This whole thing is in support of the "environment" -- not the economy. And what a farce! My God, how stupid can people be, and why in the world are we allowing Greenies in and out of Government to lead us around by our nose rings? Is there any grown-up in the house?

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?

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Maybe this isn't going to help. Maybe you're better off not having this surgery but taking the painkiller - Obamacare

Judge Sotomayor's nomination is moving forward, toward a confirmation vote by the Senate.

During her Confirmation Hearings considerable time was spent on a few lines from a few speeches she has given, rather than on the very large body of opinions she has written or joined.

The one opinion that did receive attention, however, was the New Haven firefighters' case.  A recent decision by US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis presents an interesting new view of of one department's hiring practices, and therefore casts new light on Judge Sotomayor's opinion.

Judge Garaufis held that the New York City Fire Department discriminated in its hiring practices from 1999 to 2002 so obviously there was no need for a trial before ruling against the city.

Here is one article on Judge Garaufis' opinion:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/22/2009-07-22_nyfd_written_exams_excluded_hundreds_of_black_and_hispanic_firefighters_federal_.html

Although they gave the New Haven case considerable coverage, somehow this NYC decision - in their backyard - wasn't covered by Faux Noise, Ole BlunderRush, Sheer "Hot Air" InSannity, Lou Doggs, Ann Falter, the Little Guy, or any other of the usual suspects...

So the dealer gets $4500 for a piece of junk. Then he sells a car. Who is finacing the cars? Let's face it. Most people that drive "clunkers" do so because they can't afford a new one or get a loan. When they start to default on the loans are we going to have to pay for them too?  

Semper suprene nitens

North Carolina now has the worst government money can buy. 

"New [fruit] fly threat in Southern California..."

LOL-For some reason, I chuckle every time I see it.

-Dave

We don't have a car--can't afford one. But in short, isn't this the govt paying people to get cars from the car companies it now "owns"? Any upside for the taxpayers? Except being lured into junking cars than run and getting new car payments?

Am I the only one tired of the crazy O'nicks? O-Dumbo, O-Bongo, O-Bambi, etc? I mean, really.... why do we have to keep shovelling disrespectful nicknames that clearly disparage Dumbo the clown, the Bongo drums, Bambi (mmm, I'm hungry for a venison steak now!!!) and all of the other things that have been butchered in an attempt to show our displeasure with the Obama family?

Quite frankly, I'm about to remove the O from Obama, as it's a relic from his Irish past (the new study showing that he and Crowley are related if you go back to the fourth century or so), and leave him as Bama. Problem with that, the urbandictionary claims that's D.C. slang for "can't dress well" (LMAO!!!). 

To that extent, to show my displeasure with President Obama, I'll continue to call him Obama (or President Obama), as well as calling every little Sharpton/Jackson supporting, race-baiting little cretin I run across some bastardization of "Obama", similar to how I used to use Jackson and Sharpton's names. 

Be careful, you little Obama-ites, I'm onto your game, and I refuse to play!

On Fox Newswatch today, Kirsten Powers got away with recounting Gates's version of the events of that night, with no corrections or interruptions or recount of Crowley's version. Shameful.

The University of Hawaii football coach has been suspended for 30 days and been forced to take a pay cut.  His sin is that he used a "derogatory term usually applied to gays" in a speech.  Could someone please tell me what he said? 

Every news source mentions this "derogatory term".  None of them have the will to tell their readers, listeners or viewers what was actually said.  Is this term so vile it can't even be hinted at?  Does the public need total shelter from this term? 

Perhaps this is just one more example of PC run amok.  After all this is the same University of Hawaii that changed it's school nickname and logo several years back because it could have been identified by some as having gay implications.  They used to be called the "Rainbows".  Call me naive, but I hear Rainbows and I think of a rainbow sunset over the Pacific.   

Brilliance from Santa Cruz.

By the way...she should learn what a brassier is...then again, after her performance, it's a miracle she can dress herself.

Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart

if car sales are at a 10 million annual rate, we would expect 833,000 normal sales/month.  if only 25% of trade-ins met the low mileage number wouldn't we expect the first Billion to be in the normal sales for the month.  no wonder they ran out of money.  How could they think it would last 6 months?

833k*4.5K*.25=937 million

ledgerhedger

7-8,000 at Columbus, Ohio Tea Party:

http://pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/82873/

Gates's daughter Elizabeth talks about the White House meeting:

What I Saw at the Beer Summit: http://www.thedailybeast.com

When one woman wants to attack another, makeup is always first on the list. The insults continue from there.

Go figure, who doesn't relish power?

This part was interesting.......

"I thought that was a victory," he said in an interview with The
Associated Press. "Every conservative would say I want someone who's
not a judicial activist and won't make law from the bench but that's
exactly what Justice Thomas is doing. So I was proud of that."

The next question from the AP interviewer was "What examples do you have of Justice Thomas doing that, Senator?"

.....oh wait a minute, no it wasn't.