Our Ailing Economy

See 35 Shocking Statistics That Prove That Things Have Gotten Worse In America at Before It's News.

No Title For This Post

"Uh, uh, uh." See the video below the fold.

About Sandra Fluke

(For material of a non-political nature, please scroll down to today's other post)

From Pastorius at THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS:

Amazing Gymnast!

(If you must have politics, please scroll down)

The video tells the story:


More information, including photos, HERE.

Sometimes, attitude and determination really ARE everything.

Aging In Place? (With Addendum)

This morning, I was out running errands and drove by several newer homes, most of them large and beautiful structures with lovely landscaping. I noticed, however, that almost all of these new homes had several steps to climb at the entrance.

I thought back to the time that Mr. AOW was in the nursing home following a devastating brain hemorrhage at the age of fifty-nine. Needless to say, Mr. AOW was the youngest resident of the nursing home.

Video: The Story of Obama and Israel

Please make time to watch the video below the fold (hat tip to The Conservative Lady):

Gas Price Hypocrisy

Click directly on the image below to enlarge it:


Hat tip to Conservative Hideout 2.0 for the video and the larger graphic below the fold:

RIP Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012)

(This post stuck here for a few days as a tribute to a conservative trailblazer. Please scroll down for other material)



We lost a great and fearless patriot today, March 1.



Grieve first. Grief is the appropriate first response.



Then, carry on the Breitbart tradition.

The Ethics Of "After-Birth Abortions"

From Conservative Hideout 2.0, comes the following information, disturbing in the extreme:

Fantastic Flying Books

(If you must have politics, please scroll down)

Hat tip to Farmer's Letters for the following delightful video of this 2012 Oscar winner (Best Animated Short Film):

Our Devastating National Debt

From Weasel Zippers comes this grim information about America's future:



Calculate YOUR lifetime share of the national debt HERE. Take your blood pressure medication first.

Today's Recommended Reading

(Unrelated topic....See the post directly below this one. Absurdity abounds!)

See Former Obama Backer Now Thinks Obama More Incompetent than Keystone Kops! over at Mike's America. Mort Zuckerman, who supported Obama in 2008, has had a change of heart.

Mind Boggling

From MK's blog, citing this source, comes this insane bit of news about what it takes to start up an online business in Greece:

...At the health department, they were told that all the shareholders of the company would have to provide chest X-rays, and, in the most surreal demand of all, stool samples....

Bureaucracy run amok. Literally into the muck.

Birthday Blog Break

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I have no idea as to any specific plans for this weekend of my 60th birthday.

But I know that Mr. AOW has been planning something and enlisting the assistance of some others. I've seen the log on his cell phone.

Meanwhile, In New Hampshire

Legally armed homeowner catches thief, is jailed for firing warning shot

We live in surreal times!

Our Singing President

"Soundin' good!" rave the mainstream media outlets.

The Entitlement Mentality: Underage Drinking

Recently, Andrea McCarren, a reporter for WUSA, one of our local news channels, did a special report on underage drinking.

For a time, she withdrew herself from future appearances on camera because of the ensuing threats.

Excerpt from the story:

America's History With Islam

Hat tip to Bob Mack of Be Sure You're Right, Then Go Ahead, for the video below the fold:

Islamification Via Academia

(Thanks, Mustang, for sending me the video below)

Do you know what's being taught in YOUR child's school?


ACT! for America Education

ACT! for America

A specific example of what's happening at our universities, this example being a recent one at Wake Forest University.

RIP Jill Kinmont Boothe

Jill Kinmont Boothe (February 16, 1936-February 9, 2012):

Women In Art

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Enjoy this presentation of 500 years of female portraits in Western art! With thanks to commenter FreeThinke:

The Weeping Saudi Sheikh

What to say about the weeping fool below as he sobs over Tweets that insulted the Prophet Muhammad?

The Only One? (Video Added)

According to this article dated February 15, 2012, "Colorado student quits high school choir over Islamic song praising 'Allah,'" one and only one member of the school choir had the courage to make a stand (hat tip to Infidel Bloggers Alliance):

Obama Refuses To Budge

(A follow-up to this previous post. Settle in for one of my long posts)

According to this source:

Despite renewed statements of concern by Catholic leaders and lawmakers, the Obama administration is done negotiating and will finalize its plan requiring insurance companies to provide free contraception to women working and studying at religious institutions, President Obama’s chief of staff said Sunday....

What Obama has done is this: by forcing all insurance companies to provide contraception free of charge to insureds, these institutions, including hospitals, will have to (1) knuckle under, (2) stop providing any employer-based health insurance (They may not legally be able to do so), or (3) close their doors. Obama's mandate goes into effect on August 1, 2012.

Suppose you and I worked for one of these institutions? Would we stay as employees if there were no health insurance offered by our employer? Could we stay? Individual policies are expensive beyond belief and offer coverage more limited than that of group plans.

Happy Valentine's Day

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Information about Nyac, one of the hand-holding otters in the video above:

...[O]ne of the last surviving sea otters from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill[,] Nyac came to the Vancouver Aquarium in 1989 as one of the few young survivors of the oil spill. She not only survived the traumatic event, but she overcame incredible odds and became the only known survivor to have successfully had a pup. On November 9, 1993, Nyac gave birth to a healthy female pup, Kipnuk. This event was considered miraculous due to the internal damage she had sustained. During her 20 years of life, she won the hearts of members, visitors, volunteers and staff at the Vancouver Aquarium....

Racism

In the thread below, commenter Duck's Here pointed out that Peter Brimelow gave a speech at CPAC 2012. Brimelow has a reputation as a white supremacist.

White folks are not the only racists on the planet.

Indeed, Samuel L. Jackson a civil rights activist after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., and today an actor and film producer, is a racist and very proud to say so.

From this source:

Occupy CPAC

Found at Mike's America:

How Is This A Compromise?

(Two posts today. Please scroll down)


Another bluff from the Administration of Smoke and Mirrors!

According to "Obama Revamps Contraceptive Policy":

Nineteen Americans

I haven't heard any more about the following for several days. Perhaps you have?


Read the news story HERE.

FEATURED QUESTION: Healthcare Reform

(This post stuck here for a few days. Please scroll down for other material)

Recently Ann Coulter wrote "Three Cheers for Romneycare!" She stated:

...Until Obamacare, mandatory private health insurance was considered the free-market alternative to the Democrats' piecemeal socialization of the entire medical industry....

Read the entire essay HERE.

How does any kind of insurance work?

The Creation Of A Devotional Movement

Or, as many of us who oppose Obama often say, "A cult!" — in this case, the Cult of Obama.

Hat tip to A New Dark Age Is Dawning:


Do you need some visuals to go along with what Mark Edward Taylor contends in the video above? Watch the two short videos below the fold.

The Lunatics Are Running The Asylum

We live in the Age of the Absurd.

If this nonsense appeared in a novel, readers would cry, "Too implausible!"

Spew alert! Set down your beverage before reading on.

Even A Blind Squirrel...

finds a nut once in a while:

All Is Well

A follow-up post to "Secondary Cataract":

Video: America Stands At A Crossroads

Created by Political Clown Parade:


Reading: "O-Man the Destroyer" at Western Hero (Silverfiddle's site). Worth your time.

The Choices For Voters In 2012

Political cartoon below the fold (from Obama Cartoons):

Secondary Cataract

On Monday, I'll be undergoing this procedure on my right eye — over three years after cataract surgery:

Tantrums On The Tarmac

Gotta love the music too (hat tip to Capitalist Preservation):


A little something else below the fold.

Quote Of The Day

Possibly the quote of the century!

From commenter FreeThinke in THIS THREAD here at Always On Watch:

Sorry to have to be the one to say it, but Obama will win in November simply because he's so "cute." He has "charisma."

The average person doesn't know anything about "policy" and couldn't care less. Obama, whether YOU think so or not, has "Charisma."

Ever since the disaster of the Nixon-Kennedy debates, "Sex Appeal" has largely been the determining factor in American politics.

Most people do NOT think, do not KNOW, and do not CARE. They just FEEL.

If this were not true, why else do you think the Lie Factories of the Ad Industry have been so enormously successful?

The public has been deliberately "dumbed down" for the past hundred years. This has conditioned most of us to ACCEPT the ever growing amounts of [excrement] that gets forced down our throats every day.

We've been SEDUCED and then BRAINWASHED by crafty manipulators. There could be no other logical explanation for what has happened.

Opposing view HERE in "The President Plays Small Ball" by Charles Krauthammer.

Islamophobia Kills

When Muslims are involved, child-protection laws get thrown out the window for fear of offending Muslims (hat tip to Razor Sharp Claws):


Additional information, including the verdict, HERE (hat tip to A New Dark Age Is Dawning). Brief excerpt:

This Weekend's Document Dump

HERE (hat tip to THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS).

What did Eric Holder know, and when did he know it?

Strange, But Interesting

(If you must have politics, please scroll down)

Please read the story before watching the video below (with a hat tip to FJ):

Obama's Legislative Record

Obama's populism may not help him on Election Day, after all:

Liar-In-Chief

(Hat tip to I Hate the Media for the video in this post)

Watch the short video. Then read the information below the fold.


And just who designed the crazy regulations on spilled milk, anyway?

Dumber Than Dumb

A while back, Bunkerville posted "Next Generation, Dumb As Dumb Can Be?" I found myself returning several times to Bunkerville's post and also reading the more lengthy essay at The American Dream.

Excerpt:

The Sad Inevitability

Gabrielle Giffords resigns this week:


It's a miracle that Giffords is alive. May she continue to get stronger and to improve as she focuses on her recovery! And may her husband remain encouraged of heart! He's suffering right along with her, you know.

If Obama Debated Romney

Video below the fold:

Movie Heroes

(If you must have politics, please scroll down. Some lively discussions going on!)

Sad but true (hat tip to Beamish, who entitled his post "Gunslingers Vs. Gumflappers"):

The Sad Irony

(Hat tip to Reliapundit for the graphic in this post)


The facts about jobs related to tourism:

All American Muslim Girls

With a hat tip to Infidel Bloggers Alliance:


Note the following words:

You're supposed to talk to people peacefully first.

What, then, comes second?

More On Solyndra

A different kind of Watergate, one that has really fleeced the American taxpayer (hat tip to Be Sure You're RIGHT, Then Go Ahead):



Will the mainstream media harp on the above story enough to damage Obama's chances for re-election?

Recommended reading: "Anybody But Obama, 2012" at Be Sure You're RIGHT, Then Go Ahead. Nine more reasons not to vote for Obama in 2012!

Miserable Cold

(This post stuck here for several days. Please scroll down)

I have several posts queued up to auto-publish, so I'm not taking an official blog break.

Thanks to this miserable head cold, however, my participation in comments threads and making of blog rounds will be limited.

Your Weekend Funny

With a hat tip to Be Sure You're RIGHT, Then Go Ahead:


Pretty much sums up all the GOP division and divisiveness that we're seeing these days.

Americans are indeed a contentious bunch!

Check These Graphs

From Infidel Bloggers Alliance: but you may need to be taking anti-depressants not to crash and burn:

The Entitlement Mentality

Spew alert!

Set down your beverage before watching the video below the fold (hat tip to TOTUS):

Mitt Romney's Convictions

What are they?

The Arab Spring

Video of Egyptian Cleric Yousuf Al-Badri below the fold (hat tip to Alex):

This Blog Is A Winner!

As bestowed by Zilla of the Resistance:


Mr. AOW and I have won a Zilla Award for Awesomeness in the Dextrosphere: Blogging Super Couple (U.S.A.)!

Read Zilla's announcement HERE. She has listed several winning dextrosphere blogs to visit.

The Present Constitutional Crisis

Listen to the brief audio HERE.

Comparing Carter And Obama

(hat tip to Reliapundit of THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS for the video below)


Maybe we've reached the 1980 tipping point: the White House incumbent will lose in the next national election. That's what happened to Jimmy Peanut when Reagan, the non-incumbent, won the highest ever number of electoral votes against incumbent Carter:

Indoctrination In Albemarle County, Virginia

Of all places! Usually, this area is more conservative than to allow the following:

DHS Surveillance

Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch states as follows in this announcement on January 2, 2012:

Today's Recommended Reading

See Your Share of Unfunded Public Pensions is $424,500 over at Maggie's Notebook. Apparently, each of us owes that amount on top of the taxes we already pay! This problem is even more serious than the national debt.

Happy New Year!

(If you must have politics, please scroll down)


By the close of 2012, may we be celebrating regime change in Washington! In the words of this old song:

Until then we'll have to muddle through somehow.

As I think back on 2011, I have three personal things that I'm most grateful for:

Silencing Voices

For the second time in a month, CAIR has managed to get get Wordpress to take down the web site Bare Naked Islam. See the update at the bottom of the post below.

You can keep up to date with what's happening with Bare Naked Islam by following BNI's Twitter feed.

Make no mistake: what's happening with this silencing of the voice of Bare Naked Islam could easily spread to silencing a wide range of voices on the web.

This morning, I posted the following at Infidel Bloggers Alliance:

Pigs And Dogs In Pakistan (Updated!)

From Bare Naked Islam:

Christmas Day 2011: Texas Honor Killings?

See Texas Christmas Honor Killings: Mass Murderer Didn’t Want Daughter Dating Non-Muslim at Gateway Pundit. MORE at Bared Naked Islam, including family photos and news video.

(Two posts today. Please scroll down)

The Ugly Side Of George Barnard Shaw

You are likely familiar with one particular work of George Barnard Shaw, who wrote numerous works and won both the Nobel Prize for Literature and an Oscar for Pygmalion, upon which the delightful musical My Fair Lady was based:

No Matter What Your Reservations About The EDL

You must watch this video all the way through:


Information about the English Defence League (EDL) HERE and HERE. Also see THIS LENGTHY INDEX of posts at Lionheart UK.

Yes, much controversy exists with regard to the EDL.

Nevertheless, much of what Tommy Robinson says in the video above the fold is clearly happening.

Furthermore, notice the following, which I posted last week at Infidel Bloggers Alliance:

Christmas Is Here

Let the joyful bells ring!


Rejoice! (hat tip to Matt):

Merry Christmas!

Cameo And The Christmas Tree

(This post stuck here through the Christmas season. Please scroll down)

With many thanks to Stogie, who made the graphic for this post! Click directly on the picture to enlarge it:


I wrote the story below the fold in 2005. Within the past several months, Cameo has mellowed (somewhat, anyway, in large part due to her recent illness). But the memories of those bygone days Cameo's terrorizing the Christmas tree still bring a smile to our faces. I hope that the anecdote will bring a smile to your face too.

Fröhliche Weihnachten!

The beloved Christmas carol "Silent Night" in the original German:

The Obamabots' Sacrilege Of Christmas

(THREE posts today. Please scroll down)

With a hat tip to Matt of Conservative Hideout 2.0:

A Christmas Miracle

See the story that Mr. AOW has posted. On Christmas 1993 Mr. AOW and I had a personal reason to rejoice!

Ronald Reagan's Christmas Address (1981)

Musical Interlude

(If you must have politics, keep scrolling)

"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"

(If you just have politics, keep scrolling)

A lovely version of the old carol (hat tip to Bunkerville):

Video: A Voter's Guide To Republicans

With a hat tip to Z!:

The Ego Of The Man!

Have we ever had such an arrogant and self-worshiping President of the United States?

Today's Recommended Reading (Plus Video)

Recently, in a speech in Kansas, Obama "channeled" Teddy Roosevelt.

How much do you really know about Teddy Roosevelt? See Obama Unmasked: Calls for National Socialism and Will the Progressives Run the GOP? over at Mark America. Worth your time.

Brief excerpt from the first essay below the fold, plus a video (hat tip to Conservative Hideout 2.0 for the video).

Pepsi Cans In Afghanistan

From Bare Naked Islam (Click directly on the image to enlarge it):

Those Pepsi cans were manufactured in Dubai.

Is the image a rendering of the Twin Towers? Evaluations on that matter have been mixed.

Obama Campaign: Supporters Should Snitch On Their Republican Friends

You can't make this stuff up:

Musical Interlude

(If you must have politics, please scroll down)

A wonderful song with an interesting historical background (hat tip to Bunkerville):

Indefinite Detainment

At Infidel Bloggers Alliance, Midnight Rider states the following:

If you don't already realize it, the measure passed yesterday all but scuppers the Bill of Rights. Off the top of my head the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth can ALL be swept aside and denied to American Citizens if they are deemed to be substantially supportive of Al Qaida and their ilk.

[...]

This is not a slippery slope. It is a landslide threatening to engulf your Constitutionally protected Freedoms.

This could make Waco and Ruby Ridge look like a sandlot scuffle.

Find out how your Congress critter voted HERE.

Video below the fold:

The Occupier Mentality

Surreal and fanatic "mother love":


Children as tools of the Leftist agenda in the disturbing video below the fold (A must-see!):

November 2012 Can't Come Soon Enough

Please take a few moments to watch the video is below the fold hat tip to Will):

Buy Lowe's!

(Hat tip to THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS)

Exercising its prerogative as a business, Lowe's has pulled its sponsorship of the television show All-American Muslim.

The usual suspects are all riled up over Lowe's decision.

And get this!

Musical Interlude

(If you must have politics, please scroll down)


The lyrics:

Jihad In Hollywood?

On December 9, 2011.

The 12 Days Of Obama

An all-too-true parody:

(If Attack Watch is still up and running, that is)

The Shape of Things To Come?

Not a good sign for the future of an America which is not The Nanny State:



Also see Indoctrination Outrage: California Teacher Uses 'Media Matters' Anti-Fox News Article in 'World History' Class. Excerpt:

Ode to the Welfare State

A 1949 poem (hat tip to Z!. Click directly on the image to enlarge it):


As FreeThinke pointed out in a comment in this thread over at Western Hero:

Remembering Pearl Harbor

Even though 70 years have passed since December 7, 1941, interment services continue in Honolulu:

Gag!

The following email soliciting funds for the Obama campaign sounds like a googoo-eyed teeny bopper's fan letter (hat tip to Weasel Zippers):

Change We Pay For

And pay and pay and pay!

With a hat tip to Bloviating Zeppelin:


From this opinion piece in the Washington Times:

Musical Interlude

The story that never grows old:

Patriotism Does Live!

With thanks to homeschool parent CG, who emailed me the following video, best viewed in full-screen mode (Click on the button on the bottom right, the button with the arrows):

Where's The Beef?

(Two posts today. Please scroll down)

Or should I say horse meat:

President Obama last month quietly signed into law a spending bill that restores the American horse-slaughter industry...

If a Republican President had signed this bill, the story would be all over the mainstream media and PETA would be out rioting on Pennsylvania Avenue.

How safe is horse meat for human consumption?

The Muslim Brotherhood's Inroads

Please watch the video below the fold (hat tip to Will):

Today's Recommended Reading

See They are no different than Richard Nixon at Infidel Bloggers Alliance. Worth your time and consideration.

Meanwhile...