The infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” Auschwitz sign, which was briefly stolen a few months ago, has once again disappeared.
Interpol and US Customs officials have tracked the sign to a location in the vicinity of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio refused comment.
10. “Can we add something that bars volcanic eruptions?”
9. “Is it just me, or is this legislation getting more complex than some of those derivatives?”
8. “Can’t we blame the whole financial crisis on Obama anyway?”
7. “Any chance we could give ourselves some o’ them executive bonuses?”
6. “Can we put in a clause making Republican lap dances tax deductible?”
5. “What would Glenn Beck do?”
4. “Any chance the Chinese might consider the United States ‘too big to fail’?”
3. “How can we drag this out as long as we did health care reform?”
2. “So which lobbyist is making the highest bid today?”
1. “Didn’t they get their name because they have so much gold, Man, they had to put it in sacks?”
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My mother, brother, sister-in-law and nephew all live in Arizona. And Arizona has the Grand Canyon which is totally bad ass. And I like Public Enemy who sang (rapped?) about Arizona. And it’s just south of Las Vegas… and any time you can get lower than Vegas, you’ve accomplished something. I certainly have a reason to write about Arizona. One could argue that this is long overdue.
So apparently the people of the great state of Arizona have decided, through their representatives, that there is a problem with the number of “illegal” or non-US citizens roaming and milling about their state. [Read more →]
I have been told that I am not a libertarian because I support the new immigration law from Arizona. I have been told that I am one step away from putting on a red armband with a swastika because I want to see the police of Arizona have the freedom to ask for proof of citizenship. I’ve been told that I’m giving up essential liberty for the illusion of security.
Well, I’m not the kind of person who just takes barbed attacks like that. I don’t keep quiet about things, I speak my mind, and I don’t care who has their feelings hurt. Thus, I shall defend myself regarding these things.
So someone left a car bomb in Times Square. The immediate questions that come to mind are who, why, what was its capability, how can such things be prevented from happening again?
Transcripts from the September 18, 1935 broadcast of The Paddy O’Reilly Radio Hour:
O’REILLY: Joining us tonight to discuss the Nuremberg Laws that’s got liberals in such an uproar is conservative commentator Abigail Coulter. Now, Abigail, is the left just making a big thing about nothing?
COULTER: Oh, my God — I’ve never seen so much lying in my life. Have liberals even bothered to read these laws? There’s nothing in them about hurting Jews. It’s all about protecting Germans. For years there’s been a Jewish problem over there that everyone’s ignored. Finally, the Nazis come and do something about it, by enacting some rather modest laws, in my opinion; and the left, of course, overreacts. Can you believe some are actually comparing the Nazis to Cossacks?
O’REILLY: Nothing but pinheads, I agree.
Translated from Los Tiempos de Nueva California, dated June 17, 1840:
Arizona Governor Don Fernando d’Ibaraa y Figueora y Mascarenes y Lampourdos y Souza — in response to the wave of illegal immigration coming from the United States — signed into law a controversial bill that will allow Mexican authorities to check the documentation of foreign workers residing in the territory and arrest those who are without such documents.
“We sympathize with Americans who come to our country to escape the poverty of their cities,” the governor said, “and we certainly appreciate their work on our farms, haciendas, and gardens — taking the jobs that no Mexicans want. But they must do so legally.
“But rest assured,” the governor concluded, “we will not racially profile gringos before we arrest them.”
The website FirstThings.com has an interesting story up, one I’m sure a few of you have seen. It is entitled “Obama and Big Sis call out riot police on Quincy TEA Party patriots“.
Apparently someone felt that a bunch of little old ladies posed a significant threat!
Congressdude James Oberstar, whose last name in German I think means either “superstar” or “cow dung” is trying to amend the Clean Water Act, which allows the EPA to regulate navigable waterways; that is, places through which boats can pass. Oberstar wants to get rid of that inconvenient “navigable” part, which will allow the EPA to regulate any and all bodies of water.
Which would include pools. And bath water. And perhaps even that perspiration forming underneath your arms. [Read more →]
You may have heard that Hugo Chavez, el Supremo of the People’s Republic of Venezuela, is now on Twitter. But as you might not be following him, I’ve decided to publish some of his recent tweets here:
just tortured dissident. no more speak out. no tongue.
finished building camp. germans send us ovens. real xperts.
like AZ law. try it here. instead immigrants arrest everyone.
pogrom in jewish community. much fun.
twitter good. must ban it.
Democratic senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey is calling for the FDA to ban dissolvable tobacco products. These products, which include pellets, sticks, and strips, are marketed as an alternative to smoking.
And lung cancer. And certain death.
But Senator Lautenberg, that great defender of small children and furry animals (or is it furry children and small animals?), finds something nefarious about this. He argues that if young children were to see these concoctions as candy, and swallow a whole bottle of them, they could get sick.
However, when told that any pill or medication could be misconstrued as candy, the senator decided to take the ban to its logical conclusion, by calling for the end of all privately-owned medicine. [Read more →]
Well, first of all, it would be “Imagine if the Tea Party Were Black,” because the verb would be in the subjunctive mood. But leaving that aside for a moment, imagine if someone took the punchline from a pulp legal thriller that was treacly and hackneyed ten years ago and turned it into a way-too-long post about how Tea Partiers are a bunch of racist redneck rubes.
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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is upset about the introduction of an immigration bill on the Senate floor. Not because the senator — who’s been affectionately called “Grahamnesty” by his admirers — is against immigration reform. No, he’s angry, he says, because introducing the immigration bill will disrupt deliberation of the energy bill he also planned to introduce.
You see, apparently Senate dudes are unable to do two things at once. Unless, of course, one of those things happens to be war making. Or earmarking.
As a compromise, the Senate is considering merging the two pieces of legislation, by applying the cap-and-trade concept to both carbon emissions and illegal immigration. [Read more →]
The politicians in DC are crapping large, corn filled bricks because of the new Arizona immigration bill. Democrats are dumping other agenda items in an effort to make the GOP look like a bunch of racists. The GOP is attacking the Democrats as just wanting to add another 12 million voters to the rolls of the government-dependent, hopefully replacing many of the votes that the Obama agenda has cost them over the last 15 months.
Both groups need to take a long walk off a short pier.
Much has been made this week of the new immigration law passed in the State of Arizona.
The problem in Arizona is:
The State has responded to the lack of Federal direction on this issue by passing a law that [Read more →]
Our country is in a financial crisis. As politicians work hard to enact necessary policies that will benefit us all, the costs of those policies continues to rise. The president is considering a value added tax (“VAT”) to pay for these important programs. VATs add taxes to goods as they are “improved.” For example, when you make a movie you hire a screenwriter. As soon as the screenplay is written the movie is taxed. Then as soon as you attach a director, the movie is taxed again. When actors are hired, the movie is again taxed. When CGI is added, more taxes are levied. Pretty soon, the government is getting a big return on Hollywood’s investment!
And that’s just one example of how the VAT works. I’m sure there are others. My point is that a VAT is a great start, but I’d like to encourage our politicians to “think outside the box,” so to speak, to come up with new taxes to help pay for our impending financial crises. To that end, I’ve come up with some ideas I think every reasonable citizen can agree on.
10. “Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck both claim paying taxes contributes to socialism.”
9. “Wealthy people who are exceptionally good-looking should be exempt.”
8. “On April first, I got an e-mail saying that, as part of the stimulus package, there was a tax moratorium this year.”
7. “Trying to use the Qualified Dividends and Capital Gains Tax Worksheet, I got a severe brain cramp.”
6. “My buddy at the post office said he could backdate my return.”
5. “After I claim all the voices in my head as deductions, it turns out they owe me money!”
4. “This year, in the box labeled ‘For Office Use Only,’ I just plan to write ‘Approved – Send massive refund!’”
3. “Fill out a tax form?! I can’t even get my VCR to stop blinking ‘12:00’!”
2. “My accountant said I could deduct my late fees.”
1. “I just woke up from my New Year’s Eve party.”
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The award goes to the CBS News crew for their little gem entitled “Poll: Most Tea Party Supporters Say Their Taxes Are Fair”. I seriously cannot believe that this is what passes for reporting. My five year old could do better than this.
Recently, I was made aware of the fact that the congress passed a health care reform action, of some sort. I don’t know what’s in it, but I don’t feel bad about that, because the people in congress who voted for it also don’t know what’s in it, either.
In a new report, the Congressional Research Service says the law may have significant unintended consequences for the “personal health insurance coverage” of senators, representatives and their staff members.
DEFENDANT’S VERSION OF EVENTS:
First of all, I want to say that I very much regret what I did. My behavior that night was inexcusable. Naturally, anyone would have been frustrated under the circumstances, but I should not have urinated in the middle of Sunset Blvd like that. That was wrong and I’m sorry that I did it. Still, after you’ve been standing around waiting for the smug bouncer to let you into a hot Hollywood nightspot, and you’re still outside waiting for almost two hours and meanwhile the bouncer is letting in a bunch of pouting and “brooding” kids from shows on the CW or something, you tend to get a little angry.
