Snark of the Day: Taylor Marsh

The House progressives fell for Pelosi’s Stupak deal, which he’s still pushing in the face of taking health care down, because Mr. Stupak cares for cultural issues first, the sign of a true right-winger. If the House falls for the Senate’s trust me political purr on reconciliation it’s not like they weren’t warned

Taylor Marsh.

Should Mrs. Pelosi democrat caucus pass Dirty Harry Reid’s Senate version of Obama Care and trust Dirty Harry and Barack Obama to make the changes the House wants?    Senator Judd Gregg says no.  Ms Marsh seems to agree.   I mean has Obama ever broken a promise?

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Morris Dees, d/b/a Southern Poverty Law Center is the Al Gore of hatred, from Anna Schecter, ABC News, is alleged to to an investigative reporter.

Anti-government sentiments in the U.S. have reached levels so high they could result in another attack like the Oklahoma City bombing, according to a report released Tuesday by an organization that tracks right-wing extremists – and the authors of the report place part of the blame on Lou Dobbs, Glenn Beck, Rep. Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin

[…]

A host of recent attacks on law enforcement, plots against President Obama, and a shooting at Washington, D.C.’s Holocaust museum are “signs of the times,” said Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit group that monitors militias, white supremacists, and other extremist activity. Potok made his comments during a teleconference with reporters to promote the SPLC’s latest annual report on hate-group activity

On the other hand, Robert Stacy McCain, may be a red neck blogger, but McCain is not more of a reporter than Schector, from Other McCain.

Dangerous extremist militias taking over America? The Southern Poverty Law Center reports “an astonishing 363 new Patriot groups appeared in 2009, with the totals going from 149 groups (including 42 militias) to 512 (127 of them militias) – a 244% jump” from 2008.
OK, so let’s ask a question: How does the SPLC get these numbers? Do a “find” search on the their list of “Patriot” groups and you discover:

• 37 listings of the John Birch Society;
• 48 listings of We the People;
• 49 listings of Oath Keepers; and
• 50 listings of the Constitution Party.

According to the SPLC’s math, then, state-by-state representation of these four organizations count as 184 “Patriot groups” —  36 percent of the SPLC’s total.

Then William A. Jacobson, Legal Insurrection, doesn’t even call himself a reporter at all, just a law professor.  Yet Jacobson knows more about the Klu Klux Klan in Rhoad Island, the Dess purportsL

But there was one aspect of the report which really caught my eye. SPLC’s report lists Rhode Island as having three hate groups, but the SPLC “hate map” indicates only a single Ku Klux Klan chapter in Rhode Island.

Even that seemed strange to me, because in the 17 years I have lived in Rhode Island, I never had heard of the Klan being active in Rhode Island.

Other gangs, yes. Violent gangs are active among Hmong and other Asian immigrant groups, as are street gangs in black neighborhoods of Providence. But the Klan?

Bruce McQuain, Q and O,  wraps it all up nicely and puts a ribbon on it:

Of course the Ft. Hood and Little Rock Recruiting station killings were worse than any of that. There’s the Ft. Dix bomb plot and the Ft. Jackson 5 – none of them apparently worth mentioning. Nope – it’s all about the “radical right violence reminiscent of the 1990s” when it was Rush Limbaugh that was the cause.

And, let’s face it – as usual, these press releases come out from the SPLC just about the time it is pimping a new quarterly report, this one entitled “Right Rage”. It’s revenue generation time. What better way to scare up money than by scaring donors into opening their wallets.

The news and analysis the lame stream media can’t seem to find.

Rat’s losing the Fat Vote? Micheal Moore has crisis of faith, from Sahil Kapur, Raw Story:

Just over a year ago, Michael Moore vigorously campaigned for President Obama and the Democratic Party. But watching them jettison the public option from health care legislation appears to have been the final straw.

“These Democrats are a bunch of wusses,” Moore told Raw Story in a hard-edged interview Wednesday. “They don’t have the courage of their convictions. They won’t stand and fight.”

Remember Micheal, you’ll always have Cuba.

Can Blind Man Paterson see the end coming:

New York (CNN) – New York’s Commission on Public Integrity is charging Gov. David Paterson with an ethics violation for accepting free tickets to last year’s World Series, a commission spokesman said Wednesday.

Psst Dave, just between you and me, I think the entire New York State political establishment is out to get you.

Is this the end for Good time Charlie? Jonathan Allen & Jake Sherman, Politico

House Democratic aides say the end may be near for Charles Rangel.

Republicans plan to bring to the floor this week a resolution calling for Rangel’s ouster as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Democratic aides say defections from vulnerable Democrats may give the GOP enough votes to prevail.

WTF Over! Deidre Woollard, Luxist:

Is the suit that O.J. Simpson was wearing back in 1997 on the day that he was acquitted in the trial for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman really a historical object? For a moment it looked like the suit might be headed to the Smithsonian, the home of a variety of objects like the Hope Diamond, the Spirit of St. Louis and Julia Child’s kitchen.

Beats the Hell oot of me G.I.

Summers blame Winter, Fox News:

The White House wants a do-over for February’s yet-to-be released jobs numbers, arguing that the blizzards that hammered the country last month also dented the economic recovery.

Though the February unemployment figures are not out yet, White House economic adviser Larry Summers is already lowering expectations and claiming that winter weather is to blame for any posted decline.

I quess Larry didn’t get  the memo to blame Bush.

Should Dolphins be treated like People, ABC News:

Scientists who have studied the remarkable lives of dolphins have found themselves in a bit of an ethical quagmire.

There seems to be little doubt now that dolphins are surprisingly intelligent, know who they are as individuals, and engage in cultural traditions that can be passed on to succeeding generations. In short, they are a lot like humans.

So, should they be treated as “persons”? Should they be recognized as fellow travelers on this planet, rather than captive exhibitionists or laboratory specimens?

No.  Dolphins are animals and should be treated as such.

So how’s that Smart Diplomacy working out for ya, Mrs. Clinton? Noah Pollak, Commentary:

[Secretary of State, Mrs B.J.] Clinton appears to extend timeline for Iran sanctions.” The Secretary of State told reporters aboard her flight to Argentina:

“We are moving expeditiously and thoroughly in the Security Council. I can’t give you an exact date, but I would assume sometime in the next several months.”

Why all the delays? The reason is that China and Russia are refusing to join a sanctions resolution.

What was Einstein definition of insanity:  Trying the same thing, over and over, and expecting different results?

It looks like Dumbo knows almost as much about running a car company as he does managing an economy, Bloomberg:

Motor Co. beat General Motors Co. in monthly sales in February for the first time since 1998, and GM Chief Executive Officer Ed Whitacre shuffled his marketing leaders for the second time in three months.

Ford deliveries jumped 43 percent to 142,285 vehicles compared with 141,951 for GM. The Dearborn, Michigan-based company hadn’t topped GM in domestic sales since a strike idled the biggest U.S. automaker almost 12 years ago

Look what Obama has done to General Motors and imagine what he will do to your health care.

Is Obama a good old boy redneck?

Barack Obama should drink less alcohol and try harder to kick his smoking habit, doctors say

Barack Obama should not only try harder to kick his smoking habit, his team of doctors warned, but they also recommended ‘moderation of alcohol intake’.

Source, Mail(UK).

Cigarettes and beer, a good old boy’s idea of the good life.   And fried chicken too! Who knew I Won was just another redneck?

More warmist fraud,  David Derbyshire, Mail(UK):

Scientists at the heart of the Climategate row were yesterday accused by a leading academic body of undermining science’s credibility.

The Institute of Physics said ‘worrying implications’ had been raised after it was revealed the University of East Anglia had manipulated data on global warming.

The rebuke – the strongest yet from the scientific community – came as Professor Phil Jones, the researcher at the heart of the scandal, told MPs he had written ‘some pretty awful emails’ – but denied trying to suppress data.

More Mrs. Pelosi’s Swamp, Michelle:

The House Speaker who promised the most ethical Congress ever is stalling on action against corruptocrat Democrat Rep. Charlie Rangel. And she’s gone even further by minimizing his ethics violations because they haven’t endangered national security.

Ethics are for the little people.

Blind Man Paterson even  loses the NAG’s, Associated Press:

ALBANY, N.Y. — The National Organization for Women today urged New York Gov. David Paterson to resign because of a report he directed two staffers to contact a woman about a domestic violence case involving one of his top aides.

It does seem that Paterson can’t see the handwriting on the wall.

Debunking several liberal myths about ACORN, Patterico, Patterico’s Pontifications.

Who’s side is Rric Holder on? Keep America Safe, video:

Farb Barb, Micheal Goldfarb of Keep America Safe,  via Ben Smith Politico:

“Holder has hired lawyers who used to represent terrorists to work in President Obama’s Justice Department, and he won’t tell the American people who they are,”

On who’s side is Mrs. Clinton on? Rick Moore, Holy Coast:

Hillary Tries to Re-Start the Falklands War

I don’t understand why this administration is so intent on kicking Britain in the teeth, but there does seem to be a pattern to the abuse we are dealing our closest ally.

Yesterday Hillary Clinton met with Argentine officials and made a statement encouraging Britain to sit down with Argentina and negotiate the status of the Falklands.

There is no dispute over the status of the Falkland Islands.   Is Mrs. Clinton attempting to create such a dispute?  The islands have never been Argentinian.   The United Kingdom was out strongest ally and still has soldiers fighting along our side.    Mrs. Clinton promised Smart Diplomacy.  When is she going to deliver on her promise?

The First Rule of Holes is to stop digging.   That is something else New York State Lieutenant Governor, David “Blind Man” Paterson forgot, from Elizabeth Benjamin,   New York Daily News:

The Times has dropped another bomb on Gov. David Paterson, reporting that he directed two state employees to contact the woman who accused his top aide, David Johnson, of domestic abuse.

This revelation comes just hours after Paterson proclaimed to a room full of business leaders and reporters that AG Andrew Cuomo’s probe into the Johnson case “is a separate issue that really involves the problems of someone that worked for us and not me.”

Say what you will about former president Richard Nixon,he wasn’t the one caught in the Watergate Hotel.    Further Nixon was neither aware of G. Gordon Liddy’s actions nor authorized them.   Sure Nixon was crook but at least not a stupid crook.   Say good bye David.  So who the heck replaces Paterson?

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A tip of the cap to the Brits who continue to cover the news the lame street media is afraid to report, from Gerald Couzens,  Mail(UK)

A seven-month-old baby girl survived three days alone with a bullet in her chest beside the bodies of her parents and toddler brother.

Argentines Francisco Lotero, 56, and Miriam Coletti, 23, shot their children before killing themselves after making an apparent suicide pact over fears about global warming.

Michelle is giving Al Gore a pass on this one:

Al Gore is not responsible for those alleged global warmicides

Meanwhile, Clifton B, Another Black Conservative: blames the entire deranged movement

Even now in the UK, with the IPCC and the CRU being torn to shreds and exposed as complete frauds, there are people over there who are still fervent believers in Man Made Global warming. For those folks Global Warming has become their substitute for Jesus.
When Global Warming is finally exposed everywhere for the sham it is, I think we are going to have to offer some sort of “Global Warming deprogramming” program for those fervent believers

So in belief in the so-called anthropogenic global warming a religion, or just a form of mass insanity?   I could be both.

There even feed up with public employee unions in New Jersey, from the Star-Ledger, Peoples Republic of New Jersey:

So it’s time to go nuclear. It’s time to rewrite the rules. It’s time for the showdown with [public employee] unions that has been brewing for years.

Private sector unions were created to meet a valid need and have done much good to improve the wrlfare of the working class.  Further, private sector unions have to work with management to keep their company viable.    The perils of excessive labor costs are borne by both the shareholders and the employees.    Private sector unions have to be reasonable.

Not so public sector unions.   Government has no need to be competitive.  No worry about market share.   Public sector unions have out lived there usefulness and it time for them to go.

Drunk passes on run for Congress, Susan Milligan, Boston Globe:

WASHINGTON — Joseph P. Kennedy III will not run for Congress this year, the assistant district attorney said in an interview today, ending speculation that he would seek the 10th District seat if Representative William Delahunt retires.

Kennedy, the son of former US Representative Joseph P. Kennedy and grandnephew of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy, said he was very happy in his current job as an assistant district attorney for the Cape and Islands and did not want to leave that position yet.

The Dumbo Touch, Steve Tetreault, Laa Vegas Review Journal:

WASHINGTON — During his whirlwind visit to Las Vegas two weeks ago, President Barack Obama mentioned U.S. Sen. Harry Reid by name four dozen times, gave him a big hug and talked him up as if he was a long-lost brother.

[…]

But as Reid faces an uphill path to win re-election to a fifth Senate term, Obama’s enthusiastic endorsement does not appear to have improved the Senate majority leader’s standing among constituents, according to a new poll conducted for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

Hat tip:  Hot Air (headlines)

Clueless in California, video:

Hat tip: Mashable.

Government employee unions sputter in Motor City, Christine MacDonald, Detroit News:

Detroit –Mayor Dave Bing today criticized leaders of the city’s largest union for foot-dragging on contract negotiations, saying it’s costing the financially strapped city $500,000 a month and could result in more layoffs.

“Either they can’t read, they can’t add or they can’t comprehend,” Bing said at a press conference this morning in his office at City Hall. “It has to be one of the three.

“Everyone is running with a deficit in their budgets. It’s leadership or a lack of leadership that has got us to where we are.”

I long used Dave Bing as role model for how a college athletic can use sports as spring board for success in life.  It does happen.  It just all too  rare.  Oh by the way, Dave’s former back court mate not doing that bad either.

Hat tip:  Glenn Reynolds, Instapundit.

Rats Eric, it looks like we will not have Harold Ford, Jr of Tennesee New York to kick around, from Mike Memoli. Real Clear Polics:

Former Tennessee Rep. Harold Ford (D) has announced that he will not challenge appointed Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D) this year. The news is a second dose of good news for Empire State Democrats, meaning the party will likely avoid a Senate primary and a gubernatorial primary following David Paterson’s (D) announcement on Friday

From what I saw from both Ford and Gillibranad,  Ford seemed like the stronger candidate.   Both were in Rochester recently.  Only Ford gave any indication he actually knew where he was.

Madame Speaker, Meet Reality

Jennifer Rubin, Commentary;

http://www.newsweek.com/id/233916

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/02/25/schneier.security.cameras/index.html

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin