A liberal doesn't like the national anthem? Let me show you my shocked face

Bill Press is a liberal radio talk show host, so you probably don't know who he is buuuut that won't stop me from going on a small rant about what he just said. Maybe it wouldn't bother me so much cause as I mentioned before, no one really knows who he is so why should we care what he says. Well I care because it just seems to be what is a growing trend on the liberal side. Bashing important keys to what makes this country so great. Like a previous post that showed a MSNBC host says he's uncomfortable calling soldiers killed in war, heroes. How on earth do they get away with saying that? I am more offended by him saying that than Rush calling a woman a slut. But obviously the main stream media that is so in the tank for the liberal agenda won't bring any of this up. I guess it just breaks down to the fact that I am sick of the left disrespecting this great nation, which includes the current President going around the world apologizing for America's arrogance. Yeah like the world would be a better place without us.. Wait how do you say that in German? Cause that's what we would all be speaking. So back to Bill, he recently said he was on a crusade to get rid of the National Anthem, cause he thinks it's embarrassing and questions the "home of the brave" part.

The Obama administration says "take the stories down" and the media says "how high?"

Anyone else nervous that the White House tells news agencies to remove articles... and they do it?! For some reason I seriously doubt that the Bush administration could have made a similar request and the Huffington Post would've complied.

What am I rambling about you ask? Well, Obama's oldest daughter Malia went to Mexico with 12 of her friends, you know, as all 13 year old girls do and shortly after reporting the story, the reports started mysteriously disappearing... Now I'm not even going to ask how much this is going to cost the tax payers, cause I'm sure 25 secret service agents, a private jet and a oh so cool hotel stay come cheap. My main concern is that the media only reports what the Obama's want them to and yes I remember the 2008 election, so I shouldn't be surprised but this even goes above and beyond the normal biased media I am used to.

Read The Blaze article here

Thanks for nuthin' Nancy...

Yesterday's mail included a nice big envelope from Blue Cross, one of many since the "Affordable Care Act" passed.

The last big envelope was to inform me that my rates would go up 25%.

This time, to tell me that my policy no longer meets federal standards and although I will be able to keep my plan, no one else will ever be allowed to sign up for it. Meaning that eventually the pool of people will shrink, the average age of participants will rise, and my rates will increase because of it.

Not to worry..., I have 30 days to decide if I want to change to one of their new plans, which they warn me will probably be more expensive than my current plan. I can also switch to one of their new more expensive plans if my rates should happen to be increased anytime before December 2013 (way to look out for me Blue Cross!).

The new plan benefit pamphlets don't include any prices, I have to call to get those. I can only imagine how expensive they are considering the new "federal standards".

I made a few sacrifices in coverage to get my current plan into a price range I didn't feel sick about. For example, generic only prescription coverage, limited office visits, higher deductible.

But those plans are no longer available. Their current plans must now include coverage for "kids" up to 26 years of age, no lifetime maximum and 100% paid preventive care. Long gone are the plans that had a generic only prescription option, as well as the "catastrophic" plans that had low premiums and higher deductibles for people like me that try to stay healthy and don't run to the doctor every time they get they sniffles.

So much for keeping your current plan.

So much for making health care more affordable.

So now instead of enriching the lives of my kids by sending them to private school, or signing them up for music lessons, I get to spend all my spare money on "affordable" health care that I rarely ever use, but don't dare not have.

The good news: maybe if we slack a little more, try a little less, and lose some of our ambition and desire to achieve, we might (fingers crossed) qualify for this magical new public option I keep hearing so much about!

As a side note: I can't wait til "the Affordable Care Act" is repealed, and then my rates and policy can just go back to what it before it was passed. (Ha!)

UPDATE: I was able to uncover the new policy pricing on the Blue Cross website. For a plan similar to my current plan, albeit with a higher deductible and now including the new federal standards, the cost would be almost 25% higher than I am currently paying. Mind you, my rates were already increased shortly after the bill passed, making for a sweet 50% increase in policy rates since Obamacare was signed into law.

So I guess when Obama said insurance costs would decrease $2,500 a year for families, he actually meant increase.

Crap! we're already Socialists

Via Hot Air As John Merline points out, the government actually spends more time and resources cutting checks than anything else it does.

The White House budget’s Historical Tables volume shows that direct payments to individuals have increased from 2.4% at the end of World War II to 66.2% in 2010, including grants.

And whose wealth gets redistributed for the payments? Merline also sees a decades-long trend there:

In fact, according to the IRS, which collects such data, the share of income taxes paid by the richest 1 percent almost equals the share of income taxes paid by the bottom 95 percent. Today, roughly a third of those who file a tax return don’t pay any federal income tax at all, or get more in refundable tax credits than they pay in taxes. (In 1985, only 18 percent fell into this camp, according to the Tax Foundation.)

Some of the sharp increase in the last three years can be attributed to Baby Boomer retirement, and others to the influx of funds to emergency funding for unemployment. Clearly, though, this is an unsustainable rise — and a dramatic change in the redistributive efforts of the federal government. We don’t need more soak-the-rich policies; we need to start containing individual payment programs, and we need to do it.

This simply does not work!

New member of the drum circle!

Alleged leaker Bradley Manning: hero to Berkeley?
Seriously? Yeah...Berkeley...the place that said no to going to war after Pearl Harbor. Hippies...they just stink.

Really America? REALLY?

Toy pig removed from farm set to not offend Muslims...

Not that I agree with ridiculous over the top PC crap but why was there a cop on the farm in the first place?
Click here to read article

He's Back!

Our favorite pissed off Lefty is back! Quick...let's get some popcorn going...I love comedies!

So BUSTED!

During post election phone call to MoveOn, Obama signals that lefty agenda is full speed ahead....

Thought of the day: A wise man learns from the mistakes of others, a fool learns from his own. But in his defense, maybe Obama wasn't exactly around for the Carter era.

Where you goin' now?!

Your party just got their ass kicked in the midterm elections! What are you doin' now?

I'm going to Mumbai!

Not So Joyish

Really California?

If recent polls can be believed Jerry Brown has a rather healthy new lead on Meg Whitman. I don't know why this surprises me.

High as a kite, literally.

Video: Townhall guy questions Obama on hypocrisy over CA pot legalization

....and all he gets for an answer is an unsolicited lecture on the beauty of amnesty.