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Gunny G: What Would Chesty Puller Do?

We live in extraordinary times. Often we hear people say, or write, what would so-and-so do in this or that case?

True, the Chesty Pullers, the George Pattons, MacArthurs, Smedley Butlers, Curt LeMays, Evans Carlsons, etc. are no longer with us. But are men of like courage now gone altogether? God knows, it would be very difficult for such men to even get a toe-hold in today’s pc world.

But, who knows, perhaps they are out there somewhere, just biding their time, waiting for the right time, the right place, the right situation–we’ll see won’t we.

The following article is about one of these non-pc individuals.

Semper Fidelis

Dick Gaines

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Maverick Marine:

General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History

(excerpt from chapter called “To Hell with the Admirals”)

By Hans Schmidt

Denied the commandancy, Butler did not dig in for a prolonged sulk as major general manqué. In the letter in which he vowed to block Naval Academy rivals for the next fifteen years, he also alluded to a resilience that precluded anything like General Barnett’s last stand as…..

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Terror of family who claim their five-year old son is haunted by the ‘man with grey skin’

Terror of family who claim their five-year old son is haunted by the ‘man with grey skin‘

Daily Mail ^ | Nov. 22, 2011 | Daily Mail Reporter

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:03:41 PM by Free ThinkerNY

A father has told how his five-year-old son claims he has been troubled by visions of a ghostly man with grey skin who speaks to him in the night.

Dave Gerrity, 41, said his son Dagan first complained about seeing something in his bedroom in the family’s Bridlington home around six months ago.

Man arrested over $1M suitcase left in Aussie cafe

Man arrested over $1M suitcase left in Aussie cafe

Associated Press ^ | Nov. 22, 2011

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 10:09:03 PM by Free ThinkerNY

SYDNEY (AP) — Police in Sydney may be close to unraveling the mystery of a man who left a lot of dough at an upscale pizzeria and cafe — nearly 1 million Australian dollars ($1 million).

Police say a man wearing shorts and a tank top left a suitcase at Cafe Marco on Tuesday morning. Staff at first thought it might contain a bomb but it turned out to be stuffed with 50-dollar notes.

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In Body’s Shield Against Cancer, a Culprit in Aging May Lurk

In Body’s Shield Against Cancer, a Culprit in Aging May Lurk

NY Times ^ | November 21 | NICHOLAS WADE

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 7:44:40 PM by neverdem

Until recently, few people gave much thought to senescent cells. They are cells that linger in the body even after they have lost the ability to divide.

But on Nov. 2, in what could be a landmark experiment in the study of aging, researchers at the Mayo Clinic reported that if you purge the body of its senescent cells, the tissues remain youthful and vigorous.

The experiment was just in mice, and it cleared the cells with a genetic technique that cannot be applied to people. Like all critical experiments, it needs to be repeated in other labs before it can be accepted with confidence.

10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun

10-year-old Wash. boy defends mom with BB gun

Associated Press ^ | Nov. 22, 2011

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 8:08:33 PM by Free ThinkerNY

BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) – Police in Bellingham, Wash., say a 10-year-old boy defended his mother from an attacker by shooting him in the face with a BB rifle as many as four times.

The man accused of the attack rents a room in the woman’s home and came home drunk and angry Tuesday morning. Police say he kicked in a bedroom door and started choking the woman.

Grandmother, 73, claims she’s being plagued by a GHOST (groping from the BEYOND)

Grandmother, 73, claims she’s being plagued by a GHOST (groping from the BEYOND)

Daily Mail ^ | 11/21/11 | Sarah Nelson

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 8:13:16 PM by Winstons Julia

Doris Birch, of Herne Bay, began experiencing the nocturnal disturbances in her flat four months ago. The 73-year-old said: ‘It’s like an octopus. I was lying in bed when I felt this creepy pair of hands.

Prison Planet.com » On Eve of Eleventh Debate Ron Paul Places High In Polls

In addition to the Revolution PAC commissioned poll revealing Ron Paul’s strong placement in Iowa prior to the caucus, other polls place the Texas Republican in a tight race for the nomination.

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A Bloomberg News poll shows Ron Paul locked in a four-way statistical tie for first place among Iowa Republicans — 20 percent for Herman Cain, 19 percent for Paul, 18 percent for Mitt Romney and 17 percent for Newt Gingrich.

CBS comes to tis senses and admits Ron Paul’s popularity in the polls.

Meanwhile, an Iowa State-Gazette-KCRG poll places Paul five points behind Cain and a New Hampshire poll shows Paul tied with Newt Gingrich for second place behind establishment candidate Mitt Romney.

The “Drop the Hate” Hokum (JFK as a victim of “hate”)

 

MORE…The ‘Drop the Hate‘ Hokum

Reprinted from the Chicago Tribune in Human Events, Vol. 22, No. 23, December 14, 1963

We are now growing weary of the current talk about how in the wake of the Kennedy assassination, we’ve all got to drop hatred and extremism and get milksoppish and ever-lovin’. Dire consequences are threatened if we disregard this advice.

Obama: I Just Need More Time to Fix the Economy, Really !

Obama: I Just Need More Time to Fix the Economy, Really !

NRO ^ | NOVEMBER 22, 2011 | Jim Geraghty

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 8:00:47 PM by RobinMasters

Barack Obama, in his first press conference as president, February 9, 2009 :

My hope is that after a difficult year — and this year is going to be a difficult year — that businesses start investing again, they start making decisions that, you know, in fact there’s money to be made out there, customers or consumers start feeling that their jobs are stable and safe, and they start making purchases again. And if we get things right, then starting next year we can start seeing some significant improvement.

Barack Obama, on the trail* today :

Gingrich to teach free online course from White House if elected

Gingrich to teach free online course from White House if elected

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MSNBC ^ | November 22, 2011 | NBC’s Jo Ling Kent

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 8:13:59 PM by presidio9

If elected to the White House, former speaker of the House and history professor Newt Gingrich wants to teach Americans a lesson — that is, for free on the Internet about his policy views. The self-proclaimed “ideas man” said on Monday his course would be distributed on the Web in a format similar to the University of Phoenix or Kaplan.

“I think I will probably teach a course when I’m president,” Gingrich told students and supporters after a campaign speech on entitlement reform at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics.

savethemales.ca – Historian Brought Freemasons to Heel

Bernard Fay belongs to the France of the ancien regime, the true France of Monarch, Church and army. This France was rotted out and destroyed by Illuminati Jewish finance and their Masonic lackeys who sponsored the French Revolution.

Modern history is an account of how power and wealth has been transferred from the church and aristocracy to Illuminati finance using liberal and democratic ideals as pretexts.

Nazi Germany had to make a show of being anti-Masonic since its enemies were controlled by Freemasonry. Bernard Fay seized this brief moment to try to save his beloved France. Of course, this window closed quickly since the Nazis were financed and controlled at the top by the Illuminati.

Modern history and culture is saturated by Masonic assumptions yet the cult is largely unknown and unmentioned. Masonic Illuminism is the (satanic) religion of mankind yet its name is never spoken.

I was channel surfing yesterday and landed on the program “Decoded.”

A 33-degree Freemason in Washington DC was disavowing any Masonic plot for world domination.

What is Agenda 21?

“Agenda 21 proposes an array of actions which are intended to be implemented by every person on Earth…it calls for specific changes in the activities of all people… Effective execution of Agenda 21 will require a profound reorientation of all humans, unlike anything the world has ever experienced… ” – Agenda 21: The Earth Summit Strategy to Save Our Planet (Earthpress, 1993).

Pearls of Wisdom

Pearls of Wisdom

Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | November 22, 2011 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 6:20:47 PM by Kaslin

“Is it any wonder that parents get a little worried when they send the little tykes off to school, because I’ll tell you, folks, what’s happening, especially in these blue states, what’s happening in these public schools, the last thing going on is what we’ve all thought of as traditional education.”

“I always start getting sentimental as we get to the holiday season. It always makes me turn into Mr. Softy. And it’s a great feeling.”

“Here we are, two days before Thanksgiving, and even the Wall Street Journal has to run a story about how what you eat and how much you eat may kill you on Thanksgiving.”

Liberalism – The Lawless Ideology

Liberalism – The Lawless Ideology

http://www.theignorantfishermen.com/2011/10/liberalism-lawless-ideology.html ^ | 11/22/11

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 6:21:53 PM by The Ignorant Fisherman

Liberalism – The Lawless Ideology

Liberalism – for the most part – rejects out right the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God. The root and source of this rejection – of these crucial moral laws and realities – is their subjective hatred towards the Creator of the heavens and earth (Romans 1:18-32). This base ideology is expressed and manifested in their disdain and hostility towards the American blue print drawn up by our Founding Fathers, which was based on the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.

Frank Rich Is Wrong: Hate Didn’t Kill Kennedy, But It Is Killing Civil Discourse in America

Frank Rich Is Wrong: Hate Didn’t Kill Kennedy, But It Is Killing Civil Discourse in America

PJ Tatler ^ | November 22, 2011 | Bryan Preston

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 6:28:24 PM by jazusamo

Today marks the 48th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The slain president’s wife, his successor, and the liberal media blamed the murder on Dallas’ “climate of hate.” That smear cast a pall on the innocent citizens of that city for decades. I know, because I grew up in the shadow of Big D and in the shadow of Kennedy’s killing. For decades after Nov. 22, 1963, you could go anywhere in the country, tell anyone you were from Dallas, and if you spent enough time with that person, Kennedy’s assassination would inevitably come up.

Frank Rich chose to mark the 48th anniversary by smearing Dallas, again, and by extension conservatives of the present. It’s a column which should get him ridiculed and fired; no one who is so irresponsible with the hard facts of life has any place in the commentariat.The title gives Rich’s game away. It’s “What Killed JFK?” not “Who Killed JFK?” as it should be. A “what” is much easier to abstract, isolate, and attack than a “who” who had inconvenient opinions and motivations, and a madness to move.

Prison Planet.com » Michael Moore Blames Homeland Security For Pepper-Spray Brutality

Filmmaker Michael Moore blamed the Homeland Security-funded militarization of college campus police for the shocking incident Friday where a University of California police officer pepper-sprayed demonstrators directly in the face, labeling the footage the ‘Occupy’ movement’s Tiananmen Square moment.

When Will the Media Do an Anal Exam of Obama Like They Do of Every Republican?

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When Will the Media Do an Anal Exam of Obama Like They Do of Every Republican?.

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RUSH: Folks, I have to tell you something. We got another Republican debate tonight. It’s sponsored by the Heritage Foundation. It’s gonna be moderated by Wolf Blitzer, CNN. It’s gonna be broadcast by CNN. It’s a Heritage Foundation debate on foreign policy. And from what I’m told, old Wolf is out there preparing a response to Newt Gingrich if Newt chides him for the way he’s conducting things as the moderator.

Useful Idiot

Useful Idiot

Common Sense for a Senseless World ^ | 11/19/11 | Don Kriefall

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 6:20:38 PM by rhema

Useful idiot is a derogatory adage, describing a person either too naïve or ignorant to understand that their advocacy of malevolent organizations only allows those organizations to conduct their business with impunity. Confused and misguided, the “occupy” movement is used by the labor unions and left wing radicals to conduct their bidding, disrupting the very business activity they need to support them. Gay rights advocates lobby to legitimize behavior that is contrary to God’s will, rather than loving their neighbor enough to lead them back to the Lord. Prior to the fall of the Soviet Union, soviet sympathizers used their influence to promote socialism and in several instances, used their positions to steal sensitive information and forward it to soviet agents. What they did not know, however, was that although the Soviets used the information, they actually reviled the sympathizers as traitors.

Justice accused of withholding records on Kagan’s role in healthcare defense

Justice accused of withholding records on Kagan’s role in healthcare defense

http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/legal-challenges/195135-judiciary-chair-presses-kagan-investigation ^

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:35:12 PM by kcvl

The Justice Department withheld records about Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s role in healthcare reform, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) said Tuesday.

Smith pressed Attorney General Eric Holder to provide documents and witnesses about Kagan’s time as solicitor general and her role in preparing to defend President Obama’s healthcare reform law in court. Republicans have clamored for Kagan to recuse herself when the Supreme Court takes up a case challenging the law.

CBO: Stimulus hurts economy in the long run

CBO: Stimulus hurts economy in the long run

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/nov/22/cbo-stimulus-hurts-economy-long-run/ ^

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:52:37 PM by kcvl

The Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday downgraded its estimate of the benefits of President Obama’s 2009 stimulus package, saying it may have sustained as few as 700,000 jobs at its peak last year and that over the long run it will actually be a net drag on the economy.

CBO said that while the Recovery Act boosted the economy in the short run, the extra debt that the stimulus piled up “crowds out” private investment and “will reduce output slightly in the long run — by between 0 and 0.2 percent after 2016.”

Nancy Pelosi Pushing Government to Institute Hitler Youth (Told you so…)

Nancy Pelosi Pushing Government to Institute Hitler Youth (Told you so…)

Godfather Politics ^ | November 22, 2011 | da Tagliare

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:31:59 PM by yoe

In 1920, Adolf Hitler formed the Youth League of the National Socialist Workers’ Party. In 1922, a new youth organization emerged that eventually became known as Hitler Youth. It targeted boys ages 14-18. Eventually a second group was formed for boys ages 10-14 and a girls’ organization that covered ages 10-18. The goal of the Youth organizations was to indoctrinate the next generation of leaders to help insure the success for the Nazi Party.

From 1922 to 1945, the Hitler Youth saw thousands of teenaged kids turning in their parents, siblings, aunts and uncles, grandparents, cousins and friends, the government for speaking out against Hitler and his Nazi rule. Thousands of people were imprisoned, beaten and even executed. They turned in their neighbors and school mates who were Jewish.

Hitler Youth was so effective that ever today some of them still carry the hatred and prejudices they were taught. The father of a man I worked with was a member of the Hitler Youth. Today’s he’s in his early 80’s and he still hates Jews, Christians and blacks and believes that Hitler should have won the war.

Obama to Occupy Wall St. Protesters: “You are the reason I ran for office.”

Obama to Occupy Wall St. Protesters: “You are the reason I ran for office.”

Weekly Standard ^ | 11/22/11 | John McCormack

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 5:31:18 PM by MissesBush

Obama hugs an increasingly unpopular, vulgar, and lawless movement. The Hill reports that after President Obama was heckled by protesters at an event in New Hampshire, he said:

“I appreciate you guys making your point; let me go ahead and make mine,” Obama said before continuing his speech. “I’ll listen to you, you listen to me, OK?”

A few minutes later, Obama acknowledged the Occupy protest movement again, saying: “You are the reason I ran for office.”

What Will the Lone Star State Do to Vet Obama?| The Post & Email

“DO YOUR DUTY TO TEXANS”

November 21, 2011

What will this Secretary of State do to prevent election fraud in 2012?

The Honorable Esperanza “Hope” Andrade

Secretary of State

State Capitol Room 1E.8

Austin, TX 78701

Dear Madame Secretary:

We face another important presidential election. After this past presidential election, citizens of Texas learned presidential candidates WERE NOT properly vetted. Texans STILL have seen NO conclusive proof as to the true identity of “Barack H. Obama.” Texans still are not convinced John McCain was a citizen “of the soil.”

The U. S. Constitution is clear concerning presidential candidates. They MUST be natural born citizens; Art II, Sec. 1. Minor v. Happersett and United States v. Wong Kim Ark offers additional conclusive evidence in SCOTUS opinions as to the meaning of a natural born citizen. The Constitution, our Founders, and even Nature itself teaches us that a natural born citizen is created by birth on the soil of the nation by TWO citizen parents. The one calling himself Barack H. Obama openly admits that his father NEVER was a citizen. And, we have SEEN NO CONCLUSIVE LEGAL PROOF that Barack H. Obama was born on U.S. soil!

Can you assure me as a citizen of Texas that you will properly vet ALL presidential candidates BEFORE placing them on a Texas ballot? Would you be willing to offer that same legal proof in a public forum so ALL Texans are assured that candidates like Obama have been properly vetted by you?We no longer trust the Democratic National Committee to vet their candidates. You are our last line of defense against election fraud! We ask only that you do your duty to Texans and honor your oath of office to Texas and our Constitution.

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Passenger forced to stand for a seven-hour airline flight

Passenger forced to stand for a seven-hour airline flight

Elliot.org ^ | November 22, 2011 | Christopher Elliott

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 4:40:25 PM by Daffynition

At nearly seven hours, US Airways flight 901 is one of the longest domestic nonstop airline flights. And Arthur Berkowitz knows how long it takes to get from Anchorage to Philadelphia down to the minute. That’s because he says he had to stand for most of the flight when he returned to Philly last July.

Why would anyone stand for that long? Because he says a morbidly obese passenger seated next to him was spilling into his personal space, making it impossibly to sit in his assigned seat, and the flight was completely full.

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Breaking: New Hampshire Speaker Cancels Meeting With House Members; Launches Investigation of Reps at Ballot Commission Meeting| The Post & Email

IS IT REAL, OR RETALIATION?

by Sharon Rondeau

William O’Brien has been a state representative from New Hampshire’s Hillsborough 4 District since 2004 and became Speaker of the House in 2011

(Nov. 21, 2011) — The following email was received at approximately 7:45 p.m. EST from New Hampshire Rep. Harry Accornero, who was present at the November 18, 2011 Ballot Law Commission meeting in Concord, NH to discuss whether or not Obama’s name should be placed on the state’s ballot:

Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 6:21 PM

To: Accornero, Harry; DeLemus, Susan; Baldasaro, Al; Baldasaro,Alfred

‘Delaney, Michael A’ [Michael.A.Delaney@doj.nh.gov]; Ann Rice [ann.rice@doj.nh.gov]; Bettencourt, David; ‘robert.quinn@dos.nh.gov’; Mead, Robert; Wadsworth, Karen; Joyner, Randy

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Man catches 881-pound tuna, seized by feds

Man catches 881-pound tuna, seized by feds

Yahoo ^ | 2011 11 22 | Eric Pfeiffer

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 4:31:09 PM by Silentgypsy

A Massachusetts fisherman pulled in an 881-pound tuna this week only to have the federal authorities take it away. It sounds like a libertarian twist on the classic novella by Ernest Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea, but for Carlos Rafael, the saga is completely true.

First Amendment Right to Petition Government vs. the Force of Government | The Post & Email

HAS THE “OCCUPY” MOVEMENT LED TO TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?

by Robert DeBeaux

The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights provides for the right of the people to petition their government for the redress of grievances. But is government listening or quashing the petitioners?

(Nov. 22, 2011) — In accordance with the 1st Amendment, The People have the RIGHT to peaceably assemble.

The Occupy movement has been demonized since its inception. From the very start, political elites ignored the protestations because the message was/is contrary to the desires of Congress and the Administration’s subversive goals.

When the elite discovered they could not dissuade the protestors, elitists and organizers decided to subvert, obfuscate and dilute the message. Not only did they succeed in “shouting louder” than the original protesters, they managed to stir the pot of emotions to the boiling point.

All of the cities across America are using force to get rid of this “Occupy” blight. Cities are using police force, pepper spray, water hoses, and hauling people off to jail while we Americans applaud law enforcement’s efforts at the direction of politicians who DO NOT WANT the message to be simple: America belongs to the People.

Victor Davis Hanson: Obama’s Economic Quackery

Victor Davis Hanson: Obama’s Economic Quackery

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE ^ | November 22, 2011 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 3:50:28 PM by neverdem

Obama’s Economic Quackery

Obama has learned how to turn a natural recovery into a serial slowdown.

Sometimes the wrong medicine can make a struggling patient far sicker than he would have been had he been allowed to recover naturally. Western medicine began with the premise that the physician either must know how to cure the patient or simply leave him alone — but above all not make him worse through harmful treatment.

The Rick Perry uprising

The Rick Perry uprising

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The Hill ^ | November 22, 2011 | Bernie Quigley

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 4:13:15 PM by 2ndDivisionVet

“ … states’ rights, states’ rights, states’ rights!” — Rick Perry at the Alamo, June 15, 2009

Until you get higher in the hills, Laconia might be considered the vortex of New Hampshire redneck politics, heavy into the Tea Party. The Lakes Region Tea Party is small but might be indicative of how things will go. A straw poll on Nov. 16 gave Newt Gingrich 49 percent while Cain tied with Ron Paul at 15. Romney 12 percent and Rick Perry 0. Similar results in a straw poll at a Republican club in Alabama on Saturday: Newt 45 percent, Cain 13, Paul and Romney both 11 and Perry 3. Interesting because Perry first gave national credence to the Tea Party when he chanted for states’ rights at the Alamo. But with the sudden rise of Newt, the consummate Washington insider, the Tea Party is no longer really about states’ rights and specific issues. It’s about passion.

CBS’ Bill Plante: Obama “Administration couldn’t be happier this [super committee] is failing”

CBS’ Bill Plante: Obama “Administration couldn’t be happier this [super committee] is failing”

Youtube ^ | 11/21/2011 | GOPICYMI

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 4:31:15 PM by Laissez-faire capitalist

[CBS' senior White House correspondent, Bill Plante]:

“… But it’s safe to say that in the absence of a real debt deal, which of course they’d like to have, this administration couldn’t be happier that this is failing, because they will try to blame it all on Republicans going into the election year.”

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Rush Limbaugh: Girl Kisses Boy and School Calls Police? Local Drive-By Media Misses the Full Story

Rush Limbaugh: Girl Kisses Boy and School Calls Police? Local Drive-By Media Misses the Full Story

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Rushlimbaugh.com ^ | 11/22/2011 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 4:31:25 PM by servo1969

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RUSH: I want to read to you a headline. This is from the smokinggun.com. Snerdley, I want you to listen to this. “Cops Summoned To Florida Elementary School After Girl Kisses Boy In Phys Ed Class.” Whoa. Let me read that to you again. “Cops Summoned To Florida Elementary School After Girl Kisses Boy In Phys Ed Class.” Do you realize how abnormal that sounds given the kind of news that’s reported lately? A girl kissed a boy in a gym, and it’s so abnormal the cops were called.

Confessions of a Car Salesman

Confessions of a Car Salesman

edmunds.com ^ | Published: 01/18/2001 Updated: 05/04/2009 | Chandler Phillips

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 3:44:06 PM by mowowie

Introduction

What really goes on in the back rooms of car dealerships across America?

What does the car salesman do when he leaves you sitting in a sales office and goes to talk with his boss?

What are the tricks salespeople use to increase their profit and how can consumers protect themselves from overpaying?

You’re Paying for Leon Panetta’s $30,000 Weekly Commute

You’re Paying for Leon Panetta‘s $30,000 Weekly Commute

http://m.theatlanticwire.com/national/2011/11/youre-paying-leon-panettas-30000-weekly-commute/45304/ ^

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 3:40:58 PM by TigerClaws

Each weekend when Leon Panetta flies roundtrip from Washington D.C. to Monterey, California it costs around $30,000–you’re paying for it, and he’s only reimbursing you for the price of a coach seat. Since July, he’s been home 14 times reports The Washington Times‘ Susan Crabtree who also notes:

Rick Perry-backed judge proposes Latino districts, infuriates GOP

Rick Perry-backed judge proposes Latino districts, infuriates GOP

The Daily Caller ^ | Nov 20, 2011 | Chris Bedford

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 3:14:56 PM by iowamark

A former Texas Supreme Court justice whose appointment by Gov. Rick Perry led to accusations of racial pandering was part of a Federal District Court decision Thursday to issue a new voting district map for Texas that will likely overturn the map proposed by the Texas Legislature and is designed to create ethnic voting districts for Latino’s.

Reforming Rather than Abolishing Plague: Stupid or Just Plain Venal? by Becky Akers

Deliciously, the Joint Majority is too imbecilic to realize its own implication, that Congress ought never to have foisted the barbaric TSA on us. It obliviously argues for reinstating the process that murdered 3000 people on 9/11, the unconstitutional arrangement Congress devised 40 years ago and just as unconstitutionally replaced on November 19, 2001. Except now it adds sexual molestation, thievery, and brutality.

Thanksgiving Time for NWTO (Nothing Worse Than Obama) Mode

If there is anything to be grateful for on Thanksgiving 2011, it’s the narcissism of one Barack Hussein Obama.

It is thanks to Obama’s narcissism, ego and arrogance that We the People know where they stand: Trapped in a nation where everything’s changed for the worse since 2008.

For all of those who want to argue that the change has been wearing down America for the past 100 years and particularly during the 8-year administration of George W. Bush: that ship already left port; it’s far too late to do anything about the past but prime time to deal with Obama over the coming year.

Jump into the present. Barack Obama’s headed for re-election, even if it’s re-election courtesy of suspended elections.

What Happened to the Tea Party? Looks like primaries have left once-powerful movement in the dust

What Happened to the Tea Party? Looks like primaries have left once-powerful movement in the dust

The American Prospect ^ | November 21, 2011 | Paul Waldman

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:59:13 PM by 2ndDivisionVet

When the 2012 Republican nominating contest was getting underway earlier this year, it was widely predicted (I predicted it myself) that the race would eventually come down to a contest between an establishment candidate like Mitt Romney or Tim Pawlenty, and a Tea Party candidate more appealing to the party’s base. It seemed perfectly reasonable at the time; after all, the Tea Party had energized the GOP and propelled it to the historic 2010 congressional election victory.

Prison Planet.com » Creepy ‘One Voice’ Occupy Protesters Heckle Ron Paul

Congressman responds by pointing out he’s been condemning the 1% for decades

Steve Watson

Prisonplanet.com

November 22, 2011

A gaggle of ‘occupy’ sympathizers interrupted a question and answer session at a Ron Paul town hall gathering in Keene, New Hampshire Monday, proceeding to heckle the congressman in the form of a strange collective chant.

Righthaven Case Ends in Victory for Fair Use

Righthaven Case Ends in Victory for Fair Use

EFF ^ | 11/18/2011 | EFF

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:45:01 PM by RobertClark

San Francisco – In a victory for fair use, the publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Stephens Media, filed papers yesterday conceding that posting a short excerpt of a news article in an online forum is not copyright infringement. The concession will result in entry of a judgment of non-infringement in a long-running copyright troll case that sparked the dismissal of dozens of baseless lawsuits filed by Righthaven LLC.

The case began when the online political forum Democratic Underground — represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Fenwick & West LLP, and attorney Chad Bowers — was sued by Righthaven for a five-sentence excerpt of a Review-Journal news story that a user posted on the forum with a link back to the newspaper’s website. Democratic Underground countersued, asking the court to rule that the excerpt did not infringe copyright and is a fair use of the material, and brought Righthaven-backer Stephens Media into the case.

The Court dismissed Righthaven’s infringement case because it did not own the article, but Democratic Underground’s counterclaim against Stephens Media continued. After initially attempting to defend the bogus assertion of copyright infringement, Stephens Media has now conceded it was incorrect.

Retired Police Officer Reportedly Told to Remove Flag Honoring Victims of 9/11

Retired Police Officer Reportedly Told to Remove Flag Honoring Victims of 9/11

Fox News ^ | November 22, 2011 | Staff

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:59:01 PM by lbryce

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A retired New York City police officer living in Florida has been ordered to take down his flag commemorating September 11 by his homeowners’ association, WPLG reports.

Richard Wentz, who helped victims out of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, has been told he has just days to take down his flag or face possible legal action.

“That flag means the world to me. Other than my children, that flag means the world to me,” said Wentz.

A letter from the Fairways at Heron Bay association said the flag detracts from the aesthetic harmony of the surrounding properties. Wentz said he was confronted by Patricia Favata, president of the property’s board of directors, according to the station.

No one was at Favata’s home when WPLG Local 10 tried to talk to her.

On Credentials, Nepotism, & Chelsea Clinton

On Credentials, Nepotism, & Chelsea Clinton

Townhall.com ^ | November 22, 2011 | Brian Birdnow

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 1:09:04 PM by Kaslin

Last Monday, November 14th, the National Broadcasting Corporation announced that have hired the estimable Chelsea Clinton as a full-time special correspondent for NBC News. The appointment, effective immediately, will assign Ms. Clinton to stories on the NBC Nightly News and its “Making A Difference” series, according to Steve Capus, President of NBC News.

Capus, who insists that this is a serious hire for a legitimate job, told the New York Times that he had been contacted by an “intermediary” on young Chelsea’s behalf and that this rather shadowy figure indicated that Ms. Clinton was interested in a career as a television journalist at NBC News.

White Air Force Vet Prohibited from Registering to Vote Because of Race

White Air Force Vet Prohibited from Registering to Vote Because of Race

Pajamas Media ^ | November 21, 2011 | J. Christian Adams

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 1:22:26 PM by Kaslin

Believe it or not, there is a place where the American flag flies that citizens of particular races are excluded from voting. Citizens not of the chosen race are not allowed to vote in an important election. White and Asian citizens of the United States there are even prohibited from registering to vote for the election. As implausible as it sounds, such is the law on the island of Guam, a territory where the American flag flies and the Voting Rights Act applies, along with the 15th Amendment to the Constitution.

PELOSI USING ‘OCCUPY’ TO RAISE CASH (drudge headline)

PELOSI USING ‘OCCUPY’ TO RAISE CASH (drudge headline)

Washington Post ^ | 11/22/2011 | Greg Sargent

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 1:29:31 PM by jmstein7

For weeks now, Republicans have attacked Democrats for voicing support for the Occupy Wall Street protesters, in particular faulting the DCCC for standing up for them. And the incidents of violence and excess have led some neutral commentators to predict that Dems will pay a political price if they align themselves with the movement.

So it’s interesting to see that the DCCC is sticking by Occupy Wall Street. Indeed, the DCCC is now raising money off that recent report of a GOP-connected corporate lobbying firm’s proposed smear campaign against the movement. Nancy Pelosi has authored a DCCC fundraising email that presents this as proof that Republicans are on the side of Wall Street and against Dems and the protesters:

We have the smoking gun.

Obama New Hampshire Jobs Speech Interrupted By Occupy Protesters

Obama New Hampshire Jobs Speech Interrupted By Occupy Protesters

ABC News ^

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 1:39:40 PM by Sub-Driver

Obama New Hampshire Jobs Speech Interrupted By Occupy Protesters

The Occupy movement followed President Obama to New Hampshire today, where protestors interrupted his jobs speech at a high school in Manchester.

Speaking at Manchester High School Central the President was interrupted shortly after he started delivering an address calling for Congress to act on the payroll tax cut extension.

The protesters were quickly countered by students, chanting “Obama, Obama!” and several minutes of arguing back and forth ensued.

Video: Obama heckled by Occupiers in New Hampshire; Update: Rahm Emanuel heckled

Video: Obama heckled by Occupiers in New Hampshire; Update: Rahm Emanuel heckled

Hot Air ^ | 11/22/11 | Ed Morrissey

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 1:50:58 PM by Nachum

It’s either karma, or just desserts, or chickens coming home to roost, as Barack Obama’s old pastor likes to say. After stoking the passions of class warfare for the last two months, the protests that just coincidentally arose at the same time arrived on Obama’s figurative doorstep as he campaigned in New Hampshire. Occupiers heckled Obama using the “human mic” technique, as this clip shows:

Newt Gingrich claims he is not a member of bohemian grove, a freemason, or for world government

Newt Gingrich claims he is not a member of bohemian grove, a freemason, or for world government

Examiner ^ | Martin Hill

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:05:10 PM by mas cerveza por favor

Q. “You were asked about world government and you said ‘there is no world government’. What is your role in groups like the bohemian club, freemasonry, and that sort of thing, Council on Foreign Relations?

Gingrich: “I don’t belong to the Bohemian Club, I have no role in freemasonry. And my primary activity in Council on Foreign Relations was on figuring out how to fight terrorism”

NBC Goes Vile: Jimmy Fallon’s Band Welcomes Michele Bachmann With ‘Lyin’ Ass Bitch’

NBC Goes Vile: Jimmy Fallon’s Band Welcomes Michele Bachmann With ‘Lyin’ Ass Bitch’

Big Hollywood ^ | Nov 22nd, 2011 | John Nolte

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:06:39 PM by Mount Athos

The video above confirms that the National Broadcasting Company’s house band for the “Jimmy Fallon Show” serenaded a sitting Congresswoman and presidential candidate with Fishbone’s “Lyin’ Ass Bitch.”

What a cruel thing to do, and it’s the last thing you’d expect from someone like Jimmy Fallon, who does come off (or used to) as a pretty decent guy. Michele Bachmann was a “guest” on Fallon’s show and yet he and his house band sucker punch her with “Lyin’ Ass Bitch”?

Unbelievable.

Presidential Primaries and the Case for Calm

Presidential Primaries and the Case for Calm

Illinois Review ^ | November 22, 2011 A.D. | John F. Di Leo

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:14:59 PM by jfd1776

This is a difficult age in which to be a conservative.

While the national executive branch remains in the clutches of a radical administration that daily flaunts the Constitution, producing an equal and opposite reaction in an electorate that practically salivates at the opportunity to throw them out, the Republican Party’s primary process seems bound and determined to produce a challenger far less aggressive then the people desire.

Conservatives have therefore spent months agonizing, as they search for – pray for – some way to nominate a candidate who is up to the needs of the time, and worthy of the public mood. Conservatives are concerned that we may indeed allow the greatest opportunity for a prompt return to Constitutional government to slip through our fingers, in the selection of a typical Republican nominee, rather than the mighty leviathan-tamer that the times require.

And it is true that in a year like 2012 is expected to be, to nominate anyone less than a candidate sharing the philosophy and temperament of the Framers will be a severe mistake.

But suppose that it happens. Suppose, just suppose, that when the dust clears from the suicidally-designed Republican presidential primary calendar, rather than a Constitutionalist like Sen. Rick Santorum or Rep. Michelle Bachmann, the nominee is someone decidedly more liberal – for a Republican – such as Gov. Mitt Romney or Speaker Newt Gingrich. Would that really be so bad?

The Role of the President

DHS Issues Turkey Fryer Warning

DHS Issues Turkey Fryer Warning

http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/ ^ | November 22,2011 | Charlie Spiering

Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 2:22:36 PM by Biggirl

The Department of Homeland Security is taking any threat seriously during the Thanksgiving holiday, including the ominous threat to our national security posed by turkey fryers.

“How dangerous can turkey fryers be?” asks a warning issued on the official DHS Twitter account. “Make sure the turkey is completely thawed before placing in a fryer, or this may happen.”