Another Weekend Funny (Two This Weekend!)

With a hat tip to An Ol' Broad's Ramblings:

Weekend Humor

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For cat lovers:



For dog lovers:

OBA-MAO

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Blogger Z! has this anecdotal story of interest today. Excerpt:

...In a shop in Beijing (a city in which guides tell you NOT to talk politics), [my cousins who recently visited China] saw row upon row of T shirts and coin purses that have a picture of Obama on them and the words OBA-MAO! My cousins asked how they heck they could do that and WHY? They said people in CHINA say that Obama's "MAO'S MOST FAMOUS STUDENT".......My cousins were stunned. The shop owner said "We here in Beijing think America's more Communist than we are now...we get to keep some of our money now."...

Be sure to read Z's entire post by clicking on the above link!

More information via this Google search of Obamao.

And remember THIS about the Obamas' first Christmas in the White House?

US Day Of Rage

A few short months ago, could you have imagined such a thing gaining traction here in Twenty-first Century America? And on Constitution Day, at that.

About the terminology:

Today's Recommended Reading

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The EPA strikes again! See New ethanol blend raises ire of car buffs. Also see THIS POST at Bunkerville for additional information.

Discussion On Economics

If you have an interest in the present economic debacle, please listen to the August 12, 2011 edition of The Gathering Storm Radio Show. Epaminondas and I discussed our economic woes for 30 minutes.

Additional listening (Warning! Adult language!)

(hat tip to Brooke for the above link)

Today's Recommended Reading

See FLASHBACK 1972:…..Police Officer Executed in NY Mosque at Logan's Warning. Note the involvement of Louis Farrakhan and Charlie Rangel.

Obama's Bus Tour

With thanks to Will:


Video of the Darth Vader Bus below the fold:

Slut Dressing

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I'm surprised that Judge Judy didn't find these young people in contempt of court (hat tip to Karen):


These young people are an embarrassment to their parents.

Quote Of The Day

From this source:

This president treats the gilded trappings of his office like they are his rights of kingdom.

[...]

He dances away the night of his 50th birthday at the White House and aims only for re-election, oblivious to how his administration has been destroying our economy, security and national cohesion.

But why blame a child for playing with his toys? It’s ignorant voters who present him with the toy chest.

Musical Interlude

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Great memories that make us long for those bygone days:


Have a good weekend. I'm taking a weekend break from blogging here at Always On Watch.

Today's Recommended Reading

Surprise! NOT! See All 6 Democrats on Deficit-Reduction Super Committee Earned “F”s From Taxpayers’ Union at Weasel Zippers.

The Waning Of The Cult Of Obama

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Read the scathing August 9, 2011 essay by Maureen Dowd HERE in the New York Times.

The Most Heinous Of Persecutions

Her father wouldn't convert to Islam, so the sons of Allah raped his two-year-old daughter (hat tip to Leticia):

Quote Of The Day

From the Telegraph in the UK:

Since President Obama took office in January 2009, the United States has embarked on the most ambitious failed experiment in Washington meddling in US history. Huge increases in government spending, massive federal bailouts, growing regulations on businesses, thinly veiled protectionism, and the launch of a vastly expensive and deeply unpopular health care reform plan, have all combined to instill fear and uncertainty in the markets. Free enterprise has taken a backseat to continental European-style interventionism, as an intensely ideological left wing administration has sought to dramatically increase the role of the state in shaping the US economy. The end result has been a dramatic fall in economic freedom, sluggish growth, poor consumer confidence, high unemployment, a collapsing housing market, and an overall decline in US prosperity, with more than 45 million Americans now reliant on food stamps – that’s over one seventh of the entire country.

These are increasingly dangerous times, with American leadership being challenged across the globe. Only an historic reduction in government spending combined with pro-growth measures including lower business tax rates to stimulate job creation and attract investment can turn the US economy around. Unfortunately, as Standard and Poor’s decision has shown, this is a presidency in extreme denial over America’s towering debts, leading a nation on a precipice while blindfolded to reality.

My brief comment below the fold:

Wall Street Train Wreck

Obamagedddon: "Debt Man Walking"

And Barack Hussein Obama came on the air yesterday to blame the GOP and the Tea Party Movement. Pfffft.

From this column by Dana Milbank (Of all people!):

Here's What the GOP Needs To Keep Harping On

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With a hat tip to Z:

Our Governmental And Economic Woes Explained

(Note to commenters: another post about our ailing economy directly below this post)

A short videographic allegory (hat tip to Bloviating Zeppelin for the video below the fold):

The Great Contraction

So says Ezra Klein. Some of what he writes does make sense:

Weekend Humor (Or Not)

But not so funny, particularly on the heels of Friday's news of the downgrade of the United States credit rating (Click directly on the image below to enlarge it):


On a very serious and somber note, watch the following video from the Wall Street Journal:

Profiting From Politics

(With a hat tip to FJ)


HERE is the above-mentioned list from Government Gone Wild.

At Government Gone Wild, you can find additional videos such as the one below the fold:

The Stark Contrast On The Occasion Of Obama's Birthday

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With thanks to Will for the first graphic below on the occasion of Obama's fiftieth-birthday bash:

Click directly on the image to enlarge it:



August 4 is also known as Lizzie Borden Day. Quite the eerie coincidence as Obama has been swinging an ax at our economy from his first day in office (Thanks, Stogie for making the graphic below at my suggestion!):

The Family Farm Under Attack

First, some background information about the proliferation of governmental regulations under the Obama administration (with thanks to Will for finding the video):


Now, on to the subject of this post. We have yet another item for the you-can't-make-this-stuff-up file.

Pat Condell Comments On Breivik's Deeds

Video below the fold:

The Civil Right Not To Be Offended

(With thanks to Damien, not the attorney Damien, for the video and the article below)

Please watch the video. Then read the article below the fold.


Confirmation of what the above fellow is saying, the article, dated June 7, 2011:

What Politicians Mean By "Austerity"

With a hat tip to Randy's Roundtable:

As Woodsterman pointed out in the comment thread at Randy's site:

Have you ever seen one of them [a politician] miss a paycheck?

White House Spams Twitter Followers

Backfired! The White House finally stopped, with these parting words:

What Is Ramadan?

Ramadan 2011 began on or around August 1 and will end on or about August 29. Muslims, ever contentious about nearly every matter, even disagree among themselves as to when Ramadan should begin.

What does Ramadan really celebrate, particularly Eid ul-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan? If one understands the history of Islam and, especially, that of Ramadan, one will come to understand that such a commemoration, including iftar dinners at the White House, should be unacceptable to all those who oppose Islamic supremacism.

Ramadan involves more than prayers, fasting, and the giving of alms — all of which are part of the month long observance but which are also the outward signs of another message. By literal definition, of course, Ramadan commemorates Allah's "revealing" the Qur'an to Muhammad. But history clearly indicates that the "revelations" from Allah to Muhammad began around 610, some fourteen years earlier than 624.

Those earlier passages, sometimes referred to as the Meccan verses, are the oft-quoted peaceful verses in the Koran. Contrary to what one might expect, however, the last day of Ramadan does not celebrate the actual date of the earliest peaceful "revelations" of Allah to Muhammad but rather the Battle of Badr, the first significant military victory by the forces of Muhammad.

Nancy Pelosi — Still Unhinged

More unhinged than ever?

“...We’re trying to save life on this planet as we know it today.” [source]

Pelosi needs to exchange her witch's wardrobe for a straitjacket.

She has bats in the belfry, perhaps courtesy of Botox:



Pelosi is not the only unhinged politician these days.

Good thing that it's not a full moon! Can't take much more of this political insanity.

A Serial Butt Slasher?

I kid you not! News video and more information below the fold:

Tied Up In Knots — Never A Good Condition

(Apologies in advance for the length of this post. Now you know why I haven't been making blog rounds!)

When something like the deeds of mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik transpire, it is best not to respond in a knee-jerk fashion.

Yes, I did have such a reaction myself on the day following the atrocities committed in Norway and before enough facts about the man came to light.

Some background:

Update On Cameo

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In early June, I wrote about the health problem that was plaguing Cameo, our beloved Siamese-Russian Blue mix. The ultrasound of her bladder indicated a mass, at first thought to be a tumor but later turning out to be bladder stones (urolithiasis).

What weeks of ago Cameo and I went through! Agony for me because Cameo kept urinating outside the litter box, and agony for her because she would pass a stone on occasion. Stoic girl that Cameo is, she didn't cry out, but she did pass blood along with passing the stones.

Beyond the pain, Cameo also suffered from sleep deprivation, I'm sure. At one point, she was making trips to the litter pan every five minutes, sometimes trying to catch a few winks by sleeping next to the litter pan. For weeks upon weeks, Mr. AOW and I gently shouted to her around the clock, "Hurry, hurry, hurry! Put your butt down!"

No way could Cameo get enough rest!

FYI (With Addendum)

Information below the fold:

ObamaCare's Effect On The Economy

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From Hot Air:

Musical Interlude

A few days ago (What an eerie coincidence!), I queued up the following music and video for a musical interlude August 7. I'm posting it today as we pray for Norway in the wake of the mass murders committed there yesterday.

Music by Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg:

And The Logical Conclusion Is?

(Hat tip to Infidel Bloggers Alliance)


Read "The world's biggest problem? Too many people," an op-ed from the Los Angeles Times on July 21, 2011.

What conclusions do you draw from that essay?

Below the fold, a video for your consideration.

The Ten Planks Of Marxism

(With a hat tip to Trestin)

As presented in the second section of The Communist Manifesto, the set of short-term demands:

The Government Borrows To Spend

The chart below the fold says it all.

Democrats Commit Bloopers

A while back, Bob Mack compiled the following list of unfamiliar quotations from various Democrats (Spew alert!):

Weekend Humor

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Spotted at The Pagan Temple, the video below the fold is guaranteed to bring you stress relief:

The Astounding Hypocrisy of Barack Obama (With Addendum)

Hat tip to Mike's America for the following video of Obama's remarks to the House GOP Conference in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 29, 2010:


Mike comments:

Since then, Republicans won big in the November 2010 election and came back to Congress with multiple plans to address the budget, debt and entitlements. The response from Obama and the Democrats has been to demagogue GOP plans using every scare tactic in the book, like pushing Grandma off the cliff, and even some new ones (like Obama's veiled threat to withhold Social Security checks).

These kinds of inconsistencies in Obama's past and present statements need to be brought to the fore.

Must-read addendum below the fold:

How To Call Obama's Bluff?

source for graphic

From Reliapundit of THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, reminding us of how far it is to November 2012:

QUESTION FOR THE GOP: IS NOW THE BEST TIME TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE ECONOMY?

I WAS JUST WONDERING:

IF A CRASH IS COMING BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT YEAR...

AND IF, AS MANY ECONOMIST FEEL, IT'S INEVITABLE AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO STOP IT,

THEN MAYBE - JUST MAYBE - A COMPROMISE IS IN ORDER, AND MAKES POLITICAL SENSE,

SO OBAMA AND HIS COMRADES CAN'T SAY "I TOLD YOU SO" AND RUN AGAINST YOU IN 2012?

I MEAN, RIGHT NOW OBAMA OWNS THE ECONOMY.

AND IT'S TANKING.

AND CHINA'S BUBBLE MIGHT BURST.

AND THE EURO MIGHT COLLAPSE.

AND IF THEY DO, THEN THE STOCK MARKETS WOULD CRASH -

UNEMPLOYMENT WOULD HIT 11-15%

AND THE DOW AND GOLD MIGHT BOTH HIT 6000!

SO, WHY TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE ECONOMY NOW BY FORCING OBAMA TO ACCEPT EVERYTHING WE THINK IS GOOD AND RIGHT AND BASED ON SOUND PRINCIPLE?

MAYBE IT MAKES POLITICAL SENSE TO MAKE A GOOD COMPROMISE, AND RUN FOR FURTHER CHANGE IN 2012?

MAYBE TEA PARTIERS SHOULD ACCEPT A GOOD DECENT TURN TO THE RIGHT, AND NOT EXPECT [A] TOTAL 180 CHANGE RIGHT AWAY?

After all, Obama's ideas for righting our economy haven't worked so far.

Your thoughts on Reliapundit's strategy?

FEATURED QUESTION: Michele Bachmann

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Recently Chuck Thinks Right pointed out that GOP Presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann signed The Marriage Vow, which includes the following statement:

"Slavery had a disastrous impact on African-American families, yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was an African-American baby born after the election of the USA's first African-American President..."

The passage, which was on the front page of The Marriage Vow, has since been removed. Read the details HERE.

Later Than We Think

The graphic below lifted from Silverfiddle's must-read essay: "A Deficit of Leadership":


Be sure to read Silverfiddle's essay.

Meanwhile, last night,

Three Amigos

Click to enlarge (with thanks to SR):
I have to wonder if Obama is grandstanding about the debt ceiling so as to avoid attention being focused on Project Fast and Furious.

Obama: Divorced From Reality

The real unemployment figures:

Nixon Was Forced Out For Less

Understand this: Project Gunrunner began in 2005. Operation Fast and Furious, deliberately allowing known smugglers to purchase firearms, began in 2009.

The present botched program, sometimes referred to as "Fast and Furious" or "The Gunwalker Scandal," does, however, involve governmental attempts at cover-up and hindrance of investigation.

Remember, it was the cover-up and the hindrance of the Watergate investigation that brought down the Nixon administration — not the break-in itself.

A simplification of the present scandal from the sidebar of Sipsey Street Irregulars:

Weekend Humor

With a hat tip to 1389 blog:

Quote Of The Day

Hat tip to Fleece Me:



How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think.


Source below the fold.

Today's Recommended Reading

See Five Ways Obama Is Circumventing the Legislative Branch at The Foundry:

Video: Revolution In The Air

More evidence that socialist activists are on the move in 21st Century America, even as patriots were celebrating Independence Day (hat tip to Conservative Hideout 2.0):

Video: The Rights Of Man

About the video below the fold (hat tip to Adrienne's Corner):

An attempt to explain the genius of the United States of America and what we have to do to get back to the fundamental principles of protecting individual rights.

This video shows the attack the Obama administration is pursuing against our "inalienable" rights. Be sure to watch to the very end.

Independence Day 2011

Happy birthday, America!


Thanks to RP Free Speech for bringing the following video to my attention — an important reminder of how our freedom has been secured:


If you're of a mind to do some erudite reading for Independence Day, go HERE to read this essay by Frederick William Dane (pdf, hat tip to Right Truth). Pay special attention to pages 29 - 33. Excerpt below the fold:

Power Perverted Into Tyranny

As we approach Independence Day, the following from Thomas Jefferson bears consideration (hat tip to Karen). Click directly on the image to enlarge it:


Commenters are encouraged to relate their views as to how governmental power is morphing into tyranny, particularly via regulation — for the greater good, of course. My example below the fold.

Watch It And Weep

Video below the fold (hat tip to Conservative Perspective):

GOP: I Give You Fair Warning

GOP, you had better get your act together and be assertive in the campaign for the White House in 2012.


Otherwise, Obama is going to get re-elected.


I base my assertion on an essay I read yesterday in the Washington Post:

John Lennon A Closet Conservative

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He came to his senses some years after he wrote "Imagine," an anthem of utopianism:


From this source, indicating that John Lennon moved to the Right side of the political spectrum:

Another Gem From Andrew Klavan

With a hat tip to Mustang of Social Sense:

So Much For Civility

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From The Blaze:

Today's Recommended Reading

Two items: (1) TSA Now Storming Public Places 8,000 Times a Year at American Thinker and (2) Bankrupt 'Green Jobs Company' Received $535 Million in Stimulus Money, Was Coincidentally Headed by Huge Obama Contributor at Doug Ross @ Journal.

Meanwhile, In Peoria

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From the Peoria Chronicle on June 25, 2011: "Kill all the white people!" Eye-witness account below the fold (hat tip to Infidel Bloggers Alliance).

More Outrageous Behavior From The TSA

From this source:

Elderly woman asked to remove adult diaper during TSA search

A woman has filed a complaint with federal authorities over how her elderly mother was treated at Northwest Florida Regional Airport last weekend.

Jean Weber of Destin filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security after her 95-year-old mother was detained and extensively searched last Saturday while trying to board a plane to fly to Michigan to be with family members during the final stages of her battle with leukemia.

Her mother, who was in a wheelchair, was asked to remove an adult diaper in order to complete a pat-down search.

“It’s something I couldn’t imagine happening on American soil,” Weber said Friday. “Here is my mother, 95 years old, 105 pounds, barely able to stand, and then this.”...

Video below the fold:

Musical Interlude

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Yonathan Melaku: "Allahu akbar!"

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From this source:

Obamacare's Pitfalls: They Will Touch Every American

These pitfalls proliferate in the Health Care Reform Act, the bill that Pelosi so glibly told us would eventually reveal its specifics after it became law:


The specifics below will touch the vast majority of Americans in one way or another.

Geert Wilders Acquitted!

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Z has the information. Stogie has concise background information if you need it.

Wilders's video Fitna below the fold:

Teenage Flash Mobs

A little information about teenage flash mobs:

...Called “flash robs,” these crimes are being organized by young teenagers through various social media outlets, most notably Twitter. Police say the suspects select a time and place and enter the store in droves taking what they want and leaving before security or police can catch them.

Some of the most brazen robberies take place in the light of day and on busy streets despite all the security cameras and the watchful eyes of workers....

Please watch the two short videos below the fold (hat tip to Mustang of Social Sense):

Freedom In America

Hat tip to Freedom by the Way:



Information about the Mercatus Center HERE.

Check out the the Mercatus Center's evaluation of your own state by using the interactive map HERE.

Government Cracks Down On The Gold And Silver Trade

The crackdown begins on July 15, 2011.

This crackdown applies to U.S. residents.

Could this be the first step to making the private ownership of precious metals a crime?

Bad News For The Chevy Volt: Eco-Fail

From Weasel Zippers, citing the Australian:

Your Sunday Funny

But, really, not so funny (Click directly on the image to enlarge it):


A must-see video below the fold.

Anniversary Weekend

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My bridal bouquet included lavender roses.

My maid of honor, my only attendant, wore a lavender dress.

The wedding cake, made with extra butter, was decorated with lavender roses.

Even the rice was dyed lavender.

Yes, everywhere lavender thirty-nine years ago on June 17, 1972:

Pat Condell On Islamic Cultural Terrorism

With a hat tip to Brooke and worth your time:

Cedar Falls, Iowa, And The Nanny State

Surreal (hat tip to L.A. Sunset's The Public Cause):

German E Coli Contains Bubonic Plague DNA?

According to this May 21, 2011 article in Spiegel Online International:

Video: The Obama Legacy

With a hat tip to AF Ticker for the video below:


Don't allow the Weiner scandal and the inane media obsession with Sarah Palin's emails to distract your from the real issue at hand: Obama must be defeated in 2012.

Mind-Boggling Hypocrisy

I wasn't going to post anything about the recent distraction known as Weinergate, but then I stumbled across this from Congressman Anthony Weiner's Congressional website (Set down your beverage before reading on):

Musical Interlude

With thanks to Tammy Swofford for reminding me how profoundly this music touches my soul:

Despicable Union Protesters

Watch the video the fold, and observe the Left's behavior toward the Special Olympics:

Troubles Here (With Addendum)

Our beloved Cameo, 3/4 Russian Blue and 1/4 Siamese, is quite ill with a raging bladder infection.

At age 9, she should be able to recover, but this bladder infection has apparently been going on for several months. Mr. AOW and I didn't observe any overt symptoms until the last few days. Cats are very secretive and hide their illnesses until those illnesses are well advanced. **sigh**

The veterinarian has prescribed pain medications and antibiotics, with a special diet soon to follow.

For at least few days, blogging will be light as I attempt to get Cameo through this health crisis — and clean up after her mad dashes to the litter box. Her urgency sometimes results in misses!

Addendum: Alex's get well card for Cameo below the fold.

Direct Talks With The Taliban?

Are you kidding me? See THIS over at THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS.

Video: "Obama Is Lying"

Most know that I'm not particularly a supporter of Sarah Palin. That said, in the short video below, Sarah Palin minces no words (hat tip to Gateway Pundit):


Whomever the GOP chooses as its candidate in 2012 needs to be aggressive in pointing out Obama's lies and misdeeds. Indeed, the GOP should be so doing right now and should be pointing out some of these details, too.

Another video below the fold (hat tip to Mustang of Social Sense):

Weekend Humor

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My all-time favorite Bob Newhart monologue is below the fold:

Today's Recommended Reading

See American Culture Is Being Slowly Erased and Replaced over at Saberpoint. A thought-provoking essay.

Consider This

The text below is lifted from And Rightly So: