http://gatewaypundit.rightnetwork.com/2010/12/jimmy-mcmillan-on-presidential-run-tell-obama-im-coming-after-his-black-a/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gatewaypundit2+%28Gateway+Pundit%29

Jimmy McMillan, the leader of “The Rent Is Too Damn High” Party announced his run for president this week.

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Ben Smith at The Politico reported:

Because life is short, I try generally to avoid irrelevant joke candidacies (particularly ones whose views have a slightly sinister tinge) in this space, but it seems worth noting that the semi-coherent Jimmy McMillan of “The Rent Is Too Damn High Party” fame is attempting to take his black-gloved act national.

He announced his campaign for the presidency on the libertarian-leaning Revolution Radio yesterday.

The tag line: “Tell Obama I’m coming after his black ass.”

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http://michellemalkin.com/2010/12/26/undrained-swamp/

Every Day is Christmas in the Undrained Swamp
By Doug Powers • December 26, 2010 01:12 PM

**Written by Doug Powers

It must be nice to get caught in an “oversight” to the tune of several thousand dollars, and not have to pay an extra penalty of any sort:

U.S. Rep. John Conyers said today he has reimbursed the U.S. Treasury $5,682 to cover any period in which his son could have driven a Cadillac Escalade leased at taxpayer expense.

The Free Press reported last month that John Conyers III had driven the 2010 Escalade Hybrid, registered to his father’s congressional office, at least twice.

Early Thanksgiving morning, the younger Conyers reported to Detroit Police the theft of two computers and $27,000 in concert tickets from the vehicle while parked downtown. The Free Press subsequently found court records showing that the younger Conyers received a speeding ticket while driving the same vehicle in September.

Conyers said he had reimbursed the U.S. Treasury $5,682 based on the “per diem cost of the vehicle for every day my son could conceivably have had access to the vehicle.”

His office did not provide further details on how the reimbursement was calculated, but that amount would be equal to about 4 1/2 months of the lease price.

“It is unlikely that his usage was anywhere near this high,” Conyers said, “but, in an abundance of caution, I want to be sure that there is no cost to the taxpayers whatsoever for any possible non-official use of the car.”

You know you’re dealing with a member of Congress when he considers paying for the use of his own car for just over four months of his 45 years in the House to be excessively punishing himself.

Only in government corruption — er, I mean “rules oversights” — is there often no interest on the principle when it comes to punishment. Wouldn’t life be a lot less stressful if you knew you could “accidentally” fail to report income on your tax forms, knowing that all the IRS would do if they found out would be to make you pay what you owed on that income with no additional fines or other penalties (you might also get offered a position in the Treasury Department). Or what would happen if the police stopped you in the parking lot of a department store, pointed out the flat screen TV you “forgot” you stuffed down the back of your coat, and the only thing the law called for was for you to give the TV back? There wouldn’t be any TVs left in the store within a week, that’s what. But the rules are different in the undrained swamp.

So far the issues of the computers and $27,000 worth of concert tickets have been flying conspicuously under-the-radar in this story.

A little advice for the government: Make sure Conyers’ reimbursement check isn’t drawn on the same account as his drivers license renewal.

**Written by Doug Powers

Twitter @ThePowersThatBe

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http://michellemalkin.com/2010/12/27/obama-eagles/

Obama Calls Eagles Owner, Thanks Him for Giving Michael Vick a 2nd Chance
By Doug Powers • December 27, 2010 10:56 AM

**Written by Doug Powers

The Humane Society endorsed Obama in 2008, but maybe the president knows this is becoming safer political territory on which to tread, because less than two weeks ago the president of the Humane Society said he’s open to Vick one day being allowed to own dogs again.

From Sports Grid:

Obama, it seems, is squarely in the “credit Vick for making good on another chance” camp. King said last night that Obama called Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and commended him for giving Vick the second chance many ex-prisoners never receive. King reiterated that report in a later tweet:

Yes, Obama called Eagle owner Jeffrey Lurie to praise the Eagles for giving Vick a chance. Said too many prisoners never get fair 2d chance.

This is supposedly a “pat on the back” for an owner open to second chances, but here’s a wildly rhetorical question: Would this call have been made if Vick had been having a lousy season? I mean, should the success or failure of a second chance be judged solely by QB rating? Heck, would the call have been made if Lurie wasn’t such a big Democrat/Obama supporter? The “second chance” that might be at the back of Obama’s mind is the 2012 election.

In any case, I have an uneasy suspicion that this could culminate in a shamelessly publicized (of course) “Alpo summit” at the White House to which Bo, if he’s smart, will send his regrets.

**Written by Doug Powers

Twitter @ThePowersThatBe

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http://michellemalkin.com/2010/12/23/us-senator-writes-letter-to-santa-about/

US Senator Writes Letter to Santa About Global Warming… No, Seriously
By Doug Powers • December 23, 2010 11:09 PM

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http://right-mind.us/blogs/blog_0/archive/2010/12/26/78226.aspx

National Review: 70% of the nation's most bankrupt cities are run by Democrats.

Now here’s a big surprise for you.

From National Review:

Have a gander at America’s 17 most-bankrupt cities, and consider the party variable: Two Republican mayors, two independents, one city so bankrupt that it is in state receivership — and twelve Democratic mayors, meaning the Democrats lead 70.5 percent of the most-bankrupt cities, by my always-suspect English-major math.

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http://www.businessinsider.com/americas-most-bankrupt-cities-2010-12?slop=1#slideshow-start

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http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/12/24/epa-moves-to-unilaterally-impose-carbon-caps/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BigGovernment+%28Big+Government%29

EPA Moves to Unilaterally Impose Carbon Caps

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/26/napolitano-used-airport-pat-downs/?test=latestnews

Napolitano Defends Clapper's Obliviousness to Britain Terror Arrests

Published December 27, 2010

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http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/new-york-times-concedes-decades-overspending_524954.html

The New York Times Concedes 'Decades of Overspending' by State Governments

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