A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77.
He had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery.
In 1974, Murtha became the first combat veteran of the Vietnam War elected to Congress. He wielded considerable clout for two decades as a leader of the House subcommittee that oversees Pentagon spending. But frustration over the Iraq war led him to call for an immediate pullout of U.S. troops in 2005.
Murtha’s congressional career was clouded by questions about his ethics—from the Abscam corruption probe in 1980 to more recent investigations into the special-interest spending known as earmarks and the raising of cash for election campaigns.
Click here to read more about Rep. Murtha’s life and accomplishments.
Wonder what you would find if you frisked Sarah Palin during her speech at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Tennessee?
Answer: A few words jotted down on her left palm and for some reason the liberal mainstream media has been going crazy over it.
Wow… I can’t believe I’m actually wasting my time by posting this story on my blog, but it has been huge news for the far-left liberal idiots out there. Why? I will let the Founding Bloggers explain:
[...] the outrage on the left is being completely misunderstood by the right. Democrats don’t mind that she needed a few notes for her speech. They’re upset that Sarah used her hand, proving once again that she is an unsophisticated hick. Everybody knows that whether you’re taking to sixth grade classroom, or talking dirty to the First Lady, using anything other than a presidential level teleprompter is simply pedestrian.
And if you don’t believe that liberals would actually waste their time with this worthless and unimportant story, click here and check this out:
I swear, when liberals think they have found the slightest flaw of Sarah Palin, they flock to it like flies on a pile of manure.
Folks, let’s be honest here. What is worse: A few keywords jotted down on your palm for a speech or setting up teleprompters in 6th grade classrooms?:
Hmm… That’s a tough question to answer.
No worries though, because she knows how to fight back! Earlier today, former Governor Sarah Palin wrote “Hi Mom!” on her palm during her campaign stop with Governor Rick Perry of Texas. Check it out:
Props to Gateway Pundit for proving these photos were real.
Click here if you would like to read a whole list of moronic comebacks aimed at Sarah Palin’s “Hi Mom” retaliation, haha.
Wonder what you would find if you frisked last night’s Super Bowl commercials?
Answer: A bunch of your tax dollars wasted on a U.S. Census advertisement.
Since Americans are hurting all over the country and being forced to tighten their belts, you might wonder how much our government actually spent on their 30 second ad spot. Eh… Not much, only a few million:
Taxpayers might want to pay close attention to this Sunday’s Super Bowl broadcast or they’ll miss Uncle Sam’s 30-second, $2.5-million reminder to stand up and be counted.
That’s what the Census Bureau paid CBS to get their message notched somewhere between a National Lampoon reprisal, a weird dude with big glasses, a beer-can house and men without pants.
And, that’s just a fraction of what the bureau plans to spend this year to get Americans to answer a simple, 10-question survey.
The bureau is spending $133 million between January and May — or, more than $13 million for each of 10 questions, one of which reads: What is your telephone number? — to publicize the national head-count. Part of that effort is the Super Bowl ad, which Kendall Johnson, a spokeswoman for the bureau, confirmed Wednesday to FoxNews.com cost $2.5 million to air. The ad, produced by actor and director Christopher Guest, also will appear in other media, Johnson said.
What makes this waste of money worse is the fact that the advertisement didn’t even make the top 25 Annual Super Bowl Ad Meter List. It only ranked 52nd. Congratulations federal government! Once again, your inefficient at performing ANOTHER task: advertising effectively.
Hmm? Perhaps taxpayer money should be spent more wisely and a lot less often, especially for advertising… But maybe that’s just me?
Wonder what you would find if you frisked U.S. Senate Republican candidate Carly Fiorina’s campaign?
Answer: DEMON SHEEP!
Haha! Personally, I don’t know if I find this political advertisement hilarious or simply down-right creepy. I will let you decide.
Vote-Note:
Carly for California released FCINO, exposing Tom Campbell as a Fiscal Conservative In Name Only. Since his flip-flop into the Senate race, Campbell has been calling himself a fiscal conservative based on his time as a member of Congress nearly two decades ago, hoping that voters will ignore his recent support for more government spending, increased borrowing, a $16 billion tax hike and a 32-cent gas tax increase.
I guess this advertisement is one way to get your message across, haha. Frank J. from IMAO is already having a great time with this political ad:
I know. “Holy crap! Demon sheep!” This is why I try to stay away from California. You think places like Hollywood and San Francisco are insane, but even if you go out to the country there are possessed farm animals that want to eat your soul. And with all the firearm restrictions, you’re pretty powerless against them.
Haha.
In the end, props to Carly Fiorina for this one. Perhaps this is the new way to fight moderate Republicans and far-left liberals… Unleashing demon farm animals!
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder is giving his campaign a boost by running his first campaign ads during Sunday’s widely watched Super Bowl.
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The 60-second spot will air statewide for several weeks and will be the first gubernatorial ad to run in Michigan this campaign cycle. The campaign would not disclose how much it’s spending.
Snyder is a political newcomer who so far is polling in single digits. He hopes the early ads will jump-start his candidacy among voters who know little about him.
Other gubernatorial candidates have not said when they’ll begin running ads.
Props to Rick Snyder for putting out this advertisement on Super Bowl Sunday. Since Snyder is trailing in the polls, this will advertisement will definitely get some name recognition out there for his campaign. Other Republican candidates include Mike Bouchard, Peter Hoekstra, and Mike Cox.
It’s official, the race for Michigan’s next Governor is starting to heat up!
Wonder what you would find if you frisked the controversial and shocking Focus on the Family Super Bowl advertisement featuring Florida quarterback Tim Tebow and his mother?
Answer: Another question… What was all the hype about?
Wow… Granted, this is one of the two advertisements that will be shown, but really? This was what the far-left “pro-choice” organizations were fussing over? After seeing this advertisement, they will have one of these reactions: “Man… I feel pretty stupid now and should have waited until I saw the ad first to open my mouth” or “Eh, they still mentioned ‘celebrate life’ at the end of the ad and this a total outrage!”
Overall, I think it is safe to say that this advertisement is simply advocating the choice to choose life, not advocating to end abortion completely. Once again, the far-left “pro-choice” organizations prove that they aren’t actually “pro-choice”… They are just pro-abortion.
Ed Morrissey – from Hot Air – gives you all something to think about tonight when you’re watching the Super Bowl commercials:
Besides calling her Heisman Trophy winning son a “miracle baby,” the ad never discusses explicitly the heartbreaking choice offered to Pam Tebow during her pregnancy. For that, the ad refers viewers back to Focus on the Family. Just remember that this was the commercial that infuriated feminists when you’re watching the GoDaddy commercials and skimpily-dressed women selling beer.
Although, there is nothing wrong with those type of commercials, haha.
*UPDATE* – February 8, 2010 – 6:50 AM
Turns out the actual game-time advertisement featuring Tim Tebow and his mother was a funnier version of the first one posted above. You can’t go wrong with a Super Bowl ad where Tim Tebow tackles his own mother:
HAHA! Great twist to the advertisement that will once again throw far-left liberals off their rockers, but as Hot Air points out… They already have:
Pff, got to love liberal, feminist bloggers… Apparently there is no humor with them.
*UPDATE* – February 8, 2010 – 3:00 PM
Wow! After the second Focus on the Family advertisement aired during the Super Bowl, Ed Morrissey – from Hot Air – and I gave two different predictions. While I agreed with his assessment, he predicted that the far-left would gripe about making light of domestic violence, while I predicted that they have absolutely no sense of humor. Well folks, the National Organization for Women (NOW) has proven us both right:
Unable to gain any tradition by calling the Focus on the Family Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad extremist or over the top, pro-abortion groups today are offering a new dig on the commercial. The president of NOW and other abortion advocates claim the ad promotes domestic violence.
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In an attempt to fall in line with the humorous nature of most Super Bowl commercials, the Focus on the Family in-game ad shows Tebow tackling his mom and his mother playfully scolding him for interrupting her.
In remarks that are raising eyebrows from pro-life advocates, NOW president Terry O’Neill said that bit of the ad glorified violence against women.
“I am blown away at the celebration of the violence against women in it,” she told the Los Angeles Times. “That’s what comes across to me even more strongly than the anti-abortion message. I myself am a survivor of domestic violence, and I don’t find it charming. I think CBS should be ashamed of itself.”
Haha, not only is NOW completely off base and out of touch, they are enormous hypocrites too. I don’t recall NOW or any other feminist organizations erupting in outrage over this video:
Oh yeah! I forgot… Sarah Palin is a conservative woman and feminist organizations only stick up for women who hold the same political views and values.
Last night, I attended Michigan’s State of the State Tea Party and it was a great time! As always, it was another Tea Party that ran smoothly and attracted a large, peaceful group. Most people were there to protest the reckless spending and the failed policies of Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm. Overall, great turnout and great people!
Props to Mike Bouchard’s staffers and volunteers for being out there last night in Michigan’s 20 degree weather. Good luck on your campaign for Governor of Michigan.
Now on to the other things that happened at the Tea Party, haha.
Wonder what you would find if you frisked Michigan’s State of the State Tea Party last night?
Answer: A group of extremely misinformed far-left liberals attempting to protest.
After hearing what this group of misinformed far-left liberals were saying, I was completely shocked. I have seen this type of absurd and distasteful rhetoric, but mostly on YouTube videos and other sources. Quite frankly, I have never seen the ‘race-card’ be thrown around so much in my life. The far-left group of 50 (or less) did not hold back their disgust toward the Tea Partiers. We were called almost every name in the book: Nazis, racists, fascists, KKK members, etc. Not to mention, the F-Bombs being shouted and some of those aimed in the faces of the police officers that were keeping them contained.
Overall, the group of far-left students ruined their own cause last night. It was drowned out by all of their disrespectful/unnecessary slurs and comments.
But don’t worry folks! Lauren McKown – writer for the State News – made the group of 50 (or less) seem respectful, polite, and justified:
[...] 50 MSU students, donned in black attire, rallied at the Administration Building on campus and the Capitol in Lansing on Wednesday to protest cuts in education funding. The rallies took place on the same day Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm held her final State of the State address.
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Before marching to the Capitol, students stood on the steps of the Administration Building, holding banners and signs in support of education. The students had different concerns ranging from tuition increase to recent cuts in the TA and undergraduate programs. Students called upon the MSU Board of Trustees, President Lou Anna K. Simon and Granholm to change their decision-making habits.
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MSU students arrived at the Capitol as another rally started. Local groups including supporters of the Republican Party, the Michigan Education Association, Common Sense in Government and Make Lansing Listen gathered on the Capitol steps to hold their “State of the People” address.
Yup… Great reporting Ms. McKown. Way to ignore the group’s complete message which involved calling anyone with an opposing viewpoint a Nazi, racist, fascist, KKK member, and other slurs. I’m sure the group’s protest started out great, but I recommend that you cover the WHOLE story a little better next time.
Check out some of the videos I recorded while I was there:
Side-Note: HAHA! If you notice from the photographs, the group of far-left liberals had their huge banner pointed the wrong way, but perhaps they wanted to read it themselves the whole night. Who knows?
BEST QUOTE OF THE NIGHT:
Liberal Protester: “Have you ever been on welfare?” My Friend: “No, I have not.” Liberal Protester: “See, you are a racist!”
Haha… I swear, some of their comments were absolutely priceless.
Wonder what you would find if you frisked a battle of words between FOX News’ Glenn Beck and Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington?
Answer: Let’s find out!
Let’s begin, sha’ll we?
ROUND ONE: Ding! Ding!
Out of absolutely nowhere, Arianna Huffington tries to put Roger Ailes on the spot, asking why he allows Glenn Beck to ‘incite the American people’ and talk about ‘people being slaughtered’. Not that Glenn Beck would need any help after Ms. Huffington’s ridiculous accusation, but Roger Ailes strikes back and leaves her stunned. Watch:
Ouch! Ms. Huffington tried really hard to kill two birds (Beck and Ailes) with one stone, but feel WAY short. While stumbling around stunned, Glenn Beck comes into the ring and finishes her off. Watch:
BOOM! And she is down for the count in the first round!
1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… 9… Ding! Ding! And the winner is: Glenn Beck.
For the record, I am NOT actually talking about Arianna Huffington getting physically beat down by Glenn Beck.
