Dan Cleary

Who Needs Alan Grayson When We Have Al Franken?

2011-07-27T22:06:57-05:00

Shameless demagoguery, about as subtle as a sledgehammer.

Hat tip: Breitbart. Cross-posted at JWF.

Fresh Out of Ideas, Young People Take Up "Owling"

2011-07-18T13:28:45-05:00

A young man "owling" at his [former] place of employment.

I must be getting old. Apparently, there is an "owling" craze taking place right under my nose, and here I am utterly oblivious to the whole thing.

The bizarre internet craze of ‘planking’ is set to lose its cult online status to the increasingly popular trend of ‘owling’.
Hundreds of young people in America, Australia and now, Britain, have taken up the new ‘owling’ craze.

It consists of nothing more taxing than crouching on one's haunches and staring into the middle distance, like an owl.

Participants then take photos of themselves and post them on Facebook or on other social networking sites.

Extra kudos is earned for those who do it in unusual situations.

The trend is a development of the popular craze of ‘planking’ in which people would take pictures of themselves lying face down in strange locations.

However, in recent months ‘planking’ has become increasingly mainstream - and thus less popular on the trend-conscious internet.

Last month the celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay posted pictures of himself planking - a development that prompted trend-watchers to declare the craze ‘officially dead’.
‘Owling’ is believed to have started in Australia within the last few weeks.

Indeed, it is so new that the Wikipedia entry for ‘owling’ describes the practice as being a term used in the Middle Ages to describe the ‘the smuggling of sheep or wool from England to another country’.

Despite its relative youth, the owling craze already has two popular Facebook groups dedicated to it, onto which more than 1,000 people are listed as members.

More pictures here.

Cross-posted at JWF.

White House Raps MSNBC on the Knuckles for Halperin's "Dick" Comment

2011-06-30T22:55:41-05:00

Talk about thin-skinned. An MSNBC commentator makes a completely accurate albeit crude comment about Barack Obama, and the President responds by having his press secretary call the network to express displeasure.

What country are we living in here - Cuba?

Via Breitbart.

Cross-posted at JWF.

MessNBC Suspends Mark Halperin for Accurate, Concise Analysis of Obama Press Conference

2011-06-30T16:12:52-05:00

Obviously, they can't have any of that.

Here is the statement from MSNBC:

Mark Halperin’s comments this morning were completely inappropriate and unacceptable.　 We apologize to the President, The White House and all of our viewers. We strive for a high level of discourse and comments like these have no place on our air. Therefore, Mark will be suspended indefinitely from his role as an analyst.

Here is the offending remark from Halperin, along with a longer clip from YouTube below that.

I seem to recall Valerie Jarrett saying that 'Morning Joe' was one of her favorite political shows. One can just imagine her spitting out her coffee when she saw this.

Lurch: "I Would Have Made a Good President - Maybe Even a Great One."

2011-06-29T22:34:50-05:00

A man sure can dream.

Former presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) thinks he could have done a good job leading the country.
"I would have been a good president," he said Wednesday on Fox Business Network's "Imus in the Morning." "Maybe even a great one."

Kerry stopped short of agreeing with host Don Imus's assertion that a President Kerry would have been "better than the guy we have now."

Makes you wonder what Kerry's definition of "great" is.

Cross-posted at JWF.

Money For Nothing: CBO Reports That Stimulus Doubled the Debt

2011-06-22T16:20:13-05:00

So much for that idea.

Not only has the so-called "stimulus" doubled the debt, but the country got jack-squat in return. Except, of course, consistently high unemployment, a real estate market in shambles, and gas and food prices through the roof. Yippee!

If you think the Dumbocrats have learned their lesson yet, you better think again.

Is it 2012 yet?

A new report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) finds that President Obama’s economic stimulus program helped nearly double U.S. debt.
The 2011 Long-Term Budget Outlook, released Wednesday morning, reports that the “the combination of automatic budgetary responses” and Obama’s stimulus “had a profound impact on the federal budget.” According to CBO projections, before Obama’s stimulus became law, federal debt equaled 36 percent of GDP and was projected to decline slightly over the next few years. Instead, thanks in large part to the stimulus, debt reached 62 percent of GDP by 2010.

The wonderful news doesn't end there. Keep reading.

Cross-posted at JWF.

Comedy Gold: Cenk Uygur's May 31 Take on Weinergate

2011-06-19T21:15:29-05:00

I cannot believe this guy actually draws a paycheck from MSNBC.

What a tool.

h/t: Sharp Elbows.

Cross-posted at JWF.

"The Walls Came Down"

2011-06-18T22:07:27-05:00

Dan Cleary

Michael Jackson Flash Mob Pops Up in Nashville

2011-06-18T21:11:02-05:00

Why am I always the last to find out about these things?

I'll be on the lookout now for the inevitable Justin Bieber flash mob.

Depressing: People Actually Sign Petition to Ban "Job-Killing" ATMs

2011-06-18T16:06:47-05:00

These are the voters we need to make sure to remind about Election Day 2012.

For them, it will be on Wednesday, November 7th.

Via Breitbart.

Cross-posted at JWF.