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G’morning No Quarter.

‘Joe the Plumber’ sues over Ohio records probe

“The lawsuit names Helen Jones-Kelley, who resigned in December as director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, and two assistants.”

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hAiRHoxm_33jOEsEXI8dqj_ZNEdgD96O2D380

good. git em.

from Notyoursweetie blog:

“A funny thing is happening in the media.”

After Obama cheerleader Politico wrote about the brilliant plan to elevate Limbaugh to status of leader of the opposition, and Limbaugh came up with a publicity stunt to turn the tables, and this is the part where he is right

“Your flunkies are demanding this debate,” Limbaugh said to Obama. “Your flunkies are targeting a private citizen with an enemies list that so far has three or four names on it: Mine; [CNBC’s] Rick Santelli; Jim Cramer at CNBC; and let’s not forget Joe the Plumber, who your allies in Ohio also tried to destroy.”

http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/obama-didnt-start-attacking-rush-so-stop-saying-that/#comments

Yea, get them all

Bots are going after Cramer from CNBC for his comments regarding insulating oneself from “Obamanomics”. He fired back w/ a response.

http://riverdaughter.wordpress.com/2009/03/05/cramer-responds-to-new-white-house-meme/

http://www.cnbc.com/id/29530106

http://www.mainstreet.com/article/moneyinvesting/news/cramer-my-response-white-house?page=3

There are more than 1600 comments to Jim’s published response to 0bomba. Most are in support of Cramer. 0bomba has hit two big bee hives: Rush’s people and the investor class in one week. Not too smart.

A little humor to start your day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0LgJo9Do-8

Great posts here, as always.
I agree the constant attacking of people who have a different opinion by BO’s buddies has got to stop.. The personal attacks against those whose are not giving BO a B J is staggering to observe.
Obama is Bush’s third term…actually John McCain would not be doing any of this, and was a gerat choice.

U.S. February payrolls fall 651,000; jobless rate 8.1 percent
Friday March 6, 8:36 am ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. employers axed 651,000 jobs in February, pushing the unemployment rate to its highest in 25 years, as companies buckled under the strain of a recession that is showing no signs of ending, according to a government report.

http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/090306/business_us_usa_economy.html?.v=1

No kidding. Obama’s is way way ahead of schedule. He is an amazing man, come think of it. Yesterday for example was such a bad day that it overtook in bad effects the whole of last week and last week was pretty bad. Think about it. How can one day, one single stupid day put forth so much uncertainty, equivocations, maladjustment and deterioration.

To tell you the truth I am approaching the no hope threshold. How can anybody have hope when days like yesterday are becoming the rule.

President Barack Obama dislikes Britain, but he’s keen to meet the Queen.

President Obama has been rudeness personified towards Britain this week. His handling of the visit of the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, to Washington was appalling. First Brown wasn’t granted a press conference with flags, then one was hastily arranged in the Oval office after the Brits had to beg. Obama looked like he would rather have been anywhere else than welcoming the British leader to his office and topped it all with his choice of present (*) for the PM. A box of 25 DVDS including ET, the Wizard of Oz and Star Wars? Oh, give me strength. We do have television and DVD stores on this side of the Atlantic. Even Gordon Brown will have seen those films too often already.

This was coupled with Michelle Obama’s casual choice of gifts for the Brown sons – matching models of the helicopter which ferry her husband around. While Sarah Brown had spent time choosing gifts for the Obama girls, Michelle had clearly sent an aide to the White House gift shop at the last moment.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/iain_martin/blog/2009/03/06/president_barack_obama_dislikes_britain_but_hes_keen_to_meet_the_queen

Right now I am battling a sinus and ear infection, and to top things off, I have an abcessed molar.
You talk about a grizzly with a sore tooth!
Don’t encourage me to say too much, for this granny is loaded for bear!

I think Brown came to plan the next G20 meeting, but I think Obama has plans of his own. Obama is such a ….. Yuk. The man is so repulsive. And he was the one who was going to rebuild our good will all over the world. He’ll be lucky if he wins the hearts of Jamaicans. Kenyans love him. I wonder why.

ROFL! Thank you Harp.

Those are awful things to deal with. I sincerely hope you feel better soon–I’ll send up a prayer for ya’!

Thanks for the link Harp. Did you read some of the comments? They’re brilliant. There was one that linked to a web site that lists all of the gifts ever given to the US Presidents. From the office of US Protocol. I’m guessing Bam Bam hasn’t appointed anyone yet to head them up, which is why he gave Brown a cheap set of DVDs. And I thought Bush groping Merkel was bad. Jesus, doesn’t anyone teach their kids manners anymore? I guess they’re just for us peons.

Just watched Captain Clueless speaking in Columbus (from teleprompters of course) about his spending policies – and while he was reading the stock market, which had been up, actually started to decline and is, once again, in negative territory.

You can’t make this stuff up. Investors do not like this man and are fearful of what he is doing and where he is going.

At what point in time is Captain Clueless going to go to Wall Street and start addressing investors or does he not know the concept of investment and capital formation?

At what point in time is Captain Clueless going to have a coherent plan to resolve the banking situation instead of just bashing CEOs?

I cannot imagine ANY other Presidential candidate from either party – including good old Dennis Kucinich – who would be acting as irresponsibly and recklessly as Captain Clueless.

I read Cramer’s response yesterday. The Obamatrons may want to reconsider taking Jim Cramer on. He’s “not” a Republican, so they can’t call him the Devil like Rush Limbaugh. But like Limbaugh, he has a large public platform.

I also found Riverdaughter’s inclusion of a reader’s post interesting, indicating a brand new generation of blog bots–$5 per completed conversation. I guess we can expect a new wave of rude, ridiculous commentary. And I think the best line of attack is to ignore them, completely. No conversation, no payout.

Wonder if this is the “new jobs” program the Obama folks are selling? One thing that cannot be denied: everytime Obama speaks [like this morning], the Dow goes negative.

An inconvenient truth!

BTW, has anyone heard why Sanjay Gupta bowed out for the Surgeon General spot? Saw the announcement yesterday over on CNN. But no explanation.

Absolutely, those comments pretty much nailed him. I read through about five pages of them and didn’t see the word “elegant” used once. Wow, I am impressed.

He is dangerous… like the child who on the “Twilight Zone” episode who discovered he could control the world and didn’t know how to handle the power. Scary stuff. Honestly, we need to learn from this. This “American Idol” selection process can never be allowed to happen again. Too much is at stake… indeed the safety of the very world. Election process reforms need to come from this… at something good needs to come from all of this.

Joe the Plumber has more common sense than our Harvard trained President, most of the network news anchors and most of Hollywood. He said “spread the wealth” sounds like socialism… so simple a concept really. It nailed the “jello to the wall” in three words or less.

Hey Obama. Here’s some advice. SHUT. UP. Mister Mouth is moving, but Mister Brain has long since vacated.

I’m sure he’ll appoint a Gift Czar soon.

heh, heh. aye, yep. good one Strawberry.

According to Sanjay, he didn’t want to take such a drastic pay cut. But who knows?

Since this is an open thread and sort of a feckless (a.k.a. lazy) Friday, I’m going to put this out there:

John Edwards and little Frances Quinn Hunter. She is adorable and, no matter how much he denies that she is his child, she really looks just like him:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,505142,00.html

Hey Termo, speaking of ‘not being able to make this stuff up’, what is one of the stupidest things he could possibly do right now, in the middle of all these crises? Give up? How about go to Europe for a week!!!!!

I kid you not!! Heard it on the news this morning.

Yes, prayers from me too. But keep talking. A granny loaded for bear is awesome – so hang in there. This website and posts like yours lift my spirits.

. . . . ROAD TRIP!

Campaign stop. He is running for “King of the World”. The world has become somewhat of a “stupid place”… no doubt. But, it’s not that stupid.

He’s taking on the top three clowns in her department. Good for him. I hope he gets everything they have.

Actually, he said the pay cut wasn’t a factor; that public service was more important to him than the dollars he might lose.

He said he turned the opportunity down because he didn’t want to take away from the time he has to spend with his 2 small children–with another on the way–and he didn’t want to give up his practice of neurosurgery, which is very important to him.

hahahahahahahaha

Yeah. Gotta have some one in that “go to blame” spot.

Maybe there’s a new toy he just found … something with a “one” and “walkie and talkie” in it? OMG. This guy is just a rube in an expensive suit. Please tell me he’s taking the arm wrestler with him!!!

A must read 2007 (Aug) article by Kurt Nimmo:

“Daily Kos: CIA Engineered Controlled Opposition?”

http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2007/08/daily_kos_cia_e.html

Gift Czar to be followed forthwith by a Snub Czar.

I have found the best way to battle sinus infections is with a saline solution. I highly recommend NeilMed’s saline solution, which works wonders! You can find it at Long’s or at specialty drug stores, but you may have to ask for it. Good luck!

Please, do not insult Dennis Kucinich. He’s a very smart and astute progressive. He also has the hottest wife in government.

Everything I have read points to salary concerns. The company he now operates – along with his position at Emory and various other gigs – no doubt take him away from his family far more than this position would. This is interesting:

Farrell said he’s been told Gupta had misgivings about both the pay-cut he would have to take and the fact that he might be reporting to two high-level bosses.

Gupta has established a lucrative brand in the niche field of health media — he hosts “House Call” on CNN, and contributes to CBS News and Time magazine. He is also on the staff at Emory University’s School of Medicine in Atlanta and is associate chief of neurosurgery at Emory University Hospital.

Above from: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/03/05/gupta-running-surgeon-general/

maybe when he leaves.the economy will rebound…

Would you really expect the Obamas to choose appropriate gifts for visiting dignitaries? They are the clueless, classless nouveau riche with all kinds of respect for the best in life, as long as it’s for THEM. They are such an embarrassment to this country, and to the first couples who preceded them in Washington. They bring new meaning to the old expression “You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear”.

DEEP THOUGHT: ( from the newsletter of Seattle Council member Richard Conlin)

“Owners of capital will stimulate working classes to buy more and more expensive goods, houses and technology, pushing them to take more and more expensive credit, until their debt becomes unbearable. The unpaid debt will lead to bankruptcy of banks, which will have to be nationalized, and the State will have to take the road which will eventually lead to communism.”

– Karl Marx, 1867

I agree. Clueless and classless. The positive side to this is that he revealed himself to the adoring public in Europe. Word will get around.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jvhtmoNEnyP1Bu6Ol4zJsN94mlewD96O5TV03

guess you are gonna have to dig up that white tape.

There’s a well written essay over at Politico by Charles Krauthammer, entitled “Deception at the Core Of Obama Plans.” Krauthammer is far more to the right than I am, but the man can make a damn good argument. I particularly took note of this:

“At the very center of our economic near-depression is a credit bubble, a housing collapse and a systemic failure of the entire banking system. One can come up with a host of causes: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pushed by Washington (and greed) into improvident loans, corrupted bond-ratings agencies, insufficient regulation of new and exotic debt instruments, the easy money policy of Alan Greenspan’s Fed, irresponsible bankers pushing (and then unloading in packaged loan instruments) highly dubious mortgages, greedy house-flippers, deceitful homebuyers.

The list is long. But the list of causes of the collapse of the financial system does not include the absence of universal health care, let alone of computerized medical records. Nor the absence of an industry-killing cap-and-trade carbon levy. Nor the lack of college graduates. Indeed, one could perversely make the case that, if anything, the proliferation of overeducated, Gucci-wearing, smart-ass MBAs inventing ever more sophisticated and opaque mathematical models and debt instruments helped get us into this credit catastrophe in the first place.”

The full article can be found here:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/03/a_dishonest_gimmicky_budget.html

Moonbeam: At least now you bots have learned not to type in “African” under “race”. Clearly the work of a little PC 20 year old photoshopper. In 1961 and later, race would have been “Negro”, or more likely, “Mulatto” or “Mixed” or “Negro/Caucasian”. African is not a race except with the uneducated bots who voted for the fraud.

Maybe I should apply for a job with the Department of Vital Statistics at the Daily Kos.

We will see the truth come out one day. Maybe he was born in Hawaii. Why would anyone know? He had his BC sealed by the Governor when visiting Granny. Considering what a liar you all are, there’s no reason to take his or your word or that of any liberal judge. I didn’t notice that the judge had viewed the “sealed” certificate. He was just winging it.

Add tasteless to that as well. I cringe when I think of Bambi and MEchille meeting the Queen. Dear God, have them put their gigantic egos aside and take some training from those whose job it is to teach them protocol.

And yes, MEchille, cover your arms. I wouldn’t go to any of the churches or mosques showing your biceps either.

I’m sure MEchille will expect the Queen to curtsy to her.

Maybe they meant to buy something nice …. you know, stimulate the flagging economy? Put an American to work making a thing here in America.

guess you are gonna have to dig up that white tape.

Well then, you’re gonna be mighty uncomfortable considering that it resides next to your head up your backside.

I just couldn’t think of that other candidate who was a little strange . . .

Gravel was his name

if anything, the proliferation of overeducated, Gucci-wearing, smart-ass MBAs inventing ever more sophisticated and opaque mathematical models and debt instruments helped get us into this credit catastrophe in the first place.”

Every patriotic American should kick a culpable MBA squarely in the backside, at least until their foot gets sore.

I’ve been reading Ann Coulter’s articles on her website. I enjoy reading some of the things she writes. Some of them still make me a little crazy. I’m still trying to decide if it’s because I saw all this and turned a blind eye. Or if I honestly thought it was the way I saw it. I know I saw little things here and there that came back to smack me right in the face during the primaries. I think she tends to go overboard when she gets worked up about something.(Of course I am such a calm cool collected person when I get angry ) But, this one tickled me about good ole Keith. They’re going to make sure every skeleton he has in his closet comes out now.

It may seem cruel to reveal the true college of someone who already wakes up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat worried that he’s a fraud. But I believe that by pointing out that Olbermann actually is a fraud, I am liberating him.

You may not realize it now, Keith, but you will look back on this day and say, “That was the best thing that ever happened to me!”

Finally, you can stop pretending that you went to the hard-to-get-into Cornell.

Now you won’t have to quickly change the subject whenever people idly remark that they didn’t know it was possible to major in “communications” at an Ivy League school.

No longer will you have to aggressively bring up Cornell when it has nothing to do with the conversation.

Relax, Keith. Now you can let people like you for you.

COPYRIGHT 2009 ANN COULTER

To read the full article:
http://www.anncoulter.com/
It’s right on the front page.

Charles Freeman may be a Gone Goose.

There is one more angle of attack that has just begun to emerge. The Chinese oil company that Freeman serves on the advisory board of is on the verge of completing a multibillion dollar oil deal with Iran. This would flout the sanctions regime that America has worked to impose on Iran’s energy sector as a method to dissuade it from pursuing its development of nuclear weapons. When Barack Obama was in full campaign mode, he routinely touted his work and support for sanctions on Iran.

As president, will he reward a man who worked to help a company that is intent on evading those sanctions with one of the most plum spots in the field of national security.

The latest revelation may be the smoking gun that dooms the Freeman appointment. Ironically, the gun was held by none other than Chas Freeman. Michael Goldfarb of the Weekly Standard found an email from Freeman encouraging the Chinese to engage in more lobbying on Capitol Hill.

Freeman:

When you do the math, it looks like almost all of the $19 million figure for cumulative lobbying expenditure “on behalf of China” since 1997, is Hong Kong-generated or related. And to put the figure in perspective, over $3 billion is spent annually on lobbying activities in this town. (I don’t know how much of that is foreign government-related.) This goes a long way toward explaining why our government decision-making processes are generally considered by international investors and businessfolk to be both venal and corrupt, producing the best government policy decisions money can buy.

Why shoud foreign government hire a lobbyist? To ally the foreign ambassador or appear to ally him to a US domestic interest with the ability to make campaign contributions or otherwise affect electoral realities. To advise the ambassador on the pet peeves and domestic political circumstances and agendas of the congresscritter in question so as to facilitate flattery, concrete gestures with possible impact on the electorate in question, or arrange a pseudo-event at which the congresscritter can claim credit for one his/her district’s companies having made a sale to the country represented by the lobbyist. To do research on the congresscritter so as to expose duplicity, where and when it exists, as it almost always does.

He then concludes with a description of Congress (using a quote from Mark Twain) as the “closest thing to a native American criminal class.”

Congress may ignore sharp comments on our allies, entangling ties with foreign tyrannies, faulty judgments, stupid comments, and the spreading of propaganda to our children — but Congress will not be mocked.

I feel and hear a bus coming towards Chas Freeman.