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Wow, when Dan Riehl wants to get your attention, he goes right for the jugular.
The left are going bonkers over his post, Tommy Christopher is reduced to threatening Dan’s livelihood. Republicans are holding their collective noses and staying silent. Conservative bloggers are making the uncomfortable comparisons between what Dems have stated and what Dan is saying about healthcare.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 24% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -18.
2010 CPAC blogger of the year, Ed Morrissey, brilliantly summarized this poll result:
It took George Bush almost six years to get to this level of job approval. Obama’s managed it in 14 months. That’s change no one can believe in, apparently.
What is the world coming to?
A Kos diarist who goes by the nom de plume of Meteor Blades has erroneously identified MidnightBlue as a liberal blog.
Last time I checked MidnightBlue had a distinct conservative flavor. Perhaps all that cognitive dissonance got in the way of Meteor Blades fact checking his/her post. I would advise the author to remove the link to this website from his/her list.
This interesting linkage is the basis of my latest poll. I want to know how my readers perceive the political slant of MidnightBlue. Don’t be shy, take a moment to share your idea of the material presented in this blog:
I’m glad to see most view the contents of this blog as leaning conservative. I’m still puzzled by the two votes for Liberal…is someone trying to be funny? 
It’s been quiet on Midnightblue due to a spontaneous Snowmaggedon vacation. I decided to stay overnight at the Sheraton instead of driving home from center city Philly.
Best decision of the year..so far. There is something to be said about relaxing in an indoor pool while watching the snow fall from the atrium enclosure. The stress just melts away and you find yourself repeating ‘Let it Snow’.
Photos? Of course there are photos. Sorry no pool pics:
I’ve already volunteered to cover the office for ANY weather emergency in the future.
My hiatus is over and I’m so happy to be back blogging! After two years of work and study, I have successfully acquired professional certification in infection control. This is a great milestone in my career and I now can look forward to adding this to my resume. Thanks for the kind comments and notes of support, I love you all!
Voting is over and I have purchased the camera that the readers have chosen for me. Check out my Flickr account - photos coming soon!
FYI: Watching Mark Steyn pinch hit on O’Reilly tonight and the topic du jour – obamacare. His guest Dana Perino, former press secretary for President George W. Bush, remarked that the Dems have 60 votes and they are determined to have their historic moment.
Hmmm, sometimes historic moments aren’t in the best interest of mankind – Nagasaki was a historic moment, so was the burning of Rome – shall we add obama care to this list?
Dear readers – due to pressing personal issues I will be putting MidnightBlue on hiatus till December 22nd. No worries folks, the personal issues are good issues and I will be more than happy to share the news with you in a few weeks time. In the meantime, please check out the following blogs doing the job the MSM refuses to do:
There’s a lot of hot air in Copenhagen – Watts Up With That has the story covered.
I was there in spirit: Support our SEALs rally in Norfolk
Vote for Curt – Politics Pa has a side bar poll of your candidate for the 6th district congressional election. The smart vote is for Curt Schroder.
Check out the Conservative Reform Network blog – a good read on the politics of conservatism in Pennsylvania
Little Miss Atilla, Flopping Aces, Bank of Kev, Marathon Pundit, Stix Blog, This Ain’t Hell and Pa Watercooler are absolute must reads.
Don’t forget to vote for my Christmas gift and now would be a good time to pick up a copy of Going Rogue.
I hope the above cartoon gave you a good laugh.
Unfortunately, the government is attempting to stifle free speech and Internet innovation by turning the Internet into a government sponsored utility – just like the post office, Medicare and Social Security. Look how well those projects turned out – can anyone recall when the Post Office reduced the cost of a stamp?
Scott Cleland writing for Big Government
For the first time, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to regulate how private companies can deliver the quadrillions of broadband Internet packets that are sent over the Internet every day.
Americans know from experience that private companies competing for customers deliver better service than Government. Who thinks the Government can do a better job than private companies in designing, building, and managing broadband Internet networks? Who thinks the Government can run the Internet better, faster, cheaper, and more innovatively than private networks do now?
The pretext for this new government micromanagement is — that without new Federal regulation — private companies might not treat all broadband Internet packet deliveries equally and might even discriminate against certain Internet packets by delivering them slightly slower than others or not even deliver them at all. The proposed FCC regulations would force all different types of Internet packets to be delivered the same, would empower the FCC to monitor all Internet packet delivery for “neutrality,” and put the Federal Government in charge of how private companies design and manage their broadband Internet networks.
This FCC proposal is as silly as if the Federal Government regulated the billions of packages that Fedex, UPS, DHL and local delivery services deliver every year, because they might deliver some packages slightly slower than others, or because they might refuse to deliver un-economical or unsafe deliveries. Does the Federal government not have anything better to do than monitor the mind-boggling minutia of Internet packet delivery times for fairness? How many private Internet delivery options will survive, if the Government forces all of them to be like the FCC’s inefficient public option?
Via AFP:
The FCC will vote Thursday on what it calls a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Net Neutrality. If it passes, it will start a public comment period. Please take a moment to head over to www.OpenInternet.gov and click on “Join the Discussion” to make your voice heard for keeping the Internet in private hands. Hands Off My Internet Service!
Fall, the season of change has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere. Speaking of change - not that hopey-changey nonsense people fell for in 2008 – I am happy to debut MidnightBlue on a Wordpress platform.
Have a look around, there are some interesting features to this site such as a Hot Topics panel which allows me to pull archived posts in order to highlight them today. Included in the list is my first report from West Chester – two years ago and the predictions I wrote after the Great Mistake of 08 – I called Poland’s predicament back in November!
There is an area to promote a video – my favorite part of this blog. It always frustrated me to no end how difficult it was to maintain a promoted video on Blogger. If you did not ’sticky’ the video post it would get quickly buried by newer posts. As always, please send me tips for videos to post.
1260 posts imported from Blogger have either a category, tag or both attached to them which will give my readers and lurkers better access to all posted content. As much of a pain it was to manually tag and categorize the posts, it was great to revisit some of the older posts.
September 23rd also marks my 3rd blogaversary – I can’t believe three years have passed! I could not have come this far without the support of my readers and lurkers (especially the ones from West Chester). Your support and inspiration have been a gift to me and I look forward to continuing this journey with you. THANK YOU!!
Fall Leaves
Many thanks to the ever patient Dino Latoga of E.Webscapes for putting my ideas together on this blog.
Blog redesign is underway – stay tuned for updates on the progress of this redesign.
A few weeks ago I posted the above photo to Flickr. It was taken at a recent healthcare forum in Philly and I titled it: “A Paid Protester – Note Who Sponsored the Sign”. The title ruffled the feathers of a Philly photographer who left a series of comments on my Flickr account trying to disclaim the idea of a paid protester. When I steered him back to common sense with my replies, he lamely tried to paint my Sheepdogs as paid hacks. If I had a dime for every time that false accusation was laid down, I would be a paid hack – at their expense!
Last week, PJTV’s Steven Crowder went on a job interview with California’s premier liberal activist organization – much like HCAN – where he found he would be paid handsomely for being a grass root activist (see photo above). That’s not all he discovered, you have to watch the video to see what a professional astroturfing organization looks like:
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