Once, twice, three times a racist

Via Ace, Pajamas Media lists the recent examples of NBC using editing to make statements appear racist.
If this sentences doesn't fit into two seconds of audio, we'll make it fit.
And make it worse also.

Smells like overrated

Smitty found a story discussing the 10 most overrated songs, and it included Nirvana's Smells like Teen Spirit. Probably why I liked Weird Al's parody.

Georgia winner, Georgia loser

Bubba Watson won the Masters Sunday.
Newt Gingrich pretty much threw in the towel with his presidential bid. But the owner of the towel has yet to be paid.

Good Easter reading

Rich Lowry tells the story of Charles Colson.
Read the whole thing, and Colson's book too.

George Zimmerman's next job

While awaiting the investigation of the Trayvon Martin death to conclude, what's next for George Zimmerman if he's not arrested?
He could own NBC News.
Or CNN.
Or ABC.
How well will the walk-back work in a court?

Give us Barabbas

The man meets the medium with Iowahawk on Twitter.
Here's the story on planning by Sanford for when the George Zimmerman investigation announces its decision.
His tagline?
Give us Barabbas.
Perfect for Easter weekend.

Arby's - a Rude Move Dude

Rush Limbaugh survives and his ratings are up.
Arby's decided Wednesday to join the ad boycott.
And conservatives are not in a good mood for Arby's food.

Saturday song

It's fun hats and sunglasses from the 70s, with Bob Welch and Ebony Eyes.

Facebook quote of the week

Today's a great day.... the O's won and are in 1st place. I will savor this now for as long as it lasts.....! It's tough being a die hard O's fan but they are still my team!!!

Ready to change back

A good column by Ed Morrissey on the Romney's economic vision - and Obama's worthless words.
The two likely presidential candidates have made their visions clear. One wants a commitment to the stagnant status quo and a continuation of the fruitless economic policies that are aimed at resentment rather than growth. The other offers a return to sensible American values and economic policy. In the fall, that choice will be very clear indeed, and it will make the election a referendum on stagnation. By November, America will be ready for change … back.

With the Republican nomination almost in the bag, Barack Obama and his likely opponent, Mitt Romney gave competing visions of America in two dramatic speeches this week. Both argued for change, but only one offered any kind of course correction at all.
Let’s start with President Obama, who spoke on Tuesday at a luncheon hosted by the Associated Press and attended by journalists. Obama clearly wanted to steal a little of Romney’s thunder from an anticipated – and realized – three-contest sweep on April 3rd. In contrast to his 2008 campaign theme of Hope and Change, Obama's AP speech offered a defense of the status quo, as well as smirking attacks on his presumed foe in the upcoming presidential election. If anyone expected Obama to offer new directions for the US after a three-year period of economic stagnation and a seven-month strategy of class warfare, they would have come away profoundly disappointed.

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One might have thought that the man who finally acknowledged over a year and a half ago the fantasy of his promised “shovel-ready jobs” would have a different economic plan for his second term. Instead, Obama offered more of the same, insisting that the government needed to seize more funds through tax increases for further “investments” in infrastructure and other Obama priorities. In fact, the word “investment” appears a dozen times in his remarks, and in some curious contexts.
First, Obama insisted that Abraham Lincoln “invested” in the Transcontinental Railroad, a favorite chestnut of his speeches which he uses to paint Republicans as historically extreme. However, the government mostly stayed out of the way of its construction, and the limited government funding that did get applied came from the sale of bonds on a voluntary basis, not from taxes seized in Buffett Rules or any other redistributive methods. The bonds and the interest got paid by the railroads in the end, not the government.
In another example, Obama proclaimed Richard Nixon’s establishment of the EPA as another “investment.” As anyone who has had to deal with the EPA well knows, that agency does not promote investment, but usually acts to frustrate it. Just ask the Sacketts, who invested in land in Idaho to build a home for themselves, only to get blocked by the EPA which declared it retroactively to be “wetlands,” and refused to allow the Sacketts access to judicial review of their order. The Supreme Court unanimously slapped down the EPA for its tyrannical approach to the Sacketts, but the agency still interferes with private property rights, especially when it comes to the infrastructure of energy production.
Finally, in a moment of sheer irony, Obama offered the example of the Eisenhower Interstate System as an “investment” that proved its worth. President Eisenhower built the system for strategic military purposes first, and for commercial development of the U.S. second. Following his experiences in Europe after D-Day, the former Supreme Head of Allied Expeditionary Forces understood the necessity of being able to rapidly move heavy arms to a nation’s borders. More ironically, the Eisenhower System cost in 2006 dollars roughly half of the eventual cost of the Obama stimulus package, $425 billion to $840 billion, and delivered an entire national highway system capable of defending the nation’s borders. Obama’s stimulus package delivered phantom “shovel ready jobs” and a huge addition to the debt while failing to dent the trajectory of unemployment.

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Obama didn’t have any kind words for Romney's expressed support for the Paul Ryan budget plan, which recently passed in the House. In contrast, Obama’s budget failed to get one Democratic vote – for the second year in a row. He poked fun at Romney’s use of the word “marvelous” in connection with budgets, without acknowledging that the only word to use for budgets in the Senate – as controlled by Obama’s party – would be “non-existent.”
Obama also asserted that Ronald Reagan chose to make investments, proposed tax increases, and spending cuts to balance the budget, but that Reagan “could not get through a Republican primary today. That’s rather rich coming from a President who has presided over trillion-dollar deficits in all three years of his presidency – the first coming from the FY2009 budget that Capitol Hill Democrats (including then-Senator Obama) kept from George W. Bush in 2008 and which Obama signed in March 2009 after a series of continuing resolutions.
Romney, of course, balanced four budgets as governor of Massachusetts, even with a heavily Democratic legislature. His speech on Tuesday night went more to the heart of the question voters will face in November. While Obama offered a “stay the course” approach earlier in the day, Romney responded by reminding voters exactly what that course has produced:
“Millions have lost their homes. A record number of Americans are now living in poverty. And the most vulnerable are the ones that have been hurt the most. Thirty percent of single moms are now living in poverty. New business startups -- and that's normally where we get job growth after a recession -- new business startups are down to the lowest level in 30 years. And of course, you know our national debt is at a record high. And when you drive home tonight and you stop by the gas station, just take a look at the prices. And then ask yourself, four more years of that?”
Romney drew a bright line between himself and Obama on visions for America. Obama, he said, sees America as a “government-centered society [where] the government has to do more because the economy is doomed to do less.” Instead, Romney sees America as a nation where property rights allow people to make good economic choices that benefit everyone. Instead of tax increases imposed for “social justice,” Romney wants tax reform to accelerate investment and return to post-World War II patterns of recovery and economic growth that Obama’s central planning and increased regulation has disrupted. The alternative, Romney warned, was a path that other Western nations have already trodden to “chronic high unemployment, crushing debt and stagnant wages” – a pattern we have already seen as the hallmark of the Obama economy.
The two likely presidential candidates have made their visions clear. One wants a commitment to the stagnant status quo and a continuation of the fruitless economic policies that are aimed at resentment rather than growth. The other offers a return to sensible American values and economic policy. In the fall, that choice will be very clear indeed, and it will make the election a referendum on stagnation. By November, America will be ready for change … back.

When is he ept?

Ace gives a thorough trashing to David Brooks' latest love letter to President Obama.
Read the whole thing. Ace's, not Brooks'.

Weekend watchdog

It's spring. The sports schedule says so.
The 2012 baseball season - which started last week in Japan - began in earnest Wednesday with the World Series champion St. Louis Cardinals playing in Miami.
The Nationals opened their season in Chicago with a win, and play the Cubs on MASN Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
The Orioles host Minnesota for their season opening series, starting Friday at 3 p.m. on MASN. They play Saturday at 7 p.m., then Sunday at 1:30 p.m. on MASN2.
ESPN2 has a doubleheader Friday as the Giants take on Arizona at 7 p.m. before the Royals meet the Angels.
Fox has its first Saturday baseball lineup at 4 p.m., with the East Coast getting Boston-Detroit. Other parts of the country will see St. Louis vs. Milwaukee, the Royals at Angels and Giants-Diamondbacks.
Sunday, TBS shows the Yankees' game in Tampa Bay. ESPN's Sunday night brings together the White Sox and Rangers.
It's time for the azaleas in Augusta, even if they bloomed early this year. The second day of the Masters will be on ESPN Friday at 3 p.m. CBS takes over Saturday at 3:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2 p.m. By nightfall, the green jacket will be awarded.
While the spring season kicks off, ice hockey reaches the end of its campaign. NBC Sports network has the Coyotes heading to St. Louis Friday at 7:30 p.m., and then there's a doubleheader Saturday - Flyers vs. Penguins at 4 p.m. and Capitals at Rangers at 6:30 p.m.
NBC offers the Red Wings against Blackhawks Saturday at 1 p.m.
The NCAA Frozen Four heads to a traditional venue - Tampa Bay - and the final will be Saturday at 7 p.m.
ESPN starts its Saturday doubleheader in Philadelphia, with the 76ers meeting the Magic at 8 p.m. The Nuggets take on the Warriors in the nightcap. ABC shows the Bulls at Knicks Sunday at 1 p.m.
Comcast has the Wizards' game at New Jersey Friday at 7:30 p.m. on Comcast.
ACC baseball takes the stage on Comcast this weekend. Virginia Tech hosts Boston College Saturday at noon, and Florida State meets Georgia Tech Sunday at 1 p.m. In the SEC, Auburn faces Alabama at 4 p.m. Saturday.
ESPN has Kansas City against the Galaxy in MLS action Saturday at 4 p.m.
The Family Circle tennis tournament concludes on ESPN2 this weekend. Coverage starts at 1 p.m. on Friday with the quarterfinals, Saturday with the semifinals and the final on Sunday.
Virginia battles North Carolina in lacrosse Saturday at 1 p.m. on ESPN.

New in Miami

The Miami Marlins have a new name, new colors and a new stadium. And a new dance team.
UPDATE: Part of Rule 5 Sunday on Sunday.

War on Mormons

The Other McCain catalogues the anti-Mormon stories coming out now that it looks like Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama in November.
Mormons vs. Democratic morons.
Brigham Young vs. Tax 'em Young (aka Tax 'em Old, Tax 'em All).
Mormons baptize the dead. Democrats have the dead vote.
It's going to be a fun election season.

Jimmy Carter called

Chris Graham has a post up about gas prices.
Jimmy Carter called. He wants his post back.
Like Carter and Obama, we can whine about gas prices. Gas prices spiked in 1979, and were down in 1986 as more supply came online.
Gas prices spiked in the summer of 2008, and went down by winter 2009.
Maybe solar can power more than sidewalk lights.
Maybe wind power can do more than kill birds.
We know what oil can do. And where it is - Canada.
Just get it to the customer, and we'll see where prices go.

O Canada, please send your oil to me

Did President Obama cost us at the pumps with the Keystone Pipeline stall?
Yes.
How much?
Much more than we know.
Time for good Americans to beg Canada to ignore him.
We like their national anthem, and it gives a jumping off point for this parody.

O Canada!
We really need your oil!
Ignore the bum and all his silly commands
With empty tanks we yearn for you
The True North we love thee
From Saskatchewan
O Canada, please send your oil to me
Please keep our cars, running smooth and free
O Canada, please send your oil to me
O Canada, please send your oil to me

Hunger Games tour

An Instapundit reader has a great comment on a story about big spending in D.C.
“Hmm, packed, expensive restaurants in the Capitol? People there spending lavishly and being out of touch with the rest of the country which is toughing out rough economic conditions? Pretty sure my daughter just saw a movie about this. Can’t think of the name of it, though. If only it had gotten some publicity recently.”

Obama in three words

2008 - Hope and Change
2012 - Do my bidding
UPDATE: Linked at Instapundit.

Ryan schools Obama

Paul Ryan goes to Facebook to blast President Obama, after Obama blasted Ryan's plan in a Tuesday speech.
As a matter of fact, it is actually the President’s budget that makes it far more likely that college students, the sick, mothers, young children, seniors and all Americans would face harsh disruptions in government services and indiscriminate cuts. By making our unsustainable fiscal trajectory worse, his budget guarantees a debt-fueled economic crisis, which would hurt society’s most vulnerable the first and the worst.

Today's Tied with me

My political ranking has jumped this week, moving just shy of the top 500.
We're tied with Noisy Room, which highlights President Obama's problem-filled week.

Attitude "made of titanium"

Bryan Preston reviews Sarah Palin's Today show appearance.
Palin was quick witted, informed, personable, and beautiful guest hosting Today. She looked like she belonged there and brought a different energy to the show. Once she was gone, Today quickly returned to its blandly liberal self. Whoever came up with the idea of having her guest host deserves credit for thinking creatively and boldly to bring her in. It was a good show all around.
Did you watch?

Bacon forever

Want to take bacon with you?
This Seattle company has an idea.
“Bacon Coffins are finished with a real bacon and pork shading and accented with gold stationary handles. The interior has an adjustable bed and mattress, a bacon memorial tube and is completed in ivory crepe coffin liners.”

Bin donating

Powerline illustrates the ease the Obama campaign can receive unsecured donations.
What would happen if "Usama bin Laden" won the chance to have dinner with the president?

I want this bumper sticker

Legal Insurrection loves highlighting good political bumper stickers.
Monday there's a great one from Wisconsin.
Recall Santa
I didn't get what I wanted

It's Kagan

Drudge Report thinks there might be a leak in the Supreme Court.
That somebody told him the Court's first vote in the Obamacare case.
Which Justice would it be?
He's appointed two. My bet is on Elena Kagan.
It wouldn't be Sotomayor. She's wise er.

My guess for the best way to deal Obamacare has been overturned? Justice Ginsburg might retire before July, giving Obama a chance to nominate a younger liberal before he loses in November.

Kids' poor fashion choice

Pundette wasn't impressed by Michelle Obama's outfit at Nick's Kids Choice awards.
Too bad the Earth Hour people didn't turn off the lights when she came on stage.

Scientific method

Instapundit looks at why there's more skeptics of science on the conservative side.
It's skeptics of those pushing their ideas.
In fact, the very core of the scientific method is supposed to be skepticism. We accept arguments not because they come from people in authority but because they can be proven correct — in independent experiments by independent experimenters. If you make a claim that can’t be proven false in an independent experiment, you’re not really making a scientific claim at all.

Tax it forward

Here's a great idea we can all get behind.
If paying taxes was so great, Democrats ought to pay more.
The more they pay, the more people they help.

"Massively disappointing"

The Other McCain brings the bright news of Obama's troubles.
No matter what troubles Republicans are fighting through now, Obama needs young people to be excited about his re-election.
Not going to happen.
Democrats can say they're better for the young than Republicans.
The young are more likely to be fooled again.
But if Obama's support in 2012 is dropping among all groups that backed him in 2008, he's running out of margin for error.

What to watch

Sarah Palin's going to co-host Today on Tuesday?
We'll be checking that out.