Best Buy’s Hypocrisy

Put Best Buy on our naughty list for Christmas Winter Solstice.

Via Sweetness & Light, the superstore runs a print ad wishing everyone a Happy Eid al-Adha, a holiday of the Religon of Piece (of Arm, of Leg, of Torso).

Nary a mention of Christmas, although the conservative civil liberties group, Liberty Counsel, lists Best Buy on its nice list for mentioning Christmas in other parts of the U.S.

By the way, notice the picture on the TV in the ad: a plug for the film Angels & Demons, a piece of anti-Catholic bigotry if there ever was one. You think Hollywood would ever make a movie about a religion whose prophet married a six-year-old girl and took away her virginity at the ripe old age of nine and whose guiding principle is the slaughter of anyone who refuses to submit to its tyrannical rule?

Perish the thought.

By the way, S & L explains just what this alleged holiday celebrates:

Eid al-Adha is that beautiful “Festival of Sacrifice” when Muslims celebrated by ritually slaughtering camels, bulls, sheep in the streets, by cutting their throats and letting the blood run out until they die.

Kinda like what they do to the infidels they take prisoner if they don’t immediately convert.

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

The classic Peanuts TV special.

Palin, Obama Ratings Near Equal

Looks like Our Lord and Savior Barack Hussein Obama’s tumbling approval ratings will meet Sarah Palin’s rising approval ratings as each continues on its trend.

Not that it matters politically because obviously she’s a female Republican dunce and he’s a male Democrat genius.

But Sarah Palin’s poll numbers are strengthening.

And President Obama’s are sliding.

Guess what? They’re about to meet in the 40s.

Depending, of course, on which recent set of numbers you peruse and how the questions are phrased, 307 days into his allotted 1,461, the 44th president’s approval rating among Americans has slid to 49% or 48%, showing no popularity bounce from his many happy trips, foreign and domestic.

Riding the wave of immense publicity and symbiotic media interest over her new book, “Going Rogue,” and the accompanying promotional tour, Palin’s favorable ratings are now at 43%, according to ABC. That’s up from 40% in July.

One poll even gives her a 47% favorable.

Most recent media attention has focused on the 60% who say she’s unqualified to become president. Her unfavorable rating is 52%, down from 53%, which still doesn’t ignite a lot of optimism for Palin lovers.

On the other hand, 35 months before the 2008 election, that Illinois senator was such a nobody that no one even thought to ask such a question about him. Things seem to change much more quickly these days.

Saturday night Palin’s book bus swung by a mall in Roanoke, Va., a state Obama won a year ago but just recently elected a Republican governor to replace departing Tim Kaine, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The former Alaska governor wanted to greet the hundreds of fans already lining up in 39-degree weather for her Sunday morning signing.

“She brings out a different crowd,” Salem Republican Party Chairman Greg Habeeb told the Roanoke Times. Habeeb was struck by the numerous non-Republicans he spotted in the line snaking all over the mall. “She taps into something that the Republican Party really needs to tap into.”

Sunday, Palin flew ahead of her bus to visit the Rev. Billy Graham and his son Franklin at the father’s North Carolina home before her appearance today at Fort Bragg.

Once again, pinhead liberal elitists in both parties dismiss Sarah Palin at their own peril.

Right now, Palin can be a powerful force in helping the good guys taking control of Congress and winning governorships after the 2010 elections.

Then she can focus on the Marxist son-of-a-bitch currently occupying the Whie House.

Bailing Out The Post Office

Remember how Our Lord and Savior Barack Hussein Obama says we need to use the U.S. Post Office as the guidelines for His government-run health care plan?

Well, the Post Office is broke. And losing money faster than the Titanic took on water.

And guess who’s gonna be bailing it out? That’s right. Taxpayers.

Here are the scary numbers of an outfit that the Little Black Man-Child holds up as the bright shining example for government-run health care:

The quasi-government agency announced this week that it lost $3.8 billion in the most recent fiscal year, which ended September 30th. It also delivered less mail – 26 billion fewer pieces less, a nearly 13 percent drop from the previous year. The bad news follows losses totaling $7.8 billion in 2007 and 2008.

The Postal Service, as it is quick to point out, is legally prohibited from taking tax dollars. But in order to stay afloat, the agency has been actively borrowing from the U.S. Treasury: At last count, according to Postal Service spokeswoman Yvonne Yoerger, it owes the government $10.2 billion.

Federal law dictates that the Postal Service can borrow up to $3 billion per year – but the debt cannot grow beyond $15 billion. That means that while the agency, which had revenues of $68.1 billion last year, could potentially borrow another $3 billion in 2010, it will soon no longer be able to legally borrow billions from the government.

Meanwhile, the Postal Service is estimating that without significant changes, it will lose another $7.8 billion in the coming year – and deliver another 11 billion fewer pieces of mail.

And what is the Post Office proposing? Cutting services — namely Saturday mail delivery.

Does anyone other than a lobotomized Obama Kool-Aid drinker really believe government-run health care won’t result in the same rationing of services once it falls into the red, which will happen almost immediately?

Of course it will. Say hello to those Death Panels that the proponents don’t want to admit exist.

Government-run health care: the efficiency of the Post Office, the customer service of the DMV and the compassion of the IRS.

A New Graduation Requirement?

The Lifestyle Nazis are now invading colleges and universities in a new way.

Mandating students deemed by the proper authorites to be overweight to pass a fitness class before graduating. 

PHILADELPHIA (al-AP) – A Pennsylvania university’s requirement that overweight undergraduates take a fitness course to receive their degrees has raised the hackles of students and the eyebrows of health and legal experts.

Officials at historically black Lincoln University said Friday that the school is simply concerned about high rates of obesity and diabetes, especially in the African-American community.

“We know we’re in the midst of an obesity epidemic,” said James L. DeBoy, chairman of Lincoln’s department of health, physical education and recreation. “We have an obligation to address this head on, knowing full well there’s going to be some fallout.”

The fallout began this week on Lincoln’s campus about 45 miles southwest of Philadelphia, where seniors – the first class affected by the mandate – began realizing their last chance to take the class would be this spring.

Tiana Lawson, a 21-year-old senior, wrote in this week’s edition of The Lincolnian, the student newspaper, that she “didn’t come to Lincoln to be told that my weight is not in an acceptable range. I came here to get an education.”

There’s a lawsuit waiting to happen here. Two students pursuing the same degree. One is required to take an extra course because some university bureaucrat decides that student is overweight and needs the Nanny State to educate him or her.

Oh, in case you didn’t recognize it, welcome to the Wonderful World of ObamaCare. This will become mandatory for all of us, all courtesy of your friendly federal government.

Take A Short Drive, Kill A Polar Bear

This is beyond reprehensible. Using 9/11 imagery to sell the hoax known as global warming.

A new shock ad shows polar bears falling from skyscrapers to bloody deaths a la people jumping from the upper floors of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001 because someone took a short drive somewhere. Or went on an airplane. Or whatever. Lived, I guess.

 

Hit The Strip Club? Lose Your Sick Leave Benefits

Gotta watch what you post on any social networking site — MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, et al.

A woman in Canada out on sick leave due to depression and receiving benefits lost them in a flash because the “depressed” woman posted photos on her Facebook page which showed her having a blast at a strip club featuring the Chippendale dancers.

BROMONT, Quebec — A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave says she lost her benefits because of photos on Facebook and she’s fighting to get them reinstated.

Nathalie Blanchard has been on leave from her job at IBM in Bromont, Quebec, for the last year.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Saturday she was diagnosed with major depression and was receiving monthly sick-leave benefits from insurance giant Manulife.

But the payments dried up this fall and when Blanchard called Manulife, she says she was told she was available to work because of Facebook.

She said her insurance agent described several pictures Blanchard posted on Facebook, including ones showing her having a good time at a Chippendales bar show, at her birthday party and on a sun holiday.

Blanchard said Manulife told her it’s evidence she is no longer depressed.

I would agree with that. Sounds like another lazy, good-for-nothing goldbrick content to sit at home and collect OPM while enjoying herself. The sense of entitlement on display for all to see.

She also gets points for chutzpah:

Blanchard told the CBC that on her doctor’s advice, she tried to have fun, including nights out at her local bar with friends and short getaways to sun destinations, as a way to forget her problems.

Yeah, right. All who believe that, stand on your head.

About That New City Logo

Got this from Fred at RDW via Twitter.

The new logo for Oak Park, Ill., looks like Lady Gaga’s disco stick.

From the Chicago Tribune:

The new tourism logo for progressive western suburb Oak Park is meant to portray its people as “rebels” and “rule breakers.”

Instead, some less sophisticated minds believe the logo’s tubular shape resembles a male body part.

Rich Carollo, president of the Oak Park Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, said the logo was presented to the Village Board on Monday as part of a larger study on reinventing Oak Park’s image to attract more tourists. The rebranding proposal, by North Star Destination Strategies, included billboards of famed Oak Park residents Frank Lloyd Wright and Ernest Hemingway, with the words: “Nonconformists” and “Boatrockers.”

The proposed slogan: “Oak Park: Step Out of Line.”

A commenter at the Tribune’s website said it best:

If your visit to Oak Park lasts more than four hours, contact your doctor immediately.

This has also proven to be an effective antidote to the four-hour erection. This works very well, too.

Barrett For Governor

From J. Gravelle via Facebook:

Burqa Barbie

The descent of Western civilization continues through aquiescence to the demands of sharia.

It’s Burqa Barbie:

No word as to whether the accessories will include M-16s, RPGs and the traditional Middle Eastern suicide belt.

Here’s an idiot:

The company director of Laird Assessors from The Wirral, Cheshire, said: ‘Bring it on Burkha Barbie, I think this is a great idea.

‘I think this is really important for girls, wherever they are from they should have the opportunity to play with a Barbie that they feel represents them.”

It’s a toy. It represents nothing other than more submission to the demands of the Religion of Piece (of Arm, of Leg, of Torso).

Says Michelle Malkin:

No word yet on whether the dolls will be subjected to female genital mutilation or come with stoning pits in order to accurately represent their “diversity.”