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As noted by John Stephenson of NewsBusters, much of the media has been ignoring the enormous Van Jones controversy. However, Joe Garofoli, the politics writer and blogger for Jones' hometown newspaper, the liberal San Francisco Chronicle, has just written about the toxic effect of Van Jones and who is standing by their Van and who isn't in his Politics blog: The Bay Area's Van Jones -- the Special Advisor for Green Jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality -- just finished apologizing for calling Republicans "a-holes" when he got something else to start explaining: How his signature got...

"In "The Joe the Plumberization of the GOP," I argued that conservatives have grown too comfortable with wearing scorn as a badge of honor, content to play sarcastic second fiddle to the dominant culture of academia and Hollywood with second-rate knock-off institutions. A side effect of this has been a tendency to accept conspiracy nuts as a slightly cranky edge case within the broad continuum of conservatism, rather than as a threat to the movement itself."

Here is video of CNBC's Larry Kudlow yesterday saying the Obama Administration is waging "Federal Taliban War against Small Business." He was discussing the economy, specifically the U.S. Jobs picture with liberal Robert Reich, and Steve Moore of the Wall Street Journal. Even Reich admitted unemployment is likely to see double-digits next year, and said this is a "terrible" jobs market. Moore said Obama's tax increases will fall squarely on small business owners, which will make things even worse. . . . . . (Watch Video)

I've noted in the past the one big flaw in the global-warming theory: No one knows what the climate will be in the future. For various reasons, including a recent absence of sun spots, we could be entering a cooling trend. In that case, a bit of human-induced global warming would be a good thing. So I was amused when Assemblyman Mike Carroll of Morris County sent me a link to this New York Times article reporting that anthropogenic global warming may have the effect of preventing another ice age. "In the very long term, the ability to artificially warm...

White House production of "Show Boating" will air on NBC. THE COMPLETE CAST: Rahm Emanuel dances to "Waitin' On The Levee for Healthcare." Valerie Jarrett does her rendition of "Can't Help Lovin' that Bam of Mine." And will encore with "He's Just My Bam, an Ordinary Guy Who Became President." The Obamas duet: " Only Make Believe We Love America." Robert Gibbs does his Baghgad Bob impersonation. White House Czars ensemble: "Song of the Volga Boatmen." John Boehner sings: "After the Republicans Take Over."

Called LISD and a letter was sent out to all the schools from the central office. The letter stated that normal classroom instruction would not be interrupted by the presidential broadcast in any medium, internet or TV. YEA! LISD! Any others checked on this in their area?

If anyone in the Obama Administration wanted to do the least bit of vetting into the background of Van Jones, they could have started with the archives of the SFGate, where you can find the history of Jones' radical activism as a defender of criminals against Bay Area police, a supporter of cop killer Mumia abu Jamal and a radical supporter of America's enemies. In short, Van Jones has always been on the side of the perpetrator, be it criminals or al-Queda terrorists. His defense of Islamofascist terrorists didn't just begin after September 11, 2001. In this August 1998 Chronicle...

I cannot believe we are already into September which no doubt will bring back many bad memories to a lot of Americans and others of us who love freedom and America and Americans. As I prepared this thread I felt that it needed to be posted in 2 parts and allow us to think about the first 10 days of September 2001 and try to think have our attitudes, thoughts and how we approach life changed after those 10 days. Do the photos up to 10th September 2001 mean something different to those that will posted later of 11th September,...

As Labor Day approaches, marking the unofficial end of summer, many Americans are grabbing their last chances at a variety of activities: neighborhood cookouts, family outings, lounging by a pool or taking a last few days of vacation. There’s one other thing that all Americans, especially small business owners, should grab a last chance to do. They should contact their lawmakers in person before they go back to Washington after the holiday.

Most bicyclists prefer skintight attire, but a group tomorrow is going to take it one step further. It's planning a mass ride in the nude. Organizers said they expected at least 200 people in various states of undress to bike a four-mile course through Center City. The route is being kept under wraps. It won't be divulged until Saturday night. And then, only cyclists who sign up at phillynakedbikeride.org will get the location of the gathering point by e-mail. "It's kind of an experiment," said Clifford Greer, 30, the lead organizer. "It's really a totally amazing thing, and unlike any...

Gods and Generals ( Magnifique!) Glory ( Almost as good as the movie) Goodfellas ( Devo, Tony Bennett , and Muddy waters!) The Good The Bad and The Ugly ( Morricone!) The Gangs of New York (I even enjoyed the Movie, though the soundtrack helped immensely) Gladiator ( mmm..Lots of dead people in this 10) The Godfather Trilogy ( Surprise) Goodbye Lenin ( Yann Tiersen!) The Greatest Story Ever Told ( And one of the Greatest Scores EVER made) Good Will Hunting (Something for everyone)

Written by Alexonian Whatever happened to the days when those in the media business took pride in their professionalism? Now I know, of late, that defining professionalism in the media business is to engage in a race to the lowest common denominator, but you'd think that a fellow like Walter Rodgers who has been in the game for over 30 years would still be trying to adhere to good standards of professionalism, but it seems that the days of writing an editorial where opinions are supported by evidence are now just a distant memory and instead we get editorials where...

As criticism of the President's national address builds his administration is still refusing to release the text of his comments to be made on Tuesday. As a result, it is becoming increasingly clear that the White House is likely to tone-down the contents of his speech in an attempt to embarrass President Obama's political opponents. On Tuesday, it is likely that the President will have abandoned his original plans to inject his social agenda into the schools, by instead giving a non-controversial speech centering upon how great this nation is and how "cool" it is to study. When the speech...

The White House on Friday dismissed as inaccurate reports from China that the administration will mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic by flying the Chinese flag on the South Lawn. China Daily, citing other media reports, claimed the president of the Fujian Association of the United States had been granted permission to hoist the flag "in a ceremony in front of the President's residence." A ceremony, indeed, will take place. But it won't happen on the White House grounds -- rather, on the Ellipse, on the other side of E Street from the presidential residence....

"I think we've reached a little bit of the silly season when the president of the United States can't tell kids in school to study hard and stay in school," Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said. "I think both political parties agree that the dropout rate is something that threatens our long-term economic success." But critics objected to the language of one of the lesson plans, for students in pre-kindergarten through grade 6, that suggested that students "write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president." Another assignment for students after hearing the speech was to discuss...

The Marxist in Chief has made it very clear in his actions, his statements and his appointments, the most notable of which has been avowed communist and Green Czar Van Jones, that the hope he brought to the White House was for the power hungry backers such as George Soros, who pushed him to the throne and the change was to the American political structure. B. Hussein Obama asked that we judge him, not by his experience, but by the company he keeps. He keeps some pretty strange company and he does some pretty anti-American things.

The pandemic emergency bill S2028 makes an exception for one specific disease, HIV/AIDS, from isolation and quarantine strategies. See lines 456-458: In this section [re: isolation and quarantine], “disease or condition dangerous to the public health” does not include acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). While it doesn’t make sense to forcibly isolate or quarantine HIV/AIDS carriers, why not employ some of the other strategies enumerated in this bill to contain disease, such as: - mandatory testing for the disease (lines 423-424). - entry into premises (without warrant), where it’s suspected the disease is being...

We are a people obsessed with bacon. And the obsession is growing. Chef and food writer Michael Ruhlman is working to make sure the pork belly doesn’t lose its soul. He’s a purist when it comes to bacon, believing people should cure their own at home to taste what bacon is really all about. Curing at home, he says, is as easy as marinating a steak — everyone can do it, and everyone would do it if they just tried it once and tasted the difference. “People say to me, ‘Your bacon has changed my life,’ ” Ruhlman said. Ruhlman’s simple...

-snip- Below is a partial list of some items that we may want to attend to: * Pass an amendment that takes away lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court. The lifetime tenures were intended to insure that these lawyers would be above politics. Instead, they have used their position to foist politically biased, unwanted, unnecessary, and unconstitutional laws upon a resistant American public. Power has routinely been abused, and misused, by this handful of pompous attorneys. * Impose term limits on the members of Congress (as well as the members of the Supreme Court)—no more lengthy free rides at the...

For many, the Labor Day weekend marks the end of summer. For others, it's a time to celebrate sweet delicious bacon! International Bacon Day is celebrated on the Saturday before Labor Day. In 2009, International Bacon Day falls on September 5.  So how does one celebrate International Bacon Day. The official International Bacon Day blog suggests eating bacon for breakfast, a BLT for lunch, and throwing a little bacon on the grill for dinner. In between feedings, you can sit down and watch Kevin Bacon movies as you digest all that delicious fat and grease. Perhaps you can decorate the house...