Beach Bum Barry Bests GOP-Today on the Teri O’Brien Show, 1/6/13

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Teri

This week, as we prepare for the beginning of the 113^th Congress, we face a looming showdown over increasing the federal government’s debt ceiling. It seems like only yesterday that our courageous Dear Reader, Barack “I Won’t Play That Game” Obama was battling with his mean-spirited opposition over their unwillingness to send more cash from productive citizens to him to spend on his many worthy projects. Oh wait, it was just yesterday. Well, actually it was last week, during that whole “fiscal cliff” thing, a complete victory for the One. Will Sen. McConnell have the spine to get anything meaningful on spending decreases in the next round, or will he wave the white flag again? As usual, David Gregory, who interviewed Sen. McConnell today on “Meet the Press,” did an excellent job of presenting the White House perspective. I was very distracted, though, wondering “where is the perp walk for Mr. Gregory?”

Barack probably had a lot of time to fantasize about how he will vanquish McConnell, Boehner and friends again, and continue his ideologically-driven plans to “remake” America into his Euro-socialist vision driven by “fairness,” during his recent Hawaiian vacation, the latest in a long series of ridiculously extravagant holidays for our first affirmative-action assisted First Couple. Just how much have we spent on these presidential vacations? Are the President’s supporters correct that it’s horribly unfair to criticize Barack Obama for taking luxurious trips while many Americans are living hand to mouth?

Speaking of that 113^th Congress, a couple of days ago, ABC’s Diane “Recycling!” Sawyer nearly wet her panties interviewing the incoming class of female senators, including another Diane, Sen. Feinstein of California. As you know, she has vowed to revive her infamous 1994 “assault weapons” ban, this time with a more muscular, even more freedom destroying version. What’s in the proposed bill? We’ll give you the depressing details.

Whoopsie File-Eric “Fast and Furious” Holder’s Department of [In]Justice must reimburse one of the state’s it decided to persecute, while allegedly enforcing civil rights laws, to the tune of $3.5 million, which is only slightly less than the reported cost of the Obama’s latest boondoggle to Hawaii.

Tune in today for the rest of the story.

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We Knew the Real Obama All Along, Didn’t We

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Teri

As Charles Krauthammer points out in his column entitled “The Return of the Real Obama,” he writes:

The rout was complete, the retreat disorderly. President Obama got his tax hikes — naked of spending cuts — passed by the ostensibly Republican House of Representatives. After which, you might expect him to pivot to his self-proclaimed “principle” of fiscal “balance” by taking the lead on reducing spending. “Why,” asked The Post on the eve of the final fiscal-cliff agreement, “is the nation’s leader not embracing and then explaining the balanced reforms the nation needs?”

Because he has no interest in them. He’s a visionary, not an accountant. Sure, he’ll pretend to care about deficits, especially while running for reelection. But now that he’s past the post, he’s free to be himself — a committed big-government social democrat.

Upon losing the House in 2010, the leveler took cover for the next two years. He wasn’t going to advance his real agenda through the Republican House anyway, and he needed to win reelection.

He concludes:

Now he’s won. The old Obama is back. He must not be underestimated. He has deftly leveraged his class-war-themed election victory (a) to secure a source of funding (albeit still small) for the bloated welfare state, (b) to carry out an admirably candid bit of income redistribution and (c) to fracture the one remaining institutional obstacle to the rest of his ideological agenda.

Not bad for two months’ work.

If you can call reading demagogic talking points before jetting off the Hawaii “work,” that is. Other than that questionable assertion, like most Krauthammer pieces this whole column is spot on and well worth your reading.

So we didn’t go over the fiscal cliff…

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Producer Thomas

Thanks to President Obama, the evil Republicans were finally forced to allow the omniscient and all good federal government to take a little bit more money from rich people. I’m really glad. Those damn rich people were really getting on my nerves with all their money. They have way more than they need. Take Donald Trump. Does he really need that fancy helicopter? I don’t have one, why should he? Yes, I know, the tax increase is not going to force him to give it up, but perhaps our government should set their sites on making him share it. For example, let’s say I want to go to Six Flags Great America next July 4. The traffic is horrible. Why can’t I reserve Donald Trump’s helicopter to pick me up and drop me off and bring me home again? That would be more fair than just letting Trump hog it SOLELY BECAUSE HE OWNS IT. And what good would that helicopter be anyway if not for the taxpayer supported infrastructure (like the airport and the road to the airport) that Trump uses.

I don’t get these Republicans. What’s with this private property thing anyway? Nothing is really private, or I should say, nothing has any worth without the federal government to support it. Why don’t rich people get it. Sell the yacht and sponsor a teacher (oops- I mean educator) and make sure that the most important job in the country is properly compensated. If anyone in our country should be rich, its teach- er, educators. They do everything for the children. C’mon, you rich bastards, ante up.

Speaking of the children, President Obama and the democrats are doing a lot for the children as well. By making sure none of them have the opportunity to get rich (by saddling them with student loan debt, medicaid and social security debt, pension debt and debt in general), our President is assuring them a future wherein they will never have to bitch about taxes on the rich. There won’t be any. (Rich that is; there’ll be plenty of taxes.)

Thank God, Starving Hollywood Producers Keep Their Tax Breaks

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Teri

Remember, B. Hussein Obama (Praise be his name), is all about “protecting the middle class.” From ABC News:

The “fiscal cliff” compromise has been heralded as a saving grace for middle class taxpayers, their families and the unemployed.

But buried in the fine print of the 150-page deal are also some lesser-known New Year’s gifts to some of Washington’s favorite industries. …

The mix of tax perks covering the next year, but with budget implications for the next two years includes everything from incentives for employers to hire veterans to incentives for employers to invest in mine safety. But it also includes these:

$430 million for Hollywood through “special expensing rules” to encourage TV and film production in the United States. Producers can expense up to $15 million of costs for their projects.

$331 million for railroads by allowing short-line and regional operators to claim a tax credit up to 50 percent of the cost to maintain tracks that they own or lease.

Gee, doesn’t Warren Buffet own a railroad? Just a coincidence, I’m sure.

Obama’s “Balanced Approach”: Increased Taxes, More Spending

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Teri

That sounds about right, doesn’t it? From the Wall Street Journal:

So Congress has passed a bill to avoid the tax cliff, hallelujah. This is the way to look at it if you have a pre-Copernican view of politics where Washington is the center of the economic universe. The better way to see it is that the tax bill on the private, productive part of the economy is now coming due for President Obama’s first-term spending and re-election.

The Senate-White House compromise grudgingly passed by the House is a Beltway classic: The biggest tax increase in 20 years in return for spending increases, and all spun for political purposes as a “tax cut for the middle class.” But taxes on the middle class were only going up on January 1 because the politicians had set it up that way, manufacturing a fake crisis. The politicians now portray themselves as scrambling heroically to save the day by sparing the middle class while raising taxes on small business, investors and the affluent.

That completely captures it.

The jug-eared, braying jackass, having taunted his opponents, ridiculing them Alinsky-style on New Year’s Eve, has returned to Hawaii to recover from that grueling effort. “Shared sacrifice?”

Note to House GOP: Avoid This Deal Like the Plague

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Teri

It should be clear from Obama’s cringe-inducing chest-thumping media event, with a bunch of probable National Education Association cows as a backdrop, in which he crowed

“You know, keep in mind that just last month, Republicans in Congress said they would never agree to raise tax rates on the wealthiest Americans,” Obama said, taking a jab at Republicans. “Obviously the agreement that’s currently being discussed would raise those rates and raise them permanently.”

that his entire objective with this adamant insistence on stealing more from productive citizens is to destroy the Republican party by getting them to betray the voters who sent them to Washington by raising taxes. Are John Boehner, Eric Cantor, and the rest of the leadership dumb enough to take the bait? I hope not.

Check this out, from Red State:

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the bill increases tax revenue by $620 billion while reducing spending by only $15 billion. That’s right a 41:1 ratio of tax increases to spending cuts. When Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush increased taxes in return for spending the ratios were 3:1 and 2:1 respectively. We should remember that while those tax increases happened, the promised spending cuts did not.

41:1?!! Is this the “balanced approached” the the lying Dear Reader bleats on endlessly about?

What the Republicans need to do is have NO part of this bill. Come back on Thursday and pass a bill LOWERING taxes on everyone making less than $1 million. If it was good enough for Chuckie Schumer and Nancy Pelosi last year, it should be good enough now.

My answer to McConnell and Biden would be like Harry W.O. Kinnard’s answer to the Germans: “Nuts.”

OMG! My Fears Realized! Jackass Obama Occupies My TV

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Teri

As I predicted on yesterday’s edition of The Teri O’Brien Show, B. Hussein would find some way to get in our faces so that he can try to make political hay out of the mess he and his friends in the Senate have made of our disastrous fiscal condition and the looming “fiscal cliff. There he is, blathering on about a “balanced approach,” and “shared sacrifice.” Gee, I wonder if that applies to Moochelle’s vacation schedule? At least he didn’t show up during the football game last night.

Of course he’s got the requisite “middle class” human props surrounding him, no doubt members of the National Education Association who received a text alert to get down there STAT to provide the right back drop.

Keep in mind, no deal is done to avoid the cliff, but our Sham WOW (Walks on Water) Dear Reader apparently is so arrogant that he doesn’t fear queering the deal (can I still say that?) by publicly pressuring the Republicans with this little dog and pony show. He doesn’t care because he’s all about fixing the blame, not fixing the problem. If no deal is reached, he’s teed up the GOP nicely for blame so that he’s Lame Stream Media pals can knock them out of the park. Sweet! It’s good to be the king.

Let me say it at least one more time before the year ends. What an embarrassment this jug-eared braying jackass is!

Let’s Hope Obama’s Face Doesn’t Appear on Our TV’s During the Football Game Tonight: Show Notes

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Teri

Thanks to our special guest, Doug Giles, of ClashDaily.com, Townhall columnist, and author of Raising Boys That Feminists Will Hate, and Raising Righteous and Rowdy Girls. Subscribe to ClashDaily.com and you could win James Bond’s weapon of choice, the Walther PPK .380! Fantastic! Thanks, Doug!

Gun Owners: Should We Listen to Bob Costas or Jesus Christ? – Doug Giles

I had a frightening thought right before the show went on the air. What if, just like a couple of weeks ago, we’re trying to watch a football game, and suddenly, the game disappears and fills with Barack Obama’s face? And he says “No more football unless the Republicans agree to go along with my balanced approach. It’s what the American people voted on and I won.” Just like that Macintosh commercial. YIKES!

Most under-reported stories of 2012

Consensus Winner: Fast and Furious

Heads roll after Fast and Furious investigation – CBS News (Thanks to Sheryl Atkisson for doing amazing work on this story. If you go to this link, there are links to all of her excellent Fast and Furious stories.)

A ‘Fast & Furious’ I Told You So – By Andrew C. McCarthy – The Corner – National Review Online

MILLER: Injured vet’s guns stolen by D.C. – Washington Times

MILLER: D.C. arrests vet for unregistered ammunition (part 1) – Washington Times

2nd Place: Benghazi Coverup

Benghazi-Gate Enters New Phase: The Cover Up of the Cover Up

Also worth noting:

The Dishonest Obama 2012 Campaign

‘The Road We’ve Traveled:’ A misleading account of Obama’s mother and her insurance dispute – The Wa…

Obama claim of cutting spending is not right | McClatchy (Obama’s claim that he cut $1T in spending is complete crap!)

NYT proves Romney right on welfare | The Daily Caller (Natch!)

Romney’s welfare ad is accurate | The Daily Caller

Gibson Guitar Raid. Thank God the Federal Government is Protecting Us from Legitimate Businesses Who Import Ebony from Madagascar

Feds Raid Guitar Maker…Looking for Illegal Wood | TheBlaze.com

Feds Drop Case After Gibson Guitars Agrees to Pay $300K Penalty | TheBlaze.com

Furor over Gibson guitar raid strikes only minor chords on Hill – Talia Buford – POLITICO.com

Gibson Guitar case drags on with no sign of criminal charges | Fox News

Why Gibson Guitar Was Raided By The Justice Department : The Record : NPR

Report: 83 percent of doctors have considered quitting over Obamacare | The Daily Caller

Obama announces new wave of proposed regulations – Washington Times

Obama Orders Pay Raise for Biden, Members of Congress, Federal Workers | The Weekly Standard (Of course! They deserve a raise, right?)

Obama Helped Kill Immigration Reform In 2007 – Will Media Remember? | NewsBusters.org

Obama Skips Over Inouye, ‘Perhaps My Earliest Political Inspiration,’ in Memoirs – By Patrick Brenna… (Once again, Obama’s “iconic” life story is proven to be made up BS)

Americans for Tax Reform : $1 Trillion Obamacare Tax Hike Hitting on Jan. 1 (Obama claims to worry about children with disabilities, but Obamacare reduces their ability to use Flexible Spending Accounts to provide for education for children with special needs)

Obama Skips Over Inouye, ‘Perhaps My Earliest Political Inspiration,’ in Memoirs – By Patrick Brenna…

Articles: What the Media Choose Not to Know about Trayvon

Another NBC Reporter Refuses to Cover Chicago Teachers Union Ties to Socialist Orgs

Most Annoying Public Figures of 2012

My top 3:

#3-Dick Durbin

#2-First Klingon aka Michelle Obama

#1-Sandra Fluke

Other nominees from our SL’s (Smart Listeners), all very worthy:

Piers Morgan, Chris Matthews, George Stephanopoulos, Christiane Amanpour, Honey Boo Boo, Candy Crowley, Harry Reid

How Convenient: Geithner Says We Will Reach Debt Limit on Monday

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Teri

What an amazing coincidence! Just as Barack Hussein Obama is seeking to bypass the “game” he says he won’t play, otherwise known as irritation of having to concede that there are actually 3 branches of government, not just the One in his regal majesty, Tim “Turbo Tax” Geithner informs the Senate that we will reach the debt limit on Monday, not in February or March. From The Hill:

The United States will reach its $16.4 trillion borrowing limit on Dec. 31 and undertake “extraordinary measures” to avoid default, the Treasury Department informed congressional leaders in a letter on Wednesday.

The notice about the debt ceiling came packaged with a stark warning from Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who said the policy uncertainty stemming from the “fiscal cliff” makes it impossible for him to say with certainty how much time lawmakers have left to raise the borrowing cap.

“Given the significant uncertainty that now exists with regard to unresolved tax and spending policies for 2013, it is not possible to predict the effective duration of these measures,” Geithner wrote. …

Under normal conditions, that [moving money around] would buy policymakers about two months to haggle over the debt limit before an increase would be required, Geithner said. The last time the government reached its debt limit, in May 2011, Treasury’s measures delayed the need for a debt-ceiling increase until August.

That worked in 2011, but not now? How convenient! Barack Obama doesn’t want to deal with the “fiscal cliff” separately from seeking an increase in the debt ceiling from Congress, a responsibility that they are granted by our Constitution. Screw that. He wants a blank check, and an end to having to abide by that annoying, outdated program created by a bunch of clueless, dead white European men. He has made tremendous progress in his quest to ignore it, Gangsta-style, but he’s not done yet. Getting absolute power to spend this country into oblivion is the Holy Grail for him and his merry band of Marxists. Right on cue, his Treasury secretary provides the rationale for doing what he has intended all along.

Other than the lapdog Lame Stream Media, who feeds this garbage to the low-information Honey Boo-Boo and Real Housewives audience, who do these people think they are fooling?

Did David “Howdy Doody” Gregory Violate DC’s Gun Laws? Show Notes, 12/23/12

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Teri

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David Gregory, another phony hypocritical liberal who doesn’t want to live by the rules he wants to impose on you, holds up a 30-round magazine on his show, thereby violating DC’s strict gun laws. Plus, the doofus sends his kids to the same school as Obama’s kids, where there are armed guards and the Secret Service!

Sign the petition to have Gregory prosecuted. How do you like your strict gun laws now, Mr. Gregory?

Our Special Guests:

Rich Pearson, Executive Director, Illinois State Rifle Association

Eric Dondero, Libertarian Republican, on boycotting democrats over the holidays

Note: Our scheduled guest, Cherylyn Harley LeBon of Project 21 could not join us since she was delayed returning from another commitment. We will be rescheduling her appearance, so stay tuned.

Obama says “so long, Suckers” and jets off on his $4million Hawaiian holiday, leaving Congress to deal with the “fiscal cliff,” after telling Boehner, Michael Corleone-style “my offer is nothing.” (ICKS-nay on the “Cliffmas” talk, please.)

Speaker Boehner’s Plan B Exposes Obama’s Grade-A Tax-the-Rich Lie – Investors.com

Will Speaker Boehner be replaced? Who would want this job?

WSJ: Obama threatened Boehner that he’ll use Inauguration & SOTU speches to blame GOP | WashingtonExaminer.com

Bizarro World: Oblivious gun grabbers Rev. Al Sharpton interviews radical priest Father Michael Pfleger on the 24/7 nuthouse MS-NBC, and they lament the gun violence in Chicago, which has the most restrictive gun laws in the country. (

2nd Amendment Update with Rich Pearson, Illinois State Rifle Association

Vacuous Hollywood morons team up with Mayor Bloomberg. Yes, it is documented that there are dolphins more intelligent than most of these people.

Federal court ruling on Illinois concealed carry ban sets stage for appeal, legislative battle – Washington Post

At a Friday press event, NRA CEO and Exec VP Wayne LaPierre tells the truth about what will work to make schools safe. Lame Stream Media, predictably, goes nuts.

NRA’s LaPierre misses opportunity in anti-gun-control rant after Newtown massacre – NYPOST.com

Daily News America – Breaking national news, video, and photos – Homepage – NY Daily News

On ABC’s “This Week,” Grover Norquist injects some common sense, reminding Georgie S and viewers that when Bill Clinton proposed the same idea, armed cops in schools, everyone thought it was a perfectly rational idea. Another example of Rahm “Tiny Dancer” Emanuel’s “never let a crisis go to waste.” (audio at ~1:49:45)

Wayne LaPierre exposes Michael Bloomberg’s hypocrisy, which I reminded listeners is like Barack Obama’s “Cook County” plan for the entire country. (~1:23)

Months Before Shooting, “Civil Liberties” Groups Defeated Conn. Law Aimed at the Violent Mentally Ill : The Republican Party Animals

The Lame Stream Media didn’t think Barack Obama’s bizarre self-absorbed blathering about his family vacation at the late Sen. Daniel Inouye’s memorial service, but we did.

Obama Uses Funeral Service to Talk About Himself | The Weekly Standard

Even the liberals noticed:

Barack Obama’s eulogy to Daniel Inouye told us more about the president than the memory of a remarkable senator. – Slate Magazine

Flashback: Obama pays tribute to Neil Armstrong, the only way he knows how | The Daily Caller

Eric Dondero on Boycotting Democrats — Daily Intelligencer

Rules of Engagement – Ricochet.com (chart that humorist Rob Long plans to hand out to liberals at holiday gatherings before he decides to converse with them about politics)

Remember, these political arguments can get pretty heated:

Wife runs husband over during political argument – FOX5 Vegas – KVVU

Teri O'Brien – America's Original Conservative Warrior Princess

Committing Common Sense in the Age of Obama

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