Obama Turns On Charm To Woo Republicans

By William Teach March 8, 2013 – 8:53 am

Like I said yesterday, this is like a typical abusive relationship. Obama denigrates, insults, and beats Republicans constantly, then for a brief time turns on the charm, buys them dinner, some flowers, a bit of “quality time”, then will soon switch back to floggings when the laundry isn’t done on time

(Washington Post) For more than two years, they have tried to work it out. He went to their place, they came to his. There were moments of hope, but mostly there was strain and heartbreak — the phone call that wasn’t returned, the name-calling on national TV.

Now, once again looking for a way to repair his reality-show relationship with Republicans, President Obama is making the most basic of gentlemanly gestures: a fancy dinner, a lunch date and a promise to come over next week.

Obama is changing course to reset his relationships with Republican lawmakers, hoping for a last chance of breaking Washington’s gridlock before becoming a lame-duck president.

Will Republicans be dopey enough to fall for this?

House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said Thursday that he welcomed Obama’s outreach, even though it means the president is sidestepping him and other party leaders.

“We went through months of campaign-style events all over the country,” Boehner told reporters. “It’s really kind of interesting that this week we’ve gone 180. After being in office for four years, he’s actually going to try to talk to members. . . . I hope something will come out of it.”

Yes, yes they just might be that witless.

Obama’s entreaties could all be for show. Even so, the president’s hand could be strengthened if the public concludes that the man who as a candidate once promised to bring Washington together is seen as having made sincere and humble efforts to bridge divides.

But the minute he isn’t able to get his way he’ll switch back to the insults and attacks, because this is all for show. Republicans have been holding fast about tax increases, and do not seem to be any cracks in that armor.

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Florida Dem Wants Anger Management Course Requirement For Ammunition Purchases

By William Teach March 7, 2013 – 3:22 pm

Yeah, but remember, none of what Dems are proposing across the country are attempts to strip law abiding citizens of their 2nd Amendment Rights

(The Blaze) If a Florida Democrat has her way, anyone who tries to buy ammunition will have to first complete an anger management program. Critics are slamming the bill as a ridiculous and unconstitutional proposal to deal with gun violence.

Florida state Sen. Audrey Gibson (D-Jacksonville) introduced the bill on Saturday, which stipulates ammunition purchasers must go through a three-day waiting period to buy any ammo if they have not completed anger management courses. The bill would mandate that ammo buyers take the anger management course every 10 years.

People might get angry because they’re required to take the course. Granted, it’s required every 10 years, but, (I’m tempted to put in some fake outrage, I’ll control myself) still, this would put ammo purchasers in the same light as violent criminals.

“It’s about getting people to think, really, about how much ammunition they need,” Gibson added. “It’s a step, I think, in a safer direction. It’s about getting people to think before they buy.”

How much I need is none of her business. Oh, and I suggest that all Florida legislators, especially Democrats, go through not just mental stability test every 2 years, but courses in basic economics and wise spending. Perhaps one of those old “home economics” courses.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 7, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible drought world because of Keystone XL, you might just be a Warmsit

The blog of the day is The Other McCain, with a post about lying by euphemism.

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Warmists Really Worried About Coming Climate Catastrophe As CO2 Jumps

By William Teach March 7, 2013 – 11:03 am

Soros funded climate monkey Jeff Spross sprays his insanity over at Climate Progress

The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere underwent one of its biggest single-year jumps ever in 2012, according to researchers at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration. Between the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2013, carbon dioxide levels increased by 2.67 parts per million — a rise topped only by the spike in 1998.

Jeff is really unhappy that his Little Brown Brothers in 3rd world shit holes developing nations are daring to use evil coal to provide power in an attempt to increase their standard of living. Don’t they know that they should get with the “climate change” program and just take one for Gaia? Anyhow if Someone Else doesn’t Do Something

….we face destructively high sea level rise, water supplies for hundreds of millions of people threatened by climate shifts, global crop declines, bleached coral reefs around the world, a rise in ocean acidification threatening marine ecosystems, and a host of other crises.

Right. Let’s look at this Andrew Bolt article I linked to the other day

But when Brozek checks for statistically significant warming, the warming pause extends by every measure to more than 15 years:

  • For RSS the warming is not significant for over 23 years…
  • For UAH the warming is not significant for over 19 years…
  • For Hadcrut3 the warming is not significant for over 19 years…
  • For Hadcrut4 the warming is not significant for over 18 years…
  • For GISS the warming is not significant for over 17 years…

Once warmists said 15 years of no statistically significant warming invalidated their models. Draw your own conclusions.

And this has all occurred while atmospheric CO2 has continued to go up up up. And Warmists have refused to give up their own big “carbon” lifestyles.

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Nanny Bloomberg’s Big Sugary Drinks To Cause Problems With Coffee Shops

By William Teach March 7, 2013 – 8:11 am

Who would have thought that Bloomberg’s rule would turn baristas into government enforcement workers?

(NY Times) Come Tuesday, when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s ban on the sale of large sugary drinks goes into effect after months of public debate over the measure, its impact on beverages like soda will be clear: no more jumbo colas. But coffee drinkers, and those who pour them, are likely to face a thicket of complications as varied as the lattes, macchiatos and Americanos on a Starbucks menu.

Customers at Dunkin’ Donuts and McDonald’s can expect to add their own sugar packets and flavor swirls to large and larger coffees.

At other cafes, some will be given one lump, or perhaps two, in their coffees; those seeking more will need to visit the condiment stand.

Starbucks regulars will at first see no change at all, then may find a raft of them waiting one morning. Some large drinks will be affected, others not at all.

Oh, it can’t be that bad, can it?

The city’s new regulations regarding coffee hinge on delicate calculations about milk, calorie and sugar ratios. As with other sugary drinks, coffee cups 16 ounces or smaller are unaffected. But unlike sodas, which will max out at 16 ounces, cups of coffee larger than 16 ounces can still be served as long as the barista adds no more than three to five packets of sugar. (The limit depends on the size of the drink.) (snip)

None of those rules apply to drinks that are more than 50 percent milk, like lattes, because the city considers milk a valuable source of nutrition. And there is no limit to the number of Splenda, Equal and Sweet ’n Low packets a barista can pour in. (snip)

Given some coffee sellers’ uncertainty over how much sugar and milk is in their drinks, however, compliance can be a tricky game. And different companies appear to be interpreting the added-sugar rules differently, perhaps to circumvent a predictable kink in the morning-coffee routine: As baristas ponder how many packets of sugar are allowed in different cup sizes, the line of frustrated customers will no doubt grow.

Dunkin’ Donuts and McDonald’s will no longer add sugar at all. Dunkin’ is handing out fliers explaining what’s going on and have trained their workers to explain it all to customers. Some independent coffee shops have simply eliminated drinks above 16 ounces. There’s lots of confusion and angst. Starbucks is waiting for the result of the lawsuit filed against the city.

Meanwhile, as Erika Johnson points out, Bloomberg’s next target is loud music from using ear buds. This will (for now) only be a public education program costing $250,000. Good thing NYC has solved all their other problems and has money to piss away.

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Republican Senators Set Themselves Up As Fools After Dinner With Obama

By William Teach March 7, 2013 – 7:39 am

These Republicans remind me of women (or men) who’ve been burned as their significant other beats them, then buys into the apology and post beating lovey dovey attitude, tells the cops and hospital they fell, and it happens again And again. And again

(The Hill) Senate Republicans are more optimistic about the prospect of a grand bargain on the deficit after an intimate dinner with President Obama Wednesday evening in downtown Washington.

Obama and a dozen Republicans discussed a range of issues during a nearly two-hour meal at the Jefferson Hotel, focusing mostly on the budget, the issue that most divided them in the last Congress.

GOP senators say no new policy ground was broken as both sides held fast to their battle-tested positions on taxes and spending, but the meeting helped thaw frosty relations and improve the prospects of a deal eventually. (snip)

Sens. Kelly Ayotte (N.H.), Sen. Mike Johanns (Neb.), Richard Burr (N.C.), Saxby Chambliss (Ga.), Dan Coats (Ind.), Tom Coburn (Okla.), Bob Corker (Tenn.), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), John Hoeven (N.D.), Ron Johnson (Wis.), John McCain (Ariz.) and Pat Toomey (Pa.) also sat down with Obama.

Hooray, we’ve been provided with an easy list of the most squishy Republicans in the Senate. Ones who are going to be monumentally disappointed and outraged when PINO Obama turns around and stabs them in their chest. “But, but, but, we had a nice dinner! Then he punched me in the face!”

Johanns said he is more optimistic of reaching a broad deficit-reduction deal this Congress.

“I think he’s very sincere. I think he wants to try to figure something out. Today was a good step and we’ll see what happens now,” he said.

Ugh. I can feeeeel the Senate Republican capitulation coming.

Furthermore, once Republicans start talking about a “grand bargain”, it’s game over. They won’t make any significant cuts. They’ll probably remove the ones from Sequestration. They’ll give Obama more tax increases and get nothing back, other than his typical blamestorming, insults, and derision. Heck, they can’t even get anything real out of Democrats for smaller bargains. Remember how the Democrats in the Senate were supposed to come up with a budget in order to allow an extension of the debt ceiling? Yeah, how’d that work out? Because today is March 7th, and they were supposed to submit that budget by March 1st. Said budget must be passed by April 15, or Congress will see their pay held in an escrow account (notice that they won’t actually lose money for failing to do their jobs).

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Dems Worried That Scare-Monger In Chief May Have Overdone It

By William Teach March 6, 2013 – 2:49 pm

Can we start calling him “Peter Obama?”

(Politico) Over the past few days, Obama and his team have pulled back from a kick-off strategy that portrayed the $84 billion in automatic cuts this year as a parade of instant horrors — hellish waits at airports, a quick cascade of private job losses resulting from voided federal contracts, teachers immediately sacked.

That’s part of a “recalibration,” according to one Obama insider, intended to take the focus off the veracity of the administration’s claims — and back on congressional Republicans who have refused to give ground on new tax revenue demanded by Obama as a condition of any long-term budget deal.

The only real pain from Sequestration will be ginned up as PINO Peter Obama intentionally creates issues for the American people. But the real story isn’t Obama’s cry wolf mentality but how Peter Obama is attempting to destroy the GOP and Conservatives, rather than doing the f***ing job he was elected to do. Instead, he wants to be the head of the DNC, and screw those with different opinions.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 6, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible smartphone sucking down lots of energy causing the seas to boil, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Gay Patriot, with a post on smart phones and rude people

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Hotcoldwetdry Is Apparently Now “Intergenerational Evil”

By William Teach March 6, 2013 – 10:49 am

And “the fundamental moral issue of our time”

Climate Change: Generational Evil (VIDEO)

The following video is a compact and emotionally moving overview of the problem and solutions to climate change. It is designed to be a quick and compelling way to get up to speed on the issue and help others do the same.

In 2012 the dangers of human-caused climate disturbance became undeniable, making this the fundamental moral issue of our time. The following features clips from the world’s most respected climate scientist, NASA’s James Hansen, and two key advocates for systemic change: Bill McKibben and David Roberts.

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Dem: No Need For Guns, Just Tell Men Not To Rape

By William Teach March 6, 2013 – 7:30 am

If only there were laws against things like sexual assault, violence, and rape. Why has no one thought to pass laws?

(The Blaze) Appearing on Fox News Tuesday night, Democratic Strategist Zerlina Maxwell argued that preventing rape should start by simply “telling men not to rape women.” She was arguing against women using guns as a means of self-defense when she made the questionable remarks.

Host Sean Hannity began by slamming the “ignorant politicians” in Colorado for trying to remove a woman’s right to use a firearm to defend herself against an attacker via gun control legislation.

“I don’t think that we should be telling women anything,” Maxwell said. “I think we should be telling men not to rape women and start the conversation there.”

OK, let’s start the conversation there:

  • “Hey, men, don’t rape women”
  • Rapist: “go f*** yourself, I’ll do what I want”
  • Woman with gun about to be raped: “Stop! No? Blam. Blam blam blam. Try raping someone without a penis”

That went well!

“Criminals are not going to listen to that,” Hannity interjected.

Wait, it is against the law? But people still rape?

Instead, Maxwell, who is a rape survivor herself, said she wants women to “not be in this situation.” She added that if you “train” men not to be rapists, we can prevent rape.

Perhaps she could explain exactly how men could be trained? Because it is against the law, and men know they shouldn’t do it. Humans have been telling themselves for centuries that rape is bad. Except for the criminals, who do not care. Perhaps we could change the punishment for rape (and other crimes) to include corporal punishment, instead of a somewhat cushy life in jail. Bring back things like the stocks, hard labor, and lashings. Remember that kid, Michael P. Fay, who received 4 lashes from a cane for vandalism in Singapore? I bet he never did that again. And Singapore, with corporal punishment, has one of the lowest crime rates in the world.

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