed 12 NATO trucks at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border today.The AFP reported:Taliban militants in Pakistan on Saturday destroyed 12 parked trucks laden with supplies for NATO forces in neighbouring Afghanistan during a heavy battle with police, an official said.Fighters armed with rockets and petrol bombs besieged the Farhad terminal on the edge of the northwest city Peshawar, police said, the latest in a series of strikes targeting goods bound for foreign forces across the border.

Afghan Soldier Shoots Dead 2 US Servicemen

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Sad.An Afghan soldier killed two Amrican servicemen on Friday.The Daily Times reported:An Afghan army soldier shot dead two US servicemen and wounded a third before killing himself in northeast Afghanistan on Friday, US military said.

2.2 Jobs Lost For Every New Green Job

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Of course, the mainstream media won’t report this news…A new study revealed that 2.2 jobs are lost for every new green job.Barcepundit reported:If Spain’s experience is any guide, there are serious job losses from green stimulus measures like the ones contemplated in Obama’s plans.

Obama On Afghanistan– A Hodgepodge of Mixed Messages

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Here are a few Obama-Afghanistan headlines from the last 20 days:March 7, 2009–Obama Announces We’re Losing War and He Is Open to Reaching Out to Taliban March 11, 2009–Genius Joe Biden: Only “5% of the Taliban Is Incorrigible”March 11, 2009–Taliban reminds Obama & Biden: “We’re not Moderate”March 23, 2009–Obama Already Looking For Way Out of Afghanistan March 23, 2009–Obama (Who was against Iraq War) Says: “Iraq War Was Easier Than Afghanistan” March 24, 2009–Obama will stay on offense in AfghanistanMarch 24, 2009–Team Obama Wants an Exit Strategy in AfghanistanMarch 27, 2009–Obama vows to ‘disrupt, dismantle and defeat’ TalibanConsidering his recent waffling, do you suppose the terrorists are shaking in their boots?It’s hard to take this guy seriously.

Harry Reid Attacks Chief Justice John Roberts

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Always a class act, Majority Leader Harry Reid just called Chief Justice John Roberts a liar.The Politico reported, via LGF:Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that John Roberts misled the Senate during his confirmation hearings by pretending to be a moderate — and that the United States is now “stuck” with him as chief justice.

Eric Holder & Hillary Propose Ban On Assault Weapons (Video)

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Look Out– Here Come the Gun Grabbers…Team Obama, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Attorney General Eric Holder, are talking about reinstating the assault weapons ban.Hillary told told Mexican authorities yesterday that the use of military-style assault weapons was a particular concern, and she would discuss reimposing a ban on their sale.Of course, this is based on flawed information as most of these weapons entering Mexico are being smuggled from Central American countries or by sea.And, a ban on US weapons would do nothing to thwart the sale of grenade launchers and anti-tank launchers.But, this doesn’t seem to matter to democrats.FOX News reported:President Obama voted 4 times to allow criminal charges against homeowners who defended their homes and property with a gun during his legislative career.It’s no wonder then that Obama was awarded the “Gun Salesman of the Year” by Outdoor Wire.

UN & Team Obama Will Reorder World Economy With New Global Warming Junk Science Rules

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Arctic sea ice growth finished the year in 2008 at the same level as 1979.The oceans have been cooling since 2003.Sea ice is growing at the fastest pace on record.Greenland’s glaciers are stabilizing.There are growing fears of a coming freeze worse than the ice age.Alaskan Sea Glaciers are advancing for the first time in 250 years.And, for the second straight year the Earth is, in fact, cooling…

Obligatory Missouri Tigers Sweet 16 Shot of the Night

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The Missouri Tigers upset the Memphis Tigers last night in the NCAA basketball tournament.The Tigers will now face UConn in regional finals.The shot of the night came from Missouri’s Marcus Denmon before halftime:Swish!Missouri Tigers guard Marcus Denmon made a spectacular shot from beyond the half-court line right at the buzzer to add 3 more points to his team’s lead.

Brazilian President Da Silva: "White, Blue-Eyed Bankers Have Brought World Economy to Its Knees"

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Nice.Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva blamed white blue-eyed bankers for the world recession.Do Barney Frank and Chris Dodd have blue eyes?The Daily Mail reported:Gordon Brown’s efforts to broker an £80 billion bailout for world trade on a trip to Brazil hit a stumbling block tonight when the country’s President lashed out at “white, blue-eyed’ bankers for bringing the world economy to its knees.” Mr Brown watched on uneasily as his host, President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva, launched a bizarre tirade in which he warned that next week’s G20 summit in London would be a ‘spicy’ affair.

Sen. Judd Gregg: US Couldn't Join EU Due to Debt Levels

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The US debt is so large that America couldn’t qualify to join the EU.President Obama expects the deficit level to be 12% of GDP this year larger than Great Britain’s record 10% deficit to GDP.According to Heritage, Obama has already helped quadruple the deficit this year.Senator Judd Gregg told MSNBC this morning that the US debt level would disqualify it from EU membership.The Hill Blog reported:The United States wouldn’t even be eligible to enter the European Union if it wanted to because of its debt levels, Sen.