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Obama Administration's Toilet Avoidance

Posted by Lambchop

I just love The New York Times when it provides us with candid glimpses into the everyday life and behavioral idiosyncrasies of our President.

In the latest puff piece by Steven Lee Myers, The New York Times portrays Sec. of State Hillary Clinton as a “Rock-Star Diplomat”.

The article drones on about Clinton’s loyalty to Obama after she lost to him in the primary. Once Obama made his “gutsy call’ to bring Hillary into the fold and offer her the Sec. State position, the NYT claims that she not only didn’t want the job, but was persistent in her attempts to decline the position.

(Her aides say Obama would not take no for an answer; he avoided at least one phone call from her, the story goes, by having an aide explain he was in the bathroom.)  - NYT

The visual of Obama hiding in the toilet to avoid Clinton’s refusal is patently absurd.

Perhaps this was a clue that he was not ready for prime time.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/magazine/hillary-clintons-last-tour-as-a-rock-star-diplomat.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

 

Biden is Feeling a Little Verklempt

Posted by Lambchop

Friday afternoon begging from the Obama campaign. Apparently Joe Biden is feeling a little verklempt. $3 will end his misery. 

 

Friend -- Yesterday I shared an emotional moment with Barack in the Oval Office after he learned health reform had been upheld. Barack Obama is a man who refused to give up. No matter how politically unpopular it was, he knew it was the right thing to do. Tomorrow is the biggest fundraising deadline of this election so far. Romney and the Republicans may outraise us again -- you can bet they'll have a whole slew of special interests who want to see Romney make good on his promise to repeal Obamacare on Day One. But they can't beat us if we pull together. Our grassroots movement is unstoppable when we put our minds to it. Please donate $3 or more today, before the critical deadline: https://donate.barackobama.com/June-Deadline Thanks, Joe

Texas Senate Race Gone Wild

Posted by Lambchop

The Texas Senate race is heating up. The run -off election between Lt. Governor Dewhurst and Cruz is at the end of July for the Republican Primary United States senate race. 

Note this radio interview (screaming match?)  with Tea Party fave, former Solicitor General of Texas, Ted Cruz.  Ted is being interviewed by Ben Streusand and Texas State Sen. Dan Patrick. Both Streusand and Patrick are known as "serious"  and well-regarded conservatives.

Like lions pouncing on a zebra resulting in a bloodbath...I just can't look away from this. Conservatives eating  their own...

 

 

 

 

 

The Despicable Act of the Congressional Black Caucus

Posted By Lambchop

Yesterday, the full House of Representatives voted to hold U.S. Attorney General in contempt of Congress for his refusal to turn over documents related to the cover- up of the Fast and Furious scandal. Fast and Furious was an insane creation of the Department of Homeland Security and the DOJ that allowed brand new assault weapons to be sold to Mexican drug cartels without tracking the weapons or their resale across the border. The Mexican government was not notified of this “operation”. This resulted in the murder of at least 200 Mexican citizens and of U.S. Border Patrol Agent, Brian Terry.  It is also widely believed that ICE agent Jaime Zapata was killed as a result of the Fast and Furious operation.

Attorney General Holder lied to the Committee during sworn testimony, claiming he had no knowledge of the operation until a “few weeks” prior to February of 2011. Holder later admitted  to making the false statement after documents were produced and publicized that  proved Holder was regularly informed  of operation Fast and Furious as early as July of 2010.  

That said, the Congressional Black Caucus has been labeling the Fast and Furious investigation a “witch hunt”.  I am going to assume, given the fact that all Democrats did not walk out (17 Democrats voted to hold Holder criminally  liable while 21 voted hold to him civilly liable) and that the Hispanic, Asian Pacific and Pacific Islanders did not join them in the walk-out  - that this  walk-out was  a purely racially–motivated action. Attorney General Holder told the New York Times (about the Fast and Furious investigation)  at the end of 2011, “ “This is a way to get at the president because of the way I can be identified with him,” Holder said, “both due to the nature of our relationship and, you know, the fact that we’re both African-American.

The fact that the Democrats in general have pretended that this investigation politically-motivated is a joke. 200-300 people are dead.  Most of them are Mexican citizens! Must I remind the Democrats that NO ONE DIED during Watergate?

Adding insult to injury, the Black Caucus walking out tells the nation that they have placed their personal, racial bias above everything else: above their sworn duty, above their love for America, above their constituents’ wishes, and above morality.

Agent Terry’s mother said it best when asked about the Congressional Black Caucus walk-out:  “I was like, totally shocked, but you know what? I think it was a disgrace to them and not to my son,” said Josephine Terry, mother of the murdered Brian Terry, Thursday night on “The O’Reilly Factor.”

Why Did Krauthammer Do it?

 Posted by Lambchop

Why Roberts Did  it?  This will be the question to haunt conservative political thinkers, constitutional purists, and federalists for years to come. This is also the title of Charles Krauthammer's latest analysis of the Supreme Court decision to uphold the individual mandate and the Affordable Care Act. 

One of my favorite conservative pundits, Charles Krauthammer, wrote an opinion for The Washington Post yesterday after the Supreme Court verdict upholding Obamacare, with Chief Justice Roberts writing the majority opinion for the court’s decision. Roberts was also the key swing vote. 

Krauthammer said that Roberts pulled “off one of the great constitutional finesses of all time”. He argues that Roberts was “appalled” by an extreme view that the Obama administration used to justify the law - the individual mandate should be upheld on the grounds that it is a legitimate use of federal power to regulate commerce.

Krauthammer states that the Supreme Court has been stung by seemingly political and ideological rulings in the recent past (noting a couple of 5-4 votes on ideological lines), and that  Roberts viewed himself as the one to change that perception. 

The article says that the evidence of finesse of the Robert’s swing/majority opinion is this: the Commerce Clause interpretation remains limited and thus enumerated powers are still in check - a victory of sorts for the conservative. And inthe same vein,  labeling the individual mandate a “tax” allows the law to be upheld and “thus prevented the court from being seen as having overturned, presumably on political grounds, the signature legislation of this administration.”

Krauthammer goes on to say that labeling the individual mandate as a tax is “flimsy” and a “dodge”.

Let me get this straight. Roberts is playing some complex political genius holographic form of futurist chess ...while the “less evolved” like Alito, Thomas and Scalia are merely playing kindergarten jumbo Chinese checkers?

This would be a fantastic analysis except for a couple of issues. The REAL results of the ruling are this: 1) The Worst Legislation of All Time is upheld – the same legislation that was pushed through the House and Senate with Democrat majorities based on a lie (“not a tax”) outside of typical procedural rules  2) Congress now has the power to PENALIZE WITHOUT LIMITS WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN DOES NOT DO.3) Roberts had to rewrite the legislation for it hold up -  both the Medicaid portion and the justification for the individual mandate. 

Secondly , if Roberts (the superhuman Ninja Chief Justice)  did indeed singlehandedly save the court's reputation, limited the interpretation of the commerce clause, and cleverly remanded Obamacare back to congress with one brilliantly-crafted opinion – how come we now have a new enumerated unlimited penalizing power given to congress that is incorrectly labeled as a “tax’?

The size of the federal goverment can grow to even more ridiculous proportions and  the ability for congress to penalize and tax the citizen has no limit - sounds like a travesty of justice to me. 

Read Krauthammer’s Entire Opinion Here: http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jun/29/tp-charles-krauthammer-why-roberts-did-it/?page=2#article

 

Glenn Beck Blows a Gasket at Supreme Court Obamacare Verdict

Posted by Lambchop:

Watch Glenn Beck and Stu go apeshit:

 

First Attorney General EVAH to be Held in Contempt

Posted by Lambchop

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 255 /67/ (1 voting present) in a bipartisan decision to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress for failure provide specific documents to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. 17 Democrats voted to hold Holder in contempt. 

History has been made as Eric Holder is now the first U.S. attorney general to be held in contempt of Congress. Congratulations on your legacy of murder of innocent Border Guards and Mexican citizens, cover -up and scandal, Attorney General Holder.  The Chief Law Enforcement Officer is no longer, himself, above the law. 

 

  

 

 

Bush's Real Third Term

Posted by Lambchop

The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Obamacare is just one more example of the Bush years influencing the Obama administration and its policies. The reality is that ALL of Obama’s successes in office are the result of George W. Bush.

Obama was arguably elected in 2008 partly because of Bush fatigue – both Republicans and Democrats.

Obama decided to keep Gitmo open, betraying his liberal base of pacifists. This action in turn politically forced him to pursue the drone strategy – a strategy conceived by the Bush Administration that has resulted in crippling al-Qaeda.

 Obama kept Bush’s Robert Gates on board, kept the Department of Homeland Security as it stood, and as a result of intelligence collected under the Bush administration, was able to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden.

Without the appointment of Chief Justice John Roberts, Obamacare would most likely have been struck down. Roberts’ flip guaranteed that Obamacare would be upheld.  Could we travel back in time, it can be argued that other potential court members Bush considered in 2005 were more conservative than Roberts.

Obama has tried to attack Romney on everything from a fake war on women’s rights and birth control to a cruelty to animals charge based on vacation the Romney family  took 30 + years ago with their dog on the roof of the family car. With Romney, nothing seems to stick. The only strategy that has kept his betrayed liberal base energized against Romney is to Blame Bush.

Obama continues to run against Bush when Bush’s team of experts, Bush's policies, and Bush's administrative procedures have given Obama his only successes in office.

So while a potential Romney administration is being billed by Obama as Bush’s third term – the real third Bush term is Obama's first.

 

 

Obamacare Upheld as Tax - The Largest Tax Increase in History

• Supreme Court votes 5-4 to uphold mandate with Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito dissenting
• Chief Justice Roberts vote saves mandate and writes majority opinion
• Requirement to carry health insurance is deemed a tax, and is constitutional (cannot be applied or deemed constitutional under expansion of Commerce Clause) 
• Feds may not cease Medicaid funding from states that refuse to take part in expansion (leaves room for states to make individual decision) 

Video of Obama lying like a rug and pretending like Obamacare is not a tax: 

 

 

Matchmaking - Shared Stat May be the Basis of New Romantic Relationship

Posted by Lambchop aka "The Matchmaker" 

The New York Post published a list of the Top 10 "Most Hated" celebs. 

Final results by the New York Post:

1. John Edwards
2. Bernie Madoff
3. Casey Anthony
4. O.J. Simpson
5. Mel Gibson
6. Jerry Sandusky
7. Kim Kardashian
8. Michael Moore
9. Tiger Woods
10. Paris Hilton

Note that #1 and #3 are both swinging singles, out of prison, available and looking for meaning in their lives. Casey is certainly (newly-single) John Edward's physical type - she looks exactly like Rielle with a brown wig, and is the right age according to reports of his penchant for picking up 25-year -old girls in bars. He seems to like 'em a little rough around the edges, too. She lived in Florida - he lives there now. It seems perfect. Of course, there could be a problem with all of those kids. Maybe Rielle will babysit?