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With the advent of ObamaCare, Barack Obama said in 2009 that we must consider pulling the plug on granny (Your granny, not his), or at least choose withhold treatment with old people and tell them to "take the pain painkiller." Now he's threatening to withhold granny's Social Security check (Your granny, not his) unless he gets more tax money to spend irresponsibly.

James Taranto at the WSJ's Best of the Web explains the rationale behind the president's threat to withhold social security checks for millions of American seniors (and others) if he doesn't get his way on the infamous "debt ceiling" debate:

"For this he drew plaudits from what used to be called the mainstream media. 'Obama Grasping Centrist Banner in Debt Impasse' read the New York Times headline. The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza dubbed him 'Dad-in-Chief,' explaining: 'Boil Obama's message down and you get this: Adults sometimes have to do things that they don't want to do. This is one of those times. So, let's get it done.'

"The kids are acting up, so he threatens to starve Granny to death. That's just how a strong father behaves."

His team sent a press release this morning. Here's the text:

"One of the most decorated Vietnam War veterans and youngest Captains of the U.S. Army, David A. Christian of Bucks County, announced his launch of an Exploratory Committee to survey a bid for the 2012 U.S. Senate seat currently held by Bob Casey Jr.

Christian, a veteran's advocate and Philadelphia businessman, has worked with various federal agencies including the U.S. Department of Labor, under four U.S. Presidential Administrations in Washington D.C. He is especially proud of his work in developing jobs, outreach programs and assisting returning war veterans in transitioning back to civilian life. Christian has consistently demonstrated his commitment to veterans. He was responsible for drafting some of the first Agent Orange legislation and for founding assistance programs which established Pennsylvania as the first and only state in compliance with federal regulations with respect to serving employment needs combat veterans.

Christian now works as a business consultant with clients both in the United States and abroad. He has extensive knowledge in domestic & international affairs with an emphasis on humanitarian and nation-building efforts (Cambodia/Former USSR/Middle East). He also presently serves as executive at a Philadelphia-based manufacturing company with over 50 employees.

Though the libs are painting the reforms of gummit employee pension and health care benefits as an "attack" on the "middle class," it's really this simple: there's no more money in Jersey. Oh, wait. There is, it's just that Bruce Springsteen and other millionaire "farmers" are keeping it for themselves.

The inept polices of RINOism and Hope 'n Change have brought misery to millions of Americans who did nothing other than mind their own business. There will be hell to pay for politicians, but especially for liberals, who made a bad economy worse.

Slumping poll numbers, a disenchanted public, policies that have failed to produce what was promised have required Obama to do what he always does with sticky problems: give us the "Big Speech" treatment. Judging from the reviews, reaction is a mixed bag at best. Meanwhile, a nation turns its lonely eyes to -- who? Someone, anyone who can get us out of the malaise that has become the Obama Era.

Tepid numbers at best. A few more glittery speeches might bump it over 50 percent, though. How about lowering the sea levels? Has he done that yet? I'm sure that's worth a point or two.

Each time Barack Obama grants a waiver from ObamaCare regs to a favored Dem interest group and or political player, it gives the Right an opportunity to shout how bad the law is. The waivers are a corrupt means to manage the widely despised Patient Death Panel and (un)Affordable Care Act. Obama's political solution to this is to claim he will end the waivers in September. Actually, the administration is quietly gathering all the requests for waivers and will, after Labor Day, grant all wiavers on a single day, reports John Hayward at Human Events. This will not enhance ObamaCare in the public mind, though. The mish-mash of authoritarian government regulations gives billions to the same insurerance companies that the president and his party have condemned. (An irony of which the media rarely comments.) Despite predictions by liberals that all of us would love ObamaCare after it was passed, it remains highly unpopular. Most Americans want the law repealed.  

Of course, the jump in claims is "unexpected," according to Reuters, which includes that word in almost every story on this subject. While Americans were filing for unemployment, Congressman Anthony Weiner, one of the biggest Hope 'n Changers on the planet, was using his time to send pictures of his deal to women he didn't know. For some people, doing the people's business has turned into doing the people.

Congressman Anthony Weiner, a Democrat from New York, may have sent a lewd photo of his crotch to a college student in Seattle last Friday. Oddly, he has since deleted all photos from his account. As he made the media rounds, he artfully dodged direct questions on whether it's his pic. (He told NBC News that he can't say "with certitude" that it's him). He claims he is the victim of a prank, that his Twitter account was hacked. But, in another oddity, he has not asked the FBI to investigate. This is because the FBI would, in about 5 minutes, find the IP address of sender which Weiner obviously does not want disclosed. The reason we should know, as Rachel Maddow said on Wednesday, is that it makes the difference between whether Weiner is a victim or a creep. I'd bet on creep. Truth is symphonic, but the congressman has struck so many discordant notes that, yeah, this Weiner is cooked.

The people who have turned good stewardship of the planet into the neo-pagan religion of "Environmentalism" have won a big court case in San Diego, Calif. aimed at killing holiday fireworks displays. The case against fireworks was brought by the Coastal Environmental Rights Foundation, and a Superior Court judge agreed. So now, July 4 fireworks displays and a host of other fun events will now be subject to the state's onerous California Environmental Quality Act. Such reviews can take a year and cost thousands of dollars for the sponsors of the event, nixing most celebrations due to increased costs. The tree huggers claim that fireworks have grave impacts on wildlife. Marco Gonzalez, a lawyer for the neo-pagans, gloated over the win, telling the San Diego Trib: 

“If you were to sum it up with one word, I would say ‘vindication.’ It’s vindication for the environment ... and it’s vindication for my client because of the amount of disparaging comments and general negativity that was thrown our way when we were told that our lawsuit was frivolous."

These killjoys have a natural home on the political left, and they won't stop at fireworks displays. Wait until they want to control your fireplace or home thermostat.

I say it's global warming, which apparently has armed itself with bullets.