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Monthly Archive for July, 2009

Well, This Is Encouraging…

Published by Mockarena on July 31, 2009 in Really?. 7 Comments Tags: .

According to this, the White House “Cash For Clunkers” program has gotten off to a wildly unorganized start.  Dealerships are waiting for money that the government has promised,  the regulations are unclear, and apparently there is no one who can answer dealer questions.  The initial $1 billion set aside for this program has already supposedly been wiped out, but it’s totally unclear how many old cars have been scrapped with that money (which was a requirement for the rebates to be paid to dealers).   Aaaand the website set up for dealers to register keeps crashing.   

The government’s answer?  Throw $2 billion more at the program.  And turn on the spin machine.  Obama said, of the program, “Not more than a few weeks ago there were skeptics who weren’t sure that the ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program would work. But I’m happy to report that it has succeeded beyond our wildest expectation.”

I guess if by “succeed” he means, “drained all available funding with no way to account for it while simultaneously pissing off hundreds of dealers” well then yes, it’s a resounding success.  Good job, BO.

Next up?  Our healthcare.  I’m sure that will be equally successful.

This Week’s Cage Match – Special Request

Published by Daisy on July 31, 2009 in General Political Mockery. 6 Comments Tags: , , , , .

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Well, this week’s cage match picking was as easy as finding a bad Ashley Judd movie. In light of Palin’s gubernatorial departure last week coinciding with Judd’s suspected eyes on political office someday in our near future (what with that obviously well-earned entrance into Harvard that we’re sure had NOTHING to do with her celebrity status), these two ladies make for a perfect cage match. The choice was made partly with Mock’s prompting, of course, but also because Ms. Judd’s extreme hatred of Palin – and her femi-hypocrite stance in hating her, really – makes me think that the match would be somewhat interesting. For about 15 seconds, anyway. I suspect that we would hear two very quick sounds: Ashley getting hit, then Ashley hitting the floor. Because, let’s face it, folks. Palin would beat her like an old, dirty rug.

Oh, and Mock, Merry early Christmas.

Love.

Published by Mockarena on July 31, 2009 in You Know What I Love?. 7 Comments Tags: , .

I’ve never watched the Rachael Ray show, because I heard her voice once, very briefly, on a commercial – and it sounded kind of like someone taking a knife and scraping it slowly across a cheese grater. So I’ve pretty much tried to avoid ever hearing that sound again.

But I enjoy Bill O’Reilly, and I absolutely love the way he breaks down the notion of our “right” to healthcare. Rachael, on the other hand, looks like she wants to punch him in the face, which kind of makes me giggle – especially when he basically ends up getting her to agree with him.

Rachael miiiiiight want to just stick with cooking.

Robert Gibbs Is “Not Going To Get Into” Actually Doing A Halfway Decent Job At Being Press Secretary

Published by Daisy on July 31, 2009 in General Political Mockery. 5 Comments

According to this article, that goofy Gibbs has used the “I’m not going to get into that” tactic over 120 times during his first six months as Press Secretary.

They say he “employs the tactic to protect the president’s private deliberations,” but one could also hypothesize that he’s just, well, a smug little deflector of reality. Just a thought.

Deflection and incompetence in action, people. Observe and learn…

No Pork (Or Porn, In This Case)? Nice Try, Dems.

Published by Daisy on July 31, 2009 in General Political Mockery. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Remember that post a few days ago that I wrote about how Obama said there was no pork in the spendiddlydimulus? And how he was, well, a complete boldfaced liar for doing so? Yeah. This story just in…

That same $787 Billion, pork-filled piece of crap is supporting organizations like the National Endowment of the Arts, which in turn pays for entertainment gems such as, “Perverts Put Out” and “Thunder Crack.” It’s giving “stimulus” a whole new meaning, folks.

“Perverts Put Out” is pretty self-explanatory, but “Thunder Crack,” in case you’re wondering, is described as a “kinky art porno horror film with four men, three women, and a gorilla.”

Um, alrighty then.

First of all, eeww. Second of all, do people not do it normally anymore? Third, how on God’s green earth is this not considered absolute porkarific ridiculousness? And, lastly, if people want to contribute to the creation, purchase, and/or enjoyment of this garbage, can they not pay for it themselves? When did it become my taxpaying responsibility to pay for human-gorilla porn? Actually, let me rephrase that. When did it become our CHILDREN’S responsibility to pay for human-gorilla porn?

No pork? Yeah, right Dems. Just keep on spewing your empty rhetoric (i.e., your blatant lies). See for yourself. And, bend over for that change, everyone (no pun intended).

The Beer Summit Has Concluded.

Published by Mockarena on July 30, 2009 in You Know What I Love?. 5 Comments Tags: , , , .

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No apologies. They “agreed to disagree.” All I’ve seen Crowley demonstrate is pure class, you guys. Ever since the initial incident, and through today, he’s the only one who appears to have remained level-headed from the get-go.

I love that when he was asked if Obama contributed to the discussion, his answer was, “He provided the beer.” LOVE.

Great. This Is Just What We All Need.

Published by Mockarena on July 30, 2009 in Really?. 9 Comments Tags: , , , .

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According to this,  Ashley Judd has enrolled in the Harvard John F Kennedy School of Government to pursue a Master’s in Public Administration, you guys.  Because of COURSE she has. I’m telling you, she’s going to be running for office of some sort within the next decade.  She’s got wolves to save, and abortions to condone, and moutaintops to protect.  And she wants your tax payer money to pay for it all, so it makes perfect sense for her to enter politics.

 Daisy – can next week’s cage match be between Ashley and Sarah Palin?  Sarah could take her down with just a wink and a “you betcha.”  And Ashley would be left in a crying heap on the floor in her stupid “This is what a feminist looks like” t-shirt.

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I’d pay money to see that.

Rep Paul Ryan Totally OWNS MSNBC

Published by Mockarena on July 30, 2009 in You Know What I Love?. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

GOD this is fantastic. The last couple minutes are the best. Just watch him completely obliterate that smug little snot, Katrina Vanden Heuvel. The triumphant look on her face when she tries to make her ridiculous point is totally punch-worthy, but then he just makes her look like such a moron, and it’s a thing of beauty.

I love me some Paul Ryan SO MUCH.

Paul Krugman Proves A Point. Unfortunately For Him, It’s Not HIS Point.

Published by Mockarena on July 30, 2009 in You Know What I Love?. 5 Comments Tags: .

A clever and competent reader sent this video to us today. It’s of Paul Krugman taking a poll about Canadian healthcare, to prove a point about how awesome it is, and how no one should fear the US system resembling it. Take a listen.

This Just In: Michael Moore Still A Fat, America-Hating, Hypocritical Blowhard

Published by Daisy on July 30, 2009 in General Political Mockery. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , .

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I’m not a violent person. But there are a handful of people on the planet that evoke what can only be described as the involuntary-face-punching response. Michael Moore is one of those few people that evokes this particular response from me.

And, now he’s up for an award at the Venice Film Festival for hating America and everything it stands for – once again – in “Capitalism – A Love Story.”

He was quoted as saying about the film: “It will be the perfect date movie. It’s got it all – lust, passion, romance and 14,000 jobs being eliminated every day. It’s a forbidden love, one that dare not speak its name. Heck, let’s just say it: It’s capitalism.”

What I loathe most about Mr. Moore – despite his inexcusable hatred of my country – is the fact that he’s a total and complete hypocrite. The dude talks about the perils of American overconsumption and our flawed healthcare system, yet he’s about 400 pounds and far from a shining pillar of health. He says he despises corporations and the notion of capitalism, yet he’s a multi-millionaire BECAUSE of American capitalism, lives in a ridiculously expensive apartment in New York City, and sends his offspring to private school (yes, he bred). And, there’s so much more that points to his blatant hypocrisy. Just refer to this dude’s site, and see for yourself.

So, yeah. I won’t go see the film, partly because I’m no longer in the liberal-indoctrinating public school system that forced me to watch “Roger and Me,” but more so because as a hard-working, taxpaying, lover of American capitalism adult, I won’t give that overfed, over-hyped man any of my hard-earned money.

Plus, if you see one of his movies, you actually have to look at him. And, well…eeww.

Those Craaaazy Penny Pinchers In Obama’s Cabinet

Published by Mockarena on July 30, 2009 in Really?. 5 Comments Tags: , .

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Hey – remember a few months back when Obama demanded that his Cabinet look for ways to cut a whopping 100 million dollars from the budget? Which amounts to approximately .006% of the deficit? Well, I’m pleased to report that they’ve DONE IT.

And listen to how they cut costs!  Here’s just a sampling:

1.  The Justice Dept is going to use double sided copying.  You guys, it turns out, that paper has two sides.  And so our government is going to begin using both sides.  Genius!

2.  The Forest Service is not going to repaint brand new white cars green.  Can you believe the sacrifice here?

3.   The Navy is going to delete unused email accounts. 

4.  The Treasury is going to get rid of unused phone lines.

5.  The Dept of Homeland Security and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will start getting their news online, for free, instead of renewing their print subscriptions.  That right there saves .0000026% of the deficit!  YAY! 

Mitch McConnell’s spokesperson put this all in perspective by saying that if Obama’s team produced these kinds of savings ($100 million) every 98 days for the rest of Obama’s presidential term, there’d be a grand total of $1.5 billion in savings, which would pay for 3 days of interest on the national debt.  Fabulous.

But let’s spend over a trillion dollars on a national healthcare program even though over 80% of Americans like what they’ve already got.   That seems wise.

VP? I Don’t Need No Stinkin’ VP!

Published by Daisy on July 30, 2009 in General Political Mockery. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

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When a new President and Vice President are elected, pictures of the old Pres and VP are replaced by the new sheriffs in town in 8600 federal facilities – usually around January 20th.

But according to this article, that’s not the case right now – over 6 months into the Great One’s reign. Apparently, only OBAMA’s picture has replaced Bush and Cheney’s, making people scratch their heads and wonder, um, where in the heck is Biden? He is the VP, right? (That was a rhetorical question, you know.)

The official word is that they’re still “waiting” on the Biden picture, and until it’s ready, Obama’s mug is the only one to represent both the President AND Vice President.

They’re still waiting. Riiiiight. And, there was no pork in the spendiddlydimulus.

The President, The Professor, And The Policeman Plan Their Playdate

Published by Mockarena on July 30, 2009 in Really?. 7 Comments Tags: , , , .

This whole photo op beer summit is happening this evening, apparently. According to this video, Gates still wants an apology. I hope Crowley stands firm and refuses to give one. OR, he could say that he’s sorry his President made a hasty judgment about him without knowing any details. OR, he could say that he’s sorry Gates had such a public hissy fit. Either of those apologies would work.

My favorite part of this video is when Bobby Gibbs discusses the drink orders. Can’t you just see Bobby wearing a little waiter uniform and personally serving the beers tonight?

And, Just In Case You Think Obama Is Incapable Of Lying To You…

Published by Daisy on July 29, 2009 in General Political Mockery. 3 Comments Tags: , , , .

…there’s this lovely piece of video that reminds me that WOW. The dude can really sling it, huh?

Anyone have any idea how he can say this crap with a straight face? Seriously.

P.S. – I think he had trouble reading the Obamaprompter here, too. Pork…barrel….projects is a hard phrase to say, you know.

The Vote Will Be Delayed. And Obama’s Starting To Grovel At Town Halls. It’s A Good Day.

Published by Mockarena on July 29, 2009 in Really?. 5 Comments Tags: , , .

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According to this, Obama himself said today that there won’t be a vote on Obamacare before the fall.   He went to a townhall meeting in Raleigh today, and you guys, based on the quotes, he sounds like a man in major damage control mode.  Not surprising, given his continued sliiiiiide down poll-lane.

He said, “This bill, even in the best-case scenario, will not be signed — we won’t even vote on it probably until the end of September or the middle of October. We’re just trying to get all these different bills out of committee.” 

Earth to BO.  People don’t care if voting on a pile of crap gets postponed till later.  It’s still a vote on a pile of crap.  

Someone in the audience asked about legislators’ desire to, you know, actually have time to READ the proposals before voting on them.  And do you know what Obama said?  He said, “Some of the folks sincerely want to get it right, and we want to give them enough time to get it right. We don’t want to just do it quickly, we want to do it right. But some folks have specifically said on the other side: The more we can delay, the better chance we have of killing the bill.”

Translation:  “Waaah!  The Republicans hate my bill and are being all mean about it!  So I’m trying to just shove it through really fast before more of the American people figure out that it blows and my approval rating goes down even more!  But right now, I need someone to blame, and I also need to sound like I’m being cautious and practical!  Waaaaah!”

And here I was thinking that Obama was incapable of being transparent.

He continued his desperate attempts to assuage the town hall attendees by telling them that he would be ”available to answer any question that members of Congress have.  If they want to come over to the White House and go over line by line what’s going on, I will be happy to do that.”

Aww.  How hospitable of him.  But my confidence that he has enough of an idea about what’s going on to actually explain to OTHERS what’s going on was pretty much shattered after his 842nd press conference last week, where he revealed exactly nothing about what was actually going on.

Here We Go…

Published by Mockarena on July 29, 2009 in News and You Know What I Hate?. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

According to this, the House will vote on the healthcare bill today. 

Do you know what I hate?  Almost as much as I hate the healthcare bill?  I hate that if it passes, we’re going to see more of Pelosi’s smug, botox-filled smile and choppy hands all over TV gloating about it.

Hate.

Thomas Sowell Calls ‘Em Like He Sees ‘Em

Published by Mockarena on July 29, 2009 in General Political Mockery. 4 Comments Tags: , , .

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Thomas Sowell wrote a great, albeit sort of terrifying article for the National Review.   It ties in nicely with Daisy’s post below about seeing the writing on the wall with Obama long before we actually elected him.

Sowell states that, “If the worst Obama does is ruin the economy, I will breathe a sigh of relief.”  Wow.  And yeah – it’s easy for us all to be focused on the economy right now, and how much more damage this absurd healthcare proposal would do to it.  But the damage that Obama could do to our nation and our sovereignty is even more worrisome.

As Sowell points out, Obama continues to believe that we can simply talk our way out of a nuclear Iran.   He continues to dissuade Israel from attacking Iran.  And relations with Israel, historically our best if not our only true ally in the middle east, are strained more than ever.  Way to go, BO.

Sowell further discusses the American people’s wish for a “post-racial” society, and then points out that Obama’s past actions and associations do nothing to actually GET us there  – in fact just the opposite.  

Worse yet is Obama’s obvious belief that Americans are incapable of independent thought, or of taking care of themselves.  He is systematically removing the freedom we have to make decisions  – right out of our perfectly capable hands, so that he and his administration can take more and more control.  (See GM, the financial industry, his healthcare proposal, and his hierarchy of czars, for examples).  Only someone incredibly arrogant and saddled with an overinflated ego could be so sure that regular everyday Americans wouldn’t fight back against his continued insults on our intelligence.   

It’s terrifying to read these kinds of articles, yes.  But it’s equally gratifying to see people speaking out, more and more, against this administration.  We the people apparently aren’t going to take this crap anymore.  And we need to keep the momentum going.

So when you’re making those calls to your representatives about healthcare?  Put in a little plug for Israel while you’re at it.  They’re pretty much the only hope we have to prevent Iran from going nuclear, seeing as how our President still has a full army of surly puppies he probably wants to try first. 

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From “Moderate” To Marxist

Published by Daisy on July 29, 2009 in General Political Mockery. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , .

I’m just going to start this out by saying, yeah…yeah….I know some people on the left are going to attack me for using the word, “Marxist.” But you know what? At this point, after 6 months, I think it’s become quite obvious that Obama is a Marxist. He may not come right out and say it, but when it looks like a freakin’ duck and walks like a freakin’ duck. Yeah. You get my point.

And, this video and its corresponding transcript- albeit a bit lengthy – is a great synopsis of the things he’s done in the name of Marxism, really. A clever and competent reader sent it my way this morning, and I felt compelled to share, in case you missed it.

The highlights?
Beck starts with that classic line from an unidentified woman during the election that said, “I won’t have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won’t have to worry about paying my mortgage. You know, if I help him, he’s going to help me.”

And, some of us thought that was ridiculous. But yeah….it’s sort of coming true now, isn’t it?

Then, there was this lovely quote from one of Obama’s books:

“I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students, the foreign students, the Chicanos, the MARXIST professors and structural feminists and punk rock performance pullets.”

And then there’s the “community organization” angle, the promise of an AmeriCorps-type volunteer organization that would be just as strong and well-funded as the U.S. military, and of course, those communist mentors, such as Frank Marshall Davis. Or his view on taxation. He said it clear as day, folks. He believed in spreading the wealth then, and he really believes in it now. And, most of us knew at least a little bit about all this crap before the election, but Obamabot-mania set in, and even some of my intelligent conservative and/or moderate-conservative friends fell into the disbelief that Obama was really just a moderate. I mean, a Marxist wouldn’t be running for President of the United States, right?

Yeah, right.

The video is compelling in that it points out that we knew this as a nation – we knew about these tendencies toward the extreme left. The dude’s ALWAYS been a Marxist. So, I guess the joke is on America, huh?

I’ll let you decide for yourself:

Our Democracy In Action

Published by Mockarena on July 28, 2009 in You Know What I Love?. 5 Comments Tags: , , .

OMG – my heart just SWELLS WITH PATRIOTIC PRIDE at this. It’s the same feeling I get when Daisy and I attend any of the Tea Party gatherings. We went to a healthcare protest yesterday evening, outside of our senators’ offices, along with a couple hundred other folks, and just watching people become involved, some for the first time in their lives – well, there’s just nothing like it. It’s an affirmation that there are still level-headed, reasonable people out there, who see beyond all of the rhetoric, and want their voices heard. It’s our democracy in action, and it’s fabulous.

So according to this, Senator Claire McCaskill’s staff was surprised yesterday when nearly 1000 people showed up at a townhall meeting. McCaskill herself wasn’t there, but standing in to take questions for her was Michelle Sherod, District Director. And I’m betting that Michelle was pretty much HATING LIFE yesterday evening. All she could say, in response to the booing and yelling by the attendees, and in between the stories and accounts many people gave about why the public option is a total farce, was, “Senator McCaskill does support a public option, she thinks it will enhance competition and keep prices down.”

Good job, Obamabot! Next maybe you can entertain us all with some Pelosi-style clapping and a line or two about how we’ll all get to “keep our current plans if we’re happy with them.”

The video above is of US Soldier Paul Curtman, who basically renders the Obamabot speechless.

LOVE.

I Love This Video So Much

Published by Daisy on July 28, 2009 in General Political Mockery. 5 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

It’s basically a handful of Cambridge cops defending Crowley in the whole Gates fiasco. And, the best part is when the really adorable, professional, cool and collected, total badass chick cop says (about Obama), “I voted for him. I will NOT VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN.”

I would venture to say a lot of folks share in that sentiment here recently…

LOVE.