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A rainy Saturday opens up a great opportunity to get some work done at home. I’m knee deep in the process of remodeling a master bedroom and bath. It seemed like a relatively easy project at the start, then reality set in. Since home life must trump blogging this weekend, I’ve left a great list of reading material in this post, feel free to post your thoughts in the comment section.
Lots going on in the world, and I want to catch the latest installment of The Prisoner. Hope you enjoy the blend tonight!
Obama and other world leaders on Sunday supported delaying a legally binding climate pact until 2010 or even later, but European negotiators said the move did not imply weaker action.
Perhaps they need more time to review the real Inconvenient Truth
Reality Check: It took 11 ‘journalists’ from Associated Press to discover that Sarah Palin’s new bestseller Going Rogue is actualy factual.
How cool – Dog cries when soldier comes home
Just a few bits of news to ponder on this chilly Friday evening:
The Baucus Bill – bloated with rank dishonesty and very little health care. Click HERE to listen to House Republican Conference Vice Chair, Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Congressman John Shadegg to give an update about the health care reform proposals before Congress. Photos by yours truly.
WH Communication director, Anita Dunn, displays her oral fixation of the bloody dictator, Mao Tse-sung.
An excerpt of the NRO essay on energy independence and related environmental issues authored by Sarah Palin
Those who oppose domestic drilling are motivated primarily by environmental considerations, but many of the countries we’re forced to import from have few if any environmental-protection laws, and those that do exist often go unenforced. In effect, American environmentalists are preventing responsible development here at home while supporting irresponsible development overseas.
MI-5 Chief, Johnathan Evans, defends the use of enhanced interrogation techniques – apparently it works:
Now, eight years on, we have a better understanding of the nature and scope of al Qaida’s capabilities but we did not have that understanding in the period immediately after 9/11,”
V: The Series is coming back to the small screen on November 3rd. I’m sure you all remember the series first aired in 1984 and featured lizard-like aliens that disguised themselves as human who offered peace, but secretly plotted the subjection of all humanity to their will? No? Okay, the re-imagined version is apparently being ’softened’ – as reported by Tom Jicha:
The teasers running on ABC offer a hint of this. “They gave us hope. We gave them our trust.” Who does that bring to mind? Of course, the Visitors (hence the title), after promising things like universal health care and peace in a one world government, turn out to be totally evil. They attempt to seize control of the media, favoring those who don’t challenge them or ask probing questions about their real agenda, which turns out to be the annihilation of humanity. The heroes are everyday people, who form a grass roots resistance movement. Supposedly, the show is being slightly re-conceptualized to soften or remove events some might interpret as negative parallels to today.
Ohhh…I’ve got a new sci -fi show to blog about!
Been busy this week, blog opening and all that, and have a few topics to share with you all. Yes, it is an abbreviated post, but it is good stuff!
Enjoy The Blend:
Epic Fail of the Year: West Chester Democrat committee people in collusion with a spokesperson for the WCASB Democrat candidates were caught concocting a backdoor smear campaign against the Republican WCASB candidates. In the following email exchange, a committee person goes so far as to volunteer to circumvent campaign finance rules in order to make this happen. Below are the damning emails - is this the type of leadership voters can expect from Dem committee people and their school board candidates?
—– Original Message —–
From: Brian McGinnis
To: oneonone@verizon.net ; john beitzel ; rich davis
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:37 PM
Subject: Lit Drop for East Bradford this weekendFred, John, Rick,
I have talked about the plan to do a massive negative lit drop in Mark Pimley’s precint and think we need to do that this weekend. Most likely Friday night or Saturday.We need to bring up the negatives and show the people in East Bradford just how right wing these candidates really are. Let me know what you guys think.
B
—– Original Message —–
From: Fred Rothman
To: Brian McGinnis ; john beitzel ; rich davis
Cc: Robert Graham(S2) ; Nathaniel Smith(pol)
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 10:16 PM
Subject: Lit Drop for East Bradford this weekend
At today’s meeting it was more or less agree upon to start the negative stuff in about 4½-5 weeks with a targeted mailing, certain WC wards & other specific precincts.In reference to your lit drop Brian & for the benefit of the rest on this eMail Cc: Mark Pimley is the committee person in EB S-1 living at (address removed for privacy) off of Sconneltown (see the google map below).
I’ve gotten some negative feedback about doing a lit drop for defaming him (& his wife) for hosting this fundraiser for the “R’s” school board campaign.
It’s the candidates we need to attack, so depending on what our negative-type letter claims, to me, that would make a case about whether it should be done.
Now I’m not personally opposed to doing a mailing that would go out as quickly as we could get one together. I would afford a fair share of the cost if that’s decided that that’s what should be done. Are we certain about a date of when the fundraiser is?
Below is the actual location of the Pimley home, so limiting a mailing/lit drop to the adjacent neighbors would have to be determined. 100, 200, 500, Dems, soft “R’s”, Ind.???
http://maps.google.com/maps (coordinates removed for privacy)
FmR
West Chester, PA 19382
Ooohh..more under the cut
However, the world still turns and I’ve a few stories and videos I’d like to share with my readers.
Craptastic Klavan
Fast Eddie on Hannity pushing the stimulus coolaid, and giving no indication of permanent jobs being created by stimulus funds in Pennsylvania:
Obamacare and a dose of chemically induced reality:
Last night, President Obama appeared to have taken the blue pill before his press conference. How else could he convince himself, the Congressional Budget Office’s numbers notwithstanding, that his health care reform bill will not increase both health care costs and the federal deficit? How else can he continue to make the argument that a massive expansion of government spending on health care will solve rather than exacerbate the current problems?
Congressman John Fleming has proposed a resolution asking for those legislators who vote for Obama’s healthcare scheme to enroll in the program.
I have offered a resolution that will offer members of Congress an opportunity to put their money where their mouth is, and urge their colleagues who vote for legislation creating a government-run health care plan to lead by example and enroll themselves in the same public plan.
You can view the names of the Reps that signed on to HR 615 HERE . Note – every cosponsor has one thing in common – an “R” after their name. Why is there not one Democrat, armed with the courage of their conviction, stepping up to support Obamacare in this manner? Their silence is damming, don’t you think? Thank You Representative Joe Pitts - you make me proud to live in Pennsylvania.
Oh, snap! What House Dems are saying about Obamacare – it ain’t pretty! Check out the Whip Count report on “What Dems are Saying About Obamacare”
This Ain’t Hell smacks down a Vote Vet Puppet who looks eerily similar to Beeker.
Marathon Pundit is attending a Tea Party! Have you RSVP’d?
AP reports: Obama’s war strategy, which will he announce on Friday, includes no timeline for withdrawal of troops. Does Patrick Murphy still support Obama’s plan?
Yes, Tiny is just that cute!
Pa Governor, Ed Rendell, has been implicated in New Mexico’s “Pay to Play” investigation. This has prompted state GOP leaders to make a ban of the “pay-to-play” a top priority of the Pennyslvania caucus. I’ll believe it when I see it, I will be following this story closely.
A new blogger on the block, The 46, has created a great post explaining ‘Black Box Deals‘. This is required reading, folks.
Go check out RightWingVideo, a new website developed by the creator of RightWingNews, John Hawkins. This is required viewing, folks! Especially Anne Coulter demolishing Matt Lauer.
This Ain’t Hell documents yet another O’broken promise . For people like John Scanlon, editor of the Northeast Times, they are learning that the colonoscopy exam they ‘endured’ during the Bush Aministration will continue without abatement in the Age of B.Hussein Obama. Sucks to be you.
Erik, of Non Pasaran, writes of what happens when a French physician takes a closer look at the M&M statistics of the French healthcare delivery system.
BSG Season 4.5 debutes on January 16th. Who do you predict will be the final cylon. I’ve my theory, what is yours?
YouTube Senate Hub and YouTube House Hub. What else is there to watch on YouTube?
As we enter into different times, it good to review what lead us here:
Palin, McCain’s 2008 vice presidential pick and the first woman ever to run on a Republican presidential ticket, makes a strong second place debut, named by 11% of Americans. Her entrance on the list crowds Oprah Winfrey out of second place, a position she held each year from 2002 through 2007. Winfrey now ranks third, mentioned by 8% of Americans (down from 16%) a year ago.
Mike’s America examines how Carolyn Kennedy-Schlossberg makes Sarah Palin look like a genius (which she is). I guess she looked at Pennsylvania’s Senator Casey and thought she too could win a Senate seat by pretending to be her father.
Voters may reasonably wonder just how low Democrats hold their esteem when confronted with news that Dems are trying to raffle off a Senate seat to the highest bidder in Illinois, a sad clown is trying to steal one in Minnesota, and someone with no other qualifications than who her father was is seriously considered for the seat representing one of the largest states in the union.
President George Bush and family gather at Camp David for Christmas:
Hello BDS sufferers – here is a nice dose of reality regarding the myths and facts of the Bush administration. Hope it helps.
Why The Office Rules:
Israel sends humanitarian aid to Gaza, December 28, 2008:
Barak is looking to reincarnate the WPA, yet refuses to give any indication of its cost. A 2002 review of FDR’s New Deal explains why it failed, yet the incoming administration is poised to repeat the same mistake in 2009. Did you know we already passed a ginormous spending bill in 2008 addressing roads and bridges Obama wants to fix in his modern day WPA?
Mark Steyn asks what the heck is a ‘practicioner’ in his brilliant essay – Jews get killed, but muslims feel vulnerable.
Jason Falls details the top 10 mistakes of blog promotion. Good stuff for conservative bloggers.
Rush Limbaugh loves Sarah Palin – So do I. Who else believes Joy Behar spends more than 100,000/month on botox? I do.
Many changes that have been ushered in with the Great Mistake in 08. During this election cycle we have been witness to politicians and activists using words and actions to malign women, specifically conservative women. You can most certainly call this resurgence in the Salemesque treatment of women a change, it was bad for those uppity women of Salem, and it is bad for women today.
Whopper Virgins really do exist. Peace through superior hamburgers.
I’m #9 on this exclusive list….for now!
Scalding:
How about a supersized helping of bankruptcy for the US auto industry instead of a supersized bailout.Would the US be better off without such bloated disasters?
The voters in California, Arizona, and Florida have spoken regarding traditional marriage. Can some of the 52 to 48 people spread your message of unity and tolerance to the prop 8 maniacs?
Blue Grass, Red State chronicles a stolen election. Go here to read about the Dem theft and who you can contact.
Luke Warm:
Every growing list of the Manchurian Pres-elect broken promises can be found HERE.
Someone actually fell for the Nigerian e-mail scam. Seriously. Probably voted for the Manchurian candidate as well…
Ice Cold:
Bloggers foil James Hansen, head of NASA’s Goddard Institute, most recent damnation of human based global warming. 
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