Thursday, October 15, 2009

UNMANNED COMBAT





"At this very moment, at any given moment, three dozen armed, unmanned American airplanes are flying lazy loops over Afghanistan and Iraq. They linger there, all day and all night. When one lands to refuel or rearm, another replaces it. They guard soldiers on patrol, spy on Al Qaeda leaders, and send missiles shrieking down on insurgents massing in the night."

Read the rest.

POTUS, NOT (Wh)OTUS


At least George W. Bush was Commander-in-Chief, not Whiner-in-Chief like the current occupant.

NO NEW TAXES

Nope. None. Well, as long as you don’t include future raises, fees (Ed. - hmm, fees. Fees aren’t taxes? Uh, not according to Obama.) and corporate taxes.

A list of the ”revenue enhancements” included in the just-passed Senate [Baucus] healthcare bill:

-- $201 billion in new taxes on high-premium health care plans.

-- $83 billion in new taxes paid by workers who will receive less employer-sponsored coverage or lose that coverage altogether but will be compensated with higher wages or monetary benefits, which are taxable.

-- $23 billion in penalty fees paid by employers who do not comply with the federal insurance mandate.

-- $4 billion in penalty fees paid by individuals who don't have health insurance.

-- $16 billion in new income and Medicare payroll tax revenue due to changes in Medicare.

And $180 billion in other tax revenues items, including: A new tax on prescription drug makers that would account for $22.2 billion over 10 years; a new tax on medical device manufacturers that would bring in $38.6 billion; and a new annual tax on insurance companies would net the government $60.4 billion.
Are you starting to notice a trend here?

ENOUGH ALREADY

Obama: Let me be clear ....

Terrorists? ‘Now let me be clear: We are indeed at war with al-Qaida and its affiliates.’

Student testing? ‘Let me be clear: Success should be judged by results, and data is a powerful tool to determine results.’

Iran? ‘Let me be clear: Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile activity poses a real threat, not just to the United States, but to Iran’s neighbors and our allies.’

Auto bailouts? ‘Let me be clear: The United States government has no interest in running GM.’

In Moscow: ‘Let me be clear: America wants a strong, peaceful, and prosperous Russia.’

In Ghana: ‘Let me be clear: Africa is not the crude caricature of a continent at perpetual war.’

In Italy, bemoaning poor U.S. leadership on climate change: ‘Let me be clear: Those days are over.’

In Trinidad, announcing new aid: ‘Let me be clear: This is not charity.’

Can’t TOTUS teach him a new phrase?

THE “I’M NOT BUSH” PRIZE

Frank J: [S]hould Obama have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? "Of course he should have; it’s a useless-moron prize. Obama is the most prominent useless idiot out there right now; I can’t name a better candidate.”

Read it all.

Plus, Frank J. answers the bonus question: can you get post-traumatic stress disorder from reading?

IS OBAMA OBNOXIOUSLY ARTICULATE?

No. Obnoxiously omnipresent.

WASHINGTON IS NUTS

So what’s new?