Thursday, March 29, 2012
Barker's Newsbites: Thursday, March 29, 2012
So today... Marco Rubio endorses Romney.
Big frigg'n deal...
A couple points, folks:
1) These endorsements we're getting now strike me as unprincipled.
Where were these clowns after the first few debates? Hmm...?!
No... if you're only "picking" your candidate now it has nothing to do with who you truly believe would make the best president. Rather, what Rubio's late endorsement - and Bush's to come - is all about concerns an attempt to forestall an actual open, public, and transparent convention fight for the nomination.
2) Notice, folks... you haven't seen any debates in awhile, have you? Do you think that's by accident? No. Romney simply refused to debate and with the GOP establishment and the so-called "conservative" media behind him as well as the mainstream media, he faced no backlash.
Folks... I have no idea what the actual percentage is, but I can tell you with total confidence that a great many of Romney's votes came simply out of a combination of name recognition and sheeple buying in to the storyline that Romney was the inevitable candidate so therefore a vote for him would give one "bragging rights" about having "picked the winner."
(*SIGH*)
Seriously, folks... sheeple actually are this shallow and easily manipulated. (At least great numbers of our fellow citizens are.)
Will endorsement's such as Rubio's and Bush's help Romney get to 1144 delegates? Maybe. We'll see.
Me? I'm still hoping the people come to their senses.
Let me end by just noting... I hated George W. Bush back in 2000. (Well... "hate" is a strong word; let's just say he wasn't my candidate.)
After 9/11 I concluded that I'd been wrong about Bush. Yes, I still had my problems with him during his first term, but on the whole I was a Bush supporter. And then... second term Bush tried to appoint his old babysitter to the Supreme Court... he offered the Taliban the federal contract for U.S. Port Security... he declared that we had to turn away from capitalism in order to "save" it...
(Yeah, folks... the first two slams were purposeful exaggerations... but the third... not so much.)
Oh... and then there was McCain.
Folks... all I can say is that I'm pretty good at identifying losers, failures, incompetents, and phonies early.
(*SHRUG*)
God help this once great nation...
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http://news.yahoo.com/gop-run-house-easily-rejects-obama-budget-013519895.html
* THE FOLLOWING AP/YAHOO NEWS PIECE IS A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF HOW THE LIBERAL PRESS CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES...
(*LAUGHING*)
* OK... HERE'S THE TITLE:
GOP-run House Easily Rejects Obama Budget
* OK, FOLKS... ACCURATE... IN A TECHNICAL SENSE. BUT WHAT'S THE FEELING YOU GET FROM READING THAT? WOULD YOU GUESS A VOTE ALONG PARTY LINES WHICH THE GOP WON BECAUSE THEY CONTROL THE HOUSE?
* HERE... NEXT:
The Republican-run House has overwhelmingly rejected President Barack Obama's $3.6 trillion budget for next year...
* AGAIN... "REPUBLICAN RUN" IS ACCURATE, BUT... (*SMIRK*)... READ ON...
Democrats have defended Obama's budget priorities but they largely voted "no" Wednesday night.
* HMMM... "LARGELY," HUH...? HMM... READ ON...
The vote was 414-0.
(*GUFFAW*)
* TO REITERATE...
The vote was 414-0.
* ONE MORE TIME...
The vote was 414-0.
(*SMIRK*)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9173820/Parents-of-murdered-British-students-criticise-Barack-Obama.html
* THIS IS WHO OBAMA REALLY IS, FOLKS:
The parents of two British students murdered in Florida have criticized President Barack Obama for his lack of compassion over their son's deaths.
They spoke out as teenager Shawn Tyson began a life sentence after being found guilty of the murder of James Cooper and James Kouzaris last April.
The rebuke follows Mr Obama's personal intervention into the shooting in Florida of a young black teenager by a white neighborhood watch captain.
* HISPANIC, ACTUALLY... BUT WHO'S COUNTING. (*SMIRK*)
* YOU SHOULD READ THE FULL STORY, FOLKS. (*SHRUG*)
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/war-on-words-nyc-dept-of-education-wants-50-forbidden-words-removed-from-standardized-tests/?fb_ref=.T3OWMpfIb0K.like&fb_source=other_multiline
* APPARENTLY THIS IS NOT A SATIRE, FOLKS... (*SIGH*)
The New York City Department of Education is waging a war on words of sorts, and is seeking to have words they deem upsetting removed from standardized tests.
Fearing that certain words and topics can make students feel unpleasant, officials are requesting 50 or so words be removed from city-issued tests.
The word “dinosaur” made the hit list because dinosaurs suggest evolution which creationists might not like, WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond reported. “Halloween” is targeted because it suggests paganism; a “birthday” might not be happy to all because it isn’t celebrated by Jehovah’s Witnesses.
* AGAIN, FOLKS... UNLESS CBS NEWS HAS ITSELF BEEN DUPED... THIS IS A REAL NEWS STORY.
Words that suggest wealth are excluded because they could make kids jealous. “Poverty” is also on the forbidden list.
* FOLKS... I KNOW... ON ONE LEVEL THIS IS JUST SO RIDICULOUS THAT YOU'RE LAUGHING. THE THING IS... THIS IS "OFFICIAL." THIS IS NOT A SNL SKIT. THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT THE LEFT IS DOING THEIR BEST TO MOVE THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IN - AND THEY'RE SUCCEEDING.
In a throwback to “Footloose,” the word “dancing” is also taboo. However, there is good news for kids that like “ballet”: The city made an exception for this form of dance.
Also banned are references to “divorce” and “disease,” because kids taking the tests may have relatives who split from spouses or are ill.
Here is the complete list of words that could be banned:
Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, or psychological)
Alcohol (beer and liquor), tobacco, or drugs
Birthday celebrations (and birthdays)
Bodily functions
Cancer (and other diseases)
Catastrophes/disasters (tsunamis and hurricanes)
Celebrities
Children dealing with serious issues
Cigarettes (and other smoking paraphernalia)
Computers in the home (acceptable in a school or library setting)
Crime
Death and disease
Divorce
Evolution
Expensive gifts, vacations, and prizes
Gambling involving money
Halloween
Homelessness
Homes with swimming pools
Hunting
Junk food
In-depth discussions of sports that require prior knowledge
Loss of employment
Nuclear weapons
Occult topics (i.e. fortune-telling)
Parapsychology
Politics
Pornography
Poverty
Rap Music
Religion
Religious holidays and festivals (including but not limited to Christmas, Yom Kippur, and Ramadan)
Rock-and-Roll music
Running away
Sex
Slavery
Terrorism
Television and video games (excessive use)
Traumatic material (including material that may be particularly upsetting such as animal shelters)
Vermin (rats and roaches)
Violence
War and bloodshed
Weapons (guns, knives, etc.)
* AGAIN, FOLKS... I JUST DOUBLE-CHECKED... AS FAR AS I CAN TELL THIS REPORT IS ACCURATE. I CAN'T FIND AN "OFFICIAL" CONFIRMATION, BUT THEN AGAIN THERE'S NO "OFFICIAL" DENIAL. DO SOME GOOGLING YOURSELVES IF YOU DOUBT THE REPORTING.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamestaylor/2012/03/28/the-epa-triples-down-on-none-of-the-above-energy-policy/
Anti-energy crusaders are in a celebratory mood this week as the EPA effectively banned the construction of coal-fired power plants, and thus completed the federal government’s trifecta beat-down on affordable energy.
(*GRIMACE*)
First, new obstacles to energy production resulted in oil production on federal lands dropping 11% in Fiscal Year 2011 vs. 2010.
* DOWN 11%!
Second, President Obama announced earlier this year that his administration was blocking construction of the Keystone XL pipeline that would deliver large quantities of valuable oil from neighboring Canada.
* IF THE LAST THREE AND A QUARTER YEARS WERE A NOVEL... (*PAUSE*)... THE STUNNER WOULD BE WHEN READERS FOUND OUT THAT OBAMA WAS A CHINESE (OR RUSSIAN) SLEEPER.
(*SMIRK*) (*RUEFUL CHUCKLE*)
Third, the EPA announced this week its severe global warming restrictions on power plants.
For all the talk of an “all of the above” federal energy policy, this administration is imposing “none of the above,” unless we choose to celebrate our imminent burning of dung for fuel, like they do in the utopian economic powerhouse of Bangladesh.
(*SAD NOD*)
Coal is our nation’s leading source of electricity for a reason; it is less expensive than all other sources except large-scale hydropower, which environmental activists had already taken off the table.
By definition you cannot ban the least expensive power sources without creating a jump in electricity prices.
If you have been a fan of our rapidly rising gasoline prices, you are going to love what is about to happen to our electricity prices, too.
* I JUST CAN'T GO ON ANY MORE. READ THE REST FOR YOURSELVES, FOLKS. WE HAVE AN ENEMY OF AMERICA AS PRESIDENT OF AMERICA. GOD HELP US!
http://www.fresnobee.com/2012/03/29/2779862/house-ready-to-ok-gop-budget-rejects.html
The House rejected a budget pushed by its most conservative members on Thursday...
(*SMIRK*)
The conservatives' package, defeated 285-136, featured sharp reductions in planned spending for Medicaid and other domestic programs. It [would] turn this year's $1.2 trillion federal deficit into a balanced budget in five years...
(*TAPPING MY FINGERS ON THE DESK*)
None of the competing budgets by Ryan, President Barack Obama or House Democrats claim to balance the budget within the next decade.
* THE YEAR 2040, FOLKS... 28 YEARS FROM TODAY... (I'LL BE 77 YEARS OLD; KIM WILL BE 52 YEARS OLD)... THAT'S WHEN PAUL RYAN CLAIMS HIS PLAN - IF EVERYTHING GOES PERFECTLY - WILL BALANCE THE BUDGET.
* CHANT IT WITH ME, FOLKS: GUNS...! AMMO...! GUNS...! AMMO...!
The main GOP blueprint by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., was headed for all but certain House passage Thursday...faces a demise that is just as sure in the Democratic-run Senate, which plans to ignore it, but the battle remains significant because of the clarity with which it contrasts the two parties' budgetary visions for voters.
JUST THE FRIGG'N OPPOSITE, FOLKS! ONCE AGAIN THE BOEHNER REPUBLICANS HAVE MUDDIED THE WATER! IF NEITHER PLAN IS GONNA GET THROUGH THE SENATE, WHY NOT PASS THE MORE REALISTIC - MORE CONSERVATIVE - PLAN? I'LL TELL YOU WHY - BECAUSE BOEHNER ISN'T A CONSERVATIVE; MCCONNELL ISN'T A CONSERVATIVE; THE REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHMENT ISN'T CONSERVATIVE! (YOU DIDN'T HEAR ROMNEY CALLING FOR THE HOUSE TO PASS THE MORE CONSERVATIVE PLAN, DID YOU...?!?!)
* OH... BTW... AS USUAL, NOTE THAT THIS ARTICLE DOESN'T PROVIDE A LINK TO THE ACTUAL VOTE TALLY. (*SMIRK*) NOR DOES IT PROVIDE A BILL NUMBER SO READERS CAN EASILY LOOK UP THE TALLY FOR OURSELVES.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/03/29/carney_asked_why_obama_supported_tax_breaks_for_oil_companies_in_2005_.html
White House press secretary Jay Carney had no answer as to why Obama supported tax breaks for oil companies as a Senator in 2005, but now opposes them as President.
(*SNORT*) (*CHUCKLE*)
Reporter: Why did the President vote for the energy bill in 2005 as a Senator that had over $2 billion in tax breaks for the oil industry? They were making a lot of money then too.
Jay Carney: What I can tell you Ed is that the oil and gas companies in this country are making record profits, now, in 2012. The price at the pump is very high and that is plenty of incentive for these companies to continue drill, to continue to explore, to continue to develop energy sources here in the United States and abroad. There is no reason for the American taxpayer to subsidize that activity.
Reporter: So why’d he vote for it?
Jay Carney: I haven’t examined the vote, or what the prices were at the time, or the whole bill it was attached to. What I know and what the President knows is that this year, 2012, when we are seeing high prices at the pump, high prices in the international oil markets and high profits for the oil and gas companies, there is no reason to continue these kinds of subsidies. Take that argument to the people, I don’t think they’ll go along with it.
(*GUFFAW*)
* SERIOUSLY, THOUGH, FOLKS... IT'S NOT FUNNY. IT'S NOT FUNNY AT ALL THAT A MAN LIKE OBAMA IS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
http://news.yahoo.com/michelle-obama-daughters-visiting-las-vegas-015711542.html
First lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha are visiting Las Vegas after stopping in South Dakota on a family trip.
* WASN'T THE OLDER KID (13 YEARS OLD?) JUST ON "SPRING BREAK" IN MEXICO...?!?!
* NOW VEGAS...?!?!
http://www.boston.com/news/politics/articles/2011/10/24/sin_city_fumes_over_obamas_anti_tourism_rant/
"You can't go take a trip to Las Vegas or go down to the Super Bowl on the taxpayer's dime."
* YEAH... THAT WAS BARACK OBAMA IN 2009.
(*SMIRK*)
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/294726/media-and-black-homicide-victims-heather-mac-donald
Ninety-three percent of all black homicide casualties from 1980 to 2008 were killed by other blacks...
* I SUGGEST YOU READ THE FULL PIECE.
(*SHRUG*)
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