Gun Control Quote of the Day

Michelle Obama decides to weigh in on the Trayvon Martin shooting:

'There Isn't A One-Shot Solution To This'...

Actually, I think there was.

Political Photo of the Day

McDonald's new Unhappy Meal:

Disney Runs Afoul of the Fat Lobby

Where's Michelle Obama when you really need her?

Epcot's new Habit Heroes attraction, which tackles childhood obesity, has landed in big fat trouble.

Shortly after its unofficial opening last month, the interactive exhibit was blasted by critics for stigmatizing fat kids. Now, Disney has closed the Innoventions exhibit for "retooling."

The official opening date of March 5 has been postponed indefinitely, according to officials from Blue Cross and Blue Shield. The health insurer partnered with Disney to create the exhibit, which takes visitors through a series of interactive experiences to fight bad habits.

"Habit Heroes is currently in a soft-opening period, which gives us a chance to collect guest feedback and test and adjust the attraction prior to its opening," said John W. Herbkersman, spokesman for Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
And feedback they got.

"We're appalled to learn that Disney, a traditional hallmark of childhood happiness and joy, has fallen under the shadow of negativity and discrimination," came a heated response from the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance.

"It appears that Disney now believes that using the tool of shame, favored so much by today's healthcare corporations, is the best way to communicate with children," said the association's statement. "Disney, in partnering with Blue Cross/Blue Shield, has taken the side of the bullies."...

Housed inside Innoventions, the park's futuristic showcase of ideas, Habit Heroes features animated fitness buffs Will Power and Callie Stenics, who take groups of up to 12 guests through interactive rooms, where they fight bad habits such as too much television and junk food.

Cartoon villains include the super-sized Snacker and Lead Bottom.

Oh wait, they have Lead Bottom. Michelle is represented after all.

Does Michelle Obama Know the Government Is Giving Grants to Potato Chip Companies?

I can't believe she's be happy if she knew this:

North Fork Potato Chips won a federal grant last week and is now planning to expand its marketing reach, company officials said Thursday.

Carol Sidor, who owns the 170-acre Sidor Farm in Mattituck with her husband, Martin, said she’s “very pleased and excited” about winning a $49,990 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and hopes the additional funding will help her family business increase its sales.

“Getting the big contracts is a hard job,” Ms. Sidor said. “I’m sure this will be a big help. We wouldn’t be able to do it otherwise.”

How will making sure this company sells more potato chips gonna keep kids from getting fat? Seems like the administration is giving very mixed signals.

As Michelle Obama Jets Off Separately on Her Hawaiian Vacation, It's Good to Know She's Dating Again

It can be lonely in a government 757 all by yourself:

“Michelle Obama dropped off hundreds of Christmas gifts to the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots campaign and in return received a surprise invitation from a soldier to be his date to the Marine Corps Ball.

Lance Cpl. Aaron Leeks, 20, said he asked the first lady to accompany him because he’s a fan and admires her work to support the military.

She said she’d love to go,’ Leeks said. ‘Actually, she said I’d need to speak to her husband, too, but she said she’d love to.’”

Of course, this 20-year old Marine won't be able to support her in the manner to which she's become accustomed, such as the $4 million the taxpayers will pay for her Hawaiian vacation.

NASCAR, I Know How You Can Make it Up to Michelle Obama

While talking with KHND Radio this morning I had an idea of how NASCAR can make it up to Michelle Obama for the well-deserved booing she got on Sunday in Homestead, FL. The Obama's are always pushing electric cars, so I think one of the preliminary events in Daytona this February should be a race featuring 43 Chevy Volts (assuming they can find that many).

We'll call it the Daytona 40. Or perhaps it should be the Daytona 35, because after two pace laps those cars will only have about 35 miles of battery life left.

I can see it now, 43 gleaming new Volts headed down the front stretch and taking the green flag at a majestic 80 mph. Several minutes later they'll come back down the front stretch, this time at maybe 77 mph as the batteries begin their slow fade. They'll continue for maybe another 10 laps at which time the weaker sisters among the Volts will begin to die. After two more laps the racetrack will be littered with dead Volts, parked along the track, as a glittering testimony to Obama's electric car legacy.

NASCAR, make it happen.

Did Obama Send Michelle to the NASCAR Race For Political Purposes or Because He Wanted To See Her Humiliated?

There were two stories coming out of the NASCAR finale at Homestead, FL yesterday.  The most interesting for fans was the incredible race between Tony Stewart and Carl Edwards, both for the race win and the championship, that went right down to the very last lap.  Couldn't have asked for a better finish to the season.

The other story occurred before the race began when Michelle Obama and Jill Biden were introduced to give the "Gentlemen Start Your Engines!" command and were greeted by fans who apparently won't be voting for their husbands next year.  The lefties, who never seemed to have problems with people heckling Sarah Palin or other conservatives, suddenly got the vapors when Michelle was booed and of course, immediately cried "RACISM!!".   Nonsense, but completely expected.

As soon as I heard this had happened my response on Twitter was this:

Apparently FLOTUS was booed at the #NASCAR race which means she got the campaign video she was hoping for.


Are people really surprised that patriotic #NASCAR fans would boo a woman whose goal it is to destroy all that's good about this country?

Surely nobody at the White House could claim surprise at the reaction Michelle got. I think there's a good chance they were hoping for just that reaction in order to anger their base and engender some sympathy for Michelle. It may work with the base, but I don't think anyone's going to feel sorry for Michelle.

Except maybe John Nolte who thinks there may be something else going on here:

Obama sending his wife to be humiliated at NASCAR might show suppressed anger & resentment towards her. Someone should look into this.


A man sending his wife to be humiliated is a red flag. Obviously there are cracks in Barack and Michaelle Antoinette's marriage.


Real men don't send their wives off to be humiliated at NASCAR events. Real men always and only protect their wives.

Interesting.

I've written before at how there seems to be no small amount of strain between the two. Heading off on their Martha's Vineyard vacation in two separate jets four hours apart. The general disdain Michelle seems to hold for the country as well as her husband.  I think Nolte may be on to something there.

I could easily see a conversation between the White House political office and Michelle that goes something like "we want you to take one for the team - go down to Florida and get booed by the Bible and gun-clinging rednecks so we can get some campaign video".

I can also see Obama issuing an order to his staff:  "Send Michelle to the NASCAR race.  She needs an attitude adjustment."

Commies and Crowds Headlines of the Day

From Drudge:

Moscow martial arts fans greet Putin with catcalls...

NASCAR Crowd Boos Michelle Obama...

Bad day to be a socialist.

Michelle Obama To Hang Out With Bitter Clingers at NASCAR Race

Talk about your mismatches:

It will be Michelle Obama and Jill Biden instructing NASCAR's best to start their engines as the racing season comes to a close in Florida.


The first lady and the vice president's wife will visit Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 20 as it hosts the Chase for the Sprint Cup finale, the Ford 400.


The two women will serve as grand marshals for the event, leading the pre-race ceremony and offering the famous instructions: "Gentlemen, start your engines."

"And throw away those nachos and hot dogs!  No more good tasting comfort food for you!"

If the Obama campaign thought this would buy them votes in Red America, I think they're sadly mistaken.

Mad Michelle

It's been obvious for some time that Michelle Obama is not a happy person.  She hitched her wagon to the "light bringer" only to find that he's more of a dim bulb.  The wild adulation of 2008 has turned into a president who has to beg for support from people who are supposed to be his base.

This has not made Michelle a happy camper:

Michelle’s back, and she’s madder than ever. She was already pretty angry, seemingly unhappy with just about everything. As her husband wrapped up the Democratic nomination in 2008, she let fly her real feelings: “For the first time in my adult lifetime, I’m really proud of my country.” A few months into her job as first lady, her French counterpart asked how she liked the gig: “Don’t ask!” she reportedly spat. “It’s hell. I can’t stand it!”

She even seems to be mad at her silver-tongued husband. When the two were to set off on a luxurious 10-day vacation to Martha’s Vineyard, she left early - four hours early - and flew up alone. And those private vacations. She’s traveled to some of the world’s most plush resorts, taking 42 days off in the past year - that’d be eight weeks of vacay time if she held down a normal job.

Now, she is ready to spew her bilious disgust with America on the campaign trail. A dignified, transcendent first lady? No chance. Michelle is going to break with a hundred years of tradition and play the role of attack dog, heaping derision on her husband’s political opponents like no other first lady before her.

We need to help this poor woman by removing the responsibility that so heavily rests on her unnaturally broad shoulders. Let's elect someone else so she can have the permanent vacation she so richly deserves.

The Media Found Me

In my previous post I gave the media a heads up that I would be shopping today. They apparently like to know that stuff, based on what happened in Virginia the other day. And sure enough, this crossed the wires a few minutes ago:

(AP) Conservative blogger and underwear model Rick Moore of HolyCoast.com is seen acting like a normal shopper as he leaves the Mission Viejo Target store.  He reportedly bought a Brownie pan.

Yep, just like Michelle.

I just can't go anywhere these days.

*No, that's not a real AP wire photo.

If FLOTUS Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy

If you seen photos of Michelle Obama lately she does not look like a very happy person.  Her husband's popularity is tanking, the promise of 2008 has turned into the nightmare of 2011, and being First Lady isn't as much fun as she thought it would be.  Apparently, things are coming to a boil:

The “insider” contends that there was an episode involving the First Lady and a member of her staff that shook up everyone. It was a big enough deal it reached folks in Congress, who forwarded it on to some donors, who then had calls into Plouffe’s office wondering WTF was going on. The First Lady is being prepped as one of the few assets for the re-election campaign but those inside know she is as big a potential liability as anything associated with the administration. They are using her in controlled environments only. That’s the word from on high. What went down between her and the staff member wasn’t just a tantrum, or some shouting. It was put to me as being “an eruption.” Talking full on screaming here. Not the first time this kind of thing has happened. I’ve shared a bit of that w/you before but this was on another scale apparently. Put the WH on security alert for a brief time. It was that bad. No mention of the president’s involvement or reaction. He was apparently AWOL during the whole thing. First Lady is complaining a lot these days. LOUDLY. To everyone. Apparently a very unhappy woman.

My alarm bells went off when I heard Michelle had left four hours earlier than Barack for their Martha's Vineyard vacation, flying on separate aircraft. That just doesn't sound like a happy family.

Nobody wants to see trouble in the White House family quarters, but Obama clearly wasn't ready for this job, and neither was his wife.  Read the whole column.  It doesn't paint a very pretty picture of this White House.

Michelle Antoinette Obama Spends $10 Million in Taxpayer's Money On Her Vacations

This story had to come from a British paper because the American press doesn't seem to care:

The Obamas' summer break on Martha's Vineyard has already been branded a PR disaster after the couple arrived four hours apart on separate government jets.

But according to new reports, this is the least of their extravagances.

White House sources today claimed that the First Lady has spent $10million of U.S. taxpayers' money on vacations alone in the past year.

Branding her 'disgusting' and 'a vacation junkie', they say the 47-year-old mother-of-two has been indulging in five-star hotels, where she splashes out on expensive massages and alcohol.

The 'top source' told the National Enquirer: 'It's disgusting. Michelle is taking advantage of her privileged position while the most hardworking Americans can barely afford a week or two off work.

'When it's all added up, she's spent more than $10 million in taxpayers' money on her vacations.'

Enjoy it while you can, Michelle. Another year-and-a-half and you'll have to travel on your own dime.

Michelle Obama Gets Heavyweight Criticism

Fat kids don't want to get picked on by anybody, especially the First Lady:

A group calling itself the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA) says that when First Lady Michelle Obama created her anti-obesity "Let’s Move!" initiative, she unfairly singled out fat kids, turning them into targets.

Speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Monday, NAAFA public relations director Peggy Howell said the First Lady “essentially gave permission to everyone to condemn the children with higher body weights.”

Howell called Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign “well-intentioned, but somewhat misdirected.”

Obama's campaign is just another variation of the Alinsky tactic of picking a target and marginalizing it. All part of hope and change.

Political Quote of the Day

From Michelle Obama, when asked about preparations for the upcoming election campaign:

Fortunately we have help from the media.

Ain't that the truth.

The Other Wienergate

Anthony Weiner's "member" isn't the only wiener in the news:

When his wife unveiled the USDA's new nutritional plate yesterday, there definitely wasn't a space for chili dogs.

But that didn't stop Barack Obama wolfing down two in Toledo today -- with fries and an extra bowl of chili on the side.

The president happily munched on the unhealthy meal before he visited the city's Chrysler factory, and even teased one of his hosts for ordering ketchup, a faux-pas in his home town of Chicago. . . .

Those culinary lessons would hardly go down well with his wife, Michelle, who has spent this year touring the country on a crusade against childhood obesity.

Yesterday she unveiled the USDA's new healthy-eating guide, which replaces the famous 'My Pyramid' with a plate divided into four nutritional quadrants: fruits, vegetables, grains and proteins.

 But as her husband chowed down at the famous Rudy's Hot Dog with Toledo's mayor, the only sign of 'vegetables' appeared to be some fried onions.

Did you ever notice that when Michelle isn't around Obama goes and eats all the stuff he really likes, like the chili dogs or Five Guys Burgers?

And how creepy is that logo - "Choose My Plate"?  I don't think I want Michelle choosing anything for me.

Political Photo of the Day

President and Mrs. Frightwig (h/t Don Surber):

The 737 and the C-17

Way too much attention is being given to this story:

A White House plane with first lady Michelle Obama onboard aborted a landing Monday after narrowly avoiding a collision with a 200-ton military cargo jet.

"Narrowly avoiding a collision" is now defined as a 3-mile separation, which is the closest the planes ever got. There was never a danger of collision - the only risk to the 737 was wake turbulence behind the C-17. A five mile separation is required to avoid the possibility of encountering dangerous turbulence behind the cargo plane.

My personal theory - the controller called out "Wide Load cleared to land" and Obama's pilot mistook it for her Secret Service code name.

Political Quote of the Day

From the wife of Big Hollywood's John Nolte via Twitter:

"Laura Bush fights for Afghan women's rights, Michelle O fights to take soda machines out of schools. Is it 2012 yet?"

Indeed.

Nutrition Headlines of the Day

Related?

400-pound woman attacks roommate -- for eating her cookies...

MICHELLE OBAMA FEASTS ON RIBS DURING SKI VACA

It's just a matter of time.

Yesterday morning a plus-sized anchor on KTLA Channel 5 in LA was doing the tease for the next hour's show, and with obvious anger in her voice she said:

Can you believe this? A conservative talk show host goes after Michelle Obama's waistline!"

I sent a Twitter message to the station addressed to the anchor:

@ktla ATTN: Michaela - Rush Limbaugh is not going after Michelle Obama's waistline, he's going after her hypocrisy. Get it right

She didn't, of course. The story was evil Rush Limbaugh attacking Michelle Obama's weight when in fact he was commenting on the hypocrisy of telling America how it has to eat while chowing down on a 1500 calorie rib plate.  I guess the subtleties of Rush's humor are lost on people who are obsessed with their next meal.