Some say Obama likes spending. I wonder if there’s any evidence to back up that claim?

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… plus one other guy at the end.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, March 4, 1933: Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, January 20, 1961: And so my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

Ronald Wilson Reagan, January 20, 1981: In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.

Ronald Wilson Reagan, June 12, 1987: Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

George Walker Bush, September 14, 2001: I can hear you, the rest of the world hears you, and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon.

Barack Hussein Obama, January 19, 2011: This bit of news… under a new agreement, our national zoo will continue to dazzle children and visitors with the beloved giant pandas.

I’ve been reading that Nancy Pelosi says the recent Democrat losses in the House of Representatives weren’t her fault.

It sort of reminded me of Jake’s excuses in The Blues Brothers:

What does it remind you of?

That GEICO commercial with R. Lee Ermey? You seen that one? Well, I hadn’t. Until I saw it posted at Angel’s place (Woman Honor Thyself).

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Wo, they’re saying that it would be a bad thing? What am I missing here?

The character in this clip from Angel Season 5 was actually talking about The Apocalypse, not about Democrats running things. But it does seem quite appropriate.

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What did you, you think a gong was going to sound? Time to jump on your horses and fight the big fight?

Starting pistol went off a long time ago, boys. You’re playing for the bad guys.

Every day you sit behind your desk an you — you learn a little more about how to accept the world the way it is. Well here’s the rub: Heroes don’t do that. Heroes don’t accept the world the way it is. They fight it.

Then again, maybe he was talking about Democrats running things.

Better not take any chances.

During his interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier, the president said “I don’t spend a lot of time worrying about what the procedural rules are in the House or the Senate.”

The president isn’t concerned about other branches of government following the Constitution?

It’s not like he’s sworn an oath to preserve, protect, or defend the Constitution or anything.

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Maybe Obama thought the oath was to “preserve, protect, and ignore” the Constitution. That would explain a lot.

So the president doesn’t want U.S. troops flying the U.S. flag in Haiti during relief efforts.

Why? According to a report:

The Obama administration says flying the flag could give Haiti the wrong idea.

“We are not here as an occupation force, but as an international partner committed to supporting the government of Haiti on the road to recovery,” the U.S. government’s Haiti Joint Information Center said in response to a query about the flag.

But, there’s more to it than that. This video explains why:

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Remember when we had a president who was proud of our country and respected the flag? Those were the days.

Related: Hope n’ Change Cartoons

Here’s a quiz:

Which one of these videos is a sketch from Saturday Night Live, and which is a video of a real-life event?

Video number one:

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Video number two:

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Could you tell?

Both are funny, but for different reasons.

One is an Academy Award-winning actor playing a dumbass who has no concept of numbers. The other is a United States president actually being a dumbass who has no concept of numbers, saying that insurance rates would go down 3-thousand percent under his plan.

Comedy writers could imagine the first. No one could imagine the second. Except it’s real. Sadly, sadly real.

But it does help explain why I’ve been saying that everyone who voted for Obama is a dumbass.

The reports of Obama’s “womanly” leadership made the rounds yesterday. Michelle Malkin has a report, plus a roundup from others covering the story.

In case you missed it, here’s the excerpt … followed by video evidence that it’s not just his leadership that’s “womanly”…

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Video sources: Daily Beast video, Schnittshow, Associated Press, iOwnTheWorld

Also: The Javelina Bomb has a related Top Ten (plus the inspiration for the video)

Ever notice that some people seem to be the inspiration for certain characters on television? No? Well, then, you aren’t paying attention.

For example, several Futurama characters seem to have been inspired by leaders in the Democrat party…

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I’m sure there are many other TV characters that are based on politicians. Aren’t there?

Presidents have their advisers. The current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue listens to David Axelrod.

I don’t see how he does it. Of course, I don’t see how anyone can listen to Barack Obama, either. And maybe that’s it. The two of them have been listening to the same nonsense for so long, it’s normal for them.

But, I found a way to make Axelrod tolerable…

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Audio source can be seen in context here.

Yes, we just had the 2009 Academy Awards. But, it is 2010. And here is a clip for the early front-runner for next year’s Best Picture award.

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In theatres Date. This film has not yet been rated.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-8) says she wants the health care bill passed so we can see what’s in it.

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Tip: Don Surber

Yes, she actually said:

But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it

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Why can’t she tell us? Because she doesn’t know? Because she hasn’t read it?

Well, there’s something in it. At around 2,074 pages — remember, they’re going to vote on the Senate bill — there has to be lots of stuff.

But what is in the bill that Pelosi is so excited about?

• Funding to provide all families with a cat spa
• The Compleat Works of William Shakespeare
• The Third Secret of Fátima
• An icebox fruitcake recipe
• The script to the Lost series finale
• Obama’s birth certificate
• The completed final draft of Midnight Sun
• The Klingon Bible

What else might be in there?

And now a word from our sponsor…

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On ABC’s This Week, George Will used the words of Robert Reich to highlight the liberal mindset on healthcare … and everything else, for that matter (tip: Flopping Aces).

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Will: You say they have huge profits. As you know, confiscate all the profits of all the health insurance companies, with those profits you could finance our healthcare for 48 hours. What you do for the next 363 days I don’t know. Second, you say there’s not enough competition? Fine, let them compete in a national market across state lines.

Reich: Yes, let them compete across state lines, fine. But not a race to the bottom. Set minimum federal standards because we’ve seen over and over again that the recipients of health insurance don’t know what they are buying very often. Until there are common standards, minimal standards, then people are going to be taken. And that is what’s happened over and over again.

Will: There you have the premise of this legislation and the core of today’s liberalism: the American people are such dopes they can’t be counted upon to buy their own insurance.

Transcription from: NewsBusters

Once again, George Will sums things up nicely.