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HITLER AND THE HOUSING BUBBLE

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Friday, December 05, 2008 4:11:44 PM
Thanks to my buddy Jim C, in California
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AND SO IT BEGINS, LEFT NIPPING AT OBAMA'S HEELS BEFORE HE TAKES OFFICE.

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Friday, December 05, 2008 1:27:35 AM
Barney Frank and Christopher Dodd want action now from the President elect, no waiting until he's actually inaugurated. "He's going to have to be more assertive than he's been, at a time of great crisis with mortgage foreclosures and autos, he says we only have one president at a time," Frank said. "I'm afraid that overstates the number of presidents we have. He's got to remedy that situation."Apparently Mr. Frank is one of those who failed the recent civics test, until the 20th of January George Bush is the acting President.
 
Frank doesn't like the concept of Barack Obama's call for post partisanship either, "It is a grave mistake to assume that parties are irrelevant to this process," he said. "My one difference with the president-elect, about whom I am very enthusiastic, is when he talks about being post-partisan. Having lived with this very right wing Republican group that runs the House most of the time, the notion of trying to deal with them as if we could be post-partisan gives me post-partisan depression," 
 
Where has Barney Frank been for the last two years and what kind of drugs is he on?  The last time I checked, it is Nancy Pelosi and Frank's fellow Democrats who have been in charge of the House of Representatives.  Frank, who fought against scrutiny of Fanny and Freddy and increased regulation of the same, had the gall to say that "regulatory legislation aimed at preventing abuses related to subprime mortgages and credit cards stood a much better chance next year, when Democrats have greater majorities in the House and Senate."  Again, it has been the Democrats, not the Republicans, who have been fighting against increased regulation of these practices, so an increased majority would mean what?
 
Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee and recipient of special favors from Countrywide Mortgage said, "The Obama team has to step up, in the minds of the people, this is the Obama administration. I don‘t think we can afford to wait until January 20.”
 
So Mr. Frank and Mr. Dodd would like to, on their own, change the constitution and install the new president before the board of electors has even met?  One wonders what the net result will be if Mr. Obama fails to jump through the hoops these two and others in his party have ready and waiting for him. Based on the behavior of those so eager to assume power they won't let a small thing like the law stand in their way, I predict Mr. Obama will enjoy the same "warm" relationship with the Democratic majority that his predecessor Jimmy Carter did.
 
 
 
 
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD COVERS FOR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Thursday, December 04, 2008 10:53:11 PM
One day ago a startling undercover video of a Planned Parenthood clinic in Bloomington Indiana was released. On June 24th of this year a young woman posing as a 13 year old who had been impregnated  by her mother's 31 year old boyfriend went to the clinic seeking help. When she told the nurse she was thirteen, she responded, "I don't want to know the age, I don't want to know how old he is."  The first thing this employee should have done was contact law enforcement as sexual contact between an adult and a 13 year old is a felony in the State of Indiana and contacting law enforcement is required by law.  Instead, the Planned Parenthood official ignored the facts of the case and helped concoct a story whereby this young girl had instead engaged in sexual activity with a 14 year old boy at school in order to get around contacting the authorities, she went on to say, "So we have that problem solved."  She then showed the girl how she could obtain an abortion across state lines without having to inform the authorities or her parents. The nurse was circumventing the law and committing a crime herself by doing so.
 
Only a year ago a young man offered to make donations to a Planned Parenthood clinic on the proviso that the funds be used only for the purpose of aborting minority children and the group agreed.
 
Why, when the economy is floundering, are we spending more than 300 million dollars a year to assist in genocide and the covering up of teen rapes? Is this what the Supreme Court intended when they ruled in favor of Roe? So many on the left cry out that they don't want their tax dollars supporting foreign wars that kill the innocent, what about the innocent that are being slaughtered on our own shores? It is time for conservatives of all stripes to let the government know we want funding for this group not cut, but eliminated.

 
 
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LEFT CONTINUES IT'S ATTEMPT DO DIMINISH PALIN'S POWER

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 11:58:45 PM
Tone deaf as ever the left wing media continues it's attempt to diminish the power of Sara Palin. In an appearance on this evenings "Countdown", Obama "cheerleader" E.J. Dione Jr. stated unequivocally that "Sara Palin didn't help re-elect Saxby Chambliss."  Dione went on to say that Martin, the Democratic candidate, never had a chance of winning as there was no way the Dems could turn out the Black vote in the same numbers they did on election day.  Never have I seen such a load of revisionist tripe.  It was only last week that the MSM was touting Martin's chances of sealing the deal for the Democrats in the Senate.  Now that they've lost, they are doing their level best to minimize the Republican win and Governor Palin's connection to it.  Further Dione went on to say that he doesn't believe the Republicans would nominate Mrs. Palin in 2012 because "she hasn't been running ahead in the polls."  Which polls is Junior referring to? Certainly not the one that shows her leading Republican Jindal 2 to 1 and has her 20 points ahead of Gingrich among the base as I reported last night.  Is he blind as well as deaf, or does he simply not bother to read? That may be why the liberal bastion known as the New York Times continues to decline in circulation.  If he and Mr. Olbermann think for one minute that the grass roots of the party is going to allow another hand picked media candidate like McCain take the Republican nomination, they have another thing coming. Perhaps a more truthful statement on E.J's part would have been, I pray the Republicans' don't nominate her in 2012.
 

 

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REVISIONIST HISTORY OR SHEER IGNORANCE?

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 4:34:05 PM
In an article posted last evening by "The Hill" titled, "Anxiety among Democrats as Pelosi tightens her grip" writer Mike Soraghan said the following, "Next year is regarded as the biggest legislative opportunity for Democrats since 1993, the last time they controlled the White House and both chambers of Congress."  Excuse me, but is he purposely ignoring the years 1977-1981 when James Earl Carter occupied the White House and enjoyed Democratic majorities in both the House and the Senate?  Could that be because majority control by the Dems during that period was an abysmal failure resulting in more than a twenty year Republican realignment?  Is he hoping that by glossing over that little blip in history he can re-enforce the notion that Barack Obama really is the new FDR, or is Mr. Soraghan the latest example of an education system deficient in the teaching of American civics?  
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TOLD YOU SO

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 1:58:37 PM
Last night I put up a post stating that a major reason for Chambliss's victory was Sara Palin's ability to fire up the base.  According to an article published today, Senator Chambliss agrees, "“I can't overstate the impact she had down here,” Chambliss said during an interview Wednesday morning on Fox News. "When she walks in a room, folks just explode".  Torchlight, still ahead of the curve.
 
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NEWSBUSTED

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 2:38:01 AM
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"They pull a knife, you pull a gun. They send one of yours to the hospital, you send one of theirs to the morgue." HOW TO WIN THE WAR ON TERROR

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 1:35:45 AM

This past week the world witnessed yet another example of the callous brutality by those the left in this country continue to excoriate the current administration for treating less than humane. When are these people going to wake up, when their own heads are on the chopping block? The enemy we fight has not demonstrated any intent of following the rules set down by the Geneva convention. At least they realize that as they are not part of an organized government it doesn’t apply to them. When the hell are those in our government and the media going to figure out the same thing? Does anyone who is truly rational believe for a second that by mollycoddling these people we will secure better treatment for our own should they fall into the hands of these monsters? Anyone who believes that lives in a world that Mr. Disney coined as “Fantasyland”.

Too many in this country are worried about world opinion and our nations posterity. If we all end up dead because we followed their advice, who will posterity matter to? Some may consider me harsh for saying this but if skinning one of these bastards alive on national television would prevent another attack on the scale of 911 or worse, then I’m all for it. As Elliot Ness was quoted as saying in the film the “Untouchables” when asked about the methods he used to bring down Capone, “I have foresworn myself. I have broken every law I have sworn to uphold, I have become what I beheld and I am content that I have done right! Time for those of us left in the free world to take that message to heart.
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PALIN PULLS ONE OFF FOR REPUBLICANS

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:28:11 PM
Sara Palin helped hold back the Democratic supermajority by leading incumbent Saxby Chambliss to victory today. While others including her former running mate appeared on Chambliss’s behalf, it was Palin who drew the biggest crowds and energized the base. According to recent preference polls for the 2012 Republican nomination the Governor of Alaska leads Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal 2 to 1 and has a 20 point lead over former Speaker of the house Newt Gingrich. Among Democrats and independents she is considered unqualified (read that too extreme) to be President by a margin of 65 to 35. No doubt these numbers are right in line with that of another Governor who was considered unqualified and too extreme in 1976. Well the moderate wing of the Republican party had it’s shot and the result was crystal clear, given the choice between a me too moderate to liberal Republican and the real thing voters will choose the Democrat every time, particularly when there’s not more than a hairs difference between them. For the moment the Republican fire wall against extreme measures by the majority in both houses remains intact and that is due in no small part to Mrs. Palin. The gnashing of teeth by those on the left is growing louder by the minute. What sweet music it makes.

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GRAY LADY DOWN

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Sunday, November 23, 2008 8:36:09 AM
The New York Times, otherwise known as "The Gray Lady”, continues to shed readership.  Revenues have sunk to new lows as subscriptions continue to plummet.  According to an article appearing in Friday’s Bloomberg, advertisers are abandoning the Times in favor of the more conservative and increasingly popular Wall Street Journal. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aamhgrKUe7cs&refer=home  Writer Gail Collins in her op ed piece "Time for Him to Go" calls for the resignation of the sitting President in favor of an early start for the Obama administration, something for which there is no precedent.  Not even during the "great depression" did something like this occur.  With opinions like this is it any wonder the mainstream of America is abandoning this publication in droves?  I would suggest that rather than Bush leaving, The New York Times should hasten it's exit. Those in the center right still purchasing this rag should cease immediately and let it fail.  Since most on the left don't read anyway, it shouldn't take long.
 
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CIVICS EXAM REVEALS REASON FOR RUSH TO SOCIALISM

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Sunday, November 23, 2008 7:41:50 AM
According to an article published today by the AP, elected officials scored under 50 percent on a U.S civics test. 31 percent of respondents couldn’t name our opponents in World War two listing allies Britain and Russia instead of Germany and Japan. What comes as no surprise given the rush by many to convert to socialism is that only 16 percent understood why, “free markets typically secure more economic prosperity than government's centralized planning.” Josiah Bunting, chairman of the National Civic Literacy Board summed it up best when he said, “"How can political leaders make informed decisions if they don't understand the American experience?"
 
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A ROUGH WEEK

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Saturday, November 22, 2008 1:31:52 AM
It's been a very rough week.  The market continues to colapase with no end in sight.  The jobless rate increased dramatically as well.  For everyone who's lost a job or seen the values of their retirement funds or homes plumet, this is dedicated to you.  

                                               
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THEY STILL DON'T GET IT. WHY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES WILL CONTINUE TO LOSE

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Friday, November 21, 2008 3:25:54 AM
Yesterday in an interview with radio talk show host Michael Medved, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee went on ad nauseum about why the SCHIP program (State Children’s Health Insurance Program) needed to be reformed and how this should be a major part of the next Republican (presidential) candidate's campaign.  
 
I guess Mr. Huckabee hasn’t read Rick Shenkman’s book “Just How Stupid Are We?”. According to Shenkman, only 2 out of 5 Americans can name the three branches of government, 1 in 7 can find Iraq on a map, and only 1 in 5 know there are 100 U.S. senators.  If any candidate brings up SCHIP in the next election, they will not only lose their viewers, but their votes as well. When will these people learn the first rule of communication, “know your audience.”
 
Reagan and W. knew it, as did Barack Obama, and these were arguably the three most successful Presidential candidates in the last 30 years.  In 1980, Reagan was accused of dumbing down his message to what would fit on a bumper sticker.  Obama has been accused by many, including myself, of resorting to simplistic slogans like “Change” and “Yes we can.”  Well these people knew what H.L Mencken preached more than 50 years ago, ”Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.”
 
Sad to say but at least half the people in this country are ignorant, if not stupid. According to Shenkman, “ Americans pay less attention to political issues, they understand less about pressing issues than the voters of the 1940's, and are much more susceptible to comforting bumper-sticker slogans and raw emotional appeals.” Based on the results of the last eight elections, he’s right.  The proof of the pudding is in the votes.  In the current climate anyone spouting off about "SCHIP", will have viewers thinking their discussing Intel’s latest innovation.
 
If Republicans want to win, they need to put forth their platform in the simplest possible terms and quit sounding like policy wonks, give up the inside the beltway speak, and learn to communicate with those listening. Statements like, “it’s your money not governments” resonate. Until they get back to basics, they will continue to lose election after election.  By the way, the spell checker on my word processor didn't recognize “ad nauseum".  Point made.
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IS IT ME?

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Thursday, November 20, 2008 2:22:45 AM

The Dallas Cowboys and their overpaid QB Tony Romo got a few K in free publicity today when he bought a movie ticket for a homeless bum, then condescended to watch the film with him, "Romo, who confirmed the story but didn't want to elaborate, waved Doc over to sit by him and his buddy. Doc sheepishly mentioned that he hadn't showered in a few days. Don't worry about that," Romo said. "I'm used to locker rooms. "For me, it was a blessing," Doc said. "It came at just the right time. It gave me some encouragement and faith in mankind. I just wanted to say thank you."

Instead of encouragement, how about a hot meal and a bath? Better yet, how about finding him a job with the Cowboys organization? Since "Doc" is no doubt used to foul smells, he probably wouldn't mind washing the teams jock straps, at least it would keep him off the streets. Hey Tony, ever hear of "Teach a man to fish", or did he smell too much like one for you to bother?  Here's a guy who can't keep his eye on the ball because he's too focused on the other set whenever bimbo gal pal Jessica Simpson shows up, and they pay him 64 million? I don't mean to re-enforce the meaning of "no good deed goes unpunished" but give me a break, this "story" was posted on the "Cowboys" blog as "Further evidence that Tony Romo is really a swell fella" then released to the wire services. Since "Doc" was used to boost the flagging rep of Romo and the Cowboys, shouldn't he get more out of it than a movie ticket and a box of popcorn, or is it me?
 
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TRUTH IN ADVERTISING

Posted by Anthony Rizzuto on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 4:12:28 AM
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