On Palin’s clothes, idle aircraft, parking
Thinking Right’s weekend free-for-all. Pick a topic:
- Enough already. What’s the fascination with Sarah Palin’s campaign clothes? These are questions that are never asked of a man or a rich woman. Why does this woman engender such fear and loathing among the left? Oh, yes, I see. She could be the nightmare in their future.
- Headline that could be used over virtually everything Congress has done since January: “More government is never the answer.”
- “I don’t think it’s that much money.” So declares Clayton County school board member Trinia Garrett, one of eight board members who will fly to San Diego today for a National School Boards Association conference. Registration is almost $5,700 — and then there’s airfare, hotel and food. Clayton just laid off 300 teachers for lack of money. Cobb, my Cobb, is sending nobody.
- It’s OK to try and squeeze a few extra bucks out of the business. But, please, don’t elevate it to virtue. The company that leases prime parking space across from Centennial Olympic Park plants sensors so that it’s easier to detect no-pays and over-stays. It’s being sold as a way to relieve traffic congestion and to help the environment. Stick with me now for this logic: Since the violator is booted or towed, a space is made available for somebody driving around, thus alleviating traffic congestion and pollution.
- Environmental marketing was perfected by developers who realized that they could sell local governments on high-density development by calling it “smart growth” to combat the environmental calamity of “sprawl.”
- One reason having too little money periodically is good for government: A little-used 1984 Cessna Citation aircraft maintained by the state DOT. Sell it, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle instructs. Sell it, they will. In hard times, programs and property of little value should go.
- General Motors President Barack Obama is considering new incentives to get Americans to buy his cars. But until his company makes pickup trucks that run on solar energy and get 50 miles per unit on cloudy days, I ain’t buyin’.
- The drought’s over, but in the spirit of Charlton Heston’s vow that “I’ll give you my gun when you take it from my cold, dead hands,” government authority to regulate watering behaviors will end when we see Noah’s Ark float by or Al Gore admit global warming is conjecture.
- Surprised? An energy efficiency expert, Dennis Creech, testified this week before a Public Service Commission workshop that there’s so much federal money that’s about to flow to the industry that there’s concern “that the magnitude of the funds could overwhelm the existing energy efficiency infrastructure.” Georgia had $8 million to spend on weatherization projects last year; this year it’ll have $125 million. States create pilot programs. The feds shower money and hope something good happens.
- In retrospect, nothing Bishop Earl Paulk got was worth what he lost. Lord only knows whether souls saved outnumber the lives he damaged.
- One difference between liberals and conservatives is that conservatives don’t sit around agonizing in their victimhood because somebody buying a nicer car would save more on the proposed “birthday tax” fee than we would.
- What’s with all these police chiefs wearing more stars than the commanding general of a really big army? The new chief of a 40-officer Dunwoody force that takes to the streets on Tuesday wears three. The rank inflation appears to be accompanied by uniform inflation as well. Soon even parking-meter attendants will be garbed to look like a member of a special forces unit operating at night behind enemy lines.
- A DeKalb County merchant faced with the option of continuing to operate a store “devoted to Jesus paraphernalia” or one devoted to “all things Barack Obama” chose the latter. Elsewhere on the religion front. …
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Class of '98
April 2nd, 2009
8:19 pm
Of course Trinia Garrett doesn’t think it’s much money. She probably learned math in a Clayton County school.
greg
April 2nd, 2009
8:29 pm
Whenever the media cannot find something new to attack Sarah Palin about, they fall back on the clothes, which is a non-issue for anyone with a brain. When has a former VP candidate been the subject of such unrelenting attack 5 months after an election? I don’t remember Lloyd Benson, or even Geraldine Ferraro being so viciously attacked as Sarah Palin is. My guess is that the left/0bama camp remember the tens of thousands of wildly enthusastic people who attended her rallies. They’ve also read the last Rasmussen report in late January which shows that despite the 24/7 carpet bombing of her by the media, Palin’s nationwide favorability rating has increased from 49 percent right after the election to 52 percent (about what 0bama’s favorability rate was just before the election.) They know that she is talking sense when it comes to her rejection of that part of the so-called stimulus that is meant to grow government, increase dependency on government, and saddle the tax payers with unfunded mandates once the federal money runs out.
fed up
April 2nd, 2009
9:03 pm
The press really need to lay off Palin. They are scared to death of her as she’s not only a good looking women, she’s smart and fiscally responsible. As it’s already been said if they can’t find anything “new” to dog her about they go back to the clothes. On the Clayton County issue, does that really surprise you. There’s plenty that the State could sell to make money but they won’t. Same to be said about the feds. Too bad Obama didn’t run GM before he got elected at least then he would have done something besides being a community organizer and a part-time senator who voted “present.” We’ll have these watering bans forever more than likely regardless of how much rain we get. More control, that’s where we’re going, the nanny state. Must agree with the conservative/liberal comment and the liberals victim mentality. I’ll have to check out the stars on the chief’s uniforms. Saw that store that sells nothing but Obama paraphernalia on the home page…..that’s a joke. We are soon to be (if we’re not already there) the United States of Entertainment.
Roger Martin
April 2nd, 2009
9:14 pm
The savings rate in this nation has been abhorrently low for decades. So, it’s no surprise to me that we are finally getting the tab to pay off the debt and loans we’ve been running up. You conservatives had your man in office for the past 8 years and you controlled congress for 6 of those 8. You talk about fiscal responsibility, yet your president financed the entire Iraq war “off the books”. IT WASN’T EVEN INCLUDED THE FREAKIN’ BUDGET! For the first time in the history of the country, we simultaneously cut taxes while funding a war. Meanwhile, everything in Greenspan’s power is being done to keep the housing bubble growing, including the refusal to enforce immigration laws and seal the border with Mexico.
The GOP drove the country to the brink of bankruptcy, and now the Obama administration has to pay the bills. Thanks so much for your trickle down, free market ’solutions’.
Roger Martin
April 2nd, 2009
9:15 pm
i.e. more immigrants = cheaper labor for the home builders
REPUBLICANS EVIL TIME IS UP
April 2nd, 2009
9:25 pm
THE REASON WHY PEOPLE KEEP POINTING OUT SARAH PALIN CLOTHES IS BECAUSE YOU GOP NUT CLAIM TO SAVE AND NO SPEND TYPE OF FOLKS,BUT IT SHOWS THAT THE GOP LIKE PALIN ARE WOLVES IN SHEEP CLOTHES.
William Holland
April 2nd, 2009
9:53 pm
You know, I am really astonished, surprised, appalled, etc. about all the people who continue to defend Sarah Palin. She has had her “15 minutes of fame”. Would you really want someone like that to represent you (wait, I probably have hit on the issue at hand – yes we would because she is not you – i.e. black, liberal, caring, smart, able to state a position in fewer than 10,000 words, someone that we can look up to and admire, did I already say smart??).
Jim, it really is a shame that you end your career with such drivel. That has to be a real downer. Hate, bigotry, elitism, and on and on and on, really have no place in our world today. When you and I were young, they were part of that world. It is a shame that you could never let go.
At any rate, best wishes on your retirement,
Regards,
MikeB
April 2nd, 2009
10:07 pm
I wish the media would apply the same standards to all the fashions Mrs. Obama is parading around in these days. How did she come into all this “Haute Cotoure”? Is there a conflict of interest? How does this differ from the how the GOP tried to attire Mrs. Palin?
Some comparrisons, and background are waranted. its only fair. Sure our First Lady should look good. But at whose expense, the Obama’s or the taxpayers. At least with Mrs. Palin, the wardrobe was funded by donations to the GOP, not taxes.
Lets expect more from the media. Everyone should tell them to cut the
“Crap” and report stories, not create them.
John
April 2nd, 2009
10:20 pm
The Prosecuting Attorneys Council is doing the same thing. They are forcing assistant district attorneys in the state to take at least two furlough days per month without pay but are insisting on holding their annual conference in July in Jekyll Island. Shouldn’t they use this money to pay their employees instead of wasting on a conference that most counties in the state can’t afford to send their prosecutors to in the midst of a budget crisis? You won’t find any district attorney or assistant district attorney in the state who wants the Jekyll conference. Use that money to pay employees. That is a no-brainer.
CommunistAJC
April 2nd, 2009
11:10 pm
I love Sarah Palin. She’s hot, loves guns and doesn’t abort her babies. Plus, she has one of the highest approval ratings of any governor and she took on her own party. Oh, and she’s hot. There’s not a lot of hot democrats in politics. In fact, I can not think of one good looking democrat. Let’s see: Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi……. yeah, none that I can think of.
CommunistAJC
April 2nd, 2009
11:11 pm
REPUBLICANS EVIL TIME IS UP, the GOP didn’t use taxpayer money to buy the clothing. She also returned her wardrobe. End of story.
oldandntheway
April 2nd, 2009
11:33 pm
Hopefully in 10,000 words or less. The “smart” people should figure out when the Prez buys GM with government money. Oh, the government makes no money, they take money from the people who do. So now the government is going to warranty the GM cars. That seems a lot like we are insuring our own cars, but we will have to pay the the govt. to set up another wasteful beaurocracy, that you’ll have to do the run around with to get a small percent of what it costs to fix. Bigger government is always and has always been, and always will be, the wrong answer.
Deborah Walker
April 3rd, 2009
12:27 am
Sarah Palin came off so dumb, that when asked about her clothes she lied and came off more dumb. That whole campaign was crazy, and more craziness were added on.It’s not the clothes, but the stupidity behind the clothes.
Redneck Convert
April 3rd, 2009
7:24 am
Well, what I want to know is how come these people don’t hold their conferences in Detroit, MI or Portland, Maine? They could probly get cheap hotel rates. But no, they got to hold them in fancy places with a beach or gambling or lots of things to see, when they’re suppose to be in a meeting room instead of out seeing things.
The libruls keep harping about Sarah Palin on account of they’re scared to death of her. They might as well get use to the fact she’s going to be the next President of the U.S. of A. We’re finally going to have a redneck President. We ain’t had one since Andrew Jackson and it’s about time for another. I expect to be pitching horseshoes on the White House yard right after she gets swore into office. We are going to part-tee! And maybe we’ll get to see her other kids have babys without being marryed. Heck, she could up and have another one for all we know. It would be neat for her to be the 1st woman President and the 1st President to have a baby in the White House too. We could have a raffle to see who gets to raffle it. Me, I’m kind of partial to Colon or maybe Cullen or just plain Bubba.
Well, time for me to make my rounds if you drunks are going to have anything to drink at Miller Time today. Have a good day everybody.
Gregg
April 3rd, 2009
7:51 am
Jim asks:
Enough already. What’s the fascination with Sarah Palin’s campaign clothes? These are questions that are never asked of a man or a rich woman. Why does this woman engender such fear and loathing among the left? Oh, yes, I see. She could be the nightmare in their future.
The point is that all of you FOLLOWERS talk about how she is a MAVERICK and applaud how she is turning down the stimulus money which will benefit the people of her state. But no one can explain why she didn’t turn down the clothes or gifts that only benefited her family. Some big change to big government and I agree they should stop talking about Sarah PLAIN it’s not like she has a Harvard law degree or anything.
All you Obama haters have you seen the DOW lately? I wonder when it gets close to election time again which Republicans will start jumping on the Obama train, because since you can’t beat them you might as well join them.
Another point did you see how the US was recieve by other foreign nations. Tell me when was the last time you saw that. The Obamas’ had the 82 year old Queen of England breaking her protocol. Okay say it with me now kids, OBAMA, OBAMA, OBAMA, OBAMA.
Gregg
April 3rd, 2009
7:53 am
Greg @ 8:09 have you ever seen an Obama rally? I don’t think you can begin to compare the two. Get a grip and let’s ralk about the facts man just the facts.
Churchill's MOM
April 3rd, 2009
7:56 am
Jim, thank you so much I could not have done better. Here is what the AP says about her.. Thanks so much..See you at the masters next week.
Alaska Gov. Palin dismisses political road bumps
Published: 4/3/09, 6:05 AM EDT
By ANNE SUTTON
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – It would seem like a bad week for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, but she said she’s looking past snubs from a major Republican fundraising event and her former running mate to focus on Alaska.
Nationally, Sen. John McCain said he wouldn’t commit to supporting her for president if she ran in 2012. Then she was replaced as the keynote speaker at June’s Senate-House Dinner in Washington, though she said she never accepted the invitation.
In her home state, she’s drawn fire from Republican legislators on the state’s use of federal stimulus funds, from Democrats on her state Senate nominee and from Alaska Natives for her choice for attorney general.
Such setbacks could make any politician reel, but Palin breezily insisted it’s been a great week.
“I would never accomplish anything and our administration would be ineffective if all I did was try to please those who look for anything to be negative about,” she said Thursday.
Sitting in the hallway outside her Juneau office in clogs and a puffy down vest, Palin chatted with lawmakers, looking more like the small town mayor she once was than the self-proclaimed “pit bull” in the glamorous garb who electrified rallies last fall as McCain’s presidential running mate.
But ever since the McCain-Palin ticket failed to take the White House in November, Palin’s name has been among the top tier of plausible presidential candidates for 2012. She’s done little to discourage such talk, even forming a political action committee last January.
It’s colored how many onlookers view her actions since she returned to Alaska, and Democratic and Republican colleagues alike are concerned she’s trying to balance the state’s needs with her national ambitions, to the detriment of the state.
Palin said she has one thing on her mind: “My ambitions are to be the best governor that I can be. That’s what I wake up thinking about, that’s what I go to sleep thinking about and that’s what our efforts are all day long.”
Many Alaskans were shocked when Palin announced last month that she was rejecting half of the state’s stimulus funds, though it turned out to be closer to a third.
The news was confusing enough in a state that is unusually dependent on federal dollars and where many residents still revere former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens for his legendary ability to bring home the pork.
Her staff hastened to assure Alaskans that Palin was simply opening up a public debate on the money she had denounced as a “bribe” that would bind the state with federal strings.
Legislative leaders have said they’ve found very few strings attached. Palin said it appears a majority of lawmakers want to spend the federal money.
“Legislators hold the purse strings,” she wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press without acknowledging that she holds the veto power.
“We’re working together, though, to find a mutual comfort level that includes asking the public to acknowledge this is an unsustainable, debt-ridden package of funds,” she wrote.
Senate Democrats on Wednesday turned down Palin’s pick to fill a vacant Senate seat, and on Thursday the state’s largest native organization released a scathing critique of her choice of Anchorage attorney Wayne Anthony Ross for attorney general.
Ross, a National Rifle Association director, has been an outspoken opponent of the federal law giving rural Alaskans a preference in subsistence hunting and fishing in the state, arguing it’s unconstitutional.
The Alaska Federation of Natives criticized his views on subsistence, tribal sovereignty and his ratings in past surveys by Alaska attorneys.
Palin dismissed their concerns, saying her husband and children are part Native.
“I’m not anti-Native and Wayne Anthony Ross is not anti-Native. I would never hire anybody who is,” Palin said.
Political experts agree that if Palin does want to succeed nationally, she’s got to do a good job at home. But Rutgers University political science professor Ross Baker said it’s been a rocky road so far.
“I think she’s still ill at ease as a national figure,” Baker said. “She just hasn’t been very good at juggling her state responsibilities versus her new national image.”
Claremont McKenna College political scientist John Pitney said all the nation’s governors are under stress given the current economic downturn.
But Palin needs to “drive home her competence” if she wants to move forward, and the recent bumps in the road haven’t helped that effort, he said.
Though Palin has not said if she will seek re-election next year as governor or run for higher office, few doubt her desire to remain a political player.
“She has plenty of opportunity to move ahead but she definitely has work to do,” Pitney said. “Because if she loses re-election or has an unexpectedly difficult re-election, that could damage any prospects for other jobs down the line.”
a former republican
April 3rd, 2009
8:07 am
Jim…why didn’t you talk about our transportation issues that this state faces and your party is the criminal of here. I will NEVER again vote for a republican in this state if it can’t pass a simple transporation measure in two years…and we won’t even be able to vote for it until another year because they failed to act last year.
interested observer
April 3rd, 2009
8:09 am
You are certainly right. Conservatives like yourself do not concern themselves with the fairness of a tax that gives discounts to the wealthy. At least the sales tax on automobiles is equal regardless of who buys it or how much they pay. Damn those liberals for expecting the people who buy a $150,000 car to pay the same rate of taxation as the rest of us.
Joey
April 3rd, 2009
8:15 am
Jim: Regarding you 5th bullet point “Smart Growth”.
You are wrong to blame or credit Developers for Smart Growth (New Urbanism, Triditional Neighborhood, Development [TND], etc.) Yes some Developers, mostly city types, joined the movement early because it ecouraged very high density development. But this child called Smart Growth was housed and fed by the anti-development crowd.
Your paper seized upon this as a way to stop the suburbs and ex-urbs from expanding. The AJC, Environmentalis and other anti-development groups use it as a tool to force people and Developers into the urban area. Force people to build and to live where “infrastructure” already exist. Never mind that the infrastructure was woefully inadequate, poorly planned and even more poorly maintained.
David Goldberg, formally an AJC employee and Editor, succeeded in accomplishing a career change because of his radical support of Smart Growth. Jim, didn’t you write article in favor of Smart Growth, in opposition to SPRAWL.
I saw this on a websit once: SPRAWL, Succcessfully Providing Residences, Amenities and Workplaces Locally.
CwnBt
April 3rd, 2009
8:18 am
Churchill’s MOM is Palin’s biggest fan, JW. Only a fan would accumulate that much info on a public figure. She probably has a shrine to Palin locked away in a closet somewhere complete with newspaper clippings, photos, items of clothing that were auctioned off.
W-E-I-R-D-O
Just Nasty & Mean
April 3rd, 2009
8:30 am
G’Mornin Jim, et al,
The reason DemocRats attack Palin is that she is the antithesis of everything they hate. A devoted mother, successful woman, religious, with convictions, doesn’t believe in abortion, sticks w/ her convictions (most DemocRats would have aborted her daughter’s child AND her Downs child).
DemocRats attack Palin because she makes THEM LOOK STUPID–and they just can’t handle it.
Their response: Attack, Attack, Attack. If they can’t find an easy weakness, they make up one–like the clothes thing. Remember, DemocRats sent 30 lawyers and investigators to Alaska immediately after her nomination by McCain to dig up dirt on her.
Where were the NOW Nazis when they were attacking this woman? HUH?
Jim speaks to what Sarah Palin says to all conservatives. God~~ I HATE to even say it—**CHANGE**. But just any change~~not towards socialism, larger government, or more intervention into our businesses, personal lives and the nanny state. Diametrically opposite of Obama—headlong towards Socialism/Marxism. But to change back to the self-sufficient independence of the 40s, 50s and 60s when Americans felt that, even though government screwed up occasionally, we trusted their intent was to do what was right. That was before the confidence crushing events of Watergate, Kennedy assassination, MLK, Vietnam—
That *trust* no longer exists—Not anymore.
Americans are so fed up by being screwed by their government combined with the partisan bickering in Washington that many have virtually *given up* on the morass of a government accomplishing ANYTHING worthwhile. *Everything* in DC turns into a government bureaucratic giveaway based on compromise. But with these jumbo compromises, everybody gets everything they want—all at the taxpayer’s expense—and **nobody is held accountable!** Americans are simply *SICK* of pork, earmarks, waste, spending, ineptitude, and government becoming the central repository and *owner* of everyone’s personal problems.
Palin is not a Washington insider. So far, she is doesn’t appear influenced or even impressed by the powerful and entrenched politicos, going so far as to poke fun at the mainstream media. Judging from her actions (which speak MUCH louder than *just words*), Palin reflects what we have wanted in Washington for a long, long time…Someone who is going to do what is RIGHT for America, not based upon what party gets the *credit*.
We can hope and pray she is the “real deal” and the 1st step towards cutting off the massive army of 300,000+ lobbyists that influence **OUR** government’s decisions every single day—far more than the millions and millions of taxpaying Americans being CRUSHED by Obama spending.
Palin is a breath of fresh air not yet contaminated rank sewage permeating Washington.
So far, she seem like one of us.
Chris Broe
April 3rd, 2009
8:35 am
It’s not Palin’s clothes I object too. It’s the towels she stole from the hotels. You’re not gonna tell me that she left that towel she paraded around in, are you? Look, I’d volunteer to go to her house, ring the doorbell and demand from the butler those towels back, you know, for the common good. It’s my patriotic duty even! And if the butler answers the door in a towel, I’ll take that one too, you know, for the forensics and stuff.
Tomb
April 3rd, 2009
8:39 am
Let’s have a contest to see who can find the most Chiefs/Sheriffs with the most stars. I think I counted 5 on DeKalb sheriff Brown.
Diogenes
April 3rd, 2009
8:47 am
Good Morning, Jim,
Your comment that “Headline that could be used over virtually everything Congress has done since January: ‘More government is never the answer’” would make an excellent political slogan: full of pomposity and pretension, yet signifying nothing. My suggestion is that you try to sell it to the Republicans — they have nothing else going for them and are in need of more hot air to keep them inflated. I’m sure they would be delighted to acquire a slightly used slogan. The ones they are using have grown terribly stale.
Adam
April 3rd, 2009
9:08 am
The media can’t get enough of Michelle Obama with their incessant and unconvincing attempts to compare her with Jackie followed by oohs’ and aah’s about her supposed style. But whenever they speak of Palin it is nothing but contempt. But then their obvious bias is nothing new. No mention of who is paying for Michelle’s clothes. What they should focus on is why is a First Lady, built like Janet Reno, feeling up the Queen?
Georgia Mom
April 3rd, 2009
9:14 am
This Georgia Mom does not give a darn about Palin or her wardrobe. Nor did I care one whit for the gossip about her family. Not my business. (Unlike many of you, I mind my own beeswax.) I will point out, however that “WHAT DO YOU READ?” is NOT a “gotcha” question unless asked of someone the interviewer knows to be illiterate. Couric continued rephrasing it, giving her every opportunity to name a single book or publication she’d ever read that meant anything to her, and she could not.
All you Republicans who liked Palin because she’s “a real woman, finally!!” demonstrate that you think “real women” are hot, gun-toting breeders who don’t read, and that sexy trumps smart in your book seven days a week. (You still don’t understand why y’all got trounced in November, do you?) Add that to McCain’s eye-rolling, finger-quoted sneer of “Health of the woman…” and it’s not hard to see why so many honest, hard-working, tax paying, economy-stimulating mothers who sacrifice their own needs daily for their families feel rejected by the Republican Party. The GOP abandoned us a long time ago. Dangling Palin as a “Look, we respect women!” carrot for our votes was the funniest joke anyone told in 2008, and each of you made it funnier with every “she’s so hot!” you uttered. Thanks for the laughs.
ngeorgianow
April 3rd, 2009
9:15 am
Can’t we just all get along. Let’s just stop talking about Sarah’s wardrode, it’s over for now. Let’s be thankful for the good rain we have had. Let’s be thankful that we have a First Lady who is taking part in the Summit and all they are worried about is her fashion and not her agenda! Yes, Obama’s policies worry me but I am glad he is there and that the Summit is a time for the World to have a dialogue about important issues. Don’t waste your time fussing about silly things.
Mr. KnowItAll
April 3rd, 2009
9:15 am
The lefties went/go after Palin just like they did Bush—attack their character, competence, background, family, spouse, children.
She’s a lightweight, , she’s stupid, she’s valley girl enamored with fancy clothes, her kids are “out-of-control”, she doesn’t have experience (even though hers makes Obama look like a kindergärtner),
…but nobody could point to a bad decision she made in her experience as a governor or mayor. Her Her constituents lover her.
Big Bucks GOP
April 3rd, 2009
9:17 am
About twice as many Republicans (38 or 20 percent of their conference) voted against the GOP alternative budget — than Democrats (20 or 8 percent) who nixed their party’s spending plan.
The trends were not surprising: Most of the Dem nays came from the South and southern midwest; Most of the GOP defectors were north of the Mason-Dixon line.
The exception: seven Florida Rs voted against the tax-cutting, lower-spending GOP alternative.
Republicans voting “no” on GOP’s alternative budget amendment:
Joe Barton, Tx
Gus Bilirakis, Fla.
Ginny Brown-Waite, Fla.
Vern Buchanan, Fla.
Michael Burgess, Tx
Michael Castle, Del.
John Duncan, Tenn.
Jo Ann Emerson, MO
Jim Gerlach, Penn.
Dean Heller, Nev.
Lynn Jenkins, Kans.
Timothy Johnson, Ill.
Pete King, NY
Mark Kirk, Ill.
Leonard Lance, Ill.
Tom Latham, Iowa
Steve LaTourette, Ohio
Christopher Lee, NY
Frank LoBiando, NJ
Connie Mack, Fla.
Thaddeus McCotter, Mich.
John McHugh, NY
Candice Miller, Mich.
Tim Murphy, Penn.
Ron Paul, Tx.
Todd Platts, Penn.
Dave Reichert, Wash.
Mike Rogers, Ala.
Tom Rooney, Fla.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Fla.
Chris Smith, NJ
Mark Souder, Ind.
Fred Upton, Mich.
Greg Walden, OR
Frank Wolf, Va.
Bill Young, Fla.
Democrats (20) voting “no” on the Democrats’ budget:
John Barrow, Ga.
Bobby Bright, Ala
Dan Boren, Okla.
Travis Childers, Miss.
Joe Donnelly, Ind.
Bill Foster, Ill.
Parker Griffith, Ala.
Suzanne Kosmas, Fla.
Frank Kratovil, Md.
Dennis Kucinich, Ohio
Betsy Markey, Colo.
Jim Marshall, Ga.
Jim Matheson, UT
Mike McIntyre, NC
Walt Minnick, UT
Harry Mitchell, Ariz.
Glenn Nye, Va.
Tom Perriello, Va.
Gene Taylor, Miss.
Harry Teague (NM)
Bob
April 3rd, 2009
9:19 am
Breeders? That’s a term used by gays to describe heterosexuals.
Georgia Mom, did you and your significant other grow your children in a petrie dish?
Big Bucks GOP
April 3rd, 2009
9:21 am
Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and other United States banks
that accepted government aid are considering buying toxic assets under
the Treasury’s $1 trillion public-private partnership plan, The
Financial Times reported.
JR
April 3rd, 2009
9:21 am
I just found out after all these years I’m really a liberal! I don’t want my property taxes to go up to make up shortages from luxury car taxes!
Calista
April 3rd, 2009
9:24 am
Mr. Wooten, it amazes me that I’m racking up (paying for) frequent flier miles I never get to use.
Big Bucks GOP
April 3rd, 2009
9:26 am
After suffering enormous losses, the hedge fund manager Daniel Zwirn is
preparing to cede control of his firm, D.B. Zwirn & Company, to another
fund manager who will liquidate its holdings.
"Charles", The Original
April 3rd, 2009
9:26 am
Jim Wooten said, “In retrospect, nothing Bishop Earl Paulk got was worth what he lost. Lord only knows whether souls saved outnumber the lives he damaged”.
Caution! Caution! Caution Jim Wooten. Proceed with caution. You don’t want to inadvertently send out an invitation to unclean spirits. Be sure that the Lord is with you before being somewhat critical of Bishop Earl Paulk. Since his death, the spirits of sexual perversion that menaced him for much of his life are walking through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none. They can’t return home, so persistence is in order to find another place to rest. And should you inadvertently summon them to be their next host, helplessly whoring after women at the AJC will be the order of the day. And that includes whoring after the integrationist New World Order liberal Negro women too.
Caution! Caution! Caution Jim Wooten. Proceed with caution.
Big Bucks GOP
April 3rd, 2009
9:26 am
A Delaware judge rejected Bank of America’s effort to settle a
shareholder lawsuit over its purchase of Countrywide Financial, saying
the settlement would wrongly scuttle a hedge fund’s potential fraud
claims.
Big Bucks GOP
April 3rd, 2009
9:27 am
MediaNews, the debt-burdened newspaper company, has struck an accord
with its lenders and its bondholders in which it will forgo making a
principal payment on its debt,
Big Bucks GOP
April 3rd, 2009
9:28 am
Federal authorities have arrested a wealthy American client of the
Swiss bank UBS on charges of tax evasion,
Big Bucks GOP
April 3rd, 2009
9:29 am
Maurice R. Greenberg, the former chairman of the American International
Group, said Thursday that the government’s $170 billion bailout had
failed and that taxpayers would have been better off letting the
company go bankrupt.
Big Bucks GOP
April 3rd, 2009
9:31 am
Bernard L. Madoff’s family mansion in Florida, which federal marshals
have seized to help repay defrauded investors, lost nearly $2 million
in value in the last year,
Mr. KnowItAll
April 3rd, 2009
9:31 am
GA Mom!
I would bet my mortgage you are an ugly hag.
Your taunts on Palin’s looks and “all men are Pigs” remarks are CLASSIC left-wingnut DemocRat comments deposited in your measly little brains by the mainstream press and DemocRat leadership. You hate her because you are jealous she is pretty, accomplished, smart, strong, a leader, mother, ethical, religious, — and you are told to hate her.
Ga Mom, what about Sarah Palin is not–IN YOUR OWN WORDS “honest, hard-working, tax paying, economy-stimulating mothers who sacrifice their own needs daily for their families”. HUH????
Using YOUR words—you should admire Sarah Palin.
You are a cool-aid drinkin hypocrite brainwashed by liberal hacks. They got to you, Ga mom.
Instead, YOU are the shallow idiot!
Big Bucks GOP
April 3rd, 2009
9:32 am
Median cash salaries and bonuses for chief executives of 200 big United
States companies fell 8.5 percent in 2008 to $2.24 million, The Wall
Street Journal said.
your local black man
April 3rd, 2009
9:33 am
The demigods are scared of Sarah Palin. They know she will be the next president after we endure this clown of a president o-stupid-bama! The reason we are stuck with mr neighborhood organizer is because we first, lack real conservative leadership and ignorant voters like this fool name roger martin who thinks government is supposed to take care of his sorry A**! Democrats are the reason why abortions should be legal, why do I say that? Simple, we can use that option to rid ourselves of they disgusting A**, hell they use abortions as a form of birth control anyway!
Big Bucks GOP
April 3rd, 2009
9:33 am
Sprint-Nextel’s finance chief has talked about pinching pennies, but
the company spent more than $600,000 on his air travel in 2008,
MikeB
April 3rd, 2009
9:34 am
If the media paid as much attention to Obama keeping campaign promises about “going line by line into the 2009 budget with a scalpel” as they did to Mrs. Palin’s wardrobe…………
What about if they paid equal attention to all the broken campaign promises, and the Wall Street shell game going on with bailout funds?
w…Never happen because the media cannot comprehend real stories, and then report on them in a manner to help the uniformed better understand the transformation that has taken hold in our country.
Never mind all the tax cheats that seem to fly by the Obama vetting process……….
Obama was supposed to be an agent of change?….. So far he seems to be an employment agent for former Clinton aides, an corporate raider of private businesses using taxpayer funds, and a breaker of Campaign promises…….
Funny how the Blago indictment just happens to come down when all the media attention is on Obama in Europe. Tony Rezko will no doubt take the stand in that trial (remember he was instrumental in that sweetheart realestate deal for Obama’s house in Chicago). Wonder what nuggets he will offer about Obama and Blago while on the stand…..
Libs……. Save and reference to Bush and the prior administration. What Obama is doing has little to do with Bush. It has everything to do with the Democratic power grab that began in 2006 when the Democraps took over congress and that out of touch beltway air breathing wacko Pelosi took over as Speaker of the House.
If you understand the legislative branch with respect to the executive branch of government and how laws get written/passed then you will get it.
If not you will keep saying Bush this and bush that as justification for Obama to do whatever he wants. How childish…… Two wrongs never make right. Because Bush was wrong in some areas, it does not mean he was wrong in all.
Because Bush was wrong in some areas it does not mean Obama should have carte blanche’or given a pass on keeping campaign promises……
REMEMBER THE SCALPEL
Have great day!
Chris Broe
April 3rd, 2009
9:35 am
Would “More Government is not the answer” be the headline? No! The news about deficit spending would be the headline, because that would be the news. Wooten’s proposed headline is a spin that takes two illogical leaps: that the ubiquity of government is measured the same way the deficit is, and that the encumberance of more government isn’t exactly what we need as the constitution’s watchdogs have more and more sheep to herd. In 1776, there were only 99,894 actual Rebel-Americans, (and 1.4 million slaves). Everyone else back then was loyal to King George. (Just like today). Of course the constitution worked for the 99,894 big shots. The constitution must works for today’s 300 million slave-citizens. Like Africans became African-Americans, slaves have become slave-citizens. Thanks to the war powers edition of our constitution, you can be black or white and still be a slave-citizen. And that’s what we propose to force the Iraqis to vote on and sustain with their lives. Since the war-powers constitution worked so well in the past eight years, I can’t see why the Iraqis would go full Pancho Villa on us when we start massing our troops on the Pakistan border and leave Iraq can you?
Think for yourself, America. You have all of history. Mankind: we’re all on the same learning curve. War powers blow.
Twitter: War powers blow!
War powers trump our constitution. More and more scrutiny is necessary to prevent pretenses for war from becoming the enzyme that foils the checks and balances inherent in our triumvirate form of government.
Newt ‘12 Change your mind first.
Churchill's MOM
April 3rd, 2009
9:35 am
Jim, look at all the comments..all you have to do is have PALIN in the 1st sentance.. Love..
your local black man
April 3rd, 2009
9:42 am
Georgia MOM- just because you are a so-called “GA-MOM” that does not make you a real woman! How dare you talk about republicans perception of women! We honor and respect honorable and respectable women. Get in where you fit in and shut the “F” up. Now run tell that!
Churchill's MOM
April 3rd, 2009
9:44 am
Lots of stuff on our next President in todays papers, keep up the good work Jim.
Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) called on Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska ) Thursday to step down from his seat and run in a special election in the wake of the Justice Department’s decision to drop corruption charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska). Begich narrowly defeated Stevens in 2008, a contest overshadowed by Stevens’ October conviction.
Palin’s call came after a reporter at the Fairbanks News Miner emailed her a copy of a statement by Alaska Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich calling for Begich to step down.
Asked for her response, Palin simply wrote back: “I absolutely agree.”
When the reporter wrote back to confirm that Palin meant she’d like to see Begich resign in order to hold a special election, the governor responded: “Yes.”
In an email to POLITICO, Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton confirmed the governor’s position. “She absolutely agrees that there should be a special election,” Stapleton wrote. “Stepping down to hold the special election would be the right thing to do.”
In the statement Palin was provided, Ruedrich said that “the only reason Mark Begich won the election in November is because a few thousand Alaskans thought that Sen. Ted Stevens was guilty of seven felonies.”
“A special election will allow Alaskans to have a real, non-biased, credible process where the most qualified person could win, without the manipulation of the Department of Justice,” he added.
Begich issued a statement Thursday insisting that he will remain in his seat, despite Republican calls for his resignation.
“Today, with our country in a severe recession, it’s more important than ever that we have a senator focused on fixing our economy so Alaskans have the jobs they need to support their families,” he said. “That is my job in the Senate, and I’m honored to serve Alaskans for the next six years.”
Begich spokeswoman Julie Hasquat did not directly respond to Palin’s call for the senator’s resignation, instead pointing to Begich’s statement as a clear enough indication of his reaction.
“We’re not going to respond to her,” Hasquat said.