Rick Santorum enjoys Guiness beer. Just like Newt Gingrich . Sen. Scott Brown is also making bets . Was MSNBC’s Chris Matthews sniffing pepper before going live? Rick Perry has a favorite phrase : “I would suggest to you…” Sen Barbara Boxer says “literally” when she really means “figuratively.”
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At Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel . And from Doug Powers, at Michelle’s, ” Barbara Boxer: Climate Deniers Endangering Humankind .”
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Stand Up to Alarmism Over Global Warming
**Written by Doug Powers If the world doesn’t stop doubting Al Gore and quickly “green” itself at the bargain price of around $76 trillion , human beings could be extinct. That according to Senator Barbara “don’t call me ‘ma’am’” Boxer. From The Hill : Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) blasted skeptics of climate science Wednesday, alleging they are “endangering humankind.” “The message I have for climate deniers is this: you are endangering humankind,” Boxer said during a press conference in the Capitol. “It is time for climate deniers to face reality, because the body of evidence is overwhelming and the world’s leading scientists agree.” Boxer criticized skeptics of climate science, alleging they are standing in the way of significant progress toward lowering greenhouse gas emissions both domestically and internationally. Did the Senator who has an A+ rating from NARAL just accuse those who refuse to chug from Al Gore’s global warming Kool-Aid bong of being a threat the lives of human beings? What most worries Boxer about global warming skeptics isn’t that they’re endangering humankind, but rather a grave threat to the circle of crony life in the age of “green” venture socialism. **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe
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(This beauty of a parody poem appeared in my email in-box today. I had to share it… THANK YOU Elmo… wherever you are.) The Night Before Occupy Christmas By Elmo Machiore (With apologies to the OTHER Moore—Clement Clarke) ________________________________________ Twas the night before Christmas and all through Zucotti Not an Occupier was stirring—even in the Porta Potty. The stockings were hung on the fences with care, In hopes that St. Michael Moore soon would be there. We Occupy kids snuggled up—sans our tents— But visions of iPads still danced in our sense. My girlfriend and I ate our free meal, then peed, And then settled our brains with a few hits of weed. When out on the corner there arose such a clamor, I sprang from the ground to see why all the drammer. An old rag on my head and no shoes on my feet, I tore a mad dash out to Liberty Street. The snowflakes and moonlight were totally awesome. (I texted my friends: “Dude, I finally saw some!”) When what to my bloodshot-red eyes should appear But a big honkin’ limo, with eight Dems in the rear. With its ballcap-clad driver as big as a store, I knew in a moment it must be St. Moore. More rapid than Twitter, out the Democrats came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name: “Now Nancy! Now Harry! Now, Schumer and Sherman! On, Sanders! On, Boxer! On, Baucus and Berman! To the midst of the park For our great photo call! Now tweet away! Tweet away! Tweet away all!” With the speed of a monkey digesting a kiwi Or of Anthony Weiner when sexting his wee-wee, So into the park all the Democrats flew With their big bags of toys, and St. Michael Moore, too. And then in a twinkling I felt the earth quake As if all of Zucotti had started to shake. My unwashed head turned toward the source of the din: Down the sidewalk St. Michael had just waddled in. He was dressed like a bum, from his head to his feet, The cunning disguise of the Limo Elite. A bundle of iPads he’d flung on his back. To us poor helpless souls he was carrying crack! His eyes tried to twinkle with socialist zeal, but his cheeks said it all—“I do not miss a meal.” His mouth—when not running—wore the arrogant smirk Of a man working hard to appear out of work. The ball-cap, the tee-shirt said “I’m one of you!” (Just ignore all those millions my movies accrue.) He shook when he laughed, like a bowl full of jelly— But his 401-K was as big as his belly. I started to doubt our dear Savior’s intent. And I said to myself “HE’s the ninety-nine percent?!” But St. Michael, inferring my disquietude, Gave a wink of his eye that said “No, really, dude!” Amid mumbling “George Bush,” he went straight to his bag And filled all our stockings with great techno-swag. Then slurping a Starbucks and looking quite spent, to the warmth of his limo, St. Michael Moore went. He started the engine in his big, bad-ass ride, while Schumer and company all piled inside. But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he started to flee, “Merry Socialism to all—except of course, me!” Holiday Graphics H/T To Barry Meyer
Well, California Senator Barbara Boxer is at it again with The MARCH for Military Women Act (Military Access to Reproductive Care and Health). The act, introduced by Boxer and fellow Democrats Kirsten Gillibrand, Patty Murray, Jeanne Shaheen and Frank Lautenberg, would have taxpayers foot the bill for abortions performed on military personnel using Department of Defense medical facilities. LifeNews.com reports: Current law in effect since 1996 prohibits the performance of abortion by Department of Defense medical personnel or at DOD medical facilities. A separate provision prohibits the use of DOD funds for abortion except to save the life of the mother. The MARCH for Military Women Act would lift the current bans and abortion advocates have tried for years to force military base hospitals to do abortions on female service members. “Women who bravely choose to serve our country in the military shouldn’t have to forfeit their rights,” Lautenberg said. “When military hospitals fail to provide reproductive health services, women serving in foreign countries are left without access to safe and legal health care. This is unjust treatment for our servicewomen that must be brought to an end.” Not surprisingly, advocacy groups such as the National Abortion Federation, Planned Parenthood and ACLU support the bill. (H/T: LifeNews.com )
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**Written by Doug Powers If the government calls in a SWAT team because of a few dollars owed for student loans, what do you think they’ll do if you do not obey the Obamacare law to the letter? From KXTV-10 : STOCKTON, CA – Kenneth Wright does not have a criminal record and he had no reason to believe a S.W.A.T team would be breaking down his door at 6 a.m. on Tuesday. “I look out of my window and I see 15 police officers,” Wright said. Wright came downstairs in his boxer shorts as a S.W.A.T team barged through his front door. Wright said an officer grabbed him by the neck and led him outside on his front lawn. “He had his knee on my back and I had no idea why they were there,” Wright said. According to Wright, officers also woke his three young children ages 3, 7, and 11 and put them in a Stockton police patrol car with him. Officers then searched his house. As it turned out, the person law enforcement was looking for was not there – Wright’s estranged wife. According to the Department of Education’s Office of the Inspector General, the case can’t be discussed publicly until it is closed, but a spokesperson did confirm that the department did issue the search warrant at Wright’s home. Video is also at the link . Why doesn’t the government just let the woman in question raise her debt ceiling? Voilà! Problem solved. Sorry, I for JWF has a question that also crossed my mind: Maybe someone in law enforcement can weigh in here, but since when does the Department of Education have the authority to call in a SWAT team over unpaid loans? Update: The report has been revised to say that a local SWAT team didn’t take part, but rather federal agents with the Office of the Inspector General, a “semi-independent branch of the U.S. Department of Education” that investigates things like student aid fraud. Even still, federal agents barging into private homes when they’re not even sure if the person in question is there? At least we know what the Department of Education had to buy shotguns for. In a related story, the US Department of Education has a new logo: **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe
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**Written by Doug Powers If they’re not careful, the “We are the World” people are going to sue for copyright infringement : Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaksa) has joined Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) in spearheading Udall’s effort to have bipartisan seating at the State of the Union, Murkowski’s office announced Friday. In a letter to members of Congress today Murkowski and Udall propose Republicans and Democrats sit together during the State of the Union address. Currently, the tradition is for Democrats and Republicans to sit only with members of their party during the presidential address. The proposal comes after an earlier one by Udall where the Democrat and Republican leadership would sit together during the presidential address. This could be the first State of the Union to end with a loud reminder from the Sergeant at Arms: “Everybody’s invited to a pajama party at Olympia Snowe’s place!” In addition to the bipartisan seating idea, other proposals on the table include all of Congress recording an eHarmony.com commercial together and Lisa Murkowski leading a recitation of the Pledge of Kum Ba Yah. However, sources tell me that John Boehner has soured the bipartisan mood by turning down an invitation to spend the duration of the State of the Union speech sitting on Joe Biden’s lap. Here are those who have signed on, by way of Sister Toldjah : Senate signers are as follows: Sen. Begich (D-Alaska), Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Sen. Kristen Gilibrand (D-N.Y.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Udall for the Democrats and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alska, and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Alaska) for the Republicans. In the House, all nine signers are Democrats. Craftsman doesn’t churn out as many tools as Congress. In a Washington Post op-ed, John McCain wrote this : The president appropriately disputed the injurious suggestion that some participants in our political debates were responsible for a depraved man’s inhumanity. This is precisely the kind of thing that demonstrates why John McCain fared so poorly in the election and why I plugged my nose when I voted for him. McCain said political rhetoric wasn’t responsible for the Tucson murders. Then, he signed on to this ridiculous “bipartisan seating” idea which is a stunt to imply partisan politics had everything to do with Jared Loughner’s unhinged killing spree. So far, no Republican in the House has signed on, so kudos to them for not snapping up the bait. In the meantime, plans for a bipartisan SOTU are ongoing, and the Democrats have commissioned an artist to draw up exactly how they want the evening to look: **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe
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AP – In a historic vote for gay rights, the Senate agreed on Saturday to do away with the military’s 17-year ban on openly gay troops and sent President Barack Obama legislation to overturn the Clinton-era policy known as “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
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