WyBlog http://wyblog.us/blog The WyBlog, live and in color. en Copyright (c) 2010 Christopher H. Wysocki http://wyblog.us/images/wyblog-logo_40x51.png WyBlog http://wyblog.us/blog 40 51 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:56:00 GMT AGW hype alert, the killer hurricanes are coming! http://wyblog.us/blog/agw/hurricane-hype-alert.html Chris Wysocki 2010 "has the chance to be an extreme [hurricane] season".

The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than last year's and poses an "above-normal" threat to the U.S. Gulf and East coasts, AccuWeather Inc. forecasters said today.

AccuWeather foresees 16 to 18 named storms forming in the Atlantic Ocean, with five becoming hurricanes and two or three of them going ashore in the U.S. as major systems. In all, 15 storms probably will be in the western Atlantic or the Gulf of Mexico, and seven may make landfall in the U.S., said Joe Bastardi, chief long-range and hurricane forecaster.

Didn't they say the same thing last year? Why yes, yes they did! Then it was "revised downward" when the hype didn't match reality. And the same thing happened the year before that, too. 2006? Wrong again!

Does anyone besides me detect a pattern here?

In fact, IPCC hurricane predictions have a perfect track record — they have been wrong 100% of the time. Hey, at least they're consistent.

So why is it that each and every year the predictions put forth by these pompous buffoons is awaited with baited breath and thrust into the forefront of the media spotlight? I'd say it's because people have a certain macabre fascination with disasters, and predicting killer hurricanes is a sure-fire way to pique interest and drive ratings (and clicks).

Plus, it's not like anyone holds these guys accountable for their erroneous forecasts. Despite their 100% failure rate they're still hawking the same worthless computer models and trying desperately to convince us that their doomsday scenarios for fifty years hence are frighteningly real.

Sorry dudes. When it comes to your credibility you can't "hide the decline" anymore.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /agw Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:56:00 GMT hurricane-hype-alert Coming to C-SPAN, an Oscar-worthy film of Washington intrigue http://wyblog.us/blog/odds_n_ends/cspan-oscar-worthy-feature-film.html Chris Wysocki The Resistance you're missing great stuff like this.

(h/t Mind Numbed Robot)
Technorati Tags: ]]> /odds_n_ends Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:28:00 GMT cspan-oscar-worthy-feature-film Legislative timewaster alert - NJ seeks to turn "Freeholders" into "Commissioners" http://wyblog.us/blog/nj_politics/keep-freeholder-title.html Chris Wysocki

It's a historical term from English common law, referring to someone who owns his land free and clear of the King. What could be more emblematic of freedom than being the owner of your land? Wouldn't we want to emphasize that roots in the community, rather than fealty to the Sovereign (eg the government), is a desirable trait for our elected leaders?

Well apparently the term "Freeholder" is now racist. Yup. It's been in use for more than 400 years, but since it may at one time have been applicable exclusively to white (rich) men, now it's racist. This ought to be big news to the 5 African-American and one Latino member of Essex County's 7 member Freeholder Board (four of whom are women). They seem perfectly content to go about their business and run for re-election as "Chosen Freeholders".

Nonetheless, Guilty White Liberals are determined to abolish the term and replace it with "County Commissioner".

Doesn't our state have some slightly more important problems to solve? Why are they wasting their time on trivialities of nomenclature? Suppose they change the name; how much is it going to cost to reprint all the paperwork and change the signs and update all the web pages and phone books? Couldn't they find a better use for that money?

Freeholder is an ancient and honorable title. We would lose a piece of our history if we were to abandon it. Plus, it's a great tool for teaching civics to our schoolchildren. When they learn the origin of the term they get a sense of the historical underpinnings of our own government. We should not take that away by replacing it with a blase job description which connotes nothing more than a vague sense of self-importance.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /nj_politics Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:14:00 GMT keep-freeholder-title The Census endorses same-sex "marriage" in all 50 states http://wyblog.us/blog/obama_watch/census-recog-gay-marriage-nationwide.html Chris Wysocki an official U.S. government document.

In a policy shift experts say could radically reshape demographic profiles of the gay community, the U.S. Census this year will let same-sex couples label themselves as husband or wife even if their relationships are not recognized by law.

The forms do not explicitly recognize civil unions, which are legal in New Jersey. Instead, the documents offer one of two boxes for same-sex couples — "husband or wife" or "unmarried partners."

This is how radical change happens folks. Not by elections. Not by votes in a legislature. Not even by decisions rendered by the Supreme Court. A bureaucrat designs a form and now every state in the union has official recognition of same-sex "marriage". No muss. No fuss. No accountability.

We The People get the shaft.

"The truth is that the number of kinds of legally married couples in this country is a very complicated situation," said Gary Gates, a demographer with the University of California, Los Angeles. "How do you keep up with that?"

Gee, I don't know Mr. Hot Shot Demographer. You've got 57 different boxes for the various flavors of Asians and Pacific Islanders and people of Hispanic origin. Is that less complicated than adding "domestic partner" next to husband and wife?

Of course not. The Census is a political tool and the decision to recognize same-sex "marriage" is a political decision. It was implemented with the express purpose of enabling the federal government to tabulate and officially establish a precedent for same-sex "marriage" in all 50 states.

While we were busy tackling this issue head on Barack Obama's ACORN-infused Census Bureau has brought official nationwide endorsement of same-sex "marriage" in via the back door.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /obama_watch Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:34:00 GMT census-recog-gay-marriage-nationwide Does anybody from Chicago really care about time? http://wyblog.us/blog/obamacare/does-obama-really-care-about-time.html Chris Wysocki

Obama Confuses Decades, Inflates Estimated Health Care Savings by $868B.

President Obama, making his final push for health care reform, pitched his proposal Monday to a crowd in Pennsylvania with a deficit-reduction figure that the White House later admitted missed the mark.

"Our cost-cutting measures mirror most of the proposals in the current Senate bill, which reduces most people's premiums and brings down our deficit by up to $1 trillion dollars over the next decade because we're spending our health care dollars more wisely," Obama told an audience at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa., a suburb north of Philadelphia.

Obama was so proud of these cost-saving numbers in the latest version of health care reform, he delved into a bit of Washington-speak to back them up.

"Those aren't my numbers," Obama said to the rising applause of the estimated 1,300 in attendance. "They are the savings determined by the Congressional Budget Office, which is the nonpartisan, independent referee of Congress for what things cost."

But the budget office did not say the Senate health care bill would save $1 trillion over the next decade -- or even close to that figure.

It estimated the bill would save $132 billion from 2010 to 2019, leaving Obama's "next decade" estimate $868 billion short.

When contacted about this disparity, a White House official said Obama meant to say the Senate bill would save $1 trillion in its second decade -- a projection that would more closely match congressional analysts' estimates.

$1 trillion, one billion (220, 221), whatever it takes.

"I'll gladly promise you a trillion dollar savings in 2019 in exchange for your gullibility today!"

Does Barry really know what decade it is?

Does Barry really care (about us)?

Hell No!

MarySue watched POTUS and TOTUS in person today. By her account the kids brought in to rah-rah it up weren't nearly as impressed as Barry needed them to be. Yeah, it's a bummer to discover that you're gonna get hosed before the grand socialist utopia even has a chance to get off the ground.

He did say one thing I could agree with — "The time for talk is over."

OK Barry, take your own advice and STFU.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /obamacare Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:35:00 GMT does-obama-really-care-about-time News You Can Use: Don't inject silicone caulk to make your butt bigger http://wyblog.us/blog/odds_n_ends/big-butts-the-easy-way.html Chris Wysocki butt enhancement procedure using silicone bathtub caulk.

Six women from the Essex County area who wanted fuller bottoms ended up in hospitals after receiving buttocks-enhancement injections containing the same material contractors use to caulk bathtubs, officials said.

The women checked into hospitals in the county after their procedures, apparently administered by unlicensed providers, went horribly wrong, state health officials said. The women underwent surgery and were given antibiotics. No arrests have been made.

Different from medical-grade silicone, the substance used in the botched procedures was believed to be a diluted version of nonmedical-grade silicone.

Cheeseburgers. If you want a bigger butt, just eat cheeseburgers. I speak from experience!

This reminds me of an old joke. After about 10 years of marriage a lady went to her husband and asked him to pay for breast implants. He said, "try this first - twice each day rub some toilet paper up and down between your breasts. They'll get bigger."

When she appeared skeptical he explained, "worked on your ass, didn't it?"

And of course, when referring to bigger butts, we need a little music:

Fat bottom girls you make the rockin' world go round!
Technorati Tags: ]]> /odds_n_ends Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:56:00 GMT big-butts-the-easy-way Keystone Kops swoop in to seize unlicensed beer http://wyblog.us/blog/odds_n_ends/keystone-kops-seize-unlicensed-beer.html Chris Wysocki woe unto you if yours isn't on the list.

More than a dozen armed State Police officers conducted simultaneous raids last week on three popular Philadelphia bars known for their wide beer selections. The cops confiscated hundreds of bottles of expensive ales and lagers, now in State Police custody at an undisclosed location.

The alleged offense: Although the bar owners had bought the beer legally from licensed Pennsylvania distributors and had paid all the necessary taxes, the police claimed that nobody had registered the precise names of the beers with the state Liquor Control Board - a process that requires the brewers or their importers to pay a $75 registration fee for each product they want to sell in Pennsylvania.

Three teams of officers converged last Thursday on the three bars, run by Leigh Maida and her husband, Brendan Hartranft. Checking their inventories against the state's official list of more than 2,800 brands, the cops seized four kegs and 317 bottles, totaling 60.9 gallons of beer, according to police calculations.

In fact, according to Maida, more than half the beer removed by the State Police was properly registered - but the cops couldn't find it on their lists because of "clerical errors" or "blatant ineptitude" between the police and the Liquor Control Board, with whom the officers were conferring by telephone.

She estimated the total value of the confiscated stock at $7,200, representing about 20 brands, some of which go by multiple names.

"No actual investigating was done," Maida said in an e-mail to the Daily News. "The police sent a shoddily typed list to the PLCB, some drone fed it into the machine verbatim and returned what came back, without . . . even trying to offer us the benefit of the doubt by double-checking on some of the so-called unregistered beers."

Maida said that the couple's attorney had told them that they have until 6 p.m. tonight to compile evidence to prove that the confiscated beer is properly registered.

"The onus is on us to prove our innocence," she said.

Totalitarian thugs right out of Soviet Russia drum up specious charges relating to bogus paperwork and suddenly $7200 worth of premium beer is seized and whisked away to an "undisclosed location". (Wanna bet that "undisclosed location" is a State Police union hall from which it will mysteriously "vanish" one bottle at a time?)

Our Founding Fathers established the principle that we are innocent until proven guilty. Our nation bends over backwards to assuage the fragile consciences of ACLU lawyers who defend murderous Islamist scum. But if you're selling beer which isn't on some petty bureaucrat's list you have no rights. You have no recourse. Your beer is gone in the blink of an eye.

And then the stormtroopers will take six to eight months before they present their checklist to an Administrative Law Judge who has the sole power to determine if the beer was mislabeled or unregistered. Because these are high-end craft beers it is likely they will be "skunked" long before that time unless that State Police's "undisclosed location" has precise temperature control. If the judge says it's unlicensed it will be destroyed forthwith (ie, the State Police will have one hellacious party).

And what is their lame-ass excuse for requiring beer to be licensed in the first place? Drunk driving, of course.

Francesca Chapman, a PLCB spokeswoman, said that the registration requirement helps prosecutors identify alcoholic beverages in drunk-driving cases or any other type of prosecution.

Francesca Chapman, you are a horse's ass. You can't be stupid enough to believe such a profoundly ridiculous statement. Well, maybe you can. You're a bureaucrat, and bureaucratic stupidity is 99.44% of what government is all about.

The enemies of America have more Constitutional Rights than a regular guy just trying to make a living selling beer. Yes, the Founding Fathers are definitely spinning in their graves.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /odds_n_ends Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:03:00 GMT keystone-kops-seize-unlicensed-beer New Jersey's perfectly legal no-show public jobs http://wyblog.us/blog/nj_politics/no-show-public-jobs.html Chris Wysocki

Welcome to the Bizarro World of public employee terminal leave.

It's a process called terminal leave. Employees can sometimes save up their days off and then use them all in the final year on the job, letting them get a head start on retirement while drawing a paycheck. Some take most of their final year off - and others actually get pay raises during this time.

"Limiting cash payouts for sick leave is totally meaningless unless we plug the loophole you could drive a truck through," said Assemblyman Declan O'Scanlon (R-Monmouth). "It's a way around the limitation that will absolutely be exploited."

Workers taking terminal leave can be costly for towns, not the least because they're paid at their current salary, rather than the lower pay they received while accruing the time years ago. It also gives a town two choices: Leave the post unfilled, or hire a second person to do the same job.

Suzanne Castleman, mayor of Little Silver, a Monmouth County town of 6,000 residents, said workers will stay on the books for six or seven months before officially retiring. "It's very tough in a small town where you have to pay two people to do the job of one," she said.

Mimi Letts said when she was Parsippany mayor from 1994 to 2005, almost one-tenth of the police force was on terminal leave at any given time. Some got pay raises while awaiting retirement.

"It was absolutely incredible the number of police officers sitting at home collecting their salaries," she said. "I told everybody we couldn't afford two police departments, one at home and one on duty."

Isn't that special? Shadow employees to go along with our shadow government. They're being paid to not work while our taxes escalate into the stratosphere.

Only a union hack could believe this is a good idea.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /nj_politics Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:19:00 GMT no-show-public-jobs The Resistance - A new group blog http://wyblog.us/blog/misc/we-are-the-resistance.html Chris Wysocki The Resistance.

The Conservative Resistance.

It's a new group blog created by Steve from MotorCityTimes.com. Also on board are The Classic Liberal, my fellow Jerseyans at That's Right, and Gator Doug.

And just to make things interesting they included me!

We will resist Barack Obama's vision of a socialist America with every fiber of our being. We will stand athwart history yelling "STOP". And we will never, ever immanentize the eschaton.

Please bookmark The Resistance. And check in often for the finest in creative conservative commentary.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /misc Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:56:00 GMT we-are-the-resistance FCC plans nationwide broadband push, funded by you and me http://wyblog.us/blog/rants/fcc-yearns-for-universal-broadband.html Chris Wysocki free cell phones for welfare queens to the mix.

This boondoggle is administered by the FCC and funded by a tax on our phone bills. (Verizon dings me for $7.05 a month between our home phones and cell phones.) And now the FCC has decided that every American deserves access to high speed broadband internet (including 3G wireless). And they're going to tax our phone bills to guarantee it.

The Federal Communications Commission wants to utilize government programs that could help make high-speed Internet accessible for all Americans.

The Universal Service Fund, a program that subsidizes telephone service in poor and rural areas, is being studied by the FCC, who wants to revamp the program as part of their national broadband plan that is due in Congress on March 17.

The FCC says it wants to transform the program over the next ten years to pay for high-speed Internet access instead of the voice services it currently finances. Creating a new program -- the Connect America fund -- within the Universal Service Fund to subsidize broadband is their main goal. They would also like to see a Mobility Fund to expand the reach of 3G wireless networks.

So what, now the government is going to compete with AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Cablevision, Time Warner, T-Mobile, and all the other private broadband providers from which we can choose? Or will they just tax you and me to subsidize these private businesses?

How's this for a radical idea. Instead of the government intruding further into what seems to be a highly competitive and fast growing market why don't they unshackle these companies from the current myriad of regulations to which they are subjected? Bureaucrats aren't known for their prowess at innovation. But they are really proficient at slowing things down.

I never understood why it made sense for the taxpayers to subsidize Aunt Bea's party line in Mayberry RFD. So it makes even less sense for them to tack on yet another fee to my phone bill just so Aunt Bea can watch YouTube. Like the party line the Universal Service Fund needs to become a thing of the past.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /rants Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:55:00 GMT fcc-yearns-for-universal-broadband Rule 5 Sunday: Belvedere declares victory? http://wyblog.us/blog/rule5/belvedere-declares-victory.html Chris Wysocki Smitty is mum on the subject. But Bob Belvedere fired off a Swedish boob bomb yesterday and declared himself the victor.

I was otherwise engaged this weekend (more on that in a later post) and I thought I'd left Kala in charge of my forces. But not wanting to break my Nothing Beyond PG-13 rule she was outmaneuvered by Bob's superior Photoshop skills.

[Kala blue dress] [Kala red bra] [Kala blue teddy]

It's lunchtime and an army travels on its stomach so it's time for Kala to make me a sandwich.

Mmm, mmm, good!
Technorati Tags: ]]> /rule5 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:36:00 GMT belvedere-declares-victory Gov. Christie proposes elimination of property tax rebates http://wyblog.us/blog/nj_politics/eliminate-property-tax-rebate-checks.html Chris Wysocki may eliminate the annual property tax rebate checks.

Gov. Christie is considering scaling back or eliminating property-tax rebates in his budget proposal, a move that could yield significant savings but would mean going back on a campaign pledge.

As Christie tries to close a projected $11 billion deficit next fiscal year, scenarios under discussion include slashing the popular but expensive rebates, according to two administration officials with knowledge of budget talks.

They stressed that no final decisions had been made. Christie is scheduled to unveil his budget March 16.

At a cost last year of $1.1 billion, rebates form one of the largest pools of money in the budget. Lawmakers in both parties have said privately for weeks they expect cuts to the program.

Rebates are one of the most tangible ways state government tries to offset New Jersey's high local property taxes, which average nearly $7,300. The program is so large and costly, though, that it is a prime target for governors seeking spending cuts.

When they were first conceived the rebates did indeed offset our high property taxes. If you paid property tax, you got a rebate. But as the years went by exceptions were carved out of the rebate program thereby eliminating the checks for most New Jersey residents.

Now it is merely another "wealth transfer" program. Privileged classes (mostly senior citizens and the disabled) get checks, funded by the latest one cent increase in the sales tax. But, aside from a small percentage of low income homeowners, the rest of us do not. In fact, the people who do receive rebate checks can qualify for them even if they don't own a home and pay property taxes! How's that for insane? Renters get a rebate check for property taxes paid by their landlord.

Now is the time to scrap the silly rebate system for good. If there is money in the budget to offset property taxes, return it to the municipalities which can then actually lower their tax rates. It's no coincidence that the rebate checks are mailed out in the middle of October, timed to arrive just before election day. They're a gimmick to remind people to vote for the incumbents!

The governor is asking everyone to sacrifice in order to save our state from fiscal armageddon. Aid to towns and school districts has been cut. Salaries are being frozen, pension contributions were curtailed, health insurance co-pays will be increased, and some public employees will lose their jobs. Government services are being scaled back and NJ Transit plans to increase fares an average of 25%.

Yet the budget is still not balanced. Scrapping the rebate program is the sensible thing to do.

Of course killing the rebates won't be popular. The governor is going to be subjected to charges that he reneged on a campaign promise. So what. The promise to keep (or expand) the rebates was made while the severity of our fiscal situation was obfuscated by Jon Corzine's creative accounting. When Governor Christie took office he was blindsided by just how badly Corzine had underestimated the magnitude of the problem.

The rebate check gimmick has outlived its usefulness. It's time to enact a systemic change in how New Jersey collects taxes and pays for government services. To do that we must set aside the old ways of thinking and move forward with one coordinated purpose — to reduce the tax burden for all residents, not just for a select chosen few.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /nj_politics Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:19:00 GMT eliminate-property-tax-rebate-checks Fraudulent Moronic Jerks Running Amok http://wyblog.us/blog/misc/fraudulent-moronic-jerks-running-amok.html Chris Wysocki Full Metal Jacket Reach Around).

"Fraudulent Moronic Jerks Running Amok" is not only an apt description of the Obama White House, it's an excellent name for a rock band!

Reconcilliation is a smokescreen.

The ends justify the means.

To a liberal, honor is a dirty word.

What's it gonna take to get you to vote "yes" on health care reform today?

One thing is sure everybody pays more and doctors get hosed. Well, except in California, where the Ninth Circuit thinks money grows on trees.

Hey I know, let's cut services and raise prices!

I'm always up for a good party.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?

Obama fiddles while the global economy unravels.

Frivolous lawsuit of the day.

Let's play "Name That Religion!"

College students in California are throwing a giant temper tantrum.

I for one welcome our new Rovian Robot Overlord.

If the days really are shorter now when will I find time to blog?

Yuengling is quite possibly the greatest beer in America. Sure beats astroturf coffee!

Eric Holder loves lawyers who love al Qaeda.

Who's ready to pay $7 per gallon for gas?

The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Even in Chicago. And something to keep in mind in Brooklyn.

Finally, here is Round One of the first conservative blogger debate. Not all of us agree on the benefits of engaging in "nation building" in Afghanistan and Iraq. Russ says it's the right thing to do. CL makes a darned good case for kicking ass, taking names, and going home. Which is not the same thing as agreeing with Derb.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /misc Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:47:00 GMT fraudulent-moronic-jerks-running-amok Race to the bottom: NJEA successfully torpedoed our shot at $4.35B in Fed ed funds http://wyblog.us/blog/nj_politics/race-to-the-bottom.html Chris Wysocki the 15 finalists for his federal "Race to the Top" school reform effort. New Jersey didn't make the cut.

The NJEA vehemently opposed pursuing the money because it came with "strings" attached. Real radical stuff like merit pay for teachers, more funding for charter schools, and measureable improvements in under-performing districts. You know, all the things that are anathema to a career union hack enamored with maintaining the status quo.

When your #1 priority is protecting your fat pension you can't worry about trivialities like trying new ideas to improve test scores. Tying teacher pay to student achievement might rock their members' world; years of service and a pulse are what matter most!

At a time when our state could really use an infusion of cash to help improve our schools the NJEA made sure that we won't see one thin dime from the Obama Administration's education stimulus package.

So when your school board starts cutting programs or keeps using outdated textbooks while your kid's test scores remain flat make sure that you thank your local NJEA union rep for a job well done.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /nj_politics Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:29:00 GMT race-to-the-bottom Gov. Christie moves ahead to save NJ finances, Assembly Democrats dig in their heels http://wyblog.us/blog/nj_politics/assembly-dems-against-pension-reform.html Chris Wysocki pulled no punches. You need to read the whole thing, but here's a taste:

When I went into the treasurer's office in the first two weeks of my term, there was no happy meetings. They presented me with 378 possible freezes and lapses to be able to balance the budget. I accepted 375 of them.

There is a great deal of discussion about me doing that by executive action. Every day that went by was a day where money was going out the door. So something needed to be done.

People did not send me here to talk, the people sent me here to do. So we took the executive action we did to stop the bleeding.

As we move forward, and we evaluate what we need to do three weeks from now in our fiscal year 2011 budget address, you all need to understand the context from which we operate.

Our citizens are already the most overtaxed in America. US mayors hear it all the time. You know that the public appetite for ever increasing taxes has reached an end.

Strong words. Words which moved the State Senate to act last month on four badly needed pension reform bills, passing them with overwhelming bipartisan support.

Those bills now languish in the Assembly. Speaker Sheila Oliver (D-Montclair) has slammed on the brakes. She now says that it is "unlikely" she will schedule a vote on those 4 bills prior to Gov. Christie's budget address on March 16th. In essense she is telling the governor not to count on the cost savings associated with pension reform for the next fiscal year.

Her public employee union overlords have spoken, and she is marching to their tune. Oliver euphemistically claims her inaction is necessary to "clean up any inconsistencies" in the reform legislation. Translation — find a way to protect the unions' sacred cows. The CWA, NJEA, SEIU, and the rest of the unions are unwilling to consider even one dime in concessions. They're actually pushing for increased spending. (One example is a bill moving forward in the Assembly which would grant additional special benefits to laid off police and firefighters.)

But Governor Christie isn't going to settle for business as usual. Not this time.

... the troops of the decades of overspending and overborrowing and overtaxing have gained on us. So the ruination of New Jersey's economy, and of the quality of life we want all our citizens to have, is certain if we do not take this course.

It's time for us to hold hands and jump off the cliff. It's time for us to do the difficult things that need to be done and to stop playing the petty politics of yesterday, of lying to the people telling them they do not have to pay for it because someone else will.

We are going to make the leap because that's what people elected me to do. We are going to make the leap because it is the responsible thing to do. We are going to make the leap and we are going to do it together because that is what leadership demands for us. That is what the responsibility of the offices we hold requires of us.

Wake up Ms. Oliver. The time for "studies" and "hearings" and other stalling tactics is over. The time to act is now. Now unleashed, the power of the people is greater than the influence of the public employee unions. And the people want reform. The people want government to slash spending. The people want the public sector gravy train to be derailed.

The unions couldn't protect Jon Corzine's job even though he bent over backwards to appease them. If she fails to accede to the will of the people Shelia Oliver will find that the unions can't protect her job either.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /nj_politics Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:30:00 GMT assembly-dems-against-pension-reform Busybodies put the kibosh on nude snowlady sculpture http://wyblog.us/blog/odds_n_ends/nude-snow-lady-must-cover-up.html Chris Wysocki [nude snowlady] All it takes is one killjoy these days...

She was a frosty Venus de Milo, but one Rahway family's snow-packed tribute to the Greek goddess of love and beauty was another person's pornography.

Maria Conneran and her family worked feverishly to fashion their armless, nude snowlady from last week's heap of snow, grabbing attention and photographs on Rahway's Colonia Boulevard.

Not all the attention was good, however.

Among the visitors was a patrolman dispatched to the Conneran household after Rahway police received an anonymous complaint "of a naked snow woman," said Sgt. Dominick Sforza.

She sure was, the family gleefully agreed.

"Curvaceous, bodacious and booty-licious," said Elisa Gonzalez, a court reporter who built the snow goddess with her daughter, Maria Conneran, 21 and son, Jack Shearing, 12.

The family agreed to dress their snow lady with a green bikini top and blue sarong. And now the effect is even more sexualized than before the busybodies complained. I hope they're happy.

Why can't people mind their own damn business?
Technorati Tags: ]]> /odds_n_ends Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:14:00 GMT nude-snow-lady-must-cover-up The Post Office tries again to eliminate Saturday delivery http://wyblog.us/blog/post-office-enters-death-spiral.html Chris Wysocki twice each day? Yes boys and girls, once upon a time there was morning and afternoon mail. But soon, if the beancounters have their way, Saturday delivery will be just another thing the old-timers reminisce about over coffee in the diner.

The post office is renewing its effort to drop Saturday delivery — and plans a rate increase — in an effort to fend off a projected $7 billion loss this year.

Great, less service for more money. Sticking it to the consumer doesn't seem like a terrific long-term business model.

What business, faced with massive losses, decides to cut its services to the consumer while maintaining inflated wages and expenses and refusing to upgrade its technology?

It's the government way!

And when they keep losing money and market share, what day do they cut out next? Tuesday?

You'd think that if they wanted to recapture their customer base they'd try working harder. But hey, what do I know, I'm just a guy without a government monopoly.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /blog Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:48:00 GMT post-office-enters-death-spiral Gov. Christie takes aim at NJ's "Shadow Government" http://wyblog.us/blog/nj_politics/reining-in-the-shadow-govt.html Chris Wysocki reminded me what a big deal Governor Christie's latest action really is.

Christie is targeting the "shadow government", the myriad of unelected and usually unaccountable boards and commissions which poke their noses into virtually every aspect of our lives and regulate everything from bikini waxing to the size and shape of kosher pickles.

They run airports and regulate charity bingo. They borrow money to build schools and try to ban bikini waxes.

They provide "soft landings" — complete with fat salaries and pensions — to allies of the politically powerful. And they spend billions of public dollars every year.

Now New Jersey's 700 boards, authorities and commissions are being dragged from obscurity into the crosshairs of Gov. Chris Christie, who has slashed their spending and ordered a broad review that could put some out of existence.

It's a mission as wide-ranging and complicated as the entities themselves, many of them unique kingdoms with their own budgets, structures and standards.

Christie is not the first governor to try to rein in the state's "shadow government," and some reforms have been made after abuses were documented by watchdogs. But Christie broke new ground last week with an executive order limiting state authorities' ability to hire lobbyists, offer employee severance packages and pay for travel and entertainment greater than $250.

The most egregious examples of "shadow government" abuses sometimes make the news. Remember the Schools Construction Corporation? They blew through $8.6 billion dollars before anybody even thought to ask why almost none of the schools they were supposed to build were ever finished. Jon Corzine rebranded them as the Schools Development Authority, slapped a few band-aids on the red ink, and they're still shoveling taxpayer dollars out the door by the truckload.

Then there is the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission. It's "independent", in that neither the governor nor the state legislature has a say in its budget or policies. And what a budget it has! $164 million dollars is raised via user fees levied on the towns it serves, and then paid out in the highest public employee salary structure in the state. Executive Director Bryan Christiansen, a former four-term Democratic mayor of Edgewater, earns almost twice the $175,000 annual salary paid to Governor Christie. Another 82 commission employees earn more than $100,000 per year.

But because the PVSC has served as a lucrative landing spot for displaced political hacks from both parties it has resisted previous efforts to reform its structure. The governor is now shining a light on this cesspool of patronage and changes are finally coming.

There are a lot of rocks to look under in New Jersey government. Places where tax money, bureaucrats, and politicians go in but little or nothing of value comes out. What, if anything, does the state "Noise Council" do? Is a Commission on Global Warming useful to us? (Well, they could help out with shoveling snow!) No really, how is it different from the more than 27 other "environmental" agencies and commissions that we have?

Waste and duplication of effort must run rampant. Not to mention that it is essentially impossible to do anything in this state without running afoul of some obscure regulations promulgated by this "shadow government". It's time to bring them out of the shadows and send them off into the sunset. Governor Christie is on the right track. The clowns in Washington, D.C. would do well to follow his example.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /nj_politics Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:57:00 GMT reining-in-the-shadow-govt As peace talks commence, the Cleavageonic Wars escalate http://wyblog.us/blog/rule5/cleavageonic-wars-escalate.html Chris Wysocki Monica Bellucci are valiantly trying to end the Cleavageonic Wars. Stacey's European envoy has thus far been unsuccessful in coercing Bob Belvedere into a cease-fire. And then Gator Doug played the Phoebe Cates getting out of the pool card. Oh Doug, that's so 80's. We're way past teenage fantasies by now.

In another misdirected volley, Irish Cicero calls upon McCain to surrender! He's not even in it! He's trying to broker peace in our time! Who is he going to surrender to? And then, Classic Liberal unleashed the Anne Hathaway nuclear offensive but of course nothing about Ms. Hathaway is ever "offensive", even if it is rated "R".

So, since Belvedere has impugned the honor of my troops, there is but one course of action left to me. Attack! Attack! Attack! Lieutenant Patricia is ready to muster General Pulaski's army.

More after the jump...


Technorati Tags: ]]> /rule5 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 02:52:00 GMT cleavageonic-wars-escalate Sen. Bob Menendez promises free health care for illegal aliens http://wyblog.us/blog/nj_politics/menendez-free-hc-4-illegals.html Chris Wysocki citizens of New Jersey, or the illegal aliens of La Raza?

Doug Ross brings us the bad news:

On Fox News Sunday, Sen. Robert Menendez claimed that Senate Democrats would be able to muster 51 votes to pass the bill through reconciliation.

This is the same menacing supporter of the radical Hispanic separatist group La Raza ("The Race") who believes that a health care bill should offer "stealth amnesty" to illegal immigrants. A caller to the Mark Levin Show on June 25, 2009 described how Menendez and La Raza view "health care reform".

I want to tell you that last week I attended a conference on health care reform sponsored by La Raza. And I will tell you that what they had to say, Mark, is scarier than anything that's been said so far on the health care plan.

...someone from Menendez' office [Ed.: Sen. Robert Menendez, D-NJ] promised that he would make sure that "the useless barriers of citizenship would not be in this bill" and that he would make sure that they would use keywords like "streamline"...

...Yes [they said they would get free health care for illegal aliens], these are my notes, Mark. They actually got up and said "Latino children need health care more than whites". And then they would say things like "you must go out into your communities, use words like 'streamline', use phrases like 'all workers' and 'all families'," because they said -- and I quote -- "If the American people find out that this bill is about giving health care to non-citizens, they will rise up against it."

"The useless barriers of citizenship"? Is he for real?

Bob Menendez is an embarrassment to New Jersey and to the nation. He took an oath to "Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution of the United States". Giving free health care to illegal aliens flies in the face of that oath.

The citizens of our state elected Bob Menendez to represent their interests. Which he seems singularly unable to do with any degree of effectiveness.

Instead he's busy pandering to a racist organization. (Yeah, I know, liberals call everybody they don't like a racist too. But listen up, if an organization which is named "The Race" isn't racist, I don't know what is. Besides, isn't it just a teeny-tiny bit racist to say "Latino children need health care more than whites"?)

The American people need to find out what Bob Menendez is up to. Spread the word.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /nj_politics Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:32:00 GMT menendez-free-hc-4-illegals Congress passes the Hawaii Balkanization Act http://wyblog.us/blog/rants/hawaii-balkanization-act.html Chris Wysocki The Daley Gator brings us the disappointing news that the "Akaka Bill" is back. Last week on a strictly party-line vote the House of Representatives passed the Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act. It's essentially legalized segregation — "Aloha Crow" legislation designed to deny certain Americans' rights and privileges based on their race. Only this time it's anyone who is not "Native Hawaiian" who will be subjected to official discrimination.

The bill creates a complex federal framework under which most of the nation's approximately 400,000 ethnic Hawaiians can organize themselves into one vast Indian tribe. It endows the tribe with the "inherent powers and privileges of self-government," including the privilege of sovereign immunity from lawsuit. It also by clear implication confers the power to tax, to promulgate and enforce a criminal code, and to exercise eminent domain. Hawaii will in effect be two states, not one.

Naturally the burning question then becomes, "who is a Native Hawaiian?" Would you believe that it's a throwback to the "one drop of blood" standard that was used to discriminate against negroes in the old south?

The method used to create this tribe should make everyone squeamish. The bill delegates the delicate task of deciding who may join the tribe to a federal commission appointed by the secretary of the Interior. Ultimately, the tribe itself will have the power to expel members or invite new ones.

Earlier versions of the bill demanded that the secretary appoint only ethnic Hawaiians as commissioners. In the current version, only those with "10 years of experience in the study and determination of Native Hawaiian genealogy" and "an ability to read and translate... documents written in the Hawaiian language" may serve on the commission. These commissioners will examine an applicants' backgrounds to ensure that only "qualified Native Hawaiians" with the right amount of Hawaiian blood join the tribe.

Here's an idea, maybe all the "qualified Native Hawaiians" can sew little yellow pineapples on their shirts so we can tell them apart.

The motivation behind this blatantly divisive legislation is of course money. Native Hawaiians have quite the racial spoils gravy train to protect. Billions of dollars are doled out each year by the state's Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) thanks to lands the federal government ceded to the state decades ago. This money should be used to help all residents of Hawaii, but OHA ensures that only ethnic Hawaiians benefit from the home and business loans as well as housing and education programs which it administers.

But ten years ago the U.S. Supreme Court upset their applecart. Hawaiian law established that only ethnic Hawaiians could vote for members of the OHA oversight board. This law was found to be unconstitutional due to the 15th Amendment's prohibition on racial discrimination in voting rights.

Hence, if the OHA's election methodology is unconstitional, then the racial determination factors used in their benefits allocations almost certainly violate the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment. That won't do, so the Akaka Bill was born. If Native Hawaiians were an Indian Tribe then constitutional prohibitions against discrimination wouldn't apply.

I have something of a dog in this hunt since my wife's family is from Hawaii. Her great-great-grandfather was William P. Jarrett who served as the first Hawaii territorial delegate to the United States Congress. She has many aunts, uncles, and cousins still living throughout the islands.

Since we've visited Hawaii many times we've gotten used to how the racial spoils system operates. And believe me, it is pervasive. Did you know that pretty much everything in Hawaii sells for 2 vastly different prices? There's the marked price ("the Haole price") and then there's the under-the-table "Native Hawaiian" price.

How do I know this? Because one of the first times I visted her father's house I brought some beer with me and happened to comment on how expensive it was to purchase. He said simply, "next time come with me". So I did. And lo and behold when he told the clerk "this is my son-in-law" the beer that yesterday was $11.99 a sixpack was suddenly $5.99.

When we went to buy macadamia nuts he told us what to say and we amazingly encounted a "special sale", half off!, which lasted just until the next customer walked up the counter. And the best "Native Hawaiian" deal of all? Inter-island plane flights. At a time when tourists like us were paying $89 to $149 each way my father-in-law never paid more than $19 round trip.

So yeah, I'd say that protecting a racket like that is worth twisting into knots the definition of an Indian Tribe, don't you?

But let me ask you something. Suppose we found out that Korean grocers in New York were charging ethnic Koreans one price for fruit, and everyone else (including blacks) a much higher price. Do you think that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson and the rest of the usual grievance mongers would have something to say about that?

So why do Native Hawaiians get to maintain their discriminatory practices? Why is our Congress voting to expand the benefits accorded to anyone who has "one drop of Hawaiian blood"? A category which will most likely include my daughter even though she has never resided in Hawaii?

I imagine that the irony of passing this law during Black History Month was lost on the proponents. What Hawaii needs is a Martin Luther King Kamehameha, what they got was Daniel Akaka.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /rants Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:52:00 GMT hawaii-balkanization-act Seton Hall University sacrifices Track and Field on the altar of Title IX http://wyblog.us/blog/rants/shu-sacrifices-track-field-2-title-ix.html Chris Wysocki "strategic restructuring" of their athletic programs this week, cutting their Track & Field programs in an effort to save $1.5 million dollars per year.

Sure, times are tough, and it's a blow to the 24 student athletes who train under legendary coach John Moon. Coach Moon was unceremoniously notified of the school's decision only moments prior to a mandatory team meeting called by the athletic director. He's coached there for 38 years, produced 19 Olympians, 71 All-Americans, and is slated to coach the 2012 U.S. Olympic team.

Adding insult to injury, just 2 days earlier the track team was honored by the school for their win at the Big East Indoor Championships. So it doesn't make much sense for them to just dump track & field.

But as the saying goes, there's more to the story.

Title IX compliance requires that Seton Hall add Women's Golf to their lineup starting this year. Ah yes, Title IX, the "you gotta have one female athlete for every male athlete" quota requirement. Even if they have to drag some women kicking and screaming into signing up for golf; it's necessary to maintain equality and balance in sports.

It's not enough to offer women's sports; the participant count must be equalized. Feminuts demand equality of outcome even when women who are given the opportunity to participate choose not to do so. And so more often than not, men's sports are curtailed or cut completely to achieve compliance with Title IX.

Political Correctness Uber Alles. Olympic dreams can't compete with feminism.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /rants Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:44:00 GMT shu-sacrifices-track-field-2-title-ix We interrupt the Boob Wars to bring you an Important Announcement http://wyblog.us/blog/misc/important-announcement.html Chris Wysocki Coming Soon: The Conservative Blogger Debate

There is a growing group of conservatives who are against the current prosecution of our war on terrorism and our nations foreign policy direction. Many conservatives are in favor of staying the course.

Two excellent bloggers and great friends of WyBlog, The Classic Liberal and Russ from That's Right are going to battle across the blog-o-sphere in a multi-round, multi-blog debate on this very subject.

Scratcher from Makes My Brain Itch and Steve from MotorCityTimes.com are going to moderate the debate.

The Moderators will alternate posting questions on their sites, linking to replies and retorts, and providing a round up of all the punditry.

Then theCL and Russ will post their response and retorts on their respective blogs.

The debate starts Sunday, February 28th at high noon (EST)

Be sure to check out commentary on the debate here and @ Republican Redefined, Present Discontent, Washington Rebel and other fine conservative blogs.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /misc Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:57:00 GMT important-announcement Rule 5 Weekend, Operation Torch or a Boob Too Far? http://wyblog.us/blog/rule5/operation-torch.html Chris Wysocki deep cleavage and has now moved out for "reconnaissance in force" bringing some really big guns to bear.

I think Bob's gone too far this time though, there's cheesecake and then there's nudie pics with strategically placed captions. We're trying to keep this here blog PG-13, but that's not to say that we don't have some big guns of our own.

[Kala black bikini]

Irish Cicero asks whether or not men still make passes at girls who wear glasses. I'm guessing "yes", but you be the judge. He's also got an odd fascination with librarians, perhaps due to the extensive research he is doing on the origins of Belvedere's Cleavageonic War.

[Kala pink dress]

On another front, Gator Doug rains some thunder down on General Belvedere. Well done!

[Kala black lingerie]

Classic Liberal is staying above the fray, choosing instead to query Anna Kournikova on why some men turn to a life of crime.

And poor old Lance is still pining for Danica Patrick. Dude, she's in Vegas; what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, right? So, Road Trip!
Technorati Tags: ]]> /rule5 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:28:00 GMT operation-torch Latte Liberals for Obamunism http://wyblog.us/blog/latte-liberals-for-obamunism.html Chris Wysocki Annabel Park and the Coffee Party Movement! (Drink too much coffee and you'll get a "movement" all right...)

Ostensibly their purpose is to promote "civility and inclusiveness in political discourse," this of course from the folks who routinely slur conservatives as "racist tea-baggers". Upscale coffeehouse afficionados are so much more "enlightened" than Rethuglicans, right?

So instead of getting their marching orders from Rhandi Rhodes the Latte Liberals will now "cut through the noise" by reading Media Matters and Salon.

Carol is not impressed: "Wow, those are some pretty convincing sources if you're an empty-headed, Mary Poppins knock-off progressive. And Ms. Poppins, I mean no disrespect—loved your movie, hon."

Well, in their defense Carol, those sources are just a tad less excrable than Rachel Maddow or Keith Olbermann, aren't they? When cutting through the noise, cutting off Olbermann is a pretty good place to start.

If that's what they're really going to do. Left Coast Rebel spent 5 minutes with Google and exposed the Astroturf; Ms. Park is associated with Asian Americans for Obama and her day job is to make documentary films lauding the accomplishments of her Dear Leader.

In any event, they're just another mouthpiece for progressive platitudes. From her website Ms. Park says:

We recognize that the federal government is not the enemy of the people, but the expression of our collective will.

Spoken like a true Bolshevik. They want the ultimate People's Collective, government as enforcer of the "people's will". Except that the Founding Fathers established the federal government with limited power as the protector of the rights enshrined in the Constitution. One of her first blog posts is entitled "We are Democracy Advocates First and Foremost" which clearly exposes the flaw in her thinking.

The United States is not a Democracy. We are a Republic (if we can keep it). Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding on what's for dinner. Our Constitution guarantees that Liberty (in the form of a well-armed sheep) can prevail in the face of collective tyranny.

Liberty or collectivism? The Constitution, or "collective will" subject to the vissitudes of popular opinion? Which shall our nation choose? Do I even have to ask?
Technorati Tags: ]]> /blog Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:01:00 GMT latte-liberals-for-obamunism FMJRA Thursday, the Snow Much Fun edition http://wyblog.us/blog/misc/fmjra-thu-snow-much-fun.html Chris Wysocki never get 3 bars. It's completly buried in snow on the roof and working better than ever. Go figure.

But anyway, since today is Thursday it's time for another Full Metal Jacket Reach Around link-fest.

We have four "you da man!" awards to give out this week.

Stephen Green (of VodkaPundit fame) picked me for The Week in Blogs on PJTV. He's watching Barry's health care summit charade so you don't have to.

Gator Doug is obviously a man with excellent taste in blogs. If you still believe in nationalized health care, he will convince you otherwise.

Classic Liberal's newest daily feature, Right Wing Links, always includes your humble host. Be sure to read his post on how all your children are belong to Barry.

Kelly Heyboer is the blog editor for NJ.com and the Star-Ledger. She linked me again this week on NJ pension reform. Her weekly column is a must read.

In other news, Bob Belvedere has declared "war". Again.

Read 'em and weep Bob.

The Reb weighs in with a valiant effort.

Trog strikes out on Lauren Ashley pics but promises to do better next time.

Back on snow patrol, Russ wants more. I think he's kidding. In case he isn't; when he wakes up he should be in snow heaven.

The only Republican who voted for socialized medicine seems to be having trouble with his fund raising. Coincidence?

Matt points us to a clip wherein Jack Webb schools Barry on healthcare.

According to Pundette, Barry's petulance remains front and center. Call the Waaambulance!

Whereas MarySue links to a CNN analysis saying the GOP did themselves proud today at Barry's kabuki summit.

Plan B? Of course there's a Plan B!

Barry gave himself a new nickname today. Booger Boy.

And while Booger Boy was pretending to listen to the Republicans his minions in the Congress were busy declawing the CIA. Pat's blood is boiling, and yours should be too. The Democrats would rather see millions of Americans die than permit one al Qaeda flunky to go bed without his blankie.

Donald Douglas has actually taken his family to "Dine with Shamu". Luckily, Shamu didn't dine on them.

Doug Ross says that Al Gore can finally get a great deal on an electric Tesla Roadster.

With the money he saves he can invest in some commemorative Obama merchandise; now 90% off.

Carol actually watched that Jeb Bush interview where if you believe The New York Times he "bashed" Sarah Palin. The videotape tells a somewhat different story. Gee, really? Pinch Sulzberger bent the truth? Say it ain't so!

While shilling for his latest jobs bill Harry Reid unwittingly sent a not too subtle message to Mrs. Reid. You could say he borrowed the idea from John Edwards.

It's not Google's job to police the intertubes. Really.

I think that's a wrap. It's late and I'm tired. If I forgot you please be assured it wasn't on purpose; send me a nastygram and I'll make amends.

Because this is how we treat our friends.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /misc Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:36:00 GMT fmjra-thu-snow-much-fun Sad, creepy, and deranged - woman live-Tweets her abortion http://wyblog.us/blog/rants/live-tweeting-an-abortion.html Chris Wysocki

Now get this. We can follow along with all the feminist-liberalizing-joy she can muster as every gruesome detail is shared via her Twitter feed and YouTube.

Ms. Jackson is the mother of a 4 year old son. Some day he will grow up and learn to use Google. And then he'll experience the ultimate liberal consciousness awakening imaginable when he discovers his mother murdered his baby brother (or sister) and told the world about it in real time. Because to her it was no big deal.

"I'm doing this to de-mystify abortion," she says. "I'm doing this so other women know, 'Hey, it's not nearly as terrifying as I had myself worked up thinking it was.' It's just not that bad."

Infanticide, it's just like getting your ears pierced!

Whether or not your child lives or dies isn't "terrifying"? Good grief.

Why is there a need for her to "de-mystify abortion"? How solipsistic is that statement? There's no "mystery".

One minute a life is growing inside you, a tiny heart beats, little fingers and toes wiggle in amniotic fluid as blood flows through the umbilical cord. And then, nothingness. No heart beat. Lifeless limbs are vacuumed into a biohazard bag and cavalierly tossed into the trash.

How does the dark stain of death fit into 140 characters?

From her blog where she attempts to justify her decision based on personal and financial circumstances:

Honestly, I can't wait to get it over with and get back to being the writer, speaker, activist, silly, fun, girlfriend, mom I'd like to be, instead of the pissed off incubator I currently am.

Although she has a 4 year old son, you'll notice that "mom" comes last in her list of priorities. Oh, but she's an activist! Maybe she can make a pro-abortion Super Bowl ad to go along with her YouTube apologia. You know, something that'll really rally the women of America to her cause.

I shall stop off tonight after work and light a candle for the soul of this unborn child, and another for the weight of sadness which envelopes his mother's life. God loves you Angie Jackson. If only you could love Him as much as you love yourself.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /rants Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:55:00 GMT live-tweeting-an-abortion Wednesday morning funnies http://wyblog.us/blog/odds_n_ends/wed-morning-funnies.html Chris Wysocki

First up, Classic Liberal says this Obama "Taxman" video is awesome and needs to go viral. I agree!

My friend Mike sent me this picture last night.

[Michelle Obama homeless guy priceless]

And another friend forwarded this one a while back.

[Jedi Squirrels]

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /odds_n_ends Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:09:00 GMT wed-morning-funnies Space Truckin' Jihad? http://wyblog.us/blog/odds_n_ends/space-truckin-jihad.html Chris Wysocki They're gonna teach jihadis how to build rockets! Barry wants NASA to "reach out" to Muslim countries.

NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said Tuesday that President Barack Obama has asked him to "find ways to reach out to dominantly Muslim countries" as the White House pushes the space agency to become a tool of international diplomacy.

Bob Belvedere calls it Jihad to the Moon.

Jihad to the Moon!
Let me bomb among the stars.
Let me see what sharia's like
on Jupiter and Mars.

And Bob links to to William Teach, over at The Pirate's Cove, who offers this spot-on comment:

Right. Good move. Let's reach out to countries that often tend to live in the 15th Century, and whose view of science is how to better use the technology that Western countries create in order to kill Westerners.

Gee, if you drop a truck bomb from orbit how big a hole will it make? The International Space Station is gonna need Laika the bomb sniffing dog. As well as a minaret and some nifty gyroscopes mounted on a flying carpet to keep it always pointed at Mecca while they zip around the earth at 6880 miles per hour.

Call it Space Truckin' with Mohammed.

We started with a truck in Gaza
Now we're aiming for the stars
We're killin' all the infidel people
It's jihad to the Milky Way by car
Iran launched atomic fire like the Borealice
We're space truck bombin' round the the stars
Come on let's go Space Truckin'

Remember when we did the moonshot
And Mohammed Atta led the way
We'll learn to fly the rockets nonstop
And make the satellites explode hooray
We got jihad in our solar system
We're space truck bombin' round the stars
Come on let's go Space Truckin'

The fireball that we rode was moving
But now we've got a new machine
Bomb Bomb Bomb Bomb the Imam said
Man those martyrs can really swing
They got jihad in their solar system
They've detonated the Milky Way
They burn brighter than the Borealice
They're Space Truck Bombin' everyday

Really, it's a swell idea. What could go wrong?
Technorati Tags: ]]> /odds_n_ends Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:55:00 GMT space-truckin-jihad The fox guarding the hen house, or why did Barry appoint Andy Stern to his deficit commission http://wyblog.us/blog/obama_watch/fox-guarding-henhouse-seiu-style.html Chris Wysocki wary of Democrats promising deficit reduction. Barry's Deficit Commission is a sham, made even more so by the apparent appointment of SEIU chief Andy Stern to its ranks. (h/t Doug Ross)

Michelle Malkin and Marathon Pundit point us to an ominous Washington Post disclosure: Barack Obama may name one of the most despicable characters in American economic history to the so-called 'deficit commission'. Its charter, presumably, is to tell Barack Obama how to create new taxes for his deficit-tripling shortfalls in federal revenue.

Malkin has documented, in copious detail, the culture of corruption endemic to Stern and the SEIU. The Los Angeles Times, for instance, reported that one of Stern's top lieutenants embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars in members' hard-earned dues funds and, the paper asserts, Stern helped cover up the crime.

Any thought we might have had that Barry's 'deficit commission' would look into ways to reduce government spending have now gone out the window. The public employee unions, of which SEIU is the largest by far, have a vested interest in expanding the size of government. They only have one answer to every problem — raise taxes. And then raise them again.

Did you guys laugh when I said Barry believed in "no union left behind"? Who's laughing now? Barry is a Union Man (just like Jon Corzine). When he was supposedly ruminating over the fate of Afghanistan last year Barry invited Andy Stern to the White House eighteen times while General Stanley McChrystal couldn't get the time of day from his nominal CinC.

The public employee unions are bankrupting states like California, Michigan, and New Jersey. The looming public pension catastrophe dwarfs the federal deficit problems. The head of the SEIU is hardly in a position to recommend any changes which might negatively impact his members' gravy train.

Doug's conclusion is spot-on:

The fact that Barack Obama would name a man like Stern to this kind of commission shows that (a) he is indeed a hard-core ideologue; and (b) he doesn't give a gnat's crap about any budget deficits.

The fox is guarding the hen house. Which of course means that the country is in the very best of hands.
Technorati Tags: ]]> /obama_watch Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:09:00 GMT fox-guarding-henhouse-seiu-style