The Goat Pen

Things are better. The ship is turning around.

I credit the indominable spirit of Americans...hard-working Joes (and toes!), just like those here at pnn.

God bless you all. And God bless the United States of America.

and Eli f*cking Manning.. wooHOO

"I credit the indominable spirit of Americans... hard-working Joes (and toes!)"

I assume you were referring to small business owners and corporate executives. They are the ONLY ones who deserves the adjective "hard-working." Certainly not those lazy wage earning dirtbags, who are always selfishly asking for paid vacation days and health care plans...

"Things are better."

That's what Obama's ring-kissers (including the 9:1) will be trying to convince us all for the next several months. If you try real hard, you might convince yourself.

"The ship is turning around."

Don't look now, but the ship is taking on water. It has been for a long time. And Obama has made it much, much worse. So keep playing shuffle board and look at the pretty view.

My gut tells me the republican nominee won't be able to overcome the 9:1 barrage. Charges will be made, words will be twisted, history will be dredged..

In the end, the very best efforts of the GOP may come up short.

By ensuring the nomination of another mushy moderate RINO, the GOP Establishment will have successfully pissed off the Tea Party/conservatives base enough to depress their turnout and guarantee Obama's reelection.

Obama already has a billion dollar war chest, and that will probably double between now and November. Romney will not be able to out-fund raise, out-spend, and out-negative campaign ad Obama 4:1 like he did Newt.

Game over.

FOUR MORE YEARS! FOUR MORE YEARS!

The repubs should just stop now and donate all that $ to the poor and try and help out those less fortunate.

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

The "less fortunate" must include television and radio advertising executives.

Gentlemen (and I use the term loosely), today marks a solemn occasion. It is the 150th anniversary of General Grant's conquest of Fort Henry, his first major success, the first of very many.

If we may all bow our heads for a moment and take the time to thank this great man for protecting and serving the Union.

And here I thought you were going to write about a former president cheating on his wife with an intern.

Speaking of great men who protected the Union, today is also Ronald Reagan's birthday.

Hack gave him a blowjob in the pool too.

Y'all.

Just wanted to let everybody know I'm ok with this north and south thing.

Gee like this wasn't predictable...its what happens when you make decisions to spite somebody rather than making the best decision...

Safety fears for World Cup, Olympics

Infrastructure neglect blamed for blasts, building collapses, trolley deaths in host city

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... ics/print/

This is absurdly excessive. The government needs to raid the trust and distribute out to the poor.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/02/06/pf/romn ... ce=cnn_bin

Rebuffed by Obama, Canada now moving to sell its oil to China

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/opini ... .html?_r=1

And here is Canada, a staunch American ally that has historically sold us virtually all of its crude exports. Over the past two decades, energy companies have invested tens of billions of dollars in the tar sands, so much so that Canada now ranks No. 3 in estimated oil reserves. Along with the natural gas that can now be extracted thanks to hydraulic fracturing — which, of course, all right-thinking environmentalists also oppose — the oil from the Canadian tar sands ought to be viewed as a great gift that has been handed to North America. These two relatively new sources of fossil fuels offer America its first real chance in decades to become, if not energy self-sufficient, at least energy secure, no longer beholden to OPEC. Yet these gifts have been transformed, like everything else, into political footballs.

In Canada, the Keystone XL controversy has created a surprising new resolve. “Keystone was a transformative turning point in terms of how Harper sees the bilateral relationship,” says Fen Hampson, a professor of international affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa. Instead of blithely assuming the United States would purchase its oil, Canada is now determined to find diverse buyers so it won’t be held hostage by American politics. Hence, the newfound willingness to do business with China. Canada has concluded that it simply can’t expect much from the United States, even on an issue that would seem to be vital to our own interests.

As it turns out, the environmental movement doesn’t just want to shut down Keystone. Its real goal, as I discovered when I spoke recently to Michael Brune, the executive director of the Sierra Club, is much bigger. “The effort to stop Keystone is part of a broader effort to stop the expansion of the tar sands,” Brune said. “It is based on choking off the ability to find markets for tar sands oil.”

This is a ludicrous goal. If it were to succeed, it would be deeply damaging to the national interest of both Canada and the United States. But it has no chance of succeeding. Energy is the single most important industry in Canada. Three-quarters of the Canadian public agree with the Harper government’s diversification strategy. China’s “thirst” for oil is hardly going to be deterred by the Sierra Club. And the Harper government views the continued development of the tar sands as a national strategic priority.

Thus, at least one country in North America understands where its national interests lie. Too bad it’s not us.

Awful. Just Fing Awful.

In a television interview during a visit to Egypt last week, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court seemed to agree. “I would not look to the United States Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012,” she said. She recommended, instead, the South African Constitution, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms or the European Convention on Human Rights.

And this chick is on the US Supreme Court?

JMFA.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/us/we ... AY&ei=5065

Speaking of SCOTUS, they will be addressing the Constitutionality of today's decision by - who else? - the 9th Circuit. The people of California approved Proposition 8 which banned same sex marriage in their state. The 9th Circus has now solemnly declared a majority of California voters are bigoted homophobes in need of enlightenment by nine of their moral betters in black robes.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/07/justice/c ... ?hpt=hp_t1

Between Obama's attempt to cram liberal dogma down the throat of the Catholic Church, and liberal judges of the 9th circuit nullifying the democratic process simply because they don't like the result, these are excellent examples of the totalitarian side of liberalism I find disgusting.

Less oil, more rump rangers!!


4 MORE YEARZZZZ111!!!!