Monthly Archives: April 2010

Using Alinsky Method Of Ridicule To Defend Health Care Reform

Obama’s Health Care Comedy Tour.  Pajamas Media.

The Saul Alinsky method of ridicule is being used as a way of castigating opposition aside to the socialist driven health care agenda.   

By mocking the concerns of the opposition, Obama rebrands them as fools. He puts his opponents on the defensive. While they spend time trying to use sound logic and facts to refute Obama’s claims, he simply shrugs it off and moves on to the next joke.

Rather than try to refute Obama’s ridicule, Republicans leaders need to help every other American worried about health care reform recognize that he is ridiculing them as well.

Polling shows that after just a week, over half of Americans want the health care bill repealed.

Obama is mocking them.

Nearly 50 percent think the new plan will lower the quality of health care.

Obama is mocking them.

Over 80 percent feel the plan will fail to lower the cost of health care.

Obama is mocking them.

A majority of people think the plan will increase the cost.

Obama is mocking them.

The purpose of Obama’s tone is to neutralize all opposition. If he can intimidate people into not speaking out because they fear being ridiculed, he makes his propaganda campaign that much easier. His American Health Care Comedy Tour is as much about shutting people up as it is about firing up his base. He tames one while galvanizing another.

Americans fed up with government without representation will be galvanized.  But they will not be laughing when their voices are heard again at TEA (Taxed Enough Already) parties, or at the polls come November.  

Mockery of the people fortifies will. 

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Shroud Of Turin A Testament To Hidden Suffering Endured In Silence Between Tears And Despair

Shroud of Turin displayed for first time in decade.  France 24.

Turin, Italy will be getting busy with tourists coming in to see the shroud on display in the cathedral.

Celebrating mass later Saturday, Poletto said the shroud was a testament to “hidden suffering endured in silence between tears and despair.”

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http://www.france24.com/en/20100410-shroud-turin-displayed-jesus-christ-image-miracle-controversy-italy

Prancing About With A Toothless Nuclear Arms Policy

Charles Krauthammer at IBD President Obama’s Naive Nuclear Posturing

A nuclear posture is just that — a declaratory policy designed to make the other guy think twice.

Our policies did. The result was called deterrence. For half a century, it held. The Soviets never invaded. We never used nukes. That’s why nuclear doctrine is important.

But now we have a starry-eyed leader whistling to a different tune.   The president proposes a sanctions resolution against Iran “that has bite”  and Dirty Barack, “Are you feeling lucky, punk?”. 

Richard Terrell  at Terrell After Math has this image from April 8, 2010 which satirically reinforces Krauthammer’s discussion. 

Eric Allie at Furious Diaper has this image  from April 7, 2010 which throws water on that nuclear policy.

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Lice Removal At Your Service

You don’t hear much about this amongst pleasant company.

Lice Are the New Bedbugs.  NY Observer.

For a fee, they can be made to disappear.

A visit to Hair Fairies, a hair salon dedicated exclusively to lice removal, with locations in Manhattan, Chicago, San Francisco and other cities, costs an average of $300 a head. A middle-of-the-night consultation with a technician from the Lice Treatment Center on the Upper East Side can run $500 or more.

Could be a lucrative career. 

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Blind Man Breaks Speed Record In Ferrari

Blind Man Takes Ferrari For 182 MPH Solo Drive.  Reuters via Fox.

Another driver radioed guidance from behind.  Record breaking speed.

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Late Night Show Political Jokes

Email in circulation

 

Late night show hosts collection of political jokes.

America needs Obama-care like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask. — J Leno

Q: Have you heard about McDonald’s’ new Obama Value Meal?

A: Order anything you like and the guy behind you has to pay for it. – Conan O’Brien

Q: What does Barack Obama call lunch with a convicted felon?

A: A fund raiser. – J Leno

Q: What’s the difference between Obama’s cabinet and a penitentiary?

A: One is filled with tax evaders, blackmailers and threats to society. The other is for housing prisoners. – D Letterman

Q: If Nancy Pelosi and Obama were on a boat in the middle of the ocean and it started to sink, who would be saved?

A: America ! – Jimmy Fallon

Q: What’s the difference between Obama and his dog, Bo?

A: Bo has papers. – Jimmy Kimmel

Q: What was the most positive result of the “Cash for clunkers” program?

A: It took 95% of the Obama bumper stickers off the road. – D. Letterman

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Honda Personal Mobility Cycle If You Dare

Honda moves forward (backward, sideways) in personal mobility.  Houston Chronicle. 

Weighing in at about 22 pounds, the small, lightweight, one-wheeled U3-X uses an advanced Honda proprietary balance-control system, which derives from its research into human walking dynamics for the development of the ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) bi-pedal humanoid robot.

A lithium-ion battery pack provides power for up to one-hour of use and can be recharged by plugging in to a conventional 120-volt power outlet. The U3-X features a foldable seat and retractable footrests.

Um, can ya actually ride it and scream out, “Look Ma, NO hands!”

Where is the trunk?

Can ya ride it in the bike lane?

Can you kick the tire before you buy it?

Where is the rearview mirror?

What happens when you get a flat?

Do those seats come in extra wide?

Does it come with a horn?

Where do you put the groceries?

Do you lock it up in the bike rack, or can you stick it in your locker?


“Honda U3-X Personal Mobility unit.”
Image courtesy of http://blogs.chron.com/carsandtrucks/2010/04/honda_takes_step_forward_in_pe.html.

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Cocoa Mulch May Contain Theobromine That Is Poisonous To Pets

WARNING FOR PET OWNERS.  Bad Habit. 

Cocoa Mulch.  Snopes.  Danger!  If you love your pets, be on the lookout for cocoa mulch.  Made from chocolate cocoa shells.  The smell is enticing, dogs or cats can eat it.  And they can die. 

Chocolate’s toxicity to animals is directly related to three factors: the type of chocolate, the size of the animal, and the amount of chocolate ingested.  Unsweetened baking chocolate presents the greatest danger to pets because it contains the highest amount of theobromine, approximately 390-450 mg. per ounce.  White chocolate contains the least. As a general rule of thumb, one ounce of milk chocolate per pound of body weight can be lethal for dogs and cats.  (Milk chocolate contains approximately 44-66 mg of theobromine per ounce.)

Theobromine affects the heart, central nervous system, and kidneys, causing nausea and vomiting, restlessness, diarrhea, muscle tremors, and increased urination.  Cardiac arrhythmia and seizures are symptoms of more advanced poisoning.  Other than induced vomiting, vets have no treatment or antidote for theobromine poisoning.  Death can occur in 12 to 24 hours.

Although mulch producers have been producing theombromine-free mulch products, when in doubt, protect your pets.  Keep them away from a garden where cocoa mulch may be used.

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Value Added Tax Being Considered By White House

Obama Admin. Mulling National Sales Tax.  WCBS New York.

Value added tax.  VAT.  A tax on everything at every level.  Bad idea in tough economic times, and especially when people are already feeling over-taxed. 

Talk about starting a tax revolt. Volcker’s call for a new national sales tax — on top of the state and local sales taxes we pay now — got a loud Bronx cheer from just about everyone.

For the confused, it goes like this.

So if the vat is 10 percent, that sweater you pay $31.50 for today would have and additional:

*50 cents in taxes added on by the yarn supplier

*$1 in taxes added on by the manufacturer

*50 cents added on by the wholesaler

*$1.50 added on by the retailer

Now the sweater costs $35 plus state and local sales taxes, which is 8.75 percent in New York City.

Want to pay even more taxes?????

One thing that may keep the Obama administration from imposing the tax this year is that every member of Congress is up for election come November. But next year, all bets are off.

Vote your current elected representatives out.  Or expect more taxes soon.

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Income Taxes Shouldered By 53 Per Cent Of Americans

If ever a header should make anyone’s jaw drop.  Good news: 47% of U.S. households will pay no income tax this year.  HA. 

Straight from Nearly half of US households escape fed income tax.  AP/Yahoo.

Conundrum?  Nope.  Lots of tax credits, deductions, and exemptions, and then poof!  No income tax need be paid. 

This should make the 53% of the country that are paying taxes even more willing to part with their hard-earned wages on April 15th. 

 The TEA party on tax day will be filled with those 53%.  Taxed Enough Already?


“An Engraving of the Boston Tea Party,” Boston, 1773.”
Image courtesy of http://www.hist.umn.edu/hist1301/.

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