Monthly Archives: September 2011

President Obama’s Unfortunate Jimmy Carter Moment

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Friday, September 30, 2011 Echoing former President Jimmy Carter’s infamous “malaise” speech 32 years ago, President Obama on Thursday claimed that America has “gotten a little soft.” Both Carter and Obama are known “deep thinkers”and also like Carter, Obama finds himself … Continue reading →

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Bank of America Mobsters Begin Charging $5 for Debit Card Usage

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Thursday, September 29, 2011 The mobsters at Bank of America plan to charge customers a $5 monthly fee for usage of their Visa debit cards, according to the Wall Street Journal. Bank of America earlier this year whined about changes … Continue reading →

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How Have 165 Passengers Gone Missing from Cruise Ships in Recent Years?

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Thursday, September 29, 2011 Like a plot from a book of fiction, between 1995 and 2011, 165 cruise ship passengers have vanished — many of them from vessels popular with British vacationers. Take the case of John Halford. A passenger … Continue reading →

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Herman Cain: ‘I could not support Rick Perry’

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 I just love the sound and the smell of Republican cannibalism. In the wake of Gov. Rick Perry’s dreadful debate performance last week in Orlando, the Godfather of pizza, Herman Cain, made this stunning proclamation. Speaking … Continue reading →

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The Fat Man Says Fat Chance

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Porcine Gov. Chris Christie told a crowd of about 900 at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA on Tuesday that he is not running for president. The New Jersey Republican said he was flattered by … Continue reading →

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Democratic Insider: Obama-Clinton 2012

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011 People familiar with this Blog know I don’t use anonymous sources. If I can’t source by name, chances are good the story doesn’t make it in. I am making an exception this time because of the … Continue reading →

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Really Ohio?

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Monday, September 26, 2011 From Ohio, the state that gave us Rep. John Boehner, Gov. John Kasich, and Rep. Jim Jordan, comes an ongoing and sometimes contentious debate in churches regarding homosexuality thanks to 10 Toledo-area billboards proclaiming competing messages. … Continue reading →

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2012 Hillary Clinton’s Last Chance?

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Monday, September 26, 2011 The list of editorial pages suggesting Hillary Clinton may challenge President Obama in 2012 now include the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Sun-Times and Christian Science Monitor. Joining the list is Brett … Continue reading →

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Obama: “Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes. Stop complainin’. Stop grumblin’. Stop cryin’.”

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Sunday, September 25, 2011 President Obama, in a desperate move designed to reconnect with an important voting bloc he’s watched slip away, cranked up the patois Saturday night in a oratory at the annual Congressional Black Caucus awards dinner, and … Continue reading →

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The Tree-Climbing Goats of Morocco

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Saturday, September 24, 2011 This is one of the strangest things I’ve seen on the internet and I wanted to share it. In Morocco, the native Tamri goats are so enticed by the berries of Argan trees that they have … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Green Initiative Snatches Inhalers Out of Asthmatics’ Hands

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Friday, September 23, 2011 If you’re one of the 20 million Americans who suffer from asthma (1 in 15 Americans), the Obama administration has come up with a new way to make your life a living and potentially lethal hell. … Continue reading →

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Guess What? Albert Einstein Was Wrong

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Friday, September 23, 2011 Back in 1905, Albert Einstein posited that nothing in the universe could travel faster than the speed of light. Light travels at 186,282 miles per second. Call it the universe’s speed limit. Guess what? It turns … Continue reading →

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President Obama’s Black Support Drops by 25%

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Thursday, September 22, 2011 As President Obama’s support among key demographic groups evaporates, he could always count on African Americans as the foundation of his political base. However, even black Americans appear to be rejecting him. According to the latest … Continue reading →

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One Million Moms Don’t Like Sweaty Balls

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Thursday, September 22, 2011 One Million Moms are not amused. The rightwing group have recently taken exception to Chaz Bono and Carson Kressley’s participation on ABC’s hit show Dancing with the Stars and Rite Aid selling vibrators and sex toys … Continue reading →

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81% of Rick Perry’s “Texas Miracle” Went to Immigrants

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Thursday, September 22, 2011 Gov. Rick Perry seen here going down on a wiener Republican presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry loves to tout the fact that 60% of the jobs created in the U.S. have been in Texas. But there’s … Continue reading →

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Pat Boone Insists Obama Was Born in Kenya

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011 50′s crooner Pat Boone is battling Orly Taitz for the title of Supreme Birther. He insists President Obama is a Kenyan-born fraud, reads the Koran in its original Arabic form, celebrates Ramadan and, says Obama has spent … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011 “No country should deny people their rights, the freedom of speech and freedom of religion but also, no country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Secret, Undeclared Drone Wars

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011 According to an article in the Washington Post, the Obama administration is building a massive network of secret drone bases for counterterrorism operations in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as part of an … Continue reading →

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