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Former George W. political architect Karl Rove and his wife of 24 years, Darby, were granted a divorce in Texas. A family spokeswoman, Dana Perino, said this of the split:
“The couple came to the decision mutually and amicably, and they maintain a close relationship and a strong friendship. There will be no further comment, and the family requests that its privacy be respected.”
The FLOTUS is just another celebrity to sign on to PETA’s no-fur campaign, joining ranks with other attention-hungry animal rights activists that believe in the sanctity of animal life above that of an unborn fetus. Makes sense.
Newsflash, First Lady: those leather gloves and a bunch of that other hideous leather crap you wear is just the fur coat of a less fuzzy animal. Or are cows allowed to be furdered because they lead to global warming?
Instead of pursuing any sort of real policy after America was attacked on Christmas Day, Obama continued to play golf in his “home state,” Hawai’i, leaving only after a small child connected to the family suffered a minor injury. This president is definitely concerned about the rise in terrorism on our home soil.
I missed this gem over the holiday weekend, but here’s a video of healthcare champion/philanderer Max Baucus slurring his speech about bipartisanship on the Senate floor. I don’t blame him. If I were lying through my teeth to the American people, I’d want to be blackout, too.
This man should definitely be penning sweeping legislation. During a rushed vote on his ridiculous healthcare bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid voted “no” before realizing his error and saying “aye.”
Rodell Mollineau, Reid’s staff assistant, stated: “His bipartisan instincts got the best of him.”
Funny, we haven’t seen any of those instincts show up during the bill’s discussion.
The octogenarian governor of a souther India state resigned over the weekend after a local news station aired a video of him in bed with three women.
Governor Narain Dutt Tiwari handed in a letter of resignation citing health problems, but the video leak seems to have caused increasing pressure on the politician to step down.
Tiwari’s office has stated that the tape is made up, and not a true depiction of reality.
ABN Andhra Jyoti News reported that the three women of the video were brought to the governor by another woman who had been promised a mining lease in return for sexual favors. When the governor didn’t uphold his end of the bargain, the woman executed a “sting operation” to expose the wayward politician.
Ephesians 6:11-17: Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Merry Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Congress,
Every creature was frantic,
from insurers to lobbyists.
While Americans worried about higher taxes and spending,
The liberals, they promised
big government unending.
From Mama Nancy in one chamber to
Papa Harry in the other,
A chorus rang out
And Ben Nelson was smothered.
“Let bureaucrats run health care,”
the leaders urged with a grin.
“Don’t worry about details,
Obama just needs a win.”
On Franken! On Landrieu!
On Lincoln and Schumer!
Dismiss all the facts,
Deny every rumor.
Forget about burdens on business.
Ignore the red tape.
We must pass a bill,
any size, any shape.
More decisions by Washington
The masses, they need it.
So 60 Dems voted yes
Most didn’t bother to read it.
In despair and their kerchiefs
McConnell and Boehner then slumbered.
They had tried to improve things but were vastly outnmbered
With vict’ry in sight
Democrats smiled with glee
But so did some Republicans, only theirs you couldn’t see.
For conservatives knew well
The disaster in sight.
In the bill they saw fortune,
A chance to make all things right.
Soon a thought bubbled forth bringing fresh Christmas cheer.
“Today bureaucrats won.
But they won’t come next year.”
–Matt Latimer, former speechwriter for President Bush, as told on Anderson Cooper’s CNN show.
So this is normal: clothe your small child in a glorified saloon dress featuring the face of Dita von Teese, and then take her (the child) to meet her (von Teese) at a book signing for Dita: Stripteese. Nothing says “role model” like a former porn star-turned-burlesque-dancer-who-dated-MARILYN-MANSON. I’m surprised Dita hasn’t given a guest lecture at this little girl’s Kindergarten about how to make it big without compromising your morals.
While most of DC shut down during the snow storm, it was politics as usual on The Hill, where Democrats have seemingly clutched the necessary votes to ram through Obamacare. Shockingly, the American will now be taxed 10%, tantamount to the tax placed on liquor and cigarettes, simply for using a tanning bed. On the plus side, anyone who willingly pays for skin cancer can at least really appreciate that old adage about only two things, death and taxes, being certain in life.
Here’s some verbiage from a proposed health bill:
CHAPTER 49—COSMETIC SERVICES
Sec. 5000B. Imposition of tax on indoor tanning services.
SEC. 5000B. IMPOSITION OF TAX ON INDOOR TANNING SERVICES.
(a) INGENERAL.—There is hereby imposed on any indoor tanning service a tax equal to 10 percent of the amount paid for such service (determined without regard to this section), whether paid by insurance or otherwise.
