Boehner Opposes Group Fighting ObamaCare

By | | , ,
Leave a comment

[UPDATE: John Boehner has stated that elements of this, such as the Jom Jordan re-districting retribution,  are just a rumor.  As much as I wish to support the Republican Speaker by virtue of the job, it is not inconceivable that “just a rumor” would be enough to get him past a crucial vote.  A spokesman for Jim Jordan, for example, did not seem quite convinced that there was nothing behind it, choosing his words carefully “We would hope that standing strong in favor of lower spending and balancing the federal budget would not be a reason to eliminate the district of a sitting member of Congress.”  Hardly confident. — hbd ]

STOP the Boehner-McConnell-Reid-Obama series of bills!  These are stalking horses for Democrat control so that cowardly Republicans … Continue reading →

DeMint to Force Another Senate Vote on Cut, Cap, Balance

By | | , ,
Leave a comment

YES!  This is what the damned House needs to support.  The House passed Cut, Cap and Balance (CCB), and the Senate tabled it.  They did not kill it.  Tabling a bill leaves it in limbo until it is actually killed, rescued, or the session ends (IIRC).

“The bipartisan House-passed Cut, Cap, Balance bill remains the only plan on the table, the only one that preserves our AAA rating, and is only four Democrat votes away from a Senate majority to end this debt crisis,” said Senator DeMint. “I will work to force another vote on Cut, Cap & Balance next week because the President and Democrats have not offered the American people any other viable solution.

via Sen. Jim DeMint Vows to Force Another Vote on Cut, … Continue reading →

Dollar/Years Proposal

By | | , ,
Leave a comment

This is not rocket science; it is basic math.

Do you see the horseshit in here?  From Eric Cantor’s blog:

In its first year, 2012, the revised bill cuts $22 billion as measured against the latest CBO baseline (while the original bill cut just $1 billion), and in the second year it cuts $42 billion (while the original cut $16 billion). These are still very small numbers in the scheme of federal spending, but the greater front-loading actually matters a lot. One reason is that the 2012 and 2013 budgets are the only ones that will actually be under the control of this congress. But even more important is the greater reduction of the baseline itself since, as we’ve witnessed in the … Continue reading →

Tea Party Lessons Learned for the GOP

By | | , ,
Leave a comment

I do not like Speaker Boehner’s bill, although I thank him for much of what he has accomplished so far.  But we need not bother to fight and make gains if our effort is to be thrown away with lousy, worse-than-status-quo bills like the one currently under consideration.  Among its problems are several assumptions baked into it:

  • Must raise debt ceiling: what an awful place to start negotiations
  • ObamaCare need not be de-funded in whole: if it were being de-funded, I am sure you would have told us
  • CBO baseline acceptable starting point for calculations: as opposed to raw spending
  • 2011 an acceptable baseline year: as opposed to 2008 or 2007.
  • “Supercommittee” acceptable in our form of government: as opposed to merely legal, if even that
  • Americans … Continue reading →

Obamacalypse Now; CCB Yes, Boehner Plan HELL NO

By | | ,
Leave a comment

Now is no time to stay wobbly, GOP!

Obama’s support is collapsing among his base, Congress, even the media, and I suspect Obama himself.  This job is just no fun when you no longer get your way and your tantrums stop working.

Oh, and the stimulus failed to produce jobs but hurt us grievously with debt, the recovery never got started after all, and the culprit is your ugly baby ObamaCare.  Here’s a chart I have pulled from a devastating, straightforward analysis by Heritage:

The analysis even details the data sources, and statistical methods used.

Friday night’s “Talks Collapse” appearance showed us a President angry and disorganized, having called an impromptu press conference to whine that Republicans are mean. … Continue reading →

Cut, Cap, Balance is the Only Plan We Will Offer

By | | ,
Leave a comment

The choice for Senate Democrats is this: Pass Cut, Cap, Balance (CCB) now, or after you get jack-hammered for blowing through the debt ceiling.  There will be no other deal. This is the only way the House will accept any raise of the debt ceiling. Go ahead–call our bluff. We don’t even believe in your lurid doomsday story.

The Tea Party did not cause this problem, and did not push it to the twelfth hour, but we will solve it.  I am aware of the feckless Gang of Six proposal, which will never pass the House, and the now-fading McConnell plan, which will never pass the House.

The House of Representatives holds a veto on money, and after the democrats and the GOP leadership abused conservative principles so … Continue reading →

MacBook Air to Kick Ass, Chew Gum

By | | , ,
Leave a comment

Apple has dropped the aging and sturdy line of just plain Macbook laptops. You can buy the mobile powerhouse MacBook Pro, or you can buy a MacBook Air. So with the new OS 10.7 “Lion” standard, the addition of the new thunderbolt port, and upgraded processor and RAM, the featherweight MacBook Air is all out of bubble gum.

These changes seem incremental and individually they are. After all, SSDs are not new, low-volt processors and thermal controls are not new, and one can hardly argue that leaving off the optical drive is some sort of improvement. Taken together, they represent most of a revolution in mobile computing. The MacBook Air, once the parlor-trick publicity stunt by an otherwise serious computer maker, has just become the standard laptop offering, … Continue reading →

Collapse of Talks Most Constructive News Yet

By | | ,
Leave a comment

The media refers to this as a “collapse”.  The only thing collapsing is the self-sustaining bubble of nonsense that to date has protected the media and their creation, Barack Milhouse Obama (h/t Mark Levin).  The unconstitutional machinations of the 111th Congress and their leftover President are being halted and will be rolled back.

I sincerely hope that conservatives are able to hold this door open past the laughable August second “deadline”, when the only thing that happens is the Democrats are exposed as a bunch of fear-mongering liars who want to boost the money under their control simply for the sake of boosting the amount of money under their control.

So call his bluff.  The unfortunate McConnell deal must of course be ignored if not shredded and burned, … Continue reading →

Apple Thunderbolt Display Non-Review

By | |
1 Comment

Here’s a puzzling excerpt from a supposed tech review:

Are you ready to meet an Apple’s new Thunderbolt Display (27-inch) that costs $1000 and features 2560 by 1440 pixels solution and high speed Thunderbolt connectivity? Sounds really cool, yeah?!

These new displays boast the main feature that has already become a talk of the town – they have the Thunderbolt port and that is why they are called the Apple Thunderbolt Display.

I am ready to bet you will be genuinely happy to find out that the 16:9 displays use IPS panels that feature a 178 degree viewing angle. Each display has a built-in FaceTime HD camera, 2.1 speaker system, and integrated MagSafe charger.

It seems to me that these features turn the display into more than just … Continue reading →

Fallout Coverup Fallout

By | | ,
Leave a comment

GoJ knew about contam in northern Miyagi. Withheld info. Rice straw grown there fed to cattle, now 1500 contam cattle confrm sold as beef. Rice farmer said he thought his whole are was beyond the hazard area. Fair enough–Govt told him it was.
So the cattle fed that rice draw are a result of the Govt withholding that info.