Trump to Endorse Romney

On February 2, 2012, in Barack Obama, Fox News, by FlodinCeglinski711

As I predicted yesterday, it is now being reported that Donald Trump will endorse Mitt Romney rather than Newt Gingrich. It’s no surprise to me since Trump’s main issue (now that he’s stopped talking about President Obama’s birth certificate) is China. Mitt Romney has the most aggressively anti-China rhetoric of any of the candidates. Romney is right to focus on Chinese theft of American intellectual property but dangerously naive with his populist appeal to “unfair” Chinese trading practices, especially when based on the value of the Chinese currency. Trump was never actually going to run. He was just keeping himself in the news to boost his television ratings. Romney’s sharing Trump’s idiocy on China gives Trump the most graceful possible way to explain to the fawning news media while he is not entering the race. As for Romney, he should say “Thanks” to The Donald, but just once, and then never mention it again and do everything he can to keep Trump quiet, and far from the campaign trail. A Fox News poll suggests that three times as many voters are likely to vote against a candidate whom Trump endorsed as are likely to vote for the candidate for that reason.

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2011: The Year the Wheels Fell Off

On December 30, 2011, in Barack Obama, Cap and Trade, Congress, Stupid, by MendesIdalia899

The coming year will not give us a break from the steady stream of political knavery, green graft and governmental stupidity that 2011 delivered, though it will surely provide a flood of politically-induced comedy. JANUARY: An enterprising BBC reporter — seeking to prove the practicality of electric cars — drove from London to Edinburgh. The journey took four days — longer than a horse-drawn stage would have taken for the trip 150 years ago — including nine stops of up to ten hours. (In its first crisis summit of the year, EU leaders declared they would impose Germanic controls on its members’ sovereign debts and toasted each other with large portions of Rémy Martin Louis XIII cognac. Meanwhile, in the first Republican presidential debate, both television viewers cheered when twelve contenders, apparently chosen at random, actually showed up.) FEBRUARY: Chicago chose as its new mayor former White House chief of staff Rahm Effing Emanuel, who immediately ordered a voter registration drive in the city’s cemeteries. Shortly after that, the “Arab spring training season” began in Egypt. After Secretary of State Hillary said that the Mubarak regime was stable, the Cairo Clubbers traded their top grenade thrower to the Port Said Molotovs for two machine-gunners and a future draft pick. (In an urgent crisis summit, Eurozone leaders sought to solve Greece’s insolvency by imposing budget rationalization written by Italian PM Silvio Burlesqueoni. Eurozone leaders toasted each other’s wisdom with a tiny sip of Dom Perignon 1975 champagne. Burlesqueoni requisitioned the rest of the bottle for what he called a “bunga-bunga” party, which term had to be translated for the media by Bill Clinton.) MARCH: In January, Obama had proclaimed France our best and strongest ally. Because the French never forgive a favor, Sarkozy dragged Obama into his war for glory in Libya. Barry called it a “kinetic military action” and cute little Sarah called it a “squirmish.” My blazingly brilliant pal, Andy McCarthy, said that henceforth we should call acts of terrorism “kinetic Islam.” Barry told Congress to stuff its War Powers Resolution because bombing Libya wasn’t a hostile act. Meanwhile, Hillary called Syria’s Bashar Assad a “reformer.” Obama’s hostility was reserved for Israel, and only increased when Israeli PM Netanyahu schooled him in front of the television cameras. Despite comments from both governments, it was clear that Obama’s anger, in this instance, emanated only from the fact that Bibi pulled it off without a teleprompter. Forget APRIL and go to MAY, when we were treated to the news that the best of the best –”DevGroup,” formerly known as SEAL Team 6 — killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan where the Paks had hidden him for about five years. On the day the White House revealed that a large porn stash was found in bin Laden’s house, we also learned that the Real Wives of bin Laden weren’t cooperating with interrogators, which two events are not logically connected. The Navy named a new ship for migrant labor activist Cesar Chavez, best remembered for his role in pushing the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens. According to one highly inebriated source, if Obama is re-elected the next three Navy ships (if any are built) will be named for Barney Frank, Jane Fonda. and Eric Holder. Before May ended former Illinois gov Rod Blagojevich testified in his corruption retrial that he was a “f****** jerk,” a fact of which the court could have taken judicial notice. After Disney Corp. surrendered its attempt to trademark “SEAL Team 6″ for toys, video games and such, no court could find that Mickey Mouse was a f****** jerk without additional evidence. JUNE: Enterprising Aussies found a new “cap and trade” scheme in an attempt to qualify for the Guinness Book of World Records for the “most corrupt carbon market.” Figuring that a camel produces 45 kilograms of carbon (in the form of methane) each year, the “kill a camel for carbon credits” plan quickly took shape. The conversion of camels to food may yet prove profitable because Aussies will eat anything as long as there’s enough beer to wash it down. Meanwhile, New York Cong. Anthony Weiner (D-of course. Why did you even ask?) became the first known “Twitticide” when he sent a picture of his aroused equipment out via the social networking site. As a NY Post headline said, “Erections have Consequences.” TSA thugs forced a 95-year old woman to remove her adult diaper, apparently confusing its plastic liner for explosives. (In another crisis summit, the Eurozone leaders resolved to bail out Greece with Italian-minted euros, and tried to give the bill to the International Monetary Fund. They toasted their latest success by drinking large glasses of Stolichnaya vodka. Television networks announced that the Republican debate series would replace both “Survivor” and “Real Housewives of Frostbite Falls” but not “Jersey Shore.” A splinter group of Iowa Republicans, seeking enhance their cash killing from selling tickets to the January caucuses, tried to get Snooki to declare her candidacy. The effort was stopped when a secret poll revealed she would get more votes than Ron Paul.) At about that time, we heard that Jack Daniels may be driven north out of its native Tennessee by tax-hikers. “Michigan Sipping Whiskey” may be coming soon to a liquor store near you. The Pentagon — convinced that ignorance is strength — declared that the Fort Hood Massacre, accomplished by crazed Muslim Nidal Hassan, was “workplace violence.” Because ignorance is a less effective defense than drunkenness, the city of Sunland Park, New Mexico denied the validity of several large contracts signed by Mayor Martin Resendiz who claimed he had been drunk when he signed them. (Seizing the opportunity in Resendiz’s statement, Eurozone leaders announced that their predecessors had been drunk when they signed the Maastricht Treaty. When they made that announcement, the Eurozoners were observed to be imbibing a large glass of something called the “Merkozy cocktail.” Laboratory analysis later revealed that the drink was a mix of Kool Aid, vodka and LSD.) Physicists at the CERN research center in Switzerland sent a stream of neutrinos to Italy where it was determined that the neutrinos had exceeded the speed of light and arrived before they left, apparently disproving Einstein’s theory of Special Relativity. The EU reacted angrily because in Europe nothing is allowed to go faster than anything else for fear that it might work harder. The EU enacted a special neutrino speed tax which Italy couldn’t pay because the entire Italian treasury had been spent on new Maseratis for the Ministry of Defense. The Italian parliament tried to determine who was driving the Maseratis and failed because none of the MoD staff had reported to work since Mussolini was executed. JULY: Niko Alm competed successfully with Muslim women for the right to self-decorate while being photographed for official government ID’s. Proclaiming himself a “Pastafarian” — a previously obscure religion that worships the Flying Spaghetti Monster — Mr. Alm succeeded in having his Austrian drivers’ license photo taken with a colander on his head. Rep. Ron Paul said he was not running for re-election to congress so that he could concentrate on his presidential bid. It was unclear, even after the first 638 Republican candidate debates, whether Paul wanted to run as a Republican or a Pastafarian. AUGUST: The proudest symbol of Barry’s green jobs campaign — Solyndra — filed for bankruptcy, leaving us stuck with the $535 million loan guarantee by the Energy Department. Fisker — an electric car company — got a huge loan from the Energy Department and promptly spent it on a production facility in Norway. Tesla, yet another green grifter company closely tied to Obama, also got a multi-hundred million dollar loan, which will be repaid as soon as hell freezes over or liberals admit these rent seekers are doing less than duck hunters to preserve the earth. Meanwhile, Congress and Obama agreed to raise the debt ceiling and play Russian roulette with an empty pistol. They created a congressional Supercommittee tasked to reduce our debt by great green globs by Thanksgiving. The bill included a “trigger mechanism” to impose “sequestration,” making automatic massive and painful cuts to defense and domestic spending, but not to entitlements. Judging congressional achievement appropriately, Standard and Poor’s declared the Obama downgrade, a first for America’s credit rating. The biochemical causation of this congressional knavery was confirmed by the dating service Chemistry.com, which reported that Washington, D.C. was among the top ten cities in which “high-estrogen” men could be found. These men — according to Dr. Helen Fisher of Chemistry.com — are “sensitive men who are concerned about the state of the world.” You know: girlie-men. Meanwhile, TSA inaugurated a new airport security measure, which requires any woman over the age of 60 to be held upside down and shaken to dislodge any hidden weapons or costume jewelry. SEPTEMBER: Republican debates became so boring that television networks considered hiring fake moderators such as Donald Trump. The problem can best be solved, without Trump, by ensuring that future debates are moderated, seriatim, by John Madden, the Kardashian sisters, and Liam Neeson accompanied by the rest of the stars of the “A-Team” movie appearing in character. I pity the fools… Audi of America President Johan de Nysschen called the Chevy Volt — Obama’s favorite automobile — a car for idiots. The Volt is the worst and most heavily government-subsidized car since the previous worst car of all time, the East German Trabant, which the Volt matches in performance and reliability. Don’t get matches close to it, because the Volt’s batteries are prone to catching fire. GM reported that it had sold 6,000 Volts so far, which means that, all told, the subsidy amounts to about $250,000 per car, a Great Green bargain. (Actually, a large part of those sales were to the government, which only multiplies the subsidy by making us pay for the cars twice.) In October, we all mourned the death of Apple genius Steve Jobs. Shortly after he left us, the world’s BlackBerry service was disrupted for several days which coincided with Apple’s announcement of the new “iHaunt” app for the iPhone. Meanwhile, Libyan rebels found Muammar Qaddafi-Gaddafi-Khadaffy cowering in a sewer. Khadafi was reportedly killed in a crossfire (between the guy on his right and the guy on his left.) This event was mourned only by editors who will no longer be able to make their reporters’ lives miserable by randomly imposing different spellings of Moammar’s name. The aforementioned N.Y. Post celebrated by publishing the best headline page in decades. Seems the guy who may have killed Krudaffy with his own gun was wearing a particular baseball cap. Which headline and subhead were too good to not reprint in full: “KHADAFY KILLED BY YANKEE FAN: Gunman had more hits than A-Rod.”

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Have Yourself a Silent Little PostChristmas

On December 27, 2011, in Barack Obama, Uncategorized, by Markisacopyrightthief

This day after Christmas was spent trying to “powerdown” from a very keyed-up couple of days. It boggles my mind that some folks step into the day after Christmas with the energy to keep up with headlines , or to go shopping or plunge right back into blogging , or head to the movies (that’s where my husband and son are, right now) but for me — and perhaps it’s because I’m an introvert — the day after Christmas requires the downtime, and the embrasure of a little silence. Over at the Patheos landing page, I invite you to join me in unwrapping a gift of silence : In such a silence, if you have turned off the television and tempted your child away from his games with a good book, you can hear other things: the chatter and call of cardinals who have found the birdseed; the crack of a log in the fire; hot coffee being poured into a cup; the ticking of your last non-digital clock; the rhythmic breathing of tired child (or parent) who has dozed while reading; the soft thud of a book sliding to the floor. You can hear life, forced into a slow-down; life less deliberate; life lived as it was for centuries, before the busy inventiveness of the last five decades: life acquiescent to uncontrollable nature, and hunkered-down. We have allowed silence to become a gift forgotten, one we only consent to unwrap when all of our alternative bows and strings have been unraveled, and our diversions have been utterly played out. Our inability to be silent puts our minds and our souls at a disadvantage, because it robs us of the ability to wonder, and if we are not wondering at the impossible perfection of the world in its creation—if we are not wondering at spinning atoms and Incarnations—then we are lost to humility, and to experiencing gratitude. And, without gratitude, we cannot develop a reasoned capacity for joy. It was originally written for First Things , but you can read it all here . Excuse me, now, while I head back to my couch and my silence and my new Kindle Touch , which is loaded with the Confessions of Saint Augustine and the delightful freebie Right Ho, Jeeves! . You all were exactly right . I totally love this brilliant little e-reader, and don’t know why I resisted for so long! Read more from the original source: Have Yourself a Silent Little PostChristmas

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Bad News for Barack Obama’s Re-Election

On December 16, 2011, in Barack Obama, by apgreco

He is still the favorite to win. He is the incumbent President of the United States. He flies on a big blue airplane that gives him free media exposure whenever he lands. He gets to bring along politicians with whom he can curry favor. It is hard to pick off an incumbent President. But there are warning signs on the horizon for Mr. Obama. It is not just a sagging economy that may actually be on the way down, not up. Battleground state voters are leaving the Democratic Party. According to National Journal , “Over 825,000 registered Democrats in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina and Pennsylvania have departed the party rolls since President Obama’s election in 2008.” USA Today reports that Republicans have become resurgent in key swing states too. “Since the heady days of 2008, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Swing States Poll finds the number of voters who identify themselves as Democratic or Democratic-leaning in these key states has eroded, down by 4 percentage points, while the ranks of Republicans have climbed by 5 points.” Republican voters are also paying more attention and are more engaged. In key swing states, Obama trails both Romney and Gingrich. “But wait,” the television pitch man might say, “there’s more!” A Harvard University survey “of more than 2,000 young voters, age 18 to 29, finds their support for Obama, so crucial to his 2008 victory, has dwindled.” The kids still like their Obamessiah more than they generic Republican, but they think he is going to lose. An Associated Press-GfK poll “finds a majority of American adults (52%) say the Democrat should be defeated come Nov. 6, while only 43% say he deserves a second term.” And Obama’s divide and conquer strategy of pitting haves and have-nots against each other might not work. In addition to it running against the grain of the individualist DNA Americans have in them, a new Gallup poll suggests Obama’s class warfare strategy might actually backfire. It is always hard to beat an incumbent. But Barack Obama is making it easier than it has been since Carter was President.

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Donald Trump to Moderate GOP Debate

On December 3, 2011, in Barack Obama, Uncategorized, by AlvarezDana

**Written by Doug Powers I’d rather see Trump moderate a vice-presidential debate just to see if The Donald’s hair converging in the same room with Biden’s hair would open up some sort of bad-thatch wormhole in the universe, but hey, this is a start: Donald Trump is pairing up with Newsmax, the conservative magazine and news Web site, to moderate a presidential debate in Des Moines on Dec. 27. “Our readers and the grass roots really love Trump,” said Christopher Ruddy, chief executive of Newsmax Media. “They may not agree with him on everything, but they don’t see him as owned by the Washington establishment, the media establishment.” Mr. Trump’s role in the debate, which will be broadcast on the cable network Ion Television, is sure to be one of the more memorable moments in a primary season that has already delivered its fair share of circus-like spectacle. Trump might do a great job of spotting and calling out the Republican flip-floppers, since nobody flip-flops like The Donald. I can’t picture Trump moderating a debate without becoming a participant in it, but Scott Pelley proved that you can do just that and somehow still maintain the title of objective moderator, so have at it, Donald! In my mind, the winner of this debate will be the candidate who can avoid making the obvious “you’re fired” reference the longest. And look, there’s already a “Moderator Trump” Twitter handle. That didn’t take long. By the way, Jon Huntsman will sit this one out . Somewhat related: Mitt Romney declines a Lincoln-Douglas style debate against Newt Gingrich. **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe View post: Donald Trump to Moderate GOP Debate

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