Friday Night Babe

Tonight's FNB* is Amy Jo Johnson !

(*a.k.a. Rule Five Friday)

Halftime in America? Or the End of a Failed Rookie Season?

Many of you remember that Chrysler Super Bowl commercial, "Halftime in America":


Many people saw this as an oblique Obama ad from a government bailed out Chrysler: "Yes, the last four years under Obama have been tough, but we'll come back 'in the second half'." A few even saw this as an endorsement of Obama by Mr. Eastwood.

I think that was part of the brilliance in having Clint make an appearance at the Republican convention. Last February, it looked like Dirty Harry may have been in the Obama camp. Now, it is clear that he is telling Mr. Obama, "a man's got to know his limitations!"

Apart from the gleeful images ( mine included) of Eastwood's character from Gran Torino telling Obama to "get off his lawn", there is something in the earlier sports analogy that caught my attention. A flaw in reasoning behind "halftime in America", if you will.

When it comes to presidential politics, four years is not "halftime", since there is no guarantee the same team will even be on the field after four years. No, four years is a full season. And typically, after a horrendous losing season, the team owners get themselves a new coach.

We hired a rookie coach in 2008. He talked a good game. He promised that the oceans would recede, the world would love us and there'd be jobs for anyone who wanted one, if only he could spend enough of your hard earned tax dollars to do it. And he spent more money than had ever been spent by one country, including ours, in the history of the world.

He benched two of our best players, Coal and Oil, and guaranteed a multimillion dollar contract to a rookie with bad hamstrings and a torn ACL - Solyndra. And the economic and employment scoreboards kept showing losses. Energy costs skyrocketed, which, incidentally may be the only promise Obama kept!

As our prospective coach, he promised to go through the budget playbook "line by line" to root out any weaknesses. Maybe he even took it with him on the hundred or so rounds of golf he played this season. Maybe if he'd spent more time in the clubhouse and less time with his clubs, he might have made a difference? Maybe Obama thought the ability to coach would seep in through osmosis from his golf clubs, or his chair in the Oval Office, or Air Force One.

His assistant coach, Harry Reid, never even drew up a playbook for the team for three of the the last four years of the season. Funny how they always blamed everything on the former coach, but they never replaced his budget playbook with a real one of their own! Who was it that said a failure to plan is a plan for failure?

Coach Barry went to all the social events coaches go to, attended all the gridiron dinners, even accepted a coaching award from some Norwegians before his team ever took the field, but never produced what he promised: a winning season.

Ladies and gentlemen, fellow team owners, frustrated fans, it's time to fire the coach and get a new one. One who knows that when you are dealing with the jobs and livelihoods and futures of every living American, it is just as important to keep score as it is how we play the game. Everyone in Obama's administration, from the lowliest unnecessary cabinet member to the the hundreds of Czars in charge of making sure all the Czars have their own tee time, received a "participation trophy" from Coach Obama. Most of them will leave with lavish pensions and will soon find cushy jobs lobbying their comrades who remain. But American needs to be about the task of winning. Because we will never "win the future" if we do not win the present.

Have a great retirement in Chicago, Coach Obama. You might apply as head coach of the Bears. I'm sure the Vikings and the Packers will both give you glowing letters of recommendation!


Cross posted Say Anything, LCR.

"This Seat's Taken" ...By a Dim Bulb!

Barack Obama Tweeted this picture of himself, with the caption, "This seat's taken", no doubt feeling left out because all the attention tonight wasn't on him! Seeing the unusual shape of the president's head, I embellished it a little for him!

Paul Ryan's Speech at the Republican Convention

In case you missed it, you missed a great speech...


"Without a change in leadership how would the next four years be any different than the last four years?"

Quote du jour

Nobody's a natural. You work to get good and then work to get better. It's hard to stay on top.

-Paul Gallico

SF 49er's Play San Diego's Chargers

The last of the pre-season games.

Update: Niners lead 21-zip going into the half!

UpdateII: Niners win 35 -3!

Mystery Convention Speaker??

Disclaimer for the humorless, braindead liberal (but, I repeat myself!):

This is a work of satire. The fact that the fictional character satirized on this poster is carrying a gun, does not mean in any way that we wish any harm to befall President Obama because he is half black, or half white, or half baked. "Get off my lawn" is generally percieved as a "code word" for..."get off my lawn".

If you wish to infer that I, or the character portrayed on this poster, might be less than perfectly satisfied with the current administration, you would not be far from the truth.

Vintage Babe of the Week

Tonight's Vintage Babe* is, by popular request, a repeat appearance by Hedy Lamarr!
(*a.k.a. Rule Five Thursday)











Like fine wines, the ladies improve with age!

Quote du jour

There is not one blade of grass, there is no color in this world that is not intended to make us rejoice.

-John Calvin

Medal of Honor

Corporal Tibor Rubin

Citation:

Corporal Tibor Rubin distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism during the period from July 23, 1950, to April 20, 1953, while serving as a rifleman with Company I, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division in the Republic of Korea. While his unit was retreating to the Pusan Perimeter, Corporal Rubin was assigned to stay behind to keep open the vital Taegu-Pusan Road link used by his withdrawing unit. During the ensuing battle, overwhelming numbers of North Korean troops assaulted a hill defended solely by Corporal Rubin. He inflicted a staggering number of casualties on the attacking force during his personal 24-hour battle, single-handedly slowing the enemy advance and allowing the 8th Cavalry Regiment to complete its withdrawal successfully. Following the breakout from the Pusan Perimeter, the 8 th Cavalry Regiment proceeded northward and advanced into North Korea. During the advance, he helped capture several hundred North Korean soldiers. On October 30, 1950, Chinese forces attacked his unit at Unsan, North Korea, during a massive nighttime assault. That night and throughout the next day, he manned a .30 caliber machine gun at the south end of the unit's line after three previous gunners became casualties. He continued to man his machine gun until his ammunition was exhausted. His determined stand slowed the pace of the enemy advance in his sector, permitting the remnants of his unit to retreat southward. As the battle raged, Corporal Rubin was severely wounded and captured by the Chinese. Choosing to remain in the prison camp despite offers from the Chinese to return him to his native Hungary, Corporal Rubin disregarded his own personal safety and immediately began sneaking out of the camp at night in search of food for his comrades. Breaking into enemy food storehouses and gardens, he risked certain torture or death if caught. Corporal Rubin provided not only food to the starving Soldiers, but also desperately needed medical care and moral support for the sick and wounded of the POW camp. His brave, selfless efforts were directly attributed to saving the lives of as many as forty of his fellow prisoners. Corporal Rubin's gallant actions in close contact with the enemy and unyielding courage and bravery while a prisoner of war are in the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.

Cpl. Rubin: We humbly salute you and thank you for your service.



Hat tip Home of Heroes

There are fewer than a hundred living MoH recipients today. Their names and their stories should not be forgotten. My mission is to honor one of those heroes here each week, and salute them for their courage and sacrifice. In the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, but also by the men it honors; the men it remembers.”

Quote du jour

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

-Groucho Marx

Sex in Advertising

For all you connoisseurs of advertising...


I may not be sure exactly what she's selling, but, I'm pretty sure I'm in the market!

Barack Obama MST3K Honors Neil Armstrong

"It is all about me, isn't it?"

Forty Years Ago, Man Walks on Moon - 7/20/2009 (Updated)

(republished from July 20, 2009)

In the history of flight, it was only sixty-six years from Kitty Hawk to "The Eagle has landed". Man went from a short powered flight to landing on the moon.
Forty years ago, the future looked limitless.



Had the last forty years proceeded apace with the first sixty-six years of flight, where do you think would we be today?


Updated: With the passing of Neil Armstrong, we have lost one of our true pioneers. There was no guarantee that they would even return from this truly historic mission. Neil Armstrong knew and accepted this. He was willing to die for his country if need be. Literally hundreds of things could have gone wrong. So high was the expectation of failure, that William Safire even wrote a speech for Nixon in case Armstrong and Aldrin were stranded on the moon.

Our current president, the one who has largely dismantled and repurposed NASA for Muslim public relations, has chosen to honor the memory of the late Neil Armstrong with... a picture of himself! Because after all, it's not so much what Armstrong achieved so much as it it The One offering flowery oratory! Stay classy, Narcissist-in-Chief!

Quote du jour

“The White House just revealed that it brews its own beer and President Obama drinks it when out campaigning. And even more of it when Joe Biden goes out campaigning.”

–Jimmy Fallon

Quote du jour

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.

-Donald Rumsfeld

Themes Like Old Times

Get Smart

49er's Meet the Broncos

A tryout cheerleader for a pre-season game! Preseason continues as the 1 & 1 Niners meet the Denver Broncos.

Update: Niners beat the Bronchos 29-24.

"Hug the Slut"

Sandra Fluke takes her instructions from Obama's teleprompter...

Quote du jour

In recent speech, Pelosi "swears" she was spoken to by ghosts at the White House. Turns out they just wanted to make sure she wasn't staying.

-Fred Dalton Thompson

A Little Saturday Night Music

Herb Alpert -Casino Royale

Saturday Linkaround

Cartoon of the Day – NRO Home page


Obama's Shared Prosperity: A Euphemism Wrapped in a Lie

Politifact's #1 'Lie' of 2011 Now Obama's #1 Talking Point

Photo o' the Day: Union Members March Against the Environmental Radicals and their Democrat Sycophants

Fear and Shame on the Campaign Trail— The Year of Living Jerkishly

Obama puts another Bain alum in his budget office


Voters First Canvasser Arrested for Submitting Fraudulent Petitions-former OU College Democrat

Military Voting Rights Under Fire in Ohio

Biden gets called out on “chains” comment by… Charlie Rangel

6 Things Clinton Doesn’t Tell You in His Pro-Obama Ad

CANADA: Muslims think PM Stephen Harper should be hanged for treason because of his policies on Israel

Green Co. Lays Off 234 Employees After Getting $32 Million For 250 ObamaJobs

Obama’s BS About Thomas Jefferson and Islam

Florida: Obamabots Vandalize “Repeal Obamacare” Billboard…


Have You Seen This Controversial Anti-Obama Navy SEAL Billboard in Texas?

Obama Deported More Illegals Than Bush? The Stink of Cooked Books

Obama has millions of fake Twitter followers – or as we call ‘em : liberals!

A Golden Oldie: Real Man of Genius: Joe Biden

Spot-On Quotes of the Century


Obama Campaign Breaking an Honored Gentlemen's Agreement

Democratic lawmaker called on to resign for having oral sex with boy, 17, in bushes at public rest stop after meeting him on Craigslist

15 Books That Take American Education to Task

VIDEO: Toby Keith’s Special Saratoga Show Stopper

Photoshop™ Of The Day: Worst Jack In The Box Evah

If Dan Quayle was in the Village People...





Rule Five Roundup*:
(While all Rule Five posts may be unsuitable for NSFW, I generally only flag the ones that are certainly NSFW)


49er Preseason Continues

American Power- Britney Spears, Pamela Anderson, Kelly Brook

China vs. Japan

Camp of the Saints - Rule Five Saturday

Classic Liberal – Rule 5

The Daley Gator – Daley Babes - Sivan Krispin, Thais Conepcion

Daily Mail – Ashley Dupre bikini, Jennifer Aniston bikini body double

Dustbury – Sheree Murphy

El Opinador Compulsivo – Gemma Massey, Lindsay Marie (NSFW)

Eye of Polyphemus – Natalie Portman, January Jones

Friday Night Babe –Alexis Bellino

The Right Way - Friday Babe


Hookers and Booze

IMNSHO - Rule Five Friday

Israeli Babes (and Guns)

India’s First Playboy Model

Women of Golf - Kristen Stewart

Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – Friday Pinup

MILFs

Pirates Cove - Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup, If All You See…, If All You See…, If All You See…, If All You See…, If All You See…

pitsnipesgripes – Rule Five and stuff

PostalDog - Nicole Kidmann

Randy’s Roundtable –Midweek Break, Thursday Nite Tart

Reaganite Republican – Jenna Lee

Rio Norte Line – Liz Hurley

Sex in Advertising – Marisa Miller video

Soylent Green – As If There Was A Doubt…

Theo Spark –Bedtime Toddy , Bonus Babe, Bedtime Toddy, Thursday Totty


The Other McCain- Rule 5 Sunday

Three Beers Later – Fine Looking Country Girl

Vintage Babe of the Week – Morgan Fairchild

Rule 5 Woodsterman Style









*By no means comprehensive.

Use the comments as an open thread on any of these topics. If you feel that I’ve neglected a link, news, commentary, humor or Rule Fivage, send a link to the contact email on the sidebar at Proof Positive. (All spambots must die!)

Cross posted at Say Anything

Quote du jour

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.

-Yogi Berra

John Fund on Voter Fraud

I heard Tom Sullivan interview Fund on his show this afternoon. Sounds like I'm going to want to read his book!

Video via American Glob
Cross posted at Say Anything

Joe Gremlin

Joe Biden must be kept away from bright light, never realize he's all wet, and never feed him any facts, before or after midnight.

Friday Night Babe

Tonight's FNB* is Alexis Bellino!

(*a.k.a. Rule Five Friday)

Quote du jour

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

-Clint Eastwood

Vintage Babe of the Week

Tonight's Vintage Babe* is Morgan Fairchild!
(*a.k.a. Rule Five Thursday)













Like fine wines, the ladies improve with age!

"Obama Has a Plan to Rebuild America From the Ground Up"

That's what we're afraid of!


Listen at the :15 mark: "Obama Has a Plan to Rebuild America From the Ground Up". This is what we call a "radical" idea.

rad·i·cal    [rad-i-kuhl]
adjective
1. of or going to the root or origin; fundamental: a radical difference.
2. thoroughgoing or extreme, especially as regards change from accepted or traditional forms: a radical change in the policy of a company.
3. favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms: radical ideas; radical and anarchistic ideologues.
4. forming a basis or foundation.
5. existing inherently in a thing or person: radical defects of character.

In order to build any building "from the ground up", you first must remove anything that is already there. The so called radicals of the sixties believed that society as we knew it needed to be torn down so that a new, "occupy type" society could be built upon the rubble of civilization.

Clinton was a child of the sixties. He is not uncomfortable discussing rebuilding America "from the ground up". In 2008, Obama said, " In five days we are going to fundamentally transform America". He has not yet succeeded. Obamacare will fundamentally transform America if it is allowed to proceed, by changing the relationship between the citizen and the government. The crushing amount of debt incurred by this administration, on top of what was already there, will fundamentally transform America if not curtailed. And none of this will transform America in a good way.

"Now, wait a minute", some might say. "What about the Tea Party? Aren't they considered radical?" In the sense that the Constitution was and is to be the foundation of our government, yes. As far as tearing down society, by tearing down the economy so that government can take a greater role in people's lives, no! And government is the last thing the Democrats want to tear down to the roots, they want government to continue to grow and become more powerful.

A "radical" approach to government could be summed up in the Tenth Amendment:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The power of government is to be based upon "the consent of the governed". Ideally, the closer the government is to the voter, the more accountable it will be. Tea Partiers believe that much, if not most of government has grown beyond what the Constitution set forth as limits and that we have far more government than we can possibly afford.

In education, for example, many people believe that education is primarily the responsibility of the parents, and the more local the control of education is, the more control the parents have over what their child's is being taught. A completing philosophy believes that the government and education bureaucrats know what is best for your child. A federal, top down structure is as unaccountable to any individual parent as possible. And the hubris of thinking that some six figure bureaucrat knows what is best for every student, across fifty different states, in a country of 300 million, in a one-size-fits-all plan, demonstrates an unfounded faith in the power of government. The money to support a federal department of education would be better spent in the classrooms of the communities where the money was siphoned from in the first place.

There are many examples that could be cited of government waste. Unfortunately, other than a little election year lip service, the ruling class of the Nanny State have no interest in government becoming smaller or less intrusive, or less expensive.

There are competing visions this November. One wants to rebuild America from the ground up. In order to do this, they must first tear down what is already there, including the world's premier healthcare system. The other wants to reform our government, by cleaning out the deadwood, and get back to the Constitution that has helped safeguard our freedom for hundreds of years.

"Obama Has a Plan to Rebuild America From the Ground Up", said Bill Clinton. And Obama approved the message. Let's do what we need to do to get rid of the disastrous policies of the last four years and put America back to work again. You owe it to your children.


Cross posted at LCR, Say Anything.

Quote du jour

Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.

-P J O'Rourke

Medal of Honor

Corporal Ronald E. Rosser

Citation:

Cpl. Rosser, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty. While assaulting heavily fortified enemy hill positions, Company L, 38th Infantry Regiment, was stopped by fierce automatic-weapons, small-arms, artillery, and mortar fire. Cpl. Rosser, a forward observer was with the lead platoon of Company L, when it came under fire from 2 directions. Cpl. Rosser turned his radio over to his assistant and, disregarding the enemy fire, charged the enemy positions armed with only carbine and a grenade. At the first bunker, he silenced its occupants with a burst from his weapon. Gaining the top of the hill, he killed 2 enemy soldiers, and then went down the trench, killing 5 more as he advanced. He then hurled his grenade into a bunker and shot 2 other soldiers as they emerged. Having exhausted his ammunition, he returned through the enemy fire to obtain more ammunition and grenades and charged the hill once more. Calling on others to follow him, he assaulted 2 more enemy bunkers. Although those who attempted to join him became casualties, Cpl. Rosser once again exhausted his ammunition obtained a new supply, and returning to the hilltop a third time hurled grenades into the enemy positions. During this heroic action Cpl. Rosser single-handedly killed at least 13 of the enemy. After exhausting his ammunition he accompanied the withdrawing platoon, and though himself wounded, made several trips across open terrain still under enemy fire to help remove other men injured more seriously than himself. This outstanding soldier's courageous and selfless devotion to duty is worthy of emulation by all men. He has contributed magnificently to the high traditions of the military service.

Cpl. Rosser: We humbly salute you and thank you for your service.



Hat tip Home of Heroes

There are fewer than a hundred living MoH recipients today. Their names and their stories should not be forgotten. My mission is to honor one of those heroes here each week, and salute them for their courage and sacrifice. In the words of John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

“A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces, but also by the men it honors; the men it remembers.”

Quote du jour

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

-Michael Jordan

Sex in Advertising

For all you connoisseurs of advertising...


I may not be sure exactly what she's selling, but, I'm pretty sure I'm in the market!

Phishing Scam FAIL

Notice any problems with this particular phishing scam?

Quote du jour

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

-Francis Bacon

Quote du jour

The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich.

-P J O'Rourke

Themes Like Old Times

Whirlybirds

Quote du jour

It’s likely that by the time this campaign ends, a lot of people will be more nervous about Joe Biden being a heartbeat away from the presidency than about Paul Ryan.

-John Fund

49'er Preseason Continues

Kickoff right about...now!

A Little Saturday Night Music

Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire

Saturday Linkaround

Cartoon of the Day – NRO Home page


10,000 dead found on Virginia's voter rolls –It’s okay! They’re snowbirds from Chicago!


Navy SEAL responds after Media Matters staffer says Obama-critical SEALs ‘don’t have guts’

Mitt’s Mea Culpa & Obama’s Waterloo

Obama's Campaign One Of The Dirtiest In Modern Times

NJ Man Face Of Obama 2008 Buyer’s Remorse

Family Research Council President Blames Left-Wing Groups for Shooting

Obama’s Overreaches

California Doesn't Exist—It's Now Two States -Victor Davis Hanson


Unemployment: Not a pretty picture!

Golden Oldie: Joe Biden opens his mouth about US Navy SEALs

Harry Reid's Cow and Joe Biden's Parrot

Dinesh D’Souza Pays Obama’s Brother’s Medical Bills After President Refuses…

Glenn Beck Collects Obama’s Most Outrageous Statements

Romney’s Bain saved site of Obamas’ first kiss

#FavoriteObamaMovies hashtag quickly goes to the dogs








Rule Five Roundup*:
(While all Rule Five posts may be unsuitable for NSFW, I generally only flag the ones that are certainly NSFW)

American Power- Topless Blondes with Chainsaws -video

Kat von D Goth Girl

Ladies of the Expendables II

Camp of the Saints - Rule Five Saturday

Classic Liberal – Rule 5 – Alison Haislip

The Daley Gator – Daley Babe Marie Kai

Fantasy Cheerleader Squad: The 30 Hottest of All Time

Daily Mail – Megan Rossee in a gold bikini

Good Monday Morning

Dustbury – Halle Berry

El Opinador Compulsivo – Lindsay Marie (NSFW), In the paint...

Eye of Polyphemus – Roxanne Pallet, Elizabeth Banks, Milla Jovovich, Jennifer Aniston

Friday Night Babe – Angie Harmon

The Right Way

Hookers and Booze

Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – Friday Pinup

Pirates Cove - Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup, If All You See…, If All You See…, If All You See…, If All You See…, If All You See…, If All You See…

pitsnipesgripes – Need to get something off your chest?

PostalDog - Rita Rusic


Randy’s Roundtable –Thursday Nite Tart

Sex in Advertising – Scarlett Johansson

Support your local Gunfighter – Olympic babe O’ the day, Beyonce

The Feral Irishman – NSFW

The Last Tradition – Megan Rossee

Theo Spark –Bedtime Toddy , Bonus Babe, Bedtime Toddy, Red Friday Totty


The Other McCain- Rule 5 Sunday

Three Beers Later – Hillbilly Girl

Vintage Babe of the Week – Susan Denberg

Wizbang Olympic Babe of the day


Rule 5 Woodsterman Style








*By no means comprehensive.

Use the comments as an open thread on any of these topics. If you feel that I’ve neglected a link, news, commentary, humor or Rule Fivage, send a link to the contact email on the sidebar. (All spambots must die!)

Cross posted at Say Anything

Quote du jour

Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.

-Andrew Jackson

Friday Night Babe

Tonight's FNB* is Angie Harmon!

(*a.k.a. Rule Five Friday)