Moe Lane

Be grateful that the Washington Post is at least catching up to the rest of us.

It will come to a surprise to some that apparently the former administration is now the font of every economic evil…

Obama’s New Tack: Blaming Bush

In his inaugural address, President Obama proclaimed “an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics.”

It hasn’t taken long for the recriminations to return — or for the Obama administration to begin talking about the unwelcome “inheritance” of its predecessor.

…mostly because it would imply that there was ever a time when this administration didn’t take that stance. Even the article itself doesn’t really support the title, as it admits a good ways in that President Obama started off on blaming the previous administration for its ills on or about January 26th. What’s been happening since then is much more accurately described by what was apparently the original title of this piece, which was “Obama Sharpens His Reminders That He Inherited Fiscal ‘Mess’ From Bush.” This also makes the ludicrous assumption that no blame accrues to Democrats for our financial meltdown – but at least that title doesn’t pretend that this is any sort of new behavior on Obama’s part. (more…)

Meh.

This looks likes it’s just going to be yet another freaking spectacular Pixar film.

Showoffs.

Moe Lane

PS: Oh, look: it has a zeppelin.

Be flattered: we at RedState save that one for *special* stupid.

(H/T Ace of Spades) The previous two times were for Jim “Saddam paid my way!” McDermott and Jay “Blame the Michelle Whitey tape on the VRWC!” Carney, which should give you some clue of the special level of stuck on stupid that this designation requires. Luckily, Keith Olbermann is up to the challenge.

This is based exclusively on a report by Sy Hersh…

Yes, everybody sane can stop reading now. (more…)

It is easier when they can stay being just faceless blobs, I suppose.

Last week, Congressmen Joe Barton (R) and George Radanovich (R) sent a letter to Congressman Henry Waxman (D) requesting hearings into the rather badly misnamed Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. As you know, the CPSI was pushed through a Democrat-controlled Congress by Speaker Pelosi (D) without the usual Congressional oversight: as a result, it was not until after the law had been passed that it was noticed that provisions within it would effectively eliminate the thrift store industry, in a time where the economy is at a particularly precarious position. Government agencies are currently looking into what leeway that they might have in implementing the Democrats’ new regulatory scheme, but there was obviously a failure in the legislative process somewhere, and there is no guarantee that this particular (and presumably) unintended consequence will not be fully realized.

The two Congressmen are particularly concerned because their first request for hearings back on January 21st was apparently ignored, despite of the fact that this problem is a looming disaster for small business owners (including minority small business owners) across the country. Accordingly, they have resent their request, including the contact information of some of those business owners, in the hope that this might… I’m not sure. Trigger some spark of humanity within Waxmen’s breast? Or sense of shame? Or even a reflex of self-preservation? However you want to put it, they… and more importantly, we… deserve some sort of reply.

Letter text beyond the fold.

Moe Lane

Crossposted to RedState.
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I wonder if this is fan-based, or studio-based?

Probably studio-based.

It’s pretty good, either way.

…and should never, ever play the lottery again. He’s used up that particular well of luck.

Paraplegic Man Suffers Spider Bite, Walks Again

He has been confined to a wheelchair for 20 years. Now a paraplegic man is walking again, and his doctors call it a miracle. CBS13 went to Manteca to find out how a spider bite helped get him back on his feet.

Fark is waiting for the web-slinging abilities to manifest, but I am going to commit heresy and say that making Spider-Man’s web-slingers biological in origin never suited me completely. I liked the idea of Peter Parker being a gadgeteer, sorry.

Oh, well. Even if he doesn’t get them, Mr. Blancarte’s still ahead of the game.

Moe Lane

PS:

…found here – I still haven’t figured out if it’s an elaborate in-joke, California weirdness, both, or neither. It’s definitely real: someone from the Steampunk Workshop has been there, and it’s on my wife’s possible visitation list.

Yes, my wife uses Roadside America as a valuable planning resource. And yes, I am a lucky dog. Knew that already, I did.

As called forth by Dan Collins of Protein Wisdom, and bemusedly endorsed by the great Burges himself. My own celebratory verses, in traditional English-language Haiku Rip-Off form:

Raptor swoops on the prairie
As car engines roar -
This was faster than a sonnet.

Moe Lane

PS: See here, here, here, or, well, everything else to realize why there’s a Iowahawk Day in the first place.

I am backed up by a recognized scholar of constitutional law on this one, by the way.

President Obama’s decision to use signing statements to modify Congressional legislation directly attacks the ‘checks and balances’ to our government set up by the Founders. He is attempting to ‘accumulate more power in the Presidency’, using the claim that he ‘can basically change what Congress passed’ when it comes to legislation; Obama thinks that he has the right to indicate that he can ‘choose to interpret it this way, or that way’, depending on whether he agrees ‘with this part or that part’. In short, he wants to ‘make laws as he’s going along’, and ‘that’s not part of his power’.

Hey, if you don’t believe me, listen to this guy. He’s pretty vehement on the subject:

(H/T: Hot Air)

Just do it fast, before YouTube takes it down for whatever the excuse is this week. (more…)

…only this time it had a very welcome sentence in it.

“Mr. Steele declined a request for an interview.”

Dan Riehl caught this first, and I concur: there are times when you pick yourself up, walk it off, and get back to work – and Steele’s gotten to that point. Yes, the media doesn’t love the GOP, except as a punching bag. And yes, the media loves to see Red-on-Red fights, the latest of which has spent far too much time occupying people’s brains than it should have for the last two weeks. And yes, there are ongoing philosophical issues between the various factions of the GOP that are causing all sorts of dynamic tension / impending meltdown / what have you.

Meanwhile, there’s a race going on up in NY-20. Is that less important to you than whether Steele’s sufficiently pro-life? If it isn’t, Tedisco can always use the help. There’s also a race going on over in IL-05. Are you looking for a better hill to fight and maybe die on than whether or not Rush is going to doom the GOP? If you are, Pulido wants to hear from you. Virginia and New Jersey are having elections for governor this year. Are you tired of the debate over who should be the next Presidential candidate? Then the NJ GOP and the VA GOP would be happy to redirect your interests to something a bit more topical.

I could go on, but hopefully you get the point. There is business that must be attended to, and at this point we are merely amusing the Other Side.

Moe Lane

Crossposted to RedState.

PageTutor walks you through the process, starting with a hundred dollar bill, moving up to bundles, piles, pallets, and finally the actual trillion itself. It’s best experienced in full on the site in question; like Arhur Dent, you sort of have to work your way up from the loss of McDonald’s to the earth being vaporized to make way for a hyperspace bypass.

Via American Elephant.

There may not be really much point to doing more than linking this Cracked article…

…but come on. Homemade railgun.