Obama-Pelosi spending bill passes

The $1 TRILLION Obama-Pelosi spending bill just passed the House of Representatives and not one Republican voted for it. 244 in favor and 188 against it.
11 democrats voted against the Obama-Pelosi spending bill. I would hate to be them.
This $1 TRILLION DEMOCRAT PAYOFF BILL is now owned by democrats and democrats only.
The economy will be comming around without this bill but the worry now is going to be inflation. That will be owned by Obama-Pelosi.
The tax cuts that President Obama speaks of are illusionary. Giving money to people who do not pay taxes is NOT a tax cut.
Eat this yourselves Obama voters. Don't do a Mama Cass on us either!
THE TOTAL OF THE OBAMA-PELOSI-REID DEBT NOW STANDS AT OVER $1 TRILLION.
This figure includes the $350 BILLION that President-elect Obama asked Bush to release.
That money doesn't go into the Bush column because Bush said he would NOT release it unless Obama asked for it so it rightfully belongs in the Obama spending column.

Billy Powell, Skynyrd keyboardist has passed away

Billy Powell, keyboardist for Lynyrd Skynyrd has passed away.
It appears to have been a heart attack. This is for Billy.

Senator Arlen Specter votes for US tax dollars to fund abortions

Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania has voted to use American taxpayer dollars to fund abortions overseas!!
I will begin my active campaigning against Arlen Specter. His primary opponent will get the max donations allowable.
Spector also voted in favor of Holder for AG.
I have a suggestion for US Senator Arlen Specter, plan your retirement now because you are done. The anger that Pennsylvania Republicans have now will be brought to bear against him. Pat Toomey was close but this time Specter will lose.
FO Arlen.

Dent, Gerlach and stimulus politics

"This is a very dangerous political vote for House Republicans, in particular those from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan," said a White House aide familiar with House districts. "Their constituents want them to take action to save the economy, not block progress."

Just the reason I predicted Gerlach and Dent were invited to meet with the One.

Democrat Speaker of the House Pelosi "contraception will reduce the costs to the states and the federal government"

Democrat, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claims that

"contraception will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government."

This idea came for the Sunday program This Week.
Did you know that 1/3 of a Billion dollars is to be spent on this part of the stimulus?
Here is the exchange in question. George Stephanopoulos is asking the questions.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hundreds of millions of dollars to expand family planning services. How is that stimulus?

PELOSI: Well, the family planning services reduce cost. They reduce cost. The states are in terrible fiscal budget crises now and part of what we do for children's health, education and some of those elements are to help the states meet their financial needs. One of those - one of the initiatives you mentioned, the contraception, will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government.

STEPHANOPOULOS: So no apologies for that?

PELOSI: No apologies. No. we have to deal with the consequences of the downturn in our economy.

Using the logic of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, less children will be less of a drag on our economy. If this is a stimulus bill that should not matter since it usually takes about 9 months for the little burden on society to be born.
This thinking is what Obama voters are responsible for. The 62 million are directly resonsible for this radical change in America.

How many jobs will the Obama "stimulus" create?

How many jobs do you think the Obama "stimulus" plan will create?
Watch the Capital Hill testimony to find out the answer.

Rachel D'oro is

Rachel D'oro, scribbling for the AP, is ignorant. She doesn't seem to understand that attacking children is different from attacking a candidate.

ANCHORAGE - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is going on the offensive against news organizations and bloggers she says are perpetuating malicious gossip about her and her children.

But political observers say the former Republican vice presidential candidate can't have it both ways: trotting out the children to showcase her family values, then trying to shield them from scrutiny.

First off Rach, she wasn't "trotting out the children to showcase her family values."
Candidates who have children that age are shown at many functions. I recall seeing the Obama girls at quite a few events. Was Obama "trotting out the children" Rachel?
Chelsea Clinton was seen at events when her father was running.
Maybe Rachel is jealous because she doesn't have any family values.
Rachel's "political observers" consist of only two people.
After using quotes from her first "political observer" she says "Steinhorn is not alone among experts." What experts would that be Rachel D'oro? The other single person you interviewed? Rachel tries to get her readers to believe that there are all these experts out there testifying to her thesis.

Here is more of Rachel D'oro's work.

Palin's grievances include what she calls "false stories" such as a talk show host's suggestion that she helped Levi Johnston get a job in Alaska's North Slope oil fields, circumventing eligibility rules since he does not have a high school diploma.

Johnston's father, an engineer for an oil-field services company, has said his position accounted for any help Levi received in getting the apprenticeship job.

Palin also lashed out at bloggers and others perpetuating Internet rumors that her 9-month-old son, Trig, is actually Bristol Palin's child from a secret previous pregnancy.

Yo Rachel, why are you so intellectually dishonest? "Bloggers and others", the "others" is the main stream media. People Magazine, New York Times, and the people you write for Rachel D'oro, the A P
ran those stories about Palin and her baby. People like Rachel D'oro are responsible for these types of stories about Palin. Palin is not complaining that the stories claimed she was not experienced enough, she complained that the stories said Trig was really Bristol's baby. So the story in the case Rachel, focused on both her children and had no bearing on any policy issue unless you are a liberal and lack family values. That is the only reason people like Rachel D'oro would write this crap and would also try to tear down her family. That is what liberals have always done. They can not even come close to something so instead they malign it.
Stick to writing about volcanoes and wolves Rachel.

More Myths about the Bush era

Our last installment on the myths of the Bush Presidency.
These are from Real Clear Politics.

Myth 5: This Administration has been bad for the environment and ignored the problem of global warming.

Reality:

Given the liberal media's failure to acknowledge this Administration's true record on alternative energy, conservation, and climate change, it's not surprising this charge has stuck. But here are some irrefutable data points: From 2001 to 2007, air pollution decreased by 12 percent, and fine particulate matter pollution is down 17 percent since 2001. Ethanol production quadrupled from 1.6 billion gallons in 2000 to 6.5 billion gallons in 2007, wind energy production has increased by more than 400 percent, and solar energy capacity has doubled. In 2007, solar installations increased more than 32 percent and the U.S. produced 96 percent more biodiesel (490 million gallons) than in 2006. The Administration also provided nearly $18 billion to research, develop, and promote alternative and more efficient energy technologies such as biofuels, solar, wind, clean coal, nuclear, and hydrogen.

This Administration has improved and protected the health of more than 27 million acres of Federal forest and grasslands, protected, restored, and improved more than three million acres of wetlands, and established the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the world's largest fully protected marine conservation area (nearly 140,000 square miles).

Much of the misperception about the President's environmental record is born out of the President's withdrawing the United States from the Kyoto Protocol, which did not include the effective participation of major developing countries such as India and China. Instead, the President worked to address climate change by launching the Major Economies Process, which convened the leaders of the world's major economies, both developed and developing, to work on ways to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy security without harming our economies or giving any nation a free ride. Finally, the President set the country on course to stop the growth of greenhouse gas emissions below projected levels by 2025 and invested more than $44 billion in climate change-related programs.

Some other items that are infrequently mentioned about the real record of the Bush Administration but are worth noting: Teenage drug use has declined 25 percent; in 2007, the violent crime rate was 43 percent lower than the rate in 1998; between 2005 and 2007, the chronically homeless population decreased approximately 30 percent; funding for veterans' medical care has increased more than 115 percent; and as of 2005, the most recent abortion rate is at its lowest since 1974.

And one last fact: Our homeland has not suffered another terrorist attack since September 11, 2001. That, too, is part of the real Bush record.

Please visit Real Clear Politics for more.

Letter to the Editor at the Morning Call

Here is the letter to the editor we just sent in.
I am posting it because it is good and in case the MCall doesn't print it.

The recent attempt to portray Obama as Lincolnesque is absolutely ridiculous. Obama would have been against most of Lincoln's wartime policies, including the suspension of Habeas Corpus, the closing of newspapers and the conditions in prisoner of war camps. The closest Obama gets to Abraham Lincoln is as a Copperhead Democrat. They talked of appeasement with the Confederacy and fought Lincoln on most everything else. This comparison, which Obama brings on himself, is almost surreal. I can't wait to see what happens when he actually does something. The Camelotization of the Obama presidency has already begun before the inaugural ball gowns are even hung up.

US Representative John Murtha, D-PA offers to take the Gitmo terrorists

Rep. John Murtha, D-PA has finally gone over the edge. He has offered to take the Gitmo terrorists and house them in Pennsylvania.

Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said he would take the detainees in his own district, which lies just a few miles from the field near Shanksville, Pa., where United Flight 93 crashed after it was hijacked by terrorists on Sept. 11, killing all 44 people aboard.

"Sure, I'd take them. They're no more dangerous in my district than in Guantanamo," Murtha said, calling the Guantanamo prison a "sore in the United States' moral standards."

"There's no reason not to put them in prisons in the United States and handle them the way they would handle any other prisoners."

Just read how totally clueless Murtha is. The voters who re-elected him are absolutely stupid and should be sterilized!

The reason why this is more dangerous John is because any terrorists could have a much better chance of making a scene on the mainland than on a tiny corner of Cuba.
This is incredible.

Gwen Ifill, debate moderator, in the tank for Obama

Gwen Ifill is a "journalist" for PBS and other elite media. She is also a debate moderator. Do ya think she is biased?
This are Obama snacks for her booksigning party. Don't tell me the media isn't in the can for Obama.
The best part is Ifill always denied any bias in her PBS/debate moderator role.

President Bush's Middle East policy was a success

This is from the Jerusalem Post. Heinrich Maetzke is the author.

Here is a politically incorrect assessment: Today President George W. Bush will hand over to his successor a Middle Eastern foreign policy outlook far brighter than the one he inherited from Bill Clinton. The 44th US president will have in the Gulf area and beyond what No. 43 so desperately missed: freedom of action to react to upcoming crises.

To anybody who looks at a map of the greater Middle East and who remembers what it looked like eight years ago, it is obvious. When President Bush took over the Oval Office, he found Washington's Middle Eastern policy locked in an unsustainable position: double containment of Iraq and Iran, with Islamic radicalism in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere festering in the background. The situation in Iraq was unfinished and untenable. Neither the no-fly zones in the Kurdish north and the Shi'ite south of the country nor the UN-imposed sanctions could be upheld much longer. Large contingents of US troops were tied up in neighboring Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Washington found itself in a fix: Those troops could not stay forever, but withdrawing them would be tantamount to handing triumph to Saddam Hussein on a silver platter.

EIGHT YEARS on, the US position in the Gulf looks much more manageable: Strenuous double containment of Iraq and Iran has given way to difficult but doable containment of Iran.

You must read the entire article my Maetzke right here.

Israel President Peres thanks President Bush

This from Ynet news.

Outgoing US President George Bush telephoned President Shimon Peres bidding him farewell on the occasion of the end of Bush's term as president Tuesday.


Peres said to Bush, "If the world had acted against Hitler the way you acted against Saddam Hussein, the lives of millions would have been saved." The president added, "You made a historic contribution to the entire world and to the Jewish people in particular. We will treasure this forever and will never forget it." (Ronen Medzini)

The Israeli people appreciated President Bush and are scared that Obama will curry favor with the nations who threaten to wipe out the Jewish state.

Economic comparisons

This is from the CEPR or Center for Economic Policy Research. Hat tip to Powerline.

Believe it or not

Real wages rose at a 23.4 percent annual rate over the last three months.

Well, it doesn't really mean that your check will increase 23 percent but...

Over the eight years of the Bush administration, the average real hourly wage increased by 7.1 percent, almost the exact same as the 7.3 percent increase over the eight years of the Clinton administration.

Lot's of juice economic data here.

Thank You, President Bush

White House pictures

The staff here at the PIE would like to say Thank You, President Bush.
Thank you for leading our country after the worse attack ever perpetrated on American soil. Thank you for destroying AQ and liberating Iraq. As a former US Army Cavalry leader, I must say "Scouts out" Mr President.
The last 8 years were very difficult but we came out in good shape overall.
The economy is struggling but not nearly as bad as 1929-1941 or even with unemployment at 7.5% compared to the same figure as in the early 1980's.
Obviously things could be better but taking all things into consideration, President Bush did a good job. President Bush never did it for himself, unlike Clinton. He did not sell his soul for political gain. He was a true leader and in the end he will be remembered as one of the better leaders in American history.
Thank you once again and Godspeed President Bush.

More Myths about the Bush years

More Myths busted over at RCP.
This is continuing what we started a couple of weeks ago.

Myth 3: The President's "go it alone" foreign policy ruined America's standing in the world.

Reality:

Rarely can one see revisionist history occurring in the present, but this charge is nothing short of that. The United States acted with a multilateral coalition of partner nations to remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq after he failed to comply with the will of the international community, including numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions. To ignore this fact is not only a distortion of history, but it is also an insult to the service members of our coalition partners who sacrificed their lives to contribute to the success we are now witnessing in Iraq. And in Afghanistan, approximately forty countries are currently deployed with American forces, including every one of our NATO allies.

The President also created a worldwide coalition of more than 90 nations to combat terrorist networks by sharing information, drying up their financing, and bringing their leaders to justice. To date, we have captured or killed hundreds of al-Qaeda leaders and operatives with the help of partner nations. Furthermore, the Administration established the Proliferation Security Initiative, which now includes more than 90 nations, and other multilateral coalitions to stop the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

The President successfully pushed for expanding NATO membership, generated international pressure on Iran to stop it from developing nuclear weapons, and organized the Six-Party Talks, which have resulted in North Korea committing to give up its nuclear weapons and abandon its nuclear programs. Verifying North Korea's commitment will be a challenge, but at the most recent Six-Party Talks meeting, there was strong consensus among the five parties that North Korea must submit to a comprehensive verification regime that accords with international standards.

U.S. ties in Asia have been strengthened over the past eight years, and the Administration has built strong relationships with China, Japan, and South Korea, among others. We have signed an historic civilian nuclear power agreement with India, reflecting a fundamental change in our relationship. Pro-American leaders have been elected in Germany, France, and Italy. Eastern European countries such as Georgia, Ukraine, and Kosovo treasure their relationships with the United States, and no president has done more to improve health and security in the nations of Africa. We have also strengthened cooperation with Latin America, including initiatives with Brazil on biofuels and with Mexico and Central America on fighting organized crime. Finally, when the President took office, America had trade agreements in force with only three countries, versus 14 today - with three additional agreements approved by Congress but not yet in force and agreements with three countries that are awaiting Congressional approval.

Myth 4: The war in Iraq caused us to "take our eye off the ball" in Afghanistan and with al Qaeda.

Reality:

Iraq and Afghanistan are two fronts in the same war, and while the success of the surge in Iraq has been visible, we have also had a quiet surge in Afghanistan. The U.S. has continuously and aggressively fought side-by-side with Afghans and our allies to defeat the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan. The United States has provided nearly $32 billion for security, political, and economic development assistance and the international community has provided more than $55 billion to Afghanistan since 2001.

An additional U.S. Marine battalion deployed to Afghanistan in November and they will be followed by an Army combat brigade of about 3,400 troops in early 2009. U.S. forces now total approximately 31,000, and are joined by nearly as many coalition troops. The United States and our allies are working with Afghanistan to help it nearly double the size of the Afghan National Army over the next five years, from 79,000 now trained to 134,000 in 2014.

We have also deployed Provincial Reconstruction Teams to ensure security gains are followed by real improvements in daily life, and we have helped local communities strengthen their economies and create jobs, deliver basic services, improve governance and fight corruption, and build or repair key infrastructure such as roads, bridges, hospitals, and schools. More than six million children, approximately two million of them girls, are now in Afghan schools, compared to fewer than one million in 2001.

In this Global War on Terror, we do not have the luxury to fight on one battlefront at a time. To defeat the terrorists, we must fight them overseas so we don't have to fight them here at home. Since 9/11, we have successfully captured or killed dozens of al-Qaeda's senior leadership and hundreds of al-Qaeda operatives in two dozen countries, removed al-Qaeda's safe-haven in Afghanistan and crippled al-Qaeda in Iraq, and disrupted numerous al Qaeda terrorist plots against the U.S., including a 2006 plot to blow up passenger planes traveling from London.

Read all of the facts over at RealClearPolitics.

Plastic people for Obama

It seems that the Obama coronation has helped out DC-area botox injectors.
This is from the USAToday.

Washington, D.C.-area cosmetic dermatologists, and skin experts in other major cities, say despite the sagging economy, requests for quickie cosmetic fixes, such as Botox and microdermabrasion, have picked up during the last few weeks as people pretty-up for inaugural fetes.

"We have been absolutely swamped since the election with people desiring rejuvenation procedures for the upcoming inauguration," says Washington, D.C., cosmetic dermatologist Tina Alster.

Liberals are all about style but lack real substance, except botox.

Hamas weapons inside mosque

Here is some IDF video. This is inside a mosque which was used as a weapons cache.
Of course Hamas hides among the civilian population, what better way to inflame world opinion against Israel. Muslims in the Gaza strip are animals, pigs. They will use their children and places of worship as shields. They will hide in hospitals and drag children in front of themselves. Take a look at the video.

President George W Bush's farewell address

For me, this is the money line.

Freeing people from oppression and despair is eternally right. This Nation must continue to speak out for justice and truth. We must always be willing to act in their defense and to advance the cause of peace.

President Bush went on to say:

I have confidence in the promise of America because I know the character of our people. This is a Nation that inspires immigrants to risk everything for the dream of freedom. This is a Nation where citizens show calm in times of danger and compassion in the face of suffering. We see examples of America’s character all around us. And Laura and I have invited some of them to join us in the White House this evening.

We see America’s character in Dr. Tony Recasner, a principal who opened a new charter school from the ruins of Hurricane Katrina. We see it in Julio Medina, a former inmate who leads a faith-based program to help prisoners returning to society. We see it in Staff Sergeant Aubrey McDade, who charged into an ambush in Iraq and rescued three of his fellow Marines.

We see America’s character in Bill Krissoff, a surgeon from California. His son Nathan, a Marine, gave his life in Iraq. When I met Dr. Krissoff and his family, he delivered some surprising news: He told me he wanted to join the Navy Medical Corps in honor of his son. This good man was 60 years old – 18 years above the age limit.

But his petition for a waiver was granted, and for the past year he has trained in battlefield medicine. Lieutenant Commander Krissoff could not be here tonight, because he will soon deploy to Iraq, where he will help save America’s wounded warriors and uphold the legacy of his fallen son.

In citizens like these, we see the best of our country – resilient and hopeful, caring and strong. These virtues give me an unshakable faith in America. We have faced danger and trial, and there is more ahead. But with the courage of our people and confidence in our ideals, this great Nation will never tire … never falter … and never fail.

Since President Bush's two terms are over, he becomes history.
On this front we will do the fighting. We will speak truth to power as the liberal asshats like to say. Bush did not lie about WMD. He did not violate the Constitution. We could go on but we will make sure that many new young minds know the truth.
And we welcome debate on any topics about the Bush presidency.
But on this we swear, liberals will NOT be allowed to make up the history of the past eight years.

Obama charm offensive toward Rush Limbaugh, a Trojan Horse?

Rush Limbaugh's website is hinting that Rush broke bread with the One.
Might have to listen to Rush's transcripts tomorrow.
It won't matter. Obama can try a charm offensive but Rush is much smarter than the One and won't fall for that Trojan Horse.
The Atlantic is almost confirming this, at least Marc Ambinder is.

UPDATE: did not happen.

Everyone with a hand in the trough?

Not all the governors are asking for more "stimulus" money from the ONE.
A couple of Republican governors are against this.
Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska and Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina.
Read the entire report here.

Jay Nordlinger at NRO

Jay Nordlinger has some of the most thought-provoking writings. The staff here reads his columns over at NRO.

This is from a letter that Mr. Nordlinger received.

Reader writes,


Jay,

I’m driving home from playing golf around noon Saturday and I pull up to a traffic light. In front of me is a car with a bumper sticker: “One Nation, One People, Obama.” A chill ran down my spine. Can you guess why? Does that evoke something for you?

Let me translate, Ein Vaterland, Ein Volk, Ein Fuhrer.

Socialist International leader Carol Browner

AFP/Getty Image
It appears that Carol Browner, Barack Hussein Obama's choice for climate control boss, is a socialist who has advocated "global governance." For those of you who are Obama voters, that means one world government controlling everyone, especially Americans. Kinda like the UN running the entire world. This is what many feared would happen if Obama was elected.
Here is more from Steven Dinan.

Until last week, Carol M. Browner, President-elect Barack Obama's pick as global warming czar, was listed as one of 14 leaders of a socialist group's Commission for a Sustainable World Society, which calls for "global governance" and says rich countries must shrink their economies to address climate change.

By Thursday, Mrs. Browner's name and biography had been removed from Socialist International's Web page, though a photo of her speaking June 30 to the group's congress in Greece was still available.

Funny how that just disappeared. Browner is a leader of the Socialist International.
Really just retreads of the Comintern for the most part. For you Obama voters that would the Communist Internationa.

The group's Commission for a Sustainable World Society, the organization's action arm on climate change, says the developed world must reduce consumption and commit to binding and punitive limits on greenhouse gas emissions.

"Danger Will Robinson" is what comes to mind.

Read more on Socialist International leader Carol Browner.

Bighollywodd and One Pissed Off Dude

Bighollywodd and One Pissed Off Dude.
Gary Graham is one pissed off dude.

I’m a Conservative. And I am also an actor who lives and works in Hollywood. Many of my friends advise me to keep that on the down-low, advise me to not speak up lest I scuttle any future employment prospects, so predominantly liberal is the entertainment biz. And yet I persist.

You see, I’m one pissed-off dude.

Read more here.

Bighollywood and One Pissed Off Dude

News media wants a bailout by Obama

Recent bailouts have stoked ideas in the media's head. "We need a bailout too."
Newspapers are laying off and cutting the information contained within. Just look at the Allentown Morning Call. Less news and more ads. Plus more of the "news" stories are pieces sent in by the public. The Morning Call now devotes one full page and many days, part of a second page to letters sent in. The Morning Call is also using articles written by readers as news stories. Their hope is that by making this connection with the readers, their circulation will grow. I hate to tell Thomas Kennedy over at the Morning Call, but that will not help. You have done a terrible job of developing the largest paper in the Lehigh Valley. Readership is down and so is ad revenue. The fat lady is singing unless....
This from Variety magazine.

Today, though, amid daily waves of depressing economic news, conflicted voices sound preferable to neutered or, worse, deceased ones.

It's not a given that further relaxing restrictions on media consolidation would significantly benefit ailing broadcasters and newspapers at this late stage. Economies of scale certainly haven't kept Time Warner from shedding staff at its magazines or Tribune out of bankruptcy.

Even so, the incoming Obama administration faces difficult choices involving big media nearly as nettlesome, in their own way, as the mess it's grappling with regarding the Big Three automakers.

Brian Lowry's idea is to regulate media ownership. Lowry wants the government to decide who can own what with respect to the business of selling news.

Without some kind of action, more broadcasters, newspapers and magazines are going to die off. Local news coverage -- the essence of public service, however quaint and dated that might sound -- has already been seriously compromised, as TV and print cut back on newsgathering resources. Other creative methods to pare costs have assumed almost Orwellian dimensions, from outsourcing editing functions to Mumbai (there's nothing quite like having copy editors 8,000 miles away from the city council meeting) to "citizen journalism," often little more than code for stations that lack the manpower to cover their communities tapping amateur video to fill the void.

No action is needed Mr Lowry. If the media can not do what is necessary to survive in the internet age, then it should wither and die. This is like the government intervening to help wagon makers when the automobile first arrived.
Since Obama came on the scene, all the little weak socialist/liberals want the government to help them.

Iraq is in control today

2009 has started off with Iraq taking control of the International Zone. Liberals said it couldn't be done. Obama said it couldn't be done. Is he right about anything?
The media said it couldn't be done. It is done.
More work to continue but the mainstream media won't be reporting too much on this because it goes against the story they are trying to sell.
The praise goes to the soldiers,sailors,airmen, and Marines who did the job. Much credit goes to their families. Credit also goes to the citizens who continued to push for victory. This leaves out liberals and people named Weir and Haas.