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Posted by Sgt Relic on Saturday, September 19, 2009 10:21:53 AM
Speaker of the House, Nancy “Red Nanny” Pelosi (Socialist-CA) is at it again!

At her recent weekly press briefing she delivered a textbook lesson in her special field of expertise…fuzzy logic. She attempts to find some kind of linkage to the murders of SF Mayor George Moscone and SF Supervisor Harvey Milk by a deranged former member of the board of Supervisors, Dan White, and that of the actions of angry citizens protesting against the rampant spending and growth of government and its life-partner, government intrusion through regulation.

Ms. Pelosi, who many will remember has recently tried to dismiss the outrage expressed at Townhall meetings, Tea Party demonstrations, and the DC protest by calling those citizens “Un-American”, “Astroturf” and playing the “Nazi” card referring to signs bearing swastikas and the slash and zero of the universal “NO” symbol as a portrayal of the true ideology of the protesters.

Now she adds fear of violence to the mix with this stunning quote; “…I wish we would all curb our enthusiasm in some of the statements and understand that some of the ears that it is falling on are not as balanced as the person making the statements may assume”.

“Unbalanced”? That’s a sure fire way of calming people down; just call them insane! Nobody gets upset by that kind of talk. It’s not the least bit inflammatory!

And Jimma the Peanut’s pronouncement of “racism” as the reason Obama’s policies are not being well received, is guaranteed to sooth the emotions of a citizenry that is becoming increasingly more frustrated with being ignored by their elected representatives.

There is a history of violent anti-government protest in this country, one need only look back at the 60’s to see the proof, but I suggest to the Speaker that that particular history belongs to the left. This writer thinks she should take some of her own advice and dial down her own rhetoric. Some of her ACORN, SEIU, and other allies may not be as “balanced” as she thinks they are.
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And Your Little Dog Too!

Posted by Sgt Relic on Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:25:40 AM
 
Apparently, as previously observed by Frank J. at IMAO, botox does not in fact make your brain younger. Pictured above, Nancy Pelosi, affectionately known as “Comrade Speaker” to her associates in the Politburo, leads the Congressional Castrato Choir, some 400 strong, in a rousing rendition (Oops!) version of the classic “Hallelujah I’m a Bum” in honor of those Americans who will soon be homeless, unemployed and riding the rails.

The Nanny-in-Chief was briefed on the upcoming fall TV lineup as part of her ongoing duties to interfere in every aspect of the public’s life and mistakenly thought that “Glee”, a musical drama about Glee Clubs, was to be an American Idol style competition. It is thought that Bawney Fwank is very disappointed since he was to have the boy soprano lead in this production.

The Speaker has had some cognitive problems recently centered on whether, while as a member of the “Gang of Four”, not to be confused with the Chinese version since those folks actually went to jail, but rather as one of the four ranking members of the Congressional Intelligence Committee, she had knowledge of advance interrogation techniques including waterboarding.

Porter Goss, formerly the ranking member of that committee and later CIA Director, said, “We understood what the CIA was doing”. Red Nanny (Commie-SF) has put forward a number of fascinating recollections of those briefings and her final word on the issue is that she “stands by her comments”. Now all we need to know is WHICH comment she’s talking about!!!

Witch hunts always bring out the best in DC. Democrats came into control in ’06 and again in ’08 pledging to focus on the future and let the dead rest. Did anybody seriously believe that a party that boasts a Nancy Pelosi, Henry Waxman, Chucky Scummer, Bawney Fwank, et al, and is lead by the Teleprompter-in-Chief can possibly resist bringing the circus to town? NOT IN THIS LIFETIME!

So I say let the show trials begin! Let’s have every Republican still living who ever served in government dragged before congressional committees, special prosecutors, and senate investigators until the whole darn government is frozen solid. That will very likely be our best bet for escaping the fixes that our new Marxist regime has in mind for us.

Remember, to politicians, wasting time is second only to spending money we don’t have as a pastime in that 75 sq. miles surrounded by reality called Washington.
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Putting the Election Aside for a Moment…

Posted by Sgt Relic on Saturday, September 13, 2008 12:30:49 PM
The do nothing congress is back in session and, in typical style, have these spectacular accomplishments to add to their already fine record. According to my representatives weekly report this is what they managed to get done this week.

“Two bills to name post offices. Two bills to name courthouses. A bill to create congressional clerkships. A bill to allow electronic pay stubs for congressional employees. And a study of two rivers in Vermont.
After a five week recess, these bills were on the short list of items the House of Representatives debated and voted on this week. The House leadership also cut the week short, so there was no debate or votes on Friday.” – Randy Forbes (R-VA)

They did debate, and tabled until next week, a bill to increase visas for the coming year from a mere 1 million to 1.55 million. This at a time when we have just passed the 6% unemployment rate, and it is still rising.


Americans for Prosperity, a watchdog group, has sent the following warning:

“The clock is ticking down to October 1st, 2008 -- the expiration date for the current Congressional ban on offshore drilling and oil shale recovery.

Expanding domestic energy production by getting at untapped U.S. resources is the key to lowering prices at the pump -- so contact your lawmaker today and tell them to DO NOTHING. That's right. Tell your lawmaker that doing nothing is the right thing to do for American energy consumers.”

“Nancy Pelosi and other liberal leaders know they are running out of time to save their political skins, so they’ve put together a sham proposal they claim would allow “drilling.” Tell your lawmakers not to be fooled! Democratic proposals that claim to allow drilling are just ploys designed to erect huge new permanent hurdles to meaningful oil exploration and to hike taxes on energy.”

“Contact your lawmakers. Urge them to support letting the current ban on offshore drilling expire by DOING NOTHING.”

This is AFP’s suggested action plan. I certainly sounds like something they shouldn’t have any problem accomplishing. Who wants to bet that the Do Nothing Congress would actually Do Nothing!

Rep. Pence is saying that republicans are poised to force the energy issue next week. It is this writer’s hope that they are not walking into an ambush driven by their zeal for the “all of the above” position. This will require careful scrutiny at a time when many voters are distracted by the prospect of a GOP win in November.

We will need to keep our heads on a swivel as long as congress is session with Red Nanny at the helm.

Update! There is a first look at the democrat energy bill at the following link: http://michellemalkin.com/2008/09/11/meanwhile-back-in-washington/
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A Tribute to Madame Speaker

Posted by Sgt Relic on Saturday, August 02, 2008 6:46:45 AM
I am sure that we are all aware that the Congress, exhausted from doing absolutely nothing, has taken an early recess. A five week recess mind you, not the simple 15 minutes you remember from grade school. Any business left undone? Pretty much everything.

Yesterday, in a overt display of arrogance the Speaker, Red Nanny (Marxist-CA), dropped the gavel, turned out the lights and cut the feed to C-Span without bringing drilling to a vote. That's right! The Nanny of the House thought it best that the people's representatives not be allowed a voice or a vote which might interfere with her plan to "save the planet" and continue her book tour.
 
To their credit 22 Republicans remained, ordered up pizza, welcomed in the public and gave their speeches in the dark, sans microphones, until the building closed. These members are worthy of the name representative and I will list them in a future post. For now, here is an offering I thought appropriate to the occasion. So, with apologies to the Pythons and one of my all time favorite movies "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" I present "The Ballad of Red Nanny". (based upon Sir Robin's minstrel's song, those with coconut shells can furnish your own acommpaniment.)
 
Bravely bold Red Nanny fled from D.C..
She was not afraid to fly, O brave Red Nanny.
She was not at all afraid, to be sly in nasty ways,
Brave, brave, brave, brave Red Nanny!

She was not in the least bit scared, to be turned out in the fall,
Or to have her minions turn out the lights, and cameras one and all,
To end her day in a sneaky way while slipping down the hall
And to thumb her nose at the people’s plight ,
brave, brave, brave, brave Red Nanny!

Her party smashed and it’s power cut off
And her office removed and her gavel be gone
And her district be raped as the prices goes up
And her name be as mud and her record be nine.
O brave, brave Red Nanny!

Brave Red Nanny ran away,
Bravely ran away, away.
When drilling for oil reared its ugly head, she bravely turned her tail and fled.
Yes, brave Red Nanny turned about
And gallantly, she chickened out. Bravely taking to her plane,
She beat a very brave retreat,
Bravest of the brave, Red Nanny!

She is packing it in and packing it up
And sneaking away and b*ggering off
And chickening out and pi$$ing off home,
Yes, bravely she is taking her ball home,
Not so brave, Red Nanny!
 
The Speaker demonstrated very clearly yesterday exactly whose country she thinks this is, and it ain't ours!

Update! Proving once again the power of the blogsphere RedState has video from the House floor during the revolt. See it here: http://www.redstate.com/diaries/jeff_emanuel/2008/aug/02/looking-back-on-the-house-gop-sit-in/
 
NEW UPDATE! This is a list of participants from the minority leaders website that shows a few names missing from the previous list.
 
Reps. Brian Bilbray, Gus Bilirakis, Rob Bishop, Roy Blunt, John Boehner, John Boozman, Kevin Brady, Paul Broun, Henry Brown, Michael Burgess, John Campbell, Eric Cantor, Shelly Moore Capito, John Carter, Tom Cole, Mike Conaway, John Culberson, Charlie Dent, Mary Fallin, Jeff Fortenberry, Virginia Foxx, Louie Gohmert, Wally Herger, Pete Hoekstra, Duncan Hunter, Steve King, Dan Lungren, Don Manzullo, Kevin McCarthy, Thaddeus McCotter, Devin Nunes, Mike Pence, Chip Pickering, Todd Platts, Ted Poe, Jon Porter, Tom Price, Adam Putnam, Bill Sali, John Shadegg, John Shimkus, Adrian Smith, Mike Turner, Tim Walberg, Greg Walden, and Lynn Westmoreland.

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The Speaker, Formerly Known As Newt, Speaks!

Posted by Sgt Relic on Friday, April 25, 2008 6:30:57 AM
In his recent co-starring role with the odious Nancy Pelosi, in a Al Gore production of a Climate Change commercial, the formerly respected, former Speaker, Newt Gingrich, demonstrates his lack of understanding of science while managing to ignore the high degree of legitimacy his previous credentials lend to this despicable scam. If the gentleman was intent on destroying his credibility he could have simply accompanied Mr. Carter to the big Hamas ‘Love In’ or just endorsed Obama. Here is an excerpt from his TV spot:

“We do agree [speaking of Pelosi] that our country must take action to address Climate Change.”- Newt Gingrich

What Mr. Gingrich said amounts to ‘Climate Change is real and is a major problem which must be fixed" but if he and Nancy agree, you can bet she means fixed by government. The backlash from his TV spot caused him to ‘extend and revise’ his remarks with the following explanation:

“I don't think that we have conclusive proof of global warming. And I don't think we have conclusive proof that humans are at the center of it.”- Newt Gingrich

So he is saying in this statement ‘Climate Change is not real’, that begs the question: Why must we take action? 

JunkScience.com offers the best energy action plan I have seen gathered in two simple paragraphs. Here is that statement:

“Want to save the world & lead everyone from disaster? Fine, immediately nail down a guarantee to repudiate the UNFCCC and associated nonsense, vow never to attend or support the endless round of climate talkfests, defund all "research" and projects established under the excuse of "climate change" (as opposed real-time weather forecasting), cancel the "biofuels" boondoggle, halt all leakage of tax funds to NGOs and greenie fronts and give all EPA-related staff (state and federal) 12 months to find real jobs.

Then roll your sleeves up and get to work stripping every last mention of "environment" from legislation (it’ll take a while — the wackos have 40-years worth of bullsh*t [altered from the original due to TH filters] embedded in there). You’ll do America and the world absolute wonders.”

It would be very difficult to add to this succinct enumeration of the recklessness of the “just in case”, “could happen” and “may happen” scare scenarios floated by the media and politicians intent on an “Amish” solution to our economic and energy problems.

We hear constant talk of 'alternative fuels', yet none of these saviors actually articulate what precisely these fuels are, and when they will be available to take us to work. Ethanol from corn is a failure as a fuel additive simply because it is a negative energy additive, requiring more fuel to produce than is produced by ethanol. Simon Jenkins, writing in The Guardian, points out the dangers of government establishing goals for renewable fuel usage. Mr. Jenkins in an article titled "Time To Be Angry" gives us this new term, "Idiocracy", and explains in the following excerpts: [emphasis is mine]

"The consequences of the RTFO (Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, the U.K. version of "Committed to Alternative Fuels") have been much trumpeted on these pages. It says enough that one car tank of bio petrol needs as much grain as it takes to feed an African for a year, or that a reported one-third of American grain production is now subsidised for conversion into biofuel. Jeremy Paxman pleaded the cause of this latest green wheeze on Monday’s Newsnight, while the United Nations food expert, Jean Ziegler, screamed for it to stop: ‘Children are dying ... It is a crime."

“If I have changed my mind, I am not sure the same applies to many greens. I have rarely encountered so much fanaticism and blind faith. Did those demanding fuel subsidies not realise that palm oil would wipe out rainforests and that ethanol from corn would use as much carbon as it saved? Did those pleading for wind farms really think they could ever substitute for nuclear power; or those wanting eco-towns not realise they would just add to car emissions? Did they not understand that, once the tap of public money is turned on, lobbyists will ensure it is never turned off - however harmful?”

Sugar would be a much better base for ethanol production and could come with the added benefit of lifting the Caribbean’s economic boat dramatically. Many of these very poor islands, such as St. Kitts, have ceased sugar production entirely, yet are still overgrown with sugarcane. Thank God that the Sugar Lobby headed this off with a 54-cents tariff on sugar imports. Other studies involving algae may prove to be fruitful for ethanol production, with none of the downside, half the footprint, and many times the production value, however this is future fuel as well.

We are already seeing the effects of 20%, or more, (see above) of the corn crop being diverted to ethanol, to achieve a 10% usage level, while simultaneously reducing the production of other vital crops. It has created a shortage of vegetable oil, one of the favorite base ingredients used for “bio-diesel” production. Giant birdie cusinarts are a farce in terms of energy production in the 21st century with their huge footprint and low electrical output. Solar energy is also impractical, requiring vast amounts of space and constant maintenance, again for a low yield. Nuclear power is capable of providing all of our needs for electrical generation. We have oil and natural gas reserves that are not being exploited, not to mention massive sand oil, shale oil and coal deposits complete with the technology to make them clean and useful. China is moving ahead in clean coal technology and expects a zero emission plant by 2015.

Mr. Gingrich says in his endorsement commercial that we must demand that our leaders address these issues, and in that he is correct, just not about what solutions must be demanded. It would take for example; 15 years for the U.S. automobile fleet to turnover, provided economic times remain strong. The falling dollar and increased foreign competition cannot be ignored.

Get the wheat, corn, soybeans, and other hallmarks of the “world’s bread basket” back into the fields. The oil producing nations are trying to bring down the American economy with runaway oil prices. Fine! Two can play at that game, how about a food for oil program only this time without the UN involvement.

We are now, and are for the foreseeable future, an oil-based economy. JunkScience.com asks the question "Gosh, you think energy may be too expensive?" Building on yesterday's remarks directed at Mr. Gingrich they added the following today: [emphasis is mine]

"Let’s see: in the UK there’s a howl over resurgent "fuel poverty" and in the US it’s merely a case that a lot of people can’t afford the heating required to avoid freezing to death in the dark. Meanwhile dopey politicians are pandering to the misanthropy brigade and buying into the gorebull warming farce. Gee, let’s all work hard at pricing energy out of everyone’s reach to curtail those nasty emissions of essential plant food, a.k.a. CO2, and then — let’s all be surprised when people can’t afford their heating.

What can we do? Who can we telephone?

Well, maybe it should be foolish legislators and panderers to people-hating nitwits trying to restrict the energy supply and increase its cost. Oh, and Newt? This is part of what we were talking about yesterday — there’s a massive downside to pandering to the energy rationers. Have future political ambitions?"
 
Alternatives such as hydrogen may in fact provide for future energy needs but those technologies are not readily available, and will not be available for perhaps decades. $120 a barrel oil is a reality and must be dealt with in the here and now. Even if all that JunkScience.com calls for were to happen tomorrow we would be decades away from fixing the damage that has been done to our energy industry. Drilling operations don’t happen overnight, nukes don’t spring from the ground ready to run and refineries take time to build and bring on line. This is the real crisis that the country has failed to deal with since those heady days of Jimma the Peanut, “Earth in the Balance” and “Nuclear Winter”.
 
To borrow a phrase from the greenies, “It may already be too late”!!!

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Obama Brings the Love

Posted by Sgt Relic on Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:11:26 PM
 (pictured left: It is thought that due to a lack of minorities in certain of the candidate's speaking venues, supporters are being encourage to bring pictures of minorities to fill out the background. This is a common practice in democratic campaigns.)

Senator Barack Obama, speaking to a group of supporters in San Francisco, made the following remarks:

"You go into some of these small towns in Pennsylvania, and like a lot of small towns in the Midwest, the jobs have been gone now for 25 years and nothing's replaced them,"

"And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations,"

Apparently it is the view of the democratic candidate from Illinois, that when people lose their jobs, wait around 25 years for them to reappear and are then frustrated when these jobs don’t materialize, they become bitter and angry. This anger drives them to seek solace in such outdated and antiquated notions as faith in God, exercising their 2nd amendment rights, and the wildly radical idea that the United States is a sovereign country.

The last bitterness is not too difficult to understand in the light of Pennsylvania being fourth in the country in Trade Union membership. The same Trade Unions who failed to keep those jobs from disappearing are also against free trade. Mr. Obama, however, hangs this “anti-trade sentiment” on the end of his list of prerogatives just as if he himself wasn’t opposed to NAFTA and CAFTA in complete accord with the labor unions.

The remarks were explained(?) by the candidate as follows:

“At a town hall meeting on Friday, Obama said he made the comment because some supporters heard he was having trouble attracting working-class voters. He was trying to say he empathized with them.”

So in the view of the Senator, calling people bitter Christo-phobic racist gun-nut isolationists is the best way to show empathy for small town America. The message is also best delivered, not in a small town, but rather in San Francisco, a city that The Black Agenda Report says is engaged in ethnic cleansing having already successfully displaced 60% of working class blacks through urban redevelopment programs.

This is the same city that announced a full-scale media blitz to attract the illegal aliens needed to fill these jobs, at lower wages of course, and complete with taxpayer funded benefits. This is the city by the bay represented by Nancy Pelosi, who is currently engaged in killing the fence project, bottling up enforcement legislation, and moving yet another AMNESTY bill in the congress. It would appear that the congress in general and the democrats in particular will not be satisfied until every American job is either off-shore or in the hands of someone not legally allowed to work. Except their own job of course!
 
Perhaps Mr. Obama should have stuck to what works and simply said that they were just “typical” small town Americans.
 
 
 
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