Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Philedelphia "Christmas Village" Removes The Word "Christmas" After Complaints From The Overly Sensitive

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that "[i]t began when word got to Managing Director Rich Negrin that some city workers and residents were offended by the giant 'Christmas Village' sign erected on Dilworth Plaza's northwest corner. After all, there are a few Jewish and Muslim vendors among the nearly 50 wooden booths that make up Philadelphia's version of the traditional German Christmas village, which officially opened here Thursday. There was also a story that reached Negrin about a little Jewish girl walking with her father who asked, according to Negrin: 'Dad, don't we get a village?' The upshot was the private organizer, Thomas Bauer, agreed with Negrin during the day on Tuesday to remove the word Christmas and replace it with Holiday. But then Tuesday night, Bauer issued a statement that said the sign would be completely removed. The event will continue to be called 'Christmas Village in Philadelphia.'"

Republicans To Eliminate Pelosi's "Climate Change" Panel In The House

Bloomberg reports that "Republicans will eliminate the House committee created by Speaker Nancy Pelosi to highlight the threat of climate change, Representative James Sensenbrenner, the top Republican on the panel, said today. In one of her first acts as speaker in 2007, Pelosi, a California Democrat, created the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming to draw attention to climate-change science and showcase how a cap on carbon dioxide needn’t be a threat to economic growth. Republicans, who won control of the House in the Nov. 2 election, have opposed legislative efforts to regulate carbon emissions as a tax on energy. When the panel convened today, Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican, said that the hearing 'will be the last of the select committee.'"

Pentagon Claims It Could Have Stopped Wikileaks Dump But Decided Not To

Senator Sessions On DREAM Act

Paul Ryan: We Can't Deal With Debt Until We Deal With Obamacare

Krauthammer: Prosecute Journalists That Reported WikiLeaks Info

Monday, November 29, 2010

Great Comedy And Satire Actor Leslie Nielson Dies At 84

In memoriam of Leslie Nielson who recently passed, here is a tribute to the great comedy actor:

Why Keynesian Economics Is Wrong

David Letterman's Mom Says She Does Not Believe Her Son's Global Warming Hype

Rep. Peter King: Obama Not As Upset As He Should Be About WikiLeaks

Rep. Peter King: Obama Not as Upset as He Should Be About WikiLeaks from Breitbart on Vimeo.

Andrew Breitbart Talks Politics And Hollywood On The Adam Carolla Show




Iceland President Says They Are Doing Better Than Ireland Because "We Allowed The Banks To Fail"

Bloomberg reports that "Iceland’s President Olafur R. Grimsson said his country is better off than Ireland thanks to the government’s decision to allow the banks to fail two years ago and because the krona could be devalued."

“The difference is that in Iceland we allowed the banks to fail,” Grimsson said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Mark Barton today. “These were private banks and we didn’t pump money into them in order to keep them going; the state did not shoulder the responsibility of the failed private banks.”

To read more visit http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-26/iceland-faring-much-better-after-permitting-banks-to-fail-grimsson-says.html .

Der Speigel: Wikileaks Dump "Is Nothing Short Of A Political Meltdown For US Foreign Policy," Like "Never Before In History"

Der Speigel writes that "251,000 State Department documents, many of them secret embassy reports from around the world, show how the US seeks to safeguard its influence around the world. It is nothing short of a political meltdown for US foreign policy. Such surprises from the annals of US diplomacy will dominate the headlines in the coming days when the New York Times, London's Guardian, Paris' Le Monde, Madrid's El Pais and SPIEGEL begin shedding light on the treasure trove of secret documents from the State Department. Included are 243,270 diplomatic cables filed by US embassies to the State Department and 8,017 directives that the State Department sent to its diplomatic outposts around the world. In the coming days, the participating media will show in a series of investigative stories how America seeks to steer the world. The development is no less than a political meltdown for American foreign policy. Never before in history has a superpower lost control of such vast amounts of such sensitive information -- data that can help paint a picture of the foundation upon which US foreign policy is built. Never before has the trust America's partners have in the country been as badly shaken. Now, their own personal views and policy recommendations have been made public -- as have America's true views of them."