L.A. May Appoint “Film Czar”–Why not Obama…he’s running everything else, isn’t he?

My nominee for "film czar." He can do anything!

After years of declining movie production in Los Angeles County, the city may finally get an official devoted to keeping Hollywood here, and happy.

How much is the decline in production? A whole lot.  This year, only three big-budget movies have applied for permits to shoot in Los Angeles, according to Film LA, which issues them.

That compares to 21 major feature films – meaning those with budgets higher than $80 million – that shot on the streets of the city in 2008.  And that figure is down from the peak of 71 films shot with permits in L.A. in 1996.

To many, that feels like red-zone territory.

At a city council meeting on Wednesday, council president Eric Garcetti announced that he would propose the appointment of a “film czar” to focus on film industry efforts and relations with the studios.

Garcetti spokeswomen Julie Wong said Garcetti is not considering any candidates for the new position yet, and he hasn’t decided whether the “czar” will come from the entertainment industry or city government.

“We need a point person. Somebody who can understand the policies and reach out to the studios and producers and tell them how to take advantage,” Wong said. “It’s too early to tell who that person might be.”

B.S. Report–How about a “Business Czar”?  Someone with the responsibility to try and keeps businesses from leaving the once “Golden State.”  Productive people and companies are flying out of town so fast that “Hollywood” may be the only industry left in L.A.

First order of business for our new “Business Czar”?  Cut taxes…no, make that slash taxes across the board.  Gee, that was easy.

3 Insane Knuckleheads Trade 2 Children For A Cockatoo…

Okay bird, talk! Where are the kids? "I know nothing...I know nothing..."

This from the Smoking Gun website…

FEBRUARY 26–A trio of Louisiana nitwits agreed to swap two young children for a $1500 cockatoo and $175, police charge. The deranged exchange was hatched after Donna Greenwell, a 51-year-old trucker, learned that the bird was being offered for sale by Brandy Romero, 27, and Paul Romero, 46.

According to Evangeline Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators, Brandy Romero told cops that Greenwell contacted her and said that while she could not afford the cockatoo’s price tag, she did have children to trade (in a bid to sell the bird, the Romeros posted a flyer at a barn, where Greenwell spotted the notice, which included a photo of the cockatoo). Investigators have determined that Greenwell is not the mother of the children, a four-year-old girl and a five-year-old boy.

It appears as if the children, whose mother is a criminal fugitive, have resided with various families over the past several years, and have spent the past year in the custody of Greenwell, a convicted pedophile with a lengthy rap sheet. Greenwell and the Romeros, pictured below in photos released by the Evangeline sheriff, have each been charged with aggravated kidnapping. The children swapped for the bird are now living with a temporary foster family, according to investigator Keith Dupre, who added that the cockatoo was recovered from Greenwell’s home, where two other birds resided.

When confronted by deputies, Greenwell denied trading the children for the bird, which she claimed was simply given to her by the Romeros.  (Read more.)

B.S. Report–Take A Look At The Sterling Cast Of Characters:  All excellent examples of Louisiana in-breeding.

These 3 "guys" are a real piece of work.

Freedom Quote Of The Day

“Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws.  On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty, and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place.”

–Frederic Bastiat

Republicans rip Obama Budget…Yeah, but where were your “gonads” when you had a chance to do something about it?…

Republican dwarfs: "Useless, Cowardly, Gutless, Wimpy and Grumbly"...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. congressional Republicans, having vowed to return to the conservative ideals of limited government, denounced President Barack Obama’s $3.55 trillion budget on Thursday as excessive and misdirected.

While Obama’s fellow Democrats control Congress, he will need the support of fiscal moderates and conservatives in his party, and possibly some Republicans, to pass any budget.

Republicans, already angry over Obama’s success in passing a $787 billion economic stimulus package without their support, indicated they were ready to fight.

Republicans, already angry over Obama’s success in passing a $787 billion economic stimulus package without their support, indicated they were ready to fight.

“I have serious concerns with this budget, which demands hard-working American families and job creators turn over more of their hard-earned money to the government to pay for unprecedented spending increases,” said Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell.

Obama’s first budget proposal, for the 2010 fiscal year, includes steps to end the deepening recession while also enacting a bold agenda to expand healthcare, upgrade schools, move the U.S. toward energy independence and roll back tax cuts for the rich.

It also foresees a $1.75 trillion deficit for the 2009 fiscal year, but would reduce it to $533 billion by 2013.

“I think we just ought to admit we’re broke. We can’t continue to pile debt on the backs of our kids and grandkids,” said House Republican Leader John Boehner.  (Read more.)

B.S. Report–I really think the Republicans are happy to be out of power.  Now they get to act like they have a spine.  But we all saw how much backbone they had when they were in charge and did nothing to advance conservative principles–though they owned most of the power for 12 years.

Now they get to spend all their time yapping away like little chihuahua’s when it doesn’t count for anything.  It’s a whole lot easier to act like you have principles when there’s no pressure on you to be held to account.  I’m not convinced.

Lady sues for $500 Grand–Neighbor’s Chihuahua won’t shut up…

"Yo quiero, Yo quiero, Yo quiero, Yo quiero...." Shut-up already...

Ay-yi-yi, Chihuahuas! An Upper West Side woman has filed a $500,000 lawsuit charging that her downstair’s yappy little dogs are driving her loco.

In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, lawyer Paulette Taylor says Theodore Henderson’s two Chihuahuas “bark in a manner that is offensive, constant, continuous and incessant.”

The mighty miniatures are loud enough to be heard outside of Henderson’s apartment and inside hers – and she can’t take it anymore.

Taylor, 62, says in the suit that the dogs have her so stressed that she can’t sleep. The suit adds that Henderson “may even be guilty of inciting his Chihuahuas to bark.”

Taylor has complained to Henderson and to the management of their building at 382 Central Park West for well over a year, but they’ve done nothing, said her lawyer, Jacqueline Bukowski.

“We’re asking for a restraining order against the dogs,” Bukowski said, or “some sort of soundproofing” to block the barking from coming into Taylor’s apartment, which is directly above Henderson’s.

Henderson could not be reached for comment. A lawyer for the building’s management company, Maxwell-Kates Inc., said he had not been served with a copy of the suit and couldn’t comment on it.

The suit seeks $500,000 from Henderson, Maxwell-Kates and the building’s owners for Taylor’s “emotional and physical distress.”

B.S. Report–Good luck with your suit, lady.  I’m no fan of chihuahua’s or other little “yappy” dogs, but there’s no chance you’re getting half a mil from your neighbor…especially in Manhattan.

What you need to do is find yourself a noise that your neighbor finds obnoxious and play it non-stop day and night.”  Perhaps the sound of a chihuahua being barbequed…

Treasury Sells $22 Billion in Securities…Record Amount of Debt

Record Amount of Debt

Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) — Treasuries fell for a third day as the government sold $22 billion of seven-year notes in the last of three auctions this week as it issues an unprecedented amount of debt to spur the U.S. economy.

Declines were led by 10- and 30-year securities. President Barack Obama’s administration forecast a budget deficit of $1.75 trillion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. That’s 23 percent higher than a forecast by economists at primary dealer Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and equivalent to about 12 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product.

“This mountain of supply isn’t going to go away any time soon,” said Kevin Flanagan, a Purchase, New York-based fixed- income strategist for Morgan Stanley’s individual-investor clients. “If Obama or Congress cannot offset some of the spending with tax increases, or in cutting back on other spending, then the difference has to be made up with Treasury issuance.”

The 10-year note’s yield rose seven basis points, or 0.07 percentage point, to 3.00 percent at 5:05 p.m. in New York, according to BGCantor Market Data. It slid to a record low of 2.04 percent on Dec. 18 and averaged 4.65 percent in the past decade. The 2.75 percent security due February 2019 fell 18/32, or $5.63 per $1000 face amount, to 97 30/32.

The 30-year bond yield increased eight basis points to 3.67 percent. The two-year note yielded 1.09 percent after touching 1.11 percent, a three-month high.

U.S. stocks declined, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index falling 1.6 percent after earlier gaining as much as 1.9 percent.

‘It Never Ends’

Treasuries pared losses after today’s seven-year note sale yielded 2.748 percent, compared with an average forecast of 2.715 in a Bloomberg News survey of seven trading firms. The government last issued seven-year notes in April 1993, when it sold $9.76 billion at a yield of 5.58 percent.

The seven-year auction’s so-called bid-to-cover ratio, which gauges demand by comparing the number of bids to the amount of securities sold, was 2.11. Indirect bidders, a class of investors that includes foreign central banks, were awarded 38.7 percent of today’s sale. Comparable data is not available from the government.

The government sold a record $94 billion of notes this week.  (Read more.)

B.S. Report–We’re never going to offset this amount of spending with tax hikes.  We need to massively cut spending!  I suggest we close several useless departments in the federal government–starting with the executive branch.

Clint Eastwood: “We’re All Spending Too Much Time Being Politically Correct”

Hi ya Clint-Where have you been the last 20 years?

London, February 27 (ANI): Acting legend Clint Eastwood , 79, apparently believes that political correctness has rendered modern society humourless, for he accuses younger generations of spending too much time trying to avoid being offensive.

The Dirty Harry star insists that he should be able to tell harmless jokes about nationality without fearing that people may brand him “a racist”.

“People have lost their sense of humour. In former times we constantly made jokes about different races. You can only tell them today with one hand over your mouth or you will be insulted as a racist,” the Daily Express quoted him as saying.

“I find that ridiculous. In those earlier days every friendly clique had a ‘Sam the Jew’ or ‘Jose the Mexican’ – but we didn’t think anything of it or have a racist thought. It was just normal that we made jokes based on our nationality or ethnicity. That was never a problem. I don’t want to be politically correct.

We’re all spending too much time and energy trying to be politically correct about everything,” he added.

B.S. Report–Up until Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood has spent his most recent years making “politically correct” pictures like “Million Dollar Baby” and “Bridges of Madison County.”

It seemed like he was trying to undue his “tough guy” persona.  Even his politics drifted to the left.  Now, as he approaches age 80 he seems to have awoken from his little coma.  “It’s good to have you back, Clint.”

Nurses Fired For Taking Pictures Of X-Rays Showing Object Lodged in Patient’s… “Tailgate”

Nurses Fired For Inappropriate Behavior

LAKE GENEVA, Wis. — Nurses accused of photographing a patient and posting the pictures on the Internet have been fired.

The investigation started with an anonymous call from an employee at Mercy Walworth Medical Center in Lake Geneva, with the allegation that a nurse took pictures of a patient with her cell phone and posted them on her Facebook page.

Last week, the nurse told 12 News she never posted the pictures on the Internet. Investigators have since interviewed the nurse and said she offered more details. “There were two nurses that independently took a picture each of an X-ray of a patient,” Walworth County Undersheriff Kurt Picknell said. The patient was admitted to the emergency room with an object lodged in his rectum.

Police said the nurse explained she and a co-worker snapped photos when they learned it was a sex device. Police said discussion about the incident was posted on her Facebook page, but they haven’t found anyone who actually saw the pictures. The nurse removed her Facebook page from the Internet last week.

Without more, Picknell said this conduct does not appear to violate any state laws. He has referred the case to the FBI.”We’ve notified federal authorities of this allegation to see if there are federal violations, most notably HIPAA violations, patient rights,” he said. The hospital did not return a call seeking comment.

B.S. Report–Lets see, Wisconsin, right?  What NFL football team plays there?  Exactly!  My sources have concluded that this guy obviously is, or once was, a member of  “The Packers.”

Hey Brett...let me see your X-Rays!

Dick Morris Says Obama is a Global “Paul Revere” spreading panic…

Morris: Obama The Cause Of The Panic

"Obama's turning a recession into a catastrophe."

Ultimately, all recessions and depressions resolve themselves into crises of confidence. The instant, global, 24/7 communications of today make them ever more so.  President Obama, in his pursuit of liberal big-government spending, has totally neglected the role of the president of the United States in reversing global panic.  To the contrary, his every remark and the constant preoccupation of his Cabinet is to heighten the sense of crisis and to escalate the predictions of doom if we do not do as they tell us and raise spending now and taxes later.

Instead of being a firewall, reassuring Main Street even as Wall Street crashed, he has become a conduit of panic, spreading the mood of desperation from the stock exchange floor to kitchen tables across the world.

There are bad loans, which became bad assets, that lie at the root of the crisis. Through deregulation by the government and the greed of financial institutions, they spread to every portfolio in the world. But these basic facts have metastasized out of all proportion to their real harm into job and financial insecurity for every family on Earth.  It is President Obama, not the markets themselves, who has spread this fear. A global Paul Revere, he has not only aroused us, but incited fear and trepidation in his wake.  (Read more.)

B.S. Report– Dick Morris is questioning Obama’s leadership but he also realizes the fact that Obama benefits by this situation.  Obama knows exactly what he’s doing…exacerbating the fear and using it to fulfill his agenda.

Morris believes that Obama is running out of time to blame everything, most notably the stock market, on the failures of President Bush.  I don’t know if that’s true–I think a lot of it depends on how willing the media are to accept anything “the anointed one” says without question…so far, they are very willing.

But many of them own stock, many have pension plans and 401k’s that Obama is quickly destroying.  Eventually, that has to get their attention–at least you’d think so.

Yikes! Obama’s Trillion Dollar Tax Hike

Obama’s 10-year “wealth-transfer” plan

President Obama’s budget proposes $989 billion in new taxes over the course of the next 10 years, starting fiscal year 2011, most of which are tax increases on individuals.

1) On people making more than $250,000.

$338 billion – Bush tax cuts expire
$179 billlion – eliminate itemized deduction
$118 billion – capital gains tax hike

Total: $636 billion/10 years

2) Businesses:

$17 billion – Reinstate Superfund taxes
$24 billion – tax carried-interest as income
$5 billion – codify “economic substance doctrine”
$61 billion – repeal LIFO
$210 billion – international enforcement, reform deferral, other tax reform
$4 billion – information reporting for rental payments
$5.3 billion – excise tax on Gulf of Mexico oil and gas
$3.4 billion – repeal expensing of tangible drilling costs
$62 million – repeal deduction for tertiary injectants
$49 million – repeal passive loss exception for working interests in oil and natural gas properties
$13 billion – repeal manufacturing tax deduction for oil and natural gas companies
$1 billion – increase to 7 years geological and geophysical amortization period for independent producers
$882 million – eliminate advanced earned income tax credit

Total: $353 billion/10 years

B.S. Report–Don’t worry, it will never stop with the so-called   “rich.”  Just in case you think these tax cuts are on “the other guy,” it’s always a good policy to remember:  “YOU ARE THE OTHER GUY!”

President Obama wants us subservient and docile…and beholden to the all-powerful “state.”

Obama won't be happy until "The State" has all of us bent over and ready to receive our marching orders...