It's beginning to look a lot like...Christmas?!?

After waking up this morning, I wanted nothing more than for Al Gore to be right about global warming. There is something unsettling about waking up on March 30th to four inches of snow. Luckily, Al is making a sequel to his Oscar winning nail-biter, surprisingly though, this one is about climate change and climate crisis (notice the term global warming is nowhere to be found) and will no doubt explain why its getting colder when he said it wasn't supposed to.
Fear not global warmists! Al Gore is doing his part to turn global warming into a self-fulfilling prophecy. You may or may not have known that Saturday night between 8:30 and 9:30 PM was earth hour, a time dedicated to turning off lights in support of the environment and to cut down on greenhouse gases.
Here is a firsthand account of someone who drove past Al's house in the middle of earth hour to find that the lights were on.  Bravo Al, now go hop on your private jet to spread the word about how we can reduce our carbon footprints!

I'm cold

Today we woke up to some pretty low degree weather. In other words...IT WAS COLD!!! Four to five inches of snow covered my car and by the time I made it up the street to leave my neighborhood, my tires had slipped at least six times on the ice. And today is not the last day of this storm. Meteorologists say to expect winter the rest of the week. It's got to be global warming, right? I was miserable this morning and I'm blaming Al Gore groupies and their climate change rhetoric.

Let's assume there is a type of climate change happening, and it's caused by us humans. Said groupies are blaming human activity for the changes. They are accusing people like me who don't do anything to prevent global warming. We can assume that the freedom fighters of climate change would never do anything to contribute to the warming. So there are two types of people on this planet: those who cause global warming, and those who don't. Since these geeks are not causing global warming, I will vehemently accuse them of causing global cooling. STOP IT ALREADY!!! I CAN'T FEEL MY FINGERS!!!

Sound familiar?

Someone needs to smack 0bama upside the head and deliver the same message to him.

More bonus hullabaloo!!!

You may recall that I posted recently about the uproar regarding the AIG bonuses. It appears that over the weekend there were quite a few people who gathered outside the homes of some AIG executives to protest the bonuses. It is being reported that the group behind the protests in ACORN.
Ironic when you remember that ACORN also received government funds with the stimulus bill.

Dear kettle,
You are black.
-Love pot

The end of partisan bickering?

Could it be?

I think so...

Save us oh mighty teleprompter

I'm starting to think that Obama should have a teleprompter installed in his retina because whenever he tries to speak without one, bad things happen.
First, he tells the good people of America that there are 57 states in the US and now he is making fun of people with special needs.
Maybe Obama is the one with special needs.

the economics of combo meals

I have a vice, it goes by the name of McDonalds. Stop judging me, my wife already does enough of that in relation to this vice. There was a time when I scorned McDonalds just like everyone else out there, but there came a point when I had to stop living a lie and give in to the special sauce and two all-beef patties.

I've come to the harsh realization that buying menu items ala carte is quite spendy. I recently purchased a Big Mac and a large fry which cost $5.37. Another recent (no, I'm not going to divulge how recent) purchase was a Big Mac combo, with a large fry and large drink which cost a scant $4.95 in comparison.

This tells me that their margins on fries and drinks are so high that when you purchase them together they can afford to charge lower prices and the consumer gets a much better deal. Had I purchased the combo ala carte it would have been closer to $7.

So when you go to McDonalds, do the right thing and get a combo.

Dave wants me to post...

...so here goes.

I think this country is better off than the news tends to portray. Sure, large banks and other firms have seen their stock prices take a veritable free fall which has led to a mass decline in equity for securities holders; people who have been trusted with large sums of cash have had their behind-the-scenes practices exploited as unethical and illegal; the government wants to destroy private charitable giving (rumor has it) by reducing the charitable deduction and replacing the private giving with forced redistribution through the tax system (see post script below); there is a heightened level of fear, which has made Barack Obama the top gun salesperson of the year, etc.

Despite those facts, America is still great! Why? We have one of the most sacred documents mankind has ever realized; the U.S. Constitution. Therein, Americans are ensured their God-given, and inalienable rights that make living any where outside the U.S pale in comparison to living within Her borders. I can worship freely without fear of being hunted down and killed; I can own and bear arms as a right to protect myself; I have rights to personal property that I, MYSELF, have worked hard to obtain. No one can take that away. AMERICA IS GREAT! FREEDOM!!! (Thanks William Wallace)

P.S. Jon Huntsman Sr. gives 100% of his salary to charity. Under the current tax system for itemized deductions, Mr. Huntsman can write-off all of that and therefore, pay no income tax. If Mr. Obama succeeds in changing the tax law, one of two things will happen: 1) Mr. Huntsman will still donate his entire salary to charity, and then have to come up with money to pay income taxes or, 2) Mr. Huntsman will reduce the amount he donates to retain those funds to pay income taxes. You're doing a great thing Mr. Obama :-P

The bonus tug-of-war

I'm somewhat torn on this issue. I don't think the government has any place meddling in business. I am generally of the school of thought that if a company needs government assistance, something has gone awry. I am fully aware that these bonuses are being paid because the company is bound by contract, but I also understand how the public and the D.C. warriors are up in arms about the whole issue. After all, without the government offering assistance these employees wouldn't have been getting bonuses from a company gone bankrupt.
This is where things get a tad scary. Congress is now introducing bills that would tax any bonus amount above $100,000 at a rate of 100% if the company has received federal bailout money.
Senator Chris Dodd said "One way or another, we're going to try to figure out how to get these resources back," Senator Tim Ryan added that they would use "Any means necessary".
With the amount of greed that got these companies in this situation, the government should have known that something like this was going to happen, but again we see a lack of accountability and enforcement on what companies could and couldn't do with bailout funds.
Some companies are even using boosting base compensation levels to get around the 100% marginal tax rate on bonuses.
I'm afraid of what this means for the future of American businesses and how much control Washington really has.

Government Accountability

According to politifact, Barry Hussein made 514 campaign promises. Obama said that he wants the American people to keep him accountable so that is why politifact made their truth-o-meter. They track the promises that he has kept, broken, and made compromises on.

Truthfully, there are a lot of promises that I hope he breaks like that whole marxist wealth-spreading kick he is on.

There are a few promises that have already been broken like the one where he promised at least 5 days of public comment on any bill that he plans on signing. Oh, then there is that promise to keep lobbyists out of his cabinet.

We can't forget the whole earmark issue either, considering he just signed a spending bill with nearly 9000 earmarks. I find it cute that he blamed that one on Bush because it was a bill from last year. Earth to Barry, you're the big cheese now, it's time to grow a set and step up to the plate.

To be fair there are a few promises that he has kept. Like the promise to get his daughters a puppy, and the promise to close gitmo, yay!

Following is the link for politifact's truth-o-meter

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/

Reality bites

The good word is reporting that Obama's latest poll numbers are at the same level that President Bush's were in 2001. Given his astronomical popularity, could it be that the America is experiencing a bit of buyers remorse?

Princess Pelosi is a precious resource

"This leadership team will create the most honest, most open, and most ethical Congress in history" - Speaker-Elect Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Press Release, November 16, 2006

Or in other words, open mouth and insert foot.

Recent findings report that Ms. Ethics herself has made a habit of requesting, nay, demanding use of Air Force jets to make trips around the country. Kind of funny when you remember that she campaigned on the promise to clean up the GOP's waste of taxpayer dollars and to end the era of congressional elitism.

The aircraft that madame speaker has grown accustomed to using is the same that takes the Vice President and First Lady around the country. The reported cost to taxpayers is around $15,000 per hour which equates to $300,000 for her to take a trip to sunny San Francisco.

Madame Botox doesn't fly commercial and won't take the smaller commuter jet that the former speaker took is because it isn't big enough to fit her staff, supporters, and other members of her California delegation. There is also a concern that the smaller jet would have to stop to refuel which would create certain inefficiencies. Hmmmmmm, I say the less time she spends doing her job the better.

The devil in Prada recently requested use of the military jet to fly to Williamsburg, VA for some sort of commie party. Seriously? I served my mission in that area, Williamsburg is a 2.5 hour drive from D.C.!

Here are some of my favorite quotes from her staff to the military when they were notified that the aircraft wouldn't be available.
"This is not good news, and we will have some very disappointed folks, as well as a very upset Speaker."
"It is my understanding there are NO G5s available for the House during the Memorial Day recess. This is totally unacceptable ... The Speaker will want to know where the planes are,"
One implied threat from the patriot Jack Murtha who is on the committee that controls the Pentagons money, "You want money for the Iraq war? You better give the speaker her plane."

I feel all warm and fuzzy inside that this beast is just two heartbeats away from the presidency.

I'm sure O'Reilly would agree with me when I say that Nancy Pelosi is a pinhead.

Sourced from NY Post and Fox News

Someone out there is a genius

Enough said!

From the Left?

I was largely taken by surprise to read the following at the end of this article from the Wall Street Journal:

"Mr. Bayh, a Democratic senator from Indiana, served as governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997." (Italics added for emphasis.)

Could there really be more common sense coming from the left side of the isle than we originally thought? I don't much like surprises (save birthdays), but this one was pleasantly received. Mr. Bayh is exactly right in saying that "the solution going forward is to stop wasteful spending before it starts. Families and businesses are tightening their belts to make ends meet--and Washington should too." Click on the link in the first paragraph of this post to read the full article.

Dear Hippies

This is a continuation of my post here,

Dear Hippies, next time you decide to get together to protest coal technology and global warming, you may want to do it on a day that isn't freezing cold and snowing.  Once again, we're all LOLing at you.

Did Barry kill Dow Jones?

Business Week has an interesting story that shows a timeline of events next to the movements of the market. They aren't necessarily saying that he caused the decline in stocks, but they're not not saying it either...
http://www.businessweek.com/investor/content/mar2009/pi2009034_253747.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily

Hope!

Below is one of my favorite pictures of the annointed one, I find that it is rather appropriate.

This inspired me to make a picture of my own using an actual leader, I give you "Reaganomics"

I found another using google image search