radiation levels

Love you Drudge, but you're not helping adding to the hyteria.

in reference to: DRUDGE REPORT 2011® (view on Google Sidewiki)

Democrat Sen. Ben Nelson: extend the tax cuts

Ben Nelson, U.S. Senator for Nebraska: Nelson: Extend Tax Cuts For Nebraska Families and Businesses: "“I support extending all of the expiring tax cuts until Nebraska’s and the nation’s economy is in better shape, and perhaps longer, because raising taxes in a weak economy could impair recovery."

You don't say!?

And NOW their outraged

Democrats add fiscal austerity as a campaign issue: "The [Democratic] candidate was outraged - just outraged - at the country's sorry fiscal state."

Democratic Desperation

Gateway Pundit:

"With hypocrisy so thick you could cut it with a knife, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission against the promotion of the “Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders” book by Reps. Eric Cantor of Virginia, Kevin McCarthy of California and Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. In addition to the book they have a promotion tour and released a video."

More Moderate Muslims - Andrew C. McCarthy - National Review Online

More Moderate Muslims - Andrew C. McCarthy - National Review Online:

"[The Fall Church, VA mosque] Dar al-Hijra was established in 1991. Not so coincidentally, that is the same year American leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood wrote an internal memorandum to their global headquarters in Egypt, explaining that they saw their work in the United States as a “grand jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within.” Echoing imam Abdul-Malik, the Brotherhood said its tactic would be “sabotage.” (The memo is here, with the English translation following the original Arabic pages.)

The memorandum elaborates that every city should have an “axis” and “perimeter” from which this jihad-by-sabotage strategy is headquartered. That axis, it adds, will be known as “the Islamic Center.” Islamic centers — just like the one at Dar al-Hijra, just like the one planned for Ground Zero — are to become “the ‘base’ for our rise,” the memo says. They are to be the focal point of education, preparation, and the “supply [of] our battalions.” Battalions are small cells of fighters. In Muslim Brotherhood ideology (i.e., Islamist ideology) it is assumed that, at a certain mature point, when Muslim forces are strong enough, violent jihad will be effective, so Islamists prepare for it."

The Sherrod Affair

An email Jonah Goldberg at National Review On-line received:

I don't think you're a milquetoast moderate, but I do think you're missing the point a little. When I first watched the video, I was less bothered by Sherrod's comments than I was by the murmurs of assent and agreement in the crowd. And now Glenn Reynolds has pointed out that the NAACP President was in attendance too. Did they all know that there was a moral to the story coming?

I believe this was Breitbart's point in posting the video. Sherrod may be unfortunate
collateral damage in this sad affair, and that should probably be rectified. But as near as I can tell, Sherrod wasn't the target of Breitbart's scorn. She was merely the vehicle to showcase unchallenged racism in the ranks of the NAACP.

I could not agree more with this reader's assessment. Indeed, it is unfortunate that Ms. Sherrod's career was adversely affected by this whole episode.

Also from NRO, Krauthammer's take:

"She is owed an apology, restitution, and the restoration of her job. I
don't think there is any question about that. ..."

I could not disagree more with Jim Hoft of Gateway Pundit's characterization:

The entire tape shows that not only is Sherrod a racist who attacks white
farmers during her speech but that she is likely a Marxist, too

Mr. Hoft, in spite of many of his readers who have commented against his referring to her as a racist after the full length of the video was made available, appears to be sticking to his guns. That's a mistake. We conservatives do not appreciate being called a racist at the drop of a hat; we should not descend to their level ourselves. Also, throwing around the term Marxist at the drop of a hat is reckless as it dilutes the meaning of term.

He's such a tough guy

Obama gets tough on jobless benefits:

"The gloves are off.

For the second time in three days, President Obama is planning to unload on his Republican adversaries, calling them out for blocking the passage of emergency unemployment insurance.

A White House official says the president will take to the Rose Garden Monday morning at 10:30, where he will 'have strong words' for the GOP lawmakers who have blocked the emergency legislation despite having supported identical measures under Republican presidents."

Perhaps, the President should get tough on unemployment, which he said would not get above 8%. Do you remember that promise? Oh, I forgot. He inherited from his predecessor more of a mess than he had thought. It was Bush's fault.

Cincinnati Cents: for the penny pincher

Cincinnati Cents: Kroger Deals: Week of 7/19/10: "Here are the best deals at Kroger this week:


Meat & Seafood

Assorted Pork Chops (Value Pack), $1.88/lb."

Just stumbled upon this web site while looking up information about Aldi's. It is crammed with information about the best deals of the week at Krogers, Meijers, Target, CVS, Walgreens, Staples, OfficeMax, etc. Before you go grocery shopping, check out this site!!!

BTW, Aldi's ain't for me. Prefer Sams! However, the milk is very reasonably priced: $1.79 per gallon.

From "Pampered Populists"

The Corner - National Review Online: Victor Davis Hansen writes: "Bill Clinton was perhaps the first liberal president to embarrass progressive populists, who by rote caricatured those who played golf or amassed millions in post-presidential huckstering. The point is that Barack Obama's 'them' rhetoric against those who supposedly make tons of money and won't pay enough in taxes to fund the Obama technocratic class's redistribution schemes seems almost fossilized. The more the polo-shirted Obama seems obsessed with golf, and the more he seems to prefer the landscape of the elite (who navigate the Ivy League, Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Upper East Side, Cambridge, etc.), the more we wonder whom exactly he's railing about."

Do you remember this spill?

EnviroWonk - 10 Largest Oil Spills (The Valdez Doesn't Make the List): "Mexico - 1980 - 100 million gallons
An accident in an oil well caused an explosion which then caused the well to collapse. The well remained open, spilling 30,000 gallons a day into the ocean for a full year"

As I am today, I was up on current events. Now, I know we did not have the 24 hour news cycle in 1980 as we have today. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall this oil spill, the second largest in history, ten times worse than Exxon Valdez. This oil well leaked for almost a full year!

Speaking of Kudlow

Kudlow’s Money Politics - National Review Online: "Stocks, up today about 150 points, have rallied for six consecutive sessions. Plus, today’s trade figures showed a more powerful economy, at least in the month of May. While the trade gap widened slightly, exports are rising by 21 percent and imports by 29 percent. Both capital and consumer goods are booming on foreign sales and purchases. And the early profits reports are beating the street for the second quarter — including tech bellwether Intel, which surpassed estimates for both earnings and sales revenue."

See what I mean? I come away a little more hopeful when I read Kudlow.

Worldwide economic collapse?

Financial Crisis - World at Risk of Folding in on Itself: Deputy Doom - CNBC: "The global economy is at risk of folding in on itself unless policy makers face up to the threat of inflation and exchange rate inflexibility, according to Arun Motianey, director of fixed income strategy at Roubini Global Economics."

Now, I find Glen Beck's doom and gloom a little over the top at times, preferring instead to get my financial commentary from Lawrence Kudlow, who always finds a silverlining out there somewhere. But, that said, the MSM pundits were excoriating Beck last year for being a fearmonger when he sounded very similar warning last year. These articles seem to be more and more common in the MSM. So, now they're scaring me!

Politicians and Big Banks

Senate VIP Loans Mount - WSJ.com: "U.S. senators or Senate employees received 30 loans—far more than had previously been known—under a controversial lending program at Countrywide Financial Corp. that provided cut-rate terms to favored borrowers."

Perhaps the financial overhaul should begin with the politicians.

Housing Market is Ugly!

Banks repossess US homes at record pace -RealtyTrac Reuters: "The housing market still grapples with 'unemployment, economic displacement in general, and still sits on over 5 million seriously delinquent loans that in all likelihood will at some point go into foreclosure,' he said."

Mark Steyn writes The Very Model of Modern Major Generalist

The Very Model of a Modern Major Generalist - Mark Steyn - National Review Online: "In recent months, a lot of Americans have said to me that they had no idea the new president would feel so “weird.” But, in fact, he’s not weird. True, he’s not, even in Democratic terms, a political figure — as, say, Clinton or Biden are. Instead, he’s the product of the broader culture: There are millions of people like Barack Obama, the eternal students of a vast lethargic transnational campus for whom global compassion and the multicultural pose are merely the modish gloss on a cult of radical grandiose narcissism. As someone once said, “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.” When you’ve spent that long waiting in line for yourself, it’s bound to be a disappointment"

Interview of Andrew McCarthy, author of The Grand Jihad

The Grand Jihad FrontPage Magazine: "The very title of the book, “The Grand Jihad” and the invocation of “sabotage” in the subtitle, is taken from a 1991 internal Muslim Brotherhood memorandum in which the group’s leadership in the U.S. explains to its global leadership in Egypt that the Brothers (or the Ikhwan) consider their work in North America as a “grand jihad” aimed at “eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within” by “sabotage.” They are telling us outright what they are about."

We ignore them at our peril.

The future of Obamacare?

Sentenced to death on the NHS - Telegraph: "In a letter to The Daily Telegraph, a group of experts who care for the terminally ill claim that some patients are being wrongly judged as close to death.

Under NHS guidance introduced across England to help doctors and medical staff deal with dying patients, they can then have fluid and drugs withdrawn and many are put on continuous sedation until they pass away.

But this approach can also mask the signs that their condition is improving, the experts warn."

Enhanced Interrogations

The Corner on National Review Online: "As they say, you're entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts. The MSM has tried to have both for the last five years, arguing against experience and common sense that tactics like sleep-deprivation and waterboarding were not effective. Clearly, they worked, and to great effect. As Steve [Hayes] says, that case should now be closed."

I'm one of them

57% Would Like to Replace Entire Congress - Rasmussen Reports™: "A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% would vote to replace the entire Congress and start all over again. Eighteen percent (18%) are not sure how they would vote."

The Strange Case of the Obama Meltdown

The Strange Case of the Obama Meltdown

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Double standards? As always

Michelle Malkin: "White House flack Gibbs called any suggestion that Axelrod benefits from the relationship “ridiculous.” Retorted Gibbs: “David has left his firm to join public service.” So when Republicans trade power and access, Team Obama calls that being “in cahoots” with business. But when noble servants like Axelrod do it, it’s called “public service.”"

Death Spiral

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports™: "The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 27% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-one percent (41%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14. These figures mark the lowest Approval Index rating yet recorded for this President. The previous low of -12 was reached on July 30 (see trends)."