A reason to remain vigilant!

FOXNews.com - Taliban Chief Vows 'Amazing' Attack on Washington 'Soon' - International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News

"Soon we will launch an attack in Washington that will amaze everyone in the world," Mehsud told The Associated Press by phone. He provided no details.

Backyard Discoveries (Update 1)

Well, I was out spreading some lime, fertilizer, and seed last night and no fishhead was to be found?  So a couple of things could have happened.
 1. Local cat. 2. Local dog 3. Local Fisherman  4. Bird!

President Boortz Press Conference

From the Neal Boortz website:

An honest politician??? Listen to Neal play the role of the president as he responds to President Obama's press conference questions as (a) if he were president, or (b) as Obama would if he were honest. Here's a transcript of President Obama's answers for comparison.

Click here to listen to Neal's response to the same questions asked of President Obama.

Click here to see the transcript from President Obama's press conference on March 24, 2009.

Ballad of Timothy Geithner

"They're writing laws on income tax, but not for me..." A musical salute to Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, who for five years avoided paying a significant part of his income taxes.

Click here, to watch the ballad.

Back yard discoveries

Working in the yard is always an adventure.  The things founds are usually quite mondane and ordinary.  However, on occasion I am reminded as to where we live and circle of life.  No, not by the used condoms, shopping bags and cigarette butts, however by the other stuff.  Twice now I have found fish parts in the yard.  Yesterday, I found a fish head.  If it is still there today I will take a picture and post.  Just sort of reminds me of the necessities of life!

A repost...

Like a re tweet but better cuz you can throw as much stuff up here as you want and are not limited like you are in twitter.

From our friend John who usually has his head screwed on correctly when it comes to business and politics. Please subscribe to his blog if you are so inclined.

"Rainy night and feeling vulnerable? If you really want to know just badly you're being taken, go to jkoped.blogspot.com to read about YOUR tax money going overseas to foreign bankers who should have known better! These guys are financial professionals who want you to pay for their mistakes.

Wonder why you're not getting any information about where TARP funds are going? It's going overseas and the DC "elite" don't want you to know. You and I are the part of the great unwashed that "doesn't need to know!"

John

I love these kinds of posters....

Unfortunately this is probably reality!

Technology in the Sand Box

Did I tell you how impressed I am with the internet here in Bahrain?  For what ever reason, the network does not like google news/finance/reader.  All download really slowly if at all.  Sometimes the system just stalls as is obvious with video chat.  Ugh.
Rumor has it that here on the island that the maximum download speed is 2MB/sec.  This means it takes a real long time to down load and episode of 24 with the new program I have been playing with MIRO and bit torrent!

Democratic Spin machine in action

What is good for the goose is not good for the gander?

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Carville Fires Back at Limbaugh Over Who Wants Which President to Fail - Presidential Politics | Political News - FOXNews.com

James Carville fired back at radio host Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday, who earlier in the day had taken the Democratic strategist to task for saying of President Bush in 2001, "I certainly hope he doesn't succeed."

Carville told CNN that unlike Limbaugh, who recently said he wants President Obama to fail, Carville retracted his own missive -- uttered to a group of reporters on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 -- just minutes later, when he learned of the terrorist attacks on America.

"Thank God that I had the good sense to realize that the United States was at war and that changed everything, Carville said. "Once I found out that the country was at war, I said: Whatever I said, disregard it; it's inoperative."

"Unlike Mr. Limbaugh," he added, who "kept insisting that he wanted the president to fail at a time of war."

Carville was responding to Limbaugh's statement earlier Wednesday in an exclusive FOX News report on Carville's 2001 comments.

"The difference between Carville and his ilk and me is that I care about what happens to my country," Limbaugh said. "I am not saying what I say for political advantage. I oppose actions, such as Obama's socialist agenda, that hurt my country.

"I deal in principles, not polls," Limbaugh added. "Carville and people like him live and breathe political exploitation. This is all a game to them. It's not a game to me. I am concerned about the well-being and survival of our nation. When has Carville ever advocated anything that would benefit the country at the expense of his party?"

FOX News revealed Carville's controversial 2001 remark in a story that pointed out the mainstream media's failure to report the statement. By contrast, the press gave major coverage to Limbaugh's expressed hope that Obama fail. The influential conservative has emphasized that he wants Obama's liberal policies to fail, not the president himself.

Click here for the original report on Carville's remark.

At his 2001 breakfast with reporters, Carville was joined by Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg, who delighted in a survey he had just completed that revealed public misgivings about the newly minted president.

"We rush into these focus groups with these doubts that people have about him, and I'm wanting them to turn against him," Greenberg admitted.

The pollster added with a chuckle of disbelief: "They don't want him to fail. I mean, they think it matters if the president of the United States fails."

Hail to the Chief?

"A tepid reception?"
From youtube.com

More Excitement in OV

SUV hits Norfolk home
Updated: Tuesday, 10 Mar 2009, 8:24 AM EDTPublished : Tuesday, 10 Mar 2009, 8:10 AM EDT
NORFOLK, Va. - A Norfolk woman got quite a wake up call Tuesday morning when an S-U-V hit her home.
At around 2 a.m., the vehicle crashed into the home in the 1400 block of East Ocean View Avenue.
A woman was inside the home at the time and had to escape through the window.
The impact actually shifted the house a couple of feet.
Police say the driver of the SUV took off after hitting the home. Officers are still looking for that driver.

Tax Trouble?

Inconvenient Debt

How does America really finance our debt?

A worth while quote from a local.

Virginian Pilot, March 05, 2009 - ActivePaper Daily by Olive Software

THIS HELP ISN’T HELPING
I WISH PRESIDENT OBAMA would stop trying to help. Every time he goes on television, gives a speech or does an interview, the stock market drops. The more he helps, the worse the economy gets. My retirement cannot take any more. The economy cannot take any more. Please stop helping.

Scott Fager

Chesapeake

33,000 LOCAL HOMEOWNERS ‘UPSIDE DOWN,’ REPORT SHOWS

I guess I don't understand how this happens. If you can't afford something, don't buy it! If it sounds "too good to be true," it probably is! Besides, if you can't afford to buy, rent! I'm not sure when people decided that they have a RIGHT to own a home. Hell, Nutz and I both rented until we could afford to buy our house. I remember some of our conversations during our house-hunting phase. Neither one of us wanted to spend more than $200k (and we didn't) because we refused to live paycheck to paycheck (which I've done before...damn teacher salary). It's our first house and it's probably not our retirement home, but that's okay. How many young people (single or married) do you know who get their "dream house" the first go-round? My point, I have a hard time "bailing out" or even feeling sorry for people who "lived beyond their means." Yes, we'd like to drive new cars, but we don't. We'd like to take a nice vacation (or 2 or 3 or 4) each year, but we don't. We both work and don't necessarily love our jobs but realize that we must provide for our family. So, the next time you decide to spend $50k on a new car, $300 on a Wii for your kid, or $250k on a house, ask yourself if you can REALLY afford it. If not, don't buy it! I'm tired of working my butt off only to take care of people who've made bad choices (multiple times and never learn) or people too lazy to get a job. It might not be the job you've always wanted but maybe it'll help pay the bills and provide your family with health insurance. Sometimes you just have to "suck it up" and take one for the team. Besides, it's not the government's job to take care of you, isn't that what families are for? You can bet that either one of our families would help us out if we needed it and we'd do the same. So, instead of looking to the government for assistance, perhaps you should pick up the phone and call your family. Many years ago, several generations lived under one roof to make ends meet. I've lived with my parents and both sets of grandparents during transitional times in my life. If you can't depend on your family, who can you depend on?

Rant over...Crackerz

It’s also called ‘underwater,’ or owing more on a mortgage than one’s home is worth
By Josh Brown
The Virginian-Pilot
Josh Brown, (757) 446-2318, josh.brown@pilotonline.com More than 33,000 homeowners in Hampton Roads owed more on their mortgages than their homes were worth at the end of 2008 as home prices continued to fall, according to a report released Wednesday by a mortgage research firm.
That’s roughly 13 percent of all mortgages in the local market, according to First American CoreLogic, which is based in Santa Ana, Calif., and tracks mortgages across the country.
The firm’s quarterly report, which broke out Hampton Roads data for the first time, also said that an additional 10,000 mortgages will be “underwater” if home prices in the area decline 5 percent from their current level. Homeowners who purchased at the peak of the local housing boom, especially with little or no down payment or an interest-only loan, are the most susceptible to finding themselves “underwater,” or “upside down” – owing more than a home is worth .
Falling home values can erode any equity homeowners have in a newly purchased or refinanced home. Home prices in Hampton Roads have slid 13.7 percent in the past year, according to Real Estate Information Network Inc., the local multiple listing service. The median sale price for existing homes in January was $194,000, down from $224,900 a year ago.
“The accelerating share of negative equity, combined with deteriorating economic conditions, means that mortgage risk will continue to increase until home prices and the economy begin to stabilize,” Mark Fleming, chief economist for First American CoreLogic, said in a news release.
Economists and real estate experts say owing more on a home than it’s worth is one of the most common precursors to foreclosure.
“Certainly these are the types of people who, given any change in their economic status, are likely to throw in the towel,” said James Koch, an economist at Old Dominion University.
Across the country, more than 8.3 million homeowners owe more than their homes are worth, representing about 20 percent of all outstanding mortgages, First American CoreLogic reported. The majority of such “negative equity” mortgages are in states such as California, Florida, Texas and Michigan. In Virginia, 19.6 percent of all mortgages were underwater.
The company said in its report that most of the increases in those mortgages in the months ahead probably will come in markets that have not already seen deep declines in home prices.
The “worrisome issue” going forward, Fleming said, is not just the severity of negative equity in the states hardest hit thus far “but the geographic broadening of negative equity that is expected to occur throughout the year.”
Brian Holland, president of Virginia Beach-based Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, said many of the region’s upsidedown loans could be attributed to mortgages guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs with no down payments.
“Your typical VA buyer is going to fund 100 percent,” said Holland, whose firm handles such loans from 19 mortgage offices in Virginia and the Carolinas. “After fees associated with the sale, they’re automatically underwater.”
The report comes on the same day President Barack Obama released guidelines on his administration’s foreclosure prevention and homeowner refinancing program. The program is expected to aid as many as 9 million troubled U.S. homeowners, including some with negative equity whose loans are financed or backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
The number of homes for sale with asking prices far below what is owed on the house has been increasing steadily in the past few months, said Barbara Wolcott, president and chief executive of Prudential Towne Realty.
“The ones who are really impacted by this are the ones who have to sell,” she said. “Then you’re forced in to a short-sell situation.”
A “short sale” means selling a house for less than the amount the seller owes the lender. Lenders agree to take a loss on the short sale to avoid the added costs of a foreclosure plus trying to maintain and resell the property.
The process often takes several weeks to finalize, Wolcott said. As more local homeowners take that route to sell their home, short sales will take even longer, she said.

From Glenn Beck..

A CNN convert over to the "right" side of the issues.
GLENN BECK: Obama’s Budget Is a Loaded Weapon Aimed at You « FOX Forum « FOXNews.com

Here are some of the budget’s broad strokes:

• Obama’s budget takes the size of our government to the largest it’s been since World War II.
• It’s got a $1.4 trillion tax increase in it (and oh yeah–we’re in the middle of a recession).
• It doubles the debt in eight years.
• It never balances the budget and proposes that, for the next 10 years, our deficits are at a record high.

Support the Fair Tax and let us tell congress how to spend OUR money!

AL FRANKEN'S GIMMICK: STOP MILITARY FROM VOTING

Al Franken and His Allies Want to Disenfranchise Our Military From Voting

Harry Reid Has Been Stopped — But We Need to Do More

Dear Reader: The battle between Al Franken — the angry, liberal comedian — and Republican Sen. Norm Coleman for the U.S. Senate seat in Minnesota is not about just one vote in the Congress. It is about the rule of law. It is about President Barack Obama getting another liberal senator to rubberstamp future radical legislation. It is about the future of the Republican Party and our two-party system. If the Democrats succeed in stealing this Senate seat we will be one step closer to one-party rule in the United States. This is why the Democrats have been so desperate to seat Al Franken. The Senate Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid was so determined to seat Al Franken as a U.S. senator, he tried to do it without him having an election certificate and before the judicial and recount process was finished in Minnesota. Reid even tried to seat Al Franken “provisionally” — but there is no legal basis to seat a U.S. senator provisionally. And that contest is not over. Reid tried to put his Democratic-controlled Senate above the law. But thanks to groups like ours, the Republican National Lawyers Association (RNLA) and the help of thousands of Americans like you, we were able to stop Harry Reid’s plan. In fact, Reid admitted defeat and bowed to public pressure when he agreed that Democrats “won’t seat Franken prematurely” and “would wait until a Minnesota court case is concluded before attempting to seat Al Franken provisionally.” This was one victory for us. But make no mistake about it — the war for a fair vote in Minnesota and future elections in this country is not over. We at the RNLA need your help to continue our fight — Go Here Now.

Military Voters Have a Right to Vote
Now, Reid and the Democrats are worried that Franken may not be successful in stealing this election. The RNLA was the first to focus attention on the disenfranchisement of military voters’ ballots and has consistently fought for voting rights for women and men wearing our nation's uniform. And we were right. The Minnesota Election Contest court agreed with the RNLA position on this critical issue. The George Soros and ACORN-backed Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s office attempted to disenfranchise overseas military voters, including those serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, for a technical matter over the voting forms they used. Incredibly, Ritchie’s office relaxed the signature requirements for in person absentee voting — which helped Franken — but then refused to relax these same standards for military voters, including those in forward combat zones. Al Franken claimed he was running to help our military in Iraq. What a hypocrite. What a sham! And Franken ally Ritchie even had the chutzpah to, according to one reporter, “well up with tears” when discussing the disenfranchisement of overseas military voters because his hands were tied. However, the Election Contest Court disagreed with Ritchie and is now reviewing some of these military ballots.

Your generous help to the RNLA has made a huge difference. Continue to help us today — Go Here Now.

As we speak, the election contest court is still trying to figure out what they want to do. At first they were going to review the amount of ballots Coleman’s requested. Then they reduced the number. We at the RNLA have sought to expose Ritchie’s tactics, which have laid the groundwork for Franken’s effort to snatch this Senate seat from Norm Coleman.

We want to continue our efforts to expose him and Al Franken. Please help us do that — Go Here Now.

The Democrats’ Real Strategy

Because of Ritchie’s antics and Reid’s desires, the Minnesota Senate election is a mess and some leading newspapers are even calling for a runoff. It is months after Senator Coleman won on November’s election night. It has been months since Coleman first asked the Minnesota courts to follow the 7-2 portion of the Supreme Court’s decision on Bush v. Gore to treat all similar ballots equally. This legal principle was backed by liberal Supreme Court Justices David Souter and Stephen Breyer as well as the five conservative and moderate justices. But as of now Franken, Ritchie, and Reid’s desire to disenfranchise select Republican voters, including those in the military, is helping to keep Franken in an artificial lead. The important thing to remember is that the Franken effort — whether he wins or loses — is a template Democrats will use for future elections to steal House and Senate seats legitimately won by Republicans. It is also important to remember that after he lost on election night, Al Franken went to his Hollywood friends and influential people in New York, such as George Soros, to raise millions to mount a legal challenge. We at the RNLA don’t have billionaire backers. We rely on hardworking Americans like you to support us. We need to keep up the public pressure by shining the light on those who are disenfranchised — like our military — for tending, as a group, to vote Republican.

Please help us continue our fight today — Go Here Now.

Sincerely, Michael Thielen Executive Director RNLA

PS. The Democrats in Minnesota fear the Republican National Lawyers Association efforts so much they even filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission to stop us. They know, as does Franken, Ritchie, and Reid, that if the truth comes out and all the legal votes are only counted once, Franken will lose. With your help the RNLA will remain vigilant to ensure it is the legal voters of Minnesota and not the corrupt or incompetent election officials who will determine the next senator.

Please help us today. Go Here Now.

Tiger Woods in DC

You go Tiger! Thank you for supporting US!~

Democrats United in Saying No to Virginia Jobs

Good Afternoon ,

On Friday, I asked the Democratic candidates for Governor a simple question: Would they join me in supporting the creation of thousands of new jobs for Virginians, the addition of hundreds of millions in new revenue for healthcare, transportation and education, and a move towards energy independence?

They all said no.

The issue is simple. Virginia has the opportunity to be the first state on the Eastern Seaboard to lease exploration and development rights for natural gas and oil off of our shores. Exploration would take place in a safe, environmentally-friendly manner, 50 miles off our coastline, far out of sight from our beaches.

Unfortunately, the Governor is working to delay this action and all three Democratic candidates for Governor put their special interests ahead of job-creation and economic development, by saying no to offshore exploration and development.

Offshore energy development is one part of an overall solution to our economic and energy challenges. We need to develop and bring to market renewable energy sources like wind, solar, geothermal, and biodiesel. But during this process, we are still going to need traditional energy sources to keep our economy moving, our houses warm, and our cars on the road.

According to one estimate, there are 130 million barrels of oil and 1.14 trillion cubic feet of natural gas off Virginia's coast. A study by a professor at Old Dominion University, forecasts that natural gas production alone off Virginia’s coast would create 2,578 new jobs, and produce $271 million in state and local revenue. Unfortunately, the Democratic candidates said no to Virginia jobs and yes to the special interests.

If you believe we should say yes to Virginia jobs and economic development, click here to contribute or visit www.BobMcDonnell.com to get involved in my campaign.

Bob McDonnell

News Coverage

Northern Virginia Daily: Virginia is sitting on an economic gold mine just waiting to be unleashed, former Republican Attorney General Bob McDonnell said Friday, challenging his three Democratic opponents to join him in supporting offshore oil exploration.

"As governor of Virginia I will support legislation that will open Virginia's offshore waters, starting at 50 miles off the coast, to environmentally safe exploration and drilling for oil and gas," McDonnell said.

NBC 12: “All three candidates (Terry McAuliffe, Creigh Deeds and Brian Moran) released strong statements in opposition to the letter”

The Washington Post: "I urge the Democratic candidates for governor to put aside their pandering to special interests and do what's right for Virginia families,'' McDonnell said. "Democrats need to stop saying no to new jobs and revenue for Virginia."

WHSV: McDonnell, “Offshore production of natural gas and oil is not the entire solution to our economic and energy challenges, but it is part of the solution and we need to stop with the delays and start making progress.

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Rain in the Desert!

Well call it liquid mud!  It has been raining off and on all day today.  I was hoping to get a car wash today from mother nature while I was at the office.  No such luck.  My car was covered with mud from the sky.  Crazy!  Last night there was also a little thunder and lightning.  I was not too terribly impressed so I did not go to the window to see the show.