the Nobel Clearing House Sweepstakes....

Yes, you can win too.....

introducing Marxi pads

Obama No care...

Since it appears that the Health Non-Care bill will not be happening (at least in 2009) according to ABC....I present my library of jokes and cartoons in memory of what could of been (a failure)...

I think I get it now..

I THINK I GET IT
Let me see if I understand all this....

IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.
IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.
IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.
IF YOU CROSS THE TURKEY BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN PRISON!
BUT, IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY, YOU GET:
· A DRIVERS LICENSE
· A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD
· WELFARE
· FOOD STAMPS
· AND, FREE HEALTH CARE?

Oh well sure. That makes perfect sense.

the photo op of the year.....

Help him..he's falling and he can't get back up....

H One Got None...

U.S. Debt Clock Update

As of 10:30am on Sunday, November 01, 2009, the U.S. Total Debt
Scary..and the spending keeps on going...

Obamakennedy

Cash For Clunkers: Taxpayer Cost $24,000 each car!

Cash for clunkers results in little or no appreciable sales. What was never mentioned to the consumers, the program was taxable to the car buyer! What did Hilliary say the other day..in Pakistan? "We (the United States) tax everything that moves and doesn’t move, and that’s not what we see in Pakistan,” she said. I rest my case, your Honor.

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Edmunds.com Responds to White House Comments on Cash for Clunkers Analysis

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — October 29, 2009 — Today the Department of Transportation and White House chose to respond to an analysis Edmunds.com released Wednesday that looked at auto sales this year and what sales volumes would have been had the popular Cash for Clunkers program never existed.

At issue is one point of the analysis showing the taxpayer cost for every incremental vehicle sold was $24,000. To be clear, Edmunds.com is not disputing the government's statements regarding total voucher applications, vehicles sold or voucher values. The key question is how many of these sales would have occurred anyway.

Apparently, the $24,000 figure caught many by surprise. It shouldn't have. The truth is that consumer incentive programs are always hugely expensive when calculated by incremental sales — always in the tens of thousands of dollars. Cash for Clunkers was no exception.

The White House claims that our analysis was based on car sales on Mars and that on Earth, the marketplace is connected. We agree the marketplace is connected. In fact, that is exactly the basis of our analysis.

It is also claimed we missed the possibility that Cash for Clunkers generated excitement and consumers bought vehicles even if they didn't qualify for the program -- a claim that has been widely supported by anecdote but by little analysis. It does, after all, seem a bit odd that masses of consumers would elect to buy a vehicle because of a program for which they don't qualify -- doubly so when you add in the fact that prices shot up during Cash for Clunkers, creating a disincentive to buy.

Finally, the White House claims that the increase in fourth-quarter production reported by the car manufacturers can be attributed to Cash for Clunkers. But here is a better reason: the economy is recovering accompanied by improved car sales. No manufacturer increases production -- a decision with long-term consequences -- based on the 30-day sales blip triggered by an event like Cash for Clunkers.

With all respect to the White House, Edmunds.com thinks that instead of shooting the messenger, government officials should take heart from the core message of the analysis: the fundamentals of the auto marketplace are improving faster than the current sales numbers suggest.

Isn't this a piece of good news we can all cheer?

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expensive head hunters...

So let me see if I get this....the U.S. spends $160 Billion in stimulus money to fund jobs growth. Jared Bernstein, chief economist and senior economic advisor to the VP Biden, called that the numbers "calculator abuse." He said the cost per job was actually $92,000 -- but finally admitted that estimate is for the whole stimulus package as of the end of 2010.
The White House (aka the House that Obama built) argued that the actual job number is actually larger than 640,000 -- more like one million jobs when you factor in stimulus jobs added in October and, more importantly, jobs created indirectly, such (as the brilliant VP babbler adds "the waitress who's still on the job." Big jobs.

Biden was also quoted as saying "We know this is not 100 percent accurate.Further updates and corrections are going to be needed." You don't say? Fuzzy math?

Hilliary pretty much sums it up...

Al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan: Hillary Clinton




LAHORE: The leadership of Al Qaeda is in Pakistan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Thursday.

“I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn’t get them if they really wanted to,” she added.

“Maybe that’s the case; maybe they’re not gettable. I don’t know... As far as we know, they are in Pakistan,” Clinton told senior Pakistani newspaper editors in Lahore, AFP reported. “The percentage of taxes on GDP (in Pakistan) is among the lowest in the world... We (the United States) tax everything that moves and doesn’t move, and that’s not what we see in Pakistan,” she said.

times are a changin...

The Public Option Out....

poor CNN....

The news ain't pretty at CNN. Reports are out today that they have fallen to last place in the prime time! Incredible. The numbers are below: (so of the differences are startling)


Total Day (Monday through Sunday), Total Viewers
Fox News: 1,255,000
CNN: 486,000
MSNBC: 359,000
HLN: 307,000

Total Day Viewers (Monday through Sunday), Ages 25-54
Fox News: 344,000
CNN: 142,000
HLN: 146,000
MSNBC: 131,000

Primetime Viewers (Monday through Sunday), Total Viewers
Fox News: 2,234,000
MSNBC 730,000
CNN 679,000
HLN 530,000

Primetime Viewers (Monday through Sunday), Ages 25-54
Fox News: 583,000
MSNBC: 239,000
HLN: 191,000
CNN: 190,000

7PM, Total Viewers
Fox Report with Shepard Smith: 1,989,000
Hardball: 649,000
Lou Dobbs Tonight: 631,000
Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell: 461,000

7PM, Ages 25-54
Fox Report with Shepard Smith: 463,000
Hardball: 182,000
Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell: 167,000
Lou Dobbs Tonight: 163,000

8PM, Total Viewers
O'Reilly Factor: 3,389,000
Countdown: 1,020,000
Nancy Grace: 830,000
Campbell Brown: 648,000

8PM, Ages 25-54
O'Reilly Factor 875,000
Countdown: 294,000
Nancy Grace: 269,000
Campbell Brown: 161,000

9PM, Total Viewers
Hannity: 2,374,000
Rachel Maddow: 880,000
Larry King Live: 842,000
Joy Behar: 535,000

9PM, Ages 25-54
Hannity: 659,000
Rachel Maddow: 246,000
Larry King Live: 224,000
Joy Behar: 183,000

10PM, Total Viewers
On the Record with Greta van Susteren: 1,958,000
Anderson Cooper 360: 689,000
Countdown (repeat): 600,000
Nancy Grace (repeat): 495,000

10PM, Ages 25-54
On the Record with Greta van Susteren: 533,000
Nancy Grace (repeat): 222,000
Countdown (repeat): 218,000
Anderson Cooper 360: 210,000

This says it all.....

hula Thursday...round the Globe...

The Big O's wife with the ever growing booty, hula hooped today. She managed to get in (according to U.S. Today, "142 swivels before her hula hoop hit the ground" after the torque of the hoop just could not take it anymore. It almost compares to the hula hooping in Cardiff, England. That is due to binge drinking. Michele Obama's is due to binge b.s.

Our New Secretary of State?

Where is Hilliary? Kerry makes a "deal" with Karzai. Meet who I think will be our new beloved Secretary of State in 2010 after Hilliary "retires." As you can see, Kerry handles the political football well. He tried windsurfing...and flipflopping...maybe football will make him a real winner...since he was a loser in Massachusetts.

the indecisive President

Seems like all the b.s that the Big O has been spewing over the past 10 months or so if finally catching up to him.

There is so much talk about the Big O inheriting the worst economy since the 30's. This came right after the Big O responded to the news story about the deficit hitting $1.4 trillion. Rewind two or three months beforehand. The Big O and his spin team sprinted across the finish line with a $787 Billion stimulus bill. They cried that it was needed now claiming that it would keep unemployment under 8%. When unemployment hit 9.5% in June, The Big O's co-spinner, Bad Mouth Biden said that "we misread how bad the economy was." I guess it how you consider was was.

Now the Big O is deflecting the economy issue with the health insurance issue. This also helps block making a decision on troop increases in Afghanistan. So what does The Big O do to help ease the pain of making a decision? He parties! Last night a huge tent was set up on the South Lawn to hear Sheila E. What will the next distraction be? I can't decide....

ratings bowling

Based on the current Cable News ratings, with Fox News increasing their viewership by over 20%, I guess Fox News is not a news channel. Must be my imagination.

Fox News had another dominant quarter, claiming the top 10 cable news programs in third quarter 2009 and growing even more against their third quarter 2008 ratings, while CNN and MSNBC lost huge portions of their audience.

Fox News averaged 2.25 million total viewers in prime time for the third quarter...that's up 20% over the previous year...more than CNN (946,000, down an incredible 30%) and MSNBC (788,000, down 10%) combined. CNN losing to MSNBC.

Bill O'Reilly has led all cable news programs with an average of 3.295 million total viewers for the quarter. That is up 12% over the previous year. Sean Hannity (2.603 million, up 9%), Glenn Beck (2.403 million, up 89%), Greta van Susteren (2.150 million, up 16%), and "Special Report with Bret Baier" (1.997 million, up 20%). The top five.

At MSNBC, Keith Olbermann averaged 1.087 million total viewers, down 12% from the previous year and Rachel Maddow Show averaged 996,000 total viewers. CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 averaged 1.005 million viewers, down 17% from the previous year and Lou Dobbs averaged 658,000 total viewers, down 24%. Larry King and Campbell Brown were were both down in total viewers.

CNN is bleeding in viewer loss. In the primetime adults 25-54 demo, they dropped 39% compared to third quarter 2008, averaging just 287,000 viewers.

I guess since Fox News does not exist, the viewers are going to the Cartoon Network.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/30/fox-news-dominates-3q-200_n_304260.html