I saw this at Free Republic. All I can say is that a picture is worth a thousand words.
The Tax Cheat believes in Global Warming. Go figure.
U.S. oil and natural gas producing companies should not receive federal subsidies in the form of tax breaks because their businesses contribute to global warming, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress on Wednesday.
It was one of the sharpest attacks yet on the oil and gas industry by a top Obama administration official, reinforcing the White House stance that new U.S. energy policy will focus on promoting renewable energy sources like wind and solar power and rely less on traditional fossil fuels like oil as America tackles climate change.
“We don’t believe it makes sense to significantly subsidize the production and use of sources of energy (like oil and gas) that are dramatically going to add to our climate change (problem). We don’t think that’s good economic policy and we think changing those incentives is good for the country,” Geithner told the Senate Finance Committee at a hearing on the White House’s proposed budget for the 2010 spending year.
Barack Obama is the recipient of our prestigious Asshat Of The Day award for comparing the Stock Market plunge to a mere “gyration,” which is similar to a daily tracking poll on a political campaign.
How in the hell did this guy ever get elected? Most people like me have lost over 50% of our nest egg. Obama is either an idiot or he just doesn’t care. I’m guessing he just doesn’t care.
The market is an indicator of where investors feel the economy is headed, not just where it is today. The fact that every time the White House rolls out a new proposal the market plunges shows the direction people with money in the game think the economy will be in the future.
“What I’m looking at is not the day-to-day gyrations of the stock market but the long-term ability for the United States and the entire world economy to regain its footing, And, you know, the stock market is sort of like a tracking poll in politics. It bobs up and down day to day, and if you spend all your time worrying about that, then you’re probably going to get the long-term strategy wrong.” ~ Barack Obama – March 3rd, 2009
This is just another “Sign of the Times” in this Obamanation.
Florida Woman Calls 911 After McDonald’s Runs Out of McNuggets
A Florida woman called 911 three times after she paid for a 10-piece Chicken McNuggets at a McDonald’s but the fast-food restaurant ran out of them and refused to refund her money.
Latreasa L. Goodman, 27, made the calls after she tried to get her money back from a Fort Pierce McDonald’s and the cashier told her all sales were final. Police released the 911 tapes.
“This is an emergency. If I would have known they didn’t have McNuggets, I wouldn’t have given my money, and now she wants to give me a McDouble, but I don’t want one,” she later told police. “This is an emergency.”
The cashier told her to choose something else off the menu of equal value to the McNuggets, and suggested the restaurant’s cheeseburger called the McDouble.
“She’s trying to force me to eat something off the menu and I don’t want it,” Goodman told 911.
The first dispatcher, a woman, asks if there’s a manager there, but listens to Goodman’s complaints and says she’s sending someone.
The second, male dispatcher tells her he’s aware of the incident and “we’ve got an officer coming out there to talk to you.”
Police say Goodman was cited on a misuse of 911 charge. A current phone listing for Goodman couldn’t be found.
A McDonald’s spokesman said Goodman should have been given a refund, and she’s being sent a gift card for a free meal.
A Call To Arms!
I saw this over at Pat Dollard’s site.
