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Flashback: Taxpayer-designed porkulus signs
Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by Michelle Malkin.
I first noted the proliferation of porkulus-Democrat campaign road signs last May (see here and here).
ABC News ran a story yesterday (now headlined at Drudge) on the nationwide phenomenon. Republicans are calling attention to politically-driven “guidances” about the sign designs:
Congressman Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Earl Devaney, Chairman of the Recovery Act and Transparency and Accountability Board, requesting an investigation to “determine the scope and impact of the Obama administration’s guidance” regarding signs to stimulus recipients.
Rep. Issa writes that the passage of the Stimulus Bill, “has provided an opportunity for the Obama administration to claim political credit for the various projects around the country that have been funded by this redistribution of taxpayer dollars.”
At the center of the controversy are a series of guidelines provided to stimulus recipients. In the letter, Rep. Issa cites what he calls “perhaps the most overly political guidance on stimulus advertising” involving the Department of Housing and Urban Development and a stimulus recipient. According to investigators from the oversight committee, HUD provided the Office of Native American Programs with information on “signage requirements.” The document suggested a sign template informing the public the projects had been, “Funded By: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Barack Obama, President.”
Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) has joined the chorus of Republican outrage over stimulus signs and claims at least $20 million has been spent on them.
…Schock’s office provided ABC News with administration guidance on stimulus signs sent to him from a constituent. The document, dated March of 2009, outlines the “General Guidelines for Emblem and Logo Applications.” The Recovery Act logo which was provided not only looks oddly similar to the Obama logo from the 2008 campaign but its stated purpose, according to the document, is to act as “a symbol of President Obama’s commitment to the American people to invest their tax dollars wisely and put Americans back to work.”
Readers will recall our Porkulus Photoshop Contest from March 2009. Definitely worth re-publishing some of the best entries in light of the new story. Enjoy:
From Anonymous:
From Caleb at RedState, a Soros-infused emblem…and a couple of, er, busy fruitflies:
From Freeper Bassfire:
And from Slublog…a must-have ACORN allusion:
More from Dave the Angry White Guy:
Tobias Becker:
Mark Jefferson:
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“A nation free of Shariah”
Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by Michelle Malkin.
Wouldn’t you like to see every GOP candidate sign a pledge agreeing to uphold and defend “a nation free of Shariah?”
PeaceThroughStrength.com has published a 10-point platform of fundamental national security principles and is asking public officials and candidates to sign.
You can add your name and pass it around, too.
The platform:
Renewed adherence to the national security philosophy of President Ronald Reagan: “Peace Through Strength.” American security is most reliably assured by having military forces that are fully trained, equipped and ready to deter or defeat the nation’s adversaries.
A robust defense posture including: A safe, reliable effective nuclear deterrent, which requires its modernization and testing; the deployment of comprehensive defenses against missile attack; and national protection against unconventional forms of warfare – including biological, electro-magnetic pulse (EMP) and cyber attacks.
Preservation of U.S. sovereignty against international treaties, judicial rulings and other measures that would have the effect of supplanting or otherwise diminishing the U.S. Constitution and the representative, accountable form of government it guarantees.
A nation free of Shariah, the brutally repressive and anti-Constitutional totalitarian program that governs in Saudi Arabia, Iran and other Islamic states and that terrorists are fighting to impose worldwide.
Protection from unlawful enemy combatants. Enemies who refuse to wear uniforms, use civilians as shields and employ terrorism as weapons are not entitled to U.S. constitutional rights or trials in our civilian courts. Those captured overseas should be incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay, which should remain open, or in other prisons outside the United States.
Energy security, realized by exploiting to the fullest the natural resources and technologies available in this country. We Americans must reduce our dependence for energy upon – and transfers of national wealth to – enemies of this country.
Borders secure against penetration by terrorists, narco-traffickers or others seeking to enter the United States illegally. Aliens who have violated immigration laws should not be rewarded with the privileges of citizenship.
High standards that protect the military culture essential to the All-Volunteer Force. The Pentagon should implement sound priorities, policies and laws that strengthen recruiting, retention, and readiness.
A foreign policy that supports our allies and opposes our adversaries. It should be clearly preferable to be a friend of the United States, not its enemy.
Judicial and educational institutions that uphold the constitutional responsibility of elected officials to make policy for our military and convey to future generations accurate portrayals of American history, including the necessity of defending freedom.
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Do the race hustle: New Black Panther Party remix
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Michelle Malkin.
Via my friends at Human Events, it’s the NBPP hate rap remix. Listen up, crackas!
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Another push for the Fishwrap Rescue and Recovery Act
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Michelle Malkin.
I’ve been flagging the MSM newspaper bailout campaign for the last two years (chronology recap here). The clamor for big government to rescue old media has not died now.
The latest? Columbia University president Lee Bollinger doing the Chicken Little routine in the pages of the Wall Street Journal. Really:
We have entered a momentous period in the history of the American press. The invention of new communications technologies—especially the Internet—is transforming the human capacity to speak, perhaps as monumentally as the invention of the printing press in the 15th century. This is facilitating the largest and fastest expansion of global economic growth in human history. Free speech and a free press are essential to a dynamic economy.
At the same time, however, the financial viability of the U.S. press has been shaken to its core. The proliferation of communications outlets has fractured the base of advertising and readers. Newsrooms have shrunk dramatically and foreign bureaus have been decimated. My best estimate is that there are presently only a few dozen full-time foreign correspondents from the U.S. covering all of China, despite the critical importance of that nation to our future.
Both the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission are undertaking studies of ways to ensure the steep economic decline faced by newspapers and broadcast news does not deprive Americans of the essential information they need as citizens. One idea under consideration is enhanced public funding for journalism.
Bollinger goes on to assert that “trusting the market alone to provide all the news coverage we need would mean venturing into the unknown—a risky proposition with a vital public institution hanging in the balance.” As if life without NPR and PBS would be catastrophic.
Newsalert responds: ” Lee Bollinger makes over a million dollars a year and is a director of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. If Lee Bollinger and his wealthy friends wants to fund investigative research : there’s nothing stopping them.”
As I wrote back in December 2008 in opposition to newspaper moochers:
How “free” can a “free press” be if it is leveraged with government funding? How free would they be to criticize other corporate enterprises seeking local, state, or federal help to keep them afloat in hard times? Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? A press beholden to the ruling class – a press that cannot stand on its own two feet and the strength of its products — is a press better off dead.
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Stand with Arizona: National Immigration Policy Summit
Posted on 14. Jul, 2010 by Michelle Malkin.
Here’s a great way to support Arizona with your tourism dollars — and participate in grass-roots immigration enforcement activism. On July 30-31, Stand with Arizona and other groups will hold a National Immigration Policy Summit in Phoenix. I’ll be addressing the participants via live remote.
SB1070 goes into effect on July 29. AZ State Senator Russell Pearce and civil rights activist Ted Hayes will lead the summit to explore how other states can follow in Arizona’s footsteps.
From the summit agenda:
Friday, July 30th:
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM — Memorial Service and Candlelight Vigil (FREE)
Arizona State Capitol
All patriots are welcome to attend these events.
Saturday, July 31st: Summit Seminars at Arizona State Capitol
(LIMITED SEATING FOR SEMINARS – APPLICATION POSTED HERE)
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM – Introduction: General Assembly (State Senate Chambers)
10:15 AM – 11:15 AM – Seminar Session I *
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM – Seminar Session II *
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM – Lunch Break
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM – Seminar Session III *
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM – Seminar Session IV *
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM – Closing: General Assembly (State Senate Chambers)
* – Saturday Seminar Sessions to Include (tentative):
The Effect of Illegal Immigration on Native-Born Workers
Debunking the Myths on SB1070
The Proper Scope of State and Local Authority Over Immigration Enforcement
The Civil Rights History of the 14th Amendment
By-the-Numbers : The True Cost of Illegal Immigration
The Proper Interpretation and Application of the 14th Amendment
The Civil Rights Acts of 1866 and 1964 and Their Application to Immigration Policy
At the Polls : The Political and Electoral Consequences of Immigration Policy Decisions
Immigration Amnesty : A Highjacking of the Civil Rights Legacy?
Reaching Out to Minority Populations on Immigration Issues
6:30 PM — 8:30 PM — RALLY for SB 1070 and Legal Immigration (FREE)
Arizona State Capitol
All patriots are welcome to attend these events.
Sign up here and spread the word.
