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July 25, 2012



The fact remains that there ARE preconditions to the success of a business -- private property, the rule of law, free enterprise, stable governments, strong defense. Obama is right about that.

IF this is all Obama meant, then it is a triviality that is not worth mentioning. Granted, almost anything Obama says that isn't a lie is a triviality not worth mentioning, but in this case it takes great effort and several ounces of fairy dust to believe that that is ALL he was saying. And by "triviality" I mean, no one claims otherwise, so it is essentially meaningless to claim that he is "right about that."


((If he's so good at balancing the budget why will not a single member of his own party vote for his proposed budgets? what am I missing?))

as I see it, not one of the whole pack of them wants a budget. They are gaming the system, because they "can" and all having a big laugh about it.


DoT brought up the original idea as a case of someone taking a dumb risk, and deservedly failing. But then another guy came by, paid $2,500, and...

Balloon Boy saucer turned into trading cards

The Allen & Ginter Relics set costs around $3 a pack at mass retailers, but dozens of individual balloon boy cards have sprung up on Ebay, with sellers seeking anywhere from 99 cents to $49.99 for the Mylar-adorned cards.


As a volunter unpaid Obama Campaign consultant, it is my recommendation that he now follow this brilliant ad up with ads making perfectly clear that: a)he was never at the church when Reverend Wright (who was not his "mentor") said all those horrible anti-American things; and b) he never called his grandmother a "typical white person."



When did Obama say that?

Jane - Get off the couch your country needs you!

What I find sad and disgusting lyle, is that anyone feels the need to declare "I am not a racist" with their disfavor of Obama. Alinsky could not have planned it better.


jimmyk --

I basically agree with you. What he said was not wrong, but so axiomatic as to be close to meaningless.

But I think it is useful to recognize that he was not wrong and in truth no one truly succeeds in building a business all by themselves. However, that does not mean that all success in business is due to some collective "we" that can take credit (and the profits) from that enterprise.

Henry Ford did not invent the automobile and Bill Gates did not invent the computer. They benefitted from the contributions of others who came before. But that does not mean that Ford and Gates and so many others did not make major contributions to life and society for which they should be greatly rewarded.



Thirty-nine percent of Democrats say they are more enthusiastic about voting than usual, down from the summers of 2004 (68%) and 2008 (61%). Republicans (51%) are more enthusiastic than in 2008 (35%) but the same as in 2004 (51%).

No wonder the Pinhead Troika is panicking.


the whole disagreement=racism is merchandise that they are pushing hard, but outside the market they already have, no one else is buying


Theo, there was an "if" in my statement. I agree with the others here that he did not say that. You are reading between the lines and trying to project something unarguable onto his words. My point was even if you do that, all you get is a triviality. But that was not the plain meaning of his words.



In what many are describing as just another day in the life of Tycoon and television celebrity, Donald Trump, the self made Millionaire began mixing the mortar for the foundation of his new casino which he plans to build himself-with no help whatsoever. The project is expected to take 176 years to complete and cost just over 18 trillion dollars.

Captain Hate

Gus McCrae FTW http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/239987-actor-robert-duvall-to-host-romney-fundraiser?utm_campaign=briefingroom&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitterfeed


NK, I worship you. The only earthlings with more discretion than Federal Judges are soccer referees.

Some guy


It's just awesome that you think your little Trump story actually helps O. Really just awesome.


He just likes us, Sg.


He knows it isn't helping his guy.


OT, somebody on one of these threads posted the Pitzer putz' address. I googled it, and looked at street view. I can't believe that a college professor who fancies himself an anarchist could live in such a mundane boring cookie cutter neighborhood. The funny thing is that the Google camera took a picture of what appear to be Mexican workers working on the property. Couldn't he do better than to live in a tract home. I'm singing Pete Seeger's Little Boxes to myself. Ben, tell Pitzer to give you a cooler home to live in. Bourgeois, man.


MarkO-- and like Fed Judges we are also dictators, with very few rights of appeal. That and we make more mistakes than we ever admit to.




are the Democrats planning on lowering the voting age so toddlers in diapers can vote? because that is the juvenile level of the above talking point

get back to us duda when the mortar workers work for free because they are just so darned helpful

Melinda Romanoff


You should see his Maine "Cone of Silence" self-built unit.

Danube of Thought

News for DuDa: Trump pays the people who help him, and pays them with his own money.

Hard to escape the conclusion that this discussion is far over your head.


NK, I had two daughters who played serious soccer, one at BU. The notion of "play on" always confused me and may have caused me to utter vituperation.

How fun for you, however, to be involved with it. I prefer women's soccer to most NFL games. It is the only time I permit myself to feel any kindness toward UNC.

hit and run

What the hell does Trump have to do with Romney's tax returns?

For that matter, what the hell does Obama's obsession with his own "you didn't build that" remark have to do with Romney's tax returns?

Poor Obama fell victim to his own yelling of "look squirrel!"


the Beautiful Game is great for girls finess, teamwork, and they can use the skills for lifetime.You should be proud of having a D-1 soccer athlete in the family; BU is in the same conference as my college alma mater Stony Brook. FIFA Laws? they are actually well thought out and make common sense. The Referees' application? uneven.


Be fare NK, the referees' application is closer to random than uneven. ;)


Dear Henry-- we were having a right friendly soccer conversation before you interrupted with the typical men's player observation about refs. I never played the game, I got involved when my son turned out to be a good player, and after refereeing for a few years and being promoted to higher level games I learned that you guys play differently than any another sport-- you give a running commentary to the ref during the game! And guys are far worse than ladies-- at least directly at the refs, I would hate to hear what the ladies say behind our backs. Soccer players bitch and moan ceaselessly, it's unbelievable. Even St Henry of Wisc probably did it back in the day. One plus from the players complaining-- I can swear in portuguese, spanish, greek, Italian and Albanian.


Alinsky could not have planned it better.

Preach it, sister. The commies planned something like this years ago and along came BOzo. Their perfect candidate. It will be interesting to see if the Dem party can survive this fraud and his handlers. Someone show me a sane Dem right now.

BB Key

Good piece over at Instapundit on Voter Participation Center spoofing the Va Board of Elections...evil behind the VPC is a Dookie


NK, yup. The old saying is "Rugby is a hooligan's game played by gentlemen and soccer is a gentleman's game played by hooligans". As for conversation with referees, it was more fun to agree with my opponent that I actually fouled him (true about half the time) and the ref effed up than complain when I got called for anything.

Frau Lotte Lenya

peter, "Little Boxes" was written by Malvina Reynolds the mother of my girlfriend in high school. After being called fellow travelers and pinkos in Long Beach, the family moved to Berkeley. Pete S. was friend of theirs. I really liked the family and took trips with them. Want to hear me sing "Joe Hill" and other union songs of protest?
I don't either.

Jane - Get off the couch your country needs you!


WEll first Obama must not get re-elected. I assume that if he is re-elected impeachment proceedings will begin shortly thereafter.


Axelrod blames GOP ads for convincing public that Obama running more negative campaign



Henry-- you're an honest man. BTW, the final punch line to that joke is:
"...and League Soccer (professional) is a Hooligans' game played by Hooligans!"


Axelrod is totally reptilian.


I beg to differ, NK. Axelrod is the child molester look-alike. Messina is the reptile.


Lefties should save the sarcasm-- they are going to need it after November when there is a Repub House, Senate and POTUS, and the politics of those Repubs will be fiscally conservative. The Lefties are going to have their gravy train come to an abrupt halt.


"Did Barack Obama study any history? Hard to say, as his college records are sealed."

The final sentence in a short essay written by a Russian immigrant well worth anyone's time.



Watching Mia Hamm play in person is one of my favorite sporting memories. Like all the greatest in any sport, she is completely different.

Melinda Romanoff


I played goalie, and we'll leave it at that.


If anyone is in the DC area on August 3rd -

"Americans for Prosperity
We're rallying for REPEAL at Upper Senate Park in DC. It's happening August 3rd at noon. Will you JOIN us and help us tell Washington "hands off!" our health care?"


and the politics of those Repubs will be fiscally conservative

I hope you're right. There's still to many McRinos in their seats if you axe me.


MelR-- than you would love my favorite young referee who does College and USL games (he's 24 now.) His standard with goalies is if an attacking player looks at the Keeper the wrong way it's a foul-- if the attacking player touches the Keeper, it's a Yellow Card. That's only a slight exageration. Guess what position he played through college....

Melinda Romanoff

Shoulder and elbow use in defending ball possession can not be overstated in its importance.


True Mel, but the out of the box punch in the back of the head, while expected, will result in payback later on.

Melinda Romanoff

By The Goalie?!?!

I was too sportsmanlike.




How is this not discrimination? Are we allowed to oppose changing the definition of marriage?


"I effing hate this president. I would feel the same way if he were as white as me"

I'm with you - I detest his whiteness and/or blackness equally. Let's just say I detest phony Halfrican's.

Seriously I am so done with watching what I say because it hurts KaKa, DuDu, BenDanaCleowhateverthef**khisnameis wittle ears.

Barack Obama is a detestable man, and he would be even if he never was president.


I know I'm jumping off into territory better left alone, but looking at a birth certificate for a client earlier, something jumped out at me. The early birth certificates show how many children were born to a mother. What if Obama's mother had another child and that is what he is hiding? Maybe one she gave up for adoption.


And I thought being gay was all about love.


GK's are usually pretty intense.

NK, I pray we don't get a clean sweep, because then the moderate Repubs will probably do more stupid shit and the Dems play that like a violin.

We need an environment where the squishes and the obstructionists are marginalized, whether by events, which I believe may happen, or by some chance miracle that people actually come to their senses.

I had a discussion the other day with a left friend who was convinced that we should ban automatic weapons until I told him that they have been banned to the greatest extent since the 30's.

There is no arguing with the statist mentality and until Europe falls and crony capitalism is squashed and the meatheads realize that Western Civ triumphed on its merits instead of some phony capitalist/imperialist oppression of the masses.

These are same buffoons who watched the Soviet Empire collapse and China go mercantilist and still don't get the message that communitarianism works well at a Benedictine monastery only because it is unequivocal and devoted to the greater glory of God and works nowhere else for the lack thereof.


By the big ugly fellow with the funny colored shirt. They hit their own guy just as often as the guy trying to score -- I thought it was part of Goalie 101.


Ok, somebody posted this earlier...

Wisconsin state Dem quits caucus, threatens to undermine recall gains

What I don't get is this:

Republican state Sen. Rich Zipperer is expected next month to become GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s deputy chief of staff, which would still give Democrats a 16-15-1 majority if Cullen decides to become an independent. At least until Zipperer's seat is filled.
Does Zipperer's replacement get appointed by Walker?

MelR-- PROTECT THE KEEPER (Goalie)!!! the harsh discipline goes against the ATTACKING player-- Keepers are of course permitted to maintain order by protecting the ball with shoulder charges and high elbows. The most important decision I ever made was a U18 College recruiter Tourney during Thanksgiving involving a Coastal Maine Club Keeper knocking out cold a Westchester FC striker on a 50/50 ball just ourside the area. I was able to make the right decision because it took 2-3 minutes to get the Westchester kid back on his feet, so I had time to think it through and consult with the ARs. The Keeper stayed on with a caution-- much to the disbelief of the Westchester FC coach.



Well, the Cathy's are Christian. I'm sure they will pray for these lost souls, and would certainly never resort to the same bullying tactics. I do hope that Chik-fil-A does not back down and allow 2% of the population to dictate how they do business.

I'm sure these gays and lesbians have the employees, and their families, and their families well being in mind when they petition to close them down, and force them out of work in this economy.

As usual, they think of themselves only. Another group of detestable whining jackasses.


None of my athletes were allowed to play goalie, put your dental work on the level where kicks are routine required a dental insurance policy beyond what I could put in place. Playing keeper is absolutely for the insane amongst us.



Did he shriek like a vampire exposed to sunlight? Facts should have that effect on lefties. Sadly, they rarely do.


Ext, Zipperer's seat is up for election in November anyway. An R will win for sure (I have no idea who is running). His absence, like the current Dem majority makes no difference because the senate will not convene again until January.


Henry-- Zipperer? the man's name is actually Zipperer?


I pray we don't get a clean sweep,

Well then I pray fervently (and more frequently) that your prayers not be answered. The only way we get to a sane budget and start making the Fed Govt live within the means we can afford, is for there not to be a squish or two that must be placated to pass reform. We need a strong yank on the reins, not a small and ever so gentle course correction.

If I cancel your prayer out, then it will be what is now predestined, a massacre for the Donks. Hide and watch.


NK, that is the first I've heard of a Keeper getting called for that, let alone booked. I finally stopped playing after waking up one morning to find I was in the penalty area after getting my clock cleaned while scoring one afternoon. Well done!

and yes, Zipperer (R-Pewaukee), or as his predecessor calls him "The Upgrade".


Gmax @ 4:27. I agree with that. Unless the spending is drastically reduced and the Obamacare Medicaid entitlement repealed, the USA is Greece in 5 years or less.


Volokh (via Insty): No Building Permits for Opponent of Same-Sex Marriage

In Boston, Mayor Thomas Menino reportedly took a similar view:
Jack is Back!

Hello to all from sunny Key Biscayne, Miami:)

Nice little drive down after dropping off the puppies with our vet who has a pet hotel for their comfort while we are gone. Going to the Chelsea v. AC Milan game on Saturday but tonight we are having old friends for dinner at Jose Andres new restaurant The Bazzar in SoBe (actually 17th and Collins. Funny how they keep extending SoBe further north. Pretty soon it will be in Bal Harbor.

Now Frederick wants to go to the pool but I am making him recite his multiplication tables first. Not a particularly happy camper at the moment. Tomorrow we are going to try a new Italian from the Pub-Belly folks called Macchialinda over on the Beach. Supposed to have the best antipasti in town.

narciso, are in Miami or just above it?


Henry-- FYI, the caution on the Keeper was for deliberately handling the ball outside the area. The 2-fisted punch to the Attacker's jaw? fair play! it was a 50-50 Ball and the Keeper fisted it away before the Attacker got to the ball. The Westchester coach was not impressed with my decision.


JiB-- enjoy the Chelsea-FC Milan match. This saturday the family and I will be in Baltimore seeing Liverpool-Tottenham @100 pm-- that will be played at a walk in 90 degree heat.


Ya know those same politicians are probably all FOR mosques being built. I'm an Islamaphobe if I voice concerns...


It's like these people just woke up and realized Chik-Fil-A was a business owned and operated by Christians.


Tweet: If you're looking for validation for your sexual orientation from a fast food joint you've got some serious self-esteem issues. Derek Hunter.



No kidding. You don't want to read Gabriel Malor's (who is gay) twitter feed.


As Instapundit would say.. Heh:

RNC Web Ad: The More Context You Get, The Worse It Sounds

All the context anyone needs. The only one speaking is Obama, but I am sure ObamaCo will say it is unfair.

Jane - talk is cheap!


Didn't you hear? Under Obama the government can do anything it wants.



I am about to remove him from my twitter feed. Not because I suddenly found out he was gay, I've known all along. I'm sick of him whining about it.


Dick Morris says that 90% of the remaining gap will break toward Romney. So that would make it 55-45 Romney if all holds equal. I imagine after the convention when everyone gets to hear Romneys incredible story that it will start showing in the polls especially when they start using likely rather than registered votes in those polls. Read an incredible article today about how he saved the Olympics by slashing all unnecessary expenses even charging for Pizza slices during meetings and even though Coke donated product he still have everyone pay for their drinks. He cut everything that was not a must do completely out and took the Olympics from the fiscal hole it was in to a $166 million surplus. Cannot wait to see what he can do with our budget!

Jack is Back!


LIke the NFL goes to London - we should have a EPL game here once and a while. Even if it is NYC or DC, the EPL should do it during their season, either early (the fall) or later (the spring). After all, both Liverpool and Manchester are American owned now. When we lived in London we became big Chelsea fans, although my family and its businesses were Tottenham sponsors since their formation. To this day, my cousins are big time season ticket holders for The Spurs. Frederick's godfather, on the other hand is a season ticket holder for Chelsea.

BTW, great little thread here on soccer. Mel even looks like a goalie - who'd have known:)

Coming down to Miami we had Boortz and Rush on. Boortz read the Iowahawk piece on the Genesis parody. Frederick got upset that someone would parody God:) Altar boys!

Then Rush spent 3 hours "crucifying" the NBC/WSJ poll which was skewed by 11% to represent (to their biased minds) what the Dem v. Rep turnout will be in November 46 to 35! Then he laid into Obama and I mean he was right on top of him like Trayvon on George. Covering his mouth, banging his head, punching his nose, beating the hell out of him. But Barry had no gun.


I hear ya, Sue. Actually he has a pretty informative twitter feed, until any controversy about gays come up and then he goes totally off the rails.



I wondered about that too. Thanks Frederick for validating my initial thought. Before I fell over laughing.


JiB-- I've been to White Hart Lane for a friendly, so the 'real' fans (i.e. working class) were in attendance-- it's a -- er-- colorful crowd. I was a Tottenham supporter these past several seasons while my club -- Southampton Saints-- were relegated to lower divisions. The Saints are back in the EPL so I can't actively support the Hotspur.



AllahPundit: "Is there anywhere in America outside of Chicago itself where the term “Chicago values” isn’t pejorative?"

I hope to read tomorrow that Chick-fil-A had a record-breaking day today.

Carol Herman

Why did anyone pick Romney to run against this president? Was it the "angry white man" appeal? Was it Iowa?

Because when Iowa went first what did they do? Did they rally round a viable candidate? Or did they go with "What Would Jesus Do?" concept?

Wasn't the opportunistic sights set on the media? Didn't the "media" create this "perfect storm?" What would have happened if another state went first?


Iowahawk tweets: Chik-Fil-A values are not Chicago Values...Congratulations, Rahm, you just coined Chik-Fil-A's new advertising slogan.






















It looks like ABC just cannot get any of its story on the Aurora shooter right.

The spitting at guards, the face mask, all bullshit.

Oh, and it is an ABC affiliate in Denver that says so.


Uh Oh: More executive orders being announced

Mark Knoller ‏@markknoller

At the National Urban League Convention in New Orleans tonight, Pres Obama will announce a new education initiative for African-Americans.

Mark Knoller ‏@markknoller

It's called The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African-Americans - to be established by Executive Order.


I'm wih Chik fil a all the way on this one as anyone who's been on my FB page the last 2 days knows. and I think the company will come out ahead on all this, BUT I wish to heavens Huckabee weren't involved..


Figures. Has the "body armor" been verified or dis-proven yet? That report helped argue against anyone having a chance at taking him out if they'd been carrying.


"The White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African-Americans"

Racist, by definition.


Sue @ 4:12....You may have a point, however the longer this debate continues over Barry's BC authenticity, the more I lean towards his having a father not even mentioned on the BC. Possibly he was born in Indonesia or maybe Canada (to explain the Hawaiian hospital refusing to produce his birth record). Vancouver isn't that far from Seattle, and we know Stanley Ann was in Washington State shortly after Barry's birth. That is, if Barry's BC birth date is correct. ;)

Since Barry is half black, I'm curious about the identity of his real father. Did the Dunham family use Obama Senior (and did Obama Senior use the Dunhams to enhance his immigration status) in an attempt to protect FMD?


I know this is hard to believe because the family doctor said hours after the crash that Kerry Kennedy had no drugs or alcohol in her blood, but the police tests say she was loaded up on Ambien.


Mark Knoller ‏@markknoller

The Executive Order also creates an Advisory Commission to work with the Secy of Educ on implementing the African-American initiative.


A Kennedy is a junkie? do tell!


CentralCal-- I guess 'Bam really is slipping with AA voters. His response? Pathetic of course.


NK - my thoughts exactly. He wants to look like he is doing something "special" for the AA community.

Time will tell, how special, I guess.


Unlike normal workers, Kim Jong-un's former flame, or current wife, shows the way.


Heh. Who doesn't need employees like these?


((Was it the "angry white man" appeal?))

probably not because one thing Romney is not is an "angry white man", --he's cheerful, optimistic, and entertains a high vision of what America was designed to be and should be and could be


This Chick - Fil - A brouhaha symbolizes the Orwellian Newspeak that the Left is brainwashing our kids with.

Somehow, being pro traditional marriage is now a hate crime. The scum at the top of the Democratic Party have opened the floodgates to 1984 and for this I will never forgive them.

Their dishonesty is against all reason and logic and only seeks power.It is a dark force that is evil at its roots.



Dept. of Ed. Pigford settlement.


Someone should suggest they create the Barack Obama Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Educational Excellence.

See LUN for context.

Jack is Back!


Forget security at the Olympics:

Olympic beach volleyball players have come across an unexpected handicap - squirrels burying their nuts on their courts.

Read the whole thing

h/t Insty


Cronies-- so 'bam's henchmen violated contract law when they railroaded the Chrysler Bondholders; then they violated Fed law in giving a special break to Solyndra Bondholders who were cronies. Notice a pattern? http://washingtonexaminer.com/report-energy-department-scrambled-to-justify-letting-solyndras-private-backers-recoup-losses-before-taxpayers/article/2503153?custom_click=rss


--I guess 'Bam really is slipping with AA voters.--

No kidding. If at the end of July Barry is still having to nail down the black vote he might as well concede now but serve out his term so he can golf using AF1 for the next six months.
Would do him and the rest of us all a world of good if he spent the rest of his time looking for his balls in the deep rough.

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