September 4th, 2010 1:57 PM

Weekend Link Love: 70′s Commercials Edition

by Duane Lester

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Hot Air: Great News – Left wing president turns into tax-cutting conservative just before midterms

Say Anything: Student Suing School Because Teacher Didn’t Tell Him Not to Shock Nipples

American Thinker Blog: As predicted, employers pushing more health insurance costs on employees

Riehl World View: Oh Great, Now We Have Sand “Castle” Conservatives, Too

The Patriot Room: Well, well, well – Nevada Senate: Angle (R) 45% Reid (D) 45%

The Jawa Report: ACLU Pretty Much Doing the Work for the Terrorists

Ann Althouse: “A group of Radiohead fans went to a recent show in Prague ‘on a mission to capture the band playing using as many different angles as possible.’”

Gateway Pundit: Woah! Anderson Cooper Takes Corruptocrat Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson to Woodshed (Video)

theblogprof: Obama’s former car czar: Obama “seemed to have it in for the automakers from the beginning”

Power Line: Obama’s DOJ Fights Arizona, Not Criminals

Riehl World View: Mark Levin Takes the Battle to the NRO

Moonbattery: Driving Over the Children Americans Won’t Drive Over

theblogprof: Detroit Free Press: the fake Tea Party has “many ties to Democrats”

Flopping Aces: European Tells America – Save Yourselves…Stop Becoming European

Gateway Pundit: Unreal. Obama Explains new Job Losses Mean “Economy is Moving in Positive Direction” (Video)

Iowahawk: Barack, Can We Talk?

Say Anything: 72% of Alaskans Disapprove of Levi Johnston

Moonbattery: More Incursions by Mexican Military

Sister Toldjah: Reid: My “Iraq war is lost” comments are what helped turn Iraq around

Don Surber: As radical as a Lee Greenwood song

theblogprof: Video of Anita Dun: “Nobody Denies the Stimulus Worked.” The departing Christina Romer begs to differ

Riehl World News: O’Donnell Denounces Video, Challenges Castle to Call Off His Attack Dogs

Right Wing News: The NAACP Should Disband If This Is All They Have to Complain About

Tom Nelson: Jesse Jackson’s Gas Guzzling Escalade Ironically Stolen After “Green Jobs” Rally

Hot Air: Eugene Robinson: These spoiled brat voters are having quite the temper tantrum, aren’t they?

Jihad Watch: Olbermann trots out non-9/11 family member to claim 9/11 family members oppose rally against Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero

Ace of Spades HQ: Realignment – Young voters Maturing Early Under obama, Abandoning Democrats

The Patriot Room: Pic of the day: Allen West gets a big endorsement

Newsbusters: Video: Jack Webb Schools Eric Holder on Arizona

Scared Monkeys: Water Seeks It’s Own Level…Key Obama Ally Richard Trumaka AFL-CIO Chief Works with European Socialists for Global Tax

Fausta’s Blog: Khadaffi hires “hostess agency” to promote Islam Video

Wizbang: Obama – Mr. Unpopular

The American Pundit: UN Gives North Korea $290 Million Bailout

Doug Ross: Gulf rig owner Mariner Energy: It’s not paranoia if they really are trying to kill you

LibNOT: Rare Color Film of Japanese WWII Surrender Discovered

Flopping Aces: Liberal Feminists Backing Sarah Palin Over Vanity Fair Hitpiece?

This ain’t Hell, but you can see it from here: Yeah, I talked with the Discovery Channel gunman

Infidels are Cool: Video – Donald Trump vs. David Letterman on the Ground Zero Mosque Debate

Outside the Beltway: More Hate Crimes Against Christians than Muslims!

The Patriot Room: Thank you Chuck Norris. Brilliant ad by the NRA

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September 3rd, 2010 4:10 PM

Obama Introduces Replacement for Christina Romer (Comic)

by Duane Lester

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Recently Christina Romer resigns as the Chair of Obama’s Council of Economic Advisors. Today, he announced her replacement and showed off the next round of economic recovery plans, already being implemented:

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September 3rd, 2010 3:26 PM

Summer of Recover Rampage Continues Unchecked: Umemployment Rises to 9.6%

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The leviathan that is the Summer of Recovery continues it’s rampage against the American economy, creating a swath of destruction similar to a Jenny Craig support group’s effect on an Old Country Buffet. This time, it’s caused the unemployment rate to rise to 9.6%:

Job losses continued to mount in the U.S. economy last month, though at a more modest pace than expected, putting further pressure on policy makers to take action to spur growth and employment.

Ok, let’s stop right there. Someone is going to have to talk to the official spokesmen of the Obama Summer of Recovery Communication Department, aka the main stream media, and tell them to stop using the term “unexpectedly.” Everything bad that happens in this economy is somehow not expected.

Not expected by who? I know I expected these things to happen. Pretty much everyone who opposes the Keynesian economic policies of this administration expected this.

After 18 months of fail, I think it’s time to stop being surprised with more bad news.

Nonfarm payrolls fell by 54,000 last month, matching the level of revised losses recorded the previous month, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday. The revision in July layoffs to 54,000 followed an original estimate of a 131,000 drop in payrolls.

The U.S. economy has shed jobs for three straight months, though the losses in August were about half the 110,000 predicted by economists in a Dow Jones Newswires survey.

The unemployment rate, calculated using a separate household survey, edged up to 9.6%, as expected, after holding at 9.5% for previous two months.

The Stimulus Plan was promised to keep unemployment under 8%. Without it, it was suggested the unemployment rate may jump as high as 8.5% in 2009 and peak at 9% in 2010.

And now Christina Romer is channeling Joe Biden as she leaves the White House, saying they didn’t really understand what was going on:

An estimate of what the economy will look like if a policy is adopted contains two components: a forecast of what would happen in the absence of the policy, and an estimate of the effect of the policy… we, like virtually every other forecaster, failed to anticipate how violent the recession would be in the absence of policy, and the degree to which the usual relationship between GDP and unemployment would break down.

So what is the anticipated response from the rabid socialists in the halls of Congress and the White House?

More spending.

Brilliant.

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Tags: economy, Stimulus Plan, unemployment

September 3rd, 2010 2:42 PM

Federal Government Sues Sheriff Joe, Leaves Drug Smugglers to Their Own Devices

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The federal government is once again taking action in Arizona. No, silly…it’s not building a fence or sending the troops to protect the country from invasion. It’s prosecuting Sheriff Joe Arpaio:

The suit, accuses Arpaio of “unprecedented” defiance of federal authorities examining reports of unconstitutional search and seizures and discriminatory practices against Hispanics, including English-only policies in the jails and detention centers under his control.

Throughout the process, Arpaio’s office has said the staff are cooperating with investigators. They deny having committed any racial profiling of other discriminatory practices.

Arpaio, is an influential figure in the Phoenix area, a controversial law-and-order politician who boasts that he is “America’s toughest sheriff” for his Draconian treatment of inmates. He was a top proponent of the state’s controversial immigration law which would have demanded that law enforcement check the immigration status of anyone they stop or detain.

Yep, this ought to fix the problem. It’s not that drug smugglers control parts of Arizona, or that people are being kidnapped and dragged across the border to Mexico.

It’s Sheriff Joe. He’s actually looking for people that are in the country illegally.

That can’t stand.

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September 2nd, 2010 3:47 PM

Hillary for President Ad Hits Airwaves, Not a Repeat from 2007

by Duane Lester

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I have been wondering if President Obama would face a primary challenger in 2012.

Considering the mid term elections are still two months away and there are already “Hillary for President” ads airing on television, I’m starting to lean towards definitely:

“She has more experience working in and with the White House than most living presidents. She is one of the most admired women in our nation’s history. Let’s make sure the president we should have elected in 2008 will be on the ballot in 2012. Hillary 2012: Hillary Clinton for President. Start now. Where there’s a Hill there’s a way,” says an ad that began running on television in New Orleans Wednesday.

The commercial was paid for by a Chicago dentist named William DeJean.

When asked why he put the ad up, DeJean told CNN Thursday that “I’m a dentist and I don’t think this country is headed in the right direction.”

Regarding Clinton, DeJean says “I think she is the most qualified.”

DeJean adds that he thinks people are having buyer’s remorse about President Barack Obama and says the current administration is ruining the Democratic Party.

Because I go the extra mile for you, I’ve got the ad so you can watch it:

Clearly, DeJean is a racist.

Thought I’d be the first to welcome him into the club.

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Tags: 2012 Presidential Election, Hillary Clinton

September 2nd, 2010 1:30 PM

O’Reilly Gives Olbermann a Lesson in Supply and Demand (Comic)

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The ongoing feud between the jealous Keith Olbermann and the cable news Godfather Bill O’Reilly continues…

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September 2nd, 2010 11:49 AM

FTC Suspects Chuck E Cheese Markets to Kids; Also Suspects The Scooter Store of Marketing to Disabled, Miracle Ear to Deaf

by Duane Lester

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You really have to hand it to those folks at the Federal Trade Commission. You have to get up pretty early in the morning to get away with something with them on watch.

Someone there noticed something nefarious with the marketing efforts of one Chuck E Cheese. They might be targeting *GASP* children!

No, really:

The eagle-eyed regulators at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have a sneaking suspicion that a company offering disgusting pizza, animatronic human-sized mice, and a ball pit may be trying to appeal to children. Or rather, their marketing (the slogan was “Chuck E. Cheese: Where a Kid Can Be a Kid!” last time I checked) may inappropriately appeal to children.

Thank God for the federal government. Without them, what would we do?

Think of the children!

Mr. DiResta, a former director of the FTC’s Southeast Regional Office, did say that marketing food products to children very much remains on the FTC’s radar.

“The FTC sees marketing to children as a high priority,” he said. “They see children as a vulnerable group that warrants special protection, just as they did the elderly.

Seriously, we need this effort. We wouldn’t want to rely on parents. That’s crazy talk.

And I’m glad they are looking out for old folks too. I have a few tips for them.

I’m fairly sure these folks are targeting the elderly, or the deaf. Either way, it’s disgusting:

Also, these dirty dogs seem to have the disabled in their cross hairs also:

You might consider adding mall cops to your protected class also:

Thank goodness the FTC brought the behavior of Chuck E Cheese to our attention. Your tax dollars at work.

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September 2nd, 2010 10:59 AM

Obama Uses Democratic Socialists of America’s Honorary Chairperson in Department of Labor Ads

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The following video requires a disclaimer, warning rational, freedom loving Americans that it will most likely enrage them. Naked Emperor News has compiled different videos and some audio showing the Obama Administration’s use of the Democratic Socialists of America’s Honorary Chairperson, Dolores Huerta, in ad encouraging illegal aliens to contact the Department of Labor.

In the same video there is audio of Huerta indoctrinating children, teaching them to chant “We didn’t cross the border. The border crossed us.” She also tells students flat out, “Republicans hate Latinos.”

She says it twice for effect.

This is the type of person the Obama Administration looks to for spreading his message. The Democratic Socialists of America’s Honorary Chairperson, Dolores Huerta.

But we can’t say the President is a socialist.

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September 2nd, 2010 9:57 AM

Arizona Now Has 30 National Guard Troops, 15 Warning Signs, 0 Chance of Help from Washington

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Thirty miles from the capitol of Arizona are signs of human smuggling, drug cartels and danger to the health and welfare of innocent Americans. I’m not talking about evidence. I mean actual signs:

There are now 15 of these signs in Arizona, and only 30 National Guardsmen.

Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, who, along with Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl, asked for 3,000 guardsmen, is not impressed or pleased:

“I think the American people are outraged that we can fight wars half-way around the world, send our nation’s treasury and our most precious resources – our American heroes that serve in the military — and yet here in our own country somehow they believe it’s okay for us not to have a secure border,” Said Sheriff Babeu.

“And that it’s okay to put up signs in my county and parts of America to surrender parts of our country to foreign born criminals,” Babeu added, “warning our own American citizens to stay out.”

The governor is still begging Washington to do something, because some 6x6s and a little plywood isn’t enough:

It is a sad fact that the pleas for help in securing the southern border are simply going to fall on deaf ears. After all, if action is taken, it could push Hispanic voters away from the Democrat Party. And staying in power is more important than protecting America.

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September 1st, 2010 2:54 PM

Pic from James Jay Lee’s MySpace Page

by Duane Lester

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Yeah, so am I, but I’m not going to strap a bomb to my chest and take hostages.

Here’s his MySpace page. (Looks like MySpace has taken it down.)

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Tags: James, Jay, Lee