O Crap, site crashes when feds demo system... hate it when that happens 8))

“The screen says I’m sorry but the system is temporarily down,” Andrews pointed out. “Uh oh,” responded the secretary. “That happens every day,” said Salerno, “it must mean a lot of people are on there trying to get coverage.”
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Obama Removes 'God' from Gettysburg Address

Washington DC talk show host Chris Plante reported today that Barack Obama omitted the words "under God" from the Gettysburg Address when reciting the great speech for a Ken Burns documentary.

Burns had filmed all living presidents as well as various Hollywood personalities and luminaries to pay homage to the speech which was delivered by Abraham Lincoln 150 years ago, today.
Plante broke the story on Washington DC talk radio station WMAL on his mid-morning program, "The Chris Plante Show."
WMAL reports:

Curiously enough, in his version of the speech, President Barack Obama's delivery contained an omission - in a line that every other celebrity delivered as "that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom," the President left out the words "under God."

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They got it right

COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in America .

ABBOTT: Good Subject. Terrible Times. It's 7.8%.

COSTELLO: That many people are out of work?

ABBOTT: No, that's 14.7%

COSTELLO: You just said 7.8%.

ABBOTT: 7.8% Unemployed.

COSTELLO: Right 7.8% out of work.

ABBOTT: No, that's 14.7%.

COSTELLO: Okay, so it's 14.7% unemployed.

ABBOTT: No, that's 7.8%.

COSTELLO: WAIT A MINUTE. Is it 7.8% or 14.7%?

ABBOTT: 7.8% are unemployed. 14.7% are out of work.

COSTELLO: If you are out of work you are unemployed.

ABBOTT: No, Congress said you can't count the "Out of Work" as the unemployed. You have to look for work to be unemployed.

COSTELLO: BUT THEY ARE OUT OF WORK!!!

ABBOTT: No, you miss his point.

COSTELLO: What point?

ABBOTT: Someone who doesn't look for work can't be counted with those who look for work. It wouldn't be fair.

COSTELLO: To whom?

ABBOTT: The unemployed.

COSTELLO: But ALL of them are out of work.

ABBOTT: No, the unemployed are actively looking for work. Those who are out of work gave up looking and if you give up, you are no longer in the ranks of the unemployed.

COSTELLO: So if you're off the unemployment rolls that would count as less unemployment?

ABBOTT: Unemployment would go down. Absolutely!

COSTELLO: The unemployment just goes down because you don't look for work?

ABBOTT: Absolutely it goes down. That's how they get it to 7.8%. Otherwise it would be 14.7%. Our govt. doesn't want you to read about 14.7% unemployment.

 

COSTELLO: That would be tough on those running for reelection.

ABBOTT: Absolutely.

COSTELLO: Wait, I got a question for you. That means there are two ways to bring down the unemployment number?

ABBOTT: Two ways is correct.

COSTELLO: Unemployment can go down if someone gets a job?

ABBOTT: Correct.

COSTELLO: And unemployment can also go down if you stop looking for a job?

ABBOTT: Bingo.

COSTELLO: So there are two ways to bring unemployment down, and the easier of the two is to have people stop looking for work..

ABBOTT: Now you're thinking like an Economist.

COSTELLO: I don't even know what the hell I just said!

ABBOTT: Now you're thinking like Congress.

Donald Trump Explains 'Dumbo Care' -- No one can sum it up better than Trump ...

Let me get this straight.... We're going to be "gifted" with a health care plan we are forced to purchase and fined if we don't, which purportedly covers at least ten million more people, without adding a single new doctor, but provides for 16,000 new IRS agents, who have recently demonstrated their objective and professional integrity; written by a committee whose chairman says he doesn't understand it, passed by a Congress that didn't read it but exempted themselves from it, and signed by a Dumbo President who smokes, with funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't pay his taxes, for which we'll be taxed for four years before any benefits take effect, by a government which has already bankrupted Social Security and Medicare, Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac, and the Post Office, all to be overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and financed by a country that's broke!!!!!

 

'What the hell could possibly go wrong?'

They all got their Obamacare Packet today!!

I wanted to let you know that earlier today I received my "Obamacare enrollment packet” from the White House.

It contained:

· An aspirin and a band-aid.

· An 'Obama Hope & Change' bumper sticker

· A 'Bush's Fault' yard sign

· A 'Blame Republicans first, then anybody and everybody'  poster

· A 'Tax the Rich' banner

· An application for unemployment and a free cellphone

· An application for food stamps

· A prayer rug

· A letter assigning my debt to my grandchildren

· And lastly, a coupon for a machine that blows smoke up my a....

 

Everything was made in "China" and all directions were in Spanish.

 

Keep an eye out. Yours should be arriving soon.

 

Obamacare's winners and losers in Bay Area

L.A.W.   We have been very clear: ObamaCare is a scam on the American people intended to destroy our health care system by bankrupting and/or underfunding Medicare and Medicaid, while adding trillions of new debt on the American taxpayer.  Some of lefists/progressive/liberals who relected this President and support ObamaCare are now getting the bill. LOL, and they're surprised?   Here's a story highlighting this point... "I was laughing at Boehner -- until the mail came today," Waschura said, referring to House Speaker John Boehner, who is leading the Republican charge to defund Obamacare.
"I really don't like the Republican tactics, but at least now I can understand why they are so pissed about this. When you take $10,000 out of my family's pocket each year, that's otherwise disposable income or retirement savings that will not be going into our local economy."  Read story

Charlie Rangel: Tea Party Is ‘Same Group’ Of ‘White Crackers’ Who Fought Civil Rights / Charlie's 13 charges of ethic violations review

L.A.W.--- Once again Charlie proves himself a racist.... Hey Charlie, easy on the cracker comment, that's calling a white guy the 'N word'  so shut the hell up!  In an interview with the Daily Beast published Friday, Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) suggested Tea Partiers are the "same group" who fought for segregation during the Civil Rights movement.   “It is the same group we faced in the South with those white crackers...story

Also, here's a quick run down on Charlie's long list of ethic violations.. So Sorry Charlie you are in fact a freakin unethical racist. 

(Credit: AP)The House Ethics Committee brought 13 charges against Democratic Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York yesterday.

For each violation, the Investigative Subcommittee scrutinizing Rangel determined there is "substantial reason to believe that a violation of the Code of Official Conduct, or of a law, rule, regulation, or other standard of conduct applicable to the performance of official duties or the discharge of official responsibilities by a Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives has occurred."
Below is a summary, and excerpts, from the Statement of Alleged Violations.

1. Conduct in violation of the solicitation and gift ban

• "Between 2005 and 2008 Respondent engaged in a pattern of soliciting for donations and other things of value on behalf of the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Policy at the City College of New York."
• "The entities solicited were seeking official action from the House..."
• "Respondent's conduct was not within the parameters established by the Standards Committee for solicitations on behalf of charitable organizations."

2. Conduct in violations of Code of Ethics for Government Service (clause 5)

• A member is never supposed to give special favors or accept things that may make it look like it could sway the member in his official capacity.
• "...Respondent made numerous requests for support for the Rangel Center. Those requests were directed at entities and individuals whose interests could be affected by the legislative and oversight activities of Respondent in his capacity as a member of congress."
• "Contributions were made by persons with interests before the Ways and Means Committee..."
• "Contributions to the Rangel Center provided a benefit to Respondent."

3. Conduct in violation of the House gift rule

• "Respondent solicited contributions for the Rangel Center and the Rangel Center did receive contributions."
• "Respondent has a personal interest in the Rangel Center... will provide him with an office, and allows him to perpetuate his legacy, including the storing and archiving of his papers."
• "Contributions to the Rangel Center constituted indirect gifts attributable to Respondent."

4. Conduct in violation of postal service laws and franking commission regulations

• A member is not allowed to use the frank for any association, committee or organization. Only for official congressional duties.
• "Respondent used his frank for the benefit of a charitable organization and for solicitation of funds."

5. Conduct in violation of any franking statute

• "Respondent used his frank on materials that were not official business."

6. Conduct in violation of House Office Building Commission's Regulation

• Not allowed to use congressional staff to solicit contributions on House of Representatives property.
• "Respondent and his staff drafted solicitation letters and performed other work related to solicitations on property of the U.S. Representatives."

7. Conduct in violation of the purpose law and the Member's Congressional Handbook

• Members' allowances include official mail costs/staff salaries. It is against the law to misuse federal funds. The members' handbook says the allowance can only be used for official purposes.
• "Respondent used House employees and other official House resources for work related to the Rangel center."
• "Those resources included the use of staff time, use of telephones and House email accounts, other office supplies, and of the frank. Those expenses were paid using the MRA." MRA is the Member's Representational Allowance.

8. Conduct in violation of the Letterhead Rules

• House rules do not allow anyone not under the direction and control of the House to use the words "Congress of the United States" or "House of Representatives" or "Official Business."
• "...Respondent sent letters related to the Rangel Center on letterhead bearing the words 'Congress of the United States' and 'House of Representatives.'

9. Conduct in violation of the Ethics in Government Act (EIGA) and House Rule 16

• EIGA requires members to file full and complete Financial Disclosure statements on income, rent on property, gifts and other financial assets. If a statement has to be amended, the committee says it's in good faith if done by the end of the year and an explanation as to why. Fail on one of those, and the amendment is not considered in good faith.
• "Respondent engaged in a pattern of submitting Financial Disclosure statements that were incomplete and inaccurate."
• "Respondent failed to report numerous items required to be reported... from 1998 through 2008."
• "Respondent erroneously reported numerous required to be reported under the EIGA during the period 1998 through 2007."
• "Respondent's amendments...1998 through 2007 were not filed within the close of the year...Respondent's amendments were not timely."
• "Respondent's amendments...1998 through 2007 were filed after the committee...had established an investigative subcommittee with respect to Respondent's conduct, including his reporting of the Punta Cana villa on his Financial Disclosure Statements..."
• "Respondent has failed to establish that the amendments to his Financial Disclosure statements for the calendar years 1998 through 2007 were submitted in good faith."
• "Respondent's conduct violated the EIGA."

10. Conduct in violation of Code of ethics for Government Service (clause 5)

• Here's another case where a person in government is not supposed to give special privileges to anyone or accept favors or benefits that could look like it might influence his actions as a Representative.
• "Respondent received a rent stabilized residential apartment at Lenox Terrace, which he used as office space for Rangel for Congress and National Leadership PAC."
• "Terms of the lease for the rent stabilized apartment provided that the apartment was to be used 'for living purposes only.'"
• "Respondent's acceptance of that rent-stabilized apartment for nonresidential purposes in contravention of the terms of the lease was a favor or benefit to him..."
• "Respondent accepted the favor or benefit from Olnick under circumstances that might be construed by reasonable persons as influencing the performance of his governmental duties."

11. Conduct in violation of Code of Ethics for Government Service (clause 2)

• Code of ethics for government service states that people in government must uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States.
• "Respondent's failure to report rental income related to Punta Cana on his Federal income tax returns violated the Internal Revenue Code."
• As already stated above, Rangel also violated Franking Regulations, House Office Building Commission's Regulations, Member's Congressional Handbook, Ethics in Government Act and the Internal Revenue Code and other violations.

12. Conduct in Violation of the Code of Conduct: Letter and Spirit of House Rules

• House Rules state that a Member "shall adhere to the spirit and the letter of the Rules of the House..."
• Respondent's conduct violated this rule

13. Conduct in Violation of the Code of Conduct: Conduct Reflecting Discredibility on the House

• House Rules state that a Member "shall behave at all times in a manner that shall reflect creditably on the House."
• Subcommittee finds Rangel violated this with the following offenses

1. -Improper solicitations of potential donors to the Rangel Center
   -Acceptance of favors and benefits from donors to the Rangel Center in a way that some might see as influence the job he does in Congress
   -Knowingly accepting indirect gifts from donors to the Rangel Center
   -Improperly using franking privileges to raise money for the Rangel Center
   -Writing solicitations for the Rangel Center on House property
   -Misusing House resources- staff, phones, e-mail and franking for work related to the Rangel Center.
2. -Misuse of Congressional letterhead to solicit donations to the Rangel Center
   -Failing to disclose, from 1998 to 2007, full and complete financial statements
3. -Rangel's pattern of submitting Financial Disclosure statements that were incomplete and inaccurate
   -Failing to make sure his Financial Disclosure statements were complete and accurate
   -Violating the Ethics in Government Act
   -Failing to report rental income from his villa in the Dominican Republic on his Federal income tax returns from 1998 to 2006
4. -Violating the Internal Revenue Code



5. -Receiving rent stabilized apartment, using it for campaign activities when the lease stated it should be used only for living purposes



6. -Accepting the rent stabilized apartment in a way that could look like he was influence in his government activities by the deal



7. -By breaking the law, Rangel violated the Code of Ethics for Government Service



8. -By not adhering to the letter and spirit of House Rules
   -"Respondent's pattern of indifference or disregard for the laws, rules and regulations of the United States and the House of Representatives is a serious violation"



9. -"Respondent's actions and accumulation of actions reflected poorly on the institution of the House and, thereby, brought discredit to the House"

Kshama the Scamma (UPDATE: THE SOCIALIST WON, FIRST CANDIDATE IN 100 YEARS TO WIN IN SEATTLE!)

L.A.W.-- LOL, Ok ms Sawant, we raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour, and everyone else raises their wage 50% too, and by the way, we FIRE minimum wage staff in order to meet payroll budget.  Good grief, the nuts are out of the can. 

We the People suffer when our leaders lie to U.S.

Univision Fast and Furious Trailer

L.A.W.-- When unacceptable federal government actions, such as the fast and furious operation, are allowed to pass with no person being held responsible, we the people suffer.   

Michelle Obama: Being First Lady is like living in a ‘really nice prison’

L.A.W.-- LOL, LOL  good grief with all the vacations, private chef, parties and you have the audacity to talk about prison... in any context?  Un freaking believable.  LOL, let's not forget theWH is closed to public tours, which can be very stressful and 'prison' like....
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