My 8 year old daughter is smarter than Obama

This is short and sweet:
My 15 year old daughter received roses for Valentine's Day and my wife commented on how expensive they must have been. My 8 year old daughter, Evelyn, said of course they are expensive, the florist will charge more because it's Valentine's Day. Out of the mouth's of babes and smarter than the chipmunk in chief, an 8 year old understands capitalism, while our president does not.

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Rand Paul Stands Up To TSA

By Jim Lagnese
Rand Paul was detained by the TSA earlier today when he refused a pat down by TSA agents. From ABC News:

The TSA version of events is that Paul triggered an alarm during routine airport screening and refused to complete the screening process (pat-down) in order to resolve the issue.  Paul was escorted out of the screening area by local law enforcement.
“When an irregularity is found during the TSA screening process, it must be resolved prior to allowing a passenger to proceed to the secure area of the airport,” according to an official statement released by TSA. “Passengers who refuse to complete the screening process cannot be granted access to the secure area in order to ensure the safety of others traveling.”
Paul’s office confirmed he set off  an airport security full-body scanner “on a glitch,” according to a spokesman.
The Paul staffer said TSA agents would not let Paul walk back through the body scanner and were demanding a full body pat-down.
The Paul spokesman said his office called TSA administrator John Pistole about the incident this morning.
The U.S. Constitution actually protects federal lawmakers from detention while they’re on the way to the Capital.
“The Senators and Representatives…shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same….” according to Article I, Section 6.

Senator Paul is a staunch libertarian, but unlike his father Ron Paul, has a more sensible approach to foreign policy. He is a clip of Senator Paul commenting on  the TSA:

Update: White House sides with TSA.

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I voted for...

For three reasons:
One, If RP wins Iowa, he definitely won't get the nomination, Two, Paul's not winning anything, three, it was a fuck you vote. Actually, it was the first Caucus I have participated in and it was interesting, hokey, and in the end, meaningless. On the other hand, I will be a delegate. We'll see if Ran thinks that is a dangerous thing. The big surprise is Perry in the lead. WTF?

In my precinct, the top three were:
Ron Paul 43 votes
Rick Santorum 35 votes
Mitt Romney 29 votes


Huntsman got 1 vote and Newt got 14 votes. Looks like there will be a lot fewer people running after next week.

Stick A Fork In Him, He's Done: The Cain Train comes to a halt

Res Ipsa Loquitur

Not on FOX or GBTV

I am sure many of us feel the same way about Obama, but we do not get to show our disdain so publicly as Tatyana Limanova did on REN TV in Russia. You don't see this on Fox News or Glenn Beck TV. Too bad, although since she was fired for this, may be Glenn or Roger Ailes will hire her. Go Tatyana. 

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CNN Helps Ron Paulvorkian Poke the Eye of Newt

By Jim "The Right Guy" Lagnese

Whatever you think of Ron Paul, CNN definitely gave Dr. Paul more time than he has received in the last debate and then some. In last night's debate, the true believers might see it as a vindication of Ron Paul and a chance to push his candidacy beyond the single digits he's been in all along. His detractors will say it framed him for the batshit crazy lunatic he is. Some fully expected not only the tin foil hat, but the matching aluminum foil gauntlets as well. Never say that Dr. Paul is sartorially challenged. Of course, the truth lies somewhere in the middle.

Ron Paul is 100% right on economic and domestic issues. Where I part with his adherents are that they think he's 100% right about everything. Ed Koch used to say, if you agree with me 75%, vote for me, if you agree with me 100%, you need a psychiatrist. So it goes with Dr. Paul. I believe he fails in two ways: One, his foreign policy principles and objectives are a little short sighted and naïve. The notion that somehow we had any complicity in the 9/11 attacks is insane. I also think he doesn't understand how to deal with real threats. It's not as if his positions offer some practical leeway in dealing with a panoply of situations, but rather they are subject to a set of principles that back him into a corner both philosophically and empirically. I really don't believe he has the depth to handle a situation that really would require some sort of legitimate use of military force, and I use the term legitimate in the context of what he believes.

By contrast we have Dr Newt, the ersatz narcissistic sociopathic professor that looks as if he's spent too much time at the Golden Corral while thinking it was the OK Corral. I don't think there are more polar opposites in this campaign than Drs Paul and Newt and CNN surely gave them both ample opportunity to prove it. Can we demonstrate even one area where they agree? Immigration? Gingrich promotes what is basically amnesty. Healthcare? No way. Earlier this year, Newt promulgated his own version of Obamacare.  I'd have to wonder what wonderful neocon scenarios Mr Gingrich would love to test out if he had the chance. He's a very bright guy, but I wouldn't trust him. I think there is a disconnect between what he believes, what he says and what he really wants to do. The problem with both of these gentlemen is that they do not have the polished people skills and amicability that would endear them to voters. I don't think most people like either of them. My wife tells me Dr Paul is more like Dr. Kevorkian and Newt is a cross between Professor Kingsfield and the Mucinex booger snot. No matter how good their ideas are, do people want to listen to them?

In the last few debates, there has been one candidate that has the ability to explain things more simply without being facile and has at least a more anodyne demeanor and that is Mitt Romney. I hate to admit it, as I have called him both a Sears and Nordstrom Mannequin in the past, but the man does his home work, tries to relate and explains things in a way most of us would understand without being patronizing or condescending. Is he the most ideologically grounded? No. Is he as avuncular as Herman Cain or Ronald Reagan? No. Would he do a good job? I think so and that is more than I can say about BO or most of the people on stage. I'll also add that Michelle Bachmann had a fantastic night at the debates and really showed some nuanced thinking in her analysis of our foreign policy issues.

So, in the battle of the Doctors, who won? You tell me, I'd like to hear what you have to say.

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Enhanced Interrogation...Over Ice Cream

Jermeller Steed and Cicely Reed, two ex-employees of a Jonesboro Georgia care facility have been charged with waterboarding a resident. The resident, 89 year old Anne Foley was waterboarded over an argument about ice cream. Ms. Foley has dementia.

May be they were trying out for the CIA or the TSA. We'll have to see if there are any grouping charges that support the latter. Or may be it's just another James Dickey Meme.

Whatever the case, it isn't enhanced interrogation, ice cream or not.

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Pay Your F@#$ing Bills

Thanks Steve, for everything

Real genius comes once or twice a century and we've been lucky enough to witness a little bit of it. Most of us wish we could accomplish with our lives what he had done in one year or even less...Anyway Steve, see ya down the road.

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Palin isn't in it

Our very own Saracuda isn't running in 2012. Ok. She says she'll jump behind a candidate and support the pick for GOP to defeat Obama. I wonder who she will choose? Will she play queen of the ball and wait to see what the suitors hold, or does she have someone in mind? My guess is she'll support Herman Cain. What do you think?

Ayn Rand on Conservatism

H/T Left Coast Rebel

The Florida Straw Poll: Winners, Losers and Also Rans

Tuesday night's show is a panel that will be discussing the straw poll that took place in Florida last weekend. Our guests include Zack Smith, a young 23-year-old law student at the University of Florida and Rick Perry supporter who was a delegate at the Florida Straw poll and Jason Freeman, who is a civil engineer in Orlando and a Ron Paul supporter, Chuck Quackenbush, deputy sheriff from Fort Meyers where he is the deputy sheriff, he is a Cain supporter and Tim Nance of Naples Florida who is a Paul supporter.

Host Andre Traversa

Co-host Jim Lagnese

Show time Tuesday September 27 at 7:00PM CST

Call in at 949-203-4821 or stream here.