Biden Slips The Leash in North Carolina

Vice-President (and great friend of SACSTW) Joe Biden really threw the bit today at a campaign stop in North Carolina.  In what can only be called a remarkable moment of lucidity, Dear Leader's running mate said this about his boss's term in office while commenting on Republican tax policy....

This is deadly earnest.  How they can justify--how they can justify raising taxes on the middle class that's been buried the last four years?

Now of course Republicans don't want to raise taxes on ANYONE, let alone the middle class.  It is Democratic refusal to extend the current tax rates that will result in a middle tax class hike.

What's more interesting is Joey's admission that under Barack Obama's leadership, the middle class has been "buried" the last four years.  I am delighted to completely agree with that characterization.  The failed presidency of Barack Obama has indeed buried the middle class, and it is now time for Joe and Dear Leader to quit throwing dirt on us.  Put the shovel down Joe, and back away slowly.

Most folks are calling Biden's comment a "gaffe".  I'm sure Dear Leader is calling it something else tonight.  Myself, I prefer to think of it as an all too rare dose of honesty from a member of the administration.  Too bad he isn't smart enough to realize what he said.

State Department Takes A Hit Of OPM

So, you thought that 20 million in Other People's Money (OPM) was a lot to send Elmo to Pakistan on his failed junket?  If Muppetpalooza wasn't enough for you, how about Muffinpalooza?  Well brace yourselves folks, the same government that brought you $16 muffins have really upped their game.  Ladies and gentleman, may I present the $6600 Kindle!

Don't get me wrong here, the Kindle e-reader is a great device.  Mrs. Crew has one that she loves, and the reading experience on it is top-notch.  However......it's not worth $6600.

The U.S. State Department has decided that the Kindle is the best e-reader to provide to libraries and U.S. friendly schools abroad, and on that I certainly agree with them.  Obama's State Department has awarded a contract to Amazon to provide 2,500 Kindle Touch 3G's to help those abroad learn English and become more familiar with the U.S. and its technology.  Sounds good, right?

Let's do the math.  The Amazon Kindle Touch 3G is selling this morning for $189.  See for yourself.  If the feds buy 2500 of them at $189, that is a total of $472,500.  Let's add $11 per unit for shipping/handling etc, that brings us to a grand total of $500,000.  That's a lot of money folks, but here's the punchline...the federal government is paying Amazon.....wait for it..... 16.5 million dollars for those Kindles.  Let me repeat....for 0.5 million dollars worth of stuff, the feds are spending 16.5 million of your tax dollars!  That works out to a nice tidy $6,600 per Kindle.

The State Department claims the obscene contract is justified because Amazon is also required to provide customer service, provide content wirelessly through its 3G network, and share data on how to access content.  In other words, ALL THE STUFF THEY ALREADY DO FOR EVERY TOM, DICK, AND HARRY THAT BUYS A FREAKING KINDLE FOR $189!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Read the contract specifications here, but please remove all sharp objects from your immediate vicinity before doing so.

The Obama Apology Tour Gets New Life In Afghanistan

OK, that's enough!  Enough with the bowing and scraping, the melodramatic apologies, and for crying out loud enough with the rubber bullets!  Of course I am talking about Afghanistan, where the U.S. Embassy in Kabul is under lockdown this morning, and the military base at Bagram is surrounded by "thousands" of protesters. 

 By now you have heard that the Afghans are protesting the burning of copies of the Quran at the base.  What you might not have heard is why the holy books were removed from the base in the first place.  A military official has told the AP that the books were being used by prisoners to communicate extremist messages to one another.  Prisoners were inscribing hate-filled messages of Islamic violence in the books, as well as hiding notes in them.

Muslims will have you believe that Islam is "the religion of peace", and the Quran is nothing but rainbows, lollipops, and puppy dogs.  If you have read the Quran you know differently, but hey, let's use their own argument.  Isn't it fair to say the Muslim prisoners at Bagram desecrated those copies of the Quran by filling them with messages of hate and violence?  Military authorities removed the books from the prison to prevent them from being used to advance a violent Islamist agenda.  Maybe they shouldn't have burned them, perhaps just chucking them in a dumpster would have been more appropriate.  

Protesters outside the base are attacking it with rocks, slingshots, and middle fingers.  There has been some gunfire, but in the fine tradition of Muslim whackitrons everywhere, most of the shots have been fired mindlessly into the air.  The U.S. military has struck back at the protesters with rubber bullets and profuse apologies.  I would prefer maybe water cannon promptly followed by good old fashioned American lead.  

Not only are Afghans pelting our servicemen with rocks, I found this photo of one actually attempting to ingest an American woman......

All jokes aside, it's really just another sad chapter in Barack Obama's story of subjugating the United States to Muslim ideology at every turn.  What a disgrace this administration has become.  

Monday Musings With The Crew

• Tomorrow, my home state of Missouri will hold a presidential primary that means less than nothing.  No delegates will be won, Newt Gingrich is not on the ballot, and John Hunstman, Herman Cain, Rick Perry, and Michele Bachman are on the ballot.  Oh, and did I mention that the state is expected to spend about seven million dollars of OPM on the meaningless beauty contest?  Missouri's GOP delegates will actually be won and lost during the county by county caucus scheduled for March 17th.  That's right, the Missouri Republican Party is choosing its delegates on St. Patrick's Day, the day when more beer is consumed in Kansas City and St. Louis than on any other day of the year.  I fully expect most of the GOP delegates to be won by this guy.....

Mmmmm....taxpayer money is magically delicious!

• Vice-President Joe Biden recently said that he advised President Obama against the raid that ended with the capture/killing of Osama bin Laden.  At the time it seemed like an odd admission of discord within the White House.  Yeah, not exactly.  Remember that EVERYTHING that comes from the Obama administration is aimed at boosting Dear Leader's re-election hopes.  By saying what he did, Biden makes Obama look like the decisive, strong national defense executive that we all know he isn't. "Why lookie here uninformed voter, Dear Leader was willing to even go against his own Veep (who is supposed to be the national security expert in the administration) to bring down Osama"  "Such gallantry, such grit and courage, why we had to talk Barack out of leading the mission himself!"  Sorry Joe, SACSTW ain't buying it.  

• Want to know the difference between conservatives and liberal statists like Dear Leader?  Obama and his philosophical brethren define success by how many Americans are dependent on governmental largesse (OPM) for their daily lives.  Conservatives define success by how many no longer need such support.  Dear Leader likes to talk about how his policies have helped poor people stay afloat, and helped those in the middle class stay in the middle class.  He NEVER mentions helping poor people become......NOT POOR!  He NEVER mentions middle class Americans moving up the socio-economic scales.  He knows that government is not the tool that can get that done.  May I suggest a new slogan for the Democratic Party...."Keeping America's Poor In Their Place For 100 Years"

• Tom Coughlin has now won 2 Super Bowls in the last 4 seasons.  Think the Jacksonville Jaguars would like to have him back?  By the way, does anyone remember when Super Bowl commercials were funny and entertaining?  The state of affairs in the U.S. advertising industry is sad indeed.

• Taking a page from the Elvis Grbac handbook.....Gisele issued this post-Super Bowl analysis of hubby Tom Brady's performance.  "My husband can not f***ing throw the ball and catch the ball at the same time."  For thinking that anyone cares what she says about football, Mrs. Brady gets my nomination for Hollywood HOs of the the week.

• It's been a few weeks since we all enjoyed a nice swimming goat video, so...............

Note to readers-  If crazy goat lady invites you over for a pool party, don't eat the chocolate-covered raisins.