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Wednesday, November 24. 2010

A few Weds. morning links

Examiner: Empty promises on health care will hurt Obama


They will hurt us, too


Homeowner 1, Invader 0


What's not to like?


Are we seeing the end of Ethanol?


TSA: 'We hate obese passengers and people with personal hygiene issues:'


Chicago parents are fed up with the shoddy education many of their kids are receiving in Chicago Public Schools and they’re no longer being silent.


The O's message to the world: The United States is very bad, but Barack Obama is very good. He seeks to redeem America from its evil.


A New Record… Obama Job Approval Dips to 39% in New Zogby Poll


Al Sharpton: It’s Time for the FCC to Crack Down on Rush Limbaugh


It's past time for people to stop listening to Al 


A great quote directed at the moonbat Anglicans:



“Wasn’t it Jesus who said: ‘Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar’s, and unto God the things that are God’s’? Well, BSkyB belongs to Caesar and the Church should keep its eyes on the heavens not on the wheeling and dealing in the City."

 
Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 07:05 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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I doubt we've seen the end of EtOH, not as there's approval to increase content in gas to 15%.

Maybe some are thinking this larger market will mean fewer subsidies required. Maybe so, but I've read about new ethanol plants, and part of their business plan is federal subsidies.

Chicago schools are being subject to protest? Hah. Isn't Arne Duncan from there? These parents will see their schools get some grant money, and they'll be quiet.
#1 DrTorch on 2010-11-24 09:02 (Reply)
It's past time for people to stop listening to Al .
Depends. Big Al's race-mongering was exposed several decades ago when he lost the libel suit about what he had said about the Tawana Bradley case. Big Al is not another Martin Luther King, but a verbose flim flam artist. OTOH, there is some value in listening on occasion to what he says, such as this gem from Big Al: Well, first of all, then we'd have to say that the American public overwhelmingly voted for socialism when they elected President Obama.

When the progs and libs say that that allegations of ∅bama's affinity for socialism are nonsense, you can always enlighten them to what Big Al said on the matter. Similarly, Big Al's statement on Rush shows the dictatorial tendency among the ∅bama supporters.

Be aware of what Big Al says. Just don't consider what he says as an indication of where this country should be headed. However, what he says is not a bad indicator of where ∅bama supporters want this country to be headed.
#2 Gringo on 2010-11-24 11:32 (Reply)
Re Chicago schools: Father Pfleger is involved with this!!! (I wonder what his lefty friends think?) I went to donewaiting.org and didn't see any Republican organizations (none that I could recognize) but did see "Democrats for Education Reform", though. This is amazing to me since conservatives have been screaming about this for a long time.

I went to private schools till college so that maybe why I am amazed that parents sit still for the government telling them where their kids will go to school every year. But even factoring that in, I still find it odd. After all, parents will move to a certain neighborhood just for the schools sometimes only to have their kids assigned to another school! Even if the government schools were, I still think it is amazing that in "the land of the free" most can't decide where their kids will go to school! If that were the only argument for school choice, I think that would be a powerful one, but there are SO MANY other good reasons for it. I can't come soon enough for me (and my kid is out of school).
#3 mudbug on 2010-11-24 11:37 (Reply)
Please note and disassociate me from whatever previous "Big Al" was using my name!
#3.1 Big___Al on 2010-11-25 00:48 (Reply)
But..but... Reverend Sharpton is a fun listen.

He well represents his race and lacking political office is great comedy.
#4 Leag on 2010-11-24 12:30 (Reply)
Sure Bird Dog, lettuce take lead from atheist, God hater and pervert Terry Sanderson about what Jesus says.

Sure...
#5 Leag on 2010-11-24 12:54 (Reply)

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