Oakland Mayor Threatens Anarchists With a Timeout

This woman makes David Dinkins look like a pillar of granite when it comes to placating mindless thuggery. Heck, Mikey Bloomberg could give her tips on how to at least rattle the sabers. But being this nincompoop Jean Quan already surrendered her city to the mob, her next best hope is for the lawless to, ahem, take some responsibility.

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan says the Occupy Oakland protesters camped outside City Hall need to move to a "less disruptive" location if they can't learn to behave themselves.

"They have to take some responsibility, they have to step up," she told KCBS-AM in an interview. "If they can't abide by not camping at night and they can't control the violence, they need to work with the city to move the camp to a place that will be less disruptive."

Quan told KCBS she didn't know where that new location could be, but jokingly suggested San Francisco.

What a card. She's a national laughingstock and she's cracking jokes.

Quan's administration has gone back and forth on what to do with the camp in Frank Ogawa Plaza at 14th Street and Broadway, where there are now about 165 tents. First she supported protesters, then approved a police sweep to clear the encampment Oct. 25, then allowed the tents to return.

At a lengthy meeting Thursday night, several members of the City Council hinted that they would like the camp to go away.

That might be easier said than done, Quan told KCBS.

She knows how to play her cards, doesn't she? Such bold, decisive leadership clearly shows she's on the fast track to a top law enforcement post in a future Democrat administration.

As Crime Skyrockets in NYC, Bloomberg Focuses on Gun Control ... in Virginia

With the NYPD tied up babysitting the Wall Street "occupiers" and crime spiraling out of control, the pipsqueak mayor of New York has decided to focus on the issue most important to New Yorkers. Gun control in Virginia. Is this guy for real?

Mayor Bloomberg is crossing state lines - and opening his wallet - in his latest salvo in his war to keep guns off city streets.

Bloomberg has donated $25,000 apiece to the campaigns of six Democratic candidates for the Virginia state Senate who share his strict beliefs on gun control, officials told the Daily News Friday.

The deep-pocketed mayor, who drew the ire of the Virginia attorney general when he ran gun stings there five years ago, will travel to Old Dominion to campaign for the candidates next week, the officials said.

It might be better if Bloomberg focused on rapist control in Zuccotti Park.

One Virginia resident summed it up nicely.

"He's an arrogant bastard who shouldn't be meddling."

Sniveling Biden Still Whining About Jason Mattera Asking Tough Questions; Update: Mattera Responds

What a baby this guy is. He runs around claiming there will be an increase in rapes if Obama's tax increase isn't passed, then when questioned about he runs away like a frightened little girl. Now he's officially complaining about it.

Man up, Joe.

Joe Biden’s office has complained to the Senate press gallery about a confrontation the vice president had with a conservative journalist last week on Capitol Hill.

Biden aides asked whether Senate rules were broken in the wake of the contentious exchange between the vice president and the reporter.

Jason Mattera, who works for Human Events, a conservative magazine, used a pretext to catch Biden off guard in a Senate hallway and grill him on claims the vice president has made about jobs legislation.

Biden’s office has also contacted the standing committee of correspondents, which oversees the gallery, regarding whether Mattera broke the rules by ambushing him.

Heather Rothman, the chairwoman of the gallery’s standing committee, said the matter is under review.

“We’re aware of the concerns,” said Rothman, a reporter for BNA. “It’s being discussed.

“We’re aware this occurred and the vice president’s office [has made] contact,” she added, noting the standing committee itself hasn’t met to deliberate the issue.

The video of Wednesday’s exchange went viral, as news outlets and the Drudge Report highlighted Biden’s comment to Mattera: “Don’t screw around with me.”

CNN aired a segment — including footage of the incident — the same afternoon, and a YouTube clip of the interview has already attracted more than 380,000 views.

Biden had just left a rousing rally where Democratic leaders said Republican opposition to federal funding for police and firefighters threatened public safety. But the cable news coverage focused on the dust-up between Biden and Mattera.

Biden’s visible irritation might be explained by how he was lured into the short interview.

Lured into the interview? Please. The idiot thought it was a photo op and wasn't prepared for any questions. Too damn bad, Plugs.

All he and Obama want are pre-packaged questions they already know the answers to. They're unable to think on their feet and come off looking like schmucks otherwise. Now that he's whining about it he looks even worse.

Mattera admits to using a pretext to momentarily disarm Biden, but argues his methods were justified.

“ABC and CBS have done undercover sting operations and have done them for decades. The fact that a conservative publication goes after a public official who was misrepresenting himself and a Senate bill to the public and tries to get an answer from him, that’s great,” he said in an interview Monday.

“The media should take notice that this is how you ask a question. If I had said, ‘Hey, Mr. Vice President, a question regarding your rape comments,’ he would shrug it off.

“He’s not going to take questions hostile to his agenda. I want to get him in that honest moment when he doesn’t have his talking points and isn’t prepared to spin,” Mattera added.

Mattera said his technique is “premised on looking to get the most honest reaction from politicians used to conning the media daily — and even their constituents.”

“You shouldn’t play patty-cake with politicians to gain access,” he said.

Funny, but Biden played such a tough guy during the interview. Then like a little worm he complains behind the scenes.


Since the network news outlets ignored this dust-up, Biden's best recourse would be to forget about it. He looked like and idiot, but then again he does that every day.

He just can't accept the fact he lost badly.

Update: I reached Mattera and he states simply:

The Obama Administration wants to take me on? Okay, fine. Bring it. My press credentials are a little something, something called the First Amendment.

Also, John Hayward lays the smackdown.

Look at Me! Fading Feminist Hack Naomi Wolf Gets Herself Arrested Outside HuffPost Event

All this Occupy Wall Street nonsense has become is an opportunity for these preening douchebags to get some attention. Here you have this paunchy hag smiling for the cameras as she pretends to be a freedom fighter raging against "greed" or something.

Author and activist Naomi Wolf was among about a dozen people arrested on Tuesday night outside of a Huffington Post event in New York.

A group of approximately 50 demonstrators from Occupy Wall Street showed up at the event--held at Skylight Studios in Manhattan--to protest in front of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who was being honored as a "game changer" by Arianna Huffington's site.

Wolf, who contributes regularly to the Huffington Post, was a guest at the event. According to Gothamist, the modern feminist icon challenged a police officer's claim that the protesters needed a permit to use a megaphone.

"After numerous warnings that she would be arrested," Bucky Turco wrote on the Animal New York blog, "she ignored the police and was promptly arrested."

So she writes for the PuffHost and was a guest at the event, yet manages to have herself arrested.

You may barely remember this has-been as the woman who used to advise Al Gore to wear earth tones and for some of her comic stylings at the PuffHost.

Early on, Hitler sought legislation that retroactively protected the SS from war crimes. This was a major step to opening the door to the violence against German citizens that followed. The Bush administration has sought to shield its violent interrogators retrospectively from being charged with war crimes.

Funny, but I don't recall her getting arrested during the Bush years.

How ironic.

Media Matters Clown in Al-Jazeera: Those Mean Conservatives are Trying to Paint Anti-Semitic OWS Creeps as Anti-Semitic

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Just close your eyes and pretend none of this is happening. It's a lot easier than accepting the fact this temper tantrum is overrun with ugly anti-Semitism.

An ugly old tradition is back: Exploiting anti-Semitism to break the backs of popular movements that threaten the power of the wealthiest one per cent of our population. It is being used to undermine the Occupy Wall Street movement, which has conservatives in a state of near panic.

Panic? Really? Is being doubled over with laughter now considered panic?

Grim News: Nine Billion People Will Die of Global Warming This Century

I think this guy may be on to something. When you consider anyone reading this now likely will be dead by century's end you can say billions will die of something. So why not just blame the all-encompassing global warming?

Dr James Lovelock FRS (Gaia hypothesis) and Professor Kevin Anderson (Director, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Manchester, UK) have recently estimated that only about half a billion people will survive this century due to unaddressed, man-made global warming. Note that the world population is expected to reach 9.5 billion by 2050 (UN Population Division).

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/312579#ixzz1anMGPKpI

Via Tim Blair.

Remember, global warming is pretty responsible for everything.

MSNBC Host: OWS Needs a Kent State Moment or Something

Great idea. Just imagine how much political capital the Democrats would milk out of some of their protest zombies getting shot.

'The 99%' for Dummies: Special Hand Gesture Edition

OK, Twinkles, time to wrap it up.

ROTFLMAO.

H/T Gregory of Yardale.

If that idiocy isn't enough, check out this moron.



H/T Ace, via NRO.

The Faces of OWS: Dopey Girl With Pet Squirrel

She doesn't even know what the hell she's protesting. But hey, everyone is so nice to her. Gee, I wonder why?

What are her demands - and who is she demanding them from? "There's so many demands, to even start having a list, it's too much. If we just had one list, it would narrow us down, because it's so much more than just a list, it's a way of life that we want that they can't give us, the people that are in charge and everybody, they're just all about greed and they just want more and more to consume whatever they want."

Like whatevuh!

That said, she does have a few specific demands in mind. "I want the Federal Reserve to be shut down."

"And we need to really, really better educate our students, starting at young ages, and putting more money and more emphasis in children and their schools."

Fantastic idea! Like maybe we should, like have a Department of Education and stuff! Even have public schools, like.

What do her friends and family think of her participation in the Occupy Wall Street protests? "Well, they believe in me, they know that I'm really out here for helping people."

How has participating in the Occupy Wall Street protests affected her personal life? "It can get to be a lot sometimes. After the night at the bridge, I just had to get away for a little while, and honestly, even go back to reality almost, out there, because it's so stressful being here...it's not all a party."

How she feels when she looks at Zuccotti Park: "I see a bunch of intelligent people who know what's really going on, and they see past all the media circus stuff and all the mainstream things."

Honestly, I've yet to see a single coherent statement from anyone there, let alone a bunch of intelligent people who know what's really going on.

CNN Host to Herman Cain: Hey, Why Aren't You Angry About America Being So Unfair to Blacks?

Heavyweight CNN host Candy Crowley gets schooled by Herman Cain.

Memo to Crowley: Not all black people spend their lives performing grievance theater.

Via Breitbart.

Deep Thoughts From Mark Ruffalo: 'We Live With Great Lawlessness in the Land of the Law'

If you have no idea who Mark Ruffalo is, he's some Hollywood twit who obviously has too much free time on his hands, so he's joined up with the filthy anarchists polluting the streets of Lower Manhattan, and he's offering up his keen insights into what ails America.

When people critique this movement and say spurious things about the protesters' clothes or their jobs or the general way they look, they are showing how shallow we have become as a nation. They forget that these people have taken time out of their lives to stand up for values that are purely American and in the interest of our democracy. They forget that these people are encamped in an urban park, where they are not allowed to have tents or other normal camping gear. They are living far outside their comfort zone to protect and celebrate liberty, equality and the rule of law.

Taken time out of their lives? Huh? These people clearly have no jobs or any interest in finding one. They're the 99%? No, they're Obama's 9.1%, left jobless because a guy Ruffalo surely voted for has run our economy into the ground.

It is a thing of beauty to see so many people in love with the ideal of democracy, so alive with its promise, so committed to its continuity in the face of crony capitalism and corporate rule. That should be celebrated. It should be respected and admired.

Crony capitalism? Has this genius heard of Solyndra, by any chance?

Their message is very clear and simple: get money out of the political process; strive for equality in taxation and equal rights for all regardless of race, gender, social status, sexual preference or age. We must stop poisoning our food, air and water for corporate greed. The people on Wall Street and in the banking industrial complex that destroyed our economy must be investigated and brought to justice under the law for what they have done by stealing people's homes and savings.

Um, who exactly is "poisoning our food, air and water"? Can this boob even clarify his statements or cite some examples rather than mouthing platitudes?

This movement transcends political affiliations. America has been debased and degraded by greed. This has touched 99% of America's population. The other 1% is doing just fine – with more than a third of the wealth of this nation.

This transcends political affiliations? Really? Can anyone identify a conservative who's out there sleeping on the street so he can speak truthiness to power or something?

The 99% of us have paid a dear price so that 1% could become the wealthiest people in the world. We all pay insanely high energy prices while we see energy companies making record profits, year after year. We live with great injustices in the land of justice. We live with great lawlessness in the land of the law.

Indeed, I saw plenty of lawlessness just the other day when some filthy maggots shut down the Brooklyn Bridge. But I guess now some wealthy Hollywood actor isn't part of the evil 1%. He should either fire his agent or find a better accountant.

I do agree with Ruffalo on one point: Maybe it's time to get some money out of politics. Let's start by having Ruffalo declare he won't be filling up Democrat coffers any longer or maxing out his donations to Obama. Speaking of which, Ruffalo ponied up $2750 to Obama in 2008, cleverly working around the maximum allowable contributions by splitting it up between the "Obama for America" and "Obama Victory Fund" accounts. But we've got to get money out of politics, according to Ruffalo.

'Personally, I'd Like to Bring About a Total Revolution'

Insufferable douchebaggery. The pimple-faced kid around the minute mark adds a special touch. But the hero of this romanticized, sanitized version of the Wall Street protests is the grating hipster at the 1:30 mark calling for revolution and sounding ominously like Tim Robbins.

See if you can find a single person who's not a self-parody.

Dopey Ron Paul on Al-Awlaki Vaporizing: We're 'Assassinating American Citizens Without Charges'

Why does anyone take this crank seriously?

Paul, a Texas congressman known for libertarian views, says the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki on Yemeni soil amounts to an "assassination." Paul warned the American people not to casually accept such violence against U.S. citizens, even those with strong ties to terrorism.

Anwar al-Awlaki was considered one of the most influential al-Qaida operatives wanted by the United States. U.S. and Yemen officials say he was killed in a U.S. air strike targeting his convoy Friday morning.

Paul made the comments to reporters after a campaign stop Friday at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. He said America's leaders must think hard about "assassinating American citizens without charges."

I guess the fact this piece of shit was born on American soil makes him immune from drone strikes.

Breaking: 112th Congress 'at Risk of Spike in Incivility'

No idea what planet these people reside on, but it sure isn't Earth.

Want civil discourse? Look no further than the House of Representatives.

The House this year has been a relative bastion of politeness, according to a new study by the Annenberg Public Policy Center. But the center said the 112th Congress looks ripe for incivility to spike with the upcoming 2012 election and the heater campaign rhetoric that comes with it.
Thus far — historically, at least — the House has been surprisingly civil.

Despite some blips — Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama referred to “socialist members of this body” in April, and North Carolina Rep. Mel Watt said in June that Republicans “just make stuff up,” members’ language has been mild compared with attacks in past decades, the study shows.

Really, are those the only examples to cite?

How did they miss this?

“This is the effort that we are seeing of Jim Crow. Some of these folks in Congress right now would love to see us as second class citizens. Some of them in Congress right now with this Tea Party movement would love to see you and me… hanging on a tree,” Carson said at a Aug. 22 Congressional Black Caucus Job Tour even in Miami.

“Some of them right now in Congress right now are comfortable with where we were fifty or sixty years ago,” Carson added. “But it’s a new day with a black president and a Congressional Black Caucus.”

Must have been on vacation or something. Somehow this civil discourse flew under the radar.

California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, who had some tough words for the leaders of her own party last week, took aim at the other side on Saturday, saying that the tea party could "go straight to hell."

"I'm not afraid of anybody," Waters said at a weekend community meeting in Inglewood, California. "This is a tough game. You can't be intimidated. You can't be frightened. And as far as I'm concerned, the tea party can go straight to hell."

Can you handle any more civility?

Republicans' budget plan would put seniors' lives at risk, the incoming chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) said Thursday.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the Florida congresswoman tapped by President Obama to lead the DNC, said she stood by her characterization of Republicans' 2012 budget as a "death trap" for seniors.

Those are just a few of dozens of example we could use of this "surprisingly civil" discourse we've witnessed.

There's also an endless supply of clips calling Republicans "hostage takers" from throughout the year. But according to Annenberg we're merely "at risk" of a spike in incivility. So you Republicans are on notice. Don't be mean-spirited or it will be your fault that things become uncivil.

Deep Thinker Eva Longoria on Obama: 'He's Been Governing In, Like, a State of Emergency'

It's nice to see, like, that Obama like has the support of some Hollywood bubblehead. He's so dreamy!

Longoria, who told Kimmel she knows Obama well from her advocacy work on Latino issues, said she took advantage of her time with the President to tell him that he has her support.

"He's been governing in, like, a state of emergency since the time he went into office," said Longoria, who added that "we haven't really seen him do what he can do."

She also took the opportunity to slam what she called "an extremist movement happening” that threatens to derail the commander-in-chief.

Longoria called the movement "very dangerous because it's not the character of America."

The actress didn’t mention the Tea Party by name but when Kimmel asked her specifically about the conservative group she said she can see how it might be "a source for good comedy."

Longoria's comments follow less than a week after actor Morgan Freeman came under fire for calling the Tea Party "a racist thing."

Just keep talking, folks, and keep throwing more money at Obama. Your bitter tears next November will be all the more delicious.

'There Will Never Be a Close Relationship Between Obama and the Left'

The Hill's White House stenographer Sam Youngman treats us to another delusional piece of Obamaganda today by pretending he's not the most far left occupant ever of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. They want us to believe Obama not an ultra-leftist so they can possibly win back independents, I suppose. What other reason can there be for such a ridiculous assertion?

A note to the professional left, minority groups and other liberal supporters of President Obama: Quit waiting for an apology. It’s not going to happen.

And, Mr. President, they’re not going to apologize to you, either.

Despite the intense outreach Obama is now conducting, there will never be a close relationship between Obama and the left. He will have to continue to look upon George W. Bush’s loyal conservative following with envy.

Uh, Sammy, if you recall how low Bush's approval was toward the end of his term, it wasn't simply because the left hated him. He wasn't exactly popular on the right, either.

And the tour he’s undertaking with liberal and minority groups now — the tough love, the chiding, the bullying — that’s as good as it’s going to get.

Because while the left feels as if it has legitimate grievances with Obama — he’s not a fighter, he caves, the public option, Elizabeth Warren — the president feels like he has legitimate grievances with the left.

There may be legitimate grievances from the left, but that's merely because Obama hasn't completely embraced their Stalinist ideology, at least out in the open, especially since he's be in nonstop campaign mode since he assumed office. If he actually said what he wanted to do his approval would be far lower than the miserable 40% or so it currently is.

Obama wants to be seen as the president of the whole United States. He is not, at least publicly, going to give any one group special attention.

He wants to be seen as president of the whole United States? Really? He sure has a strange way of showing it.

Just ask the folks at Gibson Guitars and Ford, for starters.

Idiot NC Governor: Hey, Forget About That Suspending Elections Thing, It Was Just Hyperbole

Yeah, I guess suggesting suspending elections in a serious tone of voice is just some subtle joke, mere hyperbole. What, you crazy wingsnutz took her seriously?

Let's examine the timeline.

Speaking to a Cary Rotary Club today, N.C. Gov. Bev Perdue suggested suspending Congressional elections for two years so that Congress can focus on economic recovery and not the next election.

"I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won't hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover. I really hope that someone can agree with me on that," Perdue said. "You want people who don't worry about the next election."

The comment -- which came during a discussion of the economy -- perked more than a few ears. It's unclear whether Perdue, a Democrat, is serious -- but her tone was level and she asked others to support her on the idea.

It doesn't appear a anyone did considering we live in America. After the feces hit the rotary oscillator, she backpedaled. Too late, the damage may be irreversible.

Later Tuesday afternoon, Perdue's office clarified the remarks: "Come on," said spokeswoman Chris Mackey in a statement. "Gov. Perdue was obviously using hyperbole to highlight what we can all agree is a serious problem: Washington politicians who focus on their own election instead of what’s best for the people they serve."

What we can all agree....I always notice that mealy-mouthed statement these Democrats make, as if all the people should simply agree with them because they're so wonderful or something.

No, we don't all agree, we never will all agree, although tonight I'm sure many, many of us agree this woman isn't served to fit.

The Republicans sure are taking it seriously as they look to score political points. Here's a statement from GOP spokesman Rob Lockwood:

“Now is a time when politicians need to be held accountable more than ever. To suspend an election would be removing the surest mechanism that people have to hold politicians accountable: the right to vote. Does the Governor not believe that people of North Carolina have the ability to think for themselves about whether or not the actions of elected officials are working?"

The Video the Left Is Urging You to Watch: 'There is Nobody in This Country Who Got Rich On His Own. Nobody'

This shrieking Obamaton has apparently been selected not elected by the Democrats in Massachusetts to challenge Scott Brown in 2012. This brand of Marxism may sell in the People's Republic, but voters across America will recoil in horror listening to this lunacy.

The juiceboxers are lapping it up.

But as this video shows, Warren is very good at making the case for progressive economics in simple, down-to-earth terms. Despite her professorial background, she sounds like she’s telling a story. She came across as unapologetic and authorative, without a hint of the sort of defensiveness you hear so often from other Democrats when they talk about issues involving taxation and economic fairness. This is exactly what national Dems like about Warren.

Actually, she comes off as a snottier Barbara Boxer, as impossible as that may seem to believe.

Nobody in this country ever got rich on his own?

What?

In the video (at left), which was filmed at an event in Andover, Mass., Warren rebuts the GOP-touted notion that raising taxes on the wealthy amounts to "class warfare," contending that "there is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody."

She speaks of marauding bands. We call them liberals. We'd like be be saved from the marauding bands of bureaucrats making our lives miserable, thank you very much.

Using Warren's insane logic, if the taxpayers who built the roads own them, then the 47% who pay no taxes have no right to use them.

We Are All Warren Buffett's Secretary

Quite amazing how MoveOn dot org had this ad all ready to go after Obama's class warfare speech today. It's almost like they're acting in concert or something.

MoveOn is already planning to air a TV ad on national cable stations this week that alludes to Mr. Obama's proposed "Buffett rule." The ad features actors portraying middle class workers who say, "I'm Warren Buffett's secretary" and complain about paying higher taxes than the billionaire investor.

If we lived in a sane world, Warrenn Buffett would just give his secretary a raise and would could, um, move on.

Just wondering, doesn't the left know secretaries are now known as administrative assistants?

'If the 2012 Election Were Held Today, Republicans Could Very Well Have Their Heads Handed to Them'

Apparently Providence Journal hack Froma Harrop hit send on this drivel last night well before NY-9 and NV-2 results came in. Is it possible to be any more out of touch without being an actual member of the Obama administration.

If the 2012 election were held today, Republicans could very well have their heads handed to them. I do not think this alone. Their debt-ceiling hijinks were no doubt immensely amusing to the Tea Party fringe, but to those of us not getting the joke, they were an appalling attack on a fragile economy.

The Tea Party is turning from the voice of anger to its target, and the GOP has it hanging around its neck. The first trumpet blast of wrath came in Teamsters President James Hoffa’s intemperate call at a Democratic rally to — and I tone him down considerably — turn its candidates out of office.

In today's political landscape six weeks is a long time, and that's about when the debt ceiling argument was at its peak. Since then it's been all downhill for Obama and the Democrats. But these lefties just can't let go of that Tea Party chew toy they've been gnawing on.

She goes on to cite a former Republican who couldn't get himself arrested these days. Really, is there anyone on the GOP side who gives a rat's ass what Chuck Hagel thinks?

The baddest sign of all is that the townsfolk are being joined by traditional Republicans (and we assume Republican-leaning independents) who can no longer hold their tongues. For example, former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel told the Financial Times that he was “disgusted” by the campaign against raising the debt ceiling.

“It was an astounding lack of responsible leadership by many in the Republican Party, and I say that as a Republican,” Hagel said. He characterized much of the recent stock-market convulsions as “the complete direct result of the lack of confidence that came out of that folly.”

Hagel held out the possibility that the Republican Party could “go down” in 2012 and that it would have to rebuild as it did after 1964. In that year, Democrats gained the largest House majority held by any party since 1936.

The Democrats just lost a House seat they've controlled since 1923, losing in a district where they outnumber Republicans by 3-to-1. But apparently we don't yet realize 1964 is just around the corner.

Can this woman be any more clueless?