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1. #1
   On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:40 am, Freddy said:

   Yes, Obama is a wee bit socialistic, but what really makes Obama special is his unbridled enthusiasm to favor his friends.

   Obama is the WORST president in my lifetime.

2. #2
   On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:40 am, tarpon said:

   Like the MMS of old, drop contributions in the slot on the backdoor.

3. #3
   On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:41 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

   Maitre D: And finally, monsieur, a waiver-thin mint.

   Mr Creosote: No.

   Maitre D: Oh sir! It’s only a tiny little thin one.

   Mr Creosote: No. @#$% off – I’m full… [Belches]

   Maitre D: Oh sir… it’s only waiver thin.

   Mr Creosote: Look – I couldn’t eat another thing. I’m absolutely stuffed. Bugger off.

   Maitre D: Oh sir, just… just one…

   Mr Creosote: Oh all right. Just one.

   Maitre D: Just the one, sir… voila… bon appetit…

   [Mr Creosote somehow manages to stuff the waiver-thin mint into his mouth and then swallows. The Maitre D takes a flying leap and cowers behind some potted plants. There is an ominous splitting sound. Mr Creosote looks rather helpless and then he explodes, covering waiters, diners, and technicians in a truly horrendous mix of half digested food, entrails and parts of his body. People start vomiting.]
   Maitre D: [returns to Mr Creosote's table] Thank you, sir, and now the check.

4. #4
   On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:47 am, TooMuchTime said:

   Hey, it’s tax season. Can I get a waiver so I don’t have to pay?

5. #5
   On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:54 am, thejim said:

   How soon can we rid our great nation of OBambi and associates?

6. #6
   On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:55 am, Southpaw said:

   I’m all in favor of this waiver. There is one of these nice shiny, new, clean, gas turbine power plants up the road from where I live (thank you Enron). The steam looks kind of pretty rising up in the morning.

   BTW, I hear Texas is having some power shortage problems and having to import power from Mexico. Since it’s going to get up to 80 degrees in Socal this weekend, we’ll be happy to send some of our extra power over to y’all. (It may be kind of expensive though).

7. #7
   On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:55 am, txvet2 said:

   Nothing surprising here. Very “socialistic” for the ruling class to exempt themselves and their friends from the rules they enforce for the peasants.

8. #8
   On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:58 am, txvet2 said:

   On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:55 am, Southpaw said:

   BTW, I hear Texas is having some power shortage problems and having to import power from Mexico. Since it’s going to get up to 80 degrees in Socal this weekend, we’ll be happy to send some of our extra power over to y’all. (It may be kind of expensive though).

   You may be, whether you want to or not. That’s the way the national power grid works. The shortage is temporary and was avoidable, and they reaped enough negative publicity from it that I think it may cause a few future problems for the idiot bureaucrats who caused it. It only involved a few cities, by the way, and didn’t include my power sources (which are mainly hydro and natural gas). Now if my well had only not frozen up yesterday, I’d be on easy street.

9. #9
   On February 3rd, 2011 at 12:01 pm, Flyoverman said:

   The level of corruption in this administration is staggering.

   I think at times I live in a Third World country run by a band of thugs.

10. #10
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 12:01 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    “It’s Chinatown Chicagotown.”

11. #11
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 12:02 pm, txvet2 said:

    Here’s the official line and they’re sticking to it. Of course, building another coal fired plant or finishing the new reactor at STMP would have prevented the problem, but don’t expect that to come up.

12. #12
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 12:03 pm, wildcat84 said:

    Someone needs to apply for a waiver, get denied, then sue the pants off the Regime for violating the Constitution.

    The Constitution MANDATES equal protection under the law. The Regime can’t “waive” laws for some but not all.

    Clearly the Obama Regime is well aware of the fact that both Obamacare and their EPA policies are destructive because they ARE granting these waivers left and right to their cronies.

    Seriously, these waivers for “Friends of the Regime”, especially for the unions such as SEIU, who have contributed tens of millions of dollars direct and in kind to it could be the biggest political corruption scandal in our history.

13. #13
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 12:05 pm, RedDog said:

    America needs a permanent waiver from Democrats and other miscelleneous Socialists.

14. #14
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 12:19 pm, RedDog said:

    Nukes, nukes, refinery, nukes, coal, nukes, oil shale, natural gas, nukes.Decommission the EPA, and Departments of Education and Housing. That should do it.

15. #15
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 12:25 pm, Southpaw said:

    On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:58 am, txvet2 said:
    That’s the way the national power grid works. The shortage is temporary and was avoidable, and they reaped enough negative publicity from it that I think it may cause a few future problems for the idiot bureaucrats who caused it.

    What’s always made America great is facing new problems and obstacles and overcoming them.

    Progressives will never understand this. The power shortage in California was caused by the lack of new plants. When the blackouts started, the state was forced to build new plants or watch the state plunge into darkness.

    Same goes with water. Desalinization plants are probably going to be the way to solve the water needs, but the enviro-wacos will go insane anytime you propose building a new industrial facility along the coast. The “we all have to learn to live with less water” mantra will eventually end up in epic-fail.

    All those green solar energy projects (green jobs, jobs, jobs) the are being planned out in the desert – they’re being challenged in the courts by the environmentalists.

    Stupid “progressives”. What an oxymoron. They’d have us all going back to living in caves or grass huts. That’s “progress”?

16. #16
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 12:29 pm, love2rumba said:

    Stupid “progressives”. What an oxymoron. They’d have us all going back to living in caves or grass huts. That’s “progress”?

    Why, yes! Progressivism is nothing more than Neo-Monarchism.

17. #17
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 12:33 pm, cheapseat said:

    Gee, you thought our laws and legal system was supposed to apply equally to rich and poor alike. Lady justice is blindfolded so she can’t see the waivers being passed out to the Chicago Thugocracy crowd. IT IS THE CHICAGO WAY.

18. #18
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 12:48 pm, txvet2 said:

    On February 3rd, 2011 at 12:29 pm, love2rumba said:

    Exactly right. Socialism/liberalism/progressivism is nothing but a return to autarchy, and the “progressives” fancy themselves to be the hereditary rulers.

19. #19
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 1:03 pm, Hangfire said:

    On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:40 am, Freddy said:
    Obama is the WORST president in my lifetime.

    And he’s younger than me. That realllllly burns.

20. #20
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 1:03 pm, rightisright said:

    Jeffrey Immel, is a thug and traitor to America and GE wearing a suite and tie.

21. #21
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 1:13 pm, GladzKravtz said:

    Never let a good crisis go to waste.

    Wasn’t that the phrase? This week’s blizzard, chaos in Egypt and unrest in middle east should get us galvanized to push for removing the restrictions on drilling and refining here in the US.

22. #22
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 1:41 pm, UglyBagOfMostlyWater said:

    Jeffrey Immel, is a thug and traitor to America and GE wearing a suite and tie.

    That may be, but I’ll tell you this — I’m loading up on GE stock like right now. Hopefully the profits I make from BO’s cronyism will at least counteract the shafting he’s giving me in other areas.

23. #23
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 2:28 pm, rambler said:

    This waver thing is going to spin out of control for this administration. The policies created will come back and crush DC. The tipping point is coming.

24. #24
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 2:56 pm, flmom said:

    Wonder what would happen if the system was overwhelmed by a flood of waiver requests a la Fox-Piven?

25. #25
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 4:14 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Freddy said:

    Yes, Obama is a wee bit socialistic, but what really makes Obama special is his unbridled enthusiasm to favor his friends.

    Obama is the WORST president in my lifetime. of all time.

    Freddy, let’s take the long view.

26. #26
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 4:14 pm, Truesoldier said:

    If this isn’t blatant crony capitalism then I don’t knwo what is. Just look at GE over the past few weeks. The Obama administration allows NBC and Comcast to merge (GE owns NBC), Immelt is named to Obama’s econic advisory council the same day, and now we find out that GE gets a global warming waiver. I really do hope that the House Republicans actually do an investigation into this and the many other waivers and not just a Dog and Pony show investigation for the cameras.

27. #27
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 4:16 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Now if my well had only not frozen up yesterday, I’d be on easy street.

    Too hot with all that global warming – freezing was inevitable. Please call Al for a science lesson…

28. #28
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 4:16 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Flyoverman said:
    I think at times I live in a Third World country run by a band of thugs.

    I hate to break it to you…

29. #29
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 4:50 pm, glockomatic said:

    The Obama administration will spare a stalled power plant project in California from the newest federal limits on greenhouse gases and conventional air pollution

    Of all the places that deserve to be subject to those asinine regulations, you’d think California would be. Nice to see those who scream the loudest about the environment are managing to dodge the bullet they’ve sent at the rest of the country.

30. #30
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 4:51 pm, J S Ragman said:

    On February 3rd, 2011 at 12:25 pm, Southpaw said:

    Same goes with water. Desalinization plants are probably going to be the way to solve the water needs, but the enviro-wacos will go insane anytime you propose building a new industrial facility along the coast. The “we all have to learn to live with less water” mantra will eventually end up in epic-fail.

    You’d think they would want to find a way to use up all that extra seawater that’s coming from the melting polar icecaps. What with global warming, and all.

31. #31
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 5:48 pm, Southpaw said:

    On February 3rd, 2011 at 4:51 pm, J S Ragman said:
    You’d think they would want to find a way to use up all that extra seawater that’s coming from the melting polar icecaps. What with global warming, and all.

    Just another piece of Progressive insanity. The Sierra Club members are open borders advocates:
    – They support the mass migration of people from low resource consuming countries to the country that has the highest per capita resource consumption. (Stupid piled on top of moronic.)
    - The Sierra foothills are being environmentally devastated by the marijuana growing (we’re talking industrial scale here) by the Mexican drug cartels.

32. #32
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 10:48 pm, Papa Louie said:

    So when are they going to start granting wavers to Obama’s friends and supporters so they don’t have to pay penalties or interest when they get caught not paying their taxes?

    Oh wait… They already have!

    …[Tim-The-Tax-Cheat] Geithner paid no IMF Social Security taxes from 2001 to 2004. An IRS audit in 2006 caught the mistake, but only for 2003 and 2004. Geithner paid nearly $17,000 in unpaid taxes, but they waived penalties. — cbsnews.com

    It’s worse than I thought. He only paid taxes on half of the years he defrauded the IRS and they still waived all penalties. Can I get a deal like that?

    First, our politicians believed Geithner and let him off the hook when he admitted that he was too stupid to understand tax law. Then they put him in charge of the Treasury and the IRS because he was the only man smart enough to run them! The ruling elite sure think we’re stupid.

33. #33
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:02 pm, Republicanvet said:

    On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:41 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Maitre D: [returns to Mr Creosote's table] Thank you, sir, and now the check.

    For that to be accurate Rogue, the Maitre D would have to give the check to the guy at the next table.

34. #34
    On February 4th, 2011 at 9:00 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:02 pm, Republicanvet said:
    On February 3rd, 2011 at 11:41 am, Rogue Cheddar said:

    Maitre D: [returns to Mr Creosote's table] Thank you, sir, and now the check.
    For that to be accurate Rogue, the Maitre D would have to give the check to the guy at the next table.

    It’s accurate if you liken Mr. Creosote to Big Government, he has deep pockets (IRS), the other tables (taxpayers) are paying the bill, whether they know it or not. Mr. Creosote’s check is actually blank, the checks at all the other tables are not.