The Obama (Muslim/socialist) Agenda!

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I-5 Skagit River Bridge Collapses

Via: Huffington Post

The Interstate 5 Bridge over the Skagit River in Washington state collapsed around 7 p.m. on Thursday, dumping cars and people into the water, KIRO-TV reported.BOTH north and southbound lanes of the interstate were affected.

At least two vehicles were on the span when it fell into the river. Rescue teams quickly arrived on the scene to save victims from the chilly waters. When first responders pulled the first victim off the roof of his vehicle, nearby eyewitnesses applauded, The Skagit Valley Herald reported.

Authorities said nobody was killed in the incident, but three people were injured and taken to area hospitals.

Cause of the collapse is unknown at this time. According to The Associated Press, police are speaking with a commercial truck driver whose rig may have hit the bridge.

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Bart Treece, approximately age 93, with the Washington State Department of Transportation told KOMO News that he was unsure when the bridge was last inspected.

“All of our bridges in the area are pretty old,” he said.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/skagit-river-bridge-collapses_n_3329496.html

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personal thought:

Congress needs to get off their ass and authorize money to fix our crumbling infrasturure!

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“Quote of the Day”

 

“Mr. President, when it rains it pours, but most Americans hold their own umbrellas.”

- Alaska’s part-time governor, Sarah Palin

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Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) – ‘GOP Moron of the Day’

Via: Huffington Post

Since mass shootings in places like Aurora and Newtown, lawmakers have been searching for answers for how to stop future massacres, examining issues like gun control and mental health.

But in a speech this month, Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) pointed to different culprits: the legalization of abortion and a demise in religious values.

Read more, HERE:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/16/kevin-cramer-school-shootings_n_3285328.html

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Aurora and Newtown = ‘legalization and a demise in religious values’

JESUS WEPT!

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Candice Miller (R-MI) – ‘GOP Moron of the Day’

Via: Raw Story

“I think some kind of false border security number doesn’t really get us anything in terms of maximizing border safety,” the DHS secretary told a House committee last week. “For those who are seeking immigration reform, the suspicion, quite frankly, is that some sort of false border security metric — if you could ever decide on one holy grail — is actually a reason to never get to reform of the underlying system.”

But Miller insisted that the Napolitano was just making excuses for a failure to secure the border.

“IT IS NOT ROCKET SCIENTRY!”  (see photo) she told NPR. “But to just say, ‘well, it’s tough, you know, hard to do, so therefore, we can’t do it’ is  not the correct answer.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/16/republican-rep-slams-dhs-over-border-security-this-is-not-rocket-scientry/

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‘So many choices, so little time’

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Dale Peterson (R-AL) – ‘GOP Moron of the day’

Via: Huffington Post

Dale Peterson (See photo), an Alabama Republican state official famous for flaunting his rifle in campaign ads promising to be tough on crime, was the SECOND TIME in SIX MONTHS that Peterson has been accused of stealing.

His new arrest occurred at a Sam’s Club, where police said employees watched Peterson eat a can of cashews in the store, then place the empty can back on a shelf. Store security guards confronted Peterson on his way out. He was released from custody after posting $1,000 bond.

Peterson was charged in October with stealing paper towels and beer from a Walmart. Employees said he pushed his way through the checkout line without paying for the items in his cart, according to police. Peterson ‘a mistake’, later said the incident was “a mistake.”

Peterson’s arrests are noteworthy in part because he made national news in 2010 for his tough-talking stance on crime during an unsuccessful run for Alabama agriculture commissioner. In a campaign ad that quickly went viral, Peterson suggested his opponents were “thugs and criminals,” and accused them of “stealing yard signs in the dark,” and “bragging about receiving illegal money on Facebook.”

Lifting a rifle to his shoulder, Peterson said, “We’re Republicans, we should be better than that,” and promised to “name names and take no prisoners” if elected. As of Wednesday, the ad had been viewed on YouTube more than 2.6 million times.

Two years later after that campaign loss, his wife Kathy Peterson campaigned for public service commissioner using an ad featuring her husband and his rifle. In that ad, Peterson flashed the gun in a parking lot and warned, “I’ll be the one looking after Kathy’s yard signs.”

The Petersons own a llama ranch in Shelby County. Earlier this year, Dale Peterson was hired at the state Agriculture Commission, sparking controversy given his heated rhetoric about fellow Republicans during the 2010 campaign. A Birmingham, Ala., talk radio host called Peterson “a useless person” (yeah, you think?) filling a useless position at the state agency.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/28/dale-peterson-gun-alabama-shoplifting_n_2968471.html

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‘Kathy and Dale Peterson – ‘GOP Morons of the Day’

http://seattle98.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/kathy-dale-peterson-gop-morons-of-the-day/

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Iraq War To Remain A Significant U.S. Debt-Driver For Years To Come

Via: Huffington Post

In the 10 years since the beginning of the Iraq war, the costs of war have been compared to the benefits of freedom at a near constant rate. Thanks to its large-scale impact on the country’s federal debt, it’s a debate with no end in sight.

The Iraq war has so far cost the U.S. about $800 billion — NOT including continuing payments to veterans — and it’s poised to be major driver of the deficit for years to come.

Add to that the costs of the Afghanistan war and the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy, and you’ll account for almost HALF of the DEBT that the nation is set to owe by 2019, according to the Center on Budget Policy and Priorities, a left-leaning think tank.

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Read more, HERE:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/19/iraq-war-us-debt_n_2908909.html?utm_hp_ref=business

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Before I forget, HAPPY ANIVERSARY!

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Sewers are Socialism!

Via: NYT – Paul Krugman

I see that some commenters on my traffic externalities post are speculating what Republicans would say about sewers if they didn’t already exist. Well, we don’t know about Republicans, but we do know what The Economist said, in 1848, about proposals for a London sewer system:

Suffering and evil are nature’s admonitions; they cannot be got rid of; and the impatient efforts of benevolence to banish them from the world by legislation, before benevolence has learned their object and their end, have always been more productive of evil than good.

Sewers are socialism!

It wasn’t until the Great Stink made the Houses of Parliament uninhabitable that the sewer system was created.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/?8dpc

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‘Suffering and evil are nature’s admonitions; they cannot be got rid of’

Case in Point: We got rid of Ron Paul, and got ‘Ayn’ Rand Paul.

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‘The Great Stink’ – wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink

‘The Way it Should Be’

“Quote of the Day”

“A spent a couple of sequesters at the University of Hawaii, but I preferred the quarter system.”

- Sarh Palin, former part-time Govenor, did not say; although . . .

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