Rangel threatens to walk out of his ethics trial, demands lawyer
See, expecting black Congressmen to obey the tax laws is racist. ~Bob. Excerpt: The ethics subcommittee trying embattled Rep. Charles Rangel recessed after 30 minutes Monday after the Harlem lawmaker threatened to walk out of the proceedings. In a lengthy and contentious informal opening statement, Rangel (D-N.Y.) complained that the panel putting him on trial for allegedly violating 13 House ethics rules trampled on his due process rights since it began the hearing without him having legal representation. Rangel repeatedly asked for a postponement of the trial.
Rangel's ethics trial proceeds without him after he walks out
Any Democrat who votes with Rangel can expect it to be an issue in 2012. Even in a safe Dem seat, a primary challenger can use it. ~Bob. Excerpt: A House ethics panel is continuing with the public trial of Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) despite Rangel's decision to walk out of the hearing. The adjudicatory subcommittee charged with weighing the case for 13 counts of ethics violations announced its decision after considering a request by Rangel to delay the trial because he lacked counsel. Rangel said he could not afford to hire attorneys right away after incurring nearly $2 million in legal fees over the past two years. (Politics Daily is certainly no "right-wing conspiracy group." The majority of committee members are Democrats. Just think how bad Rangel's situation must be before they'd take action like this. Ron P.)
Excerpt: Yes, “steal.” Rep. Charles Rangel was not allowed to use money from his leadership PAC to pay his legal bills, it beggars belief that he did not know that he was not allowed to use money from his leadership PAC to pay his legal bills, and yet he did it anyway. If we can’t call the deliberate diversion of money that was raised and allocated for other people’s use ‘theft’ then we might as well give up the entire civilization thing now and go back to living in caves.
How to Shut Down Fannie and Freddie
Excerpt: Although Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac played a central role in causing the recent economic crisis, they are absent from the reform plans of Congress and the Obama administration. So these two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) remain mired in conservatorship, as extensions of the federal government. Bureaucrats now steer the primary provider of secondary market liquidity for our $10 trillion housing finance market. The administration has offered many explanations for the delay: Housing finance is complex, says Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, so he's consulting Congress and has assembled "academic experts, consumer and community organizations, industry participants and other stake holders" to review the matter. But the Treasury doesn't need Congress or an academic assessment in order to tackle the most important reform goal: eliminating the GSEs and moving their activities to the private sector. Mr. Geithner himself can immediately reshape the mortgage markets—by withholding his approval of new debt issuances by the GSEs. That's the best way to begin curtailing the GSEs, and it can be done unilaterally.
Pelosi: Dems Will Repeal Law of Gravity to Mitigate Plane Crashes
Funny Blog. ~Bob. Excerpt: Nancy Pelosi exercised her authority while she still has some this morning, creating new House positions in her soon-to-be-minority Democrat party. Pelosi appeared on the SPN Headlines program Beltway Balderdash, and said she hopes the new roles will clear up the leadership quagmire that has gripped the party since the November 2nd election. Nicknamed "Nutball Nancy" by her colleagues, Pelosi said she will assume the title of Grand Poobah, Chief Cook and Bottle Washer, or Top Banana, pending the results of a poll being conducted on her MySpace page. She also said she will not tolerate insubordination, and named former football star Rep. Heath Shuler the new Congressional Waterboy, after he threatened to challenge her. Majority leader Steny Hoyer was set to become minority whip, but Pelosi said she doesn't like the way that sounds, and he will instead run the Congressional concession stand, and be called Orange Whip. She also decided that Congressman Jim Clyburn will take over as Cool Whip, which sounds much more "hip" and in line with what "young, groovy people today are thinking about," she said.
Sea Life Flourishes in the Gulf
Does Al Gore know about these critters carbon footprints? ~Bob. Excerpt: Its passing would be tragic; some of these coral colonies may be hundreds of years old, and there’s no telling how long it would take for them to regenerate. What most outlets didn’t report, however, was that 16 other surveyed sites, including one ten miles away from the well head, are doing just fine, along with the fish, crustaceans, and other creatures that live there, according to Charles Fisher, the marine biologist from Penn State who headed the expedition. Researchers from the Center for Marine Science at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Worth reading: The Politics of Budget-Cutting
way the collapse is coming. ~Bob. Excerpt: The voters just spoke. They think they want no more gargantuan deficits, massive public spending, and exponential growth in government — or the specter of higher taxes to pay for all of it. No wonder: We are on pace to soon owe 100 percent of our annual gross domestic product in national debt, while compiling the largest annual peacetime deficits in our history. So cutting the borrowing and spending is inevitable if America
Stanford study: American math achievement trails most industrialized nations
Quick, give the teachers unions more money. It’s worked great so far. ~Bob. Excerpt: In the first-ever international comparison of advanced math skills, a team of Stanford and Munich U.S. eighth-graders perform at the advanced level in math, compared with 28 percent of Taiwanese students and more than 20 percent of students in Hong Kong , Finland and South Korea Lithuania , Spain and Italy
Instant Reform: Measure The Hidden Tax Of Regulation: Congress needs a new motto: Liberate to stimulate.
Fat chance. ~Bob. Excerpt: If Congress doesn't grapple with the regulatory state, this economy can't regain footing. You don't have to tell the grass to grow; you simply have to take the rocks off of it. Taxes are high, but at least we can open the federal budget and see exactly what the outlays and the deficit are. Regulations escape even that basic visibility. This Congress must quickly assess the scope of federal agency regulations that cripple manufacturing, the financial sector, telecommunications, energy, high technology, the environment, small business and so forth--and get busy with a "liberate to stimulate" program.
Free the Fight Against Malaria: Stop putting the sensibilities of anti-insecticide activists ahead of human lives.
There were four great mass murders of the twentieth century. First was Mao, which was doubtless why Obama honored him with his photo on the White House Christmas tree. Second was Stalin. Third was Hitler. Fourth, but gaining, was Rachel Carson, whose book Silent Spring led to the banning of DDT and the deaths of tens of millions of poor black, brown and yellow folks, many of them children, from Malaria. Thus she is Al Gore’s hero. ~Bob. Excerpt: Namibia India
Rough road ahead for Obama, unions as compromises loom
Unions for Free Trade? If Free Trade is good with Korea , why not Columbia South Korea
Democrats' campaign fortunes rise and fall with Obama's popularity
Excerpt: Whether Democrats retake the House majority in 2012 will depend in no small part on the popularity of President Obama. Republicans won control of at least 60 seats on Election Day but more than half of those are in districts the president carried in 2008. The performance of a party’s presidential candidate is usually a good indicator of its chances in a district’s House race. With that in mind, the incoming class of Republican freshmen will be particularly conscious of Obama’s approval numbers for the next two years, as will Democratic strategists.
Dem: I'll challenge Pelosi for top leadership slot
Not running to win. Running to convince his NC voters of how moderate, anti-Pelosi he is. Smart if cynical. ~Bob. Excerpt: Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) said he would challenge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for the top minority leadership position if Pelosi does not step aside by Wednesday. Shuler acknowledged that he does not have the votes to win the minority leader position, but said Pelosi should allow House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) to lead the House Democrats. "I really think it's very important for us to be a very moderate caucus," Shuler said. Clyburn said he is happy with the deal reached Saturday that will allow him to keep the No. 3 minority position and avert a challenge to Hoyer for the No. 2 job.
Excerpt: There is a whole lot of soul searching in Democratic circles these days. Given the shellacking at the polls, it’s only natural to ask: Was the health reform bill worth it? What did the Affordable Care Act (ACA) achieve that is worth $1 trillion of taxpayer money and benefit cuts for the elderly and the disabled, to say nothing of the Democratic losses on election day? Other than some insurance reforms that have been overhyped, members of Congress who voted for the ACA don’t seem to have a coherent answer. What about Kathleen Sebelius? No luck there. How about Rahm Emmanuel or David Axelrod? They don’t seem to know either. So I turned to the blog sites of some academic health economists. If anybody can tell me why the ACA was worth it, surely they can.
Worth Reading
Excerpt: Nine years after 9/11, this is what things have come to. While we are constantly being schooled in how insensitive we are to Muslims and how we should be bowing to the idea of a Ground Zero mega-mosque, or are being admonished for not embracing the Sharia, the state of wartime siege continues unabated. The Muslim world is under no such mandate to reach out or reciprocate. They only have to demand, and the West apologizes. The war that no one will talk about for fear of reprisals blazes on. And when the brave actually do talk about it, they are relegated to the pile of racist-islamophobic-antimuslim-bigots. This schema defies reason…..There are daily brutal, bloody attacks by Muslim supremacists across the world, and the major concern is not to discuss or insult Islam. The only accepted dialogue is dawah, Islamic supremacist-dictated terms of dialogue (in mosques, no less). The general silence from the mainstream media and our governing officials on last weekend's wholesale slaughter of Christians praying in a Church is indicative of how decayed, empty, and morally inverted our leaders and media have become. The slaughter of the churchgoers in Baghdad
Why Obama Is Right About India
Excerpt: Much grousing about the expense of President Obama's India India , which has fought a border war with China , is the most natural anchor for such a U.S. China India India
ICE hold renders illegal alien with felony drug charge non-bondable
One of so many. ~Bob. Excerpt: Modesto Modesto
Arrowhead Justice Court
to having no valid driver license, no proof of financial responsibility and no current vehicle registration.
Excerpt: "I don't understand how a sexual assault can be made a condition of my flying," said 31-year-old John Tyner to a pair of Transportation Security Administration officials insisting on giving him a "groin check" before boarding his plane. (Personally, if it would keep my airplane from being blown out of the sky, I’ll walk naked through the airport and let anyone pat me down. But I have no false modesty and almost no real modesty. My problem is not with the privacy, but that I think airport security is an illusion, always defending against the last threat. As an old Marine, I think I could organize a team that could get armed men on an airplane, despite the efforts of the low-paid, unarmed TSA employees, who often seem to enjoy having authority for the first time in their lives. We are a target-rich environment and everything is a target. Defense just shifts them to the next target. The only defense is to go where they are and kill them. Credit Obama for keeping the drones flying, though I don’t get why a drone bombing an al Qaeda hideout, including civilians and goats, is more moral than a hit man with a gun or knife taking out a terrorist leader, in a currently-banned “assassination. ~Bob.)
De Facto Shariah Law in America
Excerpt: Is the United States U.S.
A Failing Agenda Fails
Excerpt: President Barack Obama returned from Asia yesterday, and the headlines greeting him home are not kind. “Obama’s economic view is rejected on world stage,” reads The New York Times; “Obama, weakened after midterms, reveals limited leverage in failed S. Korea deal,” says The Washington Post; and ABC News declares, “President Obama Falls Short on G-20 Goals: Failure to Deliver on Key Trade Goals Reveals Limits of American Influence.” These headlines are only half-right: Yes, President Obama did fail to deliver on his agenda in Asia , but the culprit is not declining American influence. The problem is a losing agenda set by the President himself.
Soros, Beck, and the Holocaust
Another view on this. ~Bob. Excerpt: The uproar revolves around Beck's portrayal of Soros' role in the Holocaust. Beck repeats the widely known story concerning Soros' involvement in handing deportation orders to Jewish families on behalf of the Nazis. He emphasizes that Soros was only fourteen at the time and does not condemn the activity, asserting that the matter remains "between Soros and God." I happen to have researched the episode in depth for my upcoming book, Death by Liberalism, and I can state here that Beck's narrative is completely accurate. His treatment of it is commendable, in particular his statement that no one has a right to judge the efforts of Jews to survive in Nazi-occupied Europe . All the same, the segment has triggered a firestorm among the usual suspects, who appear to view Soros as sharing in Obama's divine status.
Soros uses his billions to undermine democracy
Excerpt: Hungarian-American billionaire George Soros is sometimes caricatured by his opponents as a left-wing Bond villain, but cut through the hyperbole and there are good reasons why Soros truly is far more threatening than just another wealthy liberal. Soros isn't merely content with spending money to work within the system to elect Democrats, promote liberal policies, and otherwise shape the public debate. He has spent millions of dollars to change the very machinery of our democracy. In a center-right country, it's very hard to elect liberal leaders and enact left-wing policies. So Soros wants less democracy and in some cases wants to do away with elections altogether. According to an American Justice Partnership report, Soros' Open Society Institute has "funneled at least $45.4 million into a highly coordinated campaign to reshape the judiciary and fundamentally change the way judges are chosen in many American states."
Excerpt: Faced with the worst financial crisis since the foundation of the state, Brian Lenihan imposed brave and necessary cuts. But his voters, looking at the opposite end of the EU, wondered whether, if they rioted instead, they might qualify for a Greek-style bailout. Worse, they learned that, as members of the euro, they would be obliged to join the rescue consortium, borrowing even more money in order to send it to Greece Ireland Ireland US and the UK Ireland
Excerpt: Today, most American students don’t even understand what a central bank is, much less that the battle over central banks is one of the most important themes in U.S. America U.S. America
Why Do Blacks Still Buy The Government Plantation
Excerpt: Almost two years ago, a new Democrat administration and congress took control of Washington
Very Interesting Read: It’s impossible to accidentally launch a missile!
Excerpt: I am a retired U.S. Navy FireControl Technician, who is platform certified in the gun and missile systems on board Adams class guided missile destroyers, I have also worked with the Navy's Harpoon, Tomahawk and ASROC missile systems. (FireControl Techs operate, maintain and repair the computer, radar and peripheral systems used to launch and guide the various naval weapon systems, we are the guys who "PUSH THE BUTTON") Anyway, what I saw in the recent video concerning the object 30 miles off the coast of CA
CHART OF THE DAY: And The Energy Source Of The Future Is...
http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-coal-fired-electrictiy-generation-by-region-2010-11
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