You won't read this in the U.S. -- Aussie fire tragedy

Angry survivors of the horrific wildfire tragedy in Australia blame "green" policies for attributing to the spread of the fire.

Angry residents last night accused local authorities of contributing to the bushfire toll by failing to let residents chop down trees and clear up bushland that posed a fire risk.

During question time at a packed community meeting in Arthurs Creek on Melbourne's northern fringe, Warwick Spooner — whose mother Marilyn and brother Damien perished along with their home in the Strathewen blaze — criticised the Nillumbik council for the limitations it placed on residents wanting the council's help or permission to clean up around their properties in preparation for the bushfire season.

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Another resident said she had asked the council four times to tend to out-of-control growth on public land near her home, but her pleas had been ignored.

There was widespread applause when Nillumbik Mayor Bo Bendtsen said changes were likely to be made about the council's policy surrounding native vegetation.

But his response was not good enough for Mr Spooner: "It's too late now mate. We've lost families, we've lost people."

In this new age where left is right and dumb is smart, and oh yes, the world is supposedly melting according to a POLITICIAN , I doubt any of us will see that story on CBS, ABC, NBC, or CNN.

Media makes concerted effort to suppress evidence of public disagreement with Obama policies

On February 2, 2009, Gallup released the results of a poll that indicated the level of support Obama had on various issues. The results are below:



As you can see, Obama's most unpopular decisions to date are the decisions to close Guantanamo Bay and the allowing of U.S. funding to provide abortions overseas.

Here's a rundown of the major media outlets coverage of this poll:

CBS: Zilch

ABC: Nada

NBC: Are you kiddin' me?

CNN: No can do!

Even Fox News missed it apparently.

But this is a significant poll to note, given the ongoing narrative that Obama likes to remind everyone that he won whenever someone poses opposition, under the false assumption that everyone is on board with all that he decides, hook line and sinker.

For the networks, this poll does not fit that story, so it's better off ignored...because we wouldn't want to upset the Obamessiah, since he won and all...

Unacceptable Hypocrisy

Remember all the pre-election garbage about how Republicans had it out for Obama because he was black, and how Obama himself claimed that Republicans would try to scare voters away from him based on his skin color? Remember the media assertions that not voting for Obama could be due to racism? Remember all of the hullabaloo about the song "Barack the Magic Negro?" And let's not forget that it was proven in unscientific ways that blacks weren't exactly voting for Obama for his stance on issues...

Well, now the shoe is on the other foot and the left is being even more disgusting about it. This time it involves RNC Chairman Michael Steele being depicted in black face by far-left bloggers on perceptionmanagers.org, who label him as an Uncle Tom. Where's the outrage from the black community? This is offensive and ironic that it is being done by people who belong to a political party that is about diversity and inclusiveness...maybe they were right...maybe the true racists ARE the liberals who wouldn't vote for Obama for his skin color after all.

Fascism we can believe in

So much for democracy. In case you haven't heard because Obamessiah has us all spun around the axle about bailouts and stimuli bills, he's making an unprecedented move to make the head of the Census Bureau, which is under the Commerce Department, report directly to him. Even worse, the person apparently in mind to run this covert op in none other than Rahm Emanuel.

The reason for this is to make sure that Republicans remain the minority party by changing the composition of Congressional districts and the Electoral College after the 2010 Census is completed. Once he finds out where all those pesky Republicans are hiding, he will cordon off the district lines across the nation so that they are marginalized among concentrations of liberal supporters.

Of course, America has a long history of this, called "gerrymandering," but making this agency report directly to the White House is bothersome since the redrawing of districts was a negotiated process. Letting Obama be the architect will ensure that there is as much bipartisanship as the stimulus bill. And the disgrace of it is that he has the precedent of law on his side because recent limitations on the redrawing of districts were concerned about minorities having their voting voices reduced, so he will certainly use this as justification for whatever unfairness he has planned in one or two years.

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford helps bring truth and logic to the debate

Key goal line stand needed today for Senate Republicans

What little media attention that has been given to the topic of the stimulus bill has a common theme: those pesky Republicans are ruining everything! But the truth of the matter here is that not only is this a not-well-thought-out sack of garbage being sold to the American people (who will be paying for it), but it is being delivered with a smug arrogance that everyday people can't think for themselves and Mama Government is here to save the day. Never you mind the details! Would Mama G. let you down by doing something not in your best interest?...this seems to be the common theme among the LSM news coverage.

But this couldn't be further from the truth. Today the Senate democrats have the ball on the proverbial one yard line and plan to just stuff it up the gut, expecting to overpower what they perceive to be a very weak Republican defense. This is coming to life in the form of a plan to make a motion for cloture on the bill, meaning that debate will be limited/non-existent. After all, don't you know that the Government must act QUICKLY (not realistically possible based on history) so we must not waste any time actually reviewing or debating the details...at least that's what the democrats are saying and will continue to say.

Today has the potential for glory or disaster for Republicans and America. If the Republicans can muster a filibuster to block the cloture vote, it would be a huge "goal line stop" that would make the democrats realize that they'll actually have to use bipartisanship for once to get this and other bills passed. The bottom line is that this stand today is a tone-setter for the next four years...and that can be either good or bad.

What everyone should find strikingly funny and ironic is that our fearless leader Obamessiah is doing the one and only thing he knows how to do in this hour of need for leadership for our nation...he's out CAMPAIGNING for this stinkbomb of a bill! He's been to Ohio and Florida, and it is reported today that he'll be in Elkhart, Indiana. He doesn't realize it that he might call it "spinning" the details, but in the end it will be perceived as willful, intentional lying while President when everyone gets the facts. Running and hiding by speaking to audiences full of your supporters so you can hear yourself speak and feel good about your positions is not wise and it's not bipartisan. It's foolish and displays your fear of, and inexperience in, playing in the "big boys" sandbox.

The question for today is whether or not the three RINOs (Republicans In Name Only) who are supporting the bill will also be voting for cloture to suppress debate. The three RINOs would be: Senator Susan Collins from Maine...


Senator Olympia Snowe, also from Maine...


Senator Arlen Specter from Pennsylvania...
Some may scoff at the fact that truthbomber is calling these three out by name but these three are a shining example of how true conservatism in the Republican party has been watered down, and RINOs such as these have helped stoked the argument for creating another conservative political party.

The best thing to do now is to contact these three to let them know where you stand on the issue of debate suppression via cloture, and feel free to share your opinion about the stimulus bill overall. Please remain respectful in your correspondence however...remember that we're not the loony left who just shout people down if they disagree with us. Please keep it calm and respectful...you attract more bees with honey than vinegar.

Contact Senator Collins.

Contact Senator Snowe.

Contact Senator Specter.

Finally: GOOD drama in Minnesota

Finally there is good news coming out of Minnesota...it appears that Franken's attempt to do an "Al Gore in Florida" has backfired. A judge has ruled that 4,800 more ballots that were previously rejected can now be counted. This is good news for Coleman, as this represents the first time that votes will be counted outside of Franken's hand-picked districts where he knew he would make gains, and is the exact reason why he now leads.

The deck was stacked when Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie (who is tied to ACORN and George Soros), was in the perfect place to make this nightmare a reality. Hopefully this batch of 4,800 votes will put Coleman back on top, but you can bet that when that happens Franken's lawyers will be going into overtime filing challenges.

How about they just agree right now to just have the state re-vote? The citizens of Minnesota are undoubtedly tired of all the games, and have made up their minds about who they would and wouldn't want representing them in Congress based on the behavior of the candidates during all of this mess. They would have to also agree that the first election is null and void and that whoever wins the re-vote wins with a promise not to delay the results via litigation. Let Minnesota decide...not the courts...not lawyers...and NOT Secretary of State Mark Ritchie.

Senator Chris Dodd steps in it again

It all began when Senator Chris Dodd appeared on The O'Reilly Factor last year and promised to produce his sweetheart mortgage loans that he received from Countrywide Mortgage, presumably to ensure inaction by Dodd in his role as Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee.
Well, it seems that Dodd has made a deal with himself to refinance his questionable mortgages in lieu of producing those papers that he promised. The problem is that despite his best intentions, what he desires to do should not sit well with anyone, since he is one of a small population of Americans who have the luxury of refinancing.

It is hard to say if Dodd suffers from incurable arrogance or is simply so out of touch with regular people to make this sort of insensitive mistake. He's probably so caught up in covering his tracks that he's lost all sight of what his own constituents, and the rest of America, are going through. He could make it all better by showing both the old papers and the new papers to prove that his properties didn't get inflated appraisals in order to qualify for the new loans. The question becomes whether or not Dodd will pay out of pocket to refinance properties that have presumably depreciated a little, or will he be the first unofficial beneficiary of a lender "write down" under the bailout.

Is there a tax filing epidemic among democrats?

When Timothy Geithner admitted to it, it seemed like an isolated incident. It also seemed like under any other circumstances, it would be a deal-breaker. But the dems in Congress argue that he's "the best man for the job" despite the liabilities of making him Treasury Secretary (how could the IRS DARE to shake down everyday citizens for tax "mistakes" that will be uncovered from here on out?). There are going to be so many lawsuits the minute that a filer feels unfairly treated in the pursuit of unpaid taxes, and IRS types are not known for being kind. I personally don't think anybody is SO qualified that they must be selected with this sort of cloud over his head...after all, why are they saying he's the best because of the way he helped manage the first half of the bailout when there are SO MANY QUESTIONS about that? How can they say the bailout isn't going well, then turn around and christen this guy THE expert who will get us out of this mess? May I ask aloud where the shame is from this man? If it were any of us regular folks, I'm sure this whole situation would be too embarrassing to continue, but yet Geithner is banking on landing this gig because it's safe to say that he won't get a job anywhere else...and leave it to the government to open it's arms to him and act like he's a #1 draft choice.


Then there's Tom Daschle...who has apparently decided that Geithner's faux pas must be outdone, by admitting that he owes over $128K in taxes, which he has now repaid in order to proceed on his nomination, plus penalties. UPDATE: Daschle withdraws nomination...apparently owed more than the $140K previously reported. Again, where's the shame? Where's the Lame Stream Media who would be attacking like rabid pit bulls if these were Republicans?

Apparently these two failed to honestly answer questions 38 and 39 on Obama's seven-page questionnaire that all appointees are required to fill out.

Conspiracy alert: Does anyone else find the wording of question 38 a little odd?

Have you ever not paid U.S. and/or state income taxes because you were not resident in the United States, or for any other reason?

You want to know what this is really about? The lack of scrutiny being placed on these individuals are all just a larger, continued effort to lower expectations from this administration. If the bailouts and the stimuli that Obamessiah tries to engineer don't work out, the LSM will draw our attention to all these dunderheads who didn't have the competency or honesty to file their own taxes...but that is not for now...the LSM is just holding it like an ace card in their pocket. They don't want to win the hand, they want to win the GAME. What's the game? 2012...when the year leading up to the election you will see all kinds of appointees thrown under the bus by the media as a way to get Obama a pass so that they can try to convince you and me that it wasn't Obama's fault...it was these "Washington-as-usual" idiots that Obama had no choice but to select from. And why Daschle? Don't forget that he put ALL his chips in the middle on the Obama track bet back in February 2007, so this nomination is just pay-to-play, er, I mean reward, er, I mean...uh...next question!

NO ONE is talking about this being a pay-to-play nomination...NO ONE.

Now let's get to the latest embarrassment...Nancy Killefer.

I love this pic...you can see the deer in her headlights. We were unaware at the time, but it looks like her tax issues might have been running through her mind just as this picture was taken.

This was a curious withdrawal however. She only owed a little over $1,000 to DC Government for a tax lien for not paying unemployment taxes. In comparison to the other two jokers, she stole a Dum Dum sucker from my kitchen cabinet. Something tells me that this is hardly the real reason for the withdrawal. Only time will tell I guess. On that note, truthbomber's inside sources are saying that more "thanks but no thanks" letters may be coming for other tax "mistakes" from other nominees...stay tuned.

Seriously?

Despite a clear partisan vote on the House version of the Stimulus bill, in which NO Republican voted for the bill, along with 11 democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi thought that she'd use the liberal-friendly media to try to spin the circumstances of the voting and her incorrigible attitude towards conservatism. Any time you can achieve a big fat zero on the number of votes on a bill from the other party, it's usually a bigger sign that there is an absence of the majority party working with the minority...and this time the shutout is just doggone impressive. Conditions behind the scenes must be especially toxic to not gain ONE SINGLE Republican vote.

Yet, Speaker Pelosi tried to sprinkle some Obama fairy dust on herself to make herself seem like the good guy during a press conference yesterday to desperately explain the vote results:

“I didn’t come here to be partisan. I didn’t come here to be bipartisan. I came here, as did my colleagues, to be nonpartisan..."

Okay, Nancy...let me explain this s-l-o-w-l-y...there are two options:

1. Work with other members of the Congress that belong to the other party (bipartisan)

2. Don't work with other members of the Congress that belong to the other party (partisan).

There is no such thing as "nonpartisan"...you can't "transcend party lines" by shutting people out of the process. For the liberal press and the dembots who listen and accept Pelosi's explanations whole-heartedly, the introduction of this non-word was the equivalent of distracting them with something shiny.

Let's look at the holes in the rest of her statement, to look for clues why Republicans, NOT ONE, voted for this bill:

"The president’s agenda is reflected in this legislation. It’s — I mentioned, some of the priorities that were there about creating jobs, cutting taxes, helping states through this difficult economic time, and to do so in a fiscally sound way."

Hmmm...this bill did NOT create jobs...cut taxes...or help states. I can't imagine why the Republicans would not support this bill. If anything, by drafting this bill in the first place, Obama showed his naivety regarding the appropriations process. Much of the content put forth in this stimulus bill was nothing more than augmentations to already-existing entities, namely Federal agencies and departments. All that needed to be done was to have these projects inserted into the spending bills for these entities. But the reason why this was NOT done was not so much because of the "need for swift action" but rather that the ideas for a lot of these projects would be debated, AS SPENDING BILLS SHOULD BE, COMRADE PELOSI. Since a lot of these ideas were half-baked, they would not have escaped scrutiny, and with enough attention to them, would certainly be defeated one by one. So giving money to Federal agencies and departments to spend would NOT create more jobs.

This bill does not cut taxes for obvious reasons. It does no good to have tax cuts be a portion of the bill when the size of the spending itself is so large that there is no way you can cut taxes going forward...the Federal deficit is essentially being doubled with this bill and not only will we pay for it, but so will our children, and their children, and their children...

This bill also fails to help states because 1) it's not going to get released fast enough to do any good and 2) a lot of this spending doesn't happen for 1-2 more years.

So let's review...Obama's agenda set out to 1) create jobs, 2) cut taxes, and 3) help states, and this bill does none of these...and that's why the Republicans voted en masse against this bill.

"People vote for what they believe in. Clearly, the Republicans did not believe in the agenda that I just described for you, and that’s probably one of the reasons they voted that way. I think they probably voted their conscience and they couldn’t support that."

It's hard to believe in something when you're not involved in the process, largely because the demoncrats didn't send you an invitation and changed all the locks.

We reached out to the Republicans all along the way, and they know it. And they know it. They were part of the original bill, with the — some of the tax provisions were their suggestions. They had what they asked for in terms of committee mark-up. They had the rule on the floor that gave them plenty of opportunity to make changes. They just didn’t have the ideas that had the support of the majority of the people in the Congress. ”

Reached out? If you include stiff-arms, then yes, the demoncrats "reached out." And let's call out the double-speak in the italicized line above. They didn't have the ideas that the LIBERAL MAJORITY liked so they were told to put up or shut up. This is called PARTISAN politics, Nance! Not bipartisan or "nonpartisan".

The bottom line is that Pelosi is trying to lay the ground work early to get it into the minds of the gullible left that WHEN this stinkbomb of a bill does NADA for the economy, we are to believe it was because the Republicans wouldn't play and not because this bill is going to prove to be ineffective due to being ill-conceived by a woefully inexperienced president who should quite frankly have more understanding of the appropriation process having been in Congress the last couple of years.

Maybe if he would have spent less time campaigning for president and more time learning how the Federal government operates, he wouldn't look like such a political novice now that he's reached the phase in which actual work must start being done.

Mr. Disingenuous...regarding the Fairness Doctrine

Apparently the instructions to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs when asked about any plans by Obama to re-impose the "Fairness Doctrine" is: Duck and Dodge. Note how he tries to act confused about the current topic, even though at this 01/29/2009 White House Press Conference, it was full of random questions, some important while others not so much, such as who Obama thought would win the Super Bowl.



Despite this, check out the "liberal code" written (in bold) on whitehouse.gov under the "Technology" portion of his agenda:

Ensure the Full and Free Exchange of Ideas through an Open Internet and Diverse Media Outlets

* Protect the Openness of the Internet: Support the principle of network neutrality to preserve the benefits of open competition on the Internet.
* Encourage Diversity in Media Ownership: Encourage diversity in the ownership of broadcast media, promote the development of new media outlets for expression of diverse viewpoints, and clarify the public interest obligations of broadcasters who occupy the nation's spectrum.
* Protect Our Children While Preserving the First Amendment: Give parents the tools and information they need to control what their children see on television and the Internet in ways fully consistent with the First Amendment. Support tough penalties, increase enforcement resources and forensic tools for law enforcement, and encourage collaboration between law enforcement and the private sector to identify and prosecute people who try to exploit children online.
* Safeguard our Right to Privacy: Strengthen privacy protections for the digital age and harness the power of technology to hold government and business accountable for violations of personal privacy.

Sounds like some Fairness Doctrine double-speak to me...oh I'm sorry...I thought this section would talk about DTV...

The Earned Income Credit Scam --er, I mean, STIMULUS cornerstone

Hats to Naked Emperor for the video.

The weekend is over...it must be Goofy Gaffe Championship Monday!

It's almost as if there is a trophy or championship title at stake out there for stupidest comment by a democrat. And it always makes it good for the sport when there are two or more competitors who are constantly trying to prove that they want it more than the others. So I decided it shall be so.

I expect this to be a regular segment so long as Biden and Pelosi have that three-letter word known as J-O-B-S in the US Government, so I'm calling this the Goofy Gaffe Championship.

This week we have in this corner, Vice-President Joe Biden, who said on Sunday that the Obamessiah is increasing troops in Afghanistan and that we Americans should expect an "uptick" in soldier deaths.


This is beyond stupid on multiple levels:

1. I'm sure all of the US soldiers in Afghanistan are thinking, "Thanks for the confidence, jerk!"

2. Troop deployments are not interest rates or the stock market...using economic terminology to describe the potential loss of American life and treasure is beyond insensitive...don't let your disdain for the military show...much.

3. Hope your own deployed son isn't affected by "volatile movements of the market."

Imagine the outrage if it was President Bush who had referred to this sort of thing so insensitively. To his credit, which he doesn't get enough of, Bush NEVER referred to our troops in these terms, and he always delivered news of this sort in a way that let it be known that he took the responsibility of deploying American sons and daughters extremely personal and serious.

Is it too late for a re-do? Can we get a guy who can stand up in front of the cameras and say something like, "just when the Taliban thought they saw the last of us, we're going to send 30,000 MORE troops and remove them from Afghanistan either dead or alive...I personally prefer the former." You know, get the troops EXCITED and CONFIDENT...not "we don't know what we're doing...it's Bush's fault anyway (WAH WAH WAH!) we're probably all gonna die!"

What...a...wuss.

Now in the other corner we have the cagey Nancy Pelosi, who has NEVER, EVER had an misguided thought cross her mind before letting it fly from her mouth.



Not to be outdone by Less-Than-Average Joe, Pelosi tried to draw a link between "family planning" (decoded: abortions) and helping the economy.

Wow, I'm sure her children thank their lucky stars that their mom doesn't practice what she preaches. I don't know about you, but she is so heart-felt when she speaks of killing the unborn and "protecting children's health" in the same sentence I know that I get a warm fuzzy. I guess she'll help protect a child if he or she manages to make it to the delivery table...before that you're on your own, kids!

She might as well have said, "we'd be SO much better off as a nation if we could just find a way to state sanction the killing of MORE unborn children."

For this round I have to score it:

Sweet Loving Nancy 1, Clueless Joe 0