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March 21, 2009

Quiet and Meaningless

Quote of the day Via Hot Air

“You take a look around you, the genuinely successful people that you see who you want to be did not check their individualism at the door when they started their work. They didn’t check their self-interests at the door, and they didn’t check their self-respect, and they didn’t turn over the belief in themselves to somebody else. That’s all I’m talking about and that’s under assault by this administration, which wants to control and limit freedom, ’cause the only way Obama can get the power he wants and the Democrats can get the power they want is if you willingly turn it over to them, by getting rid of your self-interest, your self-respect and holding your best interests at heart. Your best interests do not coincide with your government’s, especially now.”

My liberal friends talked a lot about the Bush administrations assault on our freedoms.  How 9/11 was used to take away our civil liberties.  Where are they now?  Where is the outrage that this new President somehow feels he has the right to take away an American's right to earn money.  He wants, the Democrats want, to make the government the master of us all.  Where are the patriots who spoke truth to power just a few years ago?  Silent.  Silent lambs being led to the slaughter.

This is the way the world ends

Not with a bang but a whimper.

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March 20, 2009

Change, the Obama Way: No Guns for Pilots

In between appearing on The Tonight Show and filling out his NCAA bracket, President Obama is making it easier for terrorists to kill us.

After the September 11 attacks, commercial airline pilots were allowed to carry guns if they completed a federal-safety program. No longer would unarmed pilots be defenseless as remorseless hijackers seized control of aircraft and rammed them into buildings.

Now President Obama is quietly ending the federal firearms program, risking public safety on airlines in the name of an anti-gun ideology.

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Since Mr. Obama's election, pilots have told us that the approval process for letting pilots carry guns on planes slowed significantly. Last week the problem went from bad to worse. Federal Flight Deck Officers - the pilots who have been approved to carry guns - indicate that the approval process has stalled out.

Pilots cannot openly speak about the changing policies for fear of retaliation from the Transportation Security Administration. Pilots who act in any way that causes a “loss of confidence” in the armed pilot program risk criminal prosecution as well as their removal from the program. Despite these threats, pilots in the Federal Flight Deck Officers program have raised real concerns in multiple interviews.

It makes no sense whatsoever to end this program, or to even stifle it.  Is this Obama's first attempt at catering to the anti-gun crowd?  All at the sake of our safety. I hope you win your basketball pool, Barack.

As Robert Spencer at Jihad Watch put it, "Why not?  What could happen?"

 

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March 19, 2009

TOTUS

Obama's use of a teleprompter has been widely documented.  Now, the teleprompter speaks.

I'll be heading out to LA for the Jay Leno appearance. This will be fun; I haven't done Hollywood since that Streisand fundraiser last summer. Back then, it was just warmed over stump material that Alec Baldwin was lip-synching along to, but tomorrow night the stakes are higher. It's all new material: we have a whole five million viewers and a rabidly supportive studio audience to sway on the American economy. Just be aware that when The Big Guy says, "Secretary Geithner is doing a great job," it's not a laugh line.

TOTUS... brilliant!

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March 04, 2009

NHL Trade Deadline

The NHL trade deadline is today, and while blockbuster trades aren't as common as they were pre-salary cap, there is still potential for some nice deals.

Here are some of the bigger names that are popping up in the rumor mill with some comments and the likelihood of being traded.

= Unlikely to be traded

  = Likely to be traded

Forwards

 

Defensemen

Jay Bouwmeester - It is going to take a package of players that will help the Panthers (who are in the tick of a playoff race) now and in the future to get a deal done, but Bouwmeester's impeding UFA status makes a trade possible.

Derek Morris - Look for Morris to be moved today.

Sean Pronger - Anaheim has stated he is off the trade block but you never know what could happen.

 

Forwards

Nik Antropov - GM Brian Burke has stated this guy will go today.

Bill Guerin - Sitting out since Saturday there seems to be a hitch in a pending trade.

Olli Jokinen - Salary may be an issue but would be a nice fit for a playoff bound team.

Vincent Lecavalier - I'd be shocked if he was traded.  His contract and status with the franchise make it nearly impossible but Montreal has long been a rumored destination.

Martin St. Louis - The fan favorite could be on the move to a team that needs some scoring.

Keith Tkacuk - Fits the mold of a deadline deal player but I think the Blues will hold on to him.

 

Goalies

Scott Clemmensen - Carried the team while HOF goalie Brodeur was injured but is now back in the minors.  GM Lou Lamoriello said he'll try to trade the pending FA goalie.

 

Check out the Trade Center page on  TSN.ca for more updates.

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