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O'Brien: Obama’s Hidden Plan to Bailout Insurance Company Cronies

By Teri O'Brien - 

On Friday, we noted that after spending nearly four years demonizing “bad apple” insurance companies for selling his simple-minded subjects “substandard” insurance policies, made illegal by his signature “achievement,” suddenly His Royal Highness King Barack has decided that he wants to “work together” to make sure that they can resume doing just that. He invited insurance executives to the White House to apologize to them for all those mean things he said, and to have a friendly exchange of ideas.

No, not really. He invited them to experience the Chicago Way, as in “Nice little company you have there. Shame if anything happened to it.” Of course, it’s not all stick. It turns out there could be a little carrot for the insurance companies if they know what’s good for them and play ball. We’ll unpack that on today’s show.

O'Brien: Obamacare Fiasco -- Rats are Bailing Out of the Sinking Ship

By Teri O'Brien - 

It's so predictable, and so gutless. Allegedly "smart" people embrace a stupid, wrong-headed idea, one that those with an ounce of common sense have warned will be a disaster. Then when the predicted consequences begin to occur, those very same geniuses express their outrage that the thing they supported was enacted in the first place, and proceed to recite all the things that have happened, the very problems they were told would happen.

Here's a good example. The weasels at the Chicago Tribune, Barack Hussein Obama's hometown paper, published an unintentionally hilarious editorial on Monday, entitled Truth, consequences and Obamacare. Here's a few excerpts:

Video games new tool to teach Leftist politics to next generation

"Dave" is halfway between being a Socialist and a Capitalist in the video game "Democracy 3"

By Irene F. Starkehaus - 

I only have to mention the titles and people will see exactly the point that I'm making. Halo, Call of Duty, Hitman: Absolution, Shadows of the Damned…we already know the damaging effects of these ultra-violent and often first person video games have on our kids. They have a reputation that precedes them in terms of the blood, gore and viciousness.

I don't need to tell you that in playing these kinds of games, you or your children will be exposed to extremely graphic violence, sexual content, aberrant behaviors, drug usage and extreme fantasy. I don't need to tell you that if you want your children to make it in the particularly competitive field of headline grabbing psychosis, these games are like the Montessori School for sociopaths. They will get the job done and your child will excel in his or her chosen insanity. That's precisely why the games have earned Mature ratings.

Odd that the term Mature has become synonymous with "suitable for emotionally dead and exceedingly violent people."

O'Brien: Guns, Race and The Railroading of George Zimmerman

By Teri O'Brien - 

Jack Cashill has done it again. He’s a favorite author of Teri O’Brien Show listeners for good reason; specifically, he does the job that the legacy media refuses to do, as in actual journalism that tells us what really happened. He does it the old-fashioned way, by digging deep, assembling the facts and serving up compelling, well-researched articles and books that are a delight to read.

In Deconstructing Obama, he exposed the truth about the actual authorship of Barack Obama’s book, Dreams from My Father.   In the article, “Hillary’s First Big Lie,” which he discussed on this edition of the show, he deconstructs the infamous Clinton “60 Minutes” interview, which he considers the moment when public integrity ceased to be an essential character trait for American politicians. The piece appeared in The American Thinker in January, 2013, right after another infamous Clinton moment, Hillary’s shrill “What difference at this point does it make?” remark before a Senate committee, a rather stunning question to ask about the murder of four brave Americans under her watch.

O'Brien: Hey Obama, You Owe Me $2500

By Teri O'Brien -

Will the Obamacare debacle, a cynical purely political power grab enacted by using bribes, background deals, broken promises, and outright, pre-meditated lies, be the death knell of liberalism? Wouldn’t it be ironic if the election Barack Hussein Obama, the first genuine radical leftist to occupy the Oval Office, exposed once and for all the folly of big government redistributionist policies with his signature “achievement”? Some commentators are suggesting just that. What say you? Listeners to last week’s show heard a montage, over 3 minutes long, in which our Sham WOW (Walks on Water) Pitchman-in-Chief endlessly repeated one of the signature lies he used to con the gullible into accepting this socialist scheme; specifically, that “if you like your current plan, you can keep it.” Now American people are learning the ugly truth, not only about this lie, but others, told in the service of tricking them. In these days just after Halloween, it’s clear that the (Un)Affordable Care Act is all tricks, and for those other than the beneficiaries of “Barack’s stash,” no treats. We’ll hear another montage today, and ask “where’s my $2500?”

O'Brien: Dancing on the Tea Party's Grave

By Teri O'Brien - 

It’s official. Everyone,and by “everyone” I mean all the East Coast Brain Rot afflicted elites in the Establishment GOP and the legacy media, hates Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), and everyone knows that he has destroyed the “Republican brand.” Sen. John McCain (R-Amnesty) says that Sen. Cruz and his ally, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) were on a “fool’s errand” that took attention away from the Obamacare rollout fiasco.

Is he right? Isn’t it more likely that Sen. Cruz is correct when he says that if the Senate Republicans had stood united with the House GOP, and went out across the nation highlighting the ridiculous disaster of the “Affordable Care Act” website, and explaining that it was Barack Obama who refused to negotiate? Of course it is! Just how much did that Obamacare website cost? The number is staggering, especially when you consider that the technology used is not exactly state of the art.

Shocker: Obama and the Democrats are Lying about The Debt Ceiling

By Teri O'Brien - 

Last Tuesday, Barack Hussein Obama held another rare news conference. It was notable, not only because of the stunning failure by the assembled seekers of truth to ask a single question about the disastrous Obamacare rollout, but because he took the opportunity to say the following about his current battle with Speaker John Boehner:

And because it's called raising the debt ceiling, I think a lot of Americans think it's raising our debt. It is not raising our debt. This does not add a dime to our debt. It simply says you pay for what Congress has already authorized America to purchase, whether that's the greatest military in the world or veterans' benefits or Social Security. Whatever it is that Congress has already authorized, what this does is make sure that we can pay those bills.

Pierce: Official Shutdown Campaign Expenditures?

By Sam Pierce -

How demented is the Obama media? Of course, there should be no surprises when it comes to the jug-eared, communist indoctrinated, narcissist who infects the Oval Office and the adoring media's willful omission of his outrageous behavior. These are the very same complicit media outlets who donated untold millions of in-kind campaign contributions to give a man who would, in a sane world, have no greater than a snowball's chance in hell of getting re-elected, a "news" escort back into the once-respected office of the presidency. This media clone of the Ministry of Truth described in Orwell's sadly prophetic "1984" would annhilate a Republican President if his administration attempted any of the brazen acts of contempt exercised by this excuse for a man and his mouthpieces.

This is the very same media that pretends Obama did not decry President Bush's desire to raise the debt ceiling when he was but a fresh-faced junior Marxist in the U.S. Senate. (Many of the words Odumbo read on that day were correct, although today he proves he meant none of them.) Imagine if The White House sent campaign emails such as the following when George Bush was spending our descendants into damnation (which of course, he did) and the government was in a supposed tragic shutdown:

Durbin Opponent Doug Truax on with Teri O'Brien Sunday at 4 CST

By Teri O'Brien - 

The bio on Doug Truax's website says that he is comfortable in the role of the underdog, and he find himself in that role now in his run for U.S. Senate against national embarrassment Sen. Dick "Eddie Haskell" Durbin. (Remember some of the most disgusting and cringe-inducing episodes in the career of the pudgy huckster? Check out this American Thinker piece for an interesting walk down memory lane.)

I want to ask him if he intends to repeat the very unfortunate mistakes of the slow-motion train wreck of last candidate to run against Dick Durbin, the well-intentioned, but hapless, Dr. Steve Sauerberg. That's what the good doctor gets for not taking my advice. Let me say it again. Never doubt me.

O'Brien: Blue Meth Democrats

By Teri O'Brien - 

As he allows himself to be duped by an Iranian charm offensive designed to reduce the pain of economic sanctions and buy time to finish up that nuclear weapon they’ve been working on, and toting his TelePrompTer to another college campaign speech, King Barack has declared that he will not even talk to the Republicans in the House of Representatives.

In fact, as he cozies up to one of the world’s number one sponsors of terrorism, Iran, a country which has suffered very few consequences for many of its murderous acts, including its involvement in 1998 Embassy bombings, his dimwitted mouthpieces refer to Republicans as “terrorists,” “anarchists,” and “suicide bombers.” Yet, which party is the one that refuses to compromise? Which is the one that demands “purity,” on a par with Breaking Bad’s Walter White’s crystal blue meth?

Di Leo: The Self-Righteous Statists of the Healthcare Debate

By John F. Di Leo - 

In the great Rob Reiner costumer, “The Princess Bride,” the hired criminal Vizzini disdainfully objects to the hero Wesley’s efforts to free Princess Buttercup, charging “You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen!”

Back home in Chicago, we have a related saying about ethics in politics: “An honest politician is one who stays bought.”

In either case, the perpetrator of the first crime is offended by the very notion that anyone might dare try to reverse that crime.  The first crime is fine; having once turned the tables on the laws of God and man, none may challenge the new status quo.  In this world, there may be no honor among thieves, but there certainly is a sense of seniority…

Di Leo: Righteous Anger at Leftist Partisanship

 By John F. Di Leo -

On Monday, September 16, 2013, a gunman entered the Washington Navy Yards and began a shooting rampage in which a dozen were killed and still more were wounded.  As America watched in horror, President Barack Hussein Obama delivered a televised rant, attacking Republicans, conservatives, and of course, the law-abiding firearms owners who might have helped to stop the carnage, had they been allowed.

The National Rifle Association has a practice of not talking politics on the day that such events unfold.  Even though such occasions are invariably excellent examples of the need for gun ownership by the law-abiding – in particular, the need for both open carry and concealed carry – both the Second Amendment lobbyists and most conservative politicians try to avoid political arguments during these shootings.  They try to give the country time to absorb, time to breathe, sometimes time to mourn, before discussing the political implications. 

Democrat politicians feel bound by no such rules of decorum.  President Obama’s Monday speech shocked countless Americans with its naked partisanship, delivered while victims just blocks from the Capitol were still on the brink between life and death, while emergency responders were still combing the buildings for perpetrators, transporting the wounded to neighborhood hospitals.   A topic for the week, for awhile equal in volume to the coverage of the shooting itself, was how peculiar it was to hear such rank partisanship and vitriol in the very hour in which real Americans were coming together in mourning and shock.

Fight Like a Girl! Defunding Obamacare

By Teri O'Brien -

Here we go again. The Lame Stream Media will tell you. So will their fellow sufferers of ECBR (East Coast Brain Rot), establishment Republicans and brilliant analysts like the poster boy for that ailment, Karl Rove. Friday’s vote in the House of Representatives to send the Senate a Continuing Resolution to fund every single thing in the federal government, from the Pentagon to other important expenditures of federal funds like studying the genitalia of waterfowl or figuring out why lesbians are fat, with one notable exception, the heinous (Un)Affordable Care Act was a pointless, and even self-destructive gesture. “It will never work.” “It’s impossible,” they wail.

I’m glad these gutless wonders weren’t around in 1775, or we’d be pledging allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen. Yet, not only has Congress enacted several modifications to Obamacare, which King Barack has signed, he himself has decided to unilaterally delay some provisions, give waivers to some of his friends, and otherwise behave like a dictator. The Constitution gives the power of the purse to the House. You’d think a Constitutional scholar like himself would know that, and certainly not mock the House for exercising its responsibility by making the very bizarre claim last week that their actions are those befitting a “banana republic,” when that label is more appropriate for the lawlessness of his gangsta government.

O'Brien: From Barack to a Hard Place to CYA (Congress Your A**)

By Teri O'Brien - 

We might not know who used chemical weapons in Syria, but it’s not as if this latest international crisis hasn’t taught us here in America anything. Barack Obama knows there’s a Congress? Who knew? Just last week, the Regime unilaterally decided to restrict our 2nd amendment rights with a stroke of a pen.

I never thought I’d say it, but at this point, I’m starting to feel a little sorry for Sec. of State, John “Lurch” Kerry, who will today do the “full Ginsberg,” appearing on all five Sunday shows to present Barack Obama’s latest brilliant foreign policy move in the Middle East. Yesterday, after last week’s stunning rebuke of U.K.’s Prime Minister David Cameron, the first British PM to lose a war vote in over 200 years, now Barack Obama, without conceding that he does not have the authority to act against Bashar al-Assad without the consent of Congress, is seeking their approval. I think that all of my SL’s (Smart Listeners) know what’s going on here. Jackass Obama, off the PrompTer, shoots off his mouth, now wants Congress to bail him out by voting against any intervention in Syria. Like everything else he does, it’s cynical political calculation. If they vote no, they’ve gotten him off the hook, helping him avoid looking like a feckless fool for all his talk about “red lines,” which were crossed months ago. If they vote yes, he can pin the blame for another war on them, and have some great fodder for the 2014 election campaign. I know exactly what you’re thinking. I smell leadership!

O'Brien: From Till to Trayvon: How "Far" We've Come

By Teri O'Brien - 

Later today, our Sham WOW (Walks on Water) current occupant of the Oval Office will continue his endless summer of surfing on the mother of all waves of white guilt to try to distract everyone from the retched economy and the disastrous consequences of his "lead from behind" policies in the Middle East, including an imminent military strike on Syria. Since I know that everyone agrees with Eric Holder. We don't talk enough about race in this country, so let's take the occasion of this anniversary to broach a subject that is almost never mentioned.

As I watch all the TV talking heads babbling on about the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "March on Washington," something has been bothering me, but I couldn't figure out exactly what that was, other than my usual irritation at the vapid commentary that these supposedly knowledgeable, pompous windbags pump out non-stop. Now I realize why these commemorations ring not only hollow, but are quite annoying. 

O'Brien: Obama’s Destruction of the Economy-Is it Deliberate?

By Teri O'Brien - 

As Gallup is reported ten days ago, when it comes to his approval rating on the economy, Barry’s going through a rough patch, although with those endless vacations, rounds of golf and celebrity parties, not nearly one as rough as the peasants living his economy. 

President Barack Obama’s approval ratings on handling the nation’s economy have plunged in the past two months, as he and Republicans in Congress prepare to enter a series of fall budget battles this fall.

According to a Gallup survey released Thursday morning, just 35% of survey respondents approve of how Obama is handling the economy, while 62% disapprove.

When things get tough, Barack’s approach isn’t to try to solve problems, or do any of that icky, challenging work stuff. Let’s face it, his previous experience as a street agitator and college lecturer leave him woefully unqualified to do that. So, he takes another approach, like these guys.

O'Brien: Ten Answers to Clueless Liberal Elitist That Asks “Why The Anger?”

By Teri O'Brien - 

Just as NBC News just discovered last week that Obamacare is causing businesses to reduce employees’ hours or lay off people altogether, liberal FOB (Friend of Bill) and economics professor Robert Reich asks in a new op-ed “Why the anger?” in America today. Seriously? Where do we start? This sort of foolish scribbling is why my work is never done. I’ve got ten answers to that question. I’m sure you’d like to add your answer. Please join us live and sound off.

Speaking of sounding off, is there any more insightful, plain spoken font of common sense and penetrating commentary than the Sage of South Central, Larry Elder? No, which is why we are delighted to have him return to the show today. What does he make of the bizarre attempt by the Oprah to portray herself as Rosa Parks because she was allegedly dissed by a European sales clerk in some hoity-toity boutique while attempting to purchase a $38,000 purse? I for one can’t wait to hear his take on that one!

O'Brien: Obama's Ongoing Lying, Shucking and Jiving

By Teri O'Brien - 

What a week! After performing some well-rehearsed schtick with infomercial host Jay Leno on Tuesday night, our Dear Reader ended the week with a gut-busting comedy routine performed in front of an audience of East Coast brain rot afflicted acolytes who managed to do what I thought was impossible; that is, repress the laughter that this routine had to inspire in any intelligent, well-informed observer. Maybe I just swerved into something. “Intelligent, and well-informed observers” would realize how ridiculous what Barack Obama was saying was, and we’re talking the White House press corps here. What was the most hilarious thing that Obama said? When he said he was already fixing that pesky NSA surveillance, which had NOTHING to do with that Snowden guy? When he compared the American people’s lack of trust in the government with whether Michelle could trust him to do the dishes? When he said the government wouldn’t spy on us unless it had to? When he lied about the mean, evil Republicans wanting to stop 30 million people from getting “health care?” When he said that if he had a bored kid in class, he’d look like Putin? (H/T MOTUS, who has a great review of the presser, and which is “Post of the Day” today at teriobrien.com)

Jay Leno's Obama Infomercial

By Teri O'Brien -

You are probably tired of hearing me say that being well-informed today is like being the only adult in a room full of three-year-olds, but I am compelled to say it again, having watched the Celebutard-in-Chief's performance Tuesday night on "The Tonight Show." This slobberfest, featuring Jay Leno as the infomercial interviewer, asking the planted questions was designed to allow the One to continue to deceive the low-information audience that he has conned so effectively for nearly 10 years. Despite what the East Coast brain rot-afflicted herd of allegedly knowledgeable "journalists" and "analysts" tell you about why Barack Obama was re-elected, they are either lying or clueless, probably both. They can recite their conventional wisdom about the "Hispanic vote" or whatever other myth they want to manufacture in Stalinist lockstep from now until hell freezes over. The reality is that the Obama campaign used "Big Data" to reach out the lo-fos in critical states like Ohio by advertising on shows like "Judge Judy" and other daytime programs. Last night's appearance was another example of that sort of outreach. I hope that Mr. Leno's informercial host act has disabused those who in the last couple of weeks have been celebrating that he has been telling jokes about Obama during his monologue. He is as in the tank as ever, as are the rest of the late night hosts.

It has been nearly a month since Barack Obama promised to have a press conference, July 19 to be exact. We're still waiting. In the meantime, we get ridiculous Kabuki performances like this televised schtick.

O'Brien: Why Isn't Black on White Crime "News?"

By Teri O'Brien - 

The Zimmerman verdict has given the race industry, which sadly includes the Attorney General of the United States and his boss, Barack Obama, ample opportunity to lament the ongoing “racism” of Amerika, and inspired some of the most idiotic statements ever broadcast on television, including by jurors who seem compelled to tell their “stories,” for some inexplicable reason. Yet, stories about black on white crime get no traction in the legacy media. Why is that the case? We’ll ask the author of the best-seller, White Girls Bleed A Lot: The return of racial violence and how the media ignore it.,  Colin Flaherty.

Anthony Weiner’s Tuesday’s cringe-inducing press conference, left many wondering what is the real story behind America’s new “power couple,” and the “good wife” Huma? Is she a loving supportive parter, or an ambitious enabler? Isn’t it amazing how, suddenly, the public is supposed to be concerned about a politician’s private life? Weren’t we told in 1998 that behavior that was just “about sex” was irrelevant to evaluating a person’s qualification for high office? What’s changed?

O'Brien: Community Organizer in Chief in Full Alinsky Mode Disgraces His Office Again

By Teri O'Brien - 

The organizer dedicated to changing the life of a particular community must first rub raw the resentments of the people of the community; fan the latent hostilities of many of the people to the point of overt expression. He must search out controversy and issues, rather than avoid them, for unless there is controversy people are not concerned enough to act. The use of the adjective "controversial" to qualify the word "issue" is a meaningless redundancy. There can be no such thing as a "non-controversial" issue. When there is agreement there is no issue; issues only arise when there is disagreement or controversy. An organizer must stir up dissatisfaction and discontent; provide a channel into which the people can angrily pour their frustrations. --Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals

As we discussed on yesterday's edition of The Teri O'Brien Show, ...

Obama Goes Full Alinsky To Hide His Many Failures, and Men on Strike

By Teri O'Brien - 

At this point, is there a dime's worth of difference between Barack Obama and Eric Holder on the one hand, and Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson on the other? If you have any doubt about that, and about why Barack Obama appeared to do more race hustling in the White House briefing room, perhaps the following will clear things up. From the Washington Post:

On Thursday, Obama informed his senior staff that he wanted to share his thoughts, leading to his appearance at the podium Friday during Carney’s scheduled daily briefing.

Civil rights leaders have been communicating with White House officials about the Zimmerman case, including a conference call Tuesday with senior adviser Valerie Jarrett. But officials said they did not press Obama to speak publicly about the case.

Sharpton said he discussed the issue with Jarrett over breakfast Friday. 

Wait--Al Sharpton, Race Hustler Extraordinaire, he of Tawana Brawley and Freddy's Fashion Mart Fame, was having breakfast with the One's closest adviser last Friday. This, after Sharpton had been agitating for months to intimidate Florida officials into prosecuting (persecuting) a man who exercised his right of self-defense. No one should be surprised that gutless weasel politicians were all too eager to comply.

Zimmerman Verdict an Opportunity for Usual Suspects to Display True Colors

By Teri O'Brien - 

In addition to restoring faith in our justice system, George Zimmerman’s acquittal provided an opportunity for everyone to show us who they really are; specifically,

• Race hustlers, hypocrites who are outraged and horrified when a black “child” is killed by a “white Hispanic,” but are perfectly comfortable with the hundreds of black teenagers shot dead on a regular basis in Barack Obama’s Chicago; 
• Moronic celebutards who took to the favorite communication tool of Beliebers, Twitter, to demonstrate their jaw-dropping ignorance;
• Lame Stream Media Liberal “Journalists,” who lamented the absence of blacks on the Zimmerman jury, even though a jury of the defendant’s peers would have consisted of those exotic “white Hispanics;”
• Outright Idiots who probably can’t read or write cursive, and whose knowledge base begins and ends with the latest pop culture “star,” enjoying his or her 15 minutes of fame.

Simple Path To Constitutionally Sound Government: Follow BHO!

By Sam Pierce -

Our nation is faced with a mountain range of serious, self-inflicted problems. We are damning future generations to suffocating debt, by choice. We are sacrificing precious American lives in far away lands under the very thin masks of "defense" or foreign relations. We take from the producer and use the ill-gotten gain to further erode the foundation of the country. We outsource the management of daily life to a far off bureaucracy. We move toward some variation of the life depicted in Orwell's "1984" without much resistance. We have almost entirely succumbed to the subtly deadly weapon of political correctness, which has been employed magnificently by the enemies of liberty.

I know the popular, at least among those who claim the elastic moniker, "conservative," solution would be to place our noses adjacent to the proverbial grindstone in support of Republican candidates. Of course, they are correct that none but Democrat or Republican candidates can win in the big elections (a situation they toil to perpetuate). Even so, electing Republicans has proven to be no solution, at least, not in itself.

Ineligible Barack Obama, Poster Child For Ignoring Wisdom of the Founders

By Teri O'Brien - 

Those of us who have taken the time to try to answer the question “Who is Barack Hussein Obama?” over the last six years, from Stanley Kurtz, Dinesh D’Souza, Jack Cashill, Dr. Jerome Corsi, Joel Gilbert, all of whom have appeared on The Teri O’Brien Show to discuss their findings, agree on one thing; that is, wherever we look into his background, we find sealed records, scrubbed websites, altered (and probably forged) documents, deception and an endless series of unanswered questions.

Among the remaining mysteries is the question of his many Social Security numbers. The one most frequently used, the one that starts with “042,” appears to have been issued in Connecticut in 1976-77, when Barack Obama would have been a 16 year old living in Hawaii, and originally belonged to a man born in 1890, Harrison J Bounel. How can this be? What is the best explanation for it? Can it be the same explanation that we heard for the fact that up until 2007 Barack Obama’s publisher distributed a bio that said he was born in Kenya, “clerical error?”

Today we’ll ask Orly Taitz, who has been trying to get to the bottom of the mystery of Barack Obama for years, will join us to share her findings and the current status of the legal proceedings to try to get to the truth.

Will Anyone Notice? Pro-Abortion Texas Feminists Threaten Sex Strike

By Teri O'Brien - 

One thing that has always struck me as a tad ironic is the obsession that so many feminists have with ensuring that there are as few legal restrictions on abortion as possible. Seriously? Have you seen most of these chunky frumps, sporting hair styles that look like they were created in a mental institution’s barber shop, stomping around in their sensible footwear, and stridently bellowing in a charming baritone that they aren’t going to put up with any man trying to tell them what to do?

With the possible exception of a bizarre accident involving a loaded turkey baster, what possibility do any of these Napolitanos have of becoming pregnant? Some of them, like Rachel Maddow, who regularly rails against attempts to protect unborn children and, not incidentally, women’s health, are open and “proud” lesbians. Yet they react violently at any attempt to restrict this “procedure” that is so beautiful and wonderful that many of them won’t even say the word. 

Obama’s Payback Scheme for “Unfair” Racist Amerika Succeeding Brilliantly

By Teri O'Brien - 

As the Lame Stream Media continues to operate as the PR shop for the Obama White House, distracting low and moderate information people with the shiny object of the week, be it Paula Deen’s crucifixion for the decades-old sin of using a word that is proudly included in the top ten hip hop songs in America today, the trial of the man who killed Barack’s pretend son, or the location of useful idiot/”29-year-old hacker” Edward Snowden, the country is gradually being transformed into a Cook County writ large.

For those of you unaware of what that looks like, it features crony capitalism, race-obsessed politics, corrupt political elites stealing the hard-earned cash of those unfortunate enough not to be in on the whole racket. The Obamacare train wreck was the first step, a massive income redistribution racket, premised on the belief that it’s “unfair” that those who work and achieve should be able to obtain better medical care than the wino pushing the shopping cart and muttering to himself, the illegal alien and his many relatives, or the shiftless serial sperm donor, his many baby mamas and their spawn.

Black conservatives have run on the IL GOP ballot since 2004

CHICAGO - Despite the theme currently resounding on Chicago and Springfield airwaves, black conservative Republicans from Illinois have run for office often - they've just never won.

None were enthusiastically backed by the IL GOP, because the IL GOP has limited resources, and what they accumulate is used most often to protect threatened GOP incumbents at the Congressional, rather than the state levels. 

But the fact is, there is a notable list of black conservatives that have run for public office as Republicans over the years in Illinois. 

In 2004, former UN Ambassador Alan Keyes ran for U.S. Senate against then-state Senator Barack Obama after GOP nominee Jack Ryan pulled out of the race.

In 2006, Dr. Eric Wallace, endorsed by the United Republican Fund as one of their "6 in '06" candidates, ran for state Senate against south suburban Democrat Maggie Crotty. In 2008, Wallace bid to be a delegate for presidential candidate Fred Thompson and in 2012, he ran to be a delegate for presidential candidate Rick Santorum. 

O'Brien: 21 (and counting) Things You Have to Believe to Support Amnesty

By Teri O'Brien - 

This morning, I posted 21 ridiculous things you have to believe in order to go along with the amnesty scam currently making its way through the U.S. Senate. Since that writing, I have thought of a couple more and I’d love to hear yours, both in the comments on that post, and on today’s edition of The Teri O’Brien Show. Could current amnesty savior Sen. Bob Corker’s history of hiring illegals in his own business belie his real motives in this mess? In addition to being really terrible public policy in the short and intermediate term, is this bill really something much more sinister? Is it the realization of a plan to destroy capitalism and the United States of America conceived over 50 years ago by two radical college professors, who, like Barack Obama, were acolytes of Saul Alinsky? 

Was Obama's Dithering “Decision” to Jump Into Syrian Mess Another Shiny Object?

By Teri O'Brien - 

Remember the swooning and slobbering that we endured after Barack Obama’s Cairo speech in 2009? Back then, the brilliant pundits predicted a beautiful new era of peace, love and understanding in the centuries-old powder keg that is the Middle East, simply because of the majestic and healing presence of the magnificent new president. Flash forward to today, and face the ugly, and very obviously predictable, reality of that region: the Muslim Brotherhood large and in charge in Egypt, Libya so dangerous that after our ambassador and three other Americans were murdered there last year, the FBI had to wait 2 weeks to investigate, and Syria exploding, with Iran and Russia turning the tide in favor of Bashar Assad. It has been nearly two years since Barack Obama stated “Assad must go!” Apparently, the Syrian dictator and the game-changing allies who are helping him win didn’t get that memo. They appear to be immune to Barack’s alleged irresistible charm and persuasion. After dithering for nearly two years, and probably egged on by Bill Clinton’s calling him a wuss, our Dear Reader finally acted decisively, sort of. He demonstrated courageous leadership by striding to the podium to announce that Assad’s actions will not stand! Not really. Actually, he sent some guy named  Ben Rhodes out to make the announcement. Ben Rhodes? Who is he? Are you freakin' kidding me? I half expected a reporter to ask him a question and have him reply "I don't actually work here, but I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night." It would have been like George W. Bush sending Barney’s dog walker out to announce the beginning of the liberation of Iraq. Was this somewhat ill-formed new policy announced to divert attention from Barack and Michelle’s latest effort to enjoy their well-deserved reparations, a little excursion to Ireland, followed by a $100 million trip to Africa on our dime?

Googlegate…oh, what a tangled web – part one

By Irene F. Starkehaus - 

Ready or not, it is time to trigger the reflection process for this past week's revelations by Edward Snowden – formerly of the CIA – who now looks to defect from the US as he pleads for asylum from "any countries that believe in free speech" after he alleged that the US government abused the power that originates from its citizens and used it against those same constitutionally protected citizens that were viewed to be political enemies. Makes you long for Nixon's comparatively complacent attitude towards his political foes, does it not?

You know, when the world eventually regains its sanity…and it will, by the way. It always does after a wholly totalitarian meltdown of this magnitude…I have little doubt that history will view this week's events as a watershed in the American experiment. The only question that remains unanswered is which direction this seminal moment will drive America's traditionally free people.

Connect the Dots. How the IRS Targeting Happened.

By Teri O'Brien - 

During yesterday's hearing on IRS targeting before a House Appropriations subcommittee, the democrats on the committee bleated on and on about their favorite hobby horse, especially whenever IRS targeting of conservatives is mentioned, the Citizens' United case. Like their messiah, the One himself, Barack Hussein Obama, they are obsessed with this case, and are endlessly outraged over "money in politics," hoping that we won't notice the obvious hypocrisy about this issue that is always on display. In a truly cringe-inducing moment, B. Hussein actually called out and berated members of the Supreme Court during his 2010 State of the Union address. Also during yesterday's hearing, neither the acting Commissioner of the IRS, Daniel Werfel, nor the Inspector General, J. Russell George could answer one burning question: Who decided to initiate this highly inappropriate, and possibly illegal, targeting?

Is "America's Toughest Sheriff" Joe Arpaio a racist?

By Teri O'Brien - 

He's been targeted by Barack Obama's corrupt, racist Department of (In)Justice, with Eric Holder leading the charge, and coordinating with Alinskyite "community organizer" carpetbaggers, who dropped in to Arizona to raise hell. He's been subjected to a silly and pointless recall, after he won re-election last year by 6 points. That went nowhere. He's been accused of--wait for it--RAAAACISM.

Through it all, he has remained steadfastly devoted to what he's been doing for decades; that is, enforcing the law. (Imagine that!) He's a stalwart defender of the Constitution and the rule of law. We'll get an update from him on the current amnesty legislation being discussed in Congress, the targeting by Sheriff Joe by Eric Holder, and the investigation into Barack Obama's eligibility for office. Don't miss it!

Do We Really Honor Their Sacrifice?

By Sam Pierce - 

This morning I signed onto Facebook and of course, saw many Memorial Day tributes. The tributes very from the expressions of appreciation for the sacrifice that has enabled our freedom to the remembrance of Pat Tillman and suggestions that he was killed by the government to keep its opium business hidden. This day is one of a handful of days during which such tributes populate social media, accompanying flags flown where they would not normally be seen.

Generally speaking, do we honor the sacrifice of those who died in military service? I'm not questioning the motives behind today's expressions of sentiment and flag-flying. I am, however, wondering if the memory is honored by the actions of our government, including those with popular or "patriotic" support.

Obama’s Triple Crown of Scandals

By Teri O'Brien - 

There will be no Triple Crown winner, but we do have a troika of Obama scandals, all of which were in the news this week. This morning on CNN, a gleeful Jessica “Barack Just Smiled at Me!” Yellin, celebrated their latest poll, which shows that these messy questions about unethical, or even illegal, behavior by members of his administration has not diminished the endless love the American people have for the Dear Leader. She’d fit right in in North Korea.

Some, including the members of the House Ways and Means Committee, who held a hearing last week about the IRS’ targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups, are less enamored. Former Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, who recently decided to move his previously scheduled exit to his cushy retirement up by a couple of weeks, responded to requests to know who initiated this policy with shoulder-shrugging, bored evasiveness.

His demeanor said “Whatever. I don’t really care what happened. Let’s get this over with.” He couldn’t say. He didn’t know. He didn’t remember. Cue The Carpenters. This has only just begun. What do we know after this hearing? Some Republicans are opening talking “impeachment,” but is that really helpful? Is “scandal” really an agenda, especially when we learned last week that the House is close to a deal on “comprehensive immigration reform?” Short answer: no.

Auditgate does not bother me. Does your conscience bother you?

By Irene F. Starkehaus - 

Three scandals. Three scandals that are really just one big scandal. Not to minimize the importance of any of them on their own merits because each is as heinous as the next in their wanton disregard for life, liberty and pursuit of happiness, but their related themes are something to consider and must be so if we are to change the direction that we are taking for the sake of peace and congruence. These scandals – they all come from the same gangrenous stench which is now our federal system of governance, and they are merely indicators of a wretched posture that is taking hold in Washington.

The IRS's Auditgate, Benghazi and now Pressgate… perhaps what is noteworthy is how disquieting the Iron Curtain ruminations of these three outrages are. But should it be surprising to anyone?

Various Tea Party and pro-Constitution organizations and conservative members of the media understood where the country was headed the moment that Barack Obama was sworn into office. We knew that this was the only possible outcome from a leader that believed himself to be the one we've all been waiting for. This is an Administration that openly laments the constraints brought about by our blessings of constitutionally guaranteed liberty. It is led by a man who studiously pontificated over the means and ends of dogmatic rule. This might as well have been written in the stars for the entirely self-possessed destiny that drips from Barack Obama's executive pores.

Obama in the Bunker on Benghazi, Coverup Exposed with Victoria Toensing

By Teri O'Brien - 

After last week’s hearing on Benghazi before Darryl Issa’s House Oversight Committee, we have even more questions about what happened on the most recent anniversary of 9/11. Still, it’s a clear picture is emerging, and common sense allows us to connect the very obvious dots. We’ll explore the remaining questions with über attorney Victoria Toensing, who represented the Benghazi whistleblowers, and who was scheduled to appear last week, but was delayed while traveling. Combining what happened in the hearing with an application of my knowledge of the Chicago Way, I’m pretty sure I understand what happened. I’ll tell you during today’s show. Suffice it to say for now that it’s time to put Valerie Jarrett, David Plouffe, and Obama’s ultimate sleazemeister, David Axelrod under oath and get some answers.

There was another hearing in Congress last week, this time in the Senate on immigration. Any doubt that this 844-page monstrosity drafted by the Gang of 8 is a trick cooked up by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), should be gone after what we heard last week. Of the over 300 amendments proposed to the bill, the defeat of the one specific change tells us everything we need to know. Paging Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL). Let me say it again: you are being played.

Luxurious dinners for the political glitterati, survival for the rest of us

By Teri O'Brien - 

Friday’s economic growth numbers continued the disappointing trend that many clichè repeating news readers have dubbed with the irritating phrase “the new normal,” with a pathetic 2.5%. While reporting on this rotten economy, the Lame Stream Media attempts to cover for Barack Obama and the destructive effects of his policies by blaming the sequester, a decline in government spending that amounts to a rounding error, and which, as they always conveniently neglect to mention, was Obama’s idea. 

While we serfs struggle in Obama’s economy, the political glitterati continue their endless whirl of celebrity-studded, luxurious parties, dinners and self-congratulatory celebrations, including last night’s White House Correspondence Dinner aka "the Nerd Prom," an annual Hollywood-Washington mashup that gets more embarrassing every year.  The One took the occasion to perform an alleged “comedy” routine, which has been greeted by the sycophantic stenographers in the press as delightfully self-deprecating, but which on closer examination is just more on the same finger in the eye to the bitter clingers.

Is Marco Rubio Being Played on Immigration?

By Teri O'Brien -

Supposedly the "Gang of 8" immigration (read amnesty) proposal will be unveiled this week, and Sen. Marco Rubio's involvement is considered key. What does he say to charges that the latest proposal is just another amnesty? And, does this issue actually represent an opportunity for the GOP? Sen. Jeff Sessions suggests a pathway, not to citizenship, but to making political gains without supporting amnesty.

Moochelle Obama travels to Chicago to shill for more pointless gun control, hoping that no one will connect the dots between the lack of enforcement of Chicago's ridiculous anti-gun laws and her emotional plea, which was, like everything else, all about her.

A legendary female athlete, universally recognized to be a "strong woman" reveals the secret to a happy marriage; that is, being submissive to her husband.

Former Reaganite joins liberal pottymouth's cry to get rid of the 2nd Amendment, and looks like a horse's hindend in the process.

More Liberal Lies, Hypocrisy and Outright Stupidity from the Left

By Teri O'Brien -

Be it the budget, immigration, so-called “same sex marriage” or our 2nd amendment rights, we are surrounded by lies, hypocrisy and stupidity. We watch so you don’t have to, and we’ll unpack it all on today’s edition of The Teri O’Brien Show.

Today, the country waits breathlessly for an event that has been anticipated for months, and whose time has finally arrived. No, not the sixth season of “Mad Men,” which will premiere tonight on AMC. I refer, instead to the planned release of Barack Obama’s aka “Mr. Financial Responsibility” budget this coming Wednesday, two months late, no doubt repeating a pattern that the One learned as a coddled, affirmative-action assisted, mediocre student. If we were able to see any of Barry’s college writing, which we aren’t because that stuff is locked down tighter than the plot of tonight’s “Mad Men” episode, we’d no doubt see that these papers presented a vapid regurgitation of his Marxist professors clichè-ridden lectures, devoid of original ideas and designed so that he could just turn something in. This budget charade is similar. It’s not going anywhere, and he knows it. I hope you’re sitting down as I reveal a stunning truth. This budget is just more politics as usual from the Obama perpetual campaign.

Obama Administration's Stunning Admission on Border Security

By Teri O'Brien -

Last week the Lame Stream Media indulged two obsessions, one old, and one new. The former, their celebration of the anniversary of the tenth anniversary of the liberation of Iraq by demonizing Pres. George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney and their new shiny hobby horse, the essential and immediate legalization of so-called same sex marriage, there was actual news that will affect you and your family. During a hearing in the House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, Barack Obama’s Department of Homeland Security made a stunning admission, one that went virtually unreported, even on so-called “conservative” news outlets like Fox News. Do you know about it? If not, listen and learn not only about another instance of incompetence, at best, or deliberate malfeasance, at worst when it comes to securing the border. We’ll discuss this shocking revelation with our guest Mark Kirkorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies. We’ll also ask him about Sen. Rand Paul’s extremely disappointing statement earlier this week, an effective endorsement of open borders, and what about those Chinese baby factories in California? Is it time to put an end to birthright citizenship, and do we need a constitutional amendment to do it?

When a "Flip Flopper" is a Statesman

By Teri O'Brien -

Cue the “Dynasty” theme. Here comes another Bush, this time Jeb, heart throb of the RINO wing of the GOP, testing the waters for a presidential run in 2016 with--what else?--a book about--what else?--immigration. This week Jeb is being busted by democrats as a shameless panderer on that issue based on comments in his book on the “path to citizenship.” He was for it, before he was against it, they say. I hold no brief for former Florida governor Bush, but I can’t help but notice that the critique of his alleged “flip flop” sounds a lot like the position taken by one William Jefferson Clinton on the issue of so-called “same sex” marriage. Mr. Clinton, as you know, signed the Defense of Marriage Act, an enactment despised by the Left almost as much as they despise Dick Cheney.

Culture War - Disney and the Peter Principle

By The Cranky Housewife -

Tired of sequesters and budget battles? Here's a little light reading for the upcoming weekend. Has Disney lost its ability to produce a good fantasy flick? The Wall Street Journal has just reviewed Walt Disney's Oz the Great and Powerful which stars James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachael Weisz and Michelle Williams. It is, you might say, an unofficial prequel to the original Wizard of Oz of the 1930s since Warner Brothers actually owns the rights to the original movie.

The WSJ is generally disappointed with this film which held so much promise for a truly great theater experience. Unfortunately, from their reviewer's perspective, there was just something missing from the storyline that could not be fixed with special effects.

Here is the trailer for the film so you can check it out for yourself:

O'Brien: Obama's Sequester Con Blows Up in His Face

By Teri O'Brien - 

“Dumb, inexcusable and unnecessary.” That’s what Barack Obama called the unthinkable, the thing that he declared last fall would never happen, the so-called, “sequester,” mandatory reductions in the rate of growth for various federal agencies. Dumb, inexcusable, unnecessary, and also his idea, as it is now universally acknowledged.

Here’s the reality: The One rolled the dice and he lost. He bet that the Republicans would be unwilling to allow the Defense Department, which is taking the brunt of the “cuts,” to see its budget reduced, and he was wrong. Now, he is engaging in a cringe-inducing, passive-aggressive game, one in which he says "If you don't do what I want, and send more money to Washington for me to throw down various ratholes, I'm going to inflict as much pain as possible on the American people."

Is Liberalism All But Inevitable?

By The Cranky Housewife -

From Chris Matthews: "If you're watching, Madam Secretary, all three of us have brilliant ideas. All of us have great ideas. And I especially put myself in that group with Joan and David. We know how to do this; we'll get you in there."

Well, there you go. What more do you want to know? Quote Chris Matthews, "Nevermore" and now let's get back to the important work of the people by creating new jobs that don't exist, making sure that everyone has the contraception that they need, and ensuring that each child has a nutritious breakfast, lunch and dinner at triple the cost that it could be provided if it came from the private sector. Nothing to see here. Move along.

Michelle Obama Hijacks Oscars: Like Finding a Rat in the Bottom of Your Salad Bowl

By Teri O'Brien - 

Perhaps owing to my extremely low expectations, for most of last night’s Oscar broadcast, I was pleasantly surprised by Seth MacFarlane’s mediocre performance, which was lame as I expected, but not quite as crude and obnoxious. He was sort of like a game show host who laughed a lot at his own jokes. I will say that I thought the sock puppet “Flight” was one of the funniest things I have ever seen on an awards show in years, which, granted, is a very low standard, so there was that, but that happened within the first 20 minutes of the show, and by the time over 3 hours had passed, the satisfaction provided by that little morsel had worn off. If I wore a watch, I would have been looking at it after the first hour.

O'Brien: Over-rated White People, Feminists' War on Men, and Media Malpractice

By Teri O'Brien - 

In some ways being well-informed in the Age of Obama can be a frustrating curse. The afflicted watch millions of their fellow citizens unable to connect some very obvious dots, a fact that allows the current occupant of the Oval Office to comfortably coast along, blissfully unaccountable for the consequences of his leftwing ideology and the policies that result from it. We are still scratching our heads over Barack Obama’s re-election. How in the world did that happen? At least three reasons spring to mind, and we’ll talk about them today.

On today’s show, we’ll explore that question, and do more of that dot connecting with our guests, David Freddoso and Suzanne Venker.

David is Editorial Page Editor of the Washington Examiner, and he has appeared on the show before to talk about his previous books, The Case Against Barack Obama: The Unlikely Rise and Unexamined Agenda of the Media's Favorite Candidate and Gangster Government: Barack Obama and the New Washington Thugocracy. His latest book, Spin Masters: How the Media Ignored the Real News and Helped Reelect Barack Obama, is loaded with stories that the Lame Stream Media didn’t find worth covering during 2012, when important stories like Big Bird allegedly in peril, Mitt Romney’s dog during a family vacation in the early 1980’s and supposed racist “dog whistles” took precedence over the worst economy since the 1970’s and lies about the murder of four Americans in Libya.

A Week in Bizarro World

By Teri O'Brien - 

This week was one of bizarre spectacles, over and above the 2^nd inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama, praise be his name. That event featured Richard Blanco’s poem “One Today.” “My face your face” is part I remember. Seriously? “My ass, your ass,” I thought. Of course, I’m probably just a peasant who doesn’t appreciate great art from a man who is both Latino and an open homosexual, and therefore, above criticism.  Then the great speech by the One himself. I didn’t notice. Did they hand out the little red books to the assembled cadres there or is Organizing for Action going to send those out using their tax-deductible contributions?

In other bizarro world events, consider the following:

Ted Nugent sings Illinois National Anthem today on Teri O'Brien Show

By Teri O'Brien -

Legendary rock and roll superstar and American patriot Ted Nugent drives the Left nuts (and that’s a short drive, as you know) with his no-holds-barred exposure of their hypocrisy and deceit. The interview you’ll hear on today’s show will not disappoint. You’ll also hear his terrific new song, “I Still Believe,” available at tednugent.com as a free download, and another little ditty that I didn’t even know exists until Ted performed it on during our chat, the Illinois National Anthem. Don’t miss it!

Did you spend yesterday’s Gun Appreciation Day at a firing range? I did, and it was a blast (no pun intended). We’ll talk to one of the organizers of that terrific event, Larry Ward.

Biden’s Buffoonish Gun Ban Side Show

By Teri O'Brien -

This week we witnessed the ridiculous, predictable, and sometimes infuriating, spectacle of Joe Biden’s silly sideshow, in which he pretended that he and Barack Obama were interested in finding “solutions” to “gun violence,” when in fact for years their “solution” was pre-determined; specifically, infringement on the 2nd amendment rights of law abiding citizens.

This idiotic Kabuki aside, we don’t need to wait until Tuesday to hear them unveil these “comprehensive” proposals. It’s a forgone conclusion. Everyone in this administration is hard-wired to believe that you have no right to defend yourself with a firearm, and everybody knows it. Even NBC’s David “Howdy Doody” Gregory can figure this one out. Will B. Hussein Obama attempt to continue his pattern of lawlessness by trampling on our rights with an end run around Congress, an executive order? We’ll talk about that with our guest, Mark Walters, columnist for Concealed Carry Magazine, host of Armed American Radio, and author of Lessons from Armed America.