Monday, 16 July 2012
Skewls.............from Brian
I got to talk to a friend of mines daughter who will be a Senior next year. She was so excited that she would soon be graduating, I was excited for her, I have watched and actually been a part of her raising since she was a puppy.
I asked her what she had planned after graduation, she gave me the "Evil Eye" and said, you already know I am going to college, I laughed.
I have brow beat that gull since she was knee high to college bend her studies and she has, took all the pre-college courses that the High school provided, even took a few courses at the college for high school and college credit.
This is where it goes weird: Her prep courses in high school were not accredited. Ok, I can see that. they were just prep courses. But, and it gets strange, because she took prep courses, she is not allowed to take the college classes she prepped for, she must take the no credit college prep courses at the college for her taking the college prep courses in high school. Um....did anyone follow that?
By Taking college prep courses in high school, she can not take the classes in college without taking a college prep course at the college.
How interesting. I did a little research, and come to find out, this is normal, almost all the high school graduates are REQUIRED to take college prep no credit classes before enrollment into credited classes because what they learn in Government Run Schools disqualifies them. They are not Prepared.
WOW, now isn't that interesting. Our own colleges says that our Government schools are crap.
Oops, sorry. told ya so.
Brian In Florida
News.............
What Is the Point of Talking to Kim Jong-un?
Breaking the Law by Hiding Behind the Army
Obama Eligibility: July 17th Press Conference May Upend Obama's Presidential Campaign
A midnight egg amendment creates a Constitutional quandary
The lasting damage of this economy on young workers
Iraq's Ministry of Internal Affairs blamed for lack of Kirkuk Police Officers
A new generation of Spitfires takes to the air
Sodomy "For the Sake of Islam"
Court-Martialed Army Doctor: Obama Eligibility Still in Question
Aircraft barriers: Cameron facing new ships humiliation
Was the petrol price rigged too?
The hunt for the white widow
Government has 'plundered' Armed Forces, senior military officers say
Syrian forces 'shelling Damascus'
North Korea accuses South of attempting to destroy statues
North Korean army chief relieved of duties over mystery 'illness'
Is Isolated Taiwan Propping Up Dictators?
Choose your Poison, Communism or Other Dictatorship?
Obama is on the Links
Canada reduces support for Zimbabwe on cusp of critical election
Moshe Silman Sets Himself on Fire, Ignites New Social Justice Movement
As I argued this morning, "the guy was less a 'social justice' protester than a disgruntled social services flunky." See: "'Social Justice' Protester Self-Immolates in Tel Aviv."
Oh, it's a sad, preventable tragedy, but that kind of self-endangerment should not be a model for "social justice" activists, who simply want more and more from an already generous state. See the update here: "Moshe Silman Self-Immolation Mobilizes New Protests Against Israel."
As the Jerusalem Post writes:
While we can be sympathetic to Silman’s despondency, his self-destructive act, which has effectively made it impossible for him to ever rehabilitate his life, should not serve as a symbol for a movement claiming to stand for social change and tikkun olam. Self-immolation is nothing to emulate.Exactly.
Click through for all the reporting at the link.
Some say the self-immolation protests have put pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to act.
Continue reading.
Michelle Malkin Slams Obama and Obama Supporters: Romney-Types Sign the Front of the Paycheck, Obama-Types the Back
This is good stuff: "Michelle Malkin on Obama's Bain Attacks: Romney-Types Sign the Front of the Paycheck, Obama-Types the Back."
And on cue, the disgusting left reacted like human refuse: "Stay classy: Actor Michael McKean calls Twitchy’s Michelle Malkin ‘dick of the week’."
VIDEO: Behind the Scenes of the Victoria's Secret Cotton Lingerie Shoot
Well, they say she's one of the most beautiful women in the world. According to the clip, "Go on location in the Florida Keys as Miranda shoots the Summer 2012 Victoria's Secret Cotton Lingerie collection."
You'll get no argument from me. See: "In Florida With Miranda Kerr for Victoria's Secret Cotton Lingerie Summer 2012."
Frankly, you can't miss with Victoria's Secret — their hotties strip down until they're practically nude.
'Chariots of Fire' Stars Celebrate Re-Release of 1981 Olympics Classic
I loved the film and this is great.
See: "'Chariots of Fire' Remastered in Time for London Olympics."
Sunday, 15 July 2012
Why Jews should NOT vote for Obama! (Plus bonus Rice and Romney spoof Tonight Show video)... from Mike Haltman at TPC
Jews are polling as to be likely voting in majority for Barack Obama in the 2012 election.
While I have questioned why this is the case in the past, this comment that I received states the case for why it may be happening well.
Plus a spoof Rice and Romney video from the Tonight Show.
Watch and read at The Political Commentator here.
BHO Undermines USA: Let's Count the Ways...............from Dan Friedman
Blogger Doug Ross has a talent for slicing and dicing the numbers and bringing statistics alive. Today he puts Obama’s welfare policy under the spotlight and finds it works to “permanently condemn the nation's poor to lives of misery.”
Now why would Obama want to do that? People who rely on the government have every incentive to vote for liberal politicians who always promise to give them more.
Late News..........
U.S. Forces Train Afghanistan's First Pathfinder Team
Sailors Help Equine Group
Photo Gallery: Fly Along With The Blue Angels
A Legal Asian Student’s Letter To Pat Buchanan
A Comprehensive Supply List for Economic Collapse
Russian ship with helicopters bound for Syria turns back
Iraq Warns Kurdish Oil Exports To Turkey Could Harm Ties
Iraq warns Turkey over separate oil deal with Kurds, says it could damage relations
UAE: Operations begin at oil pipeline bypassing key strait that Iran has threatened to shut
Obama's Fantasy World
Fed fiddles as America slides back into recession
French city of Angers that was home of Plantagenets demands return of Crown Jewels
China's economic woes could continue for 'some time'
EagleSpeak: On the LCS: Learning Curve Completion Too Costly
Maliki calls for US to speed up the transfer of weapons to Iraq
Wine, Israel and the Jewish People...............by Dan Friedman
I am severely lacking in my observance of Torah and mitzvahs, but that’s not a reason to cut myself off from the spiritual nourishment of the genuine article. Thanks to the Internet, we have rich sources of authentic Judaism right at our fingertips.
Watch this two minute video and see wonderful Rabbi Lazer Brody explain why the Nation of Israel is like a vineyard.
Sunday cartoon: The Obama misdirection play!...from Mike Haltman at TPC
Cartoon that shows the strategy being used by the Obama campaign against Mitt Romney. Distract from the truth about the failures of Obama by using lies and distortion about Romney.
Video: Socialism/Communism Obama-style...from Mike Haltman at TPC
Video of Paul Kengor, author of a new book called "The Communist", discussing the mentor of Barack Obama Frank Marshall Davis!
Watch at The Political Commentator here.
Would Obama's 2nd Term Be His Last?.................from Dan Friedman
[Would Obama's 2nd term be his last? Eerie question, but from what we’ve seen so far of Emperor O and his end-arounds the Constitution, “no” is certainly within the realm of possibilities. Maybe the smart thing to do is elect Mitt Romney, a standard issue American, so we’ll never have to find out. df]
Breitbart Big Government, 13 Jul 2012
Supreme Court Might Not Enforce Constitution’s Limits in Second Obama Term
by Ken Blackwell and Ken Klukowski
Stupid never takes a coffee break!...................from Rico
After checking Matt Drudge's site, I often take a look at what is currently displayed on the Bloomberg site.
They had THIS (attached) photo with a superimposed white headline reading: CLINTON ARRIVES IN EGYPT TO PUSH TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY
Even if you ingested massive amounts of magic mushrooms, you could NOT make this kind of drivel up!
Our Marxist Secretary of State under our Marxist-Muslim-Metrosexual Barry (both wearing "I heart the Muslim Brotherhood" t-shirts) pushing 'democracy?' Puh-lease!
- It makes me wonder (a) what kind of 'gifts' they will be bringing to the Muslim Brotherhood, and (b) what the details of their secretly selling us all out are this time?
The Sunday Best............
Australian Conga Lines, Here Comes the US Navy!
Washington looks to North Dakota for economic, energy blueprint
Information Dissemination: Chinese Frigate Runs Aground
BLACKFIVE: Obama calls me out at campaign event
McClatchy poll shows majority favor extending all Bush tax rates
Suicide bomber kills 5 at Nigerian mosque
CDR Salamander: Another LCS Shoe Drops
Confessions of an Assad 'Shabiha' loyalist: how I raped and killed for £300 a month
Obama: "If you've got health insurance, you're not getting hit by a tax"
U.S. 'Most Wanted' Fugitive Caught in Mexico
BLACKFIVE: Hollywood goes to war
Peshmerga ministry calls on federal government to pull its troops out of Kirkuk, Diyala and Ninawa
Oh great, yet another new EPA regulation making things more expensive for everyone
A mine and high explosives seized in Samarra.
Blues brighten up gray day on the beach
Why I defected from Bashar al-Assad's regime, by former diplomat Nawaf Fares
Campaign to save 'last intact' Second World War Bomber Command airbase
Terrorised Chicago residents plead for police crackdown as gang war murders soar
The dairy farmer who loses 3p on every pinta
Italy's super rich yachters sail away from taxman
How Much Power Does China’s ‘People’s’ Army Have?
Crowd-sourced map highlights rape by Syrian army
and finally.........
Bug of the Week: The Day of the Cicada
Heavily Armed Bikini Hottie at the Beach in Tel Aviv — From the IDF?
That's amazing!
No one is sure, but she's smokin'!
See: "IDF Woman Soldier in a Bikini?"
Click through at the link for the full-length shot. Man, don't miss this woman's long sultry legs!
And compare that to hot Israeli Bar Refaeli, who went back to the homeland this week for a visit: "Bar Refeali Goes Home to Israel and Heads Straight Out for Sushi with Friends."
Actually, I think I like the chick with the rifle.
Rich Liberal Hypocrites!
I don’t know about you, but I am sick of all the Democratic mud-slinging at Mitt Romney because he is rich. The level of hypocrisy tells me that Obama and his trolls are so bereft of anything to offer the voters that they insult them with this class warfare garbage about “millionaires and billionaires.”
President Obama, according to a May 15, 2012 USA Today news article, “is a wealthy man with assets of as much as $10 million. Moreover, “he has a hefty stake in JP Morgan Chase, the megabank…with an account worth between 500,000 and $1 million.”
Romney is rich. If he is elected, the Forbes list of the ten richest U.S. Presidents noted that in 2010 he reported adjusted gross income of $22 million of which $8 million was interest and dividends.” The January 24, 2012 Forbes article by William P. Barrett said that “implies assets in the range of $200 million to $250 million.”
Romney, however, “would not be tops in presidential wealth. At the top of the list, in adjusted terms, George Washington was one of the wealthiest men in the nation when he became president. Mount Vernon plantation grew to 6,500 acres and Washington was a canny businessman, distilling booze, and even raising mules.
In 2010 dollars, Democrats who held the presidency in the last century included John F. Kennedy whose net worth was $1 billion. Jacqueline Kennedy was an oil heiress and his father was one of the wealthiest men in America. Almost all of JFK’s wealth income and property came from a trust shared with other family members.
Clinton’s wealth is estimated at $38 million. Twenty years of public service did not make him a rich man, but since leaving office, books and speaking fees earned him big bucks.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was worth $60 million, mostly acquired through inheritance and marriage. He spent most of his adult life in public service and his mother controlled the purse strings.
Lyndon Baines Johnson made a lot of money as a politician. He would accumulate 1,500 acres in Blanco County, Texas, and he and his wife owned a radio and television station in Austin. His net worth was estimated at $98 million.
In 2011, you couldn’t swing a dead cat in Congress without hitting a multi-millionaire, many of them Democrats. John Kerry who ran against George Bush has a net worth of $193.07 million, much of it the result of marrying rich wives. Jay Rockefeller whose very name suggests wealth has $81.63 million. The California ladies, Diane Feinstein comes in at $55.07 million and Nancy Pelosi is worth $35.20 million.
The Daily Caller.com recently reported that Rep. Pelosi’s 2011 financial disclosure statement included between $1 million and $5 million earned from partnership income with Matthews International Capitol Management, a firm that invests exclusively in Asia where much U.S. outsourcing occurs.
Among the Republicans, Rep. Michael McCaul has assets of $294.21 million, much of it is held by his wife, Linda McCaul, the daughter of Clear Channel Communications CEO and founder, Lowry Mays. Rep. Darrell Issa, who earned his wealth in the private sector, is worth $220.40, and, from a celebrated New Jersey family, Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen is worth $20.35 million. Neither of the Bush’s, father and son, made it into the top, most wealthy Presidents.
Suffice to say if you weren’t already wealthy when you got elected to Congress, the odds are you will accumulate wealth while there.
Obama’s salary as President is $400,000 a year; he has a $150,000 expense account and a $100,000 tax-free travel account, along with a $20,000 entertainment budget. Not big money compared to the CEOs of major corporations and banking institutions, but the taxpayers pick up the tab for a lot of extras that go with the job.
If the economy will decide Obama’s fate in November, then a lot of voters, Republicans, Democrats, and independents are going to be thinking about the past 40-plus months of 8.2% unemployment, billions wasted on “clean energy” companies that have gone bankrupt sticking taxpayers with the losses, the national debt of $17 trillion that robs the future from the next generation and the one after that, and the largest tax increase in history--$494 billion in one year—that will hit on January 1, 2013. I don’t even want to think of the costs of Obamacare.
Caterwauling about how wealthy Mitt Romney is and telling lies about his career at Bain Capital may fool some people, but most know where their financial problems came from and have no doubt it has been Barack Hussein Obama’s appalling mismanagement of the nation’s economy.
Being rich in America never kept anyone from being elected President. Obama and many of his Democratic Party colleagues are the wealthiest hypocrites in public office.
© Alan Caruba, 2012
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