Dick Cheney Gets a Bone From Obama

In a show of respect or just the code, president Obama has extended Secret Service protection to former vice president Dick Cheney.

US News:

There appears no end in sight for when Dick Cheney, a rare former vice president with Secret Service protection, will lose his security detail. Whispers has learned that the political battler's Secret Service protection has been extended, though there were no details on the length. We don't know why President Obama OK'd the extension, which must be approved by the commander in chief because former veeps typically don't get any Secret Service security after leaving office. But indications are that the threats against Cheney, who's working on his biography at his homes in Virginia and Maryland, haven't lessened since his term expired.

It seems ol' Dicks's fan base or rather fanatic base is as strong and alive as it was in office.

He sure is lucky that president Obama was kind enough to let him use American's hard earned tax dollars to keep his enemies at bay.

Widely Used Right Wing Pic Quickly Debunked

Several right-wing blogs picked up on a photo from the G8 summit involving president Obama and President Sarkozy. I have said before a still frame in a series of shots can look very decieving and of course the mind wonders.

The above shot looks as if Obama and Sarkozy are caught oggling a 16 year old girl and she passes them.

Well the media including Fox News has quickly debunked the folks who roll with the punches and call him a perve vs. knowing the whole story.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, well this video is priceless........

Black Kids Kicked out of Swim Club Because "They Change the Complexion of Swim Club"

The sign that hangs at the swim club reads "Valley Club, swimming since 1954". However this is not a story from the 1950's in a small southern town. This is 2009 in liberal Philadelphia.

“I heard this lady, she was like, ‘Uh, what are all these black kids doing here?’ She’s like, ‘I’m scared they might do something to my child,’” said camper Dymire Baylor.

That was overheard by one of the parents once seeing black children playing and enjoying their summer in the pool.

I would like to say this is something that surprises me in this day and age, but alas no surprise.

The 60 Black children were told to leave and never return. The day care where the children were from had paid nearly $2,000 in advance for a access to the pool every Monday for the course of the summer, but according to the Fox affiliate in Philly, the check was returned in full.

The reason for asking the children to leave? The Valley Club’s president, John Duesler, said in a statement: “There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club.”

Duesler admitted some club members had complained, but said none of the complaints were race-related.

Fortunately the kids have found a new place to swim thanks to the staff at Girard College, a private Philadelphia boarding school for children who live in low-income and single parent homes.

“We had to help,” Girard College director of Admissions Tamara Leclair is quoted as saying. “Every child deserves an incredible summer camp experience.”

Normally I am not quick to jump and scream racism, but this troubles me. The club president statement is extremely vague and provides no valid reason for not allowing the children there besides race. He choice of the word "complexion" pretty much sums it up for me.

United States Senator Arlen Specter plans a probe into the allegations.

Tom Coburn Advised Ensign to Pay Off Lover

Conservatives are big on morals and values. We democrats of course are heathens who live and love the world of sin.

That being said will conservatives lose trust and respect for Tom Coburn knowing that he knew about John Ensign's affair and advised him to pay her off to keep quiet?

Coburn didn't do anything illegal or unethical actually, all he did was give advice. But being in the republican party means no skeletons in your closet, and if you advise someone else on how to keep their closet secret, how many bones do you have stacked up in yours?

Sen. Tom Coburn knew more than a year ago that his Republican colleague John Ensign was having an affair with a staffer – and he reportedly urged Ensign to end the relationship and pay a substantial sum of money to the staffer and her husband.

Doug Hampton – the husband of Ensign’s mistress – told Las Vegas Sun columnist Jon Ralston in a television interview Wednesday that Coburn and others had urged Ensign to give the couple “millions of dollars” so that they could pay off their mortgage and move away from Ensign’s hometown of Las Vegas.

Asked about that allegation Wednesday, Coburn’s office confirmed that the he knew about Ensign’s affair and had urged him to end it.

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Chicago's Hooters Girls Have Other Talents

We do everything better in Chi-Town........

Fox News Contributor Gives Palin Solid Criticism

Liz Trotta, Fox News contributor in my opinion gave a very fair criticism of Sarah Palin overall. It is pretty much how I have felt about her. She is just not cut out for political life. She is better off running a Tea Party type organization, where she can draw support and voice her views, not being leader of the free world.

Ms. Trotta, who is a veteran in journalism for many years and is a republican, voices what I believe are the feelings of most republicans vs. the far-right and conservatives.

What is a Real American?

I admire Sarah Palin for her work in Alaska and her dedication for her beliefs, even though I do not see eye to eye with her.

So while we may not agree some some big issues, I would like Mika Brzezinski of "Morning Joe" to explain to me what a real American is why I am not one.

I like Mika a lot. She carries herself well and doesn't over talk people. She took some heat this morning for the "real Americans" quote so she had to clarify her statement later in the show:

Apology accepted Mika

Keyboard Cat Plays Sarah Off