Poor Richard's News

Can the Brits really throw a tea party?
we're about to find out

The Obama PR stunt aiming to build a facade of bipartisanship and bore America to tears, inexplicably named the "health care summit", went about as well as Republicans could have hoped.

Lamar pretty much owning the One
those pesky facts

McCain too
"hey, what about CSPAN and those back room deals?"

And Paul Ryan
"this bill pretty much sucks"

Gergen:
Yeah, the Reps pretty much rocked

Dems: 233 min, Reps: 114 min
Fairness

Can't beat 'em?
Flood their offices with calls

Iran not the only ones going nuclear
reconciliation

And in other news...

Bad news for two dems
Rangel
Paterson

Euro in free fall
not surprising

And the dollar too
it's coming

Go Sen Bunning
boldness

The worst person in the world caught misreporting and being hypocritical at the same time: LOL
Any surprise this youtube video has already exceeded his nightly audience? Keep it up, big guy. You're the best player on our team.

In defense of Glenn...
With the unprecedented amount of momentum conservatives have been enjoying lately, it seems that nothing will be able to stop them from making huge gains in both houses of congress come November. Nothing, that is, except for a third party. As most conservative talk show hosts, including Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are eager to point out, a third party would split the vote and might not accurately represent the mood or wishes of the electorate. Conservative Republicans would be running against Conservative third-party candidates and a loss would inevitably result. Glenn Beck, however, has taken heat from his aforementioned colleagues for his assertion that both parties are progressive and, perhaps, should be thrown out. But while he is accused of "lumping both parties together" and saying that "both parties are the same", I've never heard him actually say those words. He does commonly say that the Republicans are addicted to big government and that many of them in recent years have completely lost their way but calling them both progressives is not saying that they're the same. His theory is that the Republicans are simply less progressive than Democrats and shouldn't necessarily be trusted. Even in his CPAC speech, he said that it's not good enough for Republicans to simply "suck less" than Democrats.

The pink elephant...
Rush and Sean are right, though. The spoiler problem is certainly not a new phenomenon. A third party push would potentially undo all the momentum of unified opposition of freedom-loving Americans to the radical policies of this administration. But an objective look at this problem begs the question that, for some reason, has yet to be asked: why? Why should two, qualified conservative candidates lessen our chances of winning elections? Shouldn't this only help our chances? Why should a liberal candidate win in a state that is overwhelmingly conservative? In short, they shouldn't. But to find specific answers, one must look no further than our antiquated voting system. Vote splitting is an inherent problem with our current form of voting, plurality voting. And if state legislatures were honest, they would change their respective state's voting systems to a system of voting more capable of accurately determining the will of the people (such as approval voting or instant runoff). Unfortunately, however, virtually every member of every elected state governing body belongs to one of the two parties and, consequently, they are not inclined pass legislation that might open up a scenario where competition is readily allowed in. This is a travesty that should get some attention by those higher-ups that sit behind golden microphones.

PS "Mega Dittos"

Glenn Beck

The anniversary of the rant heard 'round the world


Thank you, Rick Santelli

Much has been made of the Toyota recall lately. I guess when a company of that size has serious problems, it's bound to get headlines. But this particular recall seems to have especially piqued the interest of the federal government and, therefore, the public. And I think I know why. When the government decided to unconstitutionally take over GM last year, it did so to the dismay of every GM competitor for the simple fact that the GM, which was previously nothing more than a flailing competitor, was now the boss. They were now making the rules. In other words, Toyota and Ford were in competition with the federal government. Can you imagine if McDonald's had to pay taxes to Burger King? Does that seem fair? Think about that next time you hear that the feds are demanding records of sensitive information from Toyota or imposing new, strict guidelines for them to follow or even smearing their brand and costing them billions.

Don't think this is a possibility? Here is a great report by John Stossel on just one instance of crony capitalism happening out in the open for all to see. This one's about windows. Talk about transparency.

Because of snow, dems say we must act now!
lol!

DC snow means AGW
duh

MSNBC reporter: All this snow means AGW is real
wow

Chris Matthews: conservatives hate the earth
or something like that

Make some cash and annoy a lib at the same time
nice

Recent FCC rulings about wireless band usage have put a sunset date on all wireless microphones and in-ear monitors operating in the 700 MHz band. This is to aid in the digital TV transition. However, because these microphones are so widespread, the FCC is implementing a geo-location database that would protect registered locations from wireless interference. Wireless users would be required to register their equipment with the FCC in order to ensure their equipment continues to operate properly.

As if this weren't already complicated enough, apparently the FCC doesn't think all wireless microphone users should be protected and are considering excluding certain users from the registration process. Smaller churches are especially at risk here, as the Obama FCC is looking at the type of facility, number of seats, and activity of the facility.

The Shure microphone company is sending out guidelines on how to contact the FCC and give your feedback on this issue. Read more and get details here:

http://churchtechmatters.com/2010/02/09/wireless-licensing-may-exclude-churches/ :

The FCC is accepting comments on who should be allowed to get licenses until February 22nd. It is critical that they hear, loud and clear from churches about how important it is that they be allowed to register.

For guidelines on how you can submit comments on this issue, send an email message to wirelessmicrophones@shure.com. You will receive a reply message with details on what information must be included in your comments and how to file them with the FCC.

In your comments, be sure to include how many systems you use, what kind of services and productions you do, and describe the impact that losing reliable wireless would have on your services.

With a huge majority in congress, a filibuster proof senate and arguably the most progressive liberal president this country has ever known, who would've thought that virtually none of the "lofty" new progressive goals would have been met a year into this ultra-left federal government. Let's recap, shall we? First it was the worldwide apology tour, then the unpopular and ineffective stimulus, then the unconstitutional usurpation of two, major private industries by the feds, then Rick Santelli and the Tea Partiers, then the beer summit, then the town halls, then Van Jones, then the Virginia and NJ elections, then Ted Kennedy, then the troop dithering, then the cap-and-trade-preventing climategate, then the ratings of Fox News, then the BVD bomber and the amazing lack of interrogation, then the KSM/NYC debacle, then the epidemic called the retiring dem, then CSPAN-gate and the other obvious campaign lies, then Scott Brown, then the unprecedented and unsustainable massive budget proposal, then the multi-trillion dollar debt ceiling limit raise, and throughout it all, a surreal, arrogant push for a Federal government takeover of health care in spite of the will of the American people and, more importantly, the Constitution. All of this, combined with 10% unemployment and about a trillion other things might just be why Obama's approval rating is now at 44. But the problems just keep stacking up for dems. The death of John Murtha will make it much more difficult for progressives to try to resurrect the dead health rationing bill and push it through congress, regardless of when a special election is held.

I'm not sure what the democrats did in their previous lives to deserve this, but let's hope they do it again.

The left's hypocrisy