Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach July 8, 2012 – 8:04 am

Happy Sunday! Another gorgeous, and hot, day in America, though relief is right around the corner. This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. The First Street Journal beats up on excitable Juan Cole
  2. The Lonely Conservative beats up on excitable Barack Obama and his “I’ve tried real hard” comment
  3. The Jawa Report beats up on Obama over his Sharia czar
  4. Jammie Wearing Fool highlights all the IRS agents to come under Obamacare
  5. Ed Morrissey tells Obama to stop with the “I inherited” garbage
  6. Dan Riehl points out that the media has already done more digging on Romney than they did all of 2008 on Obama
  7. Gay Patriot contrasts Obama’s economic “recovery” with Reagan’s
  8. Public Secrets points out why California’s can’t have nice things
  9. Powerline wonders who’s really secretive
  10. Weasel Zippers features Holder pandering to the bigots at La Raza
  11. Wizbang highlights that Obama is not offering to pay your power bill
  12. Wake Up America explains exactly what Obama has done for Blacks and Hispanics
  13. This ain’t Hell… discusses how peace talks inspire more terrorist groups
  14. The Daley Gator shows liberals what real charity and compassion looks like
  15. And last, but not least, congratulations to Political Junkie Mom and family on the new edition!

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 out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts

Note: I’m on the road today traveling to see the parents, so I did this post Saturday night, hence, any “Last Weeks” or LW goes to the website’s home page, regardless of the place holder material I’ve left. I’ll try and update Sunday night or Monday morning

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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Politico Offers 5 Ways To Kill Obamacare Without Repeal

By William Teach July 8, 2012 – 8:01 am

Romney has said that “What the Court did not do on its last day in session, I will do on my first day if elected President of the United States. And that is I will act to repeal Obamacare.” Obviously, that doesn’t mean he will abolish it by executive order, as many liberals, including the article over at the Politico, thinks. What that means is that he wants the Republican Congress, provided the GOP takeover the Senate and hold the House, to pass legislation to repeal this horrific and un-American legislation, and replace it with common sense ideas. As the Politico article points out, there are methods Romney can use even without legislation to gum up the works

1. Break the federal exchanges – Under the law, the federal government is supposed to build health insurance exchanges for states that don’t create their own.

But with Romney’s help, those states could defeat that effort, too, even if the law remains unchanged.

A quirk in the language of the law — which the law’s supporters call a “drafting error” — could allow Romney to make it basically impossible for federally run exchanges to function. That’s because the law doesn’t explicitly give federal exchanges the ability to provide the same insurance subsidies that it will give to state-run exchanges.

Obama’s Internal Revenue Service issued rules intended to eliminate this problem, but Romney’s IRS could reverse that interpretation of the law.

Then you get

2. Starve the federal exchanges –

Romney and the GOP could make sure that the Federal exchanges never see any more money, because the Democrats who wrote and passed Obamacare forgot to offer a means to fund them. Oops!

3. Withdraw rules – A new administration can’t just change existing rules that its predecessors have gotten into final form. That requires a full rulemaking process, and they have to prove they have a “rational” reason for the change.

Actually, Politico made a mistake here, because the Affordable Care Act gave enormous latitude and power to the director of HHS to create the rules. The phrase “the director of HHS shall/may” is scattered throughout the bill, allow said director to determine what the rules shall be. A Romney appointed director can change it all. Which Politico points out in the next bullet point

4. Be very ‘flexible’ – The secretary of HHS is in charge of ultimately certifying whether states are enforcing provisions of the law or whether the federal government needs to use its backup enforcement powers.

That means that a Romney HHS secretary could let states and employers get away with things an Obama secretary likely wouldn’t. That could include certifying state-based exchanges that don’t meet many of the law’s requirements, or giving broader latitude to companies that don’t want to update their insurance plans to meet the letter of the law.

Finally, we get to

5. Do nothing – He could stop the writing of the remaining rules to implement the law, stop Medicare from moving ahead with programs to find new ways to pay providers, stop the IRS from enforcing the individual mandate and even stop Medicaid officials from facilitating the expansion of the program in the states that want it.

So, a President Romney would have options to gum up the works with Obamacare even without full control of Congress by the Republican party. Expect massive teeth gnashing and Moonbat Level 10 from liberals.

Crossed at Right Wing News and Stop The ACLU.

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Who I Think Mitt Romney Will Pick For VP

By William Teach July 7, 2012 – 6:25 pm

Over at Watcher Of Weasels, this week’s question is: Whom do you think Mitt Romney will pick as his running mate and whom would you pick? Good question. (Make sure to head over to WOW Monday to see all the answers)

There are lots of good choices out there. Bobby Jindal. Marco Rubio. Paul Ryan. Many others. Many have talked about Mitt picking a vanilla male running mate, someone who won’t over-shadow him, ala Sarah Palin with John McCain. Mitt certainly doesn’t want someone who is going to overshadow his run for the White House, but someone who will be a compliment and provide stability, knowledge, capability, and power. With the way the election is playing out, Romney doesn’t need a Southerner to offset his Yankee-ness. Ann Romney has talked about Mitt picking a woman, and while there are some excellent candidates, the best is Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wa.)

Rodgers was first elected in 2004, and has worked her way up to being vice-chair of the House Republican conference, and the GOP’s fourth most powerful official. She’s worked on the Armed Services and energy committees. She has a 96 percent rating from the American Conservative Union. The Club For Growth rated her with a 94. Rodgers is stable, knowledgeable, capable, won’t make massive gaffes, and is no wilting flower. She knows how to fight back. People give her respect, because she has earned respect. She’d help Romney tremendously with the military vote, as she is married, with children, to a retired officer. Over-all, a fantastic choice, and the choice Mitt will make.

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For Crummy Jobs Report, 25K Were Just Temporary Workers

By William Teach July 7, 2012 – 4:03 pm

Remember, you aren’t supposed to read too much into the jobs report

June 2012: “Therefore, it is important not to read too much into any one monthly report and it is informative to consider each report in the context of other data that are becoming available.” (LINK: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/07/06/employment-situation-june)

They’ve been saying the same thing for years, month after month. But, unlike most times, the hiring of temporary workers isn’t a sign that things are getting better, despite some early spin from USA Today

A bright spot appeared to peek through Friday’s disappointing jobs report: The number of temporary workers rose by 25,000, making up nearly a third of the total 80,000 payroll gains in June.

Hooray, we’re saved!!!!!!!….oh, wait

The hiring of temporary employees traditionally augurs the addition of permanent staff. As employers grow more confident about their own needs and the economy, they convert contingent workers to staffers after several months, or bring on other employees.

While that’s still the case, staffing firms and company executives say temporary employees are keeping that status longer, in part due to nervousness about the unsettled economy. Also, many businesses are using contractors and other temp workers on an ongoing basis to better meet fluctuating demand and enlist workers with specialized skills for short-term projects. Firms also can save on benefits costs.

They keep trying to spin this as good news, then contradicting themselves. Because they aren’t converting those workers. They are worried about Obama’s unsettled economy. And benefits (cough Obamacare cough).

Partly as a result, the addition of contingent workers the past two years hasn’t consistently led to stronger permanent job growth. The number of temp workers placed by staffing firms is up 20% since June 2010, while total payrolls are up just 2.3%.

Manpower CEO Jeff Joerres says about 30% of the temporary employees his staffing firm has placed this year have been converted to permanent vs. 45% last year. “They’re loath to hire because they’ve been burned too many times” in a halting recovery, he says.

Don’t read too much into one month’s jobs report that highlights consistently poor data for the last two years.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 7, 2012 – 1:00 pm

…is a world flooded because of the world’s most carbon polluting nation, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is bRight & Early, with a flag in the header.

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As Everyone Freaks Out Over Heat Wave, A Bit Of Globull Warming Reality

By William Teach July 7, 2012 – 8:28 am

Over the past 10 days or so, we’ve been treated to a litany of unhinged discourse about this being what “global warming/climate change looks like.” If that’s so, then why do we have this, via Joe Bastardi (via Tom Nelson)

climate clowns, willing sheep in MSM wont show reality . US hot spot outweighed by cold other area.. GLOBALLY)

Notice that the global anomoly is -.007C. With most of the Earths landmass where there are weather gauges being in what used to be traditionally called “summer.” DC used to be much hotter back in the 1930’s when few had fossil fueled vehicles and CO2 was under 350ppm.

I wonder if next week will be what global warming looks likes, as temps from the hearland to the east coast will be at or below average? We’ve been told that charging your iPhone causes the weather to be hot and cold. Will it also cause average?

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Obama’s Weekly Address: Unintentionally Blames Self For Crummy Economic Conditions

By William Teach July 7, 2012 – 8:01 am

And, of course, he’s taking total credit for what was a truly bipartisan piece of legislation

(White House) Hi, everybody. I’m here in Ohio, where I’ve spent the past couple days talking with folks about our central challenge as a country – not just reclaiming all the jobs lost to the recession, but reclaiming the economic security that so many Americans have lost over the last decade.

Let’s think about that: over the past decade, Obama has been president for 3 1/2 years. He was a junior Senator who was supposed to be getting Bill Clinton coffee for 6 of those years. Democrats controlled the Senate for 5 of those years. Democrats had full control of Congress during his first two of being President. So Obama just unintentionally blamed himself and Democrats for the poor economic conditions and poor economic security.

First, it will keep thousands of construction workers on the job rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure.

Wasn’t that what the Stimulus was supposed to do? Darn, I forgot that the projects weren’t “shovel ready” and that the money was wasted on repaving roads that didn’t need it and painting bridges.

For months, I’ve been calling on Congress to reform and expand the financial aid that’s offered to students. I’ve been asking them to help us give two million Americans the opportunity to learn the skills that businesses in their area are looking for – right now – through partnerships between community colleges and employers. In America, a higher education cannot be a luxury reserved for just a privileged few. It’s an economic necessity that every American family should be able to afford.

What the hell has he been smoking? “Privileged few”? People of all stripes and income levels go to college. And have been amassing huge levels of debt to enter Obama’s jobs market where there are no jobs.

Thanks and have a great weekend.

“Now I’m going to take a long weekend after some hard work campaigning and using a pen to sign a bill after taking a long weekend last week. Sorry everyone else is searching for a job. Maybe all you white collar workers should pick up a shovel.”

Crossed at Right Wing News and Stop The ACLU.

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Team Obama Attempts To Deflect Jobs Report To Romney

By William Teach July 6, 2012 – 2:49 pm

Typically pathetic

(Daily Caller) Gov. Mitt Romney quickly dismissed today’s effort by President Barack Obama’s campaign to downplay the bad news in the June jobs-report issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics at 8.30 a.m.

Obama’s chief strategist, David Axelrod, tweeted out a diversion at 9:01 a.m. that showcased a June 2006 video of Massachusetts Governor Romney saying that a new executive’s policies can’t lower the unemployment rate immediately.

But Romney used his 10:00 a.m. press event to refute the video, telling reporters that Obama’s “policies have not worked… over four years.”

An unemployment rate that has remained for “forty-one months above 8 percent pretty much defines lack of success,” Romney said in response to a reporter’s shouted question about the video after the press secretary had announced the event was over.

Obviously, when Obama’s had well over 3 years to Do Something it can’t possibly be his fault that the jobs report stinks. And has been stinking. The man takes responsibility for nothing that happens under his watch thanks to his policies, such as they are.

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If All You See…

By William Teach July 6, 2012 – 1:00 pm

…is the flag of the of the most evil carbon polluter in the world, and you’re going to jump in your SUV to go protest, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Raised On Hoecakes, with an American Flag in the header.

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10 Ways Obama Is Killing The American Economy

By William Teach July 6, 2012 – 11:19 am

The websites of Alex Jones can often be a beehive of conspiracy theories, and were the favorites of liberals who bought into the whole 9/11 Truth derangement. However, mixed between the conspiracy stories, some of which are legitimate, there are some great stories. Like this one

Have you ever heard the old saying “the beatings will continue until morale improves”? According to Wikipedia, that phrase is often “used sarcastically to indicate the counterproductive nature of such punishment or excessive control over subordinates such as staff in the workplace or children living at home.” Well, apparently Barack Obama believes that the more punishment that he inflicts on the U.S. economy the more we will like him.

What other explanation is there for his insane economic policies? The truth is that Barack Obama is killing jobs in America. His regulations are absolutely crippling our businesses, he has been heavily promoting new job killing “free trade” agreements, Obamacare has the potential to be the most job killing law of all time, and he is running up debt that will crush job creation in this country for ages to come. Obama will likely go down as the most anti-business president in U.S. history. He has presided over the worst “recovery” from a recession in post-World War II history, and under his leadership a whole host of economic statistics have steadily gotten worse. The percentage of working age Americans that have jobshas not bounced back since the end of the last recession, and now the next major economic crisis is rapidly approaching.

The 10 ways are

  1. Blocking The Keystone Oil Pipeline
  2. Obamacare
  3. Crippling Regulations
  4. Taxes
  5. “Free Trade” Agreements
  6. Killing The Coal Industry On Purpose
  7. Wasting Money
  8. Barack Obama Encourages Government Dependence
  9. Barack Obama Has Fully Supported Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke And Actually Nominated Him For A Second Term
  10. The Soaring National Debt Is Killing Millions Upon Millions Of Future Jobs

I’d recommend reading the details for each one as for the rationale. You can certainly add a few, such as creating a hyper-partisan blame and slime condition on Capital Hill. But, these really are the top 10. But, I will add two more:

Executive Branch over-reach: on a constant basis we find that executive branch agencies continuously go beyond their Congressional mandates, taking power for themselves. Under Obama, we see the EPA, the BLM, and a host of other alphabet soup agencies act well beyond what their duties are without response to the legislative branch.

Creating uncertainty: Obama creates uncertainty within the private marketplace by continuously pushing policies that leave businesses wondering just what will happen. This dovetails into taxes, free trade, wasting money, regulations, and Obamacare, among others.

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