From Tom Tomorrow: Just When You Think They Can’t Get Any Crazier!

Just when you think they can’t get any crazier

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And by “you” I mean, well, you. Me, I think their craziness potential is nearly limitless. But this must mark some sort of milestone along the endless path of escalating crazy:

From John L. Perry at Newsmax:

There is a remote, although gaining, possibility America’s military will intervene as a last resort to resolve the Obama problem. Don’t dismiss it as unrealistic.

America isn’t the Third World. If a military coup does occur here it will be civilized. That it has never happened doesn’t mean it wont. Describing what may be afoot is not to advocate it. So, view the following through military eyes:

Did you get that? Perry doesn’t advocate a military overthrow of the Obama administration, he’s…just sayin’.

UPDATE: apparently someone had second thoughts regarding the wisdom of implictly advocating a military coup.

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Luetkemeyer Still Singing Two Tunes on Stimulus Money

From the FiredUpMissouri blog

Submitted by .Sean on September 14, 2009 – 9:33am

Blaine Luetkemeyer continues to be open to the idea that he can help his district (and his public profile) with federal economic recovery money, while still denouncing the stimulus package as a monstrous waste of taxpayer money. Friday, the Post-Dispatch reported that Luetkemeyer — along with Gov. Nixon, Sen Kit Bond and Sen. Claire McCaskill and Rep Todd Akin — is publicly supporting a request for $100 million in stimulus grants to finish a road project in St. Charles County.

This isn’t surprising — or even a bad thing.  But it is worth remembering the next time Luetkemeyer stands up to talk about the stimulus package was and is an awful idea. He has repeatedly said the economic recovery money “isn’t putting people back to work” called the package “reckless” — in short, he says, it’s a “disaster.”

Also, in April, Luetkemeyer announced he would not be requesting any earmarks for the 9th District because “there needs to be more transparency, accountability and fiscal restraint” of projects.”

From AMERICAblog On the Man Who Saved One Billion Lives

by // <![CDATA[// John Aravosis (DC) on 9/13/2009 08:36:00 PM

My friend Chris wrote in to explain why it’s sad that someone many of us never heard of passed away.

Norman Borlaug passed away.

At 95. Farm kid from Iowa gets a boost from public education (his first eight years in a one-room schoolhouse, then on to the University of Minnesota).

Develops new plants to boost crop yields.

Teaches the world how to feed itself.

Saves the lives of roughly 1 billion people which, at the time, was about one-third of the human race.

Wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

Leaves the world a better place than he found it.

Screw Sarah Palin.

THAT’S Real America.

Chris

P.S. Nerds and geeks rule!

A Thought for the Day

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

Thomas Jefferson

Roy Blunt Ignores Facts to Side With Joe Wilson

I can understand someone standing up for a friend, but I can’t understand the ignoring facts.   The following is from the Fired Up Missouri blog:

On KCMO yesterday, Roy Blunt stood by Rep. Joe Wilson’s false assertion that Barack Obama was lying in his Wednesday speech when he said, “The reforms I’m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally.” Blunt did not support the manner in which Wilson (described by Blunt in the interview as “a friend of mine” and “a really good guy”) chose to deliver his attack, but did stand up for the substance of his accusation.

The facts are not on Roy Blunt’s side. Consider the following:

CQ Politics’ Political Wire: “Actually, Wilson was the Liar”

It’s not often that a president gets heckled during a speech to Congress. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) did just that last night yelling out “you lie” when President Obama said his health care reform effort would not insure illegal immigrants. Though Wilson apologized later, he insisted he was correct in his assertion. The facts, however, are on the president’s side.

Time: “‘You Lie!’: Representative Wilson’s Outburst”

The President’s seemingly simple statement that “the reforms I am proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally” is not hard to check. In the Senate Finance Committee’s working framework for a health plan, which Obama’s speech seemed most to mimic, there is the line, “No illegal immigrants will benefit from the health care tax credits.” Similarly, the major health-care-reform bill to pass out of committee in the House, H.R. 3200, contains Section 246, which is called “NO FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS.”

Politifact.com: “Joe Wilson of South Carolina said Obama lied, but he didn’t”

The best argument that we find that health reform would help illegal immigrants is that some might be able to purchase the public option — if it passes, and it might not — on the new health insurance exchange. They would purchase that at full cost. Obama said, “The reforms I’m proposing would not apply to those who are here illegally,” which Wilson said was a “lie.” Actually, Obama can make a pretty thorough case that reform doesn’t apply to those here illegally. We don’t find the public option argument enough to make the case that Obama “lied.” We rate Wilson’s statement False.

The Eruption of Joe Wilson by Jean Carnahan

The following comments were made by Jean Carnahan on the Fired Up Missouri blog:

Last night, the Democrats showed who we are and the Republicans showed who they are. The President reminded Americans that achieving a decent, affordable health care plan was a “moral imperative” and a measure of our national character. He vowed to fight on and “call out” those who would try to defeat health care reform with lies and deception.

While Democrats jumped to their feet in applause time after time, Boehner, Blunt, and Luetkemeyer were seen on camera grimacing and squirming like 10-year-old boys sitting in the principal’s office.

But Joe Wilson couldn’t contain himself.  He felt compelled to inject some 2009-style townhall-ism into the august gathering.

The Republicans unwittingly sent forth their spokesman in this boorish South Carolina congressman, who will forever be remembered as the jerk who cried “you lie” during a joint session of Congress. His response overshadowed that of Rep. Charles Boustany, who gave the official GOP reply — essentially a call to scrap the health care bill and start over. Yawn.

It was not Wilson’s first rude outburst. On the House floor, Wilson once called a colleague “viscerally anti-American” and a hater of America for disagreeing with him on the Iraq War. But the backbench Congressman may find his time in the national spotlight his undoing. In 2008, he won election against Democrat Rob Miller with 54% of the vote. That compared with the whopping 84% he received in 2002 shows his constituents are having some serious misgivings. And, Miller, a retired Marine who served in Iraq, is running again in 2010. The word around the blogosphere is that Miller’s campaign coffers are filling fast after last night’s eruption. (A tidy $300,000 given on line at last report.)

Governor Mark Sanford, move over. South Carolina has found its new village idiot.

Old Yeller!

Last night Republican Congressman Joe Wilson of South Carolina made a joke of himself.  He’s the gentleman with more lung power than brain power, who yelled “You lie!”  when President Obama that his health care plan did not cover illegal aliens.  He should have been embarrassed by his behavior.  His congressional district certainly objected to his outburst.  Rob Miller, the Democrat that will be running again Wilson next year has raised $200,000 for his campaign fund since the “mouth of the south” exploded last night.

Dancing Rabbit

Ann Pierceall, a reporter for the Quincy Herald-Whig, did an interesting article about Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in yesterdays newspaper.  It was the final story of a series on the “intentional communities” located in Scotland County, Missouri.  Several of the “Rabbits” have worked in recent Democratic campaigns.  They are hard working intelligent folk who “walk the talk” about what is important in life.  We could all learn from the Rabbits.  I’d urge you to read the article on the Herald-Whig website.

Today’s Kansas City Star on Obama’s Health Care Speech

President Barack Obama’s address to Congress and the nation was clear, simple and direct. He succeeded Wednesday night in promoting a strong package of needed health care reforms in America.

It’s time for Congress to follow the president’s lead. Stop the partisan bickering. Start the constructive debate.

Stewardship

Governor Nixon’s steady fiscal stewardship in troubling times is paying dividends. According to the AP, Fitch Ratings recently graded Missouri bonds as “AAA.” The rating agency cited Missouri’s conservative approach to assuming new debts and repaying existing ones, and its track record of balanced financial management. Government by grown-ups is working for Missouri.