Archive for July 2009
Cash for clunkers breaks down
I’ve been meaning to write a post about this program for the last month or so. The way I figured it, those who took advantage of the program may be able easily end up with a used 2003 Cadillac Escalade that gets 13 miles to the gallon.
Read MorePelosi refers to health care insurance companies as immoral
For those of you who work for a health care insurance company, I want you to read what she said after her weekly press conference yesterday. Not only did she say that health care insurance companies are the real problem, she called their actions – your actions if you work in the industry – immoral.
Read MoreIs AARP selling its members down the river?
For months, President Obama has been promoting his health care plan, and proposing to pay for it by, among other things, squeezing billions of dollars out of Medicare. And AARP, looking more and more like an arm of the DNC than an advocate for its members, has been backing the president’s plan. So this week, the…
Read MoreObama makes white people feel good.
Nuff said don’t you think. Joan Walsh on Hardball thinks Rush and Glenn Beck are projecting their own racism when they criticize Obama, in particular for his handling of the Gates “gate”. Why everyone knows Obama loves white people and he makes white people feel good for trying hard … so sayeth Joan of Hardball.…
Read MoreThe market speaks – Germans hoarding “climate-killing” light bulbs
At this point, just about everyone in the industrialized world has had the opportunity to try out a few of the compact fluorescent bulbs. You may have your opinion on the twisty bulbs, but some Germans are betting a market for traditional bulbs will continue to exist.
Read MoreWhale saves drowning diver? Don’t think so…
In FoxNews.com’s Features and Faces section, they have the story of a swimmer in a tank being saved by a beluga whale somewhere in northeast China. I’m going to say “set up.”
Read MoreSymptom of the Disease: Federal government paying for local cops
Fiscal responsibility is dead. Well, it probably died years ago but can we bring it back? The city of Akron, Ohio – along with other cities in the state – will be able to hire and pay 23 police officers for three years thanks to federal stimulus dollars. Of course, the string is the city…
Read MoreMichelle Malkin visits Sound Off Connecticut (Update: Audio)
Michelle Malkin will be joining Jim during Sound Off Connecticut this morning (Wednesday). Her new book is number 1 in books on Amazon.com. Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies is an up-to-date review of the nepotism, ethics deficiencies and hypocrisy apparent in the current administration.
Read MoreSound Off Music Fest House Show Pictures
Thanks to a bunch of great business leaders, Carrie Johnson and her band, as well as Cadillac Sky, the House Show in support of the Sgt. Felix Delgreco Scholarship fund went perfectly. The event raised more than $5,000 for the fund and everyone had a great time. What a venue! Check out the photos and…
Read MoreObama: I should have “calibrated those words differently”
Calibrated those words differently? Who the heck uses language like that when they are trying to clear up an issue? Oh, President Obama does. Is he kidding? If I was Sgt. James Crowley, – the white policeman who arrested Gates – I may have been tempted to hang up on the president. The president said…
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