Assemblyman Mike Duvall resigns after his sex comments are broadcast

An Orange County lawmaker who inadvertently broadcast explicit remarks about his sexual conquests over an open microphone abruptly resigned from office Wednesday after legislative leaders stripped him of his committee posts and launched an ethics probe of his actions. Assemblyman Michael Duvall (R-Yorba Linda), whose remarks were videotaped in July during a lull in a Sacramento hearing, stepped down less than 24 hours after the tape spread online Tuesday night. [What a jackass and it’s good to see this hypocritical moron gone from public office…ed]

FACT CHECK: Obama uses iffy math on deficit pledge

President Barack Obama used only-in-Washington accounting Wednesday when he promised to overhaul the nation’s health care system without adding “one dime” to the deficit. By conventional arithmetic, Democratic plans would drive up the deficit by billions of dollars. The president’s speech to Congress contained a variety of oversimplifications and omissions in laying out what he wants to do about health insurance. A look at some of Obama’s claims and how they square with the facts or the fuller story: [So I guess the AP is pretty much saying Rep. Joe Wilson was correct when he told Obama “you lie!”…ed]

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Obama Misrepresents Insurance Case

From Mr. Obama’s address to the joint session of Congress last night:

“One man from Illinois lost his coverage in the middle of chemotherapy because his insurer found that he hadn’t reported gallstones that he didn’t even know about. They delayed his treatment, and he died because of it.” This is the sad story of Mr. Otto Raddatz, a case that Mr. Obama has cited several times before, including in his August 16th editorial in the New York Times. For the record, however, the case is not exactly the way Mr. Obama has characterized it, at least according to the sworn testimony of Mr. Raddatz’s sister. [Just a little white lie from our half white president?…ed]

Obama Won’t Give Federal Insurance Benefits to Illegal Aliens, He’ll Make Them Legal First

In his speech to a joint session of Congress last night, President Obama said that his health care reform plan will not insure “illegal immigrants.” The statement instantly became a matter of controversy when Rep. Joe Wilson (R.-S.C.) yelled out in the House chamber, “You lie.” (SNIP) It is true that both the House and Senate health care bills as they are now drafted would make illegal aliens ineligible for federally funded health care. But President Obama has stated as recently as last month at a press conference in Mexico that he will seek “comprehensive immigration reform” legislation that will put illegal aliens on a “pathway to citizenship.” [The dirty little secrets are always hidden in the obscure seemingly disconnected details…ed]

Sarah Palin: Response to the President’s Health Care Speech

After all the rhetoric is put aside, one principle ran through President Obama’s speech tonight: that increased government involvement in health care can solve its problems. Many Americans fundamentally disagree with this idea. We know from long experience that the creation of a massive new bureaucracy will not provide us with “more stability and security,” but just the opposite. It’s hard to believe the President when he says that this time he and his team of bureaucrats have finally figured out how to do things right if only we’ll take them at their word. Our objections to the Democrats’ health care proposals are not mere “bickering” or “games.” They are not an attempt to “score short term political points.” And it’s hard to listen to the President lecture us not to use “scare tactics” when in the next breath he says that “more will die” if his proposals do not pass. [Sarah Palin continues to ram a sharp stick into the eye of the Obama administration. Cool…ed]

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Too late for Obama to turn it around?

What a difference a month makes! When my last controversial column posted on Salon in the second week of August, most Democrats seemed frozen in suspended animation, not daring to criticize the Obama administration’s bungling of healthcare reform lest it give aid and comfort to the GOP. Well, that ice dam sure broke with a roar. Dissident Democrats found their voices, and by late August even the liberal lemmings of the mainstream media, from CBS to CNN, had dramatically altered their tone of reportage, from priggish disdain of the town hall insurgency to frank admission of serious problems in the healthcare bills as well as of Obama’s declining national support. [A true old school liberal Democrat has finally realized she’s been had by the fascists running the government these days…ed]

Charlie Sheen Seeks Meeting With Obama to Discuss 9/11 ‘Cover-Up’

Actor Charlie Sheen is demanding a meeting with President Obama to discuss his belief that the September 11 terror attacks were perpetrated by the federal government. In an interview with PrisonPlanet.com, The “Two and a Half Men” star unveils a fictional 20-minute exchange he imagines having with Obama – whom he supported in the November election – during which he implores the president to get on “the right side of history.” [Since Charlie is so worried about the hijacking of our Constitution maybe he can take a few moments with Obama and get to the bottom of this birth certificate issue…ed]

Pressure Mounts for Obama to Transfer Gitmo Detainees

Time is running out and options are dwindling for President Obama to close the Guantanamo Bay prison by his self-imposed deadline of January. His administration is facing a tighter deadline next week: transfer some detainees held at the prison or ask a military court for a third delay, a request the White House wants to avoid. When Obama announced in January that he would close the prison within a year, about 10 cases already under review by the military commissions, including the one involving Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-professed architect of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, were put on hold. [It doesn’t matter if Obama closes Gitmo or not. The only reason the place ever became an issue was because the leftists wanted more ammo with which to attack George W. Bush. Obama will get a free ride from the left wing media no matter what he does with this group of terrorists…ed]

Treasury: Millions more foreclosures coming

Only 12 percent of U.S. homeowners eligible for loan modifications under the Obama administration’s housing rescue plan have had their mortgages reworked, and millions more foreclosures are coming, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday. A Treasury report showed 360,165 people had their monthly payments reduced through August, up from 235,247 through July, but a senior Treasury official conceded much more must be done to soften the impact of a severe and prolonged housing crisis. [Half the homes in this country will have upside down mortgages come 2010 and millions of people will continue to simply walk away from their houses because of this…ed]

Say no to the supersized TV, EPA hints

How big is too big when it comes to TV screen size? How much energy does the U.S. gobble up watching television? If you ask the Environmental Protection Agency, the answers would be (a) anything over 50 inches and (b) about 4 percent of all household electricity. “There are about 275 million TVs currently in use in the U.S., consuming over 50 billion kWh of energy each year – or 4 percent of all households’ electricity use. This is enough electricity to power all the homes in the state of New York for an entire year,” according to the Energy Star program, a joint effort of the EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy. [Another assault on the freedom of Americans to choose the product that they prefer to own…ed]

Boehner: GOP leaders haven’t met Obama for health talks since April

The ball is in President Obama’s court to reach out to Republicans if he wants a bipartisan bill on healthcare reform, House GOP Leader John Boehner (Ohio) said Monday morning. Boehner told reporters that the president has not invited House GOP leaders to the White House for meetings on healthcare reform since the end of April. Earlier this year, GOP leaders sent a letter to the president in May stating that they would like to work with the administration to find “common ground” on healthcare reform. But the administration responded with a tersely worded letter indicating that they had healthcare reform under control. [The despicable lying Democrats, including the Liar-In-Chief Obama, continue to deliberately mislead the American people concerning the Republicans and their attempts to contribute to the healthcare debate. Research H.R. 3400 when you get a chance…ed]

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Why did the press ignore the Van Jones scandal?

On March 13, 2008, ABC News broke the story that Barack Obama’s longtime pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, had made a number of incendiary statements from the pulpit of Obama’s church in Chicago. The most inflammatory of those remarks was Wright’s notorious “God damn America” sermon. (SNIP) Times readers didn’t know it, but the causes for Jones’ departure included the fact that he signed a 2004 petition supporting the so-called “9/11 truther” movement; that he was a self-professed communist during much of the 1990s; that he supported the cop-killer Mumia abu-Jamal; that in 2008 he accused “white polluters” of “steering poison into the people of color communities”; and that earlier this year, speaking to a friendly crowd in Berkeley, Calif., he called Republicans “a–holes.” [The left wing press created this Obamination, do you think they are going to start reporting what an abject failure their guy has been since day one?…ed]

Once Upon a Time . . .

Once upon a time, a fresh new politician, Barack Obama — black, young, eloquent, and hip — soared with rhetoric about hope and change. The people were mesmerized. What a contrast with the tongue-tied outgoing president, George W. Bush, and his unpopular wars in Iraq and Afghanistan! Presidential Candidate Obama sensed their ecstasy, and so he made two great promises: 1. Whatever Bush was, he would not be, and 2. despite the right-wing slander about his former intimacy with Bill Ayers, the Reverend Wright, Father Pfleger, Rashid Khalidi, and all his other old Chicago radical friends, Obama would be a centrist, a cooler version of Bill Clinton. There were to be no more red/blue state divides. The most partisan politician in the Senate promised a new era of bipartisanship. He who had profited from identity politics would suddenly be beyond race. [Another great piece from Victor David Hanson…ed]

Listening to a Liar

The most important thing about what anyone says are not the words themselves but the credibility of the person who says them. The words of convicted swindler Bernie Madoff were apparently quite convincing to many people who were regarded as knowledgeable and sophisticated. If you go by words, you can be led into anything. No doubt millions of people will be listening to the words of President Barack Obama Wednesday night when he makes a televised address to a joint session of Congress on his medical care plans. [Obamacare wouldn’t kick in until 2013, after the next presidential election, so why the rush to ram it through Congress? It’s all about the marxist agenda of those behind the puppet residing in our White House…ed]

Premature baby ‘left to die’ by doctors after mother gives birth just two days before 22-week care limit

A young mother’s premature baby died in her arms after doctors refused to help because it was born just before 22-week cut-off point for treatment. Sarah Capewell, 23, gave birth to her son Jayden when she was 21 weeks and five days into her pregnancy. Although doctors refused to place the baby in intensive care, Jayden lived for two hours before he passed away at James Paget Hospital in Gorleston, Norfolk, last October. [A look at Obamacare circa 2013…ed]

Up to $3,800 fine for failure get health insurance

A top senator is calling for fines of up to $3,800 on families who fail to get medical insurance after a health care overhaul goes into effect. The plan from Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana would make health insurance mandatory, just like auto coverage. It would provide tax credits to help cover the cost for people making up to three times the federal poverty level. That’s about $66,000 for a family of four, and $32,000 for an individual. [Since when can the federal government demand that it’s citizens acquire health insurance or face fines of thousands of dollars? What the hell is going on in this country?!…ed]

Obama on Estonia airport ‘trash cans’

Recycling posters featuring the picture of US President Barack Obama have reportedly been spotted on garbage cans at the Estonian capital’s airport. Obama’s photograph is encircled with the three arrows that symbolize recycling and encourages consumers with his campaign slogan “Yes, We Can,” Russia Today (RT) reported citing a report at delfi.ee. [Can’t think of many better places to slap a picture of Obama than on a trash can in Estonia…ed]

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Obama ‘green jobs’ adviser quits amid controversy

President Barack Obama’s adviser Van Jones has resigned amid controversy over past inflammatory statements, the White House said early Sunday. Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly “green jobs” with the White House Council on Environmental Quality was linked to efforts suggesting a government role in the 2001 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans. The resignation comes as Obama is working to regain his footing in the contentious health care debate. [Hey I got no problem with this jerkoff calling Republicans assholes, most of us conservatives have been calling them worse than that for years, the real issue was his belief that the Bush administration was behind the 9/11 attacks on the WTC while he was working as a close adviser to Obama. H/T to WorldNetDaily, Glenn Beck and the conservative bloggers for bringing this clown down. The lamestream media wouldn’t touch this situation with a ten foot pole…ed]

Amid Controversy Over Obama’s Green Jobs Adviser, GOP Renews Criticism of White House Czars

A new video has surfaced showing President Obama’s green jobs adviser suggesting that only white students commit mass school killings like Columbine as Republicans renew criticisms of the large number of so-called “czars” in the White House. Van Jones, the founder of Green for All, which focuses on creating environmentally friendly jobs in poor areas, has come under withering attacks in recent days following revelations that he called Republicans “assholes” and that he once signed a petition supporting the “9/11 truther” movement, which claims that the the Bush administration allowed the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to happen. [Look, a FEW of these “czars” is understandable, Reagan had something like four of them, but Obama and his 33 unaccountable non vetted and unconfirmed czars is ridiculous. Time to nut up you weak ass Republicans and do something about this!…ed]

Major school systems won’t be open when Obama speaks to kids

Hot Air’s Ed Morrissey – joined by bloggers Baseball Crank and Moe Lane – notes that Los Angeles public schools won’t be in session next Tuesday when President Obama delivers his speech to the nation’s children. Neither will those in the Boston schools. Or the New York City public schools. Or those in Seattle, Buffalo or Eugene (Oregon). It’s the Obamatuerism of the day on this one, but it may be indicative of a new theme concerning the Obama administration’s managerial and strategic political competence. [This is an administration stuffed full of incompetent anti American idiots…ed]

Revealed: Libya paid for medical advice that helped Lockerbie bomber’s release

Medical evidence that helped Megrahi, 57, to be released was paid for by the Libyan government, which encouraged three doctors to say he had only three months to live. The life expectancy of Megrahi was crucial because, under Scottish rules, prisoners can be freed on compassionate grounds only if they are considered to have this amount of time, or less, to live. Megrahi is suffering from terminal prostate cancer. Two of the three doctors commissioned by the Libyans provided the required three-month estimates, while the third also indicated that the prisoner had a short time to live. [We all know this was a freakin’ scam from the get go but the deed is done so now what?…ed]

No.10 turns on Obama and Clinton for criticising decision to release Lockerbie bomber

Downing Street has hit back at Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for attacking the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber. President Obama and the US Secretary of State fuelled a fierce American backlash against Britain, claiming Abdelbaset Al Megrahi should have been forced to serve out his jail sentence in Scotland – but a senior Whitehall aide said their reaction was ‘disingenuous’. British officials claim Mr Obama and Mrs Clinton were kept informed at all stages of discussions concerning Megrahi’s return. [Yeah, Obama and Clinton’s phony “outrage” over the release of this mass murderer sure fooled most of us Americans huh?…ed]

Democrats jittery as unpopular Congress returns

Political survival will top the agenda for many lawmakers when the U.S. Congress returns to work on Tuesday, amid widespread voter discontent over its recent performance. While the debates over healthcare reform, global warming and banking legislation and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will dominate the airwaves, the central issue for many in Congress will be how to keep their seats. Polls show only about one-third of Americans approve of how lawmakers are doing, less than a year after President Barack Obama led Democrats to big gains in Congress. Republicans now have an opportunity to strike back in the 2010 election. [2010 can’t come quick enough. Unfortunately big gains by Republicans will probably have the undesired effect of a second term for Obama…ed]

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White House tight-lipped about Obama adviser

The White House is taking a mostly tight-lipped stance on an environmental adviser who made inflammatory statements in the past and is linked to efforts suggesting a governmental role in the 2001 terror attacks. Van Jones, an administration official specializing in environmentally friendly “green jobs,” issued a statement of apology on Thursday. When asked on Friday whether President Barack Obama still had confidence in him, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said only that Jones “continues to work in the administration.” [How this piece of shit got past a background check into this administration is a real mystery but then again Obama couldn’t pass a legitimate security check either…ed]

The Van Jones (non) feeding frenzy

From a Nexis search a few moments ago:

Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the New York Times: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy in the Washington Post: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on NBC Nightly News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on ABC World News: 0.
Total words about the Van Jones controversy on CBS Evening News: 0.

If you were to receive all your news from any one of these outlets, or even all of them together, and you heard about some sort of controversy involving President Obama’s Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, your response would be, “Huh?” If you heard that that adviser, Van Jones, had apologized for a number of remarks and positions in the recent past, your response would be, “What?” [Another great example of the left wing media carrying buckets of water for their beloved messiah…ed]

Panel Rules Against Ashcroft in Detention Case

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft may face personal liability for the decisions that led to the detention of an American citizen as a material witness after the Sept. 11 attacks, a federal appeals court panel ruled on Friday. In the decision, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, was sharply critical of the Bush administration’s practice of holding people it suspected of terrorism without charges, as material witnesses. [Ruling handed down by the Ninth Circuit (often derisively referred to as the Ninth Circus) happens to be the most overturned appeals court in the land. I wonder why…ed]

Proposed Harvey Milk Day creates quite a stir

The legacy of Harvey Milk has had a very good year. Three decades after California’s first openly gay elected leader was gunned down in San Francisco City Hall, Milk has been celebrated by an Oscar-winning film, named to the state Hall of Fame and lauded by President Obama. But despite those posthumous accolades, a legislative push to create a day of recognition for Milk became one of the most contentious issues in the Capitol this year. (SNIP) “There are days of special significance for John Muir, for the California poppy,” said the proposal’s author, Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco). “Why would we not have such a day for this unique California hero?” [Mr. Milk would have faded away into local history as the minor San Fransisco politician he was had it not been for the simple fact that he was a homosexual and he was shot to death by some deranged ex cop on a Twinkie high. To call this obscure man a “hero” is a disgrace and disservice to all of the people in that state who truly were/are…ed]

Soap Actress Says She Was Fired Because of Religious Beliefs

If you tuned in to the soap “One Life to Live” this week, you may have noticed there’s been a change of character. One character in particular. Actress Patricia Mauceri says she was fired and abruptly replaced for objecting to a gay storyline because of her religious beliefs. Mauceri played the recurring role of Carlotta Vega on “OLTL” for the last 14 years. [And that’s how things roll in CA these days…ed]

Gibbs: Furor over school speech is ‘silly season’

The White House on Friday dismissed as pointless the furor over President Barack Obama’s plan to deliver a televised back-to-school speech to the nation’s students. “I think we’ve reached a little bit of the silly season when the president of the United States can’t tell kids in school to study hard and stay in school,” presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters. “I think both political parties agree that the dropout rate is something that threatens our long-term economic success.” [This smug little punk Gibbs knows damn well what pissed people off was the language in this “speech” encouraging our kids to write letters describing what they could do to help Obama with his radical left wing agenda. The majority of the parents in this country don’t need some flake politician like Obama telling their kids what’s best for them when it comes to school or any other facet of life. 2012 can’t come soon enough for this country…ed]

Pledging allegiance to our beloved Obama

On Friday, I had the rare honor of appearing in the pages of The New York Times, apropos President Obama’s plans to beam himself into every schoolhouse in the land in the peculiar belief that Generation iPod will find this an enthralling technical novelty. As Times reporters James C McKinley Jr. and Sam Dillon wrote: “Mark Steyn, a Canadian author and political commentator, speaking on the Rush Limbaugh show on Wednesday, accused Mr. Obama of trying to create a cult of personality, comparing him to Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader.” Oh, dear! “A Canadian author”: Talk about damning with faint credentialization. I don’t know what’s crueler, the “Canadian” or the indefinite article. As to the rest of it, well, that’s one way of putting it. Here’s what I said on Wednesday re dear old Saddam and Kim: “Obviously we’re not talking about the cult of personality on the Saddam Hussein/Kim Jong-Il scale.” Close enough for Times work. [Another great Mark Steyn read…ed]

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