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First there was the income tax.  It's called the "progressive income tax" for a reason, you know.  Then, the liberals got very creative and gave us so many things in our culture we've just had to stop and try to remember what they all are.  So, here is Part I of "Greatest Moments of Liberal History."  Pay attnetion.  They'll probably be a test.

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The Nation's "First Uncle"

The President's uncle, Omar Obama, was arrested for drunk driving in Massachusetts.  That was kind of inconvenient for him, since he's also an illegal alien. 

 

Now, what is convenient for Uncle Omar is that the White House said earlier this month that they will be ignoring Congressionally mandated deportations and review them individually.  It was noted that Uncle Omar said his first phone call was going to be to the Nephew-in-Chief.   We can't decide which of all this is the worst part:  driving drunk, the Executive Branch not doing the executing of the law it's sworn to do, favoritism among political connections, or our deciding that illegal aliens are not doing anything illegal.

 

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/178775-rep-king-calls-for-hearings-into-amnesty-rules-after-arrest-of-obama-relative

 

 

Why's It Always The Chinese?

It's been discovered that the poop (sorry to use the technical term) of pandas could be the important ingredient to creating bio fuels.  Those Chinese are lucky that they have the pandas.  Smart investors will start breeding now.  The person developing this says, “It’s probably the most pleasant fecal material to actually work with."  We aren't sure how she knows that.

 

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2011/08/30/panda-poop-could-by-key-to-producing-biofuels/

 

 

Hypocrisy Is Almost Funny Among The Rich

Warren Buffett, the billionaire who agrees with the President that we could all pay more taxes, is in an embarrassing situation, poor guy.  Our friends at NewsBusters find that his company already owes about $1 billion in unpaid taxes.  Maybe the IRS should also take a look at Matt Damon, who also says we all could pay more taxes.  Who knows how much he might owe?  Also, as a personal note to all millionaire Hollywood celebrities in favor of paying more taxes:  Go to IRS.gov and make a donation today.  You don't even need to ask!

 

 

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/08/30/warren-raise-my-taxes-buffetts-company-may-owe-irs-1-billion

 

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Another Healthcare Ruling

The 11^th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled today that the healthcare mandate is unconstitutional. The majority found it to be a “wholly novel and potentially unbounded assertion of congressional authority.” How could this be? Nancy Pelosi told us it was perfectly legal.

Self-Esteem Issues

U.S. consumer confidence in August dropped to the lowest level since 1980. Come on people, all these negative thoughts aren’t helping the economy.

Stiff Headwinds

Message from the President: This economy would have been roaring by now if it weren’t for natural disasters, earthquakes in Japan, unrest in the Middle East, financial turmoil in Europe, and of course George W. Bush. Those darn unforeseeables really drove us into a ditch, and now they want the keys back!

Human Life Found in Corporations!

Mitt Romney raised the ire of liberal groups yesterday when he made the shocking claim that “corporations are people.” Everyone knows they’re run by evil robots. Romney’s point was that corporations are made up of people and that increasing taxes on corporations impacts people.

Big Money

Who are the top 10 political donors of all time? Hint: None of them of are Republican.

Standing Up

Can six London police officers, armed only with batons and a couple riot shields, push back a crowd of over fifty hooded hooligans? Apparently they can. Listen to the personal testimony from one of the officers involved in the confrontation.

Learning from the Master

It appears that Nancy Pelosi has more influence than we originally thought. Press Secretary Jay Carney was caught insisting that paying unemployment benefits is one of the best ways to create jobs because it puts money directly back into the economy. Economics 101, right?

The Best and the Brightest

Rev. Al Sharpton has asserted himself as the expert on all things related to race, one of the greatest champions in the fight against racism, and the only individual qualified to receive the apologies of white people. Looking at his awkward history of blunders and false accusations, is this really the best spokesman for the black community?

The Case of the Unidentified Benefactor

Former congresswoman Cynthia McKinney has racked up quite a few traveling expenses while visiting countries like Libya and Iran in order to bash America on national television. You might wonder where she gets all the money for her international adventures. Jesse Watters from the O’Reilly Factor was wondering the same thing.

Buyer’s Remorse

With an approval rating that is fighting for life at 40 percent, President Obama is facing serious discontent from his own base. Many Democrats are beginning to wonder if Hillary Clinton would have been the better choice. Everything seems to be going according to plan for the Clintons.

Puppet Stereotypes

Sesame Street’s Bert and Ernie have been fun-loving roommates for years, but now there is a growing online movement to have the two get married in an attempt to “put an end to the bullying and suicides of LGBT youth.” Hey, maybe they’re just friends. Don’t give them a hard time just because they love sweaters!

Helm’s Deep

Wisconsin Democrats floundered once again in their efforts to halt Gov. Scott Walker’s reforms. Of the 7 Republicans up for recall last night, only 2 were unseated, leaving the GOP still in control of the state Senate. A spokesman for the state Democratic Party spouted allegations of voter fraud but later retracted the accusations. Two Democratic senators are up for recall next week. This should be fun.

Election Coverage

MSNBC was all over this special election. Ed Schultz hosted a pep rally for the recall supporters, and Al Sharpton just did his best to sound incoherent while reading his teleprompter. Both were quite disappointed by the results.

London Ablaze

What started as a protest over a fatal police shooting last Thursday has turned into massive rioting that is spreading across London and the UK. Tens of thousands of youth have poured into the streets, burning buildings and vehicles, looting storefronts, and clashing with police. Some private citizens have banded together in order to push back against the senseless chaos. The police are doing the best they can with batons. It’s a good thing they aren’t allowed to carry firearms.

Model of Civility

According to campaign aides, the Obama re-election strategy is to “kill Romney,” figuratively speaking of course, through a ferocious personal assault on his character and business experience. This is based on the assumption that Romney will be the GOP nominee, but they reserve the right to smear Sarah Palin whether or not she enters the race.

Right to Bear or Right to Bar?

California has among the strictest gun laws in the country, and a couple of state politicians are seizing the opportunity created by the Tucson shooting to make them even stricter. Reason TV provides an interesting look into the latest developments with California’s concealed and open carry legislation.

Roller Coaster

The stock market has been up and down today. It should be able to recover all the losses from the past week as long as Obama does not give any more press conferences or public speeches. One more word about “shared sacrifice” and the Federal Reserve will be forced to initiate another round of quantitative easing.

Is That You, Mr. Man Behind the Curtain?

Apparently someone made $10 billion betting that the U.S. would lose its AAA credit rating. This “unknown investor” placed a $850 million bet in the futures market with 10/1 odds that the rating would be downgraded. Who could it be? Well, we know who’s done this sort of thing before…

Reaching for the Stars

One of the founding principles of PC culture is that standards must be reduced to the lowest common denominator. Obviously excellence does not make anyone feel good about themselves. As a firm believer in this principle, Education Secretary Arne Duncan is now distributing waivers to schools that cannot achieve the student testing requirements of No Child Left Behind.

Punishment

Do you know what happens to those who lower America’s credit rating? The Senate goes after them with the full extent of an investigation. They do not take economic terrorism lightly.

Anti-College Peer Pressure

Part of a growing movement to eradicate the Electoral College, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill Monday that would award California’s 55 electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote. This bill will only take effect if the majority of the 538 electoral votes approve similar legislation. The total now stands at 132. Almost half way there!

Compare and Contrast

Since President Obama is so keen on comparing his spending proposals to the spending levels of Dwight Eisenhower, here’s another comparison he should love. In just four days last week, the Obama administration increased the national debt more than Presidents Truman and Eisenhower did over an entire decade, even accounting for inflation.

Tragedy in Afghanistan

The U.S. military suffered its single deadliest incident in Afghanistan this weekend. A total of 30 American troops were killed when a rocket-propelled grenade caused a NATO helicopter to crash. This was the worst day in Navy SEAL history, as 25 of those killed were part of SEAL Team Six. Keep their families in your prayers.

Taken Down a Notch

S&P has downgraded our credit rating to AA+. Timothy Geithner said it would never happen, but we know better than to bet anything on his predictions. The markets have not reacted too kindly to the news. The Dow plunged 634 points today, while the S&P and Nasdaq each dropped 6 percent. Despite the bad news, President Obama insists that “no matter what some agency may say, we have always been and always will be a triple-A country.”

Who’s to Blame?

There are so many people to blame for the credit rating downgrade. Where to begin? Timothy Geithner blames Congress and S&P, David Axelrod says it’s the Tea Party downgrade, Barney Frank insists military spending is to blame, and ABC’s Cokie Roberts says the real problem is the Constitution.

Relax

If you’re depressed about all the economic news, you just need to look on the bright side. Alan Greenspan says there is “zero possibility” of default because we can always print more money to pay off our loans. We need to inflate our way out of this crisis.

Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

It’s that time of the year again when the Obama administration “pivots” to focus on job creation again. This video shows us that they’ve been focused like a laser from the beginning, but there is always room for improvement.

Market Fears

The stock market had a rough day yesterday. The Dow tumbled 512 points, and all three indexes fell more than 4 percent, erasing all the gains made for the year. Despite the historic, life-saving, and deficit-busting debt ceiling compromise, the markets seem to be reacting to growing fears of a double dip recession.

Unemployment

The unemployment rate dropped to 9.1 percent with 117,000 jobs created in July. Strangely enough, there were also 38,000 fewer people working in July than in June. This is explained by the fact that the government does not include “discouraged workers” in their calculations. This category saw a 137,000 increase last month, as the share of the eligible population holding a job declined to 58.1 percent. The presidential bus tour ought to solve this problem.

Dependence

Food stamp usage reached an all-time high of 45.8 million in May. That’s up 12 percent from last year and 34 percent from two years ago. This means that nearly 15 percent of the U.S. population relies on food stamps and that we are certainly headed in the right direction.

More Money?

Your crazy aunt Fannie Mae’s at the door. She’s asking for another $5.1 billion to deal with continued losses on loans from a weakening housing market. Care to contribute?

Disappointing

It appears that the New Yorker article documenting the bin Laden raid may have stretched some truths. The author did not interview any of the Navy SEALs involved in the mission, which means that many of the details came from second and third-hand sources. The eye witness account was almost too good to be true…

Quote of the Week

Press Secretary Jay Carney: “The White House doesn’t create jobs.” Oh, really? Not even shovel-ready ones?

Happy Birthday, Mr. President! At 50 years old, you are officially an antique. Those gray hairs will come a lot easier now.

Celebrating Good Times

President Obama received an early birthday present from 2,400 of his wealthiest friends on Wednesday. It was a night to remember, a $3,580,000 night. Jennifer Hudson sang him “Happy Birthday,” and Rahm Emanuel provided backup vocals. You should have been there.

Good to Know

Last night we learned from the President that as far as fixing the economy is concerned, “we’re not even half way there yet.” We hope you’re excited to see what the other half looks like. It all would have gone a lot faster except “we’ve got this big, messy, tough, democracy.”

Friend or Foe?

OPEC has a new president—Rostam Ghasemi. This gentleman is a former commander of Iran’s revolutionary guard, currently serving as Ahmadinejad’s oil minister. Mr. Ghasemi is subject to US, EU, and Australian sanctions, and his assets have been blacklisted by the US Treasury. Finally someone new! Maybe he can help reduce gas prices.

Monumental

The national debt now exceeds GDP. The Treasury was so excited by the new debt ceiling extension that it went out and borrowed $238 billion in one day. This took the grand total to $14.58 trillion. It’s beginning to look like this new limit might not even last through the next election.

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Cellular Communication

Free cell phones are now a civil right. Dr. King’s “dream” is finally complete now that providers in Pennsylvania are required to fund 250 minutes a month and a free handset for those who can’t it. Guess who gets to absorb the extra $4 billion in yearly expenses? That’s right, the paying customers.

Don’t Upset the Nanny

Reason TV shows that the government is here to protect you from knowingly purchasing raw food, at least in California. You cannot be trusted to make wise decisions for your own health. Please let those who are more qualified guide you on your daily path. They know you better than a brother.