tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83381272024-03-14T11:48:45.368-04:00the things you believe you're seeing......usually aren't !
Rantings and ravings from a news junkie.Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.comBlogger2215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-33366696067115635522012-08-01T16:00:00.001-04:002012-08-01T16:00:31.116-04:00Elton John, statesman - Bill O'ReillyFirst he plays at Rush Limbaugh's wedding and now this. Thumbs up!<br />
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<a href="http://www.newsday.com/opinion/columnists/bill-o-reilly/o-reilly-elton-john-statesman-1.3873272">Elton John, statesman - Bill O'Reilly</a>: <br />
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<span class="initial" style="border: 0px; color: #061826; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sir <a href="http://www.newsday.com/topics//Elton_John" style="border: 0px; color: #1a557b; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Elton John</a> did an extraordinary thing last week. </span><span style="color: #061826; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">He praised President </span><a href="http://www.newsday.com/topics//George_W._Bush" style="border: 0px; color: #1a557b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">George W. Bush</a><span style="color: #061826; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"> in an interview with the ABC News/Yahoo! Power Players series, reminding us in the process that there are still statesmen in the world. Cross-ideological kindnesses are so rare these days that John's remarks were downright jolting.</span> <br />
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<img alt="Singer and activist Elton John attends a meeting" src="http://cdn.newsday.com/polopoly_fs/1.3873403.1343786949!/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/display_600/image.JPG" /> <br />
<a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk" style="font-size: 13px;">'via Blog this'</a>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-23058756681302435052012-06-29T09:51:00.000-04:002012-06-29T09:51:15.812-04:00So it is a tax...like we always said it was...<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/99KFGiBc7Vw" width="560"></iframe>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-58157610705287488272010-06-09T14:34:00.001-04:002010-06-09T14:34:54.445-04:00More on the Rush wedding...I thought the <a href="http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20391620,00.html">guest list was mildly interesting</a>, here is a small sample from People magazine;<div><br></div><div><blockquote>Amid dozens of giant bouquets of white roses (and very tight security), reports the Palm Beach Post, guests at the wedding included former Bush adviser Karl Rove; actor-politician Fred Thompson; former Kansas City Royals slugger George Brett; Fox News commentator Sean Hannity; former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani; New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft; <b>former Clinton adviser James Carville and his wife, GOP analyst Mary Matalin</b>; and golfer Tom Watson. A wedding guest also tells PEOPLE that among the others was <b>Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.</b> </blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote>Also kinda curious as to what Elton played and if it was a requested setlist or if Elton just surprised them?</div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-84762384277322751202010-03-26T09:18:00.001-04:002010-03-26T09:18:03.099-04:00Now where have I heard this before?<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Isn't <a href='http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gmzNv5LYXOA6UM_XmUHdOe9augtQD9ELVL3G1' target='_blank'>this</a> what we mean nasty Republicans have been saying would happen?<br /><blockquote><span>The health care overhaul will cost U.S. companies billions and <b>make them more likely to drop prescription drug coverage for retirees because of a change in how the government subsidizes those benefits.</b></span><br /><span> </span><br /><span> In the first two days after the law was signed, three major companies — Deere & Co., Caterpillar Inc. and Valero Energy — said they expect to take a total hit of $265 million to account for smaller tax deductions in the future.</span><br /><span> </span><br /><span> With more than 3,500 companies now getting the tax break as an incentive to keep providing coverage, <b>others are almost certain to announce similar cost increases in the weeks ahead as they sort out the impact of the change.</b></span><br /><span> </span><br /><span> Figuring out what it will mean for retirees will take longer, but analysts said <b>as many as 2 million could lose the prescription drug coverage </b>provided by their former employers, leaving them to enroll in Medicare's program.</span><br /></blockquote><br />How's that hope and change working for you now?<br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=b17d43f1-26aa-885f-aec4-24d3be2a01e9' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-82787440558016925832010-03-24T19:44:00.000-04:002010-03-24T19:47:39.683-04:00So much for the bounce, CBS News says keep fighting!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20001117-503544.html'/><br/><blockquote><big><big><a href='http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20001117-503544.html'>Poll: Most Want GOP to Keep Fighting on Health Bill</a></big></big><br/><br/><img width='630' height='280' alt='' src='http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim//2010/03/24/image6330002.gif' class='cnet-image'/></blockquote><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=49155d30-8b61-8a0d-966e-36e42b171ef6' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-78529888231206151092010-03-24T19:40:00.001-04:002010-03-24T19:40:20.911-04:00Don't worry, they'll do better with your prostate!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/24/oops-o-care-forgets-to-cover-young-adults-children-with-preexisting-conditions/'>Hot Air » Blog Archive » Oops: O-Care forgets to cover young adults, children with preexisting conditions</a><br/><blockquote>Oops: O-Care forgets to cover young adults, children with preexisting conditions<br/><br/>posted at 5:03 pm on March 24, 2010 by Allahpundit<br/>Share on Facebook | printer-friendly<br/><br/>Like the man said, this is a big f***ing deal.</blockquote><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=133dcc53-934a-824d-bff3-d991a8a3f16b' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-17540765957945501112010-03-24T09:49:00.001-04:002010-03-24T09:49:31.444-04:00"Control The People"<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Oops...Rep Dingell caught being perfectly honest about what Obamacare is really all about;<br/><br/><embed width='480' height='360' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://blip.tv/play/hJNRgc_7JAI%2Em4v'> </embed> <br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=39176b16-5eac-8834-ad05-4e43964ca648' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-87407909193938008842010-03-19T14:02:00.001-04:002010-03-19T14:02:56.336-04:00Shh...<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://www.politico.com/livepulse/0310/EXCLUSIVE__Democrats_plan_doc_fix_after_reform.html?showall'>EXCLUSIVE -- Democrats plan doc fix after reform - Live Pulse - POLITICO.com</a><br/><blockquote>EXCLUSIVE -- Democrats plan doc fix after reform<br/><br/>Democrats are planning to introduce legislation later this spring that would permanently repeal annual Medicare cuts to doctors, but are warning lawmakers not to talk about it for fear that it will complicate their push to pass comprehensive health reform. The plans undercut the party's message that reform lowers the deficit, according to a memo obtained by POLITICO.<br/><br/>Democrats removed the so-called doc fix from the reform legislation last year because its $371-billion price tag would have made it impossible for Democrats to claim that their bill reduces the deficit. Republicans have argued for months that by stripping the doc fix from the bill, Democrats were playing a shell game.<br/><br/>“Most health staff are already aware that our health proposal does not contain a 'doc fix.' … The inclusion of a full SGR repeal would undermine reform’s budget neutrality. So again, do not allow yourself (or your boss) to get into a discussion of the details of CBO scores and textual narrative. Instead, focus only on the deficit reduction and number of Americans covered,” the memo, sent Thursday to Democratic staff, said.<br/><br/>“As most health staff knows, leadership and the White House are working with the AMA to rally physicians for a full SGR repeal later this spring. However, both health and communications staff should understand we do not want that policy discussion discussed at this time, lest (it) complicate the last critical push to pass health reform,” according to the memo.</blockquote><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=870756f3-17ca-8005-a3ca-56d6c782571c' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-55850330942922795252010-03-19T10:31:00.001-04:002010-03-19T10:31:55.312-04:00Obama at 45% in Rasmussen<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll'>Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports™</a><br/><blockquote>Daily Presidential Tracking Poll<br/>Friday, March 19, 2010<br/><br/>The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 23% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-four percent (44%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -21. That matches the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President (see trends).<br/><br/>Each time the President leads a big push for his health care plan, his job approval ratings suffer. For Members of Congress, the impact may be more tangible. Just 34% say they’re more likely to vote for someone who supports this legislation. Fifty-percent (50%) are less likely to vote for a Member of Congress who supports the health care reform plan proposed by the President and Congressional Democrats. </blockquote><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=32755f26-4fb5-82f1-a242-a5d6d901b29e' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-35214345230573220082010-03-19T10:28:00.001-04:002010-03-19T10:28:50.536-04:00Impeach Obama, Pelosi? Sure!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>From the <a target='_blank' href='http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/19/impeach-the-president/'>Washington Times</a>:<br/><blockquote>It would open Mr. Obama, as well as key congressional leaders such as Mrs. Pelosi, to impeachment. The Slaughter Solution would replace the rule of law with arbitrary one-party rule. It violates the entire basis of our constitutional government - meeting the threshold of "high crimes and misdemeanors." If it's enacted, Republicans should campaign for the November elections not only on repealing Obamacare, but on removing Mr. Obama and his gang of leftist thugs from office. <br/></blockquote><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=35ba265f-1e76-866a-9ffb-51cb513fa031' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-51942597360831155042010-03-19T10:26:00.001-04:002010-03-19T10:26:50.693-04:00On The Road To Nowhere<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://www.gallup.com/poll/126809/Obama-Approval-Rating-Lowest-Yet-Congress-Declines.aspx'>Obama's Approval Rating Lowest Yet, Congress' Declines</a><br/><blockquote>Obama's Approval Rating Lowest Yet, Congress' Declines<br/>Slightly more disapprove than approve of Obama<br/>by Jeffrey M. Jones<br/><br/>PRINCETON, NJ -- President Barack Obama's job approval is the worst of his presidency to date, with 46% of Americans approving and 48% disapproving of the job he is doing as president in the latest Gallup Daily three-day average.</blockquote><br/><br/><div class='youtube-video'><object width='480' height='385'><param value='http://www.youtube.com/v/kBKTtIFukRc&hl=en_US&fs=1&' name='movie'> </param><param value='true' name='allowFullScreen'> </param><param value='always' name='allowscriptaccess'> </param><embed width='480' height='385' allowfullscreen='true' allowscriptaccess='always' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://www.youtube.com/v/kBKTtIFukRc&hl=en_US&fs=1&'> </embed> </object></div><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=3978e98a-e23e-84ab-8606-ac13c4a9c510' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-75314416108992118892010-03-19T10:25:00.001-04:002010-03-19T10:25:22.722-04:00As soon as this is passed using "demon pass" it will be challenged....<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aTQARvST4dv8'>Pelosi Tactic for Health-Care Vote Would Raise Legal Questions - Bloomberg.com</a><br/><blockquote>By Greg Stohr<br/><br/>March 18 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may be creating new grounds for a court challenge to the proposed U.S. health-care overhaul as she considers using a mechanism that would avoid a vote on the full legislation.<br/><br/>Pelosi said this week she might use a parliamentary technique that would “deem” House members to have passed the Senate’s health-care plan by voting for a more politically palatable package of changes.<br/><br/>Some legal scholars question whether that approach can be squared with the Constitution and the Supreme Court’s 1998 declaration that the two houses of Congress must approve “precisely the same text” before a bill can become a law.<br/><br/>“Any process that does not result in the House taking of yays and nays on statutory text identical to what passed the Senate is constitutionally problematic,” said Jonathan Adler, a professor who runs the Center for Business Law & Regulation at Case Western Reserve University’s law school in Cleveland. </blockquote><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=b6cae5ea-ef31-8978-9c4a-7a0bb45d51e9' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-24651001389042206942010-03-19T10:23:00.001-04:002010-03-19T10:23:56.269-04:00Good news: Obamacare expands IRS power<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/87697-republicans-assail-irs-provision-in-health-care-bill-'>Republicans assail IRS provision in health care bill - The Hill's On The Money</a><br/><blockquote>Republicans assail IRS provision in health care bill<br/>By Vicki Needham - 03/18/10 03:22 PM ET<br/><br/>House Ways and Means Republicans on Thursday assailed a provision in the proposed health care reform bill under consideration this week. <br/><br/>Subcommittee on Oversight ranking member Charles Boustany (R-La.) said the IRS provision in the bill "dangerously expands, in an ominous way the tentacles of the IRS and it's reach into every American family," he said today during a press conference. <br/><br/>"This is a vast expanse of power," he said. <br/><br/>Boustany said the bill would allow the IRS to confiscate refunds if there are penalties for not buying health care. </blockquote><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=1ee37562-5f3f-803d-be64-8415893ba1fa' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-79853246457577060072010-03-19T10:22:00.001-04:002010-03-19T10:22:17.746-04:00But it will save money, right?<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/03/caterpillar-health-care-bill-would-cost-it-100m.html'>Caterpillar: Health care bill would cost it $100M - Chicago Breaking Business</a><br/><blockquote>Caterpillar: Health care bill would cost it $100M<br/>Published on March 19, 2010 7:10 AM | Submit a comment<br/>Dow Jones Newswires | Caterpillar Inc. said the health-care overhaul legislation being considered by the U.S. House would increase the company's health-care costs by more than $100 million in the first year alone.<br/><br/>In a letter Thursday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio, Caterpillar urged lawmakers to vote against the plan "because of the substantial cost burdens it would place on our shareholders, employees and retirees."<br/>Caterpillar, the world's largest construction machinery manufacturer by sales, said it's particularly opposed to provisions in the bill that would expand Medicare taxes and mandate insurance coverage. The legislation would require nearly all companies to provide health insurance for their employees or face large fines.<br/><br/>The Peoria-based company said these provisions would increase its insurance costs by at least 20 percent, or more than $100 million, just in the first year of the health-care overhaul program. </blockquote><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=45780171-78bd-844c-8159-4a399366bcc1' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-24399220721201697712010-03-16T10:09:00.001-04:002010-03-16T10:09:02.898-04:00That pretty much says it all!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><img width='454' height='550' alt=''Pelosi may try to pass health bill without vote'' src='http://cdn.nationalreview.com/dest/2010/03/16/9d618f53cfa2cef2126bc7d72ab0caca.jpg'/><blockquote/><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=c80702ab-55ed-81f3-a5d8-05caac07e92d' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-24861261634370247072010-03-02T10:13:00.001-05:002010-03-02T10:13:12.510-05:00Brave minority student confesses to noose incident, anonymously...<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><blockquote><a href='http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucsd2-2010mar02,0,5953265.story'>Student apologizes for noose in UC San Diego library</a><br/><br/><i>The campus paper publishes an anonymous letter by a minority student who calls the incident 'a mindless act and stupid mistake.'</i><br/><br/>By Larry Gordon<br/><br/>March 2, 2010<br/><br/> The UC San Diego student reportedly responsible for hanging a noose last week in a campus library issued a public, but anonymous, apology Monday and said she had no racist motivation.<br/><br/>The noose's discovery set off protests at a school that is already tense from recent racially charged episodes and triggered condemnations from UC leaders and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.<br/><br/>In a letter published Monday on the front page of the UC San Diego student newspaper, the Guardian, the student wrote that the incident was "a mindless act and stupid mistake" and was not meant to recall the lynching of blacks.</blockquote><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=dbc3ab56-0731-8cda-8005-3cf7ad1596ab' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-34012610958864953952010-02-14T22:52:00.001-05:002010-02-14T22:52:43.278-05:00But the science is settled, isn't it?<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><a href='http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/158214'>Express.co.uk - The great climate change retreat</a><br/><blockquote>THE GREAT CLIMATE CHANGE RETREAT<br/><br/><i>A key scientist has conceded that there has been no "statistically significant" rise since 1995<br/></i><br/>Monday February 15, 2010<br/>By Ed Price<br/><br/><b>THERE has been no global warming for 15 years, a key scientist admitted yesterday in a major U-turn.</b><br/><br/>Professor Phil Jones, who is at the centre of the “Climategate” affair, conceded that there has been no “statistically significant” rise in temperatures since 1995.<br/><br/>The admission comes as new research casts serious doubt on temperature records collected around the world and used to support the global warming theory.<br/><br/>Researchers said yesterday that warming recorded by weather stations was often caused by local factors rather than global change.</blockquote><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=14083070-3bbb-805b-99f1-9ec49b619bda' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-73570844019018271632010-01-20T15:57:00.001-05:002010-01-20T15:57:46.099-05:00From the mind of Olby: Pickup trucks are racist<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>This guy is a disgrace, when will he be thrown off the air;<br/><br/><div class='youtube-video'><object width='518' height='419'><param value='http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/eyeblast.swf?v=Xduzvk8zqG' name='movie'> </param><param value='true' name='allowFullScreen'> </param><embed width='518' height='419' allowfullscreen='true' src='http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/eyeblast.swf?v=Xduzvk8zqG' type='application/x-shockwave-flash'> </embed> </object></div><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=74200bbc-3e21-883d-a6cb-e08d31cba5b8' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-55858872576093127612010-01-20T14:38:00.001-05:002010-01-20T14:38:47.242-05:00Truly delusional<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Obama talking to George Stephanopoulos;<br/><blockquote>"Here's my assessment of not just the vote in Massachusetts, but the mood around the country: the same thing that swept Scott Brown into office swept me into office," the president said in <a target='external' href='http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2010/01/obama-seat-scott-brown-and-health-care-next-steps.html'>an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos</a>. <b>"People are angry and they are frustrated. Not just because of what's happened in the last year or two years, but what's happened over the last eight years." </b><br/></blockquote><br/><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=39337d20-92cd-8a8a-b2f6-b8a5e86cb3d4' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-33568849986958503362010-01-07T15:58:00.001-05:002010-01-07T15:58:14.519-05:00Old Coot Jack Cafferty lays into Obama/Pelosi/Gibbs/Reid<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>This is good stuff;<br/><br/><div class='youtube-video'><object width='425' height='344'><param value='http://www.youtube.com/v/8pO1oJPps1I&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1' name='movie'> </param><param value='true' name='allowFullScreen'> </param><param value='always' name='allowScriptAccess'> </param><embed width='425' height='344' allowscriptaccess='always' allowfullscreen='true' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://www.youtube.com/v/8pO1oJPps1I&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1'> </embed> </object></div><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=b932095f-ac49-876f-9103-84c98f6df326' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-66545237804448695422009-12-30T15:50:00.001-05:002009-12-30T15:50:32.548-05:00New Dem strategy: Obama is more Bush than Bush was!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><blockquote><div class='title'><small> </small><h1 class='title'><small><small>DCCC: Obama 'more aggressive in fighting al Qaeda' than Bush</small></small></h1><small> </small></div><div> <span class='author'> By Tony Romm </span> - <span class='date'> 12/30/09 01:37 PM ET </span> </div><p>Democratic strategists Wednesday asserted President Barack Obama "has been far more aggressive in fighting al Qaeda" than the previous administration . <br/></p><p>In an e-mail this afternoon to supporters -- which incidentally excoriated Republicans for politicizing the attempted bombing of Flight 253 -- the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) stressed it was President George W. Bush, not his successor, who relegated the fight against the terrorist network to the back burner by turning "its focus from al Qaeda to Iraq."</p></blockquote> <br/><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=8b4f469a-3d89-8b6f-98d2-64c9d8c4935a' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-63803850558549944522009-12-30T10:01:00.001-05:002009-12-30T10:01:28.300-05:00NY Daily News: Dude!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>The <a target='_blank' href='http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/12/30/2009-12-30_its_time_prez_for_you_to_get_serious.html#ixzz0bBHIj8Nv'>editors</a> of the NY Daily News are not happy with Dear Leader;<br/><blockquote> <p>The attempt to blow Northwest Flight 253 out of the air was planned as an attack on the United States and very nearly succeeded in accomplishing that horrific goal. The moment demanded inspiring, decisive presidential leadership.<br/><br/>America waited four days for a glimmer.<br/><br/>President Obama's initial response Monday was too long in coming, too cool in delivery and too removed from the extreme gravity of the plot...</p> <p>Before his first remarks on Monday, Obama had left a vacuum, and into that 76-hour empty space rushed Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, whose ineptitude made a mockery of her position and threw millions of fliers into continuing states of confusion.<br/><br/>What the public was left with was a never-to-be-repeated case study in crisis mismanagement. It's time to get a grip, Mr. President.<br/><br/>The attempted bombing occurred at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Christmas. When finally Obama spoke after the weekend, he vowed to hunt down "all who were involved" and promised, as has become standard, to "use every element of our national power to disrupt, dismantle and defeat the violent extremists who threaten us."<br/><br/>Nothing less is required, and there can be no arguing with the stated mission.<br/><br/>Even so, Obama's description of Abdulmutallab as an "isolated extremist" was remarkable and disturbing. This radicalized young Nigerian is nothing of the sort. He operated, in fact, as an Al Qaeda-recruited, Al Qaeda-supplied, Al Qaeda-directed foot soldier - as, to put it directly, an enemy combatant, and not as the criminal "suspect" of Obama's description.</p> </blockquote><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=d54ae174-afed-8521-b9ea-11a61bb33079' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-60538033019370620952009-12-28T23:57:00.001-05:002009-12-28T23:57:01.211-05:00Obama: The Flight 253 underwear bomber was an isolated incident except for that underwear bomber back in August<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><blockquote><p><b>(CNN)</b> -- On August 28, the Saudi Arabian deputy minister of interior, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, survived a bombing attack launched by an al Qaeda cell based in Yemen, Saudi Arabia's southern neighbor.</p><p>Abdullah Hassan al Asiri, the would-be assassin, a Saudi who had fled to Yemen, posed as a militant willing to surrender personally to Prince Nayef.</p><p>Because he leads Saudi Arabia's counterterrorism efforts against al Qaeda, the prince is a key target for the terrorist group.</p><p><b>Al Asiri concealed the bomb, made of PETN, in his underwear, according to the official Saudi investigation.</b></p></blockquote> <br/><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=eda6cefb-a64e-84b0-acde-f229db27aace' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-66040379459664195502009-12-28T15:23:00.001-05:002009-12-28T15:23:17.036-05:00The system worked except for all the parts that didn't and there is no evidence of a larger conspiracy except that the terrorist bomber says more are coming....<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>What an <a href='http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/12/napolitano-system-like-clockwork-after-attack-not-so-sure-about-before.html' target='_blank'>i</a><a href='http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/12/napolitano-system-like-clockwork-after-attack-not-so-sure-about-before.html' target='_blank'>ncompetent fool</a>...this woman needs to be fired today! Read <a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/us/politics/28homeland.html' target='_blank'>this</a> and then <a href='http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/abdulmutallab-yemen/story?id=9430536' target='_blank'>this</a>...and now AQ says <a href='http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/12/28/al-qaeda-group-claims-responsibility-for-christmas-day-attack/' target='_blank'>"yeah it was us, morons!"</a><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=0e2c6083-676f-8e32-ab97-2b4ca4dc3c00' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8338127.post-14594732536341599132009-12-28T15:21:00.001-05:002009-12-28T15:21:45.206-05:00The system worked except for all the parts that didn't and there is no evidence of a larger conspiracy except that the terrorist bomber says more are coming....<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>What an <a href='http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/12/napolitano-system-like-clockwork-after-attack-not-so-sure-about-before.html' target='_blank'/><a href='http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/12/napolitano-system-like-clockwork-after-attack-not-so-sure-about-before.html' target='_blank'>i</a>ncompetent fool...this woman needs to be fired today! Read <a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/us/politics/28homeland.html' target='_blank'>this</a> and then <a href='http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/abdulmutallab-yemen/story?id=9430536' target='_blank'>this</a>...and now AQ says <a href='http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=TX-PAR-ROX90&show_article=1' target='_blank'>"yeah it was us, morons!"</a><br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=db2b9706-97a8-8ad7-af6e-161765bd1d2d' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Dangerous Dreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05002152673276424291noreply@blogger.com0