The Quote of the Decade: “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America 's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America 's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that, "the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better.” ~ Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006  

NATO's Ordinary Future By Robert D. Kaplan | May 9, 2012 Whatever one thought of the Libya intervention, the details make for a bad advertisement about NATO. As one U.S. Air Force planner told me, "It was like Snow White and the 27 dwarfs, all standing up to her knees" -- the United States being Snow White and the other NATO member states being the dwarfs. The statistics regarding just how much the United States had to go it alone in Libya -- pushed by the British and French -- despite the diplomatic fig leaf of "leading from behind," are devastating for the alliance. More than 80 percent of the gasoline used in the intervention came from the U.S. military. Almost all the individual operation orders had an American address. Of dozens of countries taking part, only eight air forces were allowed by their defense ministries to drop any bombs. Many flew sorties apparently only for the symbolism of it. While most airstrikes were carried out by non-U.S. aircraft, the United States ran the logistical end of the war. Read More » Comments? Send them to responses@stratfor.com

One of the best lines I've heard lately was from a retired shop foreman at the old Republic Steel plant in Cleveland Ohio ....when a young black kid was being laid off.   The black kid said to the shop foreman: "You're firing me because I'm black!” The foreman thought a moment and replied "No, we hired you because you were black."...   "We're firing you because you are useless!"   Sounds like a possible slogan for the 2012 election . . .        

WHY MICHELLE CAME HOME - Interesting! Sheppard Smith, Fox News. "If you check President Obama's last trip over-seas, his wife left just after their visit to France . She has yet to accompany him to any Arab country. Think about it. Why is Michelle returning to the states when 'official' trips to foreign countries generally include the First Lady." Here's one thought on the matter. While  renting videos I came across a video called "Obama". There were two men standing next to me and we talked about President Obama. These guys were Arabs, so I asked them why they thought Michelle Obama headed home following the President's recent visit to France instead of traveling on to Saudi Arabia and Turkey with her husband. They told me she could not go to Saudi Arabia , Turkey or Iraq . I said "Why not,(?) Laura Bush went to Saudi Arabia , Turkey and Dubai ." They said that Obama is a Muslim and therefore he is not allowed to bring his wife into countries that adhere to Sharia Law. Two points of interest here: 1) I thought it interesting that two American Arabs  believe that our President is a Muslim, who follows a strict Islamic creed. 2) They also said that's the reason he bowed to the King of Saudi Arabia. It was a signal to the Muslim world, acknowledging his religion. For further consideration, here is a response from Dr. Jim Murk, a Middle Eastern Scholar and expert on Islam. This is his explanation of what the Arab American's were saying. "An orthodox Muslim man would never take his wife on a politically oriented trip to any nation which practices Sharia law, particularly Saudi Arabia where the Wahhabi sect is dominant. This is true and it is why Obama left Michelle in Europe . She will stay home when he visits Arab countries. He knows Muslim protocol; this includes, bowing to the Saudi King. Obama is regarded as a Muslim in the Arab world, because he was born to a Muslim father; he acknowledged his Muslim faith with George Stephanopoulus. Note that he downplays his involvement with Christianity, by not publicly joining a Christian church in D.C. And occasionally attending the chapel for services at Camp David . He also played down the fact that America is a Christian country and said, unbelievably, that it was one of the largest Muslim nations in the world, which is nonsense. He has publicly taken the side of the Palestinians in the conflict with Israel and he ignored the National Day of Prayer, something no other President has ever done. He is bad news! He conceals his true faith to the detriment of the American people." --- Jim Murk, Doctor of Philosophy in Middle Eastern Culture & Religion. ACTIONS speak louder than words. Another interesting item regarding Sharia Law. Why has Barack Hussein Obama insisted that the U.S. Attorney General hold the trials of the 911 Muslim Terrorists in Civilian Courts as Common Criminals instead of as Terrorists who attacked the United States of America ? If the Muslim Terrorists are tried in Military Tribunals, convicted and sentenced to death, by LAW, Barack Hussein Obama, as President of the United States , would be required to sign their death warrants. He would not be required to sign the death warrants if they are sentenced to death by a Civilian Court . Recently, Muslim Jihadist, Army Major Hassan slaughtered non-Muslim, soldiers at Ft. Hood , Texas rather than go to Afghanistan and be a part of anything that could lead to the deaths of fellow Muslims. He stated that Muslims 'could not and should not kill fellow Muslims.' Is the motive for Barack Hussein Obama's insistence on civilian trials, to make sure he doesn't have to sign the death warrants for the Muslim Terrorists? Why would he, as President of the United States , not sign the death warrants for Muslim Terrorists who attacked the United States and murdered over 3,000 U. S. Citizens on 9/11? Could it be that he is FORBIDDEN by his RELIGION to authorize the execution of Muslims? Think about that! Open your eyes, ears and mind to who the President is, how he behaves and what he is doing! Actions speak louder than teleprompter-written words  

   ...............AIN'T SHE JUST GRAND???!!!..............(and I was upset with Lehman Bros!....WHAT A BRAZEN B_T_H!!!)  The  real reason that Queen Nancy is considering retiring, is that they took  her Jet away... The FACTS ARE  IN! As a result of a Judicial  Watch filing under the Freedom of  Information Act, the USAF  released documents detailing House Speaker Pelosi's use of United States Air Force aircraft between March 2009 and June 2010.  The data is published in the Judicial Watch Verdict  of  December 2010, Volume 16, Issue  12. Here are the main  highlights revealed by the USAF. Keep in mind that all the data below relate to United States Air Force aircraft  used by one  woman over a sixteen month  period. Over Several of these flights  included Ms Pelosi's guests such as grown children, grandchildren,  various in-laws, friends, and hangers-on. 95% of the trips were between the west coast and  Washington , DC or what we might call a commute between home and  the office. READ it and  WEEP!! Total  trips: 85 trips over a  68 week period or 1.25 average trips per week. Total  mileage: 206,264 miles or 2,427 average miles  per trip Total flying time: 428.6 hours or  an average of 5 hrs per trip Cost to the taxpayers:  $2,100,744.59 or $27,715.00 per trip or $1,285,162.00 per year Cost of in  flight food and alcohol: $101,429.14 or $1,193.00 per trip or $62,051.00 per year. On one junket to  Baghdad, according to the Air Force report,  she had the aircraft bar stocked with Johnny Walker Red  Scotch, Grey Goose Vodka, E&J Brandy, Bailey's Irish Creme, Maker's Mark Whiskey, Courvoisier  Cognac, Bacardi Rum, Jim Beam  Whiskey, Beefeater Gin, Dewars Scotch, Bombay  Sapphire Gin, Jack  Daniels Whiskey, Corona Beer and several varieties of wine.  This was obviously a very important  "gubment bidness"  trip. Evidence generally speaks  for itself, and in Ms. Pelosi's case it  speaks the language of  abuse and (evidently) a serious familial drinking  problem, for in a single year she and her spawn drank  an amount in excess of  the net income of the average  employed American! When she said, "... If the stimulus doesn't pass, five hundred million people might lose  their jobs...", I thought she was unintentionally revealing her  ignorance. I'm now more inclined to think she was  pickled. Even  though she can no longer abuse the USAF, she can either fly on  her broom or fly Southwest Airlines, where bags  fly  free. If you are an AMERICAN  citizen it is YOUR DUTY to PASS THIS ON!!

Chen Guangcheng Ignored by Hillary Clinton

Chen Guangcheng Ignored by Hillary Clinton. LIFE IS CHEAP, VOTE FOR OBAMA......NOT!!!

PUT ME IN CHARGE . . . Put me in charge of food stamps. I'd get rid of Lone Star cards; no cash for Ding Dongs or Ho Ho's, just money for 50-pound bags of rice and beans, blocks of cheese and all the powdered milk you can haul away. If you want steak and frozen pizza, then get a job. Put me in charge of Medicaid. The first thing I'd do is to get women Norplant birth control implants or tubal legations. Then, we'll test recipients for drugs, alcohol, and nicotine. If you want to reproduce or use drugs, alcohol, or smoke, then get a job. Put me in charge of government housing.  Ever live in a military barracks? You will maintain our property in a clean and good state of repair. Your home" will be subject to inspections anytime and possessions will be inventoried.  If you want a plasma TV or Xbox 360, then get a job and your own place. In addition, you will either present a check stub from a job each week or you will report to a "government" job.  It may be cleaning the roadways  of trash, painting and repairing public housing, whatever we find for you.  We will sell your 22 inch rims and low profile tires and your blasting stereo and speakers and put that money toward the "common good.." Before you write that I've violated some one's rights, realize that all of the above is voluntary.  If you want our money, accept our rules.  Before you  say that this would be "demeaning" and ruin their "self esteem," consider  that it wasn't that long ago that taking someone else's money for doing  absolutely nothing was demeaning and lowered self esteem. If we are expected to pay for other people's mistakes we should at least attempt to make them learn from their bad choices.  The current system rewards them for continuing to make bad choices. AND While you are on Gov't subsistence, you no longer can VOTE!  Yes,  that is correct.  For you to vote would be a conflict of interest.  You will voluntarily remove yourself from voting while you are receiving a Gov't welfare check.  If you want to vote, then get a job.