Compact Fluorescents Dangerous

The media has discovered, but refused to report, the fact that ONE bulb, if broken and dropped into a lake, has enough mercury in it to contaminate 6,000 gallons of water beyond "safe levels." " Each CFL contains about 5 milligrams of mercury. That’s enough for state environmental agencies to recommend complicated and expensive cleanups for accidental bulb breaks in homes." And THIS is what the "environmental crazies" want you to use in your child's bedroom in place of the proven safe incandescent bulb? I have ONE of these bulbs, placed above my computer as a test. I hope I never break it, but if so, I will NOT replace it. I will get an incandescent bulb to do its job. (Business & Media Institute)

"I'm Not Responsible!"

Denying responsibility is a standard scam for liberals and Barbara Walters uses it when she denies responsibility for Rosie's remarks that are tantamount to "inciting to riot." She IS "responsible" for those remarks because she HIRED Rosie O'Donnell and can fire her just as easily. I don't know why she seems to have a penchant for hiring people for whom she has to apologize, but she does. How stupid does she think we are (Pretty stupid, I guess; she's a blatant liberal)? (Justin McCarthy)

"Torpedoing" Obama

Everybody wonders why "Rev." Jeremiah Wright surfaced at just the wrong time, actually "torpedoing" Obama's run for the presidency. No one seems to credit the idea that this was his intention. They don't seem to understand that the very idea of a black man being elected president, or even being a serious candidate, runs completely counter to the racism he as been preaching for most of his career. So Obama has to be "torpedoed." And he's just the man to do it, without even saying anything he hasn't said within his church for years. All he has to do is do it before the nation, all of whom don't buy his crap, and who will react. He doesn't have to worry about it. He's "retired," and somebody bought him a big, expensive house in a "rich" neighborhood. (Black writer Larry Elder/Atlasphere)

Kennedy Would Be A Conservative

He was a member of the NRA (National Rifle Association); he cut taxes and so increased the "tax take" by billions of dollars; he was pro-national defense and anti-racial preferences. Doesn't this make him a conservative by today's "standards?" No wonder he got shot! (Teri O'Connor/Associated Content)

I Didn't Even Know Hillary Could Tap Dance

Rush Limbaugh played her answer to the question George Stephanopolous asked her about if she could find ONE economist who agreed with her proposal to eliminate gas taxes this summer while she said a lot of words without answering the question with the sound of tapdancing in the background. What caused George, who is (was) one of her "stalwarts" to ask a REAL question, I don't know. But he persisted, and she finally said, "I really don't put a lot of confidence in economists," which meant she thinks she knows more than economists about the economy. I don't think so. I think she just THINKS she knows more than ANYBODY about anything. She still didn't answer the question although her "offhand" answer to his second question revealed a lot about her even if it didn't answer the question. (ABC News)

"If You Fail, Do It Again the Same Way"

Many psychiatrists have said, "insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." But that seems to be the way the liberals operate. " Air America Radio may have tried and failed to use washed-up comedians like Janeane Garofalo and Al Franken to make liberal talk radio work, but their rule seems to be that if first you don't succeed, flop, flop again. When wacky radical Randi Rhodes resigned over a nasty and profane denunciation of Hillary Clinton, Air America replaced her in afternoon drive time with... Roseanne Barr. And in no time flat Roseanne behaved like Roseanne. On April 28 she suggested leftists should ignite riots at the Democratic convention in Denver. "We should, a bunch of us, go there and repeat the Democratic Convention from Chicago. Like, let's just cause a bunch of trouble!" There's even a leftist group called "Recreate 68" building up the rioting nostalgia." And they want to criticize Rush Limbaugh for talking about his "nightmares" of a riot in Denver. No wonder people who "don't pay attention to politics" are all confused. (Brent Bozell/Media Research)

High Medical Costs?

Yes. Medical costs are unconscionably high, and John McCain, along with all presidential candidates, wants GOVERNMENT to "do something about it." Hillary just wants to "take over" the entire medical profession like it is in Britain and Canada. And as in those countries, she's "willing to take that chance" (with oither people's lives) when people ask her about the long waits and rationing of services their systems have caused. Government meddling in medicine, where they have NO expertise, is what has CAUSED the high medical costs--and they want GOVERNMENT to "solve the problem" THEY created? (John McCain)

"Take, Take, Take!"

That's what all the Democrats want to do. Take from people who PRODUCE goods and services and give to the NON-producer who doesn't. PUNISH the "producer" and REWARD those who sit around and let the government take care of them (I'm not talking about those who CAN'T help themselves. I AM talking about those who CAN, but WON'T.) Hillary talks about "taking" the "excess profits" that were CAUSED by liberal environmental extremists not allowing them to spend those profits hunting for oil in America or areas we control and "forcing" them to support research into "alternative fuels" whose efficacy has not, and MAY never be proved. Seems to me, the liberals are the very ones who created an atmosphere where the oil companies MADE "excessive profits," and now they're whining about it. Hillary even wants a "poverty czar" to do what liberal Democrats haven't been able to do in the more than 50 years they were "in charge," eliminate poverty. They couldn't do it before, why should anybody think they can do it now? I saw a bumper sticker on a car the other day, saying, "Enough is Enough! Vote Democrat!" I wanted to stop that car and ask the Democrat driving it, "Enough WHAT?" I'd bet he can't answer. He's just "parroting" the Democrat "line." (Kansas City Star)

"Recreate "68"

The whole purpose of this organization is said in its name. They want to recreate the riots and bloodshed of the 1968 Democrat Convention in Denver this August. And they're trying to lay it on Rush Limbaugh when he said "I'm dreaming of riots in Denver." What Rush meant is he was "having nightmares" about "Recreate '68" being successful. I hope they're not, because that's "too close for comfort" for me. I was in Indianapolis in 1968, and THAT was too close. I don't want to be anywhere near this convention for many reasons. That's one of them. I still find it funny (ha, ha funny) that liberals will demonstrate against liberals who aren't liberal enough). (News Busters)

Obama Favors Unions

Why is that bad? Simple: because unions today represent the worst socialism or communism has to offer: the elevation of mediocrity over excellence. If you are in a union you don't have to do your job well. The union will protect you from being fired for non-performance. That's a socialistic concept, and socialism (or communism) is just one form of COLLECTIVISM, where the individual is "just a cog in society" and has no importance except as that "cog." Obama and Hillary are BOTH socialists, and if they (either of them) are elected, you can expect this country to move ever closer to a socialist society, more quickly. McCain has shown socialistic tendencies, too. But I think he is simply pandering to socialists in this society. He seems to think he can't get elected without pandering to socialists, but hopefully he isn't the "dedicated socialist" Obama and Hillary are. (News Max)

TABOR In Danger?

Democrats in the Colorado legislature have been trying to get rid of the "TABOR Amendment" (to force politicians to ask permission before enacting new tax laws and to require them to give back money they got by overtaxing us) ever since is was passed. They've been "nibbling at it" in every legislative session since, and now they want to "take it out" in one "last gobble." ANY law that forces politicians to "get along" on less money is DOOMED from the start, and this is ample proof. The new Democrat legislature is "moving on" TABOR just as they are "moving on" the Republican-passed "concealed carry" law. Anything the Republicans passed, they're not going to leave alone for long. (Rocky Mountain News)

"Atlas Shrugged" Movie

"Variety" says there is an "Atlas Shrugged" movie in the works and Angela Jolie is to be its star. Jolie says she is a long-time admirer of Ayn Rand and is excited to play the part of Dagny Taggart, one of the most powerful women in any of Rand's novels. It is the story of a railroad that is run by her and her "wimpy" socialistic brother and the fate of the world (and her railroad) when a great inventor (John Galt) got tired of his accomplishments being stolen by "society" and "went on strike," getting other "producers" to do likewise. He promised to "stop the motor of the world," and did, by withdrawing the people who "produced" the most from it, requiring it to make it without them and their ideas, which it could not. One by one, the key people in what was at any given time the key industry, disappeared. Consequentially the world economy collapsed without the ideas and output of the "producers" of the world. It'll be interesting to see if they can make this movie without reversing its meaning and making it into a sales talk for socialism. I'll be watching. Unfortunately, they don't say anything about when it will be in theaters. (Variety)

Hillary's "Fatal Flaw"

One of the things she didn't plan on when saying "yes" to an interview with Bill O'Reilly is that he would "sneak in" a question that would reveal her "fatal flaw." Which is that she wants to "surrender" in Iraq" and in the war on terror. She says she will "replace force with diplomacy." Which is a usual Democrat "wish" that will never be fulfilled if used against the Islamic terrorists. "Bill O'Reilly asked Hillary Clinton the key question about the war in Iraq: What happens if we pull out and the Iranians move in? She talked around and around the issue, but never gave a convincing answer to O'Reilly's question. She said she would replace force with diplomacy. But, as Frederick the Great said, 'Diplomacy without force is like music without instruments.' If our troops are long gone from Iraq, the Iranians will snub our diplomacy and laugh at our entireties. They will add Iraq to their other trophies in the region: Syria, Lebanon and Gaza." Obama will do the same thing, even if he calls it something different. McCain, at least, has pledged to continue until we win (which is something liberals and Democrats insist the most powerful country in the world can't do against a "fifteenth century" enemy. (Town Hall,com)

Who Makes the Most Profit on Gas?

The government, that's who! The feds get 18 cents a gallon and the state gets 7.2 cents a gallon, all while putting NOTHING into searching for, drilling for oil, or refining it into gasoline. It's ALL PROFIT to them. There's a big "gas crisis" in the United States that comes from oil prices being way too high. So what does the government want to do? Make it worse, that's what! The Transportation Commission wants to increase gas taxes by 200%! Talk about being "out of touch with reality!" Apparently, they don't understand the effect such an increase as this time would have on the economy. But then, NO liberals know the effect of their policies will have on the economy. They constantly carp about the economy while doing everything they can to destroy it. So this recommendation by Washington liberals is not surprising. We know they're ignorant, but they don't. They think only THEY know what's best for us. In Danville, Illinois, they've ALREADY enacted a 4 cents a gallon gas tax, on TOP of whatever any other government does to loot its citizens.

Newt's Lost Credibility

I couldn't believe it when I saw Newt Gingrich sitting on a couch with Nancy Pelosi. What does he hope to gain by "surrendering" to her position on global warming, while "science" is showing us clearly that AlGore's swindle is as phony as a three-dollar bill? You'd think Newt would be more intelligent than that. By doing this, he has lost all credibility with me, as well as ALL Americans who can see through AlGore's swindle--which apparently doesn't include Newt AND President Bush. (Rush Limbaugh)

Do We REALLY Need Government Regulation?

I don't think so. Yes, we do need government for some things; such as building and maintaining highways and police and fire service. But do we need it to regulate business? Probably not. We know government regulators are quite lax when it comes to regulating airlines, but flying has never been safer. I think their message is that airlines "put profit before safety." But how much profit does an airline make from an air crash resulting in the death or serious injury of hundreds of people, each of which will sue them for "big bucks?" Seems like they'd make more profit from safe flights. But that's not the message the government sends you. And why is that? They want YOUR MONEY to use in "regulating" the airline, even though they don't. They only "go through the motions" and make loud noises after a crash that is sometimes CAUSED by their indifference to safety problems. Then they blithely blame it on the airlines "putting profits before safety." Baloney! Their basic message is: "profit is a dirty word." That's what they preach, everywhere, all the time (not just about airline safety), all the time making a LOT of "profit" themselves by taxing airlines, "to pay for the regulating, of course." But little of that money goes into really regulating the airlines. Most of it goes into other things they do to buy votes. We never know where all that tax money goes, and anytime there is a crash, private enterprise (the airlines) gets the blame. When someone comes up who says it's the fault of the government, they "poo-poo" them. Such is the "conceit" of federal regulators. "The latest 'crisis' was launched when the FAA fined Southwest Airlines, which has an excellent safety record, $10.2 million for missing inspection deadlines. When Rep. Oberstar criticized the FAA for being too close to the airlines, the agency sprung into overreaction. An industry-wide ‘audit’ commenced, and FAA inspectors set about finding something -- anything -- to show Mr. Oberstar and other Congressional overseers that the agency was up to the job of enforcing federal maintenance requirements to the letter,' said The Wall Street Journal." What they fail to understand is this: "Fortunately, the market, and in some cases the liability system, provide sufficient incentives for firms to behave in a socially beneficial manner.” What they're saying is, it’s not profitable to have air crashes with the loss of millions of dollars' worth or aircraft and millions of dollars they have to pay the injured and the survivors of the dead. So profit works both ways. That's what they don't want you to know.[Emphasis mine. -RT] (John Stossel/The Atlasphere)

Hillary Decries Deal BILL and Soros Made

She tries to "pin it on Bush" by saying the jobs didn't go overseas until the Bush administration took over. She (and Bill) never saw anything wrong with selling the company to the communist Chinese as long as the jobs stayed here. She ignores the fact that the whole deal was supported by George Soros and APPROVED by her husband. "What Clinton never includes in the oft-repeated tale is the role that prominent Democrats played in selling the company and its technology to the Chinese. She never mentions that big-time Democratic contributor George Soros helped put together the deal to sell the company or that the sale was approved by her husband's administration." This is "typical Hillary." Blame Bush for her own shortcomings. “ 'They would have us believe Bush was behind this sale,' added Fred Sliger of Valparaiso in another letter, 'when in fact the Clinton administration rubber-stamped this along with the sale of numerous other high-tech secrets to the Chinese. …Let's get the facts straight.' ” (McClatchy News Service)

Kwame Kilpatrick Indicted

(How do people with such names get elected when the very name tells us of his bias?) The Mayor of Detroit was indicted on many counts in his scandal of a sexual relationship with a then-married subordinate and he even fired the cop whose suit brought the affair to light. But nowhere in the liberal media is his political affiliation (Democrat) mentioned. If he were a Republican, that would be the first word in every report. But never does the word "Democrat" appear in liberal news reports of his indictment. They HAD to report it. They couldn't avoid it. But they're still trying their best to "protect" the Democrat Party by ignoring the fact that he IS a Democrat (News Busters)

Is This The "Fox Bias?"

Fox reported the death of an al Qaida leader and many of his followers while the liberal media ignores it or relegates any report it DOES give to the back pages of newspapers "below the fold." This is what liberals hate about Fox. They tell the truth. ALL the truth. They don't ignore terrorist deaths while "playing up" American deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. So I guess they ARE "biased," after all. At least by the definition of the liberals. (Fox News)

Blame the Economy

Home Depot is closing some stores, citing the "bad economy" for their woes. But I have seen the result of inefficiency and incompetence in many different hierarchies, leading to bad management that results in this kind of thing. Politicians AND businessmen want to blame the economy when their bad business decisions and incompetence causes them problems, mainly because they find willing accomplices in government, and in the liberal media. The idea behind it is to make the economy look bad any way they can, to get us to APPROVE the things the liberals do to eliminate incentive in society and punish excellence while rewarding mediocrity. (Yahoo News)