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The AP pans Obama's speechifying.

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[Danube of Thought]

Awfully unusual for the AP. And delightful.

[Jim Ryan]

Zero was boasting about Solyndra a few months ago. He even made a video about it. Stimulus success story!

[Jane]

The AP pans Obama's speechifying.

The real question is why?

DOT, do you have power back?

[Janet]

"Dick, that speech was not very good."

[Jim Ryan]

The real question is why?

Starting to sweat that their brand might get trashed if they keep boosting Zero until November, 2012 when he loses 60-40 in a country where the measured unemployment is 15% and there are breadlines.

[Extraneus]

The real question is why?

"Should we take this fool out now, while we still have time to run Hillary?"

"Are you kidding? We'll lose the blacks!"

"But he's going down in flames, and he's taking us with him!"

"That pisses me off..."

"Me too."

[Porchlight]

"I have a gift, Harry."

[jimmyk]

So how long before the Dem leadership calls Barry for a private meeting and makes him an offer he can't refuse convinces him he shouldn't run? LBJ waited till March '68, but that was a different era, and there were a bunch of candidates already in the race.

[Porchlight]

The real question is why?

My fear is that they are making him look as bad as possible now, so that they can engineer a Big Comeback later. All it will take is unemployment dropping a point or two - he just has to be moving in the correct direction and they will go to town.

[jimmyk]

Oops, ext, I should have refreshed--we're thinking along the same lines.

[Danube of Thought]

Yes, Jane--we got it back around midnight, and I understand it's now 100% restored. The cause was some error committed by an Arizona Power Authority guy.

[Extraneus]

They seem angry with him, as if it's his fault they're in the box they're in. Only it isn't, and deep down they have to know it.

[Ignatz]

The temporary payroll tax cut is worse than no tax cut at all.
It will increase the deficit with nearly zero stimulative effect.
Too bad the Reps will go along with it, not because they thinks it's a good idea, but because they're afraid to oppose it.

[Dave (in MA)]

Backdoor amnesty for Uncle Stinky.

[Dave (in MA)]

The cause was some error committed by an Arizona Power Authority guy.

Makes the NStar guy, who blew out my section of town trying to fix the wire that Irene knocked down in my yard, look like a piker by comparison.

[Tollhouse]

The why is simply that the ideology is sound and accurate, so the flaw must be with the person.

[Ignatz]

Encouraging statements by Perry that nation building and wars not involving our immediate national interest might be a thing of the past if he were Pres.

[narciso]

One feels like Bill Murray, in Groundhog Day,
as to the plot for next week, a similar notion comes upon with the memory of Zazi,
who it turns was backed by El Shukrijumah,
a pretty high profile player:

http://www.talkstreamlive.com/talk_radio/tammy_bruce.stream

[Extraneus]

As Lawmakers Wait on Legislative Language, Obama Hits the Road to Pitch $450 Billion Jobs Plan

Speaking at the University of Richmond in the home turf of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, one of his top Republican foes, Obama picked up right where he left off Thursday night, when he implored lawmakers to quickly enact the as-yet-to-be introduced bill.

"Let's pass this jobs bill right away," he said, echoing his prime-time speech to a joint session of Congress in which he used a variant of the phrase 17 times. "Let's pass this jobs bill now and put these folks to work."

[Janet]

Yeah, then he says this - "“I want you to call, I want you to e-mail, I want you to Tweet,” Obama said as the crowed cheered. “Facebook … Send a carrier pigeon.”

What is it with leftists & this backward march in time? No energy, live in darkness, grow food in your yard, trains, carrier pigeons?

[Sue]

A Republican might win the seat vacated by Weiner. This is going to be a good next year. I just know it is.

[Sue]

The democratic nominee can't vote for himself. He doesn't live in the district. Muhahahahaha....

[Kurt]

I sure hope you're right about both of those points, Sue!

[DebinNC]

call, email, tweet...I hope the thousands of soon-to-be-unemployed postal workers notice Obama's omission.

[Extraneus]

And who's gonna make those calls and fly those pigeons?

"President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let's take these son of bitches out and give America back to an America where we belong," Hoffa added.

[Melinda Romanoff]

Ext-

Non-urban pigeons are very tasty, BTW.

[PDinDetroit]

"President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let's take these son of bitches out and give America back to an America where we belong," Hoffa added.

Hoffa is in trouble, those in the Tea Party are far better armed (and have more firearms too).

[Danube of Thought]

Iggy is spot-on re the payroll tax cut. These guys seem to have no clue at all about what is and is not genuinely stimulative.

[Extraneus]

Speaking of which... Whether in NYC, Venice, Italy or mourning doves in the yard, I find pigeons and their ilk to be the least romantic of all birds, by far. Their mating practices are downright Clintonian.

[Captain Hate]

Ext, I think of city pigeons as flying rats.

[Clarice]

Squab is yummy.

[Melinda Romanoff]

Cap'n-

Ever seen what a Peregrine Falcon does to a city pigeon?

90 miles an hour and just a cloud of feathers. A sight to behold.

[peter]

Read this guy's book about pigeons, and you won't look at them the same again. lun

[DebinNC]

Nice little Obama history gotcha ...No biggie except when you think how many ivy league WH people read the text and missed it.

[Extraneus]

Pass the bill now!

Georgia jobs program cited by Obama has big flaws

Butler said the program he inherited in January was virtually bankrupt and "fraught with problems," so he is surprised it has attracted so much national attention.

Obama gave no details of how the program would be applied at a national level and Butler said his office had had no contact with the White House.

[DebinNC]

NY Dems pulled this visual of a low-flying jet careening over NYC from their ad about Turner (Weiner seat Repub) supporting corporate jet loopholes. As stupid as our side often is, they're stupider.

[Jane]

ManTran,

Check in!

(Earthquake near by)

[glasater]

I heard a Deb in NC call in to Steyn going along today. Could that have been our Deb?

[DebinNC]

No, glasater, she was in Ft. Bragg but didn't sound "Southern". I bet she was a military spouse. I sound look and sound much like that chubby tv cooking lady who's big on using gobs of butter...but whose name escapes me.

[DrJ]

Paula Dean?

[caro]

Julia Child?

[Rob Crawford]

Paula Dean?

Who is a piker compared to the Two Fat Ladies.

[Ignatz]

Michelle Obama?

[caro]

I know, I know. But I watched Julie and Julia on TV a couple of weeks ago. It really didn't flesh out the communism acusation.

[Rob Crawford]

<benny>NOW CUT THAT OUT!</benny>

[hit and run]

Ah, yes . . . Paula Deen.  

Remember Michelle's appearance with Paula? 

It was pre-Let's Move, of course.  I mean, it's Paula "Butter Is A Girl's Best Friend" Deen. 

 

The pair prepared fried shrimp for Deen's show and Deen said, "I can tell she spends time in the kitchen – she was very relaxed when we cooked. And that lady is a good eater."

 

Well. Paula certainly had her eating habits pegged. 

[narciso]

Well she ticked off Anthony Bourdain, so that's one point in her favor.

[DrJ]

I enjoy Bourdain, actually.

[narciso]

This must be the teleprompter's fault:

http://legalinsurrection.com/2011/09/palin-knew-revere-better-than-obama-knew-lincoln/

[Janet]

Just pass the d#*n bill!

[Rick Ballard]

"My fear is that they are making him look as bad as possible now, so that they can engineer a Big Comeback later."

Porchlight,

What would be the basis of the Big Comeback? The market reaction today provides a correct assessment of the negligible economic impact of King Putts' proposals (if enacted). The majority of the money goes towards maintaining the status quo - slow bleeding accompanied by very low BP and almost undetectable respiration.

I've been watching for any sign that the Feeling Muddle has started to become sympathetic towards the simpleton but all I'm seeing is growing distaste interspersed with bouts of nausea.

I would also note that there has been no noticeable rapprochement with the Proglodyte Spawn of the Endarkenment. Soros/Bing/Lewis continue to MoveOn and BOzo has been reduced to doing his jiveass buck and wing for Trumka and Hoffa's amusement.

Do you see something I'm missing? Can anyone suggest what BOzo might do to recapture the dimwits who have realized they were played like a cheap fiddle and then tossed in the trash?

[hit and run]

I mean really, how can you not love a chef who puts this recipe on foodnetwork.com:

Total Time: 10 min. Prep5 min. Cook5 min. Yield:6 to 8 servings . Level:Easy

Ingredients
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
2 cans (14 1/2-ounces) English peas, drained

Directions
Melt the butter in small pot and add the peas. Cook over medium heat until peas are warm.

But seriously -- the reviews are awesome. I literally choked when trying to read some of them to mrs hit and run I was laughing so hard. Tears coming out of my eyes. Sides aching. The whole bit.

[daddy]

When You've Lost Nancy Pelosi...

[daddy]

When you've lost Chris Matthews: Social Security: "It is a Ponzi Scheme."

[Clarice]

Heh, Hit.

[Sandy Daze]

Dow down 303. . . pass the bill !

[Clarice]

daddy, you aren't suggesting Nancy can actually count, are you?

[jimmyk]

Just pass the d#*n bill!

Repeating from the previous thread:

Just let me eat my [d#*n] waffle!

[daddy]

I forget who gave me this Drunken Moose in a Tree picture, but I think I'd rather have that outside my door than this.

Yikes.

[daddy]

Clarice,

I think she must have been saying that because she just learned from Obama's speech that Abraham Lincoln was the FOUNDER of the Republican Party.

Geez, The stuff we learn from this President:(

[maryrose]

Nancy Pelosi doesn't want to break-up the new non-existent jobs bill. She just wants all the invisible crappy parts to hang together.
Obama may get a trickle of what he wants but it is long past time to expose him for the charlatan and snake oil salesman that he has become.The emperor has no clothes, everyone knows, now it's time to get dressed and move back to Chicago. Next...

[Extraneus]

Great link to Pelosi. She seems to get along well with Steny. Hopefully they'll be playing a lot of golf together over the next few years, like Bob Michael and his boys.

Btw, I agree that Steyn was great today. (Although he let that black guy drone on while he was trying to talk. Maybe that was because he was remote from NH, and the engineers were in FL, but I imagine hosts usually do something like a "cut" signal for the engineer to shut the caller up while they try to respond or make a point. You'd think this wouldn't even require a signal.)

Paraphrasing:

"What real business person would hire someone in order to get a tax credit? Not a tax cut, mind you, but a one-time gift. A lollypop from Obama, paid for by you and me."

[maryrose]

Pass the damn bill,is like his mantra "Yes we can" Obama always likes these simpleton phrases geared to rally the masses in a burst of propaganda. It's kind of creepy like"Barack Hussein Obama Hmm,Hmm, Hmm,
The apocalypse is upon us
Extreme Makeover the TV show is going to the WH and Moochelle is going to be on it. Talk about demeaning and what other needy family gets the shaft while the Obamas, who don't need the money or according to Barack any tax breaks gets free labor to fix something. This is a slap in the face to hard-working Americans.

[Cecil Turner]

Let's see if I have this straight:

• Extending unemployment insurance . . . which might be stimulative, but actually increases unemployment;
• A temporary tax break and infrastructure spending that will increase debt (which is rapidly approaching the level shown to decrease growth); and,
• Proposing unspecified taxes which can be expected to decrease growth.

None of which makes the least bit of sense. Politico notes a stock market plunge, along with unnamed analysts who claim it'd create a 2% jump in growth rate next year. I understand the first, but the second has to be more of the you-gotta-be-kidding rules of thumb about spending and GDP growth.

They seem to be saying "we gotta do something" . . . and it might as well be something stupid.

[daddy]

Darn it all. Finally catching up and see you had that Chris Matthews bit on an earlier thread.

Oh well, as Hit & Run told me a long time ago, If I change my idiotic posting ways, then the Terrorists have won:)

[Janet]

Teacher's union president say Mayor Emanuel exploded at her.

"...said Lewis. “When I explained to him that a longer school day should not be used for warehousing or babysitting our youth he exploded, used profanity, pointed his finger in my face and yelled."

All of a sudden that ugly cursing habit isn't so funny. Maybe Rahm is just a thug?

[maryrose]

EXT:
They won't hire anyone that they have to continue paying a salary to and also fund health benefits. Another poitless idea from someone who has never hired anyone in a real business.

[daddy]

"Former MA. House Speaker DiMasi gets 8yrs."

Jane, TC, Dave Rocco...

I think you Massachusetts guys should just elect Obama's illegal Uncle and Aunt to Speaker of the House. They seem to be the sort of Massachusetts lefties that have figured out how to do the Crime without having to do the Time. I think that would be a feature up there, not a bug:)

[lyle]

Maybe Rahm is just a thug?

Maybe?

[Jack is Back!]

Question for the day:

Will "Pass the bill" replace "The rent is too damn high"?

Sort of like Best of the Best on ESPN.

Btw, Mark Steyn on Rush today was cranky as all get up. He is now calling JEF President Pass The Bill. I think we are watching American folklore in the making.

[Danube of Thought]

I heard that Deb lady and figured she couldn't be our Deb because she sounded distinctly midwestern.

[narciso]

They are going for, the Otter principle, CT:

I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part!

[Janet]

Or maybe the phrase, "unleash the carrier pigeons" will catch on? Interesting times...

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

DOT: You are being too nice, here is my son from last night:

Crazy night, friking pitch black out here in Fallbrook, nice!!

Some jagofff in yuma knocked out the power line that shoots power to San Diego,

[Frau Bankrott]

"I have a gift, Harry."
Everything he touches, turns to carp.

[Extraneus]

Hey, peter, thanks for that pigeon book recommendation.

From one of the reviews:

"Read Pigeons and you'll never look at Trafalgar Square, the Piazza San Marco or Bryant Park the same way again."

I know it's OT, but has anyone else here ever watched the pigeons in St. Mark's square in Venice close up? They're disgusting. Thousands of pigeons clustered together, and it's nothing but a giant rape party. Each female is beset by numerous males, and every time she gets away from one, another jumps on.

I've been feeding and watching backyard birds for years, but I've never seen such a thing in other species except for mourning doves, where in the yard it's usually only one-on-one, but otherwise no different.

Do goldfinches do this? Robins? Woodpeckers? Hummingbirds? No. Only pigeons.

[Frau Bankrott]

I take back my comma.

[scott]

The comments at that pea thing are too much!! I can't stop laughing! Brilliant man. Brilliant!

[Frau Bankrott]

Shhhhh! I know of at least one coal burning electricity generating plant in AZ.

[Extraneus]

Heritage Foundation review of the big speech:

President Obama "Spender in Chief"

[pagar]

"Ingredients
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
2 cans (14 1/2-ounces) English peas, drained"

Is this the "Eat Your Peas" thread?

"fed it to the kids, told them it was peas with cottage cheese"

You've got to be kidding!

[Sue]

So, Barack Hussein Obama, mmm, mmm, mmm, claims that Lincoln founded the Republican party and only right wingers notice? Yet Michelle Bachmann calls John Quincy Adams a founding father and you would have thought she said Barack Hussein Obama was stupid, the way the media carried on.

[daddy]

"What real business person would hire someone in order to get a tax credit? Not a tax cut, mind you, but a one-time gift. A lollypop from Obama, paid for by you and me."

On local talk yesterday a business gal went spastic hollering about this. Something to the tune of "They want me to hire a new worker I can't afford at $40,000 a year (with an extra $20,000 I have to pay for his mandated benefits), in these uncertain business times when we have no idea what the hell they're going to tax and regulate next, and I'm s'posed to do all this for a friggin' 4,000 dollar 1 time reduction in my Tax rates. Is he 'Effing' Nuts?"

Was a beautiful call.

I was so impressed listening to our locals respond on the 3 AM Talk channels I was clicking through.

Especially wonderful was 1 host beautifully commenting on Obama's plan to create a Jobs bank with our money so he and the Union Bosses could pick the next Industries to be funded, and compared that perfectly with the complete collapse of Solyndra, an Industry picked by the Pres and Union Bosses to be funded.

Guy called in and said "That speech could have been given by any member of the Reichstag, since that bit about using our money to create the new jobs bank and then them picking the industries to invest in was the epitome of National Socialism."

Hope you had as much fun listening on your local channels.

[Janet]

Now that is my kind of recipe. So many of you JOMers are good cooks...but this recipe is perfect for me. :)
I'll even plagiarize it & add it to the JOM cookbook. I'll call it the Lousy Pea recipe.

[Extraneus]

Btw, I'm out here with the birds, listening to chuckling, cackling, tittering, chortling and guffawing over the English Peas comments from inside.

[daddy]

Just for interest, that Arizona Nuke Plant, Palo Verde, was the location of this story last month: Illegal Alien Breaches Security at Arizona Nuke Plant.

Also enjoyed this Laura Ingraham question of concerned Pollsters at NBC: Ingraham to NBC's Todd: 'I Don’t Remember You Saying Pollsters Were Concerned About Bush’s Poll Numbers'.

Hope somebody keeps asking that exact same question of Todd until the SOB finally answers.

[Extraneus]

(Steyn hit all of those words and their various degrees of mirth while discussing the Milbank article about the Congressional laughter during Obama's BIG speech.)

[Charlie (Colorado)]

Do goldfinches do this? Robins? Woodpeckers? Hummingbirds? No. Only pigeons.

Cats.

Porpoises.

[Extraneus]

Not dolphins, I hope.

[Janet]

Union Goon of the Day. *Strong language warning*
I thought it was maybe Rahm Emanuel.

Those Tea Partiers are really stupid...not like these upscale Union members.

[Jim Miller]

Extraneous - You can find similar behavior in some species of ducks, including mallards, and in dolphins. (And probably in many other species, but those are two that come to mind.)

[narciso]

Israeli Embassy in Cairo, under assault, isn't
the Arab Spring wonderful.

[Extraneus]

I take back my comma.

I know you're a teacher, and I suspect I use them too often, so I ask: Why? Didn't it improve the sentence? Was it really wrong?

[Janet]

Funny inappropriate comment at that Weasel Zipper Union Goon video -

"He said his name was “Phuk-yu Koksuuker”. Which is a fairly common Finnish name."

[Extraneus]

I'll never look at dolphins the same again.

[Barbara]

"That speech could have been given by any member of the Reichstag, since that bit about using our money to create the new jobs bank and then them picking the industries to invest in was the epitome of National Socialism."

That is it exactly. Obama's speech was given solely for the purpose of proposing this new National Bank under the guise of creating jobs, jobs, jobs for all the "folks" out there. All the rest of the "speech" was filler.

[Sara (Pal2Pal)]

Romney's Response to Obama's Job's Speech (Video)

[Extraneus]

Turkish Prime Minister Says Navy Will Escort Aid Ships to Gaza

[Clarice]

What Putts needs is more cowbell and columns.(Man, watching this is like watching The Man Who Would Be King when the natives realize he's simply mortal, not divine.)

[SWarren]

Heh, I caught that last night when Obama stated Lincoln founded the Republican party, I looked at my husband and said What?? He's got that wrong.
We live about 40 miles from Jackson, Michigan which was named after Andrew Jackson and advertises itself as the home of the Republican Party.