What makes me smile

As a lifelong Yankees fan, their clutch performance, the last week of the season was beautiful to watch.  The team is pretty unchanged from the last few years so im used to seeing Jeter, Cano, Swisher, and Sabathia celebrating in the champagne.

There is one new face though that really made me smile.



Ichiro is a certain Hall of Famer who has been trending down for a few years.  Some thought he was done as a great player, but he came to New York and turned back into a difference maker.  Ive always been an admirer of his ability but watching him spray the bubbly in that Yankees Champion shirt completed my turn  into fanboy.  I know its doubtful he will be back next year, so i just wanted to take a sec to enjoy this cool moment.

Thanks Ichiro, youre the man!

Hat Tip Lohud Yankees Blog for the pic.

Oh how sweet it was

One last moment of debate schadenfreude



HA!

Toonage thanks to Townhall.

7.8%...yeah, and 2+2=0

So the Obama media is going giddy today with an unexpected jobs report that has the unemployment rate down to 7.8%.

Would you like the wonky economist explanation for why the drop, not only make no sense, but how the numbers dont add up?  I didnt think so, but ill link it again just in case....Some other stories-

The rat has been smelt.

Its quite a surprise to those living in reality.

The CEO abides.

No sir, it does not make any sense.

Here's your wonk link....his earlier story in linked within it.

4 out of 5 fake Republicans even agree.

A number of pundits predicted months ago that the unemployment rate would somehow get below 8% before the election.  I put nothing past this corrupt administration who runs the country like it ran Chicago.

It encourages others to break the law when it helps them, and then offers your tax dollars to help pay off the victims.  Oh, yeah, thats a thing and its happening at Lockheed Martin.

Heritage notes Obama's hypocrisy on this exact law.

Its the low information voters (ie doofae) that Obama must count on, which is sad.  If he wins it will be because he got more ignorant fools to vote than we got informed people, something this President will be proud of, right?.  All we can do is educate as many of our friends and neighbors as possible.

We still have a month to go.....

How the pros do it

My blathering is very amateur and i admit that, but that doesnt mean i cant hit the nail on the head here and there.

I made the point that Obama got trounced in the debate because he had never had to face a serious opponent and the media never held him to any standard.  It seems im not alone in that thinking.  The Wall Street Journal has an excellent article expanding on my thoughts, but written by a pro.

I urge you to read it.  If i knew how to write, its exactly how i would have done it.

The article went perfectly with my morning cup o' joe.

Yummy coffee.

Happy TGIF

Keepin' the Mo'

Now that the debate score is officially in the books as straight up KO for Mitt Romney, the internet is having its fun.  I cant say im not enjoying it.

I know its just one debate, i know the election is far from over, but you know what, im going to enjoy this moment of campaign zen as long as possible.

It helps that Obama is out there today saying dumber stuff than last night....seriously, you can tell he is FUMING under that ugly smirk.  Today's Obama big campaign line...."who was that guy last night...it sure wasnt Mitt Romney...HAR HAR HAR"  Yep, genius.

You know why Obama spends so much time attacking Mitt Romney's character, because he has NOTHING else.  Every policy argument he has made is a lie and I can prove it, and when i say "I" i mean we and when i say "we", i mean the smart people at Investor's Business Daily.

Meanwhile, Democratic policies are causing gas shortages in California, those are the same policies Obama wants to bring to the rest of the country, by the way.

Lets see what our Asian corespondent have to say on the debate....







The quote of the day goes to a refreshingly honest....dumb as a bag of potato hammers...but at least this one time, honest...Joe Biden.

Im actually starting to feel better about this election....not good, but better....

Homecoming weekend starts tomorrow here at Penn State.  Wish me luck.

Fact Checking the debate

Now that ive gloated a bit, ill get into the details....

It seems that Barack Obama doesnt understand his own healthcare law.....its not that i blame him, no one does, but if you are going to attempt to defend it, you should prolly use legal examples.

Last night Obama sited the Cleveland Clinic as a model for a successful hospital in Obamacare....the problem, its illegal under the new health care law.

So typical of liberal policy.  Write a giant, government empowering, monstrosity of a law without knowing the unintended consequences.  It does much more damage than good,....then, say you need another law to fix it....lather, rinse, repeat.  

There you have it, President Obama's chosen example of success is now illegal because of his law.

That makes sense.

How many more success stories can Obama make illegal if we give him 4 more years?

1979 turns to 1980....if we let it

The last few months have had the eerie aroma of the late 70's.  Out of control gasoline and energy prices, embassy attacks in the Middle East, stagnant economy, American weakness, just an overall pessimism hanging like a dark cloud over the country.  Is it a coincidence that both times we were under the rule of a far left wing President who was elected on personality and a backlash against the GOP?

Anyhoo, last night we saw 1980 standing at the door and begging to come in.

Mitt Romney beat Barack Obama like a rented mule in the debate yesterday.  Democrats and left wing pundits are throwing every excuse possible at the wall, hoping something lessens the sting.  Even nutjobs like Michael Moore and Bill Maher admit it was a brutal defeat for Barack Obama.

Romney won because he espoused conservative ideas.  He did it with passion, full command of the facts, and an obvious confidence that comes with a belief in what you are saying.  Obama was the complete opposite.  He seemed to not know what to say, not because he had crickets chirping in his head but because he is fully aware that his true beliefs are unacceptable to the American voter.  When the President speaks from his heart we get the angry divisive language seen in that video released on Tuesday.

Also, Barack Obama is famously thin skinned and quick to run from opposing ideas so he has surrounded himself with "yes" men.  You add the sycophantic press and this is a man who hasnt had to seriously defend a thought in 4 years....really, much longer.  Last night must have been like the first time you get punched in the face....

Its like..."BLAM"....what a minute....ow....that sucked....um....yeah,that was the worst thing ever....(at least until you get a kidney stone, just fyi)

Its a shock to the system and your reaction is left to instincts.  Obama's instincts are to run from confrontation so he was left uncomfortable and taken aback by the challenge.  Not the instincts i want in a President.

Have you seen any video of the best moments yet?  Its hard to choose a fav, but i like this one because it sums up Barack Obamas entire political existence.....

If you missed the debate, i strongly suggest you check it out.  It was a true measure of the men running for most powerful job in the world.  You can watch it and lots of other reaction clips over at The Right Scoop.

So, we got a glimpse of our possible future....a Reaganesque, 1980 future....will we choose it or will we continue this downward spiral deeper into 1979.  The debate made it clear who can turn this country around and it aint the current President....will we let Mitt Romney do what he does best?

Happy Thirsty Thursday

Down goes Obama.....Down goes Obama....

One debate, one thorough intellectual beating given to the President by Mitt Romney.

I cant begin to imagine what the media will do to take the sting out of that drubbing, but know this, if you watched the debate, you saw a man, in Mitt Romney, who was in command of details, was intellectually interested, was Presidential, and looked like the guy you want running your country.  On the other hand, President Obama looked unqualified, intellectually lost, dishonest, and petty.  A guy i dont want anywhere near leadership of my country.

Will the story be told that way to those who didnt watch?  We will see.

Ill have much more on the minutiae tomorrow, but i just wanted to pass along my glee.  Watching someone take Obama to the woodshed does wonders for stress....

Great Job Governor Romney.

The VP debate is next, on Oct 11th , i believe.

Obama destroying middle and lower classes

One word-- ENERGY

If i could scoop out one set of policies this disaster of a President has enacted and replace them with my own, it would be in the field of energy.

BILLIONS wasted in green energy scams and failed companies, and subsidized pet projects.

Yet....those of us without a hand in the federal treasury are stuck paying staggering prices for gasoline, home heating oil, and electricity.

WHY?  Because thats how Obama wants it.  He thinks we should have to pay prices closer to the failing economies in Europe.........cause its more "fair" and because he is just dumb enough to believe the environmentalists wackos fake science. 

In the 2008 campaign he said, and i quote--

"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times,"

He claimed it was about leadership yet he chooses to keep his thermostat hang around 80 in the White House.

The point is, energy prices are one of the biggest factors in middle and lower classes improving their situation and Obama has done everything in his power to raise prices.

His war on coal alone is zapping the supply of electricity available in America leading to necessarily higher prices.

So dont give me this crap that Obama cares about the poor and middle class.  In one of the only ways the President can directly effect the economy, Obama has chosen his radical leftist ideology over making life better for average Americans.

This alone proves Obama cares nothing about you, no matter your class.  Its all bunk.  

Obama sells the "i care", snake oil.  His first term proves that.  Imagine what he will do  once he doesnt have an election to worry about.

Dont forget about higher taxes, too....they're coming....for everyone....

Thats not even counting what Obamacare will do to you on January 1st if its not repealed.

I cant afford 4 more years of Barrack Obama, can you?

PS Dont forget about the extra 10 grand you owe on the national debt this year.

Happy October Monday

October 1st, dont forget to change those calenders over to the new picture.  My Audrey Hepburn October pic is pretty great, i must say.

Anyway, just wanted to welcome everyone to debate week.  Wednesday night we get to see if Romney has the heart and big brass ones to take it to the President.  Romney could end the election with a slam dunk performance....

Remember, if the media says it was a draw, Romney won, if the media says Romney won, Obama got slaughtered.....anything else is unacceptable and will not be considered.

This is what we are dealing with...



Now go out and crush your Monday.

Hat Tip to The Looking Spoon for the cartoon.