Glenn Beck today on his program illustrated how our economy works; basically economics for dummies. It’s really about time someone actually had it drawn out like this because apparently the capitalist cries have not been being heard, and socialism is still eerily appealing to too many. One of the best Beck segments I’ve seen.
Actor Kevin Bacon was on with Regis and Kelly this morning talking about his new upcoming HBO movie called “Taking Chance,” in which he plays Lt. Col. Michael Strobl, USMC. In this interview he describes the history and pride behind the military escorts for all of our fallen heroes.
From the HBO synopsis:
In April 2004, Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl, USMC, came across the name of 19-year-old Lance Corporal Chance Phelps, a young Marine who had been killed by hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. Strobl, a Desert Storm veteran with 17 years of military service, requested that he be assigned for military escort duty to accompany Chance’s remains to his family in Dubois, Wyo.
Witnessing the spontaneous outpouring of support and respect for the fallen Marine – from the groundskeepers he passed along the road to the cargo handlers at the airport – Strobl was moved to capture the experience in his personal journal. His first-person account, which began as an official trip report, gives an insight into the military’s policy of providing a uniformed escort for all casualties. The story became an Internet phenomenon when it was widely circulated throughout the military community and eventually reached the mainstream media.
‘Taking Chance’ chronicles one of the silent, virtually unseen journeys that takes place every day across the country, bearing witness to the fallen and all those who, literally and figuratively, carry them home. A uniquely non-political film about the war in Iraq, the film pays tribute to all of the men and women who have given their lives in military service as well as their families.
The movie will air on Saturday, February 21st on HBO. Please watch this movie. It looks to be wonderful and quite a tribute.
h/t to my fav talk show host, Neal Boortz:
- The Dow at a 10-year low
- A tax cheat running the IRS
- Another tax cheat as the Chief of Staff
- A trillion-dollar plus federal deficit
- Over one-half of voters relieved of any federal tax liability
- Government mandated limits on executive compensation
- Three failed attempts and still no Commerce Secretary
- Tom Daschle rides his free limo into the sunset – after paying taxes he evaded
- The White House performance czar turns out to be a tax cheat also
- Lobbyists hired to work for the Obama Administration
- The census gets politicized
- Double government spending in one year
- The word “freedom” fades into obscurity
- Increasing home loan mortgage rates across the board
- Millions of Americans made dependent on government
- Moving unionization-by-intimidation forward
- Welfare checks become “tax cuts”
- Illegal aliens free to work on taxpayer-funded “stimulus” projects
- Welfare reform reversed, states ordered to increase welfare roles
- Move to silence critical talk radio shows
- Selling Senate seats
- Obama books in religious sections of book stores
- More government workers, not private sector jobs
- A government bureaucracy to intrude on doctor/patient relationships
- Stage set for medical services rationing
- Annual welfare checks for middle income families
Now THAT’S definitely change! Not so much that I can believe in, but obviously some folks can and are willing to.
According to the AP article from today: (emphasis mine, comments in red mine)
The Carnival beauty famed for proving it’s possible to get too naked for Brazil’s samba parades is looking for the spotlight again—by painting her body with an image of President Barack Obama.
Viviane Castro last year made headlines by appearing as a samba school drum queen while wearing nothing but a tape 3 centimeters (1.6 inches) wide—managing to violate a little-enforced nudity rule and drawing a penalty for her group.
Castro, 26, said she will wear slightly more on Friday—but will still have plenty of room to have Obama’s image placed somewhere on her body for all to see.
The exact location won’t be revealed until Sao Paulo samba school X-9 Paulistana parades Friday night, said spokeswoman Ana Neiva.
“This year I will come back with minimal clothing again but honoring the great political figure Barack Obama,” Castro told the G1 Web site in comments confirmed by Neiva. “Everyone, in a certain way, is looking at him to create a good government and take the world out of the crisis.”
(Can someone please inform her he was elected president of the United States and not the world?)
X-9 Paulistana’s parade theme is about the Amazon, but Neiva said the school decided to add the American president to the mix because “Obama will be different in making sure the environment is preserved.”
(Someone? Anyone?)
Another dancer, Daniela Dufi, will also have Obama’s image painted on her body, Neiva said.
Plastic replicas of Obama are also the top-selling masks for Carnival this year.
Plastic replicas? How apropos…especially for a plastic president. And she’ll come wearing minimal clothing, but honoring the “great” one? Anyone see a metaphor here about an emperor?
In yet another chapter of scandals to hit the Democrat party, this is just the latest. But don’t bet on hearing much about in the mainstream media. Yeah, it’s that old double-standard thing again. What’s good for Republicans apparently isn’t the same for Democrats.
From ABC News:
The SEC’s fraud charges may be the least of accused financial scammer R. Allen Stanford’s worries. Federal authorities tell ABC News that the FBI and others have been investigating whether Stanford was involved in laundering drug money for Mexico’s notorious Gulf Cartel.
Authorities tell ABC News that as part of the investigation, which has been ongoing since last year, Mexican authorities detained one of Stanford’s private planes. According to officials, checks found inside the plane were believed to be connected to the Gulf cartel, reputed to be Mexico’s most violent gang. Authorities say Stanford could potentially face criminal charges of money laundering and bribery of foreign officials.
The federal investigation, however, did not stop Stanford from using corporate money to become a big man at last year’s Democratic convention in Denver.
A video posted on the firm’s web-site shows Stanford, now sought by U.S. Marshals, being hugged by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and praised by former President Bill Clinton for helping to finance a convention-related forum and party put on by the National Democratic Institute.
Slick Willy says “thanks” for the money, huh? Anybody remember Peter Paul?
This is all very interesting, wouldn’t you say? Maybe this is why the Democrats are so averse to a border fence, against controlling the border, and pro-legalization of illegal Mexicans. Paying off politicians isn’t an odd thing, after all.
