Archive for July, 2009
More Free Cash for Automakers
The so-called Cash for Clunkers program is turning out to be another fantastic money-blowing technique for Democrats.
$1 billion of what will soon be coming out of our taxed-pockets has already been spent and the House has approved another $2 billion dollars.
It seems that the ones benefiting most from this free cash will be the automakers. While the cash may not pass on to the companies directly, we’re just paying off somebody or the other to stimulate sales just for the automakers.
For us, it’s not really free, since we’ll be paying for it soon enough.
I can understand financial incentives for purchases to boost economic activity, but how much are we underwrite the bad decisions made by Detroit over the past several years. What $40 billion spent already in so-called loans? Many more billions in investor value wiped out and passed on to the unions?
How about a Cash for Plane Tickets? Airlines are hurting and they do employ thousands. What about a Cash for Old Appliances? Wait, we already have that with the $1500 “tax credit” for energy efficient equipment and installations.
As an aside, where’s the money from the main stimulus plan? Where’s that $787 billion going? Why do we need to keep spending more and more?
Don’t You Hate Those Cranky Old Ladies in the Neighborhood?
9:11 pm, July 29th, 2009 on Miscellaneous
Spare Us, Lady! Courtesy, the www
I’ve never had any love whatsoever for the ever-complaining, slow-driving, cranky old ladies and gentlemen who live in almost every decent neighborhood everywhere in the world, it seems.
When you have to get somewhere in a hurry, you’re bound to end up behind a 80-yr old driving his truck at 5 below the speed limit and waiting at every stop sign for what seems like eternity.
If you drive past their homes, they will be invariably standing around waving you to slow down, even if you’re barely over the limit.
When you get home late or are engaging in otherwise shady activity (even on your own property), you can see them peeking out their windows.
Sure, they’ve got nothing else to do. But we’ve got a lot on our plates, in contrast.
This whole Obama-Gates affair was similarly precipitated on the over-eagerness of, well, an elderly person:
Ms. Whalen also told the dispatcher that she called 911 on behalf of an elderly neighbor who saw the men trying to get into the house.
I am not age-ist. I love elderly people, just not always.
The poor Whalens are getting flak for merely calling “on behalf of an elderly neighbor.” That should teach ‘em.
Reichert (R-08) Being Attacked For Healthcare
11:29 pm, July 28th, 2009 on Health
Republicans don’t really like Dave for his moderate record on the environment and much else. But, at least, he’s protesting against the forced imposition of ObamaCare™ – all for for a full 50 seconds but still.
Over the past few days, he’s getting much heat for this from the Obama-lackies at Healthcare for American Now:
This woman probably doesn’t even have cancer.
Why Do Dictators Feel the Need to Justify Their Actions?
10:49 pm, July 28th, 2009 on Asia
Burma has been keeping up the farce of legality and democracy for the past many years, especially in relation to Aung San Suu Kyi:
The court presiding over the trial of Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will deliver its verdict on Friday, her lawyer has said.
Ms Suu Kyi faces five years in jail if she is convicted of violating the terms of her house arrest by letting a US man stay in her home uninvited.
…a guilty verdict is expected.
Prosecutors argue that Aung San Suu Kyi must be held responsible for the midnight swim to her home by the American well-wisher John Yettaw in early May.
What’s the idea behind the fake trial? Everyone already knows the outcome.
Graham Votes for Sotomayor
12:22 pm, July 28th, 2009 on GOP, Liberalism, Politics
Of the 7 Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, only Lindsey Graham voted for Sotomayor, alongwith all 12 Democrats. Even Chuck Grassley and Orin Hatch, both noted moderates, voted against her.
His excuse:
I feel good about Judge Sotomayor… she would decide cases based on what she thinks is right and be an inspiration for young women
What a lame excuse. He should just own up to the fact that he’s sucking up to the Hispanic lobby more than any thing else. Just like the Republicans who plan to vote for Sonia.
Not that Republicans shouldn’t suck up to the Hispanic lobby, but there are many other better ways to do it. Such as pushing for sensible immigration reform that takes into account the importance of Hispanics in the USA. Such as moderating the position on illegal immigration. Such as the guest worker program. But Sotomayor? Ewww, colloquially speaking.
Republicans need to, at the very least, put up a show of unity these days. Sotomayor is a terrible choice – a liberal feminist who claims she’s the “wise latina;” a bully with little intellectual backing; an affirmative action activist.
Well, here’s to Justice Sotomayor.
Seal Imports Banned By EU
5:40 pm, July 27th, 2009 on Europe, Liberalism
Under pressure from animal rights nutcases, the EU has decided to ban the importation of all seal products, except:
Products from traditional hunts by indigenous peoples in Canada and Greenland will be exempt from the ban.
Most affected by this ban will be Canada, where hunters take down almost 300,000 seals every year.
Apparently, the reasoning behind the ban is that it is:
in response to concerns about the animal welfare aspects of seal hunting practices
Just Breaking: MJJ May Have Been Murdered
5:10 pm, July 27th, 2009 on Media
According to CNN:
Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, administered a powerful drug that authorities believe killed the singer, a source close to the Jackson family and with knowledge of the investigation confirmed to CNN on Monday. Murray was the doctor who was at Jackson’s home when the pop star died on June 25.
Venezuela Needs Regime Change
4:00 pm, July 27th, 2009 on Americas
The only country in the Western Hemisphere that is a significant danger to itself and to all its neighbors is Venezuela. With billions in defense spending and free cash from natural resources (albeit declining), Chavez has been fomenting political or military conflict in every country that he can.
The latest evidence of his meddling in Colombia:
Officials in Sweden are investigating reports that Swedish weapons were found in camps of Colombia’s Farc rebels.
The Colombian government says it believes the rocket launchers had originally been bought by Venezuela.
Defence journal Jane’s Intelligence Weekly reported last week that weapons thought to have been sold by Sweden to Venezuela were found in a Farc camp.
Chavez’s popularity at home is already on its way down… The 2009 referendum yielded a mere 54% support with 67% turnout. 46% voted against his proposal to end term limits.
We need a change in Venezuela. Perhaps a blue revolution with explicit support from Western powers?
Nigeria Should Be Broken Up
12:56 pm, July 27th, 2009 on Africa
I blogged a few days back about the insurgency in the Delta region, which has seemingly quietened down just a little bit for only a little while.
Now, we have trouble in northern Nigeria (again):
Dozens of people have been killed after Islamist militants staged three attacks in northern Nigeria, taking the total killed in two days of violence to 150.
A BBC reporter has counted 100 bodies, mostly of militants, near the police headquarters in Maiduguri, Borno State, where hundreds are fleeing their homes.
Witnesses told the BBC a gun battle raged for hours in Potiskum, Yobe State and a police station was set on fire.
Some of the militants follow a preacher who campaigns against Western schools.
Nigeria as a nation is an artificial colonial construct with little or no common characteristics among the various ethnic and religious groups that were forced together.
The federal government is incompetent and corrupt. It cannot manage a single conflict, as in the Delta, without flaring up even more tensions.
It would be better just to allow the secession of the three main regions in Nigeria, with democratic transitions managed by the UN and other international bodies. That would provide for some peace, at least for a little longer.
The Problem With the Obama/Gates Affair
11:02 am, July 27th, 2009 on Politics, Race, White House
Stanley Fish, for the NYT, is taking the whole racism matter to a completely new level:
What was a black man doing living in a place like this?
and:
It isn’t the legitimacy of Obama’s birth certificate that’s the problem for the birthers. The problem is again the legitimacy of a black man living in a big house, especially when it’s the White House.
and:
Gates and Obama are not only friends; they are in the same position, suspected of occupying a majestic residence under false pretenses. And Obama is a double offender. Not only is he guilty of being Housed While Black; he is the first in American history guilty of being P.W.B., President While Black.
Really, the biggest problem with an African-American president or any African American in a position of power, is that liberals will constantly allude to his race and to situations involving similar blacks in problematic situations and claim that it was all because of the race, regardless of the circumstances. Read on »
Did I Miss the Obama-Gates Brouhaha?!
12:55 pm, July 24th, 2009 on Liberalism, White House
I have been busy over the past week, which should explain the paucity of posts, but I am dismayed I didn’t read or blog about the Obama/Gates affair until now.
So, an African-American professor gets arrested for a minor issue and the President of the United States makes a phone call about it?!
Gates may be a respected Harvard professor but no one has the right to say this to an officer of the law:
Ya, I’ll speak with your mama outside
Of course, a Harvard professor has a constitutional right (Gates Amendment, forthcoming) to scream at and abuse a police officer. The police officer was wrong the minute he even responded to the breaking and entering call – he should be suspended and exiled to Kiribati.
Is that what we’ve come down to? Is this what engages President Barack Obama all day long? Did we elect him to scold allegedly “racist” police officers and bail out nasty liberal professors?
With over 10% unemployment, half a million people losing their jobs every single month, trillions in tax dollars spent away without any results, states running out of UI money, Obama still has the time to call a police sergeant when his friend gets arrested?
I am thinking of switching sides and befriending Obama. That’d be like a “Get Out of Jail Free” card. And, he’s always available to make the call too. Day or night. Sweet.
NYT’s Pseudo Bi-Partisan Dialogue
12:25 pm, July 24th, 2009 on Liberalism, Media
Spare Us!
You’d expect something a bit more classy from the Gray Lady, but, no. Today’s The Conversation column titled, In Praise of Partisanship, is typical of the liberal media… Have a pseudo-conservative debate a super-liberal and call it bipartisan. Read on »
What Happens When a Rabbi and Mayor Walk Into a Bar In NJ?
12:26 am, July 24th, 2009 on Americas
They get arrested. The headline makes no sense whatsoever.
Ghanaians Get 200 Year Old Head
12:16 pm, July 23rd, 2009 on Africa
Ghana is set to receive the 200 year old head of a ruler executed by Dutch colonists… sorry about the, uh, pun.
Obama’s Stimulus Not Convincing
12:12 pm, July 23rd, 2009 on Economy
According to Rasmussen:
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 25% of U.S. voters now say the stimulus plan has helped the economy. That’s a six-point drop from a month ago.
Thirty-one percent (31%) say the stimulus actually hurt the economy, little changed from a month ago. However, this is the first poll showing that more voters believe the plan hurt rather than helped.
While Rasmussen’s numbers are generally critical of Democrats, the stimulus isn’t really having any effect on the economy. Where are the new jobs and the saved jobs?
The Arrogance of U.S. Airlines (and the TSA)
12:08 am, July 23rd, 2009 on Miscellaneous
Sullivan's Contraband
Andrew Sullivan, a conservative but not among my favorites, conducted experiments with TSA and airline security a few months back. He boarded planes with fake boarding passes and tickets, carrying all kinds of contraband. On his list:
- scissors
- leatherman
- knives
- books on jihad and terrorism in Arabic
- bomb making materials
- and more
He was never caught or even checked beyond the usual.
On the other hand, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, a respected scientist and a recent former President of India, an ally of the United States in the war against terrorism, was forced to “take off his shoes and be frisked before he boarded a plane to the US.”
APJ: Terrorist?
As Buncombe writes: “We don’t care who you are – take off your shoes.”
Is APJ a terrorist? Is he going to bomb New York?
Is this old man such a danger to the US, that he needs to be frisked?
Is this the courtesy extended to a former President of India?
What would the US say if WJC were frisked in this manner by an Indian airline?
All this while Sullivan can walk on and off with all kinds of terror-aids. He does look a little bit shady, too.
Arrogant and incompetent – that’s US airlines and the TSA. What will these fools protect us from terrorist attacks. Good job keeping those geriatric bombers off our planes.
WA Ranks Near The Top For The Most Taxes Among the States
8:46 pm, July 22nd, 2009 on Taxes, Washington State
According to a recent Policy Highlighter of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation, following are the rankings for Washington state on the tax front among all the states: Read on »
Asian Solar Eclipse Prompts White House Action
6:57 pm, July 21st, 2009 on Economy, Humor, White House
Praying For Voodoo
An impending solar eclipse, that is expected to darken much of East and South Asia for upto 6 minutes at its peak, is prompting action from the White House.
US President Obama is eager to take advantage of the many religious rituals and practices designed to ward off evil and bring good luck during the solar eclipse, which is believed to be unauspicious according to local superstitions. Read on »
Milbank Criticizes Steele’s Puppetry; What About Obama’s?
4:20 pm, July 21st, 2009 on Health, Liberalism, White House
A running theme on this blog has been the media’s liberal bias and constant grovelling to Obama, Pelosi, Reid, et. al. Today is no different.
It seems that criticizing Obama amounts to racism or some other -ism, but Steele is fair game because he’s a Republican. Steele’s race and everything else is trumped by his ideology.
Dana Milbank of the Washington Post today criticizes Steele’s adherence to his consultant’s suggestions. He claimed Steel used Castellanos’ memo word-for-word for his speech, which was full of: Read on »
Obama Declares War Against the Uninsured
12:39 pm, July 21st, 2009 on Health, Humor, White House
Delirious
The Obama administration today announced a sustained, national campaign against the uninsured, one that will go far beyond retaliation against the perpetrators of insurance terrorism in the United States.
U.S. President Barack Obama said the campaign would become the driving force of his presidency, and other top officials described a methodical unleashing of United States health insurers likely to unfold not in a single, retaliatory spasm but in repeated strikes aimed at destroying bases of the uninsured terrorists and the communities that harbor them. Read on »
Pornography and Indecency: What Grove Press Really Gave Us
11:19 pm, July 20th, 2009 on Liberalism
Grove Press, a publisher of D.H. Lawrence’s soft-core Lady Chatterley’s Lover and many other similar novels and a pioneer in radical publishing, sued over and over again to peddle its dirty wares under the protection of the First Amendment.
It didn’t sue for any higher purpose. It sued to make a buck from its overtly sexual material.
Making a god out of Grove Press’ Barney Rosset, Kaplan writes in the NYT today:
For many decades, the courts upheld racial segregation; then, suddenly, they didn’t. For many decades, the courts let the Post Office decide which books people could read [by censoring obscene material]; then, suddenly, they didn’t. In both cases, and many others that could be cited, the laws hadn’t changed; society did. And the courts responded accordingly.
Racial segregation is wrong. Censorship of pornography is not. All men are equal before God and law. All speech is not.
Kaplan titled his article: “The Day Obscenity Became Art.” What he really means to say is: The Day Pornography Was Made Acceptable.”
iPod Bursts into Flames…
11:11 pm, July 20th, 2009 on Technology
Fire Me Not
Yeah, that should teach you to buy more Apple. And, Job is hiding it.
Buy a Zune instead. Support the NW.
The Iranian Elections Saga Continues
10:31 pm, July 20th, 2009 on Iran, Middle East
Stop Faking It
Elections in Iran are merely window-dressing. The philosophy: let’s get ‘em to vote for a puppet head and they’ll be happy. Even the protests in Iran focused on the rigged elections, not on the illegitimacy of the entire Iranian regime.
Westerners were happy to see the “green revolutionaries” fighting to oust Ahmadinejad – a useless character, a mere talking head. Where was the “green revolution” to remove the Ayatollahs from power? Read on »
India Rebuffs Obama’s Enviro-Crazy Agenda
10:40 pm, July 19th, 2009 on Global Warming, India
India’s position, let me be clear, is that we are simply not in the position to take legally binding emissions targets
So says India’s Environmental Minister Jairam Ramesh.
Right on.
The 2010 Senate Race in WA
6:53 pm, July 19th, 2009 on Washington State
One Republican operative put it last year, “Patty Murray is an institution in Washington state. It would be next to impossible to defeat her.” But there will always be Republicans vying to run against her, and one is already trying to get a foot in the door.
Dr. Sean Salazar, so far unrelated to the Colorado political family of the same name, of Montlake Terrace has put together a campaign already. According to his bio online: Read on »
How Do You Achieve Peace in the Palestine With Such Stubborn Politicians?
6:17 pm, July 19th, 2009 on Israel/Palestine, Middle East
The Israeli PM has stubbornly rejected Obama’s request to halt a construction project in Arab East Jerusalem, saying:
We cannot accept the idea that Jews will not have the right to live and buy (homes) anywhere in Jerusalem
Unified Jerusalem is the capital of the Jewish people and the state of Israel. Our sovereignty over it is unquestionable.
This kind of an attitude will never, ever bring peace to the Middle East. Talk about Arab stubborness and stupidity, Israeli versions of the same are not much less objectionable.
Obama’s Health Care Plan Faces Existing Problems
11:33 am, July 19th, 2009 on Health, White House
Interesting article from The Philadelphia Tribune, an African American newspaper in the Philly area…
This article originally appeared in the July 12 issue of The Philadelphia Tribune, authored by Christopher Moraff.
We all know the routine. You call your doctor for appointment, and — unless you have an acute illness — you might get one in two weeks, ten days if you’re lucky. On the day of your visit you get to the office early only to find three, four, or even five patients in the waiting room who seem to have been given the same appointment time as you.
After about 40 minutes spent flipping through old copies of Sports Illustrated your name is called and you are escorted to an exam room. Okay, you think, here we go. But you’re not seeing a doctor yet. Instead, you’ll sit in that tiny room staring at the jars of cotton and trays of plasma vials for another 20 minutes before the physician finally comes in. He’ll spend, on average, ten minutes with you before scribbling something in your chart and rushing out to the next patient. By the time you leave, your one o’clock consultation has turned into a brief, two o’clock encounter. Read on »
Palestinians Take a Break From Terrorism…
7:35 pm, July 18th, 2009 on Israel/Palestine, Middle East
And, try to cook up some world record.
Bali Bomber Might Be Behind Jakarta Suicide Attacks
5:11 pm, July 18th, 2009 on Asia
Indonesian authorities are now claiming that Noordin Mohamed Top may be behind the recent suicide attacks on the Marriott and Ritz Carlton hotels in Jakarta.
Top is wanted for plotting the Bali bombings of 2002 and 2005 and other Indonesian attacks.
It’s been 7 years since the ‘02 attacks and the Indonesian authorities haven’t caught him yet. I guess their record is almost as bad as the Allies in Afghanistan.
Why can’t we catch these terrorists already? (rhetorical question)
China Admits to Uyghur Killings
4:16 pm, July 18th, 2009 on China
China has finally admitted that its security forces did indeed kill rioters, including Uyghurs, in the recent clashes in western China:
The rioters, the criminals, continued to act in an extremely vicious manner, insisted on having their way, and continued to threaten the lives of others…
It was at this point that our public security forces and military police decisively fired. They shot dead 12 rioters. Of them, three died on site, and nine died as people tried to save them.
An admission of fault by the Chinese authorities calls for a toast!
NJ Attorney General Wants Lawyers to Volunteer for State
6:46 pm, July 17th, 2009 on Economy
Wants Freebies
Anne Milgram, NJ’s Attorney General, plans to introduce a program for unemployed attorneys to volunteer for her department…
This is a great opportunity for qualified candidates to learn how state government works, to gain experience in areas of the law that may be unfamiliar to them, and to make a genuine difference by working on legal matters that impact on New Jersey citizens Read on »
Hillary Visits India; Distressed by Use of Male Honorific
Confusing 'Em Indians
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting New Delhi on her official visit to India, to energize Indo-American relations at a time economic and geopolitical challenges lie ahead of the two allies.
But, Ms. Clinton is perturbed by the constant use of the male honorific by Indian officials, of both gender. Her protocol officer has pointed out the mistake to his Indian counter-part, but Clinton’s hosts continue to address her as Mr. Clinton, Mr. Secretary, Sir, and so on.
“She is not too happy being addressed as Mr. Clinton. She is proud of her femininity and cannot understand why even Prime Minister Singh calls her Mr. Secretary,” said a spokesman of the State Department. “But she is more than happy to forgive and forget, in the spirit of our President Barack Obama.” Read on »
What’s the Rush, Barack?
4:40 pm, July 17th, 2009 on Economy, Health, White House
Obama calls upon Senators to pass his pet health-care reforms ASAP, saying:
Now is not the time to slow down
What’s the rush? Can we prioritize and fix the economy first, instead?
US Firm + French Surrender to Militant Workers in France
11:40 am, July 17th, 2009 on Europe
Workers at a US-owned construction equipment firm in France threatened to explode gas canisters at their workplace if better terms weren’t implemented for the laid off workers.
What did the firm do? Surrender, of course! When in Rome…
Staff at JLG Industries in Tonneins, south-western France, made the threat in order to get better redundancy terms for 53 workers.
It is the third such incident in which workers have threatened violence against employers.
Elsewhere, French workers have taken managers hostage in “boss-nappings”.
Militant French workers need to be put down now! Before they start surrendering.
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