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Politics : How Quickly Can Obama Totally Destroy the US? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (1097)	1/18/2013 11:35:43 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Good ones. I knew a guy who was always telling me about a restaurant/gas station just off the expressway in New England that had a big sign saying: EAT HERE AND GET GAS

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (1097)	1/18/2013 11:36:43 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Sign on the back of Septic Tank Truck: "Caution - This Tanker is full of Political Promises"

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (1097)	1/18/2013 8:51:30 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 16547

Fact Checker's 'Lie of the Year' Turns Out to Be TRUE Fact Checker's 'Lie of the Year' Turns Out to Be TRUE... Whoops: PolitiFact's 'Lie of the Year' Turns Out to Be True Jan 18, 2013 • By MARK HEMINGWAY Last month, PolitiFact selected its " Lie of the Year." Given PolitiFact's dubious record of singling out Republicans for lying far more often than Democrats, you probably could have guessed the winner of this particular sweepstakes was a Mitt Romney campaign ad: It was a lie told in the critical state of Ohio in the final days of a close campaign -- that Jeep was moving its U.S. production to China. It originated with a conservative blogger, who twisted an accurate news story into a falsehood. Then it picked up steam when the Drudge Report ran with it. Even though Jeep's parent company gave a quick and clear denial, Mitt Romney repeated it and his campaign turned it into a TV ad. And they stood by the claim, even as the media and the public expressed collective outrage against something so obviously false. "Public expressed collective outrage"? That's essentially wishcasting on the part of PolitiFact, nor are they accurately representing what Mitt Romney said in the ad. In fact, here's PolitiFact's original "fact check" on the matter: [Mitt Romney] Says Barack Obama "sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China" at the cost of American jobs. Ok. Now here's what the Reuters reported earlier this week: Fiat (FIA.MI) and its U.S. unit Chrysler expect to roll out at least 100,000 Jeeps in China when production starts in 2014 as they seek to catch up with rivals in the world's biggest car market. ... "We expect production of around 100,000 Jeeps per year which is expandable to 200,000," [Chrysler CEO Sergio] Marchionne, who is also CEO of Chrysler, said on the sidelines of a conference, adding production could start in 18 months. So, yes, it's confirmed that Jeep will be producing cars in China. According to the Toledo Blade last November: Currently, Jeeps sell in more than 120 countries around the world, including China. They're nearly all built in factories in the United States. By expanding Jeep production to China, instead of increasing Jeep production in the U.S., it's safe to say Jeep (or more properly, Fiat, which now owns Chrysler) is choosing to create more jobs overseas instead of in America where taxpayers bailed the company out. Now one could argue—and I suspect many pro-free trade, pro-globalization conservatives would make this argument—that expanding production overseas is good for Jeep, and what's good for Jeep in the long-run is ultimately good for the jobs they sustain in the U.S. job market. And if you dig deep into the PolitiFact ruling, that's their essential objection to Mitt Romney's ad: It implies that it would be better for Jeep to create more jobs in the U.S. in the short-term, instead of expanding overseas production. So in the end, PolitiFact's beef with the Romney ad was an entirely argumentative disagreement about what course of action Jeep should take, not a factual objection to Romney's true statement that Jeep was going to start building cars in China. However, disagreeing about the implications of manufacturing Jeeps in China doesn't justify calling Romney a liar for accurately stating Jeeps would be manufactured in China. PolitiFact didn't even dispute that, and even conceded the "Lie of the Year" was built on a " grain of truth." Rather, PolitiFact explicitly argued producing Jeeps in China is a good thing: The production of cars in China is a sign of Chrysler's growing strength in overseas markets. It would like to build Jeeps in China to sell in China. It is not outsourcing American auto jobs. Page 1 of 3

To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (1097)	2/21/2013 1:51:39 PM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16547

TSA detains crying 3-year-old in wheelchair VIDEO 'I don't want to go to Disney World anymore': Parents' fury as TSA agents detain their crying wheelchair-bound daughter, THREE, and confiscate her stuffed animal Forck family was flying from Missouri to Orlando, Florida for vacation Three-year-old daughter, Lucy, was detained for further testing ahead of family's February 8 flightStuffed animal 'Lamby' was confiscated Lucy suffers from spinal bifida and is in a wheelchair TSA later admitted girl should never have been threatened with patdown By Beth Stebner , 21 February 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2281769/Parents-fury-TSA-detains-wheelchair-bound-daughter-3-theyre-trying-fly-Disney-World-family-vacation.html#ixzz2LYnphVXS The parents of a toddler with spinal bifida are outraged after TSA officials forced their daughter to undergo a series of additional security measures ahead of their flight to Disney World. Nathan and Annie Forck were flying out of their home state of Missouri on a February 8 flight bound for Orlando, Florida with their wheelchair-bound daughter Lucy and their two other children. Mrs Forck took a six-minute video detailing their toddler’s cries as she said through tears that she didn’t want to go to Disney World anymore, and is claiming the TSA discriminates against people who use mobility devices. Scroll down for video Trail of tears: Lucy, pictured bottom, was in tears after a TSA agent subjected the three-year-old girl to a full patdown; she has spinal bifida and is in a wheelchair Upset: Throughout the patdown, the little girl was weeping and saying: 'i don't want to go to Disney World.' The family was flying to Orlando from their home in Missouri As Fox News Radio reports, the Forcks were attempting to fly to Orlando to enjoy a family vacation at Disney World and were flying out of Lambert-St Louis International Airport. Though they got through the TSA security checkpoint without incident, a TSA agent pulled the family aside to screen Lucy’s wheelchair further for a pat down and swabbing her mobility device. Mrs Forck pulled out her smart phone and began recording the whole event, against the TSA agent’s request. ‘It’s illegal to do that,’ the female agent is heard saying. Mrs Forcks responds: ‘You can’t touch my daughter unless I can record it,’ and later adds: ‘The problem is, I don’t allow anyone to touch my little daughter.’ Throughout the argument between the mother and the TSA agent, Lucy can be heard crying, apparently confused at what exactly was going on. Her stuffed animal, ‘Lamby,’ had been scanned via X-ray and had not been returned to her. Know your rights: Mother Annie Forck filmed the entire patdown and said she had the right to film it, despite the TSA agent's protest At one point Lucy's beloved stuffed animal Lamby was taken from her as well Mr Forck, an attorney, told Fox News that he knew it was legal to record the event and said that if the same instance had occurred outside the setting of an airport, it would be illegal. ‘But you put a TSA badge on and now all of a sudden, it’s okay,’ he told the station. The father added that he and his wife were not trying to make a scene, but instead were looking out for the well-being of their daughter. The TSA later admitted its agents should never have threatened to patdown the little girl and apologized to the family. 'While no pat-down was performed, we will address specific concerns with our workforce,' a spokeswoman told MailOnline. According to the TSA website, ‘passengers who can neither stand nor walk will be screened by a thorough patdown while they remain seated.’ The site adds: ‘A patdown procedure is used to resolve any alarms of a metal detector or anomalies identified by imaging technology.’ Checkpoint: The TSA states on its website that those in wheelchairs and scooters who cannot walk must go through a comprehensive patdown The government agency offers a notification card for those with medical issues, but it is clearly stated on the card that presenting it to agents doesn’t exempt passengers from screening. Mr Forck told Fox News that Lucy had no problem coming through Orlando’s TSA checkpoint. The Transportation Security Administration was formed in early 2002 following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. VIDEO TSA detains crying 3-year-old in wheelchair Play Video Read more: Fox News Radio: TSA detains three-year-old in wheelchair