Glenn Beck said goodbye to America in a Live Broadcast in what will be his final episode broadcast on Fox News:
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Campaign VIdeo: Herman Cain slams the Obama Administration:
Conservative Black Presidential Candidate (GOP) Herman Cain released an epic video ad today slamming radical Barack Obama. The video includes several great Marxist-praising moments from the past two and a half years. Please spread the word!
A Failure To Lead:
Huge Hat Tip to The Gateway Pundit
Reality Check: The missing facts in President Obama's Press Conference:
“The tax cuts I'm proposing we get rid of are tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, tax breaks for oil companies and hedge fund managers and corporate jet owners.”
— President Obama, June 29, 2011
A feisty President Obama met with reporters Wednesday — a sure sign that the dispute over the debt limit has reached a critical stage.
The president, clearly intending to increase pressure on the GOP, lambasted Republicans for, in his words, refusing to get rid of “tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires” before cutting aid to the less well-off. He also addressed questions on Libya.
Let’s parse some of his answers and explain what he means — and how factual he was.
While there have been reports the administration is seeking $400 billion in additional revenue, that’s apparently not a real number. At this point, the White House might accept just about anything that demonstrates what the president calls a “balanced solution.”
In a bit of class jujutsu, the president six times mentioned eliminating a tax loophole for corporate jets, frequently pitting it against student loans or food safety. It’s a potent image, but in the context of a $4-trillion goal, it is essentially meaningless. The item is so small the White House could not even provide an estimate of the revenue that would be raised, but other estimates suggest it would amount to $3 billion over 10 years.
Meanwhile, student financial assistance, just for 2011, is about $42 billion. So the corporate jet loophole — which involves the fact that such assets can be depreciated over five years, rather than the seven for commercial jets — just is not going to raise a lot of money. It certainly wouldn’t save many student loans.
Going after hedge fund managers might raise about $15 billion over 10 years, but in a different life The Fact Checker covered Wall Street and is pretty certain those financial wizards would figure out a way to avoid this tax shift. John Carney of CNBC actually outlined how that would work.
Eliminating oil and gas preferences would raise $44 billion over 10 years, according to administration figures (table S-8), so that begins to look like real money. But the real dollars are in what the president calls “tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires” — eliminating the ability of people making more than $250,000 to itemize their deductions. That proposal would raise $290 billion over 10 years.
Wait a minute, the president said he would target “millionaires and billionaires” and yet the fine print of his proposal would affect couples making more than $250,000 (and individuals making more than $200,000)? That’s right.
It is especially strange for Obama to rhetorically place Libya back on the list of the state sponsors of terrorism when, in fact, it was removed four years ago — after Gaddafi gave up his illicit weapons programs, renounced terrorism and paid billions of dollars to settle claims with terror victims.
That’s the case here. Obama clearly has forgotten Al Gore’s “reinventing initiative,” which supposedly resulted in the elimination of 16,000 pages of federal regulations. (Frankly, we were always suspicious of that claim.) Other presidents, such as George H.W. Bush, also pledged to cut down on red tape. It’s a hardy perennial.
There is a difference between a government shutdown and hitting the debt ceiling. In a government shutdown, Congress has not appropriated funds for many services, except that Social Security has permanent appropriation, so even during a shutdown, payments would be made. In the case of the debt ceiling, however, Congress has appropriated the funds but Treasury has lost the ability to borrow the money to pay for services that have been contracted.
Hat Tip to The Washington Post Fact Checker
— President Obama, June 29, 2011
A feisty President Obama met with reporters Wednesday — a sure sign that the dispute over the debt limit has reached a critical stage.
The president, clearly intending to increase pressure on the GOP, lambasted Republicans for, in his words, refusing to get rid of “tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires” before cutting aid to the less well-off. He also addressed questions on Libya.
Let’s parse some of his answers and explain what he means — and how factual he was.
“The tax cuts I'm proposing we get rid of are tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires, tax breaks for oil companies and hedge fund managers and corporate jet owner. . . . Before we ask our seniors to pay more for health care, before we cut our children's education, before we sacrifice our commitment to the research and innovation that will help create more jobs in the economy, I think it's only fair to ask an oil company or a corporate jet owner that has done so well to give up that tax break that no other business enjoys.”The White House and Congress have been looking for ways to cut the deficit over 10 years by $2 trillion to $4 trillion. Republicans want to cut spending, while Democrats have sought ways to increase revenues — a nonstarter for most Republicans.
While there have been reports the administration is seeking $400 billion in additional revenue, that’s apparently not a real number. At this point, the White House might accept just about anything that demonstrates what the president calls a “balanced solution.”
In a bit of class jujutsu, the president six times mentioned eliminating a tax loophole for corporate jets, frequently pitting it against student loans or food safety. It’s a potent image, but in the context of a $4-trillion goal, it is essentially meaningless. The item is so small the White House could not even provide an estimate of the revenue that would be raised, but other estimates suggest it would amount to $3 billion over 10 years.
Meanwhile, student financial assistance, just for 2011, is about $42 billion. So the corporate jet loophole — which involves the fact that such assets can be depreciated over five years, rather than the seven for commercial jets — just is not going to raise a lot of money. It certainly wouldn’t save many student loans.
Going after hedge fund managers might raise about $15 billion over 10 years, but in a different life The Fact Checker covered Wall Street and is pretty certain those financial wizards would figure out a way to avoid this tax shift. John Carney of CNBC actually outlined how that would work.
Eliminating oil and gas preferences would raise $44 billion over 10 years, according to administration figures (table S-8), so that begins to look like real money. But the real dollars are in what the president calls “tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires” — eliminating the ability of people making more than $250,000 to itemize their deductions. That proposal would raise $290 billion over 10 years.
Wait a minute, the president said he would target “millionaires and billionaires” and yet the fine print of his proposal would affect couples making more than $250,000 (and individuals making more than $200,000)? That’s right.
“If you are a wealthy CEO or a hedge fund manager in America right now, your taxes are lower than they have ever been. They're lower than they've been since the 1950s.”This statistic comes from the 2010 Economic Report of the President (page 154), and it’s basically right. The top tax rates have declined significantly over the past half-century. However, the Congressional Budget Office has also looked at the data and concluded that while average tax rates now are relatively low, they were somewhat lower in 1986.
“Moammar Gaddafi, who prior to Osama bin Laden was responsible for more American deaths than just about anybody on the planet, was threatening to massacre his people. . . . As a consequence, a guy who was a state sponsor of terrorist operations against the United States of America is pinned down, and the noose is tightening around him.”Yes, Gaddafi is a bad guy, but Obama conveniently ignores the fact that until the uprising, the administration was rushing to do business with him. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with one of Gadhafi’s sons, Mutassim Gadhafi, in 2009, declaring, “I’m very much looking forward to building on this relationship.”
It is especially strange for Obama to rhetorically place Libya back on the list of the state sponsors of terrorism when, in fact, it was removed four years ago — after Gaddafi gave up his illicit weapons programs, renounced terrorism and paid billions of dollars to settle claims with terror victims.
“What I have done — and this is unprecedented, by the way; no administration has done this before — is I've said to each agency, Don't just look at current regulations or don't just look at future regulations, regulations that we're proposing. Let's go backwards and look at regulations that are already on the books and, if they don't make sense, let's get rid of them.”Watch out when someone says “unprecedented.” It’s almost never true.
That’s the case here. Obama clearly has forgotten Al Gore’s “reinventing initiative,” which supposedly resulted in the elimination of 16,000 pages of federal regulations. (Frankly, we were always suspicious of that claim.) Other presidents, such as George H.W. Bush, also pledged to cut down on red tape. It’s a hardy perennial.
“So are we really going to start paying interest to Chinese who hold Treasurys and we're not going to pay folks their Social Security checks?”There’s an interesting theoretical question here. Because Social Security holds $2.7 trillion in Treasury securities, does it have a claim on getting paid even though the nation has hit the debt limit? Administration officials say the answer is complex, but as a practical matter, the answer is no. That’s because the nation would have no cash with which to pay its bills — Social Security or otherwise.
There is a difference between a government shutdown and hitting the debt ceiling. In a government shutdown, Congress has not appropriated funds for many services, except that Social Security has permanent appropriation, so even during a shutdown, payments would be made. In the case of the debt ceiling, however, Congress has appropriated the funds but Treasury has lost the ability to borrow the money to pay for services that have been contracted.
Hat Tip to The Washington Post Fact Checker
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Video: The best of Obama and Biden
Sean Hannity: President Obama And Joe Biden's Gaffes - The Greatest Hits - 06/28/11
Live Action Video: Do Women Need Planned Parenthood?
Live Action blows the lid off this story on Medicaid paying for abortions. Even in places were funding for Planned Parenthood was supposedly "cut" access to the practice of abortion is readily available via Medicaid.
Medicaid Misinformation: Planned Parenthood Caught on Tape Lying About Indiana Healthcare
June 29, 2011 – Undercover phone calls released today show Planned Parenthood of Indiana clinics admitting that they are not the only source of women’s health care for women on Medicaid. Planned Parenthood and its supporters have recently argued in support of restoring their Medicaid funding in Indiana that poor women will lose access to vital health care services if they cannot go to Planned Parenthood. Live Action, the group that recorded the calls, says its footage shows the reality is quite the opposite.Via Live Action
“Indiana has become Ground Zero in the national battle to defund Planned Parenthood, the biggest abortion business in America,” states Live Action President Lila Rose. “As more and more states, most recently Wisconsin and Texas, continue to defund the abortion giant of millions of dollars, Planned Parenthood wants us to believe they are the only game in town when it comes to providing care for Medicaid patients. In reality, their own staff admit that they aren’t the only option for women in need.”
In an official press release, Planned Parenthood CEO Cecile Richards claimed that Indiana’s defunding of Planned Parenthood would “take away health care from thousands of women in Indiana.” Last week, Live Action’s undercover investigators called 16 of the 28 Indiana Planned Parenthood clinics posing as women on Medicaid concerned about where they could receive services if Planned Parenthood’s funding was not restored.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Video: Tearful Glenn Beck describes attack on his family in New York
Tearful Glenn Beck Describes How He And His Family Were Attacked In New York:
“These people were some of the most hateful people I have ever seen,” said a distraught Glenn Beck this morning as he described an altercation he and his family had last night while watching a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps in New York’s Bryant Park. Explaining that a group of people yelled at his family, took pictures of them, and kicked a cup of wine onto his wife, Beck said that his security team feels that, had he reacted poorly, things might have “gone off.”
Video: Man walks on the River Thames:
Who says you can't walk on water? Amazing video of a man walking across the River Thames in London:
Our Sister Site - The Internet Radio Network:
Some of our COMMON CENTS readers may be not be aware of the fact that we have a sister site: The Internet Radio Network. At the IRN you can listen to over 80 of your favorite Talk Radio Shows via Free Streaming Audio. These shows include Politics (Rush, Sean, Levin, Beck), Religious Programing, Investing, Sports and much, much more - all via Free Streaming Audio:
Studies show that the Talk Radio Audience has successful upscale demographics and usually: - have an income over $75,000 (vs. median US income of $48,200)
- have graduated college
- own their residence
- are likely to use the Internet
- are 25-65 years old (with the numbers of women listeners steadily increasing)
Listen to The Internet Radio Network here.
Listen to The Internet Radio Network here.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Minot, ND Flooding - How to help....
Say Anything Blog has some great ideas on how to help the North Dakota flooding victims. Ways to help...
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Video: Michele Bachmann officially announces her 2012 Presidential Run:
Today in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa Rep. Michele Bachmann officially announced her bid for the US Presidency. The video of her announcement that she is entering the GOP 2012 field:
Prepared statement from Bachmann announcing her Presidential Run.
Rep. Michele Bachmann announces she is running for President in 2012
Prepared statement from Bachmann announcing her Presidential Run.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Video: Michele Bachmann interviewed on Fox News Sunday
Soon to be announced Presidential Candidate Michele Bachmann talks Obamacare, Earmarks and Gay Marriage during her interview which aired on Fox News Sunday
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Hands Down the best editorial page you will find:
The best editorial page you will find is Investor's Business Daily. IBD publishes easy-to-read common sense editorials that are simply awesome. A sampling:
Checks And Balances: Our secretary of state questions the patriotism of those criticizing the administration's Libyan policy and disregard of the War Powers Act. Remember when dissent was the highest form of patriotism?
Budget: The secretary of the Treasury says taxes must be raised on small business so the federal government can stay big. With that breathtaking statement, he helpfully mapped out the key difference between the parties.
Americas: If anyone out there still thinks Venezuela is a democracy, the silence and secrecy of Hugo Chavez's long absence for an undisclosed ailment ends that idea. It's the act of a dictator. How about treating him like one?
Economy: When President Obama claimed he created 2.1 million private-sector jobs, the first transcript had the audience responding with "laughter." That's since been changed to "applause," but the joke's on us in any case.
Political Correctness: The acquittal, on hate-speech charges, of the Dutch politician who spoke the truth about Islamofascism is a victory for freedom and free speech. The truth may yet keep us free.
Politics: With Democrats' poll numbers in the dumps, President Obama has decided to release some of the U.S. strategic petroleum reserves to cut prices at the pump. Problem is, its only real "strategic" purpose is politics.
War On Terror: Opposing our military brass once again, the president announces the pullout of 30,000 troops from Afghanistan. With complete withdrawal expected by 2014, the Taliban now know they've won the long war.
Checks And Balances: Our secretary of state questions the patriotism of those criticizing the administration's Libyan policy and disregard of the War Powers Act. Remember when dissent was the highest form of patriotism?
Budget: The secretary of the Treasury says taxes must be raised on small business so the federal government can stay big. With that breathtaking statement, he helpfully mapped out the key difference between the parties.
Americas: If anyone out there still thinks Venezuela is a democracy, the silence and secrecy of Hugo Chavez's long absence for an undisclosed ailment ends that idea. It's the act of a dictator. How about treating him like one?
Economy: When President Obama claimed he created 2.1 million private-sector jobs, the first transcript had the audience responding with "laughter." That's since been changed to "applause," but the joke's on us in any case.
Political Correctness: The acquittal, on hate-speech charges, of the Dutch politician who spoke the truth about Islamofascism is a victory for freedom and free speech. The truth may yet keep us free.
Politics: With Democrats' poll numbers in the dumps, President Obama has decided to release some of the U.S. strategic petroleum reserves to cut prices at the pump. Problem is, its only real "strategic" purpose is politics.
War On Terror: Opposing our military brass once again, the president announces the pullout of 30,000 troops from Afghanistan. With complete withdrawal expected by 2014, the Taliban now know they've won the long war.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Video: "Uncontacted" Tribe found in Amazon Rainforest
Amazing video of one of about 100 tribes which have possibly never been contacted by outside civilization located deep in the Amazon Rainforest. The location is deliberatily being kept secret to protect the native tribe but is thought to be in Brazil along the Peruvian border.
Uncontacted Brazilian Tribe discovered
The Democrat Party's War on Jobs:
You won't find this in the State Run Media but when the Democrats took over Congress in January 2007 the Unemployment Rate was 4.6%. When they were elected to take over Congress in November 2006 the Unemployment Rate was 4.4%. Amazingly the Left Wing "Mainstream" media convinced significant portions of the country that we were in recession. The month by month Unemployment Rates: Republican years are in Red, Democrat years are in blue.
| 2006 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 5.0 | ||||
| 2008 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.3 | ||||
| 2009 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 10.1 | 9.9 | 9.9 | ||||
| 2010 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.8 | 9.4 | ||||
| 2011 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 9.0 | 9.1 |
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Glenn Beck Show - only 7 more episodes left:
Wednesday June 22 Glenn Beck Show. There are only 7 Fox News Glenn Beck shows left before he leaves the Fox News Network. Outstanding as always:
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
20 Ways US Economy has gotten WORSE since Barack Obama became President:
My first thought was "ONLY" 20 but the list has to end somewhere.
The following are 20 ways that the U.S. economy has gotten even worse since Barack Obama became president, the article says.
Read the rest of the article here.#1 In January 2009, the official U.S. unemployment rate was 7.6 percent. Today it is 9.1 percent.
#2 When Barack Obama took office, the number of "long-term unemployed" in the United States was approximately 2.6 million. Today, that number is up to 6.2 million.
#3 When Barack Obama first became president, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States was $1.83. Today it is $3.79. This also affects the price of almost everything else that we buy.
#4 In April 2009, the average U.S. household spent approximately $201 on gasoline. In April 2011, the average U.S. household spent approximately $369 on gasoline.
#5 According to an article in the Daily Mail, the cost of a Memorial Day cookout was 29 percent higher this year than it was last year.
#6 When Barack Obama was sworn in, there were nearly 32 million Americans on food stamps. Today, there are more than 44 million on food stamps.
#7 According to the U.S. Census, the number of children living in poverty has gone up by about 2 million in just the past 2 years.
#8 When Barack Obama took office, the U.S. national debt was 10.6 trillion dollars. Today it is 14.3 trillion dollars.
#9 The federal government has borrowed 29,660 more dollars per household since Barack Obama signed the economic stimulus law two years ago.
#10 During Barack Obama's first two years in office, the U.S. government added more to the U.S. national debt than the first 100 U.S. Congresses combined.
#11 The combined debt of the major GSEs (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Sallie Mae) has increased from 3.2 trillion in 2008 to 6.4 trillion in 2011. Thanks to George W. Bush, Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress, U.S. taxpayers are standing behind that debt.
#12 Under Obama, the U.S. trade deficit continues to grow. The trade deficit was about 33 percent larger in 2010 than it was in 2009, and the 2011 trade deficit is expected to be even bigger.
#13 Only 66.8% of American men had a job last year. That was the lowest level that has ever been recorded in all of U.S. history.
#14 Just since August, 2 million more Americans have left the labor force.
#15 In 2010, more than a million U.S. families lost their homes to foreclosure for the first time ever, and that number is expected to go even higher in 2011.
#16 The U.S. real estate crisis just continues to get worse. During the first three months of this year, less new homes were sold in the U.S. than in any three month period ever recorded.
#17 The U.S. dollar has fallen by 17 percent compared to other major national currencies since 2009.
#18 Faith in the U.S. dollar and in U.S. Treasuries is rapidly declining. The mainstream news is not reporting on it much, but right now the Chinese are rapidly dumping U.S. government debt. That is not a good sign.
#19 When Barack Obama first took office, an ounce of gold was going for about $850. Today an ounce of gold costs about $1500.
#20 Americans seem to be more pessimistic about the economy than ever. According to a brand new poll, 61 percent of Americans believe that they will not return to their "pre-recession" lifestyles until at least 2014.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Summertime!
Today is the Summer Solstice - the first day of Summer and the longest day of the year. We dedicate this song to Mr Common Cents' very good friend Tim from Wisconsin. Tim is one of the most easy-going, laid back people you will ever meet. He is a Great Guy, and I am proud to call him a friend. Most Important he is the Godfather to my baby girl! ENJOY TIM:
Kenny Chesney's "Summertime"
"Summertime"
Summertime is finally here
That old ballpark, man, is back in gear
Out on 49
Man I can see the lights
School's out and the nights roll in
Man, just like a long lost friend
You ain't seen in a while
And can't help but smile
And it's two bare feet on the dashboard
Young love and an old Ford
Cheap shades and a tattoo
And a Yoo-Hoo bottle on the floorboard
Perfect song on the radio
Sing along 'cause it's one we know
It's a smile, it's a kiss
It's a sip of wine, it's summertime
Sweet summertime
Temperature says 93
Down at the Deposit and Guarantee
But that swimmin' hole
It's nice and cold
Bikini bottoms underneath
But the boys' hearts still skip a beat
When them girls shimmy off
Them old cutoffs
And it's two bare feet on the dashboard
Young love and an old Ford
Cheap shades and a tattoo
And a Yoo-Hoo bottle on the floorboard
Perfect song on the radio
Sing along 'cause it's one we know
It's a smile, it's a kiss
It's a sip of wine, it's summertime
Sweet summertime
The more things change
The more they stay the same
Don't matter how old you are
When you know what I'm talkin' 'bout
Yeah baby when you got
Two bare feet on the dashboard
Young love and an old Ford
Cheap shades and a tattoo
And a Yoo-Hoo bottle rollin' on the floorboard
Perfect song on the radio
Sing along 'cause it's one we know
It's a smile, it's a kiss
It's a sip of wine, it's summertime
Sweet summertime Perfect Song on the Radio
Summertime is finally here
That old ballpark, man, is back in gear
Out on 49
Man I can see the lights
School's out and the nights roll in
Man, just like a long lost friend
You ain't seen in a while
And can't help but smile
And it's two bare feet on the dashboard
Young love and an old Ford
Cheap shades and a tattoo
And a Yoo-Hoo bottle on the floorboard
Perfect song on the radio
Sing along 'cause it's one we know
It's a smile, it's a kiss
It's a sip of wine, it's summertime
Sweet summertime
Temperature says 93
Down at the Deposit and Guarantee
But that swimmin' hole
It's nice and cold
Bikini bottoms underneath
But the boys' hearts still skip a beat
When them girls shimmy off
Them old cutoffs
And it's two bare feet on the dashboard
Young love and an old Ford
Cheap shades and a tattoo
And a Yoo-Hoo bottle on the floorboard
Perfect song on the radio
Sing along 'cause it's one we know
It's a smile, it's a kiss
It's a sip of wine, it's summertime
Sweet summertime
The more things change
The more they stay the same
Don't matter how old you are
When you know what I'm talkin' 'bout
Yeah baby when you got
Two bare feet on the dashboard
Young love and an old Ford
Cheap shades and a tattoo
And a Yoo-Hoo bottle rollin' on the floorboard
Perfect song on the radio
Sing along 'cause it's one we know
It's a smile, it's a kiss
It's a sip of wine, it's summertime
Sweet summertime Perfect Song on the Radio
Sing along 'cause it's one we know
It's a song - it's a kiss it's Summertime!
Funny Stuff: Obama impersonator Reggie Brown spoofs Pres Obama:
Reggie Brown takes no prisoners in this very funny impression of President Obama at the RLC:
Big Hat Tip to Black and Right
Obama Impersonator Reggie Brown at the Right Online Convention:
Big Hat Tip to Black and Right
Monday, June 20, 2011
Game, Set, Match - Fox News' Ratings continue to DOMINATE:
No Contest. Day after day, month after month, year after year Fox News continues to pull in more viewers than the entire State Controlled Media complex COMBINED. For at least the last 11 straight years Fox has been NUMBER 1 in the Cable TV Ratings. The following are from last Friday - June 17:
Total Viewers (Live +SD)
Total Viewers (Live +SD)
- Total day: FNC: 1.081 | MSNBC: 452 | CNN: 389 | HLN: 835
- Primetime: FNC: 1.661 | MSNBC: 618 | CNN: 469 | HLN: 1.267
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| FNC | Beck: | Baier: | Shep: | O’Reilly: | Hannity: | Greta: | O’Reilly: | Hannity: | |||||
| 1.393 | 1.565 | 1.413 | 2.106 | 1.554 | 1.291 | 968 | 717 | ||||||
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| MSNBC | Matthews: | Cenk: | Matthews: | O’Donnell: | Maddow: | Lockup: | Lockup: | Lockup: | |||||
| 545 | 622 | 603 | 614 | 860 | 383 | 542 | 483 | ||||||
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| CNN | Blitzer: | Blitzer: | KingUSA: | InTheArena: | Morgan: | Cooper: | Cooper: | Morgan: | |||||
| 449 | 293 | 298 | 341 | 435 | 629 | 597 | 442 | ||||||
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| HLN | Special: | Prime: | Issues: | Grace: | DrDrew: | Behar: | Showbiz: | DrDrew: | |||||
| 1.322 | 1.138 | 1.167 | 1.579 | 1.290 | 980 | 547 | 559 | ||||||
Video: John Stossel "The Years Wackiest Warning Labels"
Fox Business' John Stossel's latest show "The Years Wackiest Warning Labels"
Sunday, June 19, 2011
In defense of Fatherhood and Families:
Amazing article defending stable families and good fathers. Amazingly there are myriad benefits of both to society. And a huge Hat Tip to Family Facts.org
- Fathers’ religiosity is linked to higher quality of parent-child relationships. A greater degree of religiousness among fathers was associated with better relationships with their children, greater expectations for positive relationships in the future, investment of thought and effort into their relationships with their children, greater sense of obligation to stay in regular contact with their children, and greater likelihood of providing emotional support and unpaid assistance to their children and grandchildren. Fathers’ religiousness was measured on six dimensions, including the importance of faith, guidance provided by faith, religious attendance, religious identity, denominational affiliation, and belief in the importance of religion for their children.1
- Fathers who regularly attend religious services are more likely to be engaged in one-on-one activities with their children. Frequency of church attendance was a stronger predictor of paternal involvement in one-on-one activities with children than employment or income, and comparable to race, ethnicity, and education. Fathers who were active in conservative or mainline Protestant congregations were significantly more engaged with their children in one-on-one activities and other youth activities than their unaffiliated counterparts.2
- Civically active fathers are more likely to participate in youth-related activities. Among fathers who lived with their children—whether biological, adopted, or step—those who participated more in civic, work-related, and service groups tended to be more involved in youth-related activities than fathers who were less civically engaged.3
- Fathers’ engagement in their children’s activities was linked to higher academic performance. Preteens whose fathers spent leisure time away from the home (picnics, movies, sports, etc.) with them, shared meals with them, helped with homework or reading, and engaged in other home activities with them earned better grades in school, on average, than peers whose fathers spent less time with them. Similarly, teens whose fathers engaged in activities in the home and outdoors, spent leisure time, and talked with them earned better grades, on average, than teens whose fathers spent less time with them.4
- Among adolescent boys, those who receive more parenting from their fathers are less likely to exhibit anti-social and delinquent behaviors. For adolescent boys, a lack of father’s parenting was significantly correlated with adolescent conduct problems, such as anti-social behavior and delinquency. Quality of parenting by fathers was measured by adolescents’ responses to a set of 14 questions such as asked how often their fathers talked with them, supported their mothers’ decisions and enforced discipline.5
- Among adolescent girls, those who have a strong relationship with their fathers are less likely to report experiencing depression. The higher adolescent girls rated the relationship with their fathers, the less likely they were to experience depression.6
- Close father-adolescent bonds protect against the negative influence of peer drug use. Although having friends who used drugs was associated with an increased likelihood that adolescents would use marijuana, this association was weakened if the youths felt close to their fathers or if they felt that their parents would catch them using marijuana.7
- Adolescent girls who have a close relationship with their fathers are more likely to delay sexual activity. Among a sample of adolescent virgins from intact two-parent families, females who reported having a close relationship with their father during the initial interview were less likely to report having engaged in sexual intercourse during a follow-up interview one year later, when compared to similar females who did not report having a close relationship with their father.8
- Adolescent girls whose fathers were present during their childhood are less likely to become pregnant. Even when controlling for differences in family background, father absence was associated with the likelihood that adolescent girls will be sexually active and become pregnant as teenagers. This association was strongest for daughters whose fathers were absent when they were younger. Compared with the pregnancy rates of girls whose fathers were present, rates of teenage pregnancy were seven to eight times higher among girls whose fathers were absent early in their childhoods and two to three times higher among those who suffered father-absence later in their childhood.9
- Adolescent males who report a close relationship with their fathers are more likely to anticipate having a stable marriage in the future. Compared with peers who did not feel close to their biological fathers, adolescent males who did feel close to their fathers were less likely to expect that they would themselves divorce in the future, whether or not they lived with their fathers.10
Happy Father's Day!
We at Common Cents want to wish all the Dads out there a Very Happy Father's Day! Have a wonderful day Fathers!!
"Through The Eyes Of My Father" - Briana Haynes
Kenny Chesney "Grandpa told me so"
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Video: Michelle Malkin speaks at the Right Online Conference:
Conservative blogger and Fox News contributor Michelle Malkin spoke today at the Right Online convention in Minneapolis. We have the video here:
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Fox News Video: "Attack of the ATM"
Fox News explores whether technology is to blame for high unemployment. Is there any truth to the Presidents statement that technology eliminates jobs?
ATTACK OF THE ATM:
Saturday Reads:
Hope and Change Update:
Infamous "Misery Index" at highest level in 28 years
Michelle Malkin:
Weiner's Woes: No skilz to pay the billz
Golf Courses:
Obama and Biden vs. Boehner and Kaisich for a "golf summit"
Climategate Redux:
Researchers caught adjusting up sea level data
9/11 10th Anniversary:
Extraordinary pictures of 9/11 relics revive memories
Sarah Palin Movie:
"The Undefeated" is in movie theaters this summer
IBD Editorial:
NY Times shows bias in "investigating" Palin emails
Infamous "Misery Index" at highest level in 28 years
Michelle Malkin:
Weiner's Woes: No skilz to pay the billz
Golf Courses:
Obama and Biden vs. Boehner and Kaisich for a "golf summit"
Climategate Redux:
Researchers caught adjusting up sea level data
9/11 10th Anniversary:
Extraordinary pictures of 9/11 relics revive memories
Sarah Palin Movie:
"The Undefeated" is in movie theaters this summer
IBD Editorial:
NY Times shows bias in "investigating" Palin emails
Friday, June 17, 2011
SHOCK VIDEO: College Conspiracy:
So who's up for going into debt for the rest of their lives? How does $100,000+ sound??
URGENT! Is anyone looking for a new job or career?
CC readers - is anyone out there looking for a new job or career? We here at Common Cents sincerely hope that this list of job sites helps you find that next job or career. Good luck to you! The Number One way people find jobs is by Networking. Tell EVERYONE you know you are looking. Expand your circle of friends and acquaintances. Strike up conversations with strangers!!
The number two method to find a new job is via online job postings. With that in mine Common Cents is proud to bring you the following list of sites that will help you in your job search:
- Monster.com is the largest internet job search site. If your resume is not posted here you are wrong.
- Idealist.org - Over 4,500 Not For Profit jobs posted!
- CareerOneStop.org- Your one-stop-shop for all things careers!
- WorkTree claims to be scans MILLIONS of jobs in seconds! View jobs from thousands of online sources INSTANTLY! 50,000+ links to job sites, recruiters, employers and more!
- Job.com is another very large job search site. Registration and resume posting is free and this job search site always ranks as one of the top career sites on the Internet.
- Beyond.com - You can do it all at Beyond.com. Currently there are thousands of Jobs Posted.
- SnagAJob.com is America’s largest hourly job website, featuring more than 100,000 active job postings in industries including: restaurant, retail, office and more.
- Indeed.com claims to have 898,810 new jobs in the last 7 days. Search job sites, newspapers, associations and company career pages.
- Simply Hired.com claims to have over 3,546,974 jobs are posted right now!!!
- Execu-Search.com specializes in jobs for Executives
- The Ladders.com search for jobs paying $100,000 and up at The Ladders.com!!
- The Federal Government is always hiring!
- Resume Mailman.com - emails your resume to 1000s of recruiters
- Resume Zapper.com emails your resume to thousands of recruiters!
- Hot Resume.com - post your resume here for free!
- Conservative Jobs.com - The name says it all!
- Salary.com - Find out how much you should be paid for your job!!
- Hoovers.com - Get all the up-to-date information on your company and others
Other money making ideas:
- Craig's List - has thousands of jobs available in every sector. Free to use, free to post and no charges for anything.
- The Day Job Nuker - is a easy to navigate site dedicated to showing you how to make a living online - written by someone who is doing it!!!
- Need to make money now? - These companies will pay you to turn your car into a traveling billboard by covering it with advertising! Interesting idea...
- Very Easy money - Make money selling used golf balls.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
BREAKING: Rep Anthony Weiner resigns!! (with updates)
Rep Anthony Weiner (D-NY) announced today in a Press Conference that he is resigning from Congress effective immediately. Weiner had been caught sending lewd pictures of himself to women over the internet.
Rep Anthony Weiner Press Conference:
The Other McCain is all over this:
It is being reported that Anthony Weiner has told Nancy Pelosi he will resign from Congress.UPDATE VII: Rep Anthony Weiner at the US House Gym:
UPDATE: New York Times:
Representative Anthony D. Weiner has told friends that he plans to resign his seat after coming under growing pressure from his Democratic colleagues to leave the House in the wake of revelations of his lewd online exchanges with women, said a person told of Mr. Weiner’s plans.UPDATE II: Today is the day:
NBC News confirms that Weiner called Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Rep. Steve Israel last night to inform them he had decided to resign on Thursday.UPDATE III: “The Fall of the House of Weiner,” quoth Instapundit. From start to finish — beginning with the telltale Tweet late at night on Friday, May 27 until confirmation of Weiner’s resignation — this scandal unfolded in less than 20 days.
For the first 10 days, Weiner lied, lied, lied, and the liberals who believed Weiner were wrong, wrong, wrong, while conservatives were right, right, right. In the past 10 days, since Weiner’s June 6 press conference, liberals have tried to forget that their credulity in believing Weiner’s lies, and the idiotic conspiracy theories they proffered in his defense.
Now is the day when Jeffrey Toobin, Joan Walsh and a lot of other liberals must be called to account.
UPDATE IV: Linked by Fausta Wertz and Don Surber — thanks!
A massive Memeorandum aggregation, including a report from CNN’s Dana Bash, whose questions at an impromptu May 31 press conference with Weiner — Worst Press Conference Evah! — provided key momentum for the scandal narrative.
Nancy Pelosi is about to have a press conference in D.C.
UPDATE V: All Pelosi had to say at the press conference was that she was not going to comment on Weiner. And then . . . let’s talk about the real issues! Blah, blah, blah.
Linked by Bob Belvedere at Camp of the Saints — thanks! Moe Lane is in the Gloat Zone:
Nice job reinforcing Andrew’s reputation among the media as being somebody that the media has to take seriously, by the way.Ed Morrissey notes a Tweet from Luke Russert: Weiner’s Capitol Hill office is shut down and his staff were seen ”leaving with their belongings.”
UPDATE VI: Publius at Big Government first broke this story in the wee hours of May 28. And now Publius reports Weiner’s resignation. So it comes full circle.
Weiner will hold at 2 p.m. ET press conference today, but I’ll have to miss that. I’ll be on my way to the airport to catch my flight to Minneapolis to attend the Right Online conference, where I’ll be hanging out with Andrew Breitbart, Herman Cain, Michelle Malkin and many more.
You should hit the tip jar. Three weeks of Weiner? “Combat pay.”
UPDATE VI: Genette Cordova has deleted her Twitter account.
UPDATE VII: Da Tech Guy: “Do you remember when we were told this was a non-story and a Breitbart invention?”
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Life Expectancy Map:
The map shows the life expectancy of every county in the United States. Anyone up for moving to Hawaii?
Read the article here at The Daily Mail
US Life Expectancy Map:
Read the article here at The Daily Mail
Video: Petition to apply Affirmative Action to Basketball Team:
The NBA Players are over 92% Black so...
Many students support affirmative action, in an effort to promote diversity. They argue that race-based preferences "level the playing field" for disadvantaged minorities. However, these same students refused to sign our petition to apply such policies to the basketball team. At UC Riverside -- where the video was filmed -- 10/11 active players on the team are African American. Why not use affirmative action to promote diversity there?
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011
4-Star Review for Steven Spielberg's "Super 8"
Mr and Mrs Common Cents went to the movies tonight and saw an excellent movie, Steven Spielberg's "Super 8". Super 8 is a movie about children who grow up in front of us and help save their town. It is "ET" meets "Stand By Me" meets Mel Gibson's "Signs". Go see it - you won't be disappointed:
'Super 8' Trailer
Video: Michele Bachmann says she is running for President!
Yesterday we put up Romney's video - today we give due dilligence to Michele Bachman, GOP Congresswoman from Minnesota.
Hot Air.com update: Bachmann was the winner of Monday Night's debate
Michele Bachman's homepage is here.
Hot Air.com update: Bachmann was the winner of Monday Night's debate
Michele Bachman's homepage is here.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Video: GOP Presidential Debate
Tonight CNN hosted a Republican / GOP Presidential Debate between the seven announced candidates. Some of the highlights:
Romney and Pawlenty debate "Obamneycare"
Mitt Romney Commercial: "Bump in the Road"
Governor Mitt Romney's newest commercial "Bump in the Road" is simply outstanding. Rush Limbaugh said this ad shows how easy it should be to beat Obama.
“I’m an American – Not a Bump in the Road.”
Mitt Romney Ad "Bump in the Road"
“I’m an American – Not a Bump in the Road.”
VIdeo: Fox News John Stossel's "The Money Hole"
Excellent video which aired Sunday Night called "The Money Hole". Fox News John Stossel put out an excellent video detailing the wastes in government.
"The Money Hole" - Part 1
"The Money Hole" - Part 2
"The Money Hole" - Part 3
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Global Warming Update - (where's the warming?)
Outstanding article from Forbes that details that in the last 10 years there has been no warming on Earth. Not exactly what the Religion of Global Warming tells us.
Global greenhouse gas emissions have risen even faster during the past decade than predicted by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and other international agencies. According to alarmist groups, this proves global warming is much worse than previously feared. The increase in emissions “should shock even the most jaded negotiators” at international climate talks currently taking place in Bonn, Germany, the UK Guardian reports. But there’s only one problem with this storyline; global temperatures have not increased at all during the past decade.Read the rest of the story here.
The evidence is powerful, straightforward, and damning. NASA satellite instruments precisely measuring global temperatures show absolutely no warming during the past the past 10 years. This is the case for the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, including the United States. This is the case for the Arctic, where the signs of human-caused global warming are supposed to be first and most powerfully felt. This is the case for global sea surface temperatures, which alarmists claim should be sucking up much of the predicted human-induced warming. This is the case for the planet as a whole.
If atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions are the sole or primary driver of global temperatures, then where is all the global warming? We’re talking 10 years of higher-than-expected increases in greenhouse gases, yet 10 years of absolutely no warming. That’s 10 years of nada, nunca, nein, zero, and zilch.
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Light blogging today. In the meantime check out these outstanding sites:
Moonbattery
The Elector Retards
No Sheeples Here
Coffee with the Hermit
Carol's Blog!
Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Riehl World View
Newsbusters
Hope 'n Change Cartoons
Sentry Journal
Restroom Revelations
MArooned
Emerging Corruption
Legal Insurrection
Good Hill Press
Daily Puma
In a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Moonbattery
The Elector Retards
No Sheeples Here
Coffee with the Hermit
Carol's Blog!
Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Riehl World View
Newsbusters
Hope 'n Change Cartoons
Sentry Journal
Restroom Revelations
MArooned
Emerging Corruption
Legal Insurrection
Good Hill Press
Daily Puma
In a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Saturday, June 11, 2011
SHOCKING REVELATIONS on Palin emails are emerging!!!! (w/ updates)
Sarah Palin Email Scandals
Washington Post:She finds herself busy as Governor!
Washington Post:
She really is Trig's Mother!
UK Telegraph:
Palin's enemies sent series of Death Threats
CBS NEWS:
Palin and her Staff were "EXCITED" she was selected as VP Running Mate
Detroit Times:
Wants to get together w/ Michigan Governor to "kick things around"
Daily Mail:
Wrote touching letter to her son Trig before he was born!!!!
And this is what passes for news from our State Controlled Media which to date has still NEVER asked to see Barack Obama's complete Medical History, any of his school records to include his College Transcripts, his Passport, or even his Thesis. Can you say "Hypocrisy"?
Friday, June 10, 2011
Fox News Video: New York & New Jersey "Least Free States"
With apologies to those of you living in The Garden State or The Empire State - NY and NJ are ranked the "Least Free States".
Video: American Foundations
Sarah Palin's PAC Sarahpac put out this excellent video detailing this week on her "One Nation" bus trip across America.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
10 Shocking things in Ann Coulter's new book "Demonic"
The Daily Caller recently published this list of the top 10 things in Ann Coulter's book "Demonic". They are:
1.) Expressing understanding of anti-abortion violence
“But more important, abortion clinic violence should not be filed under ‘Political Violence’ at all. It should be filed under ‘Things Liberals Won’t Let Americans Vote On.’…When there is no legal process for pro-lifers to pursue to outlaw abortion – unlike every policy liberals violently protest – some pro-lifers will inevitably respond to lawlessness with lawlessness,” Coulter writes. “In the first few years after [Planned Parenthood v. Casey], about six more people were killed in attacks on abortion clinics. Most of the abortionists were shot or, depending upon you
2.) Coulter takes on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Martin Luther King Jr. was the heir to Rousseau. He used images in order to win publicity and goodwill for his cause, deploying children in the streets for a pointless, violent confrontation with a lame-duck lunatic: Theophilus Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor,” she writes. In attacking King’s legacy, Coulter uses the words of liberal icon Thurgood Marshall, who became the first black justice of the Supreme Court, to aid her in tarnishing King’s reputation. “Thurgood Marshall had always disdained King’s methods, calling him an ‘opportunist’ and ‘first rate rabble-rouser,’” Coulter writes. “Indeed, when asked about King’s suggestion that street protests could help advance desegregation, Marshall replied that school desegregation was men’s work and should not be entrusted to children. King, he said, was ‘a boy on a man’s errand.’”
3.) Coulter stands up for the killings at Kent State
“On May 4, National Guard officers were trying to disperse thousands of violent protesters in the middle of the campus. According to the recent reporting of James Rosen, the guardsman were fired upon first, leading twenty-nine guardsman to shoot back at the protesters, killing four students in thirteen seconds,” Coulter writes. “If Louis XVI had been that decisive, 600,000 Frenchmen might not have had to die. As his grandfather, Louis XIV, had said: When war is necessary, it is a ‘grave error to think that one can reach the same aims by weaker means.’ Though decried throughout the land – and in a Neil Young song! – the shooting at Kent State soon put an end to the student riots.”
4.) The GOP has always been the party supporting civil rights, not the Democratic Party
“Angry violent mobs are always Democratic: Code Pink, SDS, The Weathermen, Earth First!, anti-war protesters, and union protesters in Wisconsin,” Coulter writes.
“Like them, the Ku Klux Klan was, of course, another Democratic undertaking, originally formed to terrorize Republicans, but later switching to terrorize blacks. It was Democratic juries that acquitted Klansman after Klansman. It was Democratic politicians who supported segregation, Democratic governors who called out the National Guard to stop desegregation, Democratic commissioners of public safety who turned police dogs and water hoses on civil rights protesters.” Also: “Democrats only came around on civil rights when blacks were voting in high enough numbers to make a difference at the ballot box – and then they claimed credit for everything their party had ferociously blocked since the Civil War.”
5.) Democrats’ schemes are similar to the schemes of history’s worst regimes
In a chapter detailing the 20th century’s most brutal regimes, from Stalin’s Soviet Union to Hitler’s Germany to Mao’s China to Pol Pot’s Cambodia, Coulter writes, “You will note the similarities in all these totalitarian plans to many of the Democrats’ schemes.”
1.) Expressing understanding of anti-abortion violence
“But more important, abortion clinic violence should not be filed under ‘Political Violence’ at all. It should be filed under ‘Things Liberals Won’t Let Americans Vote On.’…When there is no legal process for pro-lifers to pursue to outlaw abortion – unlike every policy liberals violently protest – some pro-lifers will inevitably respond to lawlessness with lawlessness,” Coulter writes. “In the first few years after [Planned Parenthood v. Casey], about six more people were killed in attacks on abortion clinics. Most of the abortionists were shot or, depending upon you
2.) Coulter takes on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Martin Luther King Jr. was the heir to Rousseau. He used images in order to win publicity and goodwill for his cause, deploying children in the streets for a pointless, violent confrontation with a lame-duck lunatic: Theophilus Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor,” she writes. In attacking King’s legacy, Coulter uses the words of liberal icon Thurgood Marshall, who became the first black justice of the Supreme Court, to aid her in tarnishing King’s reputation. “Thurgood Marshall had always disdained King’s methods, calling him an ‘opportunist’ and ‘first rate rabble-rouser,’” Coulter writes. “Indeed, when asked about King’s suggestion that street protests could help advance desegregation, Marshall replied that school desegregation was men’s work and should not be entrusted to children. King, he said, was ‘a boy on a man’s errand.’”
3.) Coulter stands up for the killings at Kent State
“On May 4, National Guard officers were trying to disperse thousands of violent protesters in the middle of the campus. According to the recent reporting of James Rosen, the guardsman were fired upon first, leading twenty-nine guardsman to shoot back at the protesters, killing four students in thirteen seconds,” Coulter writes. “If Louis XVI had been that decisive, 600,000 Frenchmen might not have had to die. As his grandfather, Louis XIV, had said: When war is necessary, it is a ‘grave error to think that one can reach the same aims by weaker means.’ Though decried throughout the land – and in a Neil Young song! – the shooting at Kent State soon put an end to the student riots.”
4.) The GOP has always been the party supporting civil rights, not the Democratic Party
“Angry violent mobs are always Democratic: Code Pink, SDS, The Weathermen, Earth First!, anti-war protesters, and union protesters in Wisconsin,” Coulter writes.
“Like them, the Ku Klux Klan was, of course, another Democratic undertaking, originally formed to terrorize Republicans, but later switching to terrorize blacks. It was Democratic juries that acquitted Klansman after Klansman. It was Democratic politicians who supported segregation, Democratic governors who called out the National Guard to stop desegregation, Democratic commissioners of public safety who turned police dogs and water hoses on civil rights protesters.” Also: “Democrats only came around on civil rights when blacks were voting in high enough numbers to make a difference at the ballot box – and then they claimed credit for everything their party had ferociously blocked since the Civil War.”
5.) Democrats’ schemes are similar to the schemes of history’s worst regimes
In a chapter detailing the 20th century’s most brutal regimes, from Stalin’s Soviet Union to Hitler’s Germany to Mao’s China to Pol Pot’s Cambodia, Coulter writes, “You will note the similarities in all these totalitarian plans to many of the Democrats’ schemes.”
Video: Ann Coulter on "The VIew" - The only violence comes from Liberals:
Conservative author Ann Coulter continued to promote her new book “Demonic” with an appearance on The View, where one of her theories was loudly booed by the audience. Elizabeth read from Coulter’s book that “the Republicans are the party of peaceful order and the liberals are the party of noisy violent mobs.”
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