Big surprise, a Clinton appointee hack has blocked some of the provisions of SB1070 from going into effect. Among them, requiring officers to check a person's immigration status while enforcing other laws. To me this is not a big deal, because it simply blocks the law from requiring them to check immigration status, which does not mean their status cannot be checked of their own volition.

She ruled that the controversial sections should be put on hold until the courts resolve the issues. Other provisions of the law, many of them procedural and slight revisions to existing Arizona immigration statute, will go into effect at 12:01 a.m.

There is a protest and march planned for tomorrow which should be interesting because our very own Sheriff Joe has said that he and his posse will be down there to arrest any illegal's on site. Thank God there is one entity in Arizona that is not hamstrung and crippled by federal do-nothings.

Hopefully this will make a quick round to a court where someone other than a Clinton retread will apply common sense and knowledge of the law to their decision. Then the task of actually enforcing a law already  on the books can commence, and perhaps our budget will look a little brighter when we’re not having to provide so many services to illegal's.

I’ve often wondered if people who are against SB1070 are against enforcing other laws like rape or racketeering? Aren’t those laws unfair to the people who commit those crimes? Aren’t they being oppressed and having their civil rights violated when a person is targeted simply because they committed these crimes? The FBI targets white males when there is a serial killer on the loose. Isn’t that an insulting affront to their human rights? After all they’re being targeted simply for being a certain color and sex! Morons…

In these tough Obamanonic times, people are opting for shorter vacations or even ‘staycations’ in which they travel locally around their state and enjoy the sites. But our illustrious potentate seems to be doing quite well these days on the taxpayer’s dime! It seems that he has added to his addictions. First, there was smoking, then Kobe beef, and now free vacations!

On July 16-18, the Obama's went on their first taxpayer funded adventure by visiting beautiful Bar Harbor, Maine. The idyllic town has long been favorite summer getaway for the rich and powerful going back to the Gilded Age. Of course, they pinched every penny and made sure that the trip was as cost effective as possible by not wasting additional fuel in carrying their 16 pound dog on the same plane, so they opted to fly the dog out on it’s own airplane (this is not a joke… as much as I wish it were).

The Obama’s will then return for a grueling 2 weeks in Washington, D.C.. After which time, Michelle Obama (Left Tackle, Ohio State) is taking her oldest daughter and several family friends on a "private vacation" to Spain, August 4-8. They will be staying at a cost-conscious La Quinta Inn… Wait, sorry, they're staying at Villa Padierna. I’m sure the American taxpayer will rest easy knowing that they are fiscally responsible enough to suffer through the woeful accommodations. Barack will stay back as his busy schedule of attending parties thrown in his honor by one of his billionaire friends is a task that is just too important not to miss. After all, Americans demand he receive the finest fare to relax him from the burdens he inherited from George Bush.

After that vacation, Michelle Obama (Wide Receiver, Notre Dame) will be forced to suffer the humiliation of staying in the ill-furnished White House for 5 grueling days. It will be a horrible burden to the family. But fear not, wealthy taxpayer, our overworked Teleprompter in Chief will escort the royal family on yet another vacation, Aug. 14-15, to Florida's Gulf Coast. Of course this is of his own free will and has nothing to do with our magnanimous leader’s hypocrisy for telling us to vacation on the Gulf Coast while he himself vacations in Maine. Thank God there is so much surplus money in the government coffers that we can send our glorious King on excursions and journeys that will hopefully ease his tremendous workload.

What a glorious day! House Speaker Nancy “Zombie Skin” Pelosi and I have something we can agree on, but for different reasons. Pelosi said unequivocally today that she is opposed to raising the retirement age, and that scaling back Social Security should not be a means of reducing the deficit.

"To change Social Security in order to balance the budget, they aren't the same thing in my view," the Democrat said today at the Netroots Nation conference in Las Vegas. "When you talk about reducing the deficit and Social Security, you're talking about apples and oranges."

From CBSNews:

“…other Democratic leaders have said they would support it. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said earlier this year he thinks raising the retirement age could be done with other modifications to ensure that Social Security benefits still support those most in need - such as paying out benefits on a progressive scale. House Democratic Whip James Clyburn has also said he would support raising the retirement age.”

I’m in my mid forties, so this whole raising of the retirement age is right up my alley. Just as I can see a light at the end of the tunnel, Congress wants to extend the tunnel… which I guess is better than a bridge to nowhere. I’ve paid a hell of a lot of money into Social Security, and I’d like a little of it back while I’m still young enough to enjoy it rather than being so old the only thing I need the money for is Depends and Matlock DVD’s.

How about Congress offer a lump sum buyout of Social Security. Give me 20% of what I paid in, right now, and I will sign a waiver stating I will not receive ANY Social Security benefits whether I am of age or not. That would be a HUGE savings to the government. And I guarantee I can turn 20% into a hell of a lot more than I would get by putting it in government hands!

On Tuesday, the NAACP voted on and passed a resolution calling the grass-roots conservative TEA Party movement “racist.” Ain’t that the pot calling the kettle black! Let’s look at this gross display of ignorance and hypocrisy up close, shall we?

First, the group is called the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People! That’s right, this group has only one primary and stated goal, the advancement of one race… theirs. Doesn’t that seem a little racist to you? They collect money (tax free, by the way) and use it to promote the advancement of a single race. Not Asians, not Jews, not ‘crackers’ as the Black Panther’s respectfully refer to us Anglo’s as, but only colored people.

What about their enrollment? Oh, wait… They only allow blacks into their club. How can this be? I thought we were all created equally and should not be judged by the color of our skin but by the content of our character? Hmmm… I’m no professional race-baiter like Sharpton or Jesse Jackson, but that to me sounds a little bit racist!

Let’s add one more fact to this moronic and hypocritical outrage from this group of hate mongers… They have no proof of any racism within the TEA party! You read that right… no proof!

I do not live in this district, but if I did I would certainly vote for Vernon Parker (right). He is a level headed conservative who has the right message and the right ideas for America. Oh, and he’s smart enough not to fall for this phony BS about racism where none exists simply to try and enhance membership numbers or voter rolls.

“I have not experienced the charges of racism that the NAACP is touting,” Vernon Parker, an African-American tea party congressional candidate in Arizona, told POLITICO.

Parker, former mayor of Paradise Valley, said that he has never felt out of place at a tea party rally because of the color of his skin.

“When I go to tea party events, people don’t look at me any differently,” he said. “They didn’t judge me on the color of my skin, quite frankly, they judged me on my principles."

"The NAACP should be concerned about bringing jobs to people in depressed areas,” he added, “not the tea party.”

Well said, my friend. It’s sad that so many minorities are hell-bent on finding racism around every corner that they can’t see the forest through the trees. Hopefully men like Vernon Parker and Tony Bouie (left), who took the time to go door to door and talk with me and my family about what’s important, will prevail and we can get some good conservative leadership in place for this state and for the country.

I didn’t know this guy was still around. I remember the first time I heard him in the 70’s when he did that song “The Streak.” Since finding this video (thanks to Terry Gilberg at KFYI) I visited his website and saw he’s been a pretty busy guy these last few decades. This song, though, really hits the nail on the head. It is a satirical parody, but every point he makes is indisputable.

So please take a couple of minutes and enjoy. And when your done, visit his website. He’s got songs about Global Warming, the Constitution, and more. Sounds like my kinda guy!

I thought this was an April fool’s joke, but then I realized it’s July.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a recent interview that his "foremost" mission as the head of America's space exploration agency is to improve relations with the Muslim world.

Though international diplomacy would seem well outside NASA's orbit, Bolden said in an interview with Al Jazeera that strengthening those ties was among the top tasks President Obama assigned him. He said better interaction with the Muslim world would ultimately advance space travel.

"When I became the NASA administrator -- or before I became the NASA administrator -- he charged me with three things. One was he wanted me to help re-inspire children to want to get into science and math, he wanted me to expand our international relationships, and third, and perhaps foremost, he wanted me to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science ... and math and engineering," Bolden said in the interview.

Doesn’t NASA have bigger problems like finding a replacement for the Shuttle fleet? Oh, wait… Obama cancelled funding for that. Well, I guess NASA’s got nothing better to do but act like a bunch of touchy – feely do-gooders. Maybe NASA will help the religion of peace build their first shuttle and they will use it for purely humanitarian reasons!

The second half of this year will see something surprising happen in the businesses world and Wall Street... Companies will start showing a profit where none was expected, and this time, Obama can blame it on Bush.

With the Bush tax cuts expiring on January 1st, 2011, tens of millions of Americans (not just the ones that make over $250k) and thousands of corporations will see their tax situation change for the worse. The Bush tax cut expiration will affect everyone:
* The 10% bracket rises to an expanded 15%
* The 25% bracket rises to 28%
* The 28% bracket rises to 31%
* The 33% bracket rises to 36%
* The 35% bracket rises to 39.6%
* The “marriage penalty” (narrower tax brackets for married couples) will return from the first dollar of income. The child tax credit will be cut in half from $1000 to $500 per child.
* The capital gains tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 20 percent in 2011. The dividends tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 39.6 percent in 2011. These rates will rise another 3.8 percent in 2013.
* There are over 20 new or higher taxes as a result of Obamacare.
And the main reason for the post:
* There are literally scores of tax hikes on business that will take place. The biggest is the loss of the “research and experimentation tax credit.”

What this means, from a business perspective, is that corporations will be scrambling this year to reassign, post, and report any and all profit so as to pay at the lower 2010 levels. There will be buybacks, buyouts, depreciation schedule changes, etc., all designed to place any and all forthcoming profit into the 2010 business friendly time-line.

This will eventually place a false sense of "See, Obama's economic plan is working," among the lemmings who don't know any better. I'm sure Obama will waste no time in taking full credit for the increased profit that American companies will be reporting at the end of the year. Wall Street may see a bit of a jump as well when uninformed investors begin to pile on the profit bandwagon a day late and a dollar short (literally). Now, if your smart, you'll get in now with some handsome Mar - May 2011 call options on your favorite fortune 500 so you can sell them to unsuspecting dupes later this year when the inflated quarterly and yearly numbers are reported (for companies who adhere to a traditional calendar fiscal year).

You will need the cash, because eventually the reality of the situation will set in and people (including "government experts") will begin to see that the companies they thought were soaring are starting to report losses or see mediocre, if any, profits on the horizon. This will lead to a second and more serious recession than our previous one. I'm sure the State controlled media will turn this into another poster boy for Obama's Wall Street takeover attempts, stating that the evil that powers free enterprise is responsible for this latest fiasco and the only way to guarantee it remains fair is to put it in government hands.

So, for all you lib's out there, let me ask you this... What happened to Obama's pledge that no one making under $250k / yr would see a tax increase? And don't throw out that BS about how these are Bush's cuts which he made sure would expire under someone else's watch! Mmmm, no! Our teleprompter in chief could easily extend them, he simply chooses not to.

BTW: I posted a copy of all of the tax increases you fine upstanding citizens will be paying in 2011 and beyond. You can find it here!

What a great time of year. Celebrating the birth of the finest nation to ever grace this earth! I was looking for a bit of a patriotic spark in our leaders, but nowadays they seem so distant and almost embarrassed by this country… Especially our benevolent potentate Mr. Obama. I remember back 25 years ago when we had a president, a great leader, who was unapologetically proud of his country. He spent every waking moment touting his love for this great country and his belief in our system of government, our founding fathers, and his unrelenting insistence that the greatest thing about America is the people, not the government.

Unfortunately, we are now stuck with a bunch of egghead, intellectual elitists who think that government should be the end all / be all of the American support system. They want to take care of you from cradle to grave because you, as a lowly commoner, are far too ignorant and unwashed to take care of yourself and your family without the involvement of some form of government program.

So it got me thinking that it would be great to once again have a President that is actually proud of his country and not insistent upon ‘knocking it down a peg’. Listen to the words of a real American leader, Ronald Reagan. It’s a small montage of some of his best quotes. My favorite line, which was not necessarily true in the 80’s but is, unfortunately, a belief held by many public school indoctrinated people today that we "... Abandon the American revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves." And of course, the crème de la crème: “In this present crisis, government is NOT the solution to our problems, government IS the problem!” Truer words were never spoken, Mr. President.

Hold your head up and remain optimistic. Hopefully 2012 will bring us the greatest gift of all… A proud, unapologetic, motivational champion of all that is great and good with America!

And Happy 4th of July!

Over the last year or so we've been treated to witnessing the myth of Global Warming coming apart at the seams. Cap and Trade looks like it's going the way of the dinosaur (insert GW pun here) and Al Gore is scrambling to keep his income sufficient enough to heat and cool his mansion and fly private jets everywhere he goes. But alas, any shred of credibility he may have had left has now evaporated in light of his little tryst with a masseuse.

Washington Examiner:

The allegation that Al Gore sexually assaulted a woman in a Portland, Ore., hotel room nearly four years ago has dealt a serious blow to the former vice president's story that he and wife Tipper simply "grew apart" after 40 years of marriage.

The masseuse asked Gore what he wanted. "He grabbed my right hand, shoved it down under the sheet to his pubic hair area, my fingers brushing against his penis," she recalled, "and said to me, 'There!' in a very sharp, loud, angry-sounding tone." When she pulled back, Gore "angrily raged" and "bellowed" at her.

Then, abruptly, the former vice president changed tone. It was "as though he had very suddenly switched personalities," she recalled, "and began in a pleading tone, pleading for release of his second chakra there."

“Chakra," in Gore's new-agey jargon, refers to the body's "energy centers," which the masseuse interpreted as having a specific meaning. "This was yet another euphemism for sexual activity he was requesting," she told police, "put cleverly as though it were a spiritual request or something."

Ah, Elena Kagan. How could we possibly ask for a more seasoned proponent of American freedom than this overly qualified candidate? NOT! What is Obama's fascination with unattractive, androgynous, libiots when it comes to filling important vacancies? Hillary, Napolitano, Sotomayor, Kagan... When will the madness stop? They are obviously not chosen because of their vast experience, as evidenced by all of Obama's picks.

Despite her lack of femininity or experience, this rubber stamp is being whisked through the confirmation hearings in an effort to fill the court before the Conservative switchover in Congress / Senate this November. Her only chance of confirmation is to rely on her twin brother, Lou, who successfully argued the "Who's on first" case in Abbot vs Costello.

Seriously, though. I have to question someone's basic patriotism, loyalty, and fairness when she, as head of Harvard's Law School, barred military recruiters from campus. Besides that, let's look at her experience and writings... Oh wait, there are none! Funny how the head of a law school has no writings, decisions, or opinions published so that we can actually see if she is level headed enough to even be considered for this position. Once again, Barry, epic fail!

Obama has already announced his next choice for Supreme Court nominee, Pat!

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I can’t get enough of this. Ever since Milwaukee County Board Supervisor Peggy West graced us all with her overwhelming and conclusive argument on why Milwaukee should boycott Arizona, the jokes keep coming.

Not to miss out on this trend, we sparked up PhotoShop and decided to have a little fun with our favorite geography expert.

I noticed that the YouTube video has been removed, so we had to update the link in our previous post.

Look for the next version of the Garmin GPS which features detailed mapping of states like Calitucky and Nebrakota.

Click on the picture at left to see the full size image! Enjoy.

Remember kids: Arizona is a border state.

From 620-WTMJ
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee County Board spent part of the day debating a measure that would call for the county to boycott doing business with companies in Arizona.

There was an odd moment during the debate when Supervisor Peggy West stood up and seemed to be confused about her geography.  "If this was Texas, which is a state that is directly on the border with Mexico, and they were calling for a measure like this saying that they had a major issue with undocumented people flooding their borders, I would have to look twice at this.  But this is a state that is a ways removed from the border," West said during debate.

Her colleague, Joe Rice, quickly corrected her, "I just want to assure my colleague that Arizona does in fact share a border with the country of Mexico."

While speaking at the meeting, West did go on to talk about National Guard troops on the border in Arizona.  West points to that as she tells us that she simply misspoke.

Proof once again that only the uninformed, ignorant, and irrational have issues with SB1070. Maybe the Milwaukee County Board should vote on spending $10 so that Peggy can buy a map and figure out where Arizona is! I know that Milwaukee ain’t the sharpest knife in the political drawer, but to elect a geographically and politically challenged band-wagon jumper with no apparent public speaking skills is pathetic and sad. It’s also pathetic and sad that elected officials for various municipalities have so much free time on their hands that they can waste time droning on and on about a law in another state and how they are deeply ‘offended’ and ‘outraged’. Solve your own damn problems, Milwaukee, and keep your nose out of our business… And buy that woman a map!

Why don’t you guys worry about managing your own state and stop playing to the politically correct crowd. I think your constituents would find those problems more important than worrying about appeasing illegal's in your state.

UPDATE: Jon Kyl sent Milwaukee County Supervisor Peggy West a letter in which he says, "You will be interested to learn that Arizona does indeed share a border with Mexico. I have enclosed a map for your convenience." – Way to go Jon!

Kyl goes on to urge West to, "actually read the Arizona law before forming an opinion about it."

Yes, Peggy, Arizona is a border state! Click the thumbnail on the right to see the full letter from Jon Kyl.

Peggy West Jokes… already?

Peggy West will be facing some stiff competition in her re-election bid. She’s being challenged by a box of hammers.

I seem to remember that a few years ago Peggy West purchased a very nice ocean-view property in Scottsdale. For investment, of course.

More to come…