If All You See…

By William Teach February 24, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil big soft drink causing obesity which makes the world boil, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Wake Up America, with a post wondering “if you’re willing to die to take my guns?”

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach February 24, 2013 – 8:49 am

Happy Sunday! Another great day to be an American. This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. The Other McCain points out what coordinate messaging looks like
  2. Blogs For Victory discusses “spending reform”
  3. Doug Ross has the latest on bipartisan gun registration legislation
  4. Fausta points to Chavez’s latest legacy media fan
  5. Fire Andrea Mitchell covers the Day Of Resistance
  6. Joshuapundit covers the latest anti-Sharia legislation
  7. Legal Insurrection covers the vast left wing conspiracy in NC
  8. Maggie’s Notebook discusses gun control/black people control
  9. Doug Powers (Michelle Malkin) isn’t impressed with PBO’s weekly address
  10. neo-neocon is upset about delis disappearing
  11. Political Realities covers Black leaders for gun rights
  12. Public Secrets has the latest from Syria
  13. Rhymes with Right exposes the real Dem plan for taxes
  14. The Lonely Conservative covers the triple whammy of the Obama economy
  15. And last, but not least, The People’s Cube discusses the IRS’s big celebration

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page. While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your “Pinups for Vets” calendar yet? And don’t forget to check outwhat I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. (BTW, since someone asked, the reason I leave links for the previous week up (or you might see a *) is because they are place holders for later in the day or for next weeks. Easier than rewriting all the time. Also, the listing order has to do with how they are added over time, not how good a post is. I just copy and paste from the previous week, then edit. If you see one of the *’s, go ahead and check out the blog anyhow, see if there is an update. I cannot update with my Android during the day.

The posts do take a long time, so, if you want to send me your links for Rule 5 babeage or links, use ye olde email in the header bar (remove the NOSPAM part). Preferably, create the html link so I can copy and paste how you want it to read.

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Almost No One Is Happy With Proposed N.C. Illegal Alien Driver’s License

By William Teach February 24, 2013 – 7:51 am

You can put me in the category of “if we are forced to give DLs to illegals, this is not a bad idea”

(Fox News) A new driver’s license expected to be issued to some illegal immigrants in North Carolina has prompted state lawmakers and immigrant rights groups to voice concerns over the proposal.

The proposed North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles license has a bright pink stripe and the bold words “NO LAWFUL STATUS.”

The North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles announced last week they would begin issuing the licenses March 25 following a lengthy legal review. The Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program grants valid federal work permits to qualified applicants brought to the U.S. as children without legal authorization.

Unfortunately, under multiple laws, legal rulings, and Obama’s executive order, NC has to issue DLs to some illegals. Republicans do not want any DLs issued, and are trying to block this till at least June. Illegals do not like it, either

Cinthia Marroquin, a 22-year-old Raleigh resident awaiting approval for a DACA permit, said the longer the license issue is delayed, the longer it will take for her to get a job and drive herself to work. Even if she is able to get one, she is worried about presenting a license declaring she has “NO LAWFUL STATUS” at a police roadblock or while writing a check at the grocery store.

“A lot of us are just scared,” said Marroguin, who came to the U.S. from Mexico when she was 15. “We just want to be able to get a job and drive to work. Having that license is just going to show everybody you’re here illegally, just buying a beer or writing a check. You don’t know how people might react.”

You are here illegally. If you’re not proud of that, perhaps you should leave and stop wasting the money the State of NC and the US government already do not have. And stop taking jobs from US citizens.

The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina also takes issue with the designation.

“North Carolina should not be making it harder for aspiring citizens to integrate and contribute to our communities by branding them with a second-class driver’s license,” said ACLU attorney Raul Pinto. “There is simply no reason for officials to stigmatize people who are in the U.S. legally with an unnecessary marker that could lead to harassment, confusion, and racial profiling.”

Got that? The ACLU is deeming that people here illegally are not here illegally. Remember when the ACLU stood for law, order, and the Constitution? Well, me neither, but they say they do.

Many Republicans are pushing legislation that will make it against NC law to issue DLs to illegal aliens, stating that Obama’s DACA violates the Constitution since no law was passed by Congress, but by executive fiat.

Crossed at Right Wing News and Stop The ACLU.

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 23, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is a planet killing truck causing 200% of all species to die off, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is one of my favorite liberals, Alan Colmes, who’s freaking out over being required to take a transvaginal probe if he wants to take the abortion pill. Ever notice that male liberals seem to be more outspoken about making abortion easy and cheap than female liberals?

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Warmist: Increase In Snow Cover Is Cause By….Global Warming

By William Teach February 23, 2013 – 12:18 pm

Cult

(AccuWeather) Has there been a noticeable decrease in snow cover across the northern Hemisphere since the mid 1960’s?

Well, it depends on the time of the year.

My friends from the Rutgers University Global Snow Lab (my alma mata 89′) keep a close track of global snow cover and have data that go back to the 1960’s.

For the month of January, there has actually been an upward trend in snow cover over the past dozen years. Part of the reason for this is that the significant warming in the high latitudes over the past 20 years has caused an increase in moisture (warmer air holds more moisture than cold) and thus more snowfall over areas that are normally quite dry during the winter.

See? There’s nothing that can disprove their pet cult. Under their doctrines, snowball earth was caused by too much heat.

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Most Miserable U.S. Cities Are Surprisingly All Liberal Cities

By William Teach February 23, 2013 – 8:44 am

Forbes has put together the most miserable U.S. cities

Economist Arthur Okun developed the original Misery Index in the 1960s. It combines unemployment and inflation (and was 10.2 last year nationally, down from an 18-year high of 12.1 in 2011).

Our look at misery is more localized, and includes unemployment, as well as other things that aggravate people.

This year we examined nine factors for the 200 largest metro areas in the U.S. The metrics include the serious: violent crime, unemployment, foreclosures, taxes (income and property) and home prices. We also include less weighty, but still important quality-of-life issues like commute times and weather.

We tweaked the methodology in this year’s list in response to feedback from readers, dropping our rankings of both pro sports team success and political corruption, since both were based on regional, rather than city-specific data. We also added a new measure—net migration—which we see as a clear gauge of whether or not residents feel a community is worth living in. Detroit, which ranked No. 2 last year, also would have finished No. 1 under the previous methodology (click here for more details about the criteria for the list).

And how’d that turn out?

  1. Detroit, MI
  2. Flint, MI
  3. Rockford, IL
  4. Chicago, IL
  5. Modesto, CA
  6. Vallejo, CA
  7. Warren, MI
  8. Stockton, CA
  9. Lake County, IL
  10.  New York, NY
  11. Toledo, Ohio
  12. St. Louis, Mo.
  13. Camden, NJ
  14. Milwaukee, Wisc
  15. Atlantic City, NJ
  16. Atlanta, Ga.
  17. Cleveland, Oh
  18. Poughkeepsie, NY
  19. Gary, Ind
  20. Youngstown, Oh

Every single one of those cities votes overwhelmingly for Democrats. You’re saying “woah, woah, Teach, Atlanta and St. Louis are in states that vote Republican. That means you are a complete and utter liar, and how dare you make this whole story up!!!!1!!!” Ah, but Atlanta is mostly in Fulton County, which voted 64-34% for Obama over Romney. DeKalb County, which includes a tiny bit of Atlanta, voted even higher for Obama over Romney.

The city of St. Louis, considered independent of a county, voted 82.7-16% for Obama.

Every single one of these cities is a recipient of massive liberal/Democrat policies and governance. Their citizens are overwhelmingly liberal. The funny (not ha-ha) part is that liberals are abandoning these cities in droves (those that can escape), which is one of the article measurements. And where do they tend to move? Areas that aren’t practicing far left policies and ideas, then these, let’s call them…..a**holes, bring the same Leftists ideas which destroyed the cities they’ve abandoned to other cities.

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Hooray, Obama Proposes A Replacement Plan For Sequestration!

By William Teach February 23, 2013 – 8:17 am

I guess David Brooks is wrong: Obama does have a plan. Or at least an outline of a plan. Whether there are any actual details and legislation that can be voted on is unknown. Here’s Jennifer Palmieri blogging for Obama

A Balanced Plan to Avert the Sequester and Reduce the Deficit

Good thing America doesn’t have over $16 trillion in debt.

In eight days, apocalyptic automatic cuts are slated to take effect, threatening tens of millions of jobs, and cutting vital services for children, seniors, people with mental illness and our men and women in uniform, forcing them to live on the streets and be part of involuntary servitude. 50% of hospital will close, we’ll have to lay off 90% of First Responders, all of our Navy ships will be out of fuel and floating around, our submarines will sink to the bottom of the ocean, our planes will fall out of the sky. People will be stuck in 10 hour lines at airports, jails will have to close leading to cannibalism, and, worse, Andrews Air Force Base golf course will close. Most schools will close, turning our kids into rebels without a cause. Bears will eat tourists in our national parks without the hand of park rangers to protect them. Did I mention that Andrews golf course will close?

We’re dooooooooomed!

Only Congress can avoid this self-inflicted wound to our economy and middle class families, and the only thing standing in the way of a solution today is Congressional Republicans’ refusal to even consider closing tax loopholes that benefit wealthy Americans and well-connected corporations. The President and Congressional Democrats have put forward solutions to avoid these cuts and allow time for both sides to work on a long-term, balanced solution to our deficit challenges.

I love how the official White House website has been turned into a Daily Kos diary. Then we get some yapping about Obama having already reduced spending $1.4 trillion, which is a bunch of mule fritters, especially considering that the federal budget keeps going up and up and up, as does the debt. But, Obama’s got a plan!

Remember, this is laid out over 10 years. $100 billion for non-defense discretionary spending? A pittance. $400 billion saved in medical outlays? That means denial of service, including medicine and through the IPAB (“death panels”). $130 billion in Social Security cuts? In practice it’ll never happen. And let’s not forget $50 billion in new spending on infrastructure, as if Obama hadn’t already wasted $850 billion in borrowed money on Stimulus.

Unsurprisingly, he’s big on taxes, to the tune on $580 billion. But, even if people don’t change their behavior to avoid those taxes and the money comes in (unlikely), we are still talking about 10 years. Like Sequester, this is a joke. $1.8 billion over 10 years is a pittance when we’re running trillion dollar deficits and adding over a trillion a year to the debt.

Sadly, few Americans are willing to make cuts. We’re one step closer to being Greece.

Crossed at Right Wing News and Stop The ACLU.

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Surprise! Climastrologers Want Massive Taxes To Stop Bad Weather

By William Teach February 22, 2013 – 8:27 pm

Via Tom Nelson, who notes that our new Climate Astrologer Sec. Of State John Kerry (who has many homes and fossil fueled vehicles) says “not going to happen”

(Santa Fe New Mexican) Future generations face sea-level rises of 18 to 27 feet, extinction of 30 percent to 50 percent of animal species and other catastrophes if carbon-based fuels continue to be used at the same rate as today, a climate scientist told a group at the Santa Fe Institute on Thursday.

James Hansen, physicist, astronomer and adjunct professor at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, said average temperatures have risen eight-tenths of a degree centigrade over the last century, and efforts to stem climate change will be ineffectual as long as fossil fuels remain the cheapest form of energy.

No scare mongering there. Hansen goes on to whine about fossil fuels and….hey, wait, how did Hansen get to Santa Fe?

Hansen proposed a new tax for carbon emissions from oil, gas and coal, collected at the wellhead, mine or port of entry, increasing $10 per ton annually for 30 years, with proceeds distributed directly to the public, which in a decade would mean $2,000 to $3,000 per resident, or $6,000 to $9,000 per family.

Not mentioned in the article is that under Hansen’s proposal the money would magically come back to US citizens. Insert GIF of someone laughing here. Hansen also discusses essentially destroying international commerce, in that you would pay way more for items from other countries (and even other States) over local products.

“This would affect your lifestyle and you could make changes. When you get your new car, you better consider a more efficient one. … Are you going to commute 50 miles a day every day?”

This from a guy who constantly takes fossil fueled travel all over the country and world. Funny how Warmists mostly refuse to change their own lifestyles. I blame them for bad weather events.

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What Happens When Concealed Carry Permits Are Legalized?

By William Teach February 22, 2013 – 3:59 pm

Doug Ross calls this the “one chart that says it all about women and safety”

That’s what happened when Colorado State University legalized concealed carry in 2003. Perhaps vomiting or urinating on oneself or blowing a “rape whistle” isn’t really the best idea for defense. (originally from Fire Andrea Mitchell)

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If All You See…

By William Teach February 22, 2013 – 1:00 pm

…is an evil fossil fueled truck causing the planet to boil, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Jammie Wearing Fools, with a post on irony and Bob Menendez.

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