TPM explains how MSNBC flunks remedial math and debt ceiling

For my fellows New Yorkers who live on the Upper Westside and swear by MSNBC for all their news, you’re putting your trust in a bunch of Liberal idiots like yourselves.






TPM says, “Earth to MSNBC executives: your anchor, your reporter, and your editors do not know what they’re talking about. They just badly misinformed your viewers.

The “debt ceiling” is a limit on debt, not spending. The “ceiling” is an artificial limit set by Congress; it can be raised, even repealed, with zero harm to the Republic. There is no intrinsic reason why the US cannot raise its level of debt above current levels. There are, however, many reasons why it should raise this arbitrary limit to avoid serious harm to the credit of the United States. Your report explained none of them.

Mr. Lui’s tee shirt is mislabeled. Spending is not debt. In the simplest terms, the total debt is the accumulated difference between revenues and spending. Mr. Lui’s tee shirt, by itself, is meaningless, and his explanation is misleading.

You might have explained that there are no spending cut proposals from Republicans that would not require raising the debt ceiling by from several hundred billions to over a trillion dollars. That’s because the additional debt from this year’s budget, never mind next year’s, is over a trillion dollars. Treasury says we’ll likely hit the current arbitrary ceiling by March or so. The ever-shrinking Republican proposals would cut less that $50 billion this year. So under the Republican proposals, the debt ceiling must be raised by several hundred billions this year and more next year.

So ditch the clowns, MSNBC, and explain this correctly. You owe your audience a correction. Jeez.”

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John Boehner officially becomes Speaker of the House

Amen!

Finally, the nightmare course that President Obama and the Democrats have put America through is stopping dead in its tracks.

Don’t pay attention to the Obama loving mainstream media that are doing their best mislead the public. The reason the Democrats lost The House is due to the fact that the United States is not a European socialist democracy!

The people have spoken and will continue to speak at the ballot box.

Liberalism has put California, Michigan, New Jersey and New York on the brink of insolvency and President Obama was poised to do the same thing for the nation as a whole with his oppressive job killing big government policies.

But, America has awakened from the nightmare and a new day is dawning.



CBS News reports that the power in the House of Representatives shifted to the Republicans today when Republican leader John Boehner was officially elected Speaker, creating a new challenge for President Obama's Democratic agenda.

After two years of embracing their status as the "party of no," Republicans say they are ready to take the reins and put new emphasis on cutting government spending and reducing the size of the federal bureaucracy.

"The American people have humbled us. They have refreshed our memories as to just how temporary the privilege to serve is," Boehner said after taking the speaker's gavel. "Hard work and tough decisions will be required of the 112th Congress. No longer can we fall short. No longer can we kick the can down the road. The people voted to end business as usual, and today we begin carrying out their instructions."
But as the House got down to business, partisan jabs also returned from a winter break, CBS News Correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.

"Our mission is not to redistribute wealth or tell people how to live their lives," Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor said after officially being installed as majority leader.

All but nine of the 96 new members are Republicans.
"My head is somewhat spinning because not 20 minutes ago the new speaker of the House stood where you are and said he was going to be listening to people," Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., said while speaking on the floor.

Boehner received 241 votes from the new House, in which Republicans have a 49-seat majority. Outgoing Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi received 173, and 19 votes were cast for other congressmen. After his election, Boehner walked to the podium with tears in his eyes (as he is wont to do). His colleagues gave him a standing ovation.

Republicans' goal is to "give government back to the people," Boehner said.

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Allen West: Liberal Progressive Agenda is ‘Antithesis of Who We Are as a Nation’

Go tell it like it is, brother!

Allen West is a breath of fresh air to the GOP and look for him and other Tea Party backed candidates to put pressure on the GOP legacy leaders, aka the Pussies-R-Us club.

I trust the new breed GOP much more than these beltway infected leadership we have now.

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Prince Andrew Cuomo is sworn Gov of New York

Andrew Cuomo, who’s never achieved anything without the help of his daddy, former gov Mario Cuomo, is sworn into office.

New Yorkers, well make that Democrat New Yorkers have elected another big tax and spend Liberal masquerading as a conservative.

A Zebra can’t change his stripes!

If people who’ve elected this knock off Cuomo think he’s going to stand up to the public employee unions who voted for him in droves, think again.

My fellow New Yorkers, you’ve screwed yourselves once again.


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MSNBC Host Openly Mocks Gay Conservative in On-Air Interview

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What I find so interesting about the attitude of MSNBC Cenk Uygur concerning why a Gay man would be a Republican is that it’s the same condescending thinking that expects Blacks and Latinos to automatically be Democrats.

But, that’s the Democrat Party, a collection of different groups that don’t really think for themselves and are expected to robotically pull the lever for Democrats.

Like zombies?

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Gov. Christie praises his administration and lashes out at local mayors for not doing their jobs after blizzard

This video is of a New Jersey resident giving Gov Chris Christie the business. Actually I think the strets look better than the ones in New York City.



Snow removal is the responsibility of local mayors-period! That’s why New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg continues to catch hell here in New York City and deservedly so.

New Jersey Online reports that at his first public event since a blizzard slammed the state, Gov. Chris Christie praised state workers and his administration for their response to the storm and said he wouldn't have done anything differently.

Christie signed a letter in Freehold officially requesting aid from the federal government and then took questions, blaming mayors for people being trapped in their homes and Democrats and the media for the attention being given to his decisions to remain in Disney World on a family vacation while the state was inundated with snow.

"I would give the folks in New Jersey state government and the county government an A for the effort we put in," Christie said. "We probably get a B for results."

Christie said the state will review the clean-up effort and report to him and the public about changes that should be made to better respond to future storms.

By Thursday 95 percent of state roads were cleared and the state Department of Transportation received no requests from mayors to help clear local roads, Christie said.

"I don't know whether we're supposed to have ESP when we have 566 municipalities," Christie said.
When asked about the hundreds of people trapped in their homes for days, Christie said unless they lived on state roads, it's not something his administration would have been able to change.


"If someone is snowed into their house, that's not our responsibility," Christie said.

When asked about mayors who said they were forced to divert their resources to unplowed state roads instead of clearing local roads Christie said, "I know who these mayors are and they should buck up and take responsibility for the fact that they didn't do their job."

Christie made international news when the storm dumped nearly three feet of snow in some places and he remained in Florida. He said he had promised his children that he would take them to the resort the week between Christmas and New Years and didn't want to go back on that promise. He said since he flew on a commercial airline it would have likely been impossible for him to return to the state earlier, adding that his flight this morning was delayed several hours.

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"Top 10 Politician Promises Gone Wrong" -John Stossel

I found this vid at Proof Postive. It’s 42 min long but well worth your time to see how the promises politicos make never pan out.

How dumb is Ezra Klein of the Washington Post? Answer: Extremely dumb when it comes to the U.S. Constitution and he’s not alone (Video)

The following video is an excellent teachable moment of how Liberals view the constitution.



Liberals are ignorant of the constitution because they’ve never read it or if they have they utterly ignore it as is the case with Ezra Klein.

He’s is not alone!

President Barack Obama views the constitution as a document of “negative rights’. Basically, Liberals, who by the way feel the need to call themselves Progressives to fool the public, have a disdain for our founding document because it is a hindrance to them and their “big government” is the answer to everything ways.

Because of Liberals, 50 million abortions have been performed in this country since 1973.

Because of Liberals there are more pot shops than Starbucks on street corners of California.

Because of Liberals we no longer have prayer in the public schools and look how much the education has declined.

Because of Liberals there are more Planned Parenthood centers in African American neighborhoods than any other group. Do you think that’s really a coincidence?

This is only a snippet of the ills of Liberalism that doesn’t believe in the values that has founded this nation. They do much more harm than good and are never held to account for the damage they inflict because it’s always done under the banner of “fairness” and “social justice”.
Break out the box and think for yourself!

Michele Bachmann and our inalienable rights (Video)

The following video is of Michele Bachman, congresswoman from Minnesota, giving a speech to Michigan Republicans. In it she gives a nice synopsis of what our “inalienable rights” rights actually mean. I venture to guess that 4 of 10 people in this country have no clue what she’s talking about.



Bachmann was originally a Democrat and even worked for the election of



Jimmy Carter before she say the light.



Video courtesy to TPM.

The Last Tradition’s Dumbest Politician of 2010: Democrat Hank Johnson (D-Ga)

The dumb mainstream media of course made nothing of this congressman’s assessment that the island of Guam could “cap size” due to too many people living on it.

What’s hilarious about this video is how the Navy admiral keeps a straight face through out Rep Johnson’s questioning. I bet he was saying to himself, “Is this guy a freaking idiot or what?”


Congressman Johnson was re-elected to the House this past mid term. That doesn't say much for some of the people in Georgia.

New Yorkers direct ire at Mayor Bloomberg for poor handling of Blizzard 2010

Hey Bloomy!

“If you can’t handle a snow storm, you can forget you’re presidential aspirations!” irate New Yorker.

I lived in New York 47 years. I’ve seen 20 inch blizzards before in this city. But, the response to this one that started on Sunday has been abysmal. I still haven’t seen a snow plow go down my block yet. Where the hell are the salt spreaders that used to blanket the streets hours before the arrival of snow?

This time around there were no salt spreaders to be seen. I think Bloomberg decided to hold the salt the same way he wants food manufactures to reduce sodium in their products.

Bloomberg, one of the most arrogant mayors this city has ever known has really stepped in it this time!

Perhaps it’s a blessing in disguise because the blowback from this bugling of snow removal has only just begun. And before it’s all over, Bloomberg will rue the day he forced a third term down our throats.

Rep. Steve King: Jesus Had Right to Life from Moment of Conception

There have been 50 million abortions performed in the United States since 1973. But, Liberals are okay with this American Holocaust because the rights of women to feel “empowered” to kill a baby trumps the rights of the unborn child. Liberals are more willing to extend non existing rights to an illegal immigrant that than are to the unborn.

Something is very wrong with this picture. And something is very wrong with Liberalism.

CNS News reports that Rep. Steve King (R.-Iowa) told CNSnews.com in a videotaped interview that Jesus Christ had a right to life from the moment of conception as do all human beings.

“He got the right to life when God conceived Him in the womb of Mary, and it’s that simple and that plain and it’s that profound,” said King. “Each one of us got the right to life at the instant of conception and we have that right to life until natural death.”

King also likened someone who supports legal abortion because they profess not to know when life begins to someone supporting the act of a gunman who fires blindly into a crowded room and never looks to see if he actually killed someone.

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State Sen. Eric Adams involved in another “NON-PROFIT” scandal

As you may know, I’ve reported extensively on Rep Gregory Meeks who is currently under instigation for the whereabouts of missing money he raised through a non-profit group he started that was supposed to aide Hurricane Katrina victims.



The 30K that was collected never made it to Louisiana and the U.S. Attorney has been looking into what happened to the dough for the past 6 months.



The scandal should have made national news and Gregory Meeks a household word. Had Meeks been a white Republican from the south instead of an African American from New York , the updates on the news would be coming every 24 hours.



However, more important than the double standard of news coverage, is the fact that politicians rob the taxpayers blind through phony “non-profits” they create and money always seems to be unaccounted for.



If you see any politico involved with a non-profit, there’s some stealing going on and they’re hardly ever brought to justice, especially if they’re of the Democrat persuasion.



The New York Post reports that State Sen. Eric Adams funneled $30,000 in taxpayer money to a nonprofit he founded, 100 Blacks Who Care, but doesn't know how, or if, the money was spent.



The Brooklyn group, which got $15,000 in 2008, didn't record the money, as required on its federal tax returns, or document any expenses.



"Once the money is turned over to an organization, we, as elected officials, can't get involved in how they use it. I don't know how it's used," Adams told The Post last week.



The Brooklyn Democrat said he couldn't remember, without checking his records, why he gave the organization the "member item" grants in the first place.



Noel Leader, the group's treasurer, who, like Adams, is a former cop and co-founder of 100 Blacks, told The Post that the organization hadn't received any funding in years and that he did not recall receiving the state funds.



He later said a $5,000 allocation from the state Education Department was probably used for supplies.



"I vaguely remember the $5,000 being used for the workshops, to buy equipment we utilize during the workshops. We have a lot of props, sound equipment, things of that nature," he said.



Adams, Leader and Vernon Wells founded 100 Blacks in the mid-1990s as a nonprofit to give grants of $1,000 a month "to a worthy cause in the African-American community."



They also started 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, a for-profit advocacy group.



Several state lawmakers have gotten in trouble for running nonprofits, including state Sen. Pedro Espada, who was charged this month with embezzling money from his Bronx health-care centers, and State Sen. Vincent Leibell of Putnam County, who pleaded guilty in a kickback scheme involving a nonprofit he created.



Earlier this year, the US attorney opened an investigation into state Sen. Malcolm Smith and Rep. Gregory Meeks after The Post revealed the questionable spending practices of the nonprofit they helped to form, the New Direction Local Development Corp.



State Assemblywoman Sandra Galef, a Westchester Democrat, said she has drafted legislation that would prohibit lawmakers from giving member-item cash to nonprofits over which they have control.



"That's not what state dollars are to be used for," she said.



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On President Obama's Hawaiian Reading List: Book on President Reagan

I knew Ronald Reagan, Ronald Reagan was a great president. Sorry Barack, you’re no Ronald Reagan.

The Drudge Report says the White House says that President Obama plans on spending some of his Hawaiian vacation reading, and among the books on his list is one about President Reagan.
Obama will be digging into Lou Cannon's biography, "President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime."

The president has been reading up on books about other presidents in the past few months. Most recently before the midterm elections, he was reading "The Clinton TAPES" by Taylor Branch, among others.

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a briefing Wednesday that reading will be part of Obama's vacation plans, "He'll read a good amount of stuff. He'll have, obviously, his daily intelligence briefing, as well as probably a novel or two."

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Everything Reagan says about Jimmy Carter can be easily transferred to Barack Obama since their policies exactly the same. There's nothing new about Obama. He implementing the same Liberal/Progressive policies these people have been wanting to foist on the American people since Roosevelt.


Do you really think any of the things that Reagan preached like government being the problem instead of the solutioin is going to sink into Obala’s Leftist brain?

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Salivating Homosexual Congressman Barney “I love it up the ass” Frank says Straight Soldiers Must Shower With Gays, But Not Women With Men

I’m sure Barney Frank is tickled pink with the repeal of DADT.

After all his potential dating pool has increased exponentially among the military. But, in this video look how Frank avoids answering a legitimate concern of straight military men having to shower with homosexual soldiers.


Video from CNS News

If it’s not okay for straight men to shower with women to avoid sexual conduct, then by the same reasoning there has to be a problem with homosexuals showering with straight men. This is a new problem that needs more of a resolution than Congressman Frank is cavalierly dismissing off hand. Asking him this question is like asking a coyote which side of the chicken coop does he want to sleep in.

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Obama’s DOJ encouraged 11 Foreign Countries to file suit against Arizona over Immigration Law Video

If you believe in American sovereignty, this video will make your blood boil.

Left Coast Rebel via Maggie's Notebook has this video about the potential interference of adjudicating Arizona's border enforcement law by foreign nations and the seeming complicity of Eric Holder and the oxymoronically named Obama justice department.



Its stuff like this that caused the conservative tidal wave on election day. Pass this video to all your friends and family to get the word out.

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Charlie Rangel allegedly violate House rules by using PAC $ for 393K to pay his lawyers

The sleazy New York congressman that I have affectionately dubbed “Corrupt Charlie” can’t seem to help himself.

Is it possible he committed a violation of House rules to defend himself against alleged violations of House rules?

Rangel reminds me of a line Archie Bunker told his son-in-law Mike in All in the family about Hungarians. “He the type of person that can walk behind you through a revolving door and come out ahead of you.”

That’s Charles Rangel.

The New York Post reports that congressman Charles Rangel, whose ethics trial starts tomorrow, appears to have improperly used political-action committee money to pay for his defense.

Rangel tapped his National Leadership PAC for $293,000 to pay his main legal-defense team this year. He took another $100,000 from the PAC in 2009 to pay lawyer Lanny Davis.

Two legal experts told The Post such spending is against House rules.

"It's a breach of congressional ethics," one campaign-finance lawyer said.
Washington, DC, political lawyer Cleta Mitchell said there is "no authority for a member to use leadership PAC funds as a slush fund to pay for personal or official expenses."

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Leftists on the ledge: ABC hires Andrew Breitbart for Election Analysis

Don’t jump!



The Huffington Post, Think Progress, and Media Matters readers are beside themselves with the news that the brilliant conservative blogger, Andrew Breitbart, is taking a spot away from a fellow Leftist Looney Bird on the ABC network.



Look at’em, their veins are pooping out. They can’t find their Valum, and their Cappuccino machine is on the fritz



Andrew Breitbart on ABC?



WTF?



The Huffington Post reports Media Matters confirms that ABC News has recruited Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger whose out-of-context video footage of Shirley Sherrod got the Agriculture Department official , to provide commentary for the network's election-night newscast.



The news was first reported by Breitbart's own website, BigJournalism, whose editor Dana Loesch is on tap to provide live analysis in the ABC News studio on Election Night. Breitbart is slated appear live from a town hall meeting anchored by ABC's David Muir and Facebook consumer marketing head Randi Zuckerberg.



ABC News spokesman David Ford told Media Matters -- which, in the wake of Sherrod's firing, unveiled a video entitled "The End of Andrew Breitbart's Credibility", and which maintains detailed files on him -- that Breitbart will not have license to lie during the broadcast. "He will be one of many voices on our air, including Bill Adair of Politifact," Ford said.



"If Andrew Breitbart says something that is incorrect, we have other voices to call him on it."



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The Left still hasn't recoverd from Andrew Breitbart's shrewd use of a video taken out of context. You see, it's the Left's favorite tactic to use video or audio out-of-context a a basis for their attacks.



But, Andrew gave'em a taste ot their own medicine and they didn't like it. Breitbart RULRS!!!







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