Stomping the Brakes

I don't care what your race, color, creed or political affiliation -- this is simply appalling.

Either Obama brought in appointees with agendas other than those he espoused throughout his presidential campaign OR he knowingly appointed them. In any case, that heads in the Justice Department have not rolled over this debacle is pretty compelling evidence the White House has no problem with any of this.

Just when I think I can't possibly be gobsmacked by the hypocrisy of this administration, I get whomped again.

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One little note that you may have missed in there is that J. Christian Adams has joined Pajamas Media. I've kind of resisted registering there before this, but that changed today... and a darned good thing, or I'd have missed this story:

Call it Panthergate, call it what you will. The Department of Justice (or its minions) is already attempting to slime its whistleblower J. Christian Adams — the attorney who recently resigned from the Department over its abandonment of the New Black Panther case.

Now Adams has struck back, telling Pajamas Media that the DOJ’s smears were a “blatant lie.”

Go register.

Saturday Ramblings

Do you ever wonder whether the Hypocrite-in-Chief is functionally tone deaf or willfully so? Wonder no more, as the same guy who said this:

Speaking to enthusiastic supporters at a fund-raiser here, President Obama on Thursday evening presented his clearest plan yet to move forward with comprehensive health care legislation, saying that he wanted to meet with Democrats, Republicans and independent experts, lay out the facts for the American people and then, he said, “I think that we have got to move forward on a vote.”

“What I’d like to do is have a meeting whereby I am sitting with the Republicans, sitting with the Democrats, sitting with health care experts and let’s just go through these bills,” Mr. Obama said. “Their ideas, our ideas. Let’s walk through them in a methodical way, so that the American people can see and compare what makes the most sense. And then I think that we have got to move forward on a vote. We have got to move forward on a vote.”

He continued, “That’s why I think it’s very important for us to have a methodical, open process over the next several weeks, and then let’s go ahead and make a decision. And it may be that if Congress decides, if Congress decides we’re not going to do it, even after all the facts are laid out, all the options are clear, then the American people can make a judgment as to whether this Congress has done the right thing for them or not. And that’s how democracy works, and there will be elections coming up and they will be able to make a determination and register their concerns one way or another during election time.”

... turns around and says this:

"You know what I think would actually make a difference, Michael? I think if everybody here -- excuse all the members of the press who are here -- if everybody here turned off your CNN, your Fox, your blogs," Obama said, before being interrupted by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-CA, who piped up, "And MSNBC!"

... and this:

"We've got to, I think, get out of the echo chamber. That was a mistake that I think I made last year - was just not getting out of here enough. And it's helpful when you do."

Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, who is not much of a fan of political TV (he's actually a movie buff) and is, himself, perhaps the most endangered Democrat in this 2010 midterm election, apparently liked what he heard. Smiling broadly out at his Democratic Caucus, Reid joked, "Mr. President, you've told me -- suggested -- don't pay any attention to the blogs, don't listen to talk radio, don't watch cable TV. And I follow that advice pretty good."

Yep. It's official: he's willfully deaf.

If he really wanted to get out of the echo chamber, he'd do nothing but pay attention to people who choose to differ with him. Instead, he once again demonstrates that he doesn't give a flying fig what the American public thinks, and doesn't want to know until after Congress has acted and we're stuck with the consequences. In fact, I'm pretty sure that instead of an echo chamber, he's got a cone of silence.

He knows better than us. He tell us that repeatedly.

We're not allowed to have a voice until the next election? How's that working for you?

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My friend Mikey is having a bad day. I know the feeling. And I'm thinking may be the Tea Party ought to adopt that video for its anthem.

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In Illinois political news, both Donk and GOP candidates are ducking news about questionable behavior and/or questionable connections.

It's never a dull moment around here, and it's also no wonder there's so much voter apathy. You can't throw a rock without hitting a dirty politician in this state.

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Bus Fumes

My summary of the SOTU Address?

"I'm right. You're wrong. And since I'm the President, I win.
Nanny-nanny-boo-boo."

And on a side note, it didn't take long to go from this:

At the beginning of the last decade, the year 2000, America had a budget surplus of over $200 billion. (Applause.) By the time I took office, we had a one-year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade. Most of this was the result of not paying for two wars, two tax cuts, and an expensive prescription drug program. On top of that, the effects of the recession put a $3 trillion hole in our budget. All this was before I walked in the door. (Laughter and applause.) [BLAME BUSH!]

To this little lecture on finger-pointing:

Washington may think that saying anything about the other side, no matter how false, no matter how malicious, is just part of the game. But it's precisely such politics that has stopped either party from helping the American people. Worse yet, it's sowing further division among our citizens, further distrust in our government.

Hypocritical, to say the least. Feh.
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Illinois is so far over-extended financially, second only to California, that we're seriously in danger of bankruptcy, and Mr. Helpful/Chicken Little extends this helping hand to us:

Federal grant of $1.23 billion, short of $4.5 billion requested by Illinois officials

That's right -- he hands us the keys to more choking debt that we can't afford and has the nerve to call it assistance.

Thanks for nothing.
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Just three days ago, Chicken Little scolded that deficits don't happen over night.

To which I say, Oh, YEAH??? Then 'splain me this:

The Democratic-controlled Senate has muscled through a plan to allow the government to go a whopping $1.9 trillion deeper in debt.

The party-line 60-40 vote was successful only because Republican Sen.-elect Scott Brown has yet to be seated. Sixty votes were required to approve the increase. The measure would lift the debt ceiling to $14.3 trillion. That's about $45,000 for every American.

Democrats had to scramble to approve the plan, which means they won't have to vote on another increase until after the midterm elections this fall.

You can bet your bippy that spending freeze that's supposed to take effect a year from now will, of course, include this amount. (And why is that Kennedy shill from Massachusetts still voting, when a new Senator has been elected??? This shouldn't have been legally possible.)
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The Daily Douche Bag:

Chris Matthews is a douche bag. A tap-dancing douche bag, but still a douche bag.

The Staff Writers of the Star-Ledger are douche bags for failing to point out that these hazing incidents are a black-on-black crime, and that hazing happens far more often in all black fraternities and sororities than it does in fraternities and sororities that open their memberships to all races, colors and creeds. And let's not forget the lovely "sisters" who wielded the paddles. Nice job, douche bags.

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I love Rev. Right. And he is you know.