Simulated Beheadings?

From DebbieSchlussel.Com:

EXCLUSIVE: Dance Troupe @ Obama-Khalidi Dinner (of Secreted Tape Fame) Simulated Beheadings in Recent Past

As you all know, the Los Angeles Times is holding hostage a tape of Barack Obama at a 2003 Arab American Action Network (AAAN) dinner at which his friends, Rashid Khalidi, William Ayers, and Bernadine Dohrn were in attendance. It's the story I started when Los Angeles Times plagiarist/"reporter" Peter Wallsten ripped off my January column on Barack Obama's Nation of Islam staffers and friendship with AAAN founder Ali Abunimah.

But here's what you haven't yet heard: that a kids' dance troupe that appeared at the event has a history of simulating beheadings and stomping on American, Israeli, and British flags.

Read the rest at the above link. Frightening.

Selfishness

Via Jake Tapper:

"John McCain and Sarah Palin they call this socialistic," Obama continued. "You know I don’t know when, when they decided they wanted to make a virtue out of selfishness."

It's unclear if this was a nod to the Ayn Rand book "The Virtue of Selfishness," with all that the invocation of Rand implies.

It would seem to be, given the themes of Rand's work, what happens when independent achievers are demonized.

Which would fit with this description of those who want to keep their hard-earned tax dollars as "selfish."

Just, wow.

Penn & Teller offer this:

Happy Halloween

Middle Class

Thanks to Let Freedom Ring for the content of this ad:

Obama's America

Govt. data on 'Joe the Plumber' illegally accessed?

Government computers in Ohio may been used to illegally access personal information about Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, otherwise known as "Joe the Plumber," according to the Columbus Dispatch.

During their October 15 debate, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain referred to "Joe the Plumber" constantly. In the days following the debate, information on Wurzelbacher's driver's license or his sport utility vehicle was retrieved from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles database three times, the Dispatch reported.

With access to such information limited to legitimate law enforcement and government business, state and local officials are now investigating whether the information was obtained illegally. The information was retrieved using accounts assigned to the Ohio attorney general's office, a county child support enforcement agency, and the Toledo Police Department, according to the report.

Of course the Obama campaign denies any involvement but look how quickly those with access to information went to work to illegally obtain information solely to discredit an American citizen.

Then we have this:

Ghosts, goblins, gargoyles . . . and Sarah Palin hanging by a noose?

That's the latest imagery of the Republican vice presidential candidate and her running mate John McCain on display at a West Hollywood home that has been decorated for Halloween.

The outdoor decor features a mannequin dressed as Palin, wearing a red business suit, eyeglasses and brunette beehive wig, hanging by a noose off the chimney. Right above her, a devilish John McCain emerges from the chimney with paper flames surrounding him.

Some neighbors say it's just wrong to depict a vice presidential candidate that way.

Chad Michael Morisette, who lives in the house, told CBS 2 News that the effigy would be out of bounds at any other time of year, but it's within the spirit of Halloween.

"It should be seen as art, and as within the month of October. It's Halloween, it's time to be scary, it's time to be spooky," Morisette said.

Well then, is this Obama's unifying effect? Is this Obama's America?

Spread the Wealth to Save Black People

In this video:

Obama admits his Redistribution of Wealth is to SAVE the African American community SO HE CAN ENSURE HIS OWN SALVATION! (and Our Country's Salvation) He compares the plight of African Americas to the ethic genocide's of Bosnia and Africa. He blames all of African Americans' problems on "ONE GROUP" who suppresses them, and he says WHITE people don't want their taxes to help black children.

People like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Jeremiah Wright, and apparently Barack Obama benefit when racial unrest is kept alive. As a Conservative, I believe that PEOPLE can do for themselves if they believe in themselves NOT sit around and wait for GOVERNMENT to do for them.

Watch Rush educate a caller on the power of self empowerment:

Let's observe where unity comes from.

Barney Frank: Deficit fear has to take a second seat

If you're thinking "I'm not rich, why should I care what greedy rich people pay in taxes?", you're missing the big picture. Isn't the American dream partly to succeed? What incentive does taxing the successful give those who are working hard (to make more money) to keep doing so?

I've come across liberals who say that Capitalism is all about greed. Let me give you a thought about Socialism. Let's acknowledge for the sake of argument that Capitalism is about greed, about making lots of money for yourself. The flip side (Socialism) is about greed also, but it's about getting money that you didn't make. It's about greed for not being self-sufficient, unlike Capitalism.

NObama.

Who's The Racist?

From Roseanne's blog:

Joe the plumber now made immortal by McCain, is a skinhead racist who when interviewed yesterday said, "Obama tap dances almost as good as Sammy Davis Jr." Hey, Joe, I hope nobody ever hires you to clean the backed up crap out of their toilets again, and that you lose your business completely. You are an "America Hater" and you should be penalized for that.
McCain was wearing his best viagra tainted Republican Sneer in the debates last night, as he referenced Piggy Joe over and over again, reassuring him in coded language that his "white" wealth would not be spread around to the "n**gers" in a McCain Presidency.
McCain tried to contain his racist disdain for the man seated across from him who bested him intellectually and morally but, as with Palin, attempting to conceal the racism of their campaign now after they have "played the race/terrorist/Hussein card" for weeks, only reveals it more clearly to the viewer. The camera doesn't lie. Obama telegraphed dignity and intelligence out into the ether and included all Americans, even McCain.

No, I'm not making this up.

I used to love her show and thought she was funny. How the mighty have fallen.

Senator Government

Too funny!

Did Barack "Spread the Wealth" Obama Just Blow the Election?

...or are the polls right?

No. Really. You're kidding me. Barack Obama actually told that Joe the Plumber guy that he wants to "spread the wealth around." What, did Obama just get done reading the Wikipedia entry on Huey "Share the Wealth" Long or something? Was he somehow channeling that left-wing populist from the Depression? Talk about playing into the most extreme stereotype of your party, that it is infested with socialists. Link

Something to consider though:

In 1980, Ronald Reagan beat Carter by nearly 10 points, 51 percent to 41 percent. In a Gallup Poll released days before the election on Oct. 27, it was Carter who led Reagan 45 percent to 42 percent. Link

Democrats Wrong On Energy

Yeah, sure. Democrats CARE about rising fuel costs and want to help the economy. Uh, huh.

ANWR Exploration House Republicans: 91% Supported House Democrats: 86% Opposed
Coal-to-Liquid
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 78% Opposed

Oil Shale Exploration
House Republicans: 90% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Exploration
House Republicans: 81% Supported
House Democrats: 83% Opposed

Refinery Increased Capacity
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 96% Opposed

SUMMARY

91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of American-made oil and gas.

86% of House Democrats have historically voted against increasing the production of American-made oil and gas.

Truth is, Democrats are pushing us toward socialism and have been for many years.


h/t: Powerline

Bush arrives in Grand Rapids

President Bush arrives in Grand Rapids

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WZZM) - President George Bush's brief visit to Grand Rapids and Ada includes a lunch at the Schnitz Ada Grill.

The lunch participants reportedly include Rep. Vern Ehlers, Flexco Grand Rapids GM Nancy Ayers, Jeanne Englehart, president of the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, Jim Dunlap of Huntington National Bank, Bing Goei, owner of Eastern Floral and Gifts, Steelcase CEO Jim Hackett, Ada Bike Shop owner Jim Ippel and Peter Perez and Jerri Symmes of Carter Products Company.

President Bush will make a statement on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and the Department of the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Plan, which we will make available online later this afternoon.

I've voted for Vern Ehlers since 1993 but no more. I urge you to find out if your congressman voted for the bailout and not send him/her back to Washington if he/she did.
The Grand Rapids Press

Rush Interviews Governor Sarah Palin

Great interview!

Transcript

Another Doctor in the House?

This is what I'm talking about:

Throughout America, there are many individuals and small businesses that have enjoyed far less privilege than those entities that will benefit most from this bailout. If the government, Democrats and Republicans alike, are so enthralled with the notion of bailing out faulty corporations at any cost, perhaps they should start with small businesses that are the bedrock of jobs, and often of family life, in our nation.

While the Republican additions to the initial legislation provided at least some benefit to the middle class, and are a great improvement over the original proposal, the entire philosophy behind the bailout is flimsy and highly unlikely to produce substantive outcomes.

Most importantly, we must ask ourselves what this action will teach our children. The answer is easy to deduce, as follows: The message that this bailout sends to our youth indicates that personal responsibility no longer matters.

I am profoundly disappointed that my opponent, the Honorable Alcee Hastings, who has claimed to represent the interests of his constituents since first being elected in 1992, is a strong proponent of the bailout, including the original Democratic bill which was full of insidious measures that helped large corporations but did nothing for the middle class.

Running against Alcee Hastings AND against the bailout? Wonder if he'll move to Michigan.

Thorpe for Congress

Protesting in Uniform

TV ad highlighting Charlie Brown's participation at a anti-war rally, where he wore his uniform, in support of a homeowner who hung a soldier in effigy.



Info on conservative Tom McClintock



h/t: VoteMcClintock

Kerry Still Doesn't Support the Troops

John Kerry is at it again:

Republican Jeff Beatty's campaign responded Friday to the Kerry campaign's earlier charge that he roots for the New York Yankees, accusing the Kerry campaign of dodging questions and engaging in smear tactics.

In response to Beatty's call for an examination of Kerry's ties to bailout insurance company AIG, Brigid O'Rourke, a spokeswoman for the Boston Democrat, told the Boston Globe: "In case Jeff Beatty hasn't noticed, that AIG stock he's talking about isn't looking so hot these days - sort of like his favorite baseball team, the New York Yankees."

The Beatty camp said the Harwich Republican is not a Yankees fan and said that O'Rourke made the remark because a Yankees hat was put on Beatty to keep bandages on his head when he was injured rescuing U.S. hostages in Grenada (photo above).

"When asked serious questions, John Kerry sidesteps, smears, and then goes on the attack," Hunsinger said. "Add to the long list of people Kerry has insulted those military doctors and medical students, some Yankees fans or Red Sox fans like Jeff, who risked their lives to tend to soldiers while under fire in Grenada. If these weren't such serious times, we would ask for an apology. Instead we say it's time to fire John Kerry."

What a monumental jackass (fittingly).

ACORN & Friends Would Shape Obama Presidential Agenda

h/t: Jeff Beatty

Obama's Radical Associations

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Thanks to Sean Hannity for putting this together.

US close to security deal with Iraq

Good news in Iraq from AFP.

ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) — US and Iraqi officials are "very close" to an agreement on a controversial security pact that would decide the future of US forces in Iraq, US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said here on Saturday.

"Negotiations are still on and there are very few issues still pending," Negroponte told reporters in Arbil after meeting Massud Barzani, the president of the northern Kurdish administration of Iraq.

"We are very close to reaching an agreement. It's not wise to reveal the details until we reach a final agreement, and we hope to reach a final agreement very soon," said Negroponte, who arrived in Iraq on Friday on a previously unannounced visit.

Barzani said the deal should be signed as it "was in the interest of both the parties."

Washington and Baghdad are trying to hammer out a deal that would lay the framework for the future of US forces in the violence-wracked country after 2008, when a UN mandate governing their presence expires.

But it has been delayed amid differences over certain key issues, mainly concerning the immunity granted to US soldiers in Iraq and who would lead the military operations from next year.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki last month said the two sides have, however, agreed to withdraw US forces from Iraqi cities by June 2009 and from the country by December 2011.

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