Wednesday, October 07, 2009

ON OBAMA’S UN SPEECH

Michael Gerson translates: "I know you adore me because I am better than America’s flawed past. But don’t just stand there loving me, do something."

A late post is Better than none.

THE EGO HAS LANDED

Crashed is more like it.

The embarrassment over Chicago finishing dead last in Copenhagen was also felt by the multitude of Obama promoters in the media that almost unanimously jumped to the supine conclusion that victory for Chicago was assured once the president announced his plan to bless the International Olympic Committee with his presence.
But of course it had to be the Republican’s fault:

MSNBC's Ed Schultz, ... blamed Republican negativity for Chicago's defeat, and then truly lost control of his mental faculties: "They only support America when it's good for their political agenda. What the Republicans did, I think, rivals Jane Fonda sitting on a gun in North Vietnam."
Poor choice of imagery, Ed. Just in case you forgot, Jane Fonda was/is a Democrat.

ALFRED E. OBAMA

When you lose Mad magazine ...


... it's all over.

Reminds me of Lt. Gen. Russel Honore's "let's not get stuck on stupid" to reporters following hurricane Rita in 2005.

Via Don Surber.

PORN POLICY

A simple “not on my campus” statement should do it.

BUMPER SNICKERS

Seen on the back of a car driving to work this morning ....

The first:




The second:



In Washington, DC, no less!

THE OMNIPRES[ID]ENT

"Much outrage has accompanied the release of a video showing little kids at the Bernice Young Elementary School in New Jersey, being led in a ... song of praise to Barack Obama."

"Besides the understandable anger parents feel when their children are used as political props, the Bernice Young sing-along is grating because it’s another aspect of the Obama omnipresence. The guy is everywhere, all the time. He’s been stalking the American voter all summer .... Mercifully, he stopped just short of filling our inboxes with spam emails, or dropping pop-up spyware onto our computers."

Read the whole piece.

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ELITIST AND A TYRANT?

Nothing.

GOLD NUGGETS

Thomas Sowell’s random thoughts are golden.

PRACTICE SAFE SPINACH

WARNING: Eating may be hazardous to your health. Leafy greens head a list of the top 10 riskiest foods according to the report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

The top ten:

- Leafy greens
- Eggs
- Tuna
- Oysters
- Potatoes
- Cheese
- Ice Cream
- Tomatoes
- Sprouts
- Berries
Jeez. Is there anything the “public interest” groups don’t want the government to regulate?

Caption via Instapundit.

PALIN: DRILL HERE, DRILL NOW

From Sarah Palin’s Facebook page. “Bottom line: let’s stop digging ourselves into debt and start drilling for energy independence.”

Ed Morrissey adds: “We could create tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of high-paying industrial jobs by opening the coastlines for drilling, most of which would be union labor. It would take a few years to start benefiting fully from the production, but we could be well on our way to keeping dollars at home rather than sending them abroad ....”

WHEN IS A TAX NOT A TAX?

When it’s a value-added tax.