February 2010
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January 2010
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Hilarious: When someone starts laughing and a...
AP: Obama proposing support for military families →
First lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday the president’s 2011 budget will include a record $8.8 billion to support military families.
The largest sum, $1.9 billion, would be spent on counseling and other support services. An additional $1.3 billion would go for military child care.
President Barack Obama included another $439 million to build 10 Defense Department schools, the first step...
Gallup: Obama's Approval Most Polarized for... →
The 65 percentage-point gap between Democrats’ (88%) and Republicans’ (23%) average job approval ratings for Barack Obama is easily the largest for any president in his first year in office, greatly exceeding the prior high of 52 points for Bill Clinton.
Math & Politics
Squashed picked up a link I posted earlier this month and, in the spirit of the Obama administration’s “jobs created or saved” gimmick, tried to rebuke criticism of the astronomical cost of each job created by Obama’s green jobs program. The post is cute, condescending and makes some sort of jab at me and other conservatives’ math abilities, reminiscing about third...
Gallup: Public Agrees With Court: Campaign Money... →
Americans’ broad views about corporate spending in elections generally accord with the Supreme Court’s decision Thursday that abolished some decades-old restrictions on corporate political activity. Fifty-seven percent of Americans consider campaign donations to be a protected form of free speech, and 55% say corporate and union donations should be treated the same way under the law...
Gallup: In U.S., Majority Favors Suspending Work... →
In the wake of Republican Scott Brown’s victory in Tuesday’s U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts, the majority of Americans (55%) favor Congress’ putting the brakes on its current healthcare reform efforts and considering alternatives that can obtain more Republican support. Four in 10 Americans (39%) would rather have House and Senate Democrats continue to try to pass the...
“Brown wins, ObamaCare’s on life support, McCain/Feingold gets gut-punched by...”
– Allahpundit
AP: Doctor says 69-year-old Haitian woman pulled... →
"Act like a lady"
Here’s audio of that heated exchange I wrote about earlier (actually, the only one heated is Specter) in which Specter tells Bachmann to “act like a lady.” Ornery stuff.
VIDEOS: Jon Stewart mocks Keith Olbermann;...
Keith Olbermann has been on a horrendous downward spiral and on the verge of a breakdown. I wrote about one of his over-the-top attacks on Scott Brown earlier this week. It seems like Brown has pushed him over the edge and Jon Stewart does a great job at mocking his ridiculous attacks. There’s no embed code for the Stewart clip so click on that last link to watch the video.
It seems that...
Props to Tumblr
After my silly “Tumblr rant” and an email to Tumblr, Topher responded with this:
Hey Randy, I hear you. It’s all leftys. I’m not happy with that. Can you suggest some right-leaning ones? I’d love to add them. Thanks! topher
I gave him a few suggestions and, voilà, a few excellent additions (did I just call myself excellent?) have been made to the Politics...
Air America Media Ceases Operations →
A memorandum was distributed to the staff at Air America Media this afternoon. It read in part:
“It is with the greatest regret, on behalf of our Board, that we must announce that Air America Media is ceasing its live programming operations as of this afternoon, and that the Company will file soon under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code to carry out an orderly winding-down of the...
“Maybe there are just more liberals that use Tumblr? I wish there was a political...”
– Amy’s response to my last post
I don’t mean to sound like a downer (and I probably will) but what’s positive right now? The economy is in shambles, our national debt is unsustainable, we have two wars going on, we’re losing jobs every day, health care is too expensive, and...
During intense debate, male Senator tells female...
See, I had to write that in such vague terms because party affiliation can make all the difference in this. I suspect the reaction to this from feminist circles will be timid when it’s directed at her. I hope not. And I hope this dude gets the criticism he deserves for uttering such a stupid thing during a political debate.
Seriously, what does “acting like a lady” during a...
Pelosi: House lacks votes to OK Senate health bill... →
Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she lacks the votes to push the Senate’s sweeping health overhaul bill through the House, a potentially devastating blow to President Barack Obama’s signature issue.
The California Democrat made the comment to reporters Thursday after House Democrats held a closed-door meeting at which participants vented frustration with the massive version of the...
Obama Will Travel to Nevada for Reid Next Month →
President Barack Obama will appear with politically embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in Las Vegas next month, according to a White House official.
Hahaha, please do!
And hey, Mr. President, can you go help out Barbara Boxer, too? You know, the same way you helped Deeds, Corzine and Coakley.
Thank you, sir!
Krugman: The thrill is gone
We all knew it was coming. We all knew they would eventually realize Obama isn’t the messiah they thought him to be. I just didn’t think it would be this soon. Exactly a year after his inauguration.
Take it away, Mr. PAUL KRUGMAN. Yes, that Paul Krugman:
[I] have to say, I’m pretty close to giving up on Mr. Obama, who seems determined to confirm every doubt I and others ever had...
Reuters: Democrats propose $1.9T increase in debt... →
Senate Democrats on Wednesday proposed allowing the federal government to borrow an additional $1.9 trillion to pay its bills, a record increase that would permit the national debt to reach $14.3 trillion.
Geniuses. Total Geniuses.
Man said he used health app on his iPhone to treat... →
Usually, when someone says their iPhone is a life saver, they are talking about the phone helping them find a good takeout spot or an emergency bathroom.
When Dan Woolley says it, he really means it. He used a medical app saved on his phone to treat a leg injury after the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince collapsed around him.
Woolley, who is from Colorado Springs, is one of the Americans who...
January 20, 2010: Happy Anniversary, Mr....
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From my iPhone
I just wanted to check in and tell you all how ecstatic I feel right now. I’ve been tweeting throughout the night (@randyhaddock) from Connolly’s. All bets are off after tonight. The people of MA have saved this country. They have chosen freedom and rejected tyranny.
I can’t explain how inspiring this whole experience has been for me. I will be politically involved this year...
Obama's top priority is to boost jobs: White House →
President Barack Obama’s top goal as he enters a second year in office is to lift U.S. job creation and revitalize the economy, the White House said on Tuesday.
“The top priority is to continue to work hard on getting this economy back on track and creating jobs,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told a news briefing.
Obama, who completes a year at the White House this...
WatchBarney Frank: ‘God Didn’t Create the Filibuster’ (via Breitbart.tv)
The desperation continues. Democrats are afraid of losing their filibuster-proof majority in the Senate if Scott Brown wins. So what’s the solution? Amend the constitution and change that pesky filibuster thing. I am not joking. Watch the video and hear Barney Frank say it. You couldn’t make this stuff up. Why cheat...
Pelosi: "We will have healthcare -- one way or... →
I have to hand it to Democrats. If their intent is to ensure plenty of losses in this year’s midterm elections and hand over their majorities to Republicans, they are geniuses. Geniuses.
Sources: Obama advisers believe Coakley will lose... →
Multiple advisers to President Obama have privately told party officials that they believe Democrat Martha Coakley is going to lose Tuesday’s special election to fill the Massachusetts Senate seat held by the late Ted Kennedy for more than 40 years, several Democratic sources told CNN Sunday.
The sources added that the advisers are still hopeful that Obama’s visit to Massachusetts on...
After Obama Rally, Dems Pin Blame On Bush →
As audience members streamed out of Pres. Obama’s rally on behalf of AG Martha Coakley (D) here tonight, the consensus was that the fault for Coakley’s now-floundering MA SEN bid lies with one person — George W. Bush.
“People are upset because there’s so many problems,” Rosemary Kverek, 70, a retired Charleston schoolteacher said as tonight’s rally...
My day in Massachusetts
It was quite a day for me yesterday. I spent the whole day up in Massachusetts campaigning for Scott Brown, going door to door and talking with voters. I was a bit hesitant about going into the deep blue Bay State to campaign for a Republican, but the response was overwhelmingly enthusiastic and positive.
Our base of operations for the day was at the Scott Brown campaign headquarters in Holyoke,...
Trying to make sense of it
Start counting to 50,000, out loud. And as you’re counting, be fully aware that each number is a precious life lost in the Haiti earthquake. Someone’s mom, someone’s dad, someone’s grandpa, someone’s grandma, someone’s sister, someone’s brother, someone’s uncle, someone’s aunt, someone’s daughter, someone’s son, someone’s...
Reuters: Haiti death toll 50,000 to 100,000 - PAHO... →
The death toll from the devastating earthquake in Haiti may be as high as 50,000 to 100,000 people, the Pan American Health Organization said on Friday.
“A variety of sources are estimating the numbers (at) between 50,000 and 100,000,” Jon Andrus of PAHO, the Americas arm of the World Health organization, told a news briefing.
This would make the Haiti earthquake one of the...