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Obama Presser: ‘Twas Ever Thus

Posted on | November 4, 2010 | 3 Comments

by Smitty

Jonah Golberg:

During his press conference [03 November], President Obama insisted that the American public doesn’t want to “re-litigate the past.” Roughly four minutes later, he insisted that he inherited the deficit, which got worse because of a recession he inherited, as well. Somehow Obama forgot to mention that he increased spending 23 percent, tripling the deficit in the process.

And, a little later:

. . .the point he wants people to take away is that all of the runaway spending on his watch—much of which was focused on “reforms” that, by design, will do nothing to deal with the recession for years, if ever—was all done for an emergency that he inherited.

The whole sad state of affairs recalls an earlier autocrat:

But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said.–Exodus 8:15

Note: the Obama/Pharoah comparison is due to my own Congressman, Jim Moran, who explicitly said that Obama is Pharoah at his ObamaCare townhall last year. You won’t find that at the start of his remarks on the official audio, though; it’s been expertly edited. You’ll just have to trust me and my lying ears.

Category: Barack Obama, Jonah Goldberg

This Is Exactly The Kind Of Sophomoric Stuff We Don’t Need

Posted on | November 4, 2010 | 15 Comments

by Smitty (h/t Tabitha on Twitter)

Just because conservatives did well Tuesday, there is no need for foolish triumphalism. We shouldn’t just go on an on about the trophies.
And, really, isn’t all the taunting laughter beneath the dignity of our political process? How are we going to find common ground; moderate; achieve consensus; restore dignity; feel classically liberal; carry on proud traditions, and engage in mellifluous pettifoggery amidst these antics, I ask. Click to view:

This blog officially decrys these three hooligans and their immature acts, issues a stern ‘tut tut’ and a three second wave of the extended index finger in their general direction.

Category: Glenn Beck

LIVE AT FIVE – 11.04.10

Posted on | November 4, 2010 | 1 Comment

TOP NEWS

Fed Lowers Short-Term Interest Rates Nearly To Zero

Ben Bernanke Explains It All

What’s next, paying people to take out loans?

Iowa Sacks State Supreme Court Justices
Judges unanimously declared gay marriage legal





Israel Bags Top Terrorist In Gaza Strike
Shin  Bet announces kill on Mohammed Namnam, assist by Air Force

L.A. Times: Pelosi’s Effectiveness Not Rewarded
I dunno, guys, seems to me she got exactly what America’s voters thought she deserved



POLITICS

For Speaker Boehner: More Confrontation, Or Compromise?

John Boehner (R-Ohio), likely to be the new Speaker of the House

Rush has some relevant advice

Obama Says He’ll Negotiate With GOP On Renewing Bush Tax Cuts
Or will he?

Murray’s Lead Over Rossi Widens

The fix was in.


Hispanic Candidates Win Big Tuesday
Mostly in the GOP.



THE ECONOMY, STUPID

T-Notes Gain, Long Bonds Fall As Fed Targets Mid-Term Debt

Stocks Up After Fed Announces T-Note Purchases (Video)

Panasonic Invests $30 Million In Tesla Motors

Facebook Adds Deals To Facebook Mobile

Lawsuit: Apple Made Upgrade Break Old iPhones

Microsoft Raises 4Q Estimates On Kinect Device Sales



SPORTS

Titans Claim Randy Moss Off Waivers

Randy Moss in Vikings gear


Passed in the ’98 draft, didn’t want him the first time he hit the waiver wire, but now…

Sparky Anderson Enters Hospice As Dementia Worsens


Hawks Stay Unbeaten As Pistons Drop To 0-5

Sixers Pick Up First Win, Collins Out Again With Vertigo

Tens Of Thousands Gather In SanFran For Giants’ Victory Parade



FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS

Ashlee Simpson Channels Edie Sedgwick

Ashlee, left; Edie, right

Because all the other celebritard stories are just too depressing to lead off with

Miley Cyrus Not Taking Sides In Parents’ Divorce

Surf Legend Irons’ Death Possible OD?

Gwyneth Paltrow To Sing Radio Edit of Cee-Lo Green’s “F*ck You” On “Glee”
Another fine piece of soul music ruined by white people >:(



FOREIGNERS

Greece Halts Overseas Air Shipments After More Bombs Found

Tropical Storm Tomas Threatens Tottering Haiti

Former PM, Gazprom Creator Chernomyrdin To Be Buried In Novodevichy

After $2 Billion In Aid, Pakis Continue To Stall On North Waziristan Offensive



BLOGS & STUFF

Atlas Shrugs: Bachmann Humiliates Matthews On MSNBC

Jay Cost: They Weren’t Voting For Republicans, They Were Voting Against Democrats

WSJ: Democratic Coalition Crumbles

Michelle Malkin: Take Your Olive Branch And Shove It, Democrats

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Category: Live at Five

Welcome to the Gloat Zone

Posted on | November 4, 2010 | 5 Comments

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Got a few more hours sleep and now I’m beginning to emerge from the mind-fogged condition of extreme exhaustion that was the inevitable result of this long final road trip of the 2010 campaign.

Now it’s time to get our gloat on. What about the idiots at MSNBC? For my money, it’s hard to top Lawrence O’Donnell’s fear-mongering claim that Rand Paul might single-handedly destroy the global economy:

Then there was Barney Frank’s spiteful little tantrum. As Ed Morrissey observes, this has to be the least gracious victory speech in the history of victory speeches:

Feel free to gloat it up in the comments.

Category: Election

My Bagpipe Teacher Would Not Approve

Posted on | November 3, 2010 | 5 Comments

by Smitty (h/t Kottke)

As someone who occasionally gets some time on the instrument, I can appreciate the playing here, to a degree:
The fingering is articulate at ludicrous speed, and the peel-offs are way beyond my own meager skill. However, one is officially required to assume a reactionary stance about any non-traditional pieces on the instrument.
But would SFU tell him to STFU (silence the foolish unpleasantness)?

Category: Music, Video

Me: These Federal Entitlements Are As Realistic As A Unicycle With A Kickstand

Posted on | November 3, 2010 | Comments Off on Me: These Federal Entitlements Are As Realistic As A Unicycle With A Kickstand

by Smitty

Lefty: Easily done.

 

Me: Well, scratch that analogy. Wait. It’s got no pedals.
Lefty: Bush.
Me: I thought you had a reality-based argument there, momentarily.

Update: And what’s in my reader? A link that gets us to “Scary Wage Data II — Social Security Changes Its Numbers“:

Removing the phony W-2s reduced total compensation by $32.3 billion or 0.55 percent of all the wages, salaries and bonuses earned by Americans. The total number of people with any work was reduced by two to 150,917,733.

As a result of the revisions, the data show that the average wage in 2009 dollars declined by $457 (not $243), a 1.2 percent decline from 2008. The revision shows that since 2000 the average wage, in 2009 dollars, barely changed in real terms, increasing only $347 or 0.9 percent after nine years.

The median wage – half make more, half less — was unchanged at $26,261. The median is $37 lower than in 2000 and $253 lower than in 2008.

It is my fervent hope that the Roberts Court has the courage to revisit prior decisions and note that they have proven pure hooey over time, and simply club them to death with the appropriate legalese flourishes.
Update II:American Enterprise Blog’s Andrew Biggs is a sane conservative, which I guess makes me a raging rabid reactionary, for suggesting raising the early retirement age from 62 to 65.
Retirement is only a Federal problem because it was made one in the name of Holy Progress. The remedy to our current crisis will be found in reviewing soberly just what levels of government own which problems. Systematically and reasonably returning State level concerns to the States, where they belong, will probably become popular after the economic cataclysm coming Real Soon Now, or my name isn’t Half-Cocked Jack.
But forget the common sense solutions, Biggs: let’s discuss shades of lipstick for the pig.

Category: humor

Miracle Comeback: Ann Marie Buerkle Now Has Slim Lead in NY-25

Posted on | November 3, 2010 | 3 Comments

Oh, my goodness. This was a Republican candidate I covered during my road trip with Da Tech Guy, but I’d written off this district as lost last night. Incumbent Democrat Rep. Dan Maffei had already declared victory.

But today Left Coast Rebel proclaimed the good news: Ann Marie Buerkle has come back to a 659-vote lead, thanks to late returns from Wayne County.

Absentee ballots remain to be counted, so say a prayer.

I’m a “Road Man for the Lords of Karma,” and the karmic wheel may be turning against Dan Maffei.

Category: Ann Marie Buerkle, Congress, Election, New York

Dear Ace: ‘A Choice, Not an Echo’

Posted on | November 3, 2010 | 14 Comments

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — OK, after the last post, I promised I was going to go back to sleep, but somebody in the comments said that Ace of Spades was “bitching and moaning . . . that the tea party cost us DE et al.”

Because I didn’t see the aforesaid bitching and moaning, I can’t address any specific complaint by Ace. Let me say, however, that it is wrong to blame “the Tea Party” for the Senate defeats in Delaware and Nevada and the apparent Murky comeback in Alaska.

Nor, I think, can “the Tea Party” be blamed for the double-wipeout in California. I always felt that Whitman and Fiorina would either both win or both lose. If either of them melted down, the other would go down with her. And it was Whitman who melted down over that illegal maid thing — an unfair liberal media hit, but it took her off-message during a crucial phase of the campaign and she never recovered her balance.

Note to future Republican candidates: Do you own damned laundry and wash your own damned dishes. If you have ever employed a domestic servant named “Maria,” please don’t run for office as a Republican.

Mike Murphy, $90,000 a month. Meg Whitman, 41%.

Attaboy, Mike!

Let me continue with California for a minute: Read more

Category: Ace of Spades, Conservatism 101, Delaware, Election, Nevada
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