A few pokes at hypocrisy

I suppose at one time or another we are all guilty of hypocrisy, but we are less likely to accept it from politicians. Here are a few of the latest examples I have noticed.
1. The Republicans are calling the stimulus bill a Democrat porkapalooza. By some estimates, only 12% is stimulus and the rest is pork destined for Democrat special interest groups (including the highly suspicious group ACORN). OK, so for the Republicans, if it is such a bad stimulus bill now, why wasn't it a bad stimulus bill a month ago when Bush was president?

2. During the campaign, Obama claimed "We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times . . . and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK." OK, then why does Obama keep the Oval Office warm enough to grow orchids (David Axelrod: "You could grow orchids in there.") I guess Obama meant your home, not his.

3. Gorebal Warming: Al Gore has made a living at fear mongering about global warming. He has a huge home that uses three times the amount of electricity than the average American home. He jets around the world (often in private jets) without the slightest care about his carbon footprint. Recently, he bought a 100-foot houseboat complete with a gas-guzzling hugely-polluting jet ski. He says the houseboat runs on bio diesel and that he will be adding solar panels, so he has named his boat "Bio Solar 1" (or BS-1, for short). Again, I guess Gore is concerned about your carbon footprint, but not his own.

More of the same

Change? Nope. More of the same in this case.
The Washington Times notes that many of the recipients of federal bailout funds are also major political donors. Stimulus? I don't think so. It's a transfer of wealth that Democrats love, but not the kind their constituents expect. It moves taxpayer money from the politically unconnected to the politically connected. Yep! More of the same!

A broken promise already

Obama promised on many occasions to never have a lobbyist in his administration.
Already, during his first week in office, Obama has broken that promise by nominating a good ol' boy for deputy secretary of defense, William Lynn, who has been a lobbyist for the defense contractor Raytheon, and his nominee for deputy secretary of health and human services, William V. Corr, lobbied for stricter tobacco regulations as an official with the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Obama is just another promise-breaking politician. "More of the same we can believe in!"

ACLU sues a Muslim school and the Minnesota Department of Education

The ACLU has always seemed to have some grudge against Christianity and often ignores other religions that do essentially the same thing as Christian churches. It seems that finally, the ACLU has decided to apply the same standard to another religion. TIZA is a Muslim charter school that has long engaged in religious education and has received taxpayer money (via various routes). It remains to be seen if this is an isolated case for the ACLU.

Indeed

Professor Denies Global Warming Theory

At one time last year, I was leaning toward the believing in the existence of global warming.
I did not believe it was anthropogenic, but the data seemed to indicate that global warming was indeed occurring. Considering the cold weather this year and the numerous articles against the anthropogenic basis for global warming by those without a political agenda, I am beginning to wonder if global warming, anthropogenic or not, is a totally concocted theory designed to damage western economies. Even the data has been debunked (and proven to be fabricated) in some articles. Physics professor William Harper has very strong words for global warming enthusiasts.
Obama and Democrats have campaigned and made promises to reduce global warming (Nancy Pelosi wants to "save the earth"). Policies such as cap-and-trade would be economically disastrous, and likely lead to defeat for Democrats in future elections (Voters care more about their pocket book than they do about the global warming.). Additionally, such policies would have no effect on global warming anyway. India and China have no interest in such policies, and they continue to pump out fumes at astronomical rates.

A non-schlock affair

The cost? $160 million
Carole Florman, spokeswoman for the joint congressional committee on inaugural ceremonies, told the New York Daily News: “We’re always very budget conscious. But we’re sending a message to the entire world about our peaceful transition of power, and you don’t want it to look like a schlock affair. It needs to be appropriate to the magnitude of events that it is.“

Four years ago, congressional democrats, newspapers, and pundits were wailing and bemoaning the cost of President Bush's inauguration ($40 million - all donations - no taxpayer money used).

Mars has gas

Scientists have found a haze of methane gas around Mars.
Methane gas is usually produced by living things in the form of waste matter.
I think the scientists are saying that microbes are producing the gas, not herds of cattle.

Leon Panetta Appointed CIA Head

The appointment Leon Panetta, a Clintonite (as are a large number of Obama appointments), has been much decried by conservatives, but I don't see that this appointment is so bad.
First, the CIA can't go much lower. They were already less of a data collection agency and more of an agency with a political agenda. The partisan Panetta will not change that.
Second, maybe, just maybe, Panetta will come to see the dangers of domestic and international terrorism and finally convince some on the left that a police approach is inadequate to fight terrorism.
Third, I imagine Panetta will be spending much of his time trying to learng how the CIA functions, and maybe he will come to the conclusion that the agency has become overly populated with bureaucrats.

Of course, I am not holding my breath, and maybe the exact opposite will happen with each of the three points.

America's International Image

Liberals often blamed Bush for a poor international image of our country, and some were even gleeful that Bush's effigy was often paraded and burnt. Before Bush, it was Clinton, and almost every modern president who came before. Obama hasn't even been inaugurated yet, and he is being blamed for the latest Palestinian - Israeli conflict. If America has a poor image overseas, it isn't because of Bush. Effigies are a poor indicator of Americas true image. Anti-democratic forces simply use the current president as the 'face' of America. It doesn't matter who is president. (Note the cigarette hanging out of Obama's mouth.)