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		<title>Obama &amp; Our Constitution</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonolan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Americans firmly believe that the Obama Regime has absolutely no respect or use for the US Constitution.
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-47376" title="White House Toilet Paper" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/white-house-tp.jpg" alt="White House Toilet Paper" width="450" height="329" />
<strong class="highlight">The New White House Toilet Paper</strong></p>
Thanks to this pic from a West Wing restroom we can now all see that this is patently untrue. The Obama White makes regular use of our Constitution.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many Americans firmly believe that the Obama Regime has absolutely no respect or use for the US Constitution.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-47376" title="White House Toilet Paper" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/white-house-tp.jpg" alt="White House Toilet Paper" width="450" height="329" /><br />
<strong class="highlight">The New White House Toilet Paper</strong></p>
<p>Thanks to this pic from a West Wing restroom we can now all see that this is patently untrue. The Obama White makes regular use of our Constitution.</p>

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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Irene PSA</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonolan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With <a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker" title="Weather Central - Hurricane Tracker - Irene" target="_blank">Hurricane Irene</a> getting ready to pulverize America's East Coast it behooves the POTUS to provide calm and assurance to the threatened population. President Obama, never being one to all his teleprompter to shirk such duties - unless their might be a Q &#038; A session involved - has dutifully and thoughtfully provided PSA via Twitter:
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-42598" title="Obama: Don't Worry, I'm Safe" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/obama-dont-worry-im-safe.jpg" alt="Obama: Don't Worry, I'm Safe and Sound From Hurricane Irene" width="450" height="505" />
<strong class="highlight">Obama: Don't Worry; I'm Safe and Sound. You Suckahs OTH...</strong></p>
President Obama wants to assure his constituents that <em>he'll</em> be safe from the storm. He and the First Family are currently en route inland where there are many golf courses and recreational shopping opportunities that they have not samples as of yet.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With <a href="http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker" title="Weather Central - Hurricane Tracker - Irene" target="_blank">Hurricane Irene</a> getting ready to pulverize America&#8217;s East Coast it behooves the POTUS to provide calm and assurance to the threatened population. President Obama, never being one to all his teleprompter to shirk such duties &#8211; unless their might be a Q &#038; A session involved &#8211; has dutifully and thoughtfully provided PSA via Twitter:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-42598" title="Obama: Don't Worry, I'm Safe" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/obama-dont-worry-im-safe.jpg" alt="Obama: Don't Worry, I'm Safe and Sound From Hurricane Irene" width="450" height="505" /><br />
<strong class="highlight">Obama: Don&#8217;t Worry; I&#8217;m Safe and Sound. You Suckahs OTOH&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>President Obama wants to assure his constituents that <em>he&#8217;ll</em> be safe from the storm. He and the First Family are currently en route inland where there are many golf courses and recreational shopping opportunities that they have not samples as of yet.</p>
<p>And don&#8217;t worry about the damages. The White House has committed to providing aid through FEMA &#8211; After Robert Gibbs, Eric Holder and Janet Napolitano make sure that none of the federal aid goes to the wrong sorts of people or voting districts.</p>
<p>Furthermore, in order to ensure &#8220;justice&#8221; and an &#8220;equitable&#8221; distribution of largess, any needed relief efforts will be coordinated through a special task force led by Al Sharpton, Cynthia McKinney, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.</p>
<p>So don&#8217;t worry! <img src='http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>

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		<title>Real Classy, Boy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 21:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonolan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama has once again broke with longstanding presidential tradition and normative American cultural mores.  Once again he has chosen cheapness and Caligula-esque bullying as means of gaining "street cred" over the decorum and respectability that American presidents have almost always shown in public.
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-37422" title="Obama's Views of a Trump White House" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/obama-trump-insult.jpg" alt="Obama's Views of a Trump White House" width="450" height="385" />
<strong class="highlight">Per Obama - A Donald Trump White House</strong></p>
During Saturday's White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner Obama, rather than exhibiting the expecting humility and self-deprecating humor that has been exhibited by all prior Presidents since Calvin Coolidge, Obama chose to use the venue to <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/01/obamas-jokes-target-trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner/">attack and mock</a> Donald Trump who, while in attendance, couldn't respond.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama has once again broke with longstanding presidential tradition and normative American cultural mores.  Once again he has chosen cheapness and Caligula-esque bullying as means of gaining &#8220;street cred&#8221; over the decorum and respectability that American presidents have almost always shown in public.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-37422" title="Obama's Views of a Trump White House" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/obama-trump-insult.jpg" alt="Obama's Views of a Trump White House" width="450" height="385" /><br />
<strong class="highlight">Per Obama &#8211; A Donald Trump White House</strong></p>
<p>During Saturday&#8217;s White House Correspondents&#8217; Association annual dinner Obama, rather than exhibiting the expected humility and self-deprecating humor that has been exhibited by all prior Presidents since Calvin Coolidge, Obama chose to use the venue to <a title="Fox News - Obama's Jokes Target Trump at White House Correspondents' Dinner" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05/01/obamas-jokes-target-trump-white-house-correspondents-dinner/" target="_blank">attack and mock</a> Donald Trump who, while in attendance, couldn&#8217;t respond.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>With Trump in attendance, Obama used the White House Correspondents&#8217; Association annual dinner to mock the reality TV star&#8217;s presidential ambitions. The president said Trump has shown the acumen of a future president, from firing Gary Busey on a recent episode of &#8220;Celebrity Apprentice&#8221; to focusing so much time on conspiracy theories about Obama&#8217;s birthplace.</em></p>
<p><em>After a week when Obama released his long-form Hawaii birth certificate, he said Trump could now focus on the serious issues, from whether the moon landing actually happened to &#8220;where are Biggie and Tupac?&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>&#8220;No one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than &#8216;the Donald,&#8221;&#8216; Obama said, referring to Trump&#8217;s claims the same day that he was responsible for solving the issue.</em></p>
<p><em>For Trump&#8217;s decision to fire actor Busey instead of rock singer Meat Loaf from his TV show earlier this month, Obama quipped: &#8220;These are the types of decisions that would keep me up at night. Well handled, sir.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>And then, as a coup de grace, Obama showed a screen with his vision of how Trump could bring change to the White House. &#8220;Trump&#8221; was prominently displayed in glittery letters and girls could be seen with cocktails on a Jacuzzi-augmented front lawn.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Obama&#8217;s juvenile attempts at humor and wildly inappropriate and utterly tacky behavior goes a fair bit towards causing me to reassess <a href="http://blog.jonolan.net/politics/white-house-watermelons/">my feelings</a> on the &#8220;inappropriateness&#8221; of an earlier image in a very similarly derogatory vein:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4925" title="The White House Watermelon Patch" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/whitehouse-watermelon-patch.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="351" /><br />
<strong class="highlight">Obama&#8217;s New White House Watermelon Patch?</strong></p>
<p>After all,  American society maintains one set of rules for everyone.  It&#8217;s only Liberal that excuse loathsome, antisocial, or criminal behavior by Blacks <em>because</em> they&#8217;re Black.  Therefor, it&#8217;s right and proper for Americans to punish Obama for his lack of the basic level of class and respectability that has always been considered a prerequisite for the American presidency.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><img class="left-image" style="margin-top:5px;" title="jonolan" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/dark.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" width="36" height="36" /><em>They say that we must show respect for the office if not the man. I say that, if we truly respect the office, we  must show nothing but contempt for creatures like Obama who profane that office.</em></p>
<p>If Obama is going, in his narcissism and unwarranted arrogance, to start a game of <em>&#8220;<a title="Wikipedia - The Dozens" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dozens" target="_blank">The Dozens</a>&#8220;</em> then, not only is the image of his turning the White House grounds into a watermelon patch far less inappropriate, but much mention should be made of his and his wife&#8217;s personal stash of <a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/03/21/marijuana-in-the-white-house-garden/">pot plants</a> at the White House.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-37490" title="White House Weed" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/white-house-weed.jpg" alt="White House Weed - Obama's growing pot at White House" width="450" height="300" /><br />
<strong class="highlight">Perhaps Obama Will Change The Street Number To 420</strong></p>
<p>Because that&#8217;s just so what America needs right now &#8211; a worthless pot-head POTUS with a wife who has a serious problem with <em>everyone else&#8217;s</em> munchies. <img src='http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p class="highlight" style="text-align: center;">~*~</p>
<p>Keep your eyes open. Travel light but load heavy, and always put another round in the enemy after they’re down.  <img src='http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>

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		<title>Where Are The Toys?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonolan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama just doesn't seem too happy with the job of POTUS. It's apparently not living up to all the dreams that he had about it. The appalling lack of gadgets and cool toys in the Oval Office seems to be particularly upsetting to Obama.

    The president, in an unscripted moment with donors in Chicago, was talking about the need to innovate in technology.

    "The Oval Office, I always thought I was going to have really cool phones and stuff," he said during a small fundraising event at a Chicago restaurant. "I'm like, c'mon guys, I'm the president of the United States. Where's the fancy buttons and stuff and the big screen comes up? It doesn't happen."

    The president made his off-the-cuff remarks with donors as he took questions and after reporters had been ushered out of the event. But the question and answer session was piped back to Washington by mistake and into the press briefing area where a few reporters were still working late. 

Sorry, Boy; there's no fancy toys with lots of amusing lights and buzzes to delight yourself with and feed to your ego. There's just fine furnishings befitting a head of state and whole lot of work to do, much of it thankless but all of it important.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Obama just doesn&#8217;t seem too happy with the job of POTUS. It&#8217;s apparently not living up to all the dreams that he had about it.  The appalling lack of gadgets and cool toys in the Oval Office seems to be <a title="Fox News - Obama Disappointed With Lack of 'Cool' Phone in Oval Office" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/15/obama-disappointed-lack-cool-phone-oval-office/#ixzz1JbGBAwPy" target="_blank">particularly upsetting</a> to Obama.</p>
<blockquote><p>The president, in an unscripted moment with donors in Chicago, was talking about the need to innovate in technology.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;The Oval Office, I always thought I was going to have really cool phones and stuff,&#8221; he said during a small fundraising event at a Chicago restaurant. &#8220;I&#8217;m like, c&#8217;mon guys, I&#8217;m the president of the United States. Where&#8217;s the fancy buttons and stuff and the big screen comes up? It doesn&#8217;t happen.&#8221;</em></p>
<p><em>The president made his off-the-cuff remarks with donors as he took questions and after reporters had been ushered out of the event. But the question and answer session was piped back to  Washington by mistake and into the press briefing area where a few reporters were still working late.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Sorry, Boy; there&#8217;s no fancy toys with lots of amusing lights and buzzes to delight yourself with and feed to your ego. There&#8217;s just fine furnishings befitting a head of state and whole lot of work to do, much of it thankless but all of it important.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if high tech &#8220;bling&#8221; is all it takes to keep Obama amused, quiet, and safely occupied in pursuit other than political endeavor, it might well serve the nation well, especially during foul weather when he can&#8217;t be <a href="http://blog.jonolan.net/politics/an-apt-comparison-but/">sent golfing</a>.</p>

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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three particularly vile Jihadi vermin are, according to <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1358792/Anjem-Choudary-lead-White-House-protest-calling-Muslims-rise-up.html">British</a> and <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/20/muslim-cleric-plans-protest-outside-white-house-attempt-spread-sharia-law/#ixzz1EXm4Jlpm">American</a> sources, planning on entering the border of America to speak at a protest in front of the White House on Tuesday, March 3, 2011. They are Anjem Choudary, Abu Izzadeen, and Sayful Islam and the organizers of the event are the Muslim Extremist group, the <a href="http://www.islamicthinkers.com/index/index.php">Islamic Thinkers Society</a>.

Choudary, ever the jabbering pig-fucker, has described the protest as, <em>"a rally, a call for the Sharia, a call for the Muslims to rise up and ­establish the Islamic state in America."</em>

Given their track records - and criminal records - there's some doubt as to whether any or all of them will actually be allowed within our borders. If they do manage to enter America however, American patriots <em>must</em> send them home in body bags.

If they are allowed in the US, this is too good of an opportunity to waste. We must kill them; it our duty as Americans who are <em>all</em> charged with the "common defense" of our homeland and our families.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Three particularly vile Jihadi vermin are, according to <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1358792/Anjem-Choudary-lead-White-House-protest-calling-Muslims-rise-up.html">British</a> and <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/20/muslim-cleric-plans-protest-outside-white-house-attempt-spread-sharia-law/#ixzz1EXm4Jlpm">American</a> sources, planning on entering the border of America to speak at a protest in front of the White House on Tuesday, March 3, 2011. They are Anjem Choudary, Abu Izzadeen, and Sayful Islam and the organizers of the event are the Muslim Extremist group, the <a href="http://www.islamicthinkers.com/index/index.php">Islamic Thinkers Society</a>.</p>
<p>Choudary, ever the jabbering pig-fucker, has described the protest as, <em>&#8220;a rally, a call for the Sharia, a call for the Muslims to rise up and ­establish the Islamic state in America.&#8221;</em></p>
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<p>Given their track records &#8211; and criminal records &#8211; there&#8217;s some doubt as to whether any or all of them will actually be allowed within our borders. If they do manage to enter America however, American patriots <em>must</em> give them <em>exactly</em> the reception that they deserve.</p>
<p>And, if the consciences of any Americans demand these vermin&#8217;s exterminations as that reception, what <em>loyal</em> American who truly <em>loves</em> this country and <em>understands</em> in their soul that it&#8217;s each and every citizen&#8217;s solemn and nigh on holy duty to provide for the common defense of the nation and their families find moral fault with those Americans&#8217; actions?</p>
<p>Truly, how could one find moral fault with this, even though it would be patently illegal? After all, what is morally right and what is currently legal are often not the same thing, as our nation&#8217;s history has shown us time and time again.</p>
<h3>Think About It Objectively</h3>
<p>Leaving aside the possibly that our government would let these foreign enemies into our country willingly for one reason or another, they might actually be constrained to do so in, at least, Choudary&#8217;s case because of how our laws are written &#8211; and such constraints upon the government are needed to protect American&#8217;s liberty and rights.</p>
<p>But rights always come with responsibilities. Since we have needfully constrained our government in some ways, if we are to avoid those constraints being a &#8220;suicide note,&#8221; is it not required <em>in extremis</em> that the citizenry do what must be done to defend the nation even at the expense of their blood and treasure and even if that defense violates the law?</p>
<p class="highlight" style="text-align: center;">~*~</p>
<p>I would certainly find no intrinsic moral fault in such actions and, frankly, defy any American &#8211; except those very few pacifists who feel that lethal force is <em>always</em> immoral &#8211; to do so.</p>

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		<title>No Nativity In DC!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year around the Christmas season there's an argument within the Beltway about what sort of public observance of the holiday will be done. This year things were a bit more extreme and odder than usual though.
<h3>No Nativity Scene in Washington This Year!</h3>
<blockquote><em>The United States Supreme Court has ruled that there cannot be a Nativity Scene in the  United States Capitol this Christmas season.  This isn't for any religious reason.  They simply have not been able to  Find Three Wise Men in the Nation's Capitol.   A search for a Virgin continues.  There was </em><em>no problem, however, finding enough asses to fill the stable. ;-)</em></blockquote>
Congress and the White House, always ever eager to circumvent the rulings of the SCOTUS, has decided to include the Nativity anyway, just not as a public display.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every year around the Christmas season there&#8217;s an argument within the Beltway about what sort of public observance of the holiday will be done. This year things were a bit more extreme and odder than usual though.</p>
<h3>No Nativity Scene in Washington This Year!</h3>
<blockquote><p><em>The United States Supreme Court has ruled that there cannot be a Nativity Scene in the  United States Capitol this Christmas season.  This isn&#8217;t for any religious reason.  They simply have not been able to  Find Three Wise Men in the Nation&#8217;s Capitol.   A search for a Virgin continues.  There was </em><em>no problem, however, finding enough asses to fill the stable. <img src='http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </em></p></blockquote>
<p>Congress and the White House, always ever eager to circumvent the rulings of the SCOTUS, has decided to include the Nativity anyway, just not as a public display.</p>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><strong class="highlight">Bacon Nativity &#8211; So Wrong But So Porkalicious</strong></div>
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<p>That&#8217;s right; they&#8217;ve figured out a way of combining their two great loves: feeding from the public trough and an endless supply of pork with their holiday celebrations.</p>

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		<description><![CDATA[There has been grumblings from within the Beltway for some time but the last couple of weeks leading up to the 2010 Congressional Mid-term Elections saw a sharp increase in behind the scenes rancor between Congressional Democrats and President Obama's White House, and some dissension within the Congressional Democrats themselves.

Is the the Blues' House Divided in the wake of their trouncing by the GOP on November 2, 2010? There are some indication that this so and some hints that the surviving Dems are separating into two camps - the Clinton Democrats and the Obama Democrats.
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26793" title="Obama And Clinton Both Angry" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/obama-clinton-angry.jpg" alt="A War in the Brewing? Two Dem Parties? Obama Democrats vs. Clinton Democrats" width="450" height="338" />
<strong class="highlight">Internecine War Afoot Soon? Clinton Dems v. Obama Dems?</strong></p>
Word on the street (K Street) and scuttlebutt at the Capital Grille is that there might be a Primary Challenge against Obama. Some of those rumors point to a sudden increase in communications between Secretary of State Clinton and outgoing House Speaker Pelosi as the basis for substantiating this idea.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There has been grumblings from within the Beltway for some time but the last couple of weeks leading up to the 2010 Congressional Mid-term Elections saw a sharp increase in behind the scenes rancor between Congressional Democrats and President Obama&#8217;s White House, and some dissension within the Congressional Democrats themselves.</p>
<p>Is the the Blues&#8217; house divided in the wake of their trouncing by the GOP on November 2, 2010? There are some indication that this so and some hints that the surviving Dems are separating into two camps &#8211; the Clinton Democrats and the Obama Democrats.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-26793" title="Obama And Clinton Both Angry" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/obama-clinton-angry.jpg" alt="A War in the Brewing? Two Dem Parties? Obama Democrats vs. Clinton Democrats" width="450" height="338" /><br />
<strong class="highlight">Internecine War Afoot Soon? Clinton Dems v. Obama Dems?</strong></p>
<p>Word on the street (K Street) and scuttlebutt at the Capital Grille is that there might be a Primary Challenge against Obama. Some of those rumors point to a sudden increase in communications between Secretary of State Clinton and outgoing House Speaker Pelosi as the basis for substantiating this idea.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><img class="left-image" style="margin-top:5px;" title="jonolan" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/dark.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" width="36" height="36" /><em>No, none of this has any online sources. It is a mixture of rumor, hearsay, extrapolation upon past and present behaviors by the principals involved, and some basic sociodynamics.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 71px;"><em>Take it for what it&#8217;s worth and no more, but also no less. I did break / predict <a href="http://blog.jonolan.net/politics/2008-election/mccains-vp-pick/">Sen. McCain&#8217;s &#8220;choosing&#8221; Governor Sara Palin</a> as his VP candidate and running mate a full week before the official announcement after all. <img src='http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </em></p>
<p>It might get even worse for President Obama than being challenged in the Democratic Primary.  Obama is wounded and weak, politically speaking, and there are always scandals and such that could be used to bring him down. If the Dems are split as rumor claims, the Clinton Dems &#8211; possibly including Pelosi &#8211; might aid the GOP&#8217;s expected attacks against Obama and not even block Impeachment proceedings.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><img class="left-image" style="margin-top:5px;" title="jonolan" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/dark.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" width="36" height="36" /><em>Think about it for a moment. Pelosi weakens Obama enough so that Clinton can beat him in a Primary Challenge, then Clinton nominates Pelosi as her VP candidate.</em></p>
<p>One thing to watch for is whether or not Pelosi resigns from the House entirely and, if so, how she goes about it. Another is what Hillary Clinton is doing and how she presents herself to foreign governments, as principal actor or as Obama&#8217;s puppet. </p>
<p>Is the the Blues’ house divided? I think we&#8217;ll pretty much know the answer to that by Christmas.</p>

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		<title>Second Daughter Resigns</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonolan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sasha-obama.jpg" alt="The 2nd Daughter - Sasha Obama" title="The 2nd Daughter - Sasha Obama" width="150" height="150" class="left-image" />In yet another blow to President Obama's White House, Cabinet, and Czar staffing, Sasha Obama, "The Second Daughter" has chosen to resign from her familial position at the White House. 

Citing feelings of being taken for granted, Sasha Obama has decided to strike out on her own. Both a reality television series and a possible political career have been hinted at the 9-year-old.

President Obama, now used to being abandoned by his constituency is making the best of the situation. Neither the First Lady nor the First Daughter were available for comment.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sasha-obama.jpg" alt="The 2nd Daughter - Sasha Obama" title="The 2nd Daughter - Sasha Obama" width="150" height="150" class="left-image" />In yet another blow to President Obama&#8217;s White House, Cabinet, and Czar staffing, Sasha Obama, &#8220;The Second Daughter&#8221; has chosen to resign from her familial position at the White House. </p>
<p>Citing feelings of being taken for granted, Sasha Obama has decided to strike out on her own. Both a reality television series and a possible political career have been hinted at the 9-year-old.</p>
<p>President Obama, now used to being abandoned by his constituency, is making the best of the situation. Neither the First Lady nor the First Daughter were available for comment.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>(WASHINGTON D.C.) Sasha Obama is stepping down from her role as second daughter. Following other key members of President Obama’s administration including Rahm Emmanuel and Gen. James Jones, the 9-year-old announced her resignation, effective next week.</em></p>
<p><em>“It has been an honor serving alongside the President and First Lady, as well as First Daughter Malia,” a tearful Sasha told reporters. “But this is a key juncture in my life and I feel it’s best for all involved that I move on.”</em></p>
<p><em>The resignation was expected. Insiders have hinted that Sasha was unhappy in her limited role.</em></p>
<p><em>In an exclusive interview with The Peoples News, Sasha confirmed that she has a reality show in the works. The third grader wouldn’t, however, say what her role would be–but hinted that it might involve running for the mayor of Chicago.</em></p>
<p><em>“You’ll have to watch to find out,” she said, winking.</em></p>
<p><em>Sasha said she found her role as Second Daughter superfluous. Originally billed as the ‘cute spunky one,’ Sasha’s public role diminished sharply after Barack and Michelle Obama said the girl and Malia would no longer give interviews.</em></p>
<p><em>Sasha admitted she missed the spotlight, but doesn’t think her departure will adversely affect the Obamas.</em></p>
<p><em>“Given the small amount of public appearances that come my way now, I’m certain Malia can pick up any slack,” Sasha said. “If Chelsea Clinton could handle it as an only child, I know Malia can.”</em></p>
<p><em>Trouble had been brewing for about a year, say insiders. A recent overseas trip to Spain with only Michelle and Sasha was designed to ease the tensions. Instead, the trip exacerbated Sasha’s frustration.</em></p>
<p><em>“Sasha thought she was going to be on the covers of all the Europe papers as the cute pixie taking Europe by storm. Instead, the press ignored her. They just focused on whether the trip was even necessary,” said a White House official who didn’t want his name use. “That was the last straw.”</em></p>
<p><em>The President was outwardly happy for Sasha, and said there were no hard feelings.</em></p>
<p><em>“There’s no way I can express my gratitude to her for so gracefully handling such a challenging role,” Obama said. “I wish her the best in all she does.”</em></p>
<p><em>He said the search for a new Second Daughter would begin by the end of the month. Willow Smith and Zahara Jolie-Pitts have both been mentioned as leading candidates.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>With a surprised but laughing H/T to <a title="The People's News - Sasha Obama To Resign Second Daughter Post" href="http://thepeoplesnewsonline.com/2010/10/11/sasha-obama-to-resign-second-daughter-post/" target="_blank">The People&#8217;s News</a>. Thank you, Bill Matthews.</p>
<p>Enjoy! I hope you get as much of a laugh out of this bit of sarcastic humor as I did. <img src='http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':-D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>

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		<title>Fox Up Front</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fox News will be moving to the front row of reporters in the White House briefing room. They'll be taking over the seat vacated by AP who will be taking over the seat the forced retirement of the anti-Semite Helen Thomas emptied.

Many will be tempted to ask if this indicates a thawing of the "relationship" between President Obama and Fox News. Others will choose to see it as President Obama capitulating to Fox News. They would all be wrong since the Obama Regime has little or nothing to do with Fox's being granted a prime front row seat in the briefing room.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fox News will be moving to the front row of reporters in the White House briefing room. They&#8217;ll be taking over the seat vacated by AP who will be taking over the seat the forced retirement of the anti-Semite <a href="http://blog.jonolan.net/politics/arabs-should-go-home/">Helen Thomas</a> emptied.</p>
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<p>Many will be tempted to ask if this indicates a thawing of the &#8220;relationship&#8221; between President Obama and Fox News. Others will choose to see it as President Obama capitulating to Fox News. They would all be wrong since the Obama Regime has little or nothing to do with Fox&#8217;s being granted a prime front row seat in the briefing room.</p>
<p>The decision of how the seating would be rearranged in the wake of Helen Thomas&#8217; unlamented departure was solely in the hands of the White House Correspondents Association (<a title="White House Correspondents Association" href="http://www.whca.net/" target="_blank">WHCA</a>), an organization represents the White House press corps in its dealings with the administration on coverage-related issues and which is made up of reporters and journalists, not <em>necessarily</em> White House flunkies.</p>
<p>The WHCA has a nine-member board of directors, elected annually by correspondents, which addresses  access to the POTUS;  press coverage arrangements; reporters&#8217; work space  arrangements; logistics and costs for press travel to accompany a  president while on the road.</p>
<h3>WHCA Officers 2010-2011</h3>
<ul>
<li>President: David Jackson, USA TODAY</li>
<li>Vice President: Caren Bohan, Reuters</li>
<li>Secretary: Steve Scully, C-SPAN</li>
<li>Treasurer: Doug Mills, New York Times</li>
</ul>
<h3>WHCA Board Members 2010-2011</h3>
<ul>
<li>Carol Lee, Politico</li>
<li>Michael Scherer, Time Magazine</li>
<li>Julie Mason, DC Examiner</li>
<li>Don Gonyea, NPR</li>
<li>Ed Henry, CNN</li>
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<p>It was the decision of those nine members of WHCA&#8217;s Board of Directors to move Fox News to the front row, not that of anyone directly associated with the Obama Regime.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>The board of the White House Correspondents Association has agreed, by consensus, to move the Associated Press to the front row, center seat in the James S. Brady Briefing Room.</em></p>
<p><em>The board further agreed to move Fox News to the front row seat previously occupied by AP, and relocate NPR into the second row seat previously held by Fox, next to Bloomberg News.</em></p>
<p><em>It was a very difficult decision. The board received requests from Bloomberg and NPR in addition to Fox for relocation to the front row and felt all three made compelling cases. But the board ultimately was persuaded by Fox&#8217;s length of service and commitment to the White House television pool.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>Fox News being moved to the front row of the briefing room <em>might</em> be construed as slap in President Obama&#8217;s face and loss in his war against unsympathetic press coverage. If it is such, however, it is likely just a delayed punishment for President Obama&#8217;s failed attempt last October to <a title="Director Blue - Unprecedented: White House Tries to Ban Fox from Press Pool " href="http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2009/10/obama-administration-tries-to-ban-fox.html" target="_blank">ban Fox News from the White House press &#8220;pool&#8221;</a> entirely, an attempt that somewhat surprisingly the WHCA refused to allow to succeed.</p>
<p>On the other &#8211; and I think more likely &#8211; hand, it could just be that the WHCA actually has some basic standards for such things and could maintain the respect of their membership if they sat those standards aside to Fox&#8217;s detriment -<em> even if they might otherwise have wanted to do so</em>.</p>

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		<description><![CDATA[<img class="left-image" title="OBAMACORN - The ACORN Grows Into a Mighty Tree of Villiany and Anti-Americanism" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/obamacorn.jpg" alt="OBAMACORN - The ACORN Grows Into a Mighty Tree of Villiany and Anti-Americanism" width="150" />Just about everyone knows that President Obama was, back in the 1980's, one of the myrmidons of the criminal organization Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and that they in turn later used<em> any and all</em> methods at their disposal to ensure his installation as a US Senator and then President.

It should not be a shock to anyone that President Obama would continue to support ACORN.

However, serving chocolate ACORN cookies at the December7,2009, White House Christmas party might have been going a bit too far given the level of partisan controversy surrounding whether or not to protect America from ACORN by curtailing their use of American's tax dollars to further their evil pursuits.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="left-image" title="OBAMACORN - The ACORN Grows Into a Mighty Tree of Villiany and Anti-Americanism" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/obamacorn.jpg" alt="OBAMACORN - The ACORN Grows Into a Mighty Tree of Villiany and Anti-Americanism" width="150" />Just about everyone knows that President Obama was, back in the 1980&#8242;s, one of the myrmidons of the criminal organization, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) and that they in turn later used<em> any and all</em> methods at their disposal to ensure his installation as a US Senator and then President.</p>
<p>It should not be a shock to anyone that President Obama would continue to support ACORN.</p>
<p>However, serving chocolate ACORN cookies at the December7, 2009, White House Christmas party might have been going a bit too far given the level of partisan controversy surrounding whether or not to protect America from ACORN by curtailing their use of American&#8217;s tax dollars to further their evil pursuits.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="FOX News - White House's Acorn Cookies Surprises Republican Lawmaker - Lawmaker sees 'stark symbolism' in White House's Christmas cookies shaped like nut sharing name with controversial community group" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/09/white-houses-acorn-cookies-surprises-republican-lawmaker/" target="_blank"><img class="center-image aligncenter" title="Obama's White House Serves chocalot ACORN cookies at Dec. 7th Christmas Party" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/acorn-cookie-whitehouse.jpg" alt="Obama's White House Serves chocalot ACORN cookies at Dec. 7th Christmas Party" width="397" height="224" /></a><br />
<strong class="highlight">Rep. Steve King (R-IA) Doesn&#8217;t Find ACORN Cookie Very Sweet</strong></p>
<p>Rep. Steve King (R-IA), who has been leading America&#8217;s defense against ACORN, was certainly less than totally pleased by being served a chocolate ACORN cookie and a White House function. The Congressman didn&#8217;t expect to &#8220;<a title="SIoux City Journal - King sees ACORN in acorn" href="http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/app/blogs/politically_speaking/?p=1789" target="_blank">see such stark symbolism</a>&#8221; being shown at that sort of event.</p>
<h3>Whose Crumby Idea Was It?</h3>
<p> <img src='http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_lol.gif' alt=':lol:' class='wp-smiley' />  The pun is <em>very</em> much intended. But with a bit more seriousness, who is to blame for the Cookie Monster? Who chose to either show solidarity with ACORN or didn&#8217;t recognize that a cookie in the shape of an acorn would taken as a sign of such solidarity? Is Obama to blame?</p>
<p>If one is to blame <em>President Barack Obama</em> for the ACORN cookie, one would have to believe that the President of the United States got personally involved in choosing the pastries and confections served at the 2009 White House Christmas party. Since President Obama is more than a little busy accepting <a title="Dallas Morning News - Obama defends war, promotes peace in Nobel Prize acceptance speech" href="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-obamanobel_11int.ART.State.Edition2.4bcc8bb.html" target="_blank">farcical foreign awards</a> and maintaining his 2012 Presidential campaign, I find the idea that he personally chose or approved the party&#8217;s cookie selection doubtful in the <em>extreme</em>.</p>
<p>No; if one is looking to blame an Obama for the ACORN cookie, one must look not to the President but to the distaff, First Lady Michelle Obama.  Assuming the Michelle Obama is fulfilling the <a title="America.gov - The Role of the First Lady by Carl Sferrazza Anthony" href="http://www.america.gov/st/elections08-english/2008/September/20080926162204naneerg0.8945886.html" target="_blank">core duties</a> of the First Lady, she would have been the Obama would have been likely to have chosen or approved the oddly controversial cookie.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>The position of the First Lady is not an elected one, carries no official duties, and receives no salary. Nonetheless, first ladies have held a highly visible position in US government. The role of the first lady has evolved over the centuries. She is, first and foremost, the hostess of the White House. She organizes and attends official ceremonies and functions of state either along with, or in place of, the President.</em></p>
<p style="text-align: right;">&#8211; Wikipedia<br />
<a title="Wikipedia - First Lady of the United States - Role of the First Lady" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States#Role_of_the_First_Lady" target="_blank">Role of the First Lady</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Would the First Lady, Michelle Obama deliberately choose or approve of such a &#8220;stark symbolism&#8221; of continued support for her husband&#8217;s old cronies? It probable that she <em>would</em>. ACORN&#8217;s racial demographic and racist agenda match up closer to <em>Michelle</em> Obama&#8217;s public statements than they do Barack Obama&#8217;s. However, would isn&#8217;t <em>did</em> and I find it rather doubtful, with the size of the current <a title="Yahoo News - Separating fact from fiction regarding the size of Michelle Obama's staff" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_pl944" target="_blank">First Lady&#8217;s retinue</a>, that Michelle Obama got that personally involved in planning the function.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><img class="left-image" style="margin-top:5px;" title="jonolan" src="http://blog.jonolan.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/dark.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" width="36" height="36" /><em>Of course </em>then<em> we&#8217;d have to ask if there was a racist  message contained in the fact that it was a </em>chocolate<em> cookie. That sounds like a rough and largely pointless road to plow to me.</em></em></p>
<p>Most likely the ACORN cookie is actually just an acorn cookie and was chosen &#8211; I&#8217;m guessing among other shapes and types offered &#8211; by some White House baker who has as much political agenda and/or savvy as one might expect such a person to have, i.e.,  little to none.</p>
<h3>It&#8217;s A Fucking Cookie!</h3>
<p>Is it <em>plausible</em> that someone within President Obama&#8217;s administration used a chocolate cookie shaped like a stylized acorn as a &#8220;coded message&#8221; or &#8220;dog-whistle&#8221; for their continued support of the criminal organization, ACORN? Certainly it&#8217;s plausible; Obama himself, along with his Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs and his Senior Advisor for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs, Valerie Jarrett are all very well-schooled in such techniques and tactics.</p>
<p>Indeed, it&#8217;s possible that this was even more subtle than a case of &#8220;dog-whistle&#8221; politics. The chocolate ACORN cookie could have been an attempt at psychological engineering and manipulation by providing Senators and Congressmen a positive sensory experience involving the ACORN logo during the current controversy surrounding the group.</p>
<p>Both scenarios are respectively plausible and possible -<em> <em>but does anyone who is not oversensitized to the issue of ACORN really believe either of these ideas is what actually happened?</em></em></p>
<p>For Cernunnos&#8217; sake! We&#8217;ve created &#8220;<a title="ABC News -  Red, Lite and Blue: The Beers Obama, Gates, Crowley Will Drink at White House President Obama Hopes to Ease Tensions by Drinking Beer with Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Politics/story?id=8204574" target="_blank">Beergate</a>&#8221; and now we&#8217;ve found a &#8220;Cookie Monster.&#8221; Keep your hands off my baked goods, you damned, dirty politicians!.</p>

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