Hilarity of the Day: Obama Gas Station

Unlike many of the hilarity of the day videos, this video is real. Without question, this is a very interesting way to make a few bucks. Unlike other citizens, the president's image can be used by others without the president's permission.

So, whether you love the idea or hate it, you can't blame the gas station owner for coming up with an inventive way to make a few bucks!

Enjoy!

Morning News Nuggets

Foreign Policy/National Security

• Iran and OPEC: Tense Meeting Nears
• Iran Goes Nuclear
• Post UBL: Iran Could Take Leading Role in Al-Qaida
• Egypt Still Riddled With Human Rights Violations
• Russia Accuses Israeli Military Attache of Espionage
• Biden Has Close Call Thanks to Another Air-Traffic Controller Goofs
• Obama to Push for New Mideast Aid Package
• Pakistan Rapidly Finishing Nuclear Reactor
• Yemen Transition Falls Apart

On the Home Front

• Dick Cheney: In My Time
• Color Photographs of Depression Era Released
• Post Office Next on Bailout List?
• Obama Calls Birth Certificate Issue Childish: Now He's Selling T-Shirts About It
• White House Reporters Are Cowards
• Drawbacks to Pawlenty and Gingrich Medicare Plans
• Darling No More?: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Proposes Fat Tax 

Dick Morris: Frontrunner Status for Romney

As I reasoned before, the decisions by Trump and Huckabee not to seek the GOP presidential nomination has essentially placed a frontrunner status on Mitt Romney.

Make sure to watch this video as Dick Morris takes you through the most recent polling on how Romney is impacted by the dwindling GOP field. He also points out Romney two biggest weakness with voters. The first is his support for a healthcare system, RomneyCare, that is eerily similar to ObamaCare. The second is Romney's faith.

Voters do feel good about Romney's business background and believe that he could do a much better job at solving the economic problems facing the country than is President Obama. Morris also hypothesizes what will happen if Mitch Daniels and/or Michele Bachmann jump in the race.

Dick Morris ends his video by stating a very real truth: No matter how you feel about Mitt Romney, President Romney is much better than President Obama.

As far as I'm concerned, I'm not a big Romney fan. In fact, I'll do what I can to make sure he doesn't get the nomination. That being said, if Romney wins the nomination, I'll fully support his effort to become President Romney. That's because Dick was right--President Romney does have a much better ring to it than President Obama!

Morning News Nuggets

 

 

National Security/Foreign Policy

• Medvedev Threatens New Cold War if US Continues With Missile Shield
• Protected Status Extended for Haitians
• Predator Drones Used to Monitor UBL
• Britain to Withdraw 450 Troops From Afghanistan
• New Chinese Video Game Has Gamers Shoot US Troops

On the Home Front 

• Damage Control: Gingrich Apologizes to Ryan
• Glittered: Glitter Thrown on Gingrich by Gay Activist
• Violent Rhetoric: MSNBC's Take on Gingrich
• Navy Names Ship After Cesar Chavez: CA Congressman Critical
• Obama Rules Out THIRD Term
• Obama Campaign Only Expects Modest Fundraising Numbers This Quarter
• Transparent?: Boston Herald Shut Out Of Presidential Event Because It Printed Romney Op-Ed
• Donna Brazile: GOP Strategy to Disenfranchise Voters
• A Year Later: $2 Million Lottery Winner Still Using Food Stamps
• 7th Grader Interrogated Over Obama Facebook Post

Hilarity of the Day: Obama Zombies After 2008 Campaign

 

Do you remember how all of your Obama supporting friends were zombies after the 2008 election? Good, now I know I'm not the only one!

Enjoy the video, and get a good laugh!

Remember to vote in the poll!

Morning News Nuggets

National Security/Foreign Policy

• Report: Iran Constructing Bases for Rockets in Venezuela
• Iran Denies Exchanging Missile Technology With North Korea
• Cause for Alarm?: UK's Cameron Pushes for Early Withdrawal from Afghanistan
• China and Pakistan Grow Closer

On the Home Front

• Former Obama Supporter Cindy Crawford Now on Team Romney?
• Obama Tries to Light Fire Under Supporters
• Large Percentage of ObamaCare Waivers Benefit Pelosi's District
• Not a Bright Idea: Federal Regulations to Raise Price of Light-bulb to $50 
• Allen West on Gas Prices and Domestic Oil Production

Urgent: Newt Gingrich Supports "Variation" of Individual Mandate

Courtesy: NBC/AP

This morning, on NBC's Meet the Press, Newt Gingrich took an ax to the base of the party from which he is seeking a 2012 presidential nomination.

Gingrich first criticized Paul Ryan and the GOP plans for healthcare. He then proceeded to detail how he and Mitt Romney were not that far apart on the issue of the individual mandate and healthcare overall. This, of course, makes neither of the two GOP candidates very far from President Obama and his plan.

This hurts Gingrich at a time when he could stand to gain at least some of Huckabee's supporters. It now looks as though any path to the nomination Gingrich may have had is gone.

Some might ask why has Romney's stance on healthcare not already sunk his nomination chances? To be certain, his nomination chances haven't been helped any. Even so, it seems that many simply believe he is the most electable. This could explain why he polls so highly despite the GOP electorate's general disdain for Obama's healthcare initiative.

Without question, this story is far from over. More on this subject will be coming in the following days. Check back for further updates, and don't forget to vote in the poll.

Also, take a look, below, at Huckabee's full announcement on his Fox News show.

Dick Morris: How We Can Win The Debt Limit Debate

 

Let's face it, we lost the debate over the continuing resolution. Even if you thought it was pretty good, you have to admit that we didn't force anywhere near the level of cuts that were needed.

The Democrats held the pay for our troops hostage and forced Boehner and the Republicans to cave to avoid not paying the troops and supposedly shutting down the government. They are up to a similar trick on the debt limit debate as well.

The Democratic argument on the debt limit is akin to saying that the full faith and credit of the United States will be irreparably damaged by not raising the debt limit. They seem to think that by not raising the debt limiting we are choosing not to pay our debt. This doesn't have to be the case.

The same way that we could have paid the troops and still cut significant amounts of money in the continuing resolution, we can pay our creditors and and still not raise the debt ceiling. All that needs to be done is to pass a law saying that our creditors will be paid first--before anything else. In this way, we will meet our financial obligations by paying our creditors. Secondly, it will force significant cuts to occur in the budget. This is exactly what we want and need in order to ensure that our children and grandchildren inherit an America that is as good or better than the one we have loved.

So, watch Dick Morris discuss his strategy, and vote in the new poll which will be posted shortly!

Hilarity of the Day: Obama's Budget Plan

I apologize for the lack of posts today and yesterday. Blogger has been having difficulties, and the website has been down until now.

Anyways, if you thought you understood Obama's budget plan, think again! Watch this amazing video where Ray Stevens explains Obama's budget plan to you!

Enjoy! Check back later tonight for the new poll!

News Update: Grover Norquist on Debt Limit Debate

If you thought the healthcare debate was intense, you haven't seen anything yet. The debate over increasing the debt ceiling is potentially the most important and biggest debate we have seen yet.

President Obama has released some of his ideas on lowering the deficit. Of course, he and the Democrats have the same old ideas that liberal have always had--tax and spend. The Obama administration wants to eliminate tax credits, raise taxes, and that's pretty much it.

As far as eliminating tax credits is concerned, don't be fooled by the Democrat's "hard-line stance" against "Big Oil." The credits they really want to eliminate go to small companies who drill exploratory wells looking for new sources of oil. As Mark Levin explained on his program last night, these tax credits were put in place for the express purpose of encouraging businessmen to take risks to find new sources of energy. 

Why would Congress do such a thing? Let's put it this way, it is an economic fact that the greater the supply of oil, the lower the price paid at the pump. So, Congress offered these tax incentives as a way to encourage individuals to increase the oil supply and, in turn, lower prices paid by consumers.

I guess the president and his Democratic colleagues aren't really doing anything that disappoints them. Certainly, they know the facts of simple economics. Simple economics and low gas prices for the American people isn't their primary concern. Instead, it is pursuing policies that punish America's success and redistributes wealth to other countries. For an example, think cap and trade. Also, recall that Obama said that under his plan energy prices would "necessarily skyrocket." 

Whatever their intentions, it is safe to say that the Democrats are totally unwilling to give up their government largesse in order to reign in spending. In fact, this has been their whole plan all along--to greatly increase the size of government through ballooning bureaucracy and spending.

As Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, points out, Republicans better hold the line on raising the debt ceiling. Normally, people say such things in relation to holding the line so one can be reelected. In this instance, the GOP should have more in mind that simply being reelected. They must keep in mind that we are in a fight for our future. Our debt and spending habits are simply unsustainable and must be controlled.

Now is the time for the fight! Draw a line in the sand and stand firm! 

Hilarity of the Day: Treasury Department's Plan to Lower Budget Deficit

Treasury Department Issues Emergency Recall Of All U.S. Dollars

In yesterday's "Hilarity of the Day" segment, we saw President Obama's plan to lower the budget deficit and national debt--some combination of card counting and befriending a rich elderly widow. You might find those plans to be far fetched. If so, you're really going to be blow away by the Treasury Department's latest plan.

I hope you got your bags in the mail to send all your money to the Treasury Department! If you haven't, you should check in to it! All of the ink in your money will become poisonous on Friday. Don't worry, the Treasury Department has a solution--it is recalling the entire money supply. That, of course, is why they sent you the money bag.

If you thought you could just destroy the poisonous money yourself, you better think again. The Treasury Department spokesman has warned that only the government is able to undertake this task. Also, he assures the American people that this recall is not at all related to the ever increasing deficit and national debt. 

There are no other options; they've considered others and recalling the entire money supply is the only way!

Enjoy!

Obama Approval Now at 60%--Or Is It?

President Barack Obama (Courtesy: AP)

Could it be that Obama is now starting to see that bump in the polls everyone suspected after UBL's demise? Just yesterday, it was reported that Obama was only getting a three point approval bump. Now, today, we are told that polls show Obama with 60% job approval and and 53% believing he should be reelected. Which one is true?

The problem with polls are that the results can be misleading if you don't look closely at the details. It is not that AP necessarily did anything underhanded or shady. They rightly admit that their poll was a poll of adults. In other words, they did not take into account party identification when deciding whom to call. However, each adult who was called was asked to self-identify their partisan affiliation. The results of this question should tell us a great deal about the actual results.

If the breakdown in party identification comes out being similar to what turnout is expected to be, the results tell us a great deal. However, if the results are so skewed to one side that it isn't even feasible to assume that the turnout could ever be that way, we don't really come to understand that much.

Unfortunately, the results of this AP poll are in the latter category. 46% self-identified as a Democrat or Democrat leaner. That is compared to only 29% identifying Republican or Republican leaning. 4% were Independents and 20% didn't know.

So, unless the 2012 breakdown is expected to be 46% Democrat, 29% Republican, 4% Independent, and 20% Undecided, these poll numbers tell us absolutely nothing.

About the only thing we did learn from this poll is that people really approve of George W. Bush--including many Democrats. We know this because Bush's approval rating in this poll was 50% to 49%. We can learn something from this because the partisan makeup of the poll was very skewed against the former president yet he was still able to garner a positive result. This actually means that his approval is higher. Likewise, the skewed partisan affiliation in the poll likely means that President Obama's support is much lower.

Again, AP, through the poll itself, wasn't necessarily trying to fool the public. Even so, it could be said stories written by AP writers have done just that. Was that their intention? Who knows. What we do know is that the authors conveniently leave out the self-identified partisan breakdown of the respondents. So, was it a hatchet job--you decide!

You can check out the article put out by the AP here. Also, check out the National Review Online piece on debunking the AP poll.

Morning News Nuggets

National Security/Foreign Policy

• Following Proper Current Security Procedures: TSA Defends Patting Down Infant
• Obama to Renew Effort to Reach Out to Muslims
• Musharraf Denies Reports He and Bush Had UBL Deal
• Obama Mocks Republicans' Position on Border Security
• Pressured: Navy Puts on Hold Plan to Marry Homosexual Couples in Chapels

On the Home Front

• Mississippi River Floods Damages Farmland and Casinos
• Federal Policies Damaging Fishing Industry
• Daniels Says He Can Beat Obama
• Romney to Address Healthcare Despite Perceived Weakness
• Steve Forbes Says Return to Gold Standard Likely
• Featured Video: Paul Ryan Responds to Obama's Criticisms

Hilarity of the Day: Obama's Real Plans to Lower the National Debt

Obama Befriends Rich Elderly Widow In Hopes She'll Put Nation In Her Will

 

If you thought you understood Obama's plan to lower the national debt, if there ever has been one, you were wrong! The Onion reports how President Obama really intends to lower the national debt. It seems there is an extremely rich widow who just might decide to leave the US Treasury some money. If that doesn't work out, there's always learning to count cards so he can win back all the money that we are already down!  Enjoy!

Urgent: Pakistan May Allow China to View Downed Blackhawk Wreckage

 

Does the Obama Administration know anything about what's really going on in the world? A better question might be, are they willing to admit the truth about the standing of international relationships?

 

Just yesterday, it was reported that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argued that the relationship between the United States and China was excellent and had no real issues. Through her comments, she attempted to dispel the notion that "some in our country see China's progress as a threat to the United States." Her additional comments may be viewed here.

So, President Obama has promised to improve all of our relationships around the world and Secretary Clinton argues that China is not a real, present, or future danger to the United States. Is this what the evidence really shows? Could it be that China has recently been engaged in activity which could only stand to harm us?

In the UBL raid, a US Blackhawk helicopter had mechanical failure and had to be abandoned at UBL's Pakistan compound. US forces did their best to destroy the crippled helicopter to prevent it from being copied by Pakistan or others. Even with it being mostly destroyed, Pakistani officials believe they can still salvage some information from it.

It is bad enough that Pakistani officials have, as of yet, refused to turn over the wreckage to US officials because of their own desire to study the remains. Even worse is the breaking report that Pakistani officials have commented that Chinese officials have expressed interest in taking a look at the wreckage. 

Instead of shooting down the idea at the outset, Pakistani officials have declared that they have at least some interest in sharing the wreckage with China. This should not be seen as surprising considering the fact that Pakistan and China have a fairly close relationship. Pakistan potentially sharing the helicopter wreckage with China could be seen as payback for China allowing Pakistan access to its missile systems.

The last time China knowingly gained access to sensitive American technology was 1999 when a stealth bomber was shot down over Serbia. The wreckage eventually found its way to China and, a decade later, it unveiled its version of a similar bomber.

Ultimately, US-Chinese relations may not be quite as rosy as the Obama Administration would have you believe. It is very unfortunate that the administration seemingly spends its precious time and resources attempting to make traditionally antagonistic countries like us while it spends very little time maintaining good relations with our friends. The net impact of such efforts has led to worse international relations overall--and that's definitely something the "lame-street media" isn't telling you.

 

Tell me what you think--leave a comment! Remember to vote in the GOP poll! 

Morning News Nuggets

National Security/Foreign Policy

• Nanny State: Feds to Send "Emergency Alerts" to Every Phone in Major Cities By 2012--Can't Opt Out of Messages from President
• Pakistan Says UBL's Son Missing After US Raid
• Pakistan Could Allow US Officials to Question UBL's Wives
• AP Makes Its Case for Release of UBL Photos and Videos: Files FOIA Request
• Attorney General Holder Renews Promise to Close Guantanamo Bay
• Obama's UBL Poll Bump: 3 Points
• Yemeni Passenger Storms Cockpit Door Yelling "Allahu Akbar": Media Leaves Out

On the Home Front

• Obama Administration to Defend Healthcare Law in Court Today
• Liberals in Southern Arizona Want Their Own State
• Arizona Already Collected $1.5 Million for Border Fence
• Navy Authorizes Same Sex Marriage in Navy Chapels
• Boehner to Christie and Daniels (And Everyone Else): Run!
• Boehner Looking for Trillions in Cuts if Debt Ceiling Is to Be Raised
• Mississippi River Still Rising
• Alabama Tornado Ravaged 132-Miles

Daily Hilarity: Jon Stewart Examines the Ever Changing Meaning of "Defining Moment"

The Daily Show - Definitely, Maybe
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If you're even considering not watching this video, you're missing out. I know, I know, its Jon Stewart. All I can say is that funny is funny.

Stewart does a great job in this piece making an excellent point and having fun doing it. Doesn't it seem like the media believes everything President Obama does is, or could be, his "defining moment?" It makes one wonder if anyone even knows what a defining moment really is anymore.

On top of Stewart's dig at the press coverage of Obama, he takes on a few members of MSNBC's Dream Team--Chris Matthews and Ed Schultz. In this video, you'll find Chris Matthews asking himself questions and Ed Schultz being--well just being Ed Schultz. 

Whether you love Jon Stewart or hate him, this is a great video. You'll regret it if you don't check it out!

Check back daily for the new segment "Daily Hilarity." Enjoy!

Morning News Nuggets

 

National Security/Foreign Policy

• UBL Videos Released 
• UBL's Life in Hiding
• The Dark Underworld of UBL
• New Video: Blackhawk Damaged in UBL Raid
• CIA Tactics Under Fire-Again
• Cheney Praises and Criticizes Obama
• Was Still in Charge: UBL Directed Attacks in Yemen and Somalia
• Radical UBL Supporters Protest Outside US Embassy in London
• Obama Now Unsure of Pakistan Visit
• You're Fired: Head of Pakistani Intelligence Expected to Offer Resignation

On The Home Front

• Giuliani Considers Making Another Presidential Run
• Huntsman Taking Steps to Run for GOP Nomination
• Huntsman Discusses His Role in the Obama Administration in First South Carolina Speech
• It Could Happen: Mississippi River Flood Waters Could Reach Record Highs
• Is It Possible: San Francisco Takes Even Softer Stance on Illegal Immigration
• Amtrack's 40th Birthday: Founder Notes Failure of Rail System
• American Students Can't Pass Simple Civics Exam
• Danger: Conference Held on How to Teach Social Justice
• Too Patriotic?: Women Punished for Displaying Too Many American Flags
• Woman's Story of Survival in Rural Nevada Woods

Morning News Nuggets

National Security/Foreign Policy

• Fifteen Killed in First Drong Strike in Pakistan Since UBL Raid 
• UBL Raid Nets Al Qaeda "Playbook"
• UBL Betrayed by Chief Deputy?
• Anwar al-Awlaki Target of US Strike in Yemen
• UN Demands Answers in UBL Raid Probe
• Obama Visits Special Forces in Kentucky to Thank Unit for UBL Raid
• Experts Say National Guard Needs to Remain on Southern Border
• Greece Considers Dumping Euro 

On the Home Front

• DC Residents Essentially Unable to Purchase Handguns Even After Ruling in Heller Case 
• Jobs Added=Higher Unemployment??? 
• Fannie Mae Wants $8.5 Billion in Additional Federal Aid
• Gas: National Average Just Below $4
• Silver, Oil, and Copper Prices Plunge
  
• Despite Drop, Oil Prices Expected to Skyrocket Soon
• Thousands Asked to Evacuate Memphis to Avoid Floodwaters

Morning News Nuggets

National Security/Osama bin Laden

• 9-11 Family Demands Obama Show Proof of UBL's Death
• Is "Obama Putting Too Much Spotlight On Himself?"
• Obama to Help Teen 9-11 Victim Meet Justin Bieber
• Obama Walks Away From 9-11 Victim After Disagreement
• Information Concerning UBL DNA Match to Be Released Today
• Pakistanis Burn American Flags
• Terror Alert Issued Due to Information Obtained From UBL Compound
• Michael Moore Labels UBL Kill An "Execution"
• New Version of UBL Kill Has Only One of Those Killed Armed
• New Report Says First Shot On UBL Missed
• UBL Hasn't Left Room Where He Was Shot in Five Years?
• ABC Censors UBL Joke
• Drone Attack Launched in Yemen: First in 10 Years
• Muslim Brotherhood Wants Change in Egyptian-Israeli Relations
• Al Qaeda Admits UBL Death: Vows Revenge
• Taliban Also Vows Revenge

On The Home Front

• Mississippi River Floods Reach Memphis
• GOP Candidates Take On Obama
• Ron Paul Best Hope to Defeat Obama?
• DNC Attacks Pawlenty
• Unemployment Climbs to 9%
• Questions Remain: Orioles Outfielder Doubts Legitimacy of Obama Birth Certificate
• Blago Disses Obama