Zo Nation: I See White People

More News on the Corrupt Conyers Clan: $21K in supplies said missing from Conyers' office

$21K in supplies said missing from Conyers' office

DETROIT - The president of the Detroit City Council says more than $21,000 in city-owned office supplies and computers are missing from the office formerly occupied by convicted felon Monica Conyers.

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Cockrel is demanding the items be returned.

Conyers' attorney, Steve Fishman, says Conyers didn't take any equipment or authorize anyone to do so.

Someone should check John Conyers office to see if they show up....That's how crooks operate. They go to pawn shops to sell the goods or to a "fence" to sell the stolen goods.

Obama's Indonesian Citizenship: The Question is Back

Andrew McCarthy in his opinion raises the question on Obama's citizenship.

Under Indonesian law, adoption before the age of six by an Indonesian male qualified a child for citizenship. According to Dreams from My Father, Obama was four when he met Lolo Soetoro; his mother married Soetoro shortly thereafter; and Obama was already registered for school when he and his mother relocated to Jakarta, where Soetoro was an oil-company executive and liaison to the Suharto government. That was in 1966, when Obama was five. Obama attended Indonesian elementary schools, which, in Suharto’s police state, were generally reserved for citizens (and students were required to carry identity cards that matched student registration information). The records of the Catholic school Obama/Soetoro attended for three years identify him as a citizen of Indonesia. Thus Obama probably obtained Indonesian citizenship through his adoption by Soetoro in Hawaii. That inference is bolstered by the 1980 divorce submission of Ann Dunham and Lolo Soetoro, filed in Hawaii state court. It said “the parties” (Ann and Lolo) had a child (name not given) who was no longer a minor (Obama was 19 at the time). If Soetoro had not adopted Obama, there would have been no basis for the couple to refer to Obama as their child — he’d have been only Ann Dunham’s child.

The question of where Obama was born has had many different takes, but one thing is consistent and that is what was stated above by McCarthy. Obama's childhood in Indonesia.

That was an issue that has been looked at here.

Some key points..

Indonesian regulations recognize neither apatride nor bipatride citizenship.In an attempt to prevent dual citizenship, the draft revision includes new regulations.It states that an infant whose father is a foreign citizen and mother is an Indonesian can obtain Indonesian citizenship if it is the wish of their parents.

This citizenship, however, must not cause dual citizenship.A child born overseas to an Indonesian couple can be an Indonesian citizen at the request of their parents. A request for citizenship must be submitted to the Indonesian embassy no later than three months after the child's birth, the draft revision says.

A foreign child aged below 21 and unmarried, who is adopted by an Indonesian, will be eligible for Indonesian citizenship if the process does not cause dual citizenship. Foreigners who contribute to Indonesia -- or for a specific reason -- can be granted Indonesian citizenship by the President with the consent of the House of Representatives.

Indonesian citizens can lose their nationality on certain conditions, including if they join the military service of another country, or live overseas for a consecutive
period of five years without declaring their will to remain an Indonesian national.

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In countries that enforce single citizenship, voluntary naturalization in another country will lead to an automatic loss of the original citizenship; the language of the law often refers to such cases as "giving up one's citizenship" or (implicit) renunciation of citizenship.

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If his mother gave up her US Citizenship, and if he was Adopted by her Second Husband, and if Indonesia does not Recognize the Concept of Dual Nationality, Senator Obama is an Indonesian.

In neither case does his Place of Birth or his mothers Nationality have any legal Consequence whatsoever because the USA accepts the existence of Dual Nationality only if the other country does.

Hague Conventions are applied by the USA and this has been US Law since before 1930 (see:Memorandum on Nationality, including Statelessness: Document A/CN.4/67, Prepared by Ivan S Kerno, International Law Commission, United Nations General Assembly, 6th April 1953.)

To be continued......................................................

In other words, Obama had to become an Indoneasian citizen to live in Indoneasia and attend the Indonesian schools.

The question should have been, how did this affect Obama's citizenship as an adult.

A Federal Constitutional Crisis: Rep. John Conyers is a Congressman

Only in these here United States, can we have a corrupt politician like Conyers, who is married to an indicted corrupt politician, and doesn't read bills when he signs on the dotted line, remain a Congressman.

Now the corrupt Congressman wants a constitutional amendment making health care a Bill of Rights.

Someone should ask Conyers if he has even read the constitution or does he leave it to the lawyers to read it.

And who should pay for this right?

If I want to own my own gun, I buy one. The government doesn't buy me a gun. The government does however, try to take away or diminish that right.

If I want to speak and want to pay for it, that is my right. The government doesn't buy me air time to speak. The government does however, try to take away or diminish that right.

So if health care is a right like owning a gun or paying to exercise my first amendment right, who should pay for it?

If I want the right to health care, I pay for it or choose to work for a company that chooses to pay for it. Now it seems Conyers is hell-bent on trying to allow the government to take away that right or diminish that right by calling it a right.

It is that simple.

Maybe there should be a constitutional amendment that states you can't be a congressman if you sleep with a crook, don't read the laws you sign and spout such nonsense like Conyers does.

Now there is a constitutional crisis that needs fixing.

Doctors Not Concerned About Swine Flu on Capitol Hill

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Doctors are "not overly concerned" about an outbreak of the virus on Capitol Hill, Gainer told CNN, adding that all 53 students in the Senate page program were told "not to panic," to "wash their hands" and to stay home from work if they don't feel well. That's the official line from health officials as they brace for a possible onslaught of swine flu cases in the fall.

With all of the pork there, why not?

Greg Morton's : Obama in Mom Jeans

President Obama, Make that a Guinness for Gates and Crowley

Ahhhh, I can hear Danny Boy being sung as Obama has his arms hang on the shoulders of Gates and Crowley

Harvard Prof Gates Is Half-Irish, Related to Cop Who Arrested Him

So the two men who took part in what is now an infamous confrontation outside the Gates home near Harvard this month are actually related through common Irish lineage -- one of the more extraordinary aspects of the incident that has sparked worldwide headlines.

Someone should ask Obama if he is going to kiss the Blarney stone and learn how to apologize to Crowley and all of those who have Irish bloodlines...

And will there be no more Irish jokes .... Because Gates is part Irish and he is Obama's friend?

Alex Castellanos: Keep Attacking Palin and You Will Become Damaged Goods

You want to know why the Republican party is in bad shape? It is because the party listens to consultants like Alex Castellanos.

This is the guy that is out there cutting Palin down while telling Republicans to tell Obama to slow down on health care reform.

Slow down to do what? Just slow down? If Castellanos is trying to set himself up for a job with a Republican presidential candidate, he can forget it.

1. Palin will pull in money and chits this 2010 midterm election cycle.

2. Castellanos will continue with the vague general terms with slowing down on health care reform while talking about ideas that can be attacked as old ideas that have been tried and failed.

Or contrary to free market principles.

Because when you look at all the goodies in Castellanos' wish list, many conflict with each other like health insurance being transferred to another employer?

We want to change the law so you can take your health insurance with you if you have to change jobs (eliminating expensive and unnecessary insurance turnover).

Please spare use from your diatribe on how government should let the free market decide when in fact you want to create laws that do what you alleged the Democrats do.

So what you are saying is that the insurer from a previous employer should be paid by another employer?

Because if what you say were to happen, you would be forcing an employer to pay for an insurance policy that may not fit the new employer's pocket book

Keep attacking Palin like you just did and see who's political career is grim.

This was your brainchild right? What about RomneyCare? How did Romney do under your brainchild trust?

Capiche Senior.

The Pro-Kremlin Detractors in Georgia FAIL

Georgian Protests End For Summer

Sort of like Obama's push on healthcare... Both Putin and Obama are losers this summer.

Obama’s Slipping Popularity: The Honeymoon is Over

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“A new Zogby Interactive survey shows a slight decline in President Barack Obama’s job approval, with 48% of likely voters now approving of the job he is doing as president, down from 51% who said the same in an interactive/telephone hybrid poll conducted in mid-June. Forty-nine percent now say they disapprove of the job the president has done so far in office and 4% are not sure.

“The survey found similar results when likely voters were asked specifically to rate President Obama’s performance—47% give him a positive rating, with 22% rating his job performance as “excellent” and 25% rating it as “good.” But slightly more than half (53%) give the president a negative job performance rating, with 10% who say he is doing a “fair” job as president and 43% who say he is doing a “poor” job—up from 36% who said he was doing a poor job in mid-June. (Zogby uses a four-point scale of excellent, good, fair and poor, and aggregates excellent and good to determine positive ratings.)”

Carl Bernstein the Bombastic: Speak English Instead of Pompous

H/T Newsbusters




Bernstein, look at Obama's polling before you spout off such pompus rhetoric.

And Mika Brzezinski, it's called talking about Alaska's natural resources.

MSNBC Morning Joe is hitting bottom on understanding what has been said numerous times..

So given that it seems that the MSNBC crew on Morning Joe seem to have a learning disability with understanding simple English, spoken, maybe they can understand it in written form.

The Governor's farewell speech.

It is my honor to speak to all Alaskans our Alaskan family this final time as your governor, and it is always great to be in Fairbanks.

These rugged and hearty folk, some of the most patriotic people you’ll ever meet live here.

If there is one thing you are known for it your steadfast support for our military community up here. Thank you for that and a thank you to the U.S. military for protecting the greatest nation on earth. Together we stand.

Getting here can be described as the best road trip in America.

Soaring through nature’s finest show you will see Denali, the Great One, soaring under the midnight sun. Alaska has so many extremes. In the wintertime the frozen road competes with the view of the ice-fogged frigid beauty.

The cold, though, doesn’t it split the Cheechakos from the Sourdoughs?

And in the summertime when temperatures are 150 degrees hotter than they were just a few months ago and than they will be just a few months from now, you will see the fireweed along the frost heaves.

Merciless rivers rush and carve and remind us that Mother Nature wins. The big, wild and good life teeming along that road leads north to the future. That is what we see here. What we, and the rest of America, see in the Last Frontier is hope,opportunity and country pride, and it is our men and women in uniform that secure it.

We face challenging times with some hell-bent on tearing down our nation by perpetuating pessimism and apologizing for America. They suggest that our best days were yesterdays. But how can this pessimism exist?

Proof of our greatness and pride is all around us today. We produce proud and great volunteers who sacrifice everything for their country. This week alone, at the chapel at Fort Rich, I heard the last roll call and the sounding of Taps for three very brave, very young Alaskan soldiers who gave their all for all of us.

Together we stand with gratitude for the troops who protect all our cherished freedoms. This includes our First Amendment guaranteed freedom of speech, which, par for the course, I shall exercise. First, with some “straight talk,”

I will address some, just some, in the media because another right that is protected is the freedom of the press. You have such important jobs reporting facts and informing the electorate and exerting power to influence.

You represent what could and should be a respected and honest profession that could and should be a cornerstone of our democracy. Democracy depends on you. That is why our troops are willing to die for you. So, how about in honor of the American soldier you quit making things up.

And don’t underestimating the wisdom of the American people.

And, another thing, media, our new governor has a very nice family, so leave his kids alone.

As we swear in Sean Parnell, no one will be happier than I to witness, by God’s grace Alaskans with strength of character advancing our beloved state. Sean is that. Craig Campbell has that.

I remember that December day when we took the oath to uphold our state constitution. And it was written right here in Fairbanks by very wise pioneers. We shared the same vision for government that they ground into that document. At the time, the founders wrote:

“All political power is inherent in the people. All government originates with the people. It is founded upon their will only, and it is instituted for the good of the people as a whole.”

Their remarkably succinct words guided us in all of our efforts in serving you and putting you first. We have done our best to fulfill promises that I made on Alaska Day 2005 when I first asked for the honor of serving you.

Remember then, our state so desired and so deserved ethics reform. We promised it, and now it is the law. Ironically, it needs additional reform to stop blatant abuse from partisan operatives. And I hope lawmakers will continue that reform.

We promised you that you would finally see a fair return on your Alaskan-owned natural resources.

So, we built a new oil and gas appraisal system, an equitable formula to usher in a new era of competition, transparency, and protection for Alaskans and the producers. ACES incentivizes new exploration, and it is the exploration that is our future.

It opens up oil basins and ensures that the people will never be taken advantage of again.

Do not forget, Alaskans, that you are the resource owners, per our constitution. And that’s why, for instance, last year when the price of oil soared, our state coffers swelled, but you were smacked with high energy prices, so we sent you an energy rebate because it is your money, and I have always believed that you know how to spend it better than government can spend it for you.

I promised that we would protect the environment while safely and ethically developing resources. And we did. We created the petroleum oversight office and a sub-cabinet to study climate conditions.

I promised that we would govern with fiscal restraint so as not to immorally burden future generations. And we did. We slowed the rate of government growth. I vetoed hundreds of millions of dollars of excess, and with lawmakers we saved billions for the future.

I promised that we would lead a charge to forward fund education and hold schools accountable, while improving opportunities for special needs students and elevating vo-tech training. And we did. We also paid down pension related debt.

I promised that we would manage our fish and wildlife for abundance and defend the constitution in doing so. And we have. However, outside political interests just don’t seem to get it. Alaskans need to stick together on this with new leadership. Encourage the new leadership.

Stiffen your spine to do what is right for Alaska when the pressure mounts because you will see anti-hunting, anti-Second Amendment “circuses” from Hollywood.

And here is how they will do it: tiny, delicate and talented celebrity starlets will use Alaska as a fund raising tool for their anti-Second Amendment causes. Stand strong and remind them that patriots will protect our individual guaranteed right to bear arms.

And by the way, in Alaska, we eat, therefore, we hunt.

I promised that we would seek energy solutions. And we have, with an energy plan calling for 50% of our electricity generated by renewable resources and by insisting that those who hold the leases to develop our conventional resources do so on Alaska’s terms. And now, finally, after decades of inaction and just talk, we are drilling for oil and gas at Pt. Thomson.

I also promised that we would get a natural gas pipeline underway. And we did. Since I was a little kid growing up here, we would talk about, hope for, and dream of commercializing our clean, abundant, and much needed natural gas.

Our Gasline Inducement Act was the game changer. This is, of course, thanks to our outstanding gasline team and the state legislature, who adopted this law by a 58-1 margin. They knew, they know, that AGIA is the vehicle to drive this monumental energy project and to bring everyone to the table.

This bipartisan victory came from Alaskans working together with free market, private sector principles. And now we are on the road to the largest private energy
infrastructure project in history. It is for Alaska’s future. It is for America’s energy independence. And it will make us a more peaceful, prosperous and secure nation.

What I promised, we accomplished. “We” meaning state staff and conscientious Alaskans outside of the bureaucracy, such as: Tom Van Flein, Meg Stapleton, Kristan Cole, and many volunteers who stepped up to the challenge as good Alaskans.

Nothing could have succeeded without my “right hand man” Kris Perry. She is the sharpest, boldest and hardest-working partner, and much success is due to Kris.

To Alaska, there is much good in store further down the road, but to reach it we must value and live the optimistic and pioneering spirit that made this state proud and free.

We can resist enslavement to big central government that crushes hope and opportunity. We must be wary of government largesse. It doesn’t come free and often accepting it takes away everything that is free.

Melting into Washington’s powerful and caretaking arms will only lead to suck away the incentive to work hard and chart our own course. This will only contribute to an unstable economy and dizzying national debt, and it will make us less free.

I resisted the stimulus package, and we championed earmark reform, by slashing earmark requests by 85%, in order to break the cycle of dependency on a stifling and unsustainable federal agenda. Other states should follow this example for their, and America's, stability.

We don’t have to feel that we must beg an allowance from Washington, except to beg the allowance to be self-determined.

See, in order to be self-sufficient Alaska must be allowed to develop, to drill and build and climb to fulfill our statehood’s promise.

At statehood we knew that we were responsible for ourselves, our families and our future, and 50 years later we can not start believing that government is the answer. It can’t make you happy or healthy or wealthy or wise. What can? It is the wisdom of the people and our families and our small businesses and industrious individuals.

And it is God’s grace helping those who help themselves. And then this allows that very generous voluntary hand up that we are known to enthusiastically provide those who need it.

Do you remember that years ago we sported the old bumper sticker that read, “Alaska: We Don’t Give a Darn How They Do It Outside.” I remember that. It was because we would be different, and we would roll up our sleeves and diligently sow and reap.

We can still do this. We can carve wealth out of the wilderness and make our living on the water, with strong hands and innovative minds, now with smarter technology.

It is what our First People and our parents did, and it worked because they worked.

We must be prudent and persistent and press for the people’s right to responsibly develop God-given resources for the maximum benefit of the people.

We have come so far in just 50 years. We are no longer a frontier outpost on the periphery of the world’s greatest nation. Now, as a contributor and a securer of America, we can attain our destiny in the promise of our motto:

North to the Future.

The pressing issue of our time is energy independence, because there is an inherent link between energy and security, and energy and prosperity. Alaska will lead with energy. We will prove that you can be both pro-development and pro-environment. After all, no one loves their land, clean air, water and wildlife more than an Alaskan.

We will protect it.

Americans must look north to the future. For security, for energy independence, for our strategic position on the globe, Alaska is the gatekeeper of the continent.

We are here today at a “changing of the guard.” Now, knowing how much I love this state, some still choose not to hear why I made the decision to chart a new course to advance the state. It should be obvious. (Mika get it yet, its called energy and talking about it on a national level)

It is because I love Alaska this much that I feel it is my duty to avoid the unproductive, typical “politics-as-usual” lame duck session in one’s last year in office. How does that benefit you? With this decision I will be able to fight even harder for you, for what is right and for the truth.

And I have never felt that you need a title to do that. So, as we all move forward together, let us vow to keep championing Alaska and to advocate for responsible development and smaller government and freedom.

When I took the oath to serve you, I promised to steadfastly and doggedly guard the interests of this great state – like that grizzly guards her cubs, as a mother naturally guards her own. I will keep that vow wherever the road may lead.

Todd and I, Track, Bristol, Tripp, Willow, Piper and Trig, we will forever be grateful for the honor of a lifetime to have served you. Our whole big, diverse, full and fun family thanks you.

I am very blessed to have had their support all along, and for Todd’s support.

I am thankful too that I have been blessed to have been raised in this Last Frontier. Thank you for our home, Mom and Dad.

In Alaska it is not an easy living, but it is a good living. It is impossible to lose your way here because wherever the road may lead us, we have that steadying Great North Star to guide us home. So let us all enjoy the ride.

God bless you and God bless Alaska.

Democrats Lose in Alaska: Sean Parnell Becomes Governor

The Democrat Party of Alaska thought they could smell blood this 2010 gubernatorial election.

Too bad... Hollis French you'll lose. Who's Bob Poe? You'll lose. Ethan Berkowitz, you couldn't even beat Don Young with all of the controversy surrounding Don Young.

Political Pundits 101: How to Screw up and Not Know it

Today's opinion presented by political pundit, Chris Cillizza is a perfect case study in How to Screw Up and Not Know it.

Should she run, Palin would have to be considered the frontrunner given her strength with the most loyal voting constituencies in the party and the ideological composition of voters in the early states that tend to decide the nomination.

But, with her demonstrated problems in attracting independents -- just four in ten view her favorably in the Post data -- Palin could amount to a non-starter in a general election against President Barack Obama.

Has this guy even noticed how far Obama has dropped in the polls? He is the president afterall.

Barack Obama: The Unpopular Race Baiting President's Approval Ratings Tank

People don't like a racist president

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 29% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -11. That’s the first time his ratings have reached double digits in negative territory (see trends).

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The President received generally poor grades for his response to a question about a Cambridge police incident involving a black Harvard professor. However, the results show a huge divide between black Americans and white Americans on all questions.

Rasmussen goes beyond what a pollster is supposed to do when he comments on the huge divide between blacks and whites. Where do Hispanics fit in the equation? Or Asians?

Piss poor commentary on Rasmussen's part.

Is Palin Planning on Moving to New York?

Gotham Girl has some info.

An Alaska Back at You Hat Tip to Josh Painter

Josh Painter has the links on today's happenings with Sarah Palin in Fairbanks.

A.P. Throws a Below the Belt Punch on Palin

At yesterday's Governor's picnic, an A.P. reporter was looking for controversy. It seems they have ginned it up in this story on Palin.

Palin cited the financial toll of the investigations for quitting before the end of her term.

"She's not a quitter; she's a fighter. She wants to fight for the Alaskan people and for the greater good nationally," Villanueva said.

Randy Jedlicka, 31 of Anchorage, was less impressed.

He held up a sign at the Anchorage picnic asking why, if Palin can quit before her terms ends, soldiers in Iraq cannot do the same.

"I just don't think it's fair," said Jedlicka, a former sailor who served in the Persian Gulf in the mid-1990s. "A lot of vets want to quit, but they can't."

You can see the photos of Randy here and the short comments that I wrote on him.

As you will see, the A.P. takes two opposing views and tries to create a controversy by taking the one opinion of the only negative sign at the picnic and give it the same press as the overwhelming support given to Palin.

Now all I would ask of the reporter who wrote the story is; since Randy was unwittingly condemning the press, what does this say about A.P.s reporting of Randy?

How about a headline that reads "Obama supporter says bad press brings down troop morale."

Because that was the real reason for the protest. If there was no bad press and poor troop morale because of it, then the sign would have not been made.

You have to love it how the press will take their own garbage and dump it on others.

Hillary Clinton on a Palin Presidential Campaign

Clinton hopes for female president in her lifetime

Clinton declined comment on the presidential prospects for outgoing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, who was Republican contender Senator John McCain's running mate in last year's race.

Pressed on whether she thought Palin had the right attributes to be president, Clinton replied: "That is up to the voters to determine." She added that putting together an election campaign was a complicated venture.

"I am just going to leave it at that," she said. "I do want to see a woman elected. I hope it is a Democratic woman who represents the type of approach that I happen to favor."

Kwazy John Conyers Wants to Probe Bush and Obama at the Same Time

This guy is an embarrassment to folks in Detroit

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Friday urged Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special counsel to examine potential abuses by former President George W. Bush's administration.

Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., said in a speech to the National Press Club that Holder "must appoint a special counsel to review the Bush administration abuses of power and misconduct. A criminal probe — he's got to do that."

In a way I hope he gets his wish.

A Holder review will be put on display while it falls in the lap of Obama. Then Obama's poll numbers will continue to fall because it will be viewed as a waste of time by the public.

And Obama knows it when in the article it is written:

President Barack Obama has expressed reluctance to conduct a probe into alleged Bush-era abuses and resisted an effort by congressional Democrats to establish a "truth commission," saying the nation should be "looking forward and not backwards."

"......Looking forward and not backwards."

Mr. President, heed your own advice when you talk about Mr. Gates and the past.

This is 2009 not 1960 in the deep south. Things have changed and Mr. Gates should know better than to bring up some trumped up racial comment.

Then on top of that you have Kwazy John Conyers talking down ObamaCare.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. John Conyers said today that the health care reforms being pushed by President Barack Obama are “in trouble” in Congress, and that the bills under debate would need major changes to pass into law.

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Conyers, who backs a single-payer, universal health care system, said he would not back any health care reform that did not include a strong option for a government-run insurance plan – a key sticking point in the Senate.

“The health care bill is unfortunately in trouble,” Conyers told a luncheon at the National Press Club. “I don’t think it’s being done right…We’re not starting all over, but we should be. We should scrap this system.”

Same speaking engagement and you can see how the corrupt Conyers tries to extort support for his endeavor to probe Bush through some political arm twisting. All legal of course.

Swine Flu and a Nationalized ObamaCare

A thread was posted on this site asking what would the swine flu epidemic be like under a nationalized Obamacare.

I pointed to the loony blogger who was posting a graph on how deaths in countries with nationalized health care were less than here in the United States.

There were factors like the virus started in Mexico and moved north to the United States so the numbers would be high at this point.

Also posted was the question on what would the swine flu pandemic do to a nationalized health care system like in the U.K.

The Telegraph in the U.K., yesterday, posted some interesting things..............

Ministers will be held to account for the delay in setting up the national flu helpline and for giving confusing advice to vulnerable groups and NHS staff.

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One doctor gave warning that the NHS was facing a “triple whammy” as it struggled with swine flu, the introduction of the European Union Working Time Directive and – four days later – the movement of more than 30,000 junior doctors between hospitals as part of the annual rotation of specialities.

Further concerns over Britain’s swine flu response are raised today by a Sunday Telegraph investigation, which has exposed major security lapses in the national flu pandemic service.

The flaws would allow fraudsters to obtain dozens of doses of Tamiflu – the main drug being issued to swine flu victims.

The Sunday Telegraph has also discovered that maternity units are planning to cancel home births and planned caesarean sections if the outbreak turns into a major epidemic.

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From Saturday, doctors will not be allowed to work more than 48 hours a week, under EU rules. The change has been fiercely resisted by many senior doctors who say it will put lives at risk.

It could mean that the NHS is short of doctors just as pressure on hospitals caused by the swine flu outbreak intensifies.

That's what you can expect under ObamaCare.

Governor's Picnic at Delaney Parkstrip (Update Final Thoughts on Sarah Palin the Person)

Just got back from Governor's picnic. Wireless hell. I have few pics to post. Eddie Burke will have an interesting Monday show.

Will update with pics and story on Eddie.

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I will update later this evening with my thoughts on the picnic and on where Sarah Palin stands with many Alaskans.

And last but not least, about Randy and Eddie. Interesting tidbit that will be coming up Monday on his show.

Update:

There are two times that I have seen Sarah Palin comfortable. The first time was when she spoke during the Anchorage Republican Women's luncheon and today.

When you see Sarah Palin on camera, it is different to when you see the person in real life.

The person is filtered through the lens of the camera and you don't get a sense of the person.

Unfortunately, I missed the first part of the event where Governor Palin spoke, but I was fortunate to see Sarah Palin the person serving at the food line.

If you were to really examine the last year and see what had transpired in politics, you can say that the V.P. nomination of Governor Palin brought out the best and worst in people.

Today, I am proud to say that Sarah Palin the person, came shining through on the food line.

Unfortunately, I could not get close enough to get the close up photos, but from a short distance, you can see that many lined up to get autographs and say hello to her.

And that is what it is really about, the people.

I will say that the crowds were large and that this was one of the bigger Governor's picnics attended and I have been to many going back to when candidates running in August primaries set up shop to what it is today.

When I saw Sarah Palin, the person today, serving the people, I had the same smile when I saw saw candidate Sarah Palin, speak about the Republican platform during the state primaries.

Rest assured, Palin is going to be involved in the public debate. And that brings me to a man who's first name is Randy and Eddie Burke.

In the pictures before Sarah Palin, you can see a lone man with a sign protesting the war. This lone man had the courage to voice his feelings at the picnic.

While many were focused on Sarah Palin, Randy was trying to bring focus on his own debate which in turn brought Eddie Burke to ask Randy questions and engage in a debate.

Now many on the left and some on the right have taken on the policies of the personal destruction of Palin. There is no denying it, many on the left have crossed the line of proper political debate and have engaged in crass and meaningless dialogue.

The sole purpose, is to try and destroy the person through attacks on their children and family while saying that they are fair game because they are now in the public light.

That is not how many on the center-right operate. And a case in point is Eddie Burke.

I won't go into too much detail because Eddie may do a show Monday on the exchange between Randy and himself. But in the one picture, there was one common denomiator that both Eddie and Randy shared and it was serving in the Navy.

And when you reflect on the last year on how people conducted themselves at Palin events, there were many falsehoods that made the mainstream media and were broad-casted as truth when in fact they were not.

What is true here today is; you had two individuals who had opposing views and debated them, but when it came to an issue that they shared, they could appreciate each other.

That is how the common folk are and Sarah Palin represents that.

That is Sarah Palin's Field of Dreams in politics. That is America's Field of Dreams.

You can debate the issues, debate beliefs, and ideologies, but leave the politics of personal destruction of a family out of it.

That is what Sarah Palin represents.

Update from KTUU's Jason Lamb

Palin serves up food and speeches at Anchorage picnic



Update from ADN:
Thousands throng Palin Anchorage picnic

Pollsters on Palin have Gone to the Dogs

Governor Palin's Final Speech as Governor at Today's Wasilla Picnic

At the Wasilla picnic today, Governor Palin gave her final speech as Governor to the folks attending there.

She will be at the Governor's picnic tomorrow to be held at the downtown park strip in Anchorage and she will give her final speech to the folks attending here.

Then it will be on to Fairbanks this Sunday, where her position of Governor will come to a close with her last speech as Governor will be presented to the folks in Fairbanks.



H/T to freeper Sarah Barracuda

Barack Obama: The Unpopular Race Baiting President

Rasmussen has a recent poll on President Barack Obama

Overall, 49% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Today marks the first time his overall approval rating has ever fallen below 50% among Likely Voters nationwide. Fifty-one percent (51%) disapprove.

Republicans and independents don't think highly of him and many even think he acts in a stupid manner while using race baiting in a police arrest.

Joe Biden: The Unpopular Vice President

Gallup has a poll on V.P. Joe Biden.

Republicans and independents don't think highly of him.

Today's News on Swine Flu

Poisoned chalice? Swine flu hits church wine

LONDON, England (CNN) -- The archbishops of Canterbury and York are recommending that churches stop sharing the chalice at communion over swine flu fears, the Church of England said Thursday.

New swine flu cases double to 100,000 in UK

LONDON, England (CNN) -- There were 100,000 new cases of swine flu in England last week, nearly double the number from the previous seven days, authorities announced Friday.

Swine Flu May Cause Seizures in Children

The nation’s top public health officials are alerting doctors that swine flu may cause seizures, after four children were hospitalized in Texas for neurological complications.

Herbal remedy for A(H1N1) flu in China

BEIJING: Chinese doctors say they have found a herbal remedy for preventing and treating the A(H1N1) Influenza which is both more cost-effective and better resistant to the virus than the drug Tamiflu.

Washington Post Does Double Duty on Sarah Palin

When you have the Governor of Alaska getting her side of the story on Cap and Trade published in the Washington Post, you have to say okay, what's coming down that biased beltway (want proof on that just watch Morning Joe and listen to the WaPo writers) called The Washington Post.

That biased beltway, The Washington Post is doing double duty on Palin.

First their idiotic polling on opinions from their bull pen of poll takers.

Then there is Barbara Boxer and John Kerry trying to tag team Palin on the Cap and Trade.

Here you have two nitwit Senators and a beltway publication poll that try to take Palin down.

Not going to happen.

What the actions of the WaPo do show is that they know what we all know, and that is, Palin is a threat as time goes on.

The ADN's OUR View on Palin's Legal Fund: Give it Up

Our view: Give it up, governor

She can refuse to take any of the money raised so far, while encouraging this supposedly independent fund to return the money to donors.

As soon as she's out of office, she is a private citizen and can take all the legal defense money her supporters want to shower upon her, though she'll likely have to pay taxes on it.

Good advice. Since she never accepted any money so far, on Monday she can keep it ALL. (smile)

The complaint was all for naught.

Why the big hoopla on this one complaint is a mystery.

Speaking of donations and taxes, I wonder if Celtic Diva will be including in her taxes, the 5 grand that she got in donations...

The Obama Amen Crowd: Keith Olbermann and Rachael Maddow

Ain't this sweet, Obama prays for guidance....

Roll the narative tape.....

RACHEL MADDOW: Hi, Keith.

OLBERMANN: How are you?

MADDOW: Thank you for coming over here. It's nice to see you.

OLBERMANN: It's near my office. Should we be terrified?

MADDOW: You know, I think that a lot of people's religious beliefs seem terrifying or creepy or unknowable or whatever from outside the faith. That's why our Founding Fathers had this brilliant idea to say that government can't interfere in religion, because when you're looking at somebody else's religion outside, it often seems alarming. What Sarah Palin believes religiously isn't really any of our business. What she needs to be asked about, what we need to figure out whether it's worth worrying about is whether she thinks that God is directing her public policies, whether she believes in the separation of church and state, whether she believes that she has been elected to public office in order to do the will of her religion and if God is speaking through her. Then I think there's cause to worry.

OLBERMANN: Well, we just had one of those presidents, and it hasn't worked so out. But this, listening to her, and this doesn't just apply to the tape we just saw, but throughout the last, the 10 days of Sarah Palin, she's Elmer Gantry. She's Amy Semple McHockey Mom. Which group is larger, do you think? Do we have any idea, those who will look at those tapes, whose eyes will then roll back in their heads and in tongues they will say I like this woman or this candidate, or Americans who will then shout a three-word question, beginning with "What the-"?

MADDOW: Well, we are one of the most religious countries in the world, in terms of the privately held religious beliefs of our citizens. But we're also not that psyched about extremism. Extremism of any kind, particularly religious extremism, particularly in this world. So I think having faith is seen as a nice thing to know about a person who's running for office. Of course, there's no religious test for office, but Americans think that says something nice about your character and what kind of person you are. But if you believe that God is directing troop movements in Fallujah, I think that Americans, by and large, will react with the "what the" reaction rather than the neat-o reaction to that.

Can I get an amen for the Obama Amen Crowd? Obama can feel Palin's poll numbers creeping up on him so now he is looking for divine intervention.

Did Satan make him do it?

Play the tape:

Excerpts: Georgia's Saakashvili

Excerpts: Georgia's Saakashvili

On George W. Bush:
"On day one [of the war] when he said the Russians were using disproportionate force…that emboldened the Russians. The very moment he gave the public order to move the Sixth Fleet was key. Within 20 minutes, Putin had disappeared from TV screens. George Bush contributed to saving Georgian democracy. A street named after him will always be in Tbilisi for that reason."

* * *
On Putin:
"Putin wants to hang me by the balls and wants to replace me. The biggest response I can have is to organize a smooth transition of power not controlled by the Russians. That would show the Russians they didn't succeed and destroy Georgian democracy. It would be very bad news for them. It would tell the neighbors -- the people and not just the leaders -- that Putin is no longer the main street bully in the neighborhood."

Dow Tops 9,000 on Existing Home Sales

Link

This will be short lived. Most of the existing home sales are foreclosures.

Once the up to $8,000 tax credit for first time home buyers expires in December, watch what happens.

Bye Bye Democracy in Georgia, Hello Russian Empire

Russia vows to stop Georgia re-arming

Russia will take ”concrete measures” to prevent Georgia from re-arming after its war with Moscow last year, the ITAR-TASS news agency quoted deputy foreign ninister Grigory Karasin as saying on Thursday.

”We will continue to prevent the re-arming of (President Mikheil) Saakashvili’s regime and will take concrete measures against this,” the agency quoted Karasin as saying in an interview.

Did the cold war ever end? Or did it just lay dormant while changing its face to a battlefield made up of natural resources?

It says alot when you have Joe Biden going to talk to the pro-Kremlin opposition in Georgia funded by the likes of Russian oligarchs and their so called pro-democracy proxies.

Russia knows how to manipulate a government that has democratic elections. Lenin claimed Kadets had rigged elections. And we know what happened then.

Joe Biden in the Ukraine: Loves the Ladies and Gaffes on Gas

Why even send this guy out. It is a waste of tax dollars. While oogling the Ukraine women, Biden scolds the Ukraine for not developing natural gas?

KIEV, Ukraine -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden chastised Ukraine's political leadership on Wednesday, saying Kiev risks squandering its celebrated Orange Revolution through governmental infighting that has stalemated needed economic reforms, including liberalizing Ukraine's gas market to end dependence on foreign powers and their suppliers.

It's evident that Biden has never heard of Russia, Gazprom and the Russian invasion into Georgia over territory to build pipelines.

Biden is a dunce.

Canada: First case in Americas of Drug-resistant Swine Flu

First case in Americas of drug-resistant swine flu: reports

Don't think so. A while back, a young girl from San Fransisco carried the strain when she went to Hong Cong.

Meanwhile: 69 on Navy ship test positive for swine flu

Spin Cycle High: Barack Obama, Our Rambling President

Knock, Knock, President Obama are you there, is anyone home?

Just a few of the headlines...

Bernanke warns against too much optimism over economy

Rising unemployment triggers increase in foreclosures

New foreclosure proceedings spike again in Bay State

Orszag: Unemployment 'will remain elevated

Job Cuts Outpace GDP Fall

Gov. Ritter angry over unemployment benefit backlog

Fannie & Freddie: The most expensive bailout

Last but not least. How are those green jobs panning out that he mentions that are overseas? Here is just one headline in Great Britian.

Capitalism vs the environment: Wind turbine workers fight factory closure with sit-in

Obama is the rambling snake oil salesman.



And he wants us to believe him on health care reform?

Obama's health care reform is nothing more than false statements wrapped up in snake oil jargon to make it seem like your getting something for pennies on the dollar.

The Pimp Daddy of Racists: John Conyers Playing the NAACP Against Black Business Owners

First there was Barbara Boxer pimping the NAACP against black businessmen and women.

Now you have the pimp daddy of the racists, pitting the NAACP against RADIO ONE owner who happens to be black.

Now, Conyers, 80 and chairman since 2007 of the House Judiciary Committee, finds himself taking flak from Radio One -- one of the nation's largest minority-owned media firms -- even as performers, record companies and the NAACP support his bill.

Why does the NAACP come out with this resolution below?

The civil rights organization passed a resolution on behalf of Conyers and his Performance Rights Act legislation last week, saying the congressman "has been the subject of unscrupulous and unfounded attacks," including radio spots and comments mentioning his legislation in the same breath as his wife, former Detroit Councilwoman Monica Conyers, and her recent plea to a bribery charge. Prosecutors cleared him of any wrongdoing.

To cover the corrupt racists' butt.

Say it Ain't So: Andree McLeod is Being Reviewed by the Anchorage Daily News

Via this link.

Anchorage Alaska-The woman scorned by Sarah Palin has her Anchorage Daily News blog (Mcleodak) frozen and under review. McLeod began a rabid attack against Palin when the Governor failed to give her a “patronage” job under her administration. The vitriolic McLeod began filing frivolous complaints against Sarah Palin causing the Governor and Alaska to amass huge legal bills.

Andree you keep stepping in it.

Persona non grata? Will that be your claim to fame Andree?

I Have to Ask About PPPolling in Louisiana: 54% Jindal 40% Obama 7% Undecided?

C4P has a link to PPPolling in Louisiana.

I have to question this polling company because of the data on Jindal.

Jindal 54%
Obama 40%
Undecided 7%
Then you have Palin 49%
Obama 42%
Undecided 9%

Swine flu costs Southwest $20M, Continental $50M

Swine flu costs Southwest $20M, Continental $50M

The H1N1 swine flu outbreak cost two major U.S. airlines $70 million in lost bookings as the outbreak sparked fears during the second quarter.

Houston-based Continental Airlines reported $50 million in lost revenue and Dallas-based Southwest Airlines said it lost $20 million during the quarter because of the flu. Both carriers have flights in and out of Sacramento International Airport.

Who in the Hell at TPMMuckraker comes Up With

this B.S.

Israel, through its lobby group AIPAC, is suspected of using its substantial congressional clout to try to lift the ban, by American Federal law, that prohibits the sale of American F22 (and F35) fighter/bomber aircraft to foreign governments.

A sale of these strike stealth bombers to the Israel Air Force would enable it to attack Gaza and Lebanon with even greater ferocity than previously and inflict huge losses when targeted at heavily populated, civilian areas.

It makes no sense that a Democratic Administration under the Presidency of a man who is so highly regarded throughout the world, would acquiesce to demands to supply a state - already the subject of war crime allegations - with increased means of inflicting death and destruction on civilian populations.

It's so Israel can use them in case Iran gets a little "testy" with their missiles.

Israel is Left Holding the bag: Russia calls on Israel to halt construction in east Jerusalem

Israel is in trouble.

Obama,now Russia.

What is needed is a pro-American Iranian government that respects Israel and still thinks Russian oligarchs are criminals.

Josh Painter: Hot on the Trail of Palin Detractor Kim Chatman and the Law Firm of Perkins and Coie

Josh Painter has all of the particulars.

Just a teaser, you have to go visit his site to see the rest of the goodies.

How did AP obtain the report? The copy of the report linked to (PDF) by the Anchorage Daily News has this warning stamped on it in big, bold, letters:

CONFIDENTIAL report regarding
Ethics Complaint pursuant to
Alaska Statute 39.52.340

In the World of Politics, Kim Chatman's Complaint is a Dud

All of the hoopla on Kim Chatman's complaint will be for naught. It's a dud in the world of politics.

The ADN has an article with a snazzy headline that reads:

Ethics investigator rules against Palin

But here is the meat and potatoes of the article.

The investigator, Thomas Daniel, sided with Palin in her frustration with having to defend herself against a barrage of ethics complaints. He suggested that Alaska lawmakers may need to create a law that reimburses public officials for legal expenses to defend complaints that end up being unfounded.

This whole issue is a joke and it is the left's attempt to find some victory when in fact it is not.

NORMAL people can see what is taking place and the fact that Palin was going public with the fund and sought legal counsel on it, shows how asinine that headline reads.

Regardless if the money has to be returned, it won't hurt Palin politically, but will in fact help her.

And last, was it because Palin became a political celebrity through her V.P. nomination that she is able to get the donations or is it because her role as a Governor?

The answer is obvious. Her role as Governor had nothing to do with her being able to get contributions, but it had everything to do with the filing of frivolous complaints.

Andree McLeod: A Gift that Keeps Giving to Palin

It's funny to see What's-her-name at the mudflats show cutesy gift wrapped boxes.

Andree indeed, has become the gift that keeps giving.

In other words, as these ridiculous ethics complaints fall to the wayside, Palin's donations increase, the ethics charges are dismissed and the chattering class continue to look just plain dumb.

Mexico's La Familia cartel offers truce

Mexico's La Familia cartel offers truce

It is one reason that political analysts say that Calderón's National Action Party (PAN) lost ground to the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which ruled the country for 71 years, in midterm elections earlier this month. Many Mexicans have long speculated that the PRI may have cut deals with drug organizations – allowing them to operate with more impunity but with less violence.

Bruce Bagley, a professor of international studies at the University of Miami, says that there is a growing sense that Calderón may have taken on more than he can handle. "In the minds of many Mexican voters, the real problem is not drug trafficking into the US," Mr. Bagley explains, "it's the violence."

In a recent poll published in the daily newspaper Milenio, by the Mexico-based polling group Cabinet of Strategic Communication, more than half of Mexicans consider organized crime networks to be defeating the government. Only 28 percent said the government is gaining ground.

A behind the scene truce has been made with the PRI and other politicians.

Related stories:

Mexico's PRI sweeps midterm elections

Drug-Cartel Links Haunt an Election South of Border

The UN-Official Natural Gas Cartel: Iran, Russia, Qatar May Sell Europe Gas Via Nabucco

Turkey PM:Iran,Russia,Qatar May Sell Europe Gas Via Nabucco

ISTANBUL -(Dow Jones)- Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that his government wants Iran to sell gas to Europe through the planned Nabucco gas pipeline when conditions allow, the Ihlas News Agency, or IHA, reported.

Putin has Europe by the gas.

Putin Hack: Peter Lavelle's Follies in Moscow

It's a joyous occasion for Peter Lavelle to see Georgia not part of NATO.



Like I said, it's over for the sovereign status of Georgia.

This is a wasted trip that Biden has taken...The Obama presidency is a failure on the foreign front.

37 H1N1 cases at Coast Guard Academy

The Air Force Academy, now the Coast Guard Academy.


Meanwhile in Canada, scientists find new strain of swine flu.

Boston (DbTechNo) - Canadian health officials have confirmed the presence of a new type of swine flu in the country.

The virus was confirmed on a pig farm in Saskatchewan, where 2 workers became sick.

Tests indicate that the virus that they contracted is the swine flu, but a strain not yet seen.

This is really bad news if it means that the virus is mutating into different strains.

Palin's Soup de jour: Dennis Zaki's Excellent Adventures in Being Factually Challenged

The factually challenged countdown:

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15, etc, etc complaints filed. How many dismissed?

Now the factually challenged at the Alaska Report continue to be ethically challenged by going public with numero 21 on the complaints lists.

BTW Dennis, still waiting on that FBI/IRS investigation to hit your pages...

Motorcity Madness: Convicted Pimp Wants Your Vote

Walter Hart, a convicted pimp and dead-beat dad, is running for city council. A man who spent 7 years in a federal prison is running on a 'second chance' platform. He's talking about it all to FOX 2's Brad Edwards.

Will The Swine Flu Crash the U.K.'s Healthcare System: Swine Flu Could Devastate British Economy

Swine Flu Could Devastate British Economy

GDP could shrink an additional 3% in 2009 due to swine flu, warns a prominent think tank.

LONDON -- Just as the British economy was slowly beginning to recover, a new foe has emerged. Swine flu could cause Britain's economy to shrink by a gigantic 7.5% this year and dash hopes of recovery next year.

"If the worst-case scenarios of the threat of swine flu are fully realized, gross domestic product could fall by as much as an additional 3% this year and another 1.7% in 2010,” said Peter Spencer, chief economic advisor to the Ernst & Young Item Club, a London-based think tank.

“Our recovery will really only begin when world trade starts to recover, and we should see output beginning to grow next year just as long as the U.K. economy doesn’t catch a severe case of H1N1," he added.

The worst-case scenario means a 50% infection rate. In this case, swine flu could leave businesses without employees, consumers spending less on goods, and transport and tourism impacted as people stay away from public places to avoid infection, according to Hetal Mehta, senior economic advisor to the Ernst & Young Item Club.

Josh Painter Has Stats on Palin's Field of Dreams

First, a shout out to the DNC operatives and their proxy bloggers here in Alaska.

Continue to thump along and fall on your own sword.... Your efforts are working.

Now to Josh Painter and the stats on Palin's Field of Dreams.

Parsing Today's Poll Results

A new Rasmussen poll released today showing President Obama tied with Mitt Romney and six points up on Sarah Palin in a hypothetical 2012 match up is already the buzz of the blogs.

Groups of political animals with different interests will be posturing all week long based on this poll. Romney backers, for example, will be crowing loudly over it, and we don't want to rain on their parade. After all, their guy made a good showing, and they should have some fun with it. While we don't think this merits a ticker tape parade, if they are looking for an excuse to party, this should qualify.

Sarah Palin's backers can also find some encouragement in the latest Rasmussen numbers. Being just six points back of the president, after another poll -- one conducted by Democrat polling firm Public Policy Polling in mid-March -- showed Obama with a 20-point lead over Palin in the same hypothetical circumstances. If one were to say the PPP poll is as accurate as the Rasmussen survey (which Democrats always do; Republicans will argue the point in Scott Rasmussen's favor), then Governor Palin has made a 14-point improvement against Obama in just four months. An April PPP poll had Obama ahead of Palin 53 percent to 41 percent -- a twelve-point spread. Today's Rasmussen results indicate that Gov. Palin has cut that lead in half in less than three months. But the 2012 elections are still years away, and Sarah Palin has not even started to campaign actively for 2012, if indeed she intends to do so.

The only group which will find nothing to help them put a positive spin on today's poll news is the collective of Obama fans. These results tend to support other Rasmussen polling which shows the president at his lowest approval rating since taking the oath of office in January. This is what Obama's supporters have feared the most. This is why they and their media hounds have been ruthlessly attacking Sarah Palin 24/7 since the day John McCain introduced her to the nation last August. The attacks continued even after the election was over and done with, and -- if anything -- they have actually increased since she announced on July 3 that she intended to resign her office before the end of the month.

The attacks on Sarah Palin will continue. But look for Mitt Romney, who thus far has managed to make himself a very small target to the Obama forces, to start taking more of his share of the heat. Alas, that's one of the "joys" of being a front runner in the wonderful world of American politics.

Indeed the Rasmussen Poll is an enjoyable coffee break. But all coffee breaks come to an end, and people have to get back to work. If the mission is to take back the House and reclaim as many Senate seats and governorships as possible in 2010, then the crucial battle is health care. Regardless of what you think of Dick Morris, we believe he was pretty close to the target when he said last month that health care could be Obo's Waterloo. In the words of Patrick Stewart's celluloid character, let's "make it so."

Update: PPP is out with poll results of its own today. PPP finds Obama leading Gov. Palin in that hypotehtical 2012 match by eight points and Mitt Romney by nine:

"The numbers from this poll also seem to indicate that Sarah Palin did not do herself any immediate damage with her decision to resign as Governor of Alaska. Her favorability spread of 47/45 is the best PPP has found it over the course of six surveys conducted in the last four months. Also, her eight point deficit against Obama is the first time it's been in single digits over the course of these monthly 2012 polls. She also continues to have easily the highest percentage of GOP voters holding a positive opinion of her."

Also, an ABC News/Washington Post poll released today shows an increasing number of Americans view Obama as an old style, tax and spend Democrat.

- JP

I have seen this happen in Alaska during the primaries where Palin will lose ground in polling and then adjust accordingly on the issues and comeback.

The fact that this woman has endured a shellacking by the press and GOP party members while her poll numbers continue to rise, should be caution to the GOP party hacks who are trying to cut her down.

Continue on the path of trying to cut her down, because a third party option is always on the table. And look at the numbers Palin starts off with.

Don't underestimate the effect of the Nuclear Option in politics.

Palin's Field of Dreams continues to march on..

Note to the boys and girls that are moving from McCain's camp to Romney's camp.

Continue to try and cut Palin down, you will have nothing left.

Prediction if Obama continues on his path of self destruction.

Palin/Romney 2012.

Bet on it.

The Obama Factor: The Lost Cause for the Country of Georgia

Biden heads to Ukraine, Georgia to show US support

And what kind of support would that be?

Since taking office in January, Obama has tried to restart US-Russian relations, but during a visit to Moscow last week he "reiterated my firm belief that Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected."

Georgia responded positively to Obama's statements, with Saakashvili saying in remarks after the US president's trip to Russia: "There was no trade-off; Georgia has not been sold."

However, in an apparent snub to Obama, Medvedev is scheduled to make his first visit to South Ossetia on Monday.

Once this takes place, Georgia will fall to pro-Kremlin forces within Georgia's government and outside.

TBILISI, Georgia -- Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is expected to unveil Monday moves to share more power and make elections more democratic in an attempt to mollify his critics and begin a comeback.

Unfortunately, Saakashvili's options are few given Obama is a very weak leader.

This issue with Georgia is about gas pipelines and control of them.

There was much celebration about the Nabucco pipeline, but for the pipeline to become a reality, it will need Iran's natural gas and Russia's cooperation.

Otherwise that pipeline will fail.

Russia wins again...

A Palin Closeout Sale: Dan Fagan is Selling Crazy for Cheap at the Alaska Standard

You can tell Fagan feels a loss, now that Sarah Palin will be "Just a Woman From Wasilla".

Since Palin's resignation, The Alaska Standard, has been having a "Palin Closeout Sale" that is selling(contrary to Super Dave) crazy at closeout prices.

The Alaska Standard has become the annoying commercial that keeps saying that Sarah Palin is going out of business, but somehow Fagan keeps selling Palin closeout stories on the cheap.

Here is Fagan's latest Sarah Palin closeout commercial:

First he starts with Time To Clean Up Sarah Palin's Mess then describes what mess.

Let's start with the worst piece of legislation in the history of the state, Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share or ACES.

The evidence is overwhelming ACES is killing Alaska jobs and drying up future investment. BP's development of the Liberty field is one of the most glaring examples.

Now I happen to think the tax rate in ACES should be changed, but unlike Fagan's site, instead of selling crazy like Fagan does, Kwazy gets analyzed here instead of being sold.

It seems Fagan likes to blame Palin for everything when it took a majority in the legislature to make Palin's Mess as Fagan puts it.

If Fagan thinks Parnell can clean Palin's mess, Fagan is selling crazy again.

Last I looked, Alaska still had a Republic form of government that has checks and balances, not a dictatorship.

If Fagan truly thinks the current Alaska Legislature will change ACES to a different tax structure, get the straight jacket ready for Fagan, because it's one flew over the cuckoo's nest:

What-say-you Commander and Chief Obama: Taliban holding Ft. Richardson, Alaska soldier hostage

Taliban holding Ft. Richardson soldier hostage




What-say-you Mr. Obama. What kind of intell can you get without using waterboarding.

As I said before, they harm this young man, send the assassins in. Screw what the Democrats have to say.

Selling Sarah Palin: Time Magazine

From the ADN Ear.

SIGN OF THE TIMES . . . Spotted by an Alaska traveler at a Washington, D.C., airport, on the rack selling the Time magazine with Sarah on the cover: "Only two copies per customer."

Democracy in Action in China: The MOB Rule and the Obama Factor

China says police killed 12 in Uyghur riots

China Shuts Down Office of Volunteer Lawyers

China's Falun Gong crackdown: 'The persecution is almost underground'

However, the Obama administration has kind words for China...

U.S. officials praise China emissions efforts

Is this what Obama meant when he said "Green Shoots"?



Made in China He has to be..... Mao Tse Tung would be proud of Obama.

In the U.K., the Guardian Continues with the Obama/Putin Love Fest Spin

No grand US-Russia bargain

The Guardian seems to have forgotten that Russia is calling the shots on what rates to charge a country when it comes to their use of natural gas..

The horse-trading that took place between Russia and Obama does not need all of Europe's approval. It needs Putin's approval.

Eastern Europe still has memories of being occupied by Russia, when some in the U.K. have forgotten who came to save their butts when Germany was running the show.

If This Soldier is Harmed: Send the Assassins In

If this soldier is harmed, send the assassins in.

Would Hospitals Under Obamacare Be Able to Handle the Swine Flu Illnesses This Fall

Ask yourself, if Obamacare was in place, how would hospitals cope?

James Taranto had a quick read on the flu and how Mexico had handled the situation.

I don't think Mexico is an ideal example of a country with socialized medicine.

Canada, Puerto Rico with their country's vaccination program and the U.K. would be better examples.

So to the headlines.

Swine Flu Expected to Return With Opening of School

The swine flu will probably return in force earlier than seasonal flu usually begins, federal health officials predicted Friday, saying they expected it to erupt as soon as schools open rather than in October or November.

Swine Flu: Why You Should Still Be Worried

Swine flu is spreading faster than ever — so much so that the World Health Organization has decided to stop tracking cases.

In the U.S., the H1N1 virus has sickened tens of thousands and closed summer camps at a time when there should be little or no flu activity.

Flu puts pregnant women in intensive care

Three pregnant women struck down with swine flu are in Canberra Hospital as the outbreak causes a record spike in demand for services and could lead to longer waits in casualty and for elective surgery.

The three expectant mothers were in the intensive care unit yesterday morning a coincidence that could be unprecedented in Canberra, according to ACT Chief Health Officer Charles Guest.

''What this is showing is pregnancy is a risk factor for moderate and severe [complications for people infected with swine flu],'' Dr Guest said.

Swine flu deaths rise in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN - The number of reported deaths in Puerto Rico believed to have been caused by swine flu climbed on Thursday from 8 to 19.

Government officials urged residents concerned about the flu to first consult their private doctors to avoid infection and overcrowding in hospitals. Steps were being taken to reduce the risk of infection in all health-care facilities, they said.

"We've noticed that people are crowding emergency rooms and diagnostic facilities, and our message must be clear: call before visiting," said Gov. Luis Fortuño. "With this practice, we reduce the risk of infection in hospitals and medical facilities, while easing the burden on doctors to continue providing essential health services to Puerto Ricans."

U.K. Urges Calm While Planning for 65,000 Flu Deaths

July 17 (Bloomberg) -- Britons were told not to panic over swine flu today after the nation’s most senior doctor said the health service is planning for 65,000 deaths from the disease, which has claimed 29 lives so far in the U.K.

Since the WHO has asked countries to stop counting, Canada is one of the first countries to do so.

In a move that caught many public health experts by surprise, the World Health Organization quietly announced Thursday that it would stop tracking swine flu cases and deaths around the world.

Meanwhile you have loony bloggers posting graphs on how death rates in countries with socialized medicine are lower.



Moreover, the fact that the virus started in Mexico and moved quickly to the United States, leaves more time for the virus to have mutated and affect more people than overseas.

And in Canada, it is not being counted and Canada has had problems with keeping tract of the deaths.

But take note of how many deaths the U.K. is expecting.

Governor Palin: Take Note on Latvia's Position on Afghanistan Because Obama Won't

Latvian Lawmakers Rejects Withdrawal From Afghanistan Operations

RIGA, Latvia (AFP)--Latvian lawmakers Thursday overwhelmingly rejected an opposition attempt to force the government to pull the Baltic state's troops out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Afghanistan mission.

Sixty-two members of the 100-seat parliament voted against a bill from the left-wing Harmony Centre movement, which demanded that Latvia's 160-strong contingent be brought home by October.

Meanwhile, Obama continues to develop his weak approach to Russia and the missle defense system that would protect Eastern Europe from Russia's proxy state Iran.

When it Comes to Palin on Cap and Trade, Shannyn Moore Should Stay in Homer and Stew

There should be cap and trade legislation on all of the hot air that has been spewing from the mouths of the leftist Alaskan bloggers like Shannyn Moore.

The word rambling comes to mind on Moore's latest screed that is so full of hot air, China could make some dough on trading their credits to offset Moore's credits.

Hint Shannyn, that is how cap and trade works.

What should be pointed out here is, McCain had softened his stance on supporting cap and trade legislation.

But lets talk about wood products and pulp mills in Alaska and any future development in Alaska that deals with the timber industry.

One of the advantages of The Heritage Foundation’s economic analysis of the Waxman-Markey climate change bill is we can determine out who loses most of all the losers. We’ve detailed the negative impacts cap and trade would have on farmers, manufacturers and construction workers. This time, it’s the wood product industry.

Wood products encompasses everything from logging, sawmills and planning mills, manufacturing veneer and plywood, treating wood products, building wood and mobile homes, building wood containers and pallets, etc. Simply put, it’s everything dealing with wood, and Waxman-Markey hits the industry hard. Wood product employment falls by over 23,000 on average (2012-2035) due to Waxman-Markey climate change legislation. By 2035, cap and trade would reduce the industry by 68,573 people.

Moreover, look what happened in Oregon when it was argued new growth is bad for the environment.

Meanwhile, converting Oregon's older forests to younger ones might release anywhere from one-third to two-thirds of the carbon they contain, according to Mark Harmon, a forest ecologist at Oregon State University who studies the state's forest carbon. Della Sala said that the logging plan would have released up to 180 million tons of forest carbon, the equivalent of operating a 585-megawatt coal-fired power plant for more than three decades.

What company in Alaska, would the cap and trade legislation affect? To name just a few below.

Icy Straits Lumber

Ketchikan mill

One should ask how does Matt Zencey from the ADN feel about Obama's approval of the sale in the Tongass.

Matt Zencey, will your past managerial position with an environmentalist group come out of the closet on this one and find itself on the editorial pages of the ADN again?

My bet is, if cap and trade goes through, Obama can just say the same thing to the lumber companies in S.E. Alaska and across Alaska as he did to the coal companies in the lower 48; he we will make it so expensive to operate you will go away and I paraphrase to what he said on the coal companies.

Next, when it comes to natural gas production, the conditioning plant to be built on the north slope will have to have some very costly credits that will have to be purchased or very expensive equipment or means to capture the CO2 emissions will have to be built.

But then there is that tiny problem with the polar bear and development.

Regardless of what TransCanada says, the cap and trade issue hurts the development of the gas pipeline and many diverse jobs in Alaska.

Yes, Ms. Moore, next time you are out pimping against Palin by co-opting Alaskan Native causes, hire the Alaskan Native people that you care so much about, who own shares in companies that have timber tracts across from your cozy abode in Homer and will lose their jobs.

Tell them how their companies will benefit when the have to cut jobs, jobs that are held by many Alaskan Natives.

Shannyn, when it comes to knowing the issues on Alaska, stay home and stew, better yet, just be quiet, because the carbon credits are being used up with each word you speak.

Rep John Conyers: Democrats and Members of Daily Kos are Knocking on Your Door

It looks like Detroit Mark from the Daily Kos is finally getting the drift on Representative Conyers.

I am going to post the entire thread...

New details surface this morning as another peice of flotsam in the Monica Conyers of Detroit corruption pond of corruption floats to the top. This one is named Sam Riddle. We Detroiters know him well. But there is much we didn't know until today. And once again, it points straight back to the wife of Congressman John Conyers (D-MI).

Detroit Mark's diary :: ::

Some of the reporting coming out of the Detroit Free Press this morning reads like a 40s crime novel.

But the name of Monica Conyers surfaces everywhere in the 27-page document, which contends that the former city councilwoman played Bonnie to Riddle’s Clyde as they prowled Detroit, boldly shaking down businesspeople and stuffing their pockets and bank accounts with cash.

The tiny, screeching figure, once President of the Detroit City Council, who under former council President and short-time Mayor Ken Cockrel shocked the city almost daily, blurting out personal epithets to her arch enemy, Cockrel like "Shrek!" as cameras rolled - is being revealed as a common yardbird who sauntered from business to business extorting money and splitting the take with Riddle and god knows who else.

Riddle has coyly played the semi victim in the past weeks since Monica accepted a plea deal which guaranteed a maximum five year jail term and surrendering of all leadership posts with the City of Detroit. Those charges stemmed from one of what may be dozens of businesses involved in this web of extortion in Detoit. For Riddle's part, he's dropped little hints that something may be coming down for him, even tweeting to anyone who'd listen, "Watching All Star Game Bottom Of 8th - Fighting Sleep - Yucky Headlines Tomorrow - Oh Well..." Oh Well. We haven't seen this kind of flippant maybe-I-did-maybe-I-didn't attitude since Monica's former mentor, the disgraced former Mayor, Kwami Kilpatric stood on church steps and apologized for humiliating the City once again out of one side of his face, while slamming the white suburbs for a racial conspiracy out of the other.

The dark part of Sam Riddle's indictments announced last night is that each and every one name the congressman's wife:

The indictment charges:

• Conyers conspired with Riddle to hit up the owner of a technology company for $20,000 to make Riddle a bogus "consultant."

• Conyers and Riddle pressured a Detroit restaurant owner to pay Riddle $20,000 for another "consulting job" that didn’t exist.

• Conyers and Riddle received $25,000 from the owner of a strip club with an issue before the city council.

• Conyers and Riddle attempted to receive money in another faux "consulting contract" for Riddle, this time with a real estate developer.

Now that it's no longer just a frustrated newbie falling in with the wrong Kwami Hoodlums ... and it's turning out to be a full blown loose cannon with malevolent intent against the city and its business owners, it's really time for Mr. Conyers to step forward and denounce his now jailed wife publicly. This is no longer a personal matter between a husband and wife. John Conyer's name has been sullied by the woman who shares it, and he does well to separate himself, if not from her in the literal sense ... but philosophically at least.

Speak up Representative. How can you have slept with this woman for all those years and never once gotten a hint that she would do anything ... ANYTHING to get what she wants?

He should have been paying attention ( Baby Steps: Walking the Talk on Palin at the Daily Kos) to Conyers who is part of the really really corrupt Conyers clan instead of the Palin clan who have had every ethics complaint dismissed.

Now what I would like to know is what was a Conyer's ex-aide doing up here in Alaska sniffing around in an FBI invesitgation on Republicans, while you had self proclaimed Democrat Karen Loeffler waiting in the wings?

What I would also like to know is; if the rumor I heard is true that Karen Loeffler was softball pals with ADN reporter Richard Mauer?

And last but not least, who were the news people that whistleblower Chad Joy spoke about when he said information on the prosecution of the case of Ted Stevens was being leaked to certain reporters.

Who were the reporters? Enquiring minds would like to know that answer.