Poor Andrea Mitchell.  All she wanted was for Sarah Palin to autograph her favorite copy of Newsweek:

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What do you mean you won't sign it?!

Unfortunately, when Sarah Palin wouldn’t accept Andrea Mitchell’s BFF necklace, the cops had to be called in to control Mitchell.

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The police have to remove Mitchell after Palin rejected her.

The police have to remove Mitchell after Palin rejected her.

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The following chain-email seems to be doing the rounds quite a bit today. And I think it sums the situation up perfectly:

A message to the Administration:

The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775 – you’ve had 234 years to get it right; it’s broke.

Social Security was established in 1935 – you’ve had 74 years to get it right; it’s broke.

Fannie Mae was established in 1938 – you’ve had 71 years to get it right; it’s broke.

The “War on Poverty” started in 1964 – you’ve had 45 years to get it right. $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to “the poor”; it hasn’t worked and our entire country is broke.

Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965 – you’ve had 44 years to get it right; they’re both broke.

Freddie Mac was established in 1970 – you’ve had 39 years to get it right; it’s broke.

Trillions of dollars were spent in the massive political payoffs called TARP, the “Stimulus,” the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009…. none show any signs of working, although ACORN appears to have found a new source: the American taxpayer.

And finally, to set a new record: “Cash for Clunkers” was established in 2009 and went broke in 2009! It took cars (that were the best some people could afford) and replaced them with high-priced and less-affordable cars, mostly Japanese. A good percentage of the profits went out of the country. And the American taxpayers take the hit for Congress’s generosity in burning three billion more of our dollars on failed experiments.

So, with a perfect 100% failure rate and a record that proves that “services” you shove down our throats are failing faster and deeper, you want Americans to believe you can be trusted with a government-run health care system-  20% of our entire economy???

With all due respect,  Are you crazy? Or do you think the American people are?

The Tax Cheat Tradition Continues

From Americans for Tax Reform:

It looks like yet another Obama Treasury Department nominee has tax problems: Lael Brainerd, who is nominated to be Assistant Treasury Secretary for International Affairs. The tax flubs include:

  • late payments on DC unemployment tax
  • hiring a possibly illegal alien
  • late property tax payments
  • improperly claiming a home office deduction

Once again, we see an Obama nominee (at Treasury, no less) not paying her taxes. This is the same crowd who wants to raise our taxes by hundreds of billions per year.

From Americans for Tax Reform:

A word search of Sen. Harry Reid’s 2,074-page Senate healthcare bill (H.R. 3590) reveals that the term “tax” is used 183 times, “taxable” is used 164 times, and “excise tax” is used 8 times.

Other terms of interest are as follows:

Senate Healthcare Bill (H.R. 3590)
Term Number of uses
“Tax” 183 times
“Taxable” 164 times
“Excise tax” 8 times
“Taxes” 17 times
“Fee” 152 times
“Penalty” 115 times
“Require” 166 times
“Must” 45 times
“Shall” 3,607 times

I thought we were going to get free health care?

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Bob Maistros created a list of etiquette rules for future presidents as demonstrated by President Obama.

Obama’s new rules of presidential etiquette

See also: O-Bow-Ma